The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-21

seller and the outright sale of a slay
by one master to another.
Ostensibly slavery was abolished ]
British territory years ago, but it ia
often been questioned whether that al
clifton was absolute, or whether sla,
cry was permitted under another guis
in parts of the British empire so II
mote from civilization as to make it
discovery next to impossible.
All preparations are now being made /
Washington for the converting of the II
session of Tom Reed next month.
London ought to get a fire compan
which can move just a little faster tina
the hour hand of an eight-day clock.
Why stop with the abolition of SAINT
Claus? Cruelty the mother who tckles he
baby's knees to see If it will steal sugar.
At last in western Kansas, the farme
who has to go down 200 feet for water
not the only farmer who is getting a lon
well.
| Should the revival continue in Kansas
some one will take a pair of bellows ar,
blow the sand off the TOWNSHIP of Kan
apols.
Poor PETER. He was honest, he was sin
| cere, but mistaken, and the iearse Is back
ed up at the front door of his politica
career.
II Andree is alive, how poor and bubbl,
Fame must seem to him, and how srea
ard noble and good, a plate of nice no
| waffies.
Three men are dead In Waco Texas, as
further result of the involuntary parox
ysms of muscle which Iconoclast Branr
| uses for mind.
| A Philadelphia scientist maintstns tina
whisky never did cure snake-bites. Well
something resembling it, to be had a. Kan
sas drug stores, does.
The Luetgert trial begins again immedi
ately after Thanksgiving, thus giving the
prosecution the opportunity of ringing in
few turkey bones.
If Mr. Evans, the Partisan dentist, could
make s1o.Ooo.oov pulling mems teeth, Mrs
Walkup naturally believed she could make
s50O, 900 pulling one mans leg.
Should that new England company take
two much gold out of the waters OF the
ocean, there won't be enough left to color
the regular supply of gold fish.
Ingersoll, in speaking of Mark Hanna,
says the people are suspicious OF money
without genius. They are also gorgeously
Indifferent to genius without money.
How feeble indeed has Populism become
when not a voice is raised pointing out in
tbs scheme of making two states Of New
York, the warty hand Of Lombard street?
In Holland. when a baby Is born a PIN
cushion is hung outside the front door OF
tie house. In this country the friends OF
the father hang out hungry look for
cigars.
All the Republicans in the Ohio legis-
lature will vote for Hanna for Unitea
States senator, but Hanna isn't using any
exclamation points in telling them they
have to.
The London fire insurance companies will
so burn with indignation at the fire.
extinguishing system OF London, that II
may be necessary TO turn few streams
on them.
Santa Claus, does the smothering indi-
xidual in a drum-major's hat, a horse
blanket and -four in his eyes really de-
ceive children?
Rich finds are reported along the Kay
ukuk river in Alaska It is absolutely
necessary to have on a fur cap, snow
shoes an6 frozen nose in order TO rro-
nounce this word correctly.
An eastern pugilist named Mccoy claims
ne has lINcHNtu d COZ h-cSEO" btO" tAd-
VIII put Fitzs;mmons 10 sleep. The trouble
is he VII not be able TO get FitzsimmoEs
TO examine the scenery while he is getting
1t in.
There are still left in Kansas a few men
who VIII write a ssgscious letter 10 Pres
h5ent Mckinley telling him what TO do.
direct the letter In lead pencil and put the
stamp in the ieft-Aand corner OF the en-
velope.
To Populist the greatest mystery In
the world is how President Mckinley mar
aged to escape Cleveland's experience w,,h
the gold reserve. which experience was
tha. OF man bsEng out sinking boat
with pitch-fork-
The report that Abner. President Nc
Klnley's brother. VIII lobby in congress
his winter, has just stumbled and fallen
over the Prscipice OF Lies ard ingo the
rl.r,or thar Mark Hanna was 20 have
room in the White House.
A fable: A hare ard a tortoise ran
race. The hare go; far ahead and lay down
to sleep. The to<to.se grew sick ard put
London fireman In his place, and white
the hare was sleeping the fireman actually
crsp, slowly forward and heat A.m-