The age-herald., 1897-08-14
GOSSIP OF TIE STREET
 AND HOTEL LOBBIES

"'Heres something have to carry with me all the tsme,' said a drummer Ito a crowd lounging around it,he Morris hatel lobby, as he extracted from his grip a lcng, slim, fia-lool1ing object that saight- 1y resembled a bottle
 'fWhsit's it for? Why, it's the nicest company in the world to nave along when you are traveling through a temperance, or more particularly, a prohibition coun- sry. You see. in a prohibition state or community if you carry a supply of tan- gle-foot around with you in the regulation ola style bclttles you are likely to be sus- pec'te1 of disposlng of some of 1t in viola 'lion of the laws.
 'T carry two or three of these bottles when go through the 'diy' pontions of Mississippi or in other states where there are prohibition counties. You will mo- lice that they can be wrapped up to look like a package of dry goods or a common, ordinary flat box, and can carry thsm along with me wfthou. exciting the least suspicion.
 These bottles have been paterlaed and are frequently used by sedste people. The ladies say, There goes Mr. with a new dress for h's wife; such liberal man to his family, isn't hep"
 The drummer put the bottles back in | his grip as some one remarked: '"There is m5rs ways than one to skin a cat.''
 
 While a number of gentlemen were dis cussing na tters of a political nature yes- tsrday, a well-seasoned and experienced politician brought up the orly joint de- bate had between w. e. oates and R. F. KoGb, during their campaign for the goy- ernorship a few years ago.
 fH we'll remember lthe incident" said he. "It took considerable maneuvering to get the two leaders togSther, and when they did meet it was in Limestone coun- ty, fifteen miles from Athens at Salem church. Thousands of people were on tha ground and it was hard ',ask to keep things peaJcsable. There were hot heads from both factions and little fist fights be- tween parties of opposite persuasions were frequent.
 About l o'clock in the afternoon when the barbecue and black bread were all mos. ready to be sarved it seemed that trouble was unavoidable. Ropes wene stretched around the table and the crowd grew restless. Those in charge rmon- s,lrated, but in vain, and the crowd mada a rush like foot bah team buck.ng the center Some reslsltsnca was offered but the crowd was zoo many, and soon every- body had a piece of meat and bread of some size or description. The funny part of the matter was thislt no sooner had one man taken bite than he flung the meat from him in disgust. The cooks had over estimait5d the am9uh- of pepper and a Mexican could ncla have resisted the stuff.
 
 'fThe days work, however, came very near ending in a worse row. After the main event was over, speeches were made by 'Hec Lane and Fitz. The Kolb con- tingent felt pretty sore over the drub- ping their man had received from Oates and they were in no humor to stand any strong talk from the last speakers. While Fitz was speaking some ardent Kolbite made an insulting remark that riled him. Growing excited Fitz yelled, I can whip any many in this crowd in a twenty -four foot ring, just let him come forward and Fftz popped his fists with the enthusiasm of the fistic star who claims part of the young attorneys name in his own"
 Kansas is not state to be laughed at, just because it is the home of few SuUllOWeIS, BTdSSlOpptlo oCNCidi popu1ists of the Pefferenian stamp" said MT. o. F. Sawyer, a leading merchant of Topeka, who has been spending some weeks at southern summer resorts. He was in Birmingham yesterday and left for the north last night.
 ''The east has heard so many calamity howls," he continued, from the Peffers and Sockless Simpsons that many be- fo, ,,, ;e tiad with mortgages, tha the soil is covered with poverty a foot in depth and that all the farmers are clamoring for admission to the poor houses. But I want to say that Kansas has been maligned and mis- represented The state now has brighter prospects than it has had at any stime during the fifteen years I have lived within it's borders. Of course the vest ern half of the state is in bad condition, on account of the drouths, but tlla astern half is as fine an agricultural region as can be found in the west. The wheat crop surpasses all expectations and in Some sections where the wheat crop was expected to be short it is abundant. Why the people down here that have talked to, believe that Kansasis as full of debts as the Klondylxe is of suckers, while the outlook for trade is good. One firm, Ely &Walker, sell s1,0OO,0OO worth of goods each year and thus is a better showing than even the state of Texas can make.'
 MT. Sawyer speaks highly of the pro- gress and development of the south and especially Alabama's mineral regions, yet he is a staunch defender of Kansas.
 Peanuts for Profit
 From the San Francisco Examiner.