The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-13

front of the stage ana receive oou-
quet.
The awful thought has occurred to
several Kansans that to us Deweys
ships were upside down when they
were fighting.
Boys from the prairie state of Kan
sas appear to cut just as much ice IN
the navy as others who are descended
from long line of sea dogs.
An old timer in Phillips county comes
to the front with the cheering assur-
ance that in Kansas n cold April al
ways means good corn and wheat.
Fairview bases its claim to public
attention on the fact that citizen OF
that town attended school with Clara
Barton years ago in Massachusetts.
Florence is entitled to considerable
credit. No man from that town has
applied for an office in the army. All
the volunteers from there will be plain
prlvates.
If a few more Kansans bob up in SER
vice on Uncle Sans ships envious states
will begin to charge that Kansas is
trying to hog all the credit for putting
down the war.
The Kansas commissioners to the
Omaha exposition are working hard to
get the people interested, but Kansas
people steadily refuse to get interested
in anything but war news.
Bicycle regulations have been adopt
ed at Wellington. There is to be no
riding on the sidewalk and the police
men are to Judge the speed of wheel
men by the degree of hump in their
backs.
j. C. Carver of Wellington has had
fourteen years of military experience,
and although he is colonel in the
militia, his friends fear that no place
can be made for him in the organiza
ton of the volunteers.
Two hundred and forty-seven couples
were married in Sumner county during
the twelve months ending April list.
There were only thirtyfour divorces.
This indicates that marriage is by no
means failure in Sumner county.
Following is a clipping from the Hill
City Reveille: Again Graham county
goes against the world. Last Thurs
dav a girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Addison Lewis living five miles north
of Hill City. There is nothing strange
about that but the strangeness is In
the fact that it is the first child and
the father is GA years old and the
mother is AZ years old. A few more
good rains and few more good crops
and what may Graham county not rea-
sonably hope for?
Many Kansas farmers fail to make
the most out of the garden by failing
to keep the ground occupied all
through the growing season. Many
take considerable pains to have good
early garden, but as fast as it natures
and is used the weeds are allowed to
take possession. With all of the early
crops especially it is easily possible to
grow two good crops in one session,
and with little planning this may be
done with number of later ones.
And it is certainly less drain on the
available fertility to grow a crop OF
some kind of vegetables than to grow
crop of weeds. One is profitable, the
other is not. On every farm there
should be supply of vegetables all
through the growing season, and plen-
ty to store for winter. Peas are about
the only garden vegetable that does
not thrive well in summer, and beans
will take their place. But with near
ly or quite all the others it is possible
to have a supply all through the sea-
son, commencing with lettuce, onions,
asparagus, spinach and radishes in
the spring and finishing up with
sweet corn, tomatoes, celery and corn
! field beans in the fall.
The Manhattan board of education
has come to time on the school book
question and will hereafter use the
state text books
Becker, who murdered Miss Myrtle
Hoffmeister in Barton county few
weeks ago, had his preliminary hear
ing at Claflin, was bound over to the
next term of court. Had the citizens
of the county been able to lay hands
on him before he was hustled down to
Hutchinson for safe keeping, the &C
count against him would have been
settled without the formallity of trial.
Dick Odle is the name of the warrior
who has placed himself at the head OF
the Kansas volunteers at Chapman.
R. P. Jarvis, a Smith county man,
has patented a rotary engine from
which great things are expected
About every so often some one gets
to the front with a rotary engine. The