The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-13
Along the Kansas Nile

The Kansas town-buider always has an
ideal death in view. WoggIss hopes he
will die at his ''pallatial residence on
Woggles avenue In Wogglesville. and that
the Wogglesville Courier will begin at
once an agitation for "A Woggles statue Ia
the center of Woggles square. But there
is sinister fate In Kansas which stunts
the town which the founder has, with
vanity, named for himself
From an experience class meeting: "A
Kansas politician sized the community up
and resolved to run for Office The Meth
odists were in the ascendency numeric-
ally so he joined that church. He went
into religion to ge, into politics. Years
passed. He was eminently successful.
and in a life OF deceit and frauds tricks
and falsehoods, eminently unhappy. SO.
with his heart overbuTdened. he crept up
TO the mourner's bench and prayed for
religion to take him out OF politics.
Kansas is getting frightfuHy old. There
was time when forty men Ia every town
! could tell who planted each tree. who
/ built each house. the minute story Of each
/ t~ig Of every board that sprang from
I the blank floor OF the prairie But every
/ few days some one is tucked away on a
wind-swept HILL and one OF these days II
will be the fOrtieth man and with him will
/ be tucked away all the little details u the
! towns construction. And the children.
/ like those OF New England. Will believe
/ that. like the sky. the creek. the grave
/ yard hill. the town was always there"
and never did begin.
There was Kansas editor who agreed
with himself that nothing silly. or weak
or poor in style should ever get into his
columns He was wondering how he
should turn away the local poets. when
a little woman entered. Her face was
hard. with not a line OF sentiment IN g..
a face sCulptured by the rough hand of
Adversely; and there was no music IN her
voice when she said. This Is poetry on
my little girl Amy. who died yesterday.
It's by a neighbor" The editor read IT,
poor IL rhyme. In phrase. ia sentiment
Il would ruin hts columns. WIN you
print it2'' size asked. Certainly" lie
said quickly. for fear she might see guilt
IN hesitation. Certainly" And De 81.
In the first column q bis most favored
page
There are men IN Kansas who feel them
selves condemned 70 a icafen Iife q In
difference on the part ~ a. u1appreciat-
Ing community. There used 70 he such a
man IN Emporia- lie had invented pat
ert lever gate. Re showed u On fhe
street untl the ldiest l1afer fed AZ has
approach. VITA q paEg, the inventor
turned from the blig1tlng community %
where Re could touch finger tip8 wsfh thsg
great throb5lrz word whlca kad crown
"a Edison. Morse and TuIton-he turned .
20 the depot 50 When the train came r.. I
re -zorke9 the il.tis wooden rzo5el-ths .
gate sid y ard down and men 0lth cold
chicken o. thelr sassks-s looked out TIRE .
widows with inteTest. b.; the Fich tnaEs- .
facture- Who zouid have known TIE fa--
tune latent II that uao6el never carse thaf
way AID 70 tie little NODE! zoTe or.
ard zi;5 u ia hope. ard with ISIS hoDe
rs ilfs
n certain Hftle Kansas sczn tie rost
enthusiastic Bryan nan r. HtiJe sres-
uaaker W5ea Bryan Ts1t fhr1rEh tie
to-~n lsEt SHr1rasr al IRE stores closed ard /
the people went 6oEn - zee 6egSt 20 49,
TIE great man. except one-tEs skoe-
maker. lie sa49 as ~zsc'i . nero EeF-
shipper" z16. bes.6@a. Es wzs busy -
Re o-lgElet away - = sfos watch 6taat
80 ..s11f1x AE4 sEeu 20 head fas
train cone ln- bs n-1ss ard s4cs4 fsa sD5r
ar5 when - beard q cs~eT us asart stor-
pei aaa as Isanes ezslzss the EaI ars
yzspst AID after whlls h3s Ifsis s.sT
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sa-6 TIE cid MAJ tod ai-z - - bore
sd ride Himself f1r ss4Eas-fhas - uzn
&c orliy 'fos = monarchy. re- re-atisc
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s1psr-slt s.sfl taat ElEet - ssg-
sa1 f=Eo he raoEa waere fne soy sleps AZ {
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