The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
AIono the Kansas Nile.

The Attica Independent tells its readers
that General Merritt has asked for 500. 0OG
more men.
farm near Medicine Lodge. 1t has Just
been discovered, has escaped taxation
fourteen years.
1t begins to look as though the Phil
ippine islands would be disposed of before
| Ralph Easley gives his opinion.
1t is said the San Jose worm has been
looking over the apple trees In southern
Kansas and rather likes them.
Jerry Simpsons designation of our men
of-war as tin ships shows that he didn't
give even tinker's damn for them.
Kansas papers are now. without any
sort of reason, publishing the fact that
Abraham Lincoln's mother. Nancy Hanks,
was an illegitimate child.
The position of the most OF the Kansas
papers on the Philippines is that we will
keep them If we want TO and will give
them away il we want 10.
Ed Howe is mashed on Dewey. He
thinks that Dewey could have put the
Philippines in his pocket with his matches
and tooth picks If he wanted to.
A Topeka boy who was reported dead
at Santiago writes home that he is glad
for the chance 10 deny II. He says it
looks like graveyard down there.
Kansas grew q larger amount of wheat
in 1892 than this year. The next year we
had panic. Wheat has less TO do with
prosperity than 1t is credited with hav-
ing.
Kansas people. II given a chance, will
sign any sort of an old petition. The
people OF Belle PLANE have petitioned
against county high school al yelling
ton
The Democrats Of Kansas wouldn't be
so hot over the Populis.s Indifference
toward them II Leedy wers not making
such a stupendous effort 70 get the votes
Of the colored people.
A social truth Is thus set forth in the
Topeka Citizen: Some colorsd people
who are tale-bearsrs for the white folks
on the curry favor order do not seem to
know the white folks tel what Is tnl1
them and they have no respect for such
sychophants. Heightened. honorabls white
folks admire high-toDed. honoraole colored
folks"
lola. Register: In the last issue of the
Weekly Register a peculiar combination
o< headlines occurred IN the plate news
which was not done with malice asors-
thought. The makeup man slipped a
column about Bisrnsrck's death IN the
form and alongside IL another about the
Joy expressed By the Porto Ricsas over
their delivery from Spanish rule. The
head lines consequently read: Bismarck +
IS dead Porto Rica1s are Glad
Samples Of the new rubber substitute
made from corn are being SHOWN ca IRE
market. says The Railway and Eariuee--t
ing Review. Chicago L !s made from The
OIL derived from corn, and By YgJcs nfzl-g
n connection With an equal quantity OF
crude India rubber a Substitute s. pro-
duced which. for certain purposes L. equal
70 the best gum rubber AZ q greatly Iex-
seized cost TIE reg coru rubber f.
claimed % possess AL TIE essential quail
ties % Para -ubo=g. inciuz ag reslfIency.
The manufacturers claim that the fact
that corn OF does 70; oIl6izs readily
makes th!s product q Ersat value. stree
i IS not Affected By ox.d-za.5oa. % tnati
products manufactured fran K ~il a.
ways remain pl34b,e and rot crack a.
those made from other substitutes. Tsllsi
for rubber IS very dark broEn
o. black. ard :; easily RUS OF z HEati
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