The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-20
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

n NoiuhtScl Colhpdhy VI SiAVy AhSh
Horned at Valley Falls has sixteen Off
GERS. Is this the unusual ratio?
Talking about the heavy hand of
trouble, Kearney county man lost n
COW and twin calves the other day.
western Kansas man is introduce
ing a new variety of navy beans,
which he has named after Commodore
Dewey.
In the Kansas school history rapid
reader can run across battle every
ten minutes. But they don't happen
that way in the present Spanish war.
The unparalleled greatness and bril-
liancy of Dewey's victory in Manila
bay is partially explained. There are
twenty-one Kansas men in his squad
ron.
Jimmy Hafer, printer well known
all over Kansas, died in the Marshall
county poor house not long since. He
was bright fellow, but whisky beat
him.
The girls at Topeka have knack of
combining business with patriotism.
They worked the soldiers at Camp
Leedy for 5000 in subscriptions to a
woman's paper.
The Snodgrass murder case is now
going in Harvey county and for time
the good people of that county will
take no interest in the movements of
the flying squadron.
Kansas volunteers are now eligible
to membership in the Grand Army of
the Republic. 1t is seemingly funny
to see a nineteen year old boy mem
Der of the Grand Army.
Thirty-seven years ago Kansas sent
volunteers out to free the negroes.
Night before last Kansas volunteers
turned out to hang a negro. Is this
step backward or forward.
A large number of weekly papers
around over Kansas have made ar
engagements for the receipt of war bull
letins. 1t is hard to have to wait for
mail trains even in times like the pres
ent.
An Osborne county farmer announces
novel method of curing hogs of the
cholera. He builds fire of cobs and
gives the animals through smoking
and claims that he has effected cures
by the treatment.
Up to date Admiral Dewey's cousins
in Kansas number eighty-seven and
the returns are not all in yet. If the
same proportion is maintained the adj
miral will have exactly 1879 cousins in
the United States.
At a recent sale in Cloud county
amounting to $4,000. notes to the
amount of but $500 were given. A
year or two ago there would have been
$500 paid in cash and the balance would
have in the form of notes.
WAS uCdu dnAlOuS W SulN
a recruit from Labette county. "But
I'll tell you what, came mighty near
backing out after l went home to tell
the folks good bye. l hadn't counted
on that scene. I've got four sisters,
the oldest fourteen years old, and all
four of them and mother set up boo
hoo, in which 1 had hard word to keep
from joining myself, and made hur-
ried getaway, or l believe l would
have hid out when it came time to
start for Topeka" A feeling like that
is no discredit for any man to own up
to.
Marion Watson, chief musician for
the Kansas volunteers will muster in
the second regiment band of Hutchin-
son for the twentieth regiment. Ell
mer May is the leader. The band boys
will have to enlist as privates at the
rate of two to a company.
The fourth Swimming station has
been opened up in Hodgeman county.
This is not very manly, it is true, but
then Hodgeman is pretty well out in
that portion of Kansas where it is fire.
quently right smart walk from one
ranch to another.
OF the 5000 volunteers enlisted in
Kansas there is not a man who can not
read or write. Ninety per cent of
them are as well educated as the aver
age commissioned officer in the army
of Spain.
A Vega, the old Spaniard who some
weeks ago was murdered in Phillips
burg once said that before Spain
would ever give up the control of Cuba
she would destroy everything on the
island. And it will ready be admitted
that pretty good start has been made
on this plan of action.
1t is said that patriotic Kansas maid
ems are now wearing red, white and
blue lingerie. Scouting parties should
be detailed to make clothes line inves-
LEGATIONS next wash day to ascertain
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