The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-11
Along the Kansas Nile,

1t has rained so much in southern Kan
sas the last two days that even the cinder
walks are soft.
The famine in India is over a big wheat
crop now being gathered. But the price
of wheat keeps right up.
Grain Inspector Culver has filed his re-
port for January, which shows that he
has a balance on hand of S97.
Hawaii will not be an issue in Kan
sas next fall. Both Senator Baker and
Senator Harris favor its annexation.
Governor Leedy is said to have SUBJ
scribed TO Debs' theories of socialism. It
will not do Leedy any harm to do this. and
it may gain him a few votes
There are three Kansans in the Klon-
dixie, and they are so busy writing back
home descriptions of the scenery that they
have 10 time 10 dig for the filthy lucre.
No army of probate Judges who were
impoverished by the reduction of salaries
by the last legislature is yet surging
back and forth across the state calling
for bread.
From the present prospects IT seems
that any county in the next Republican
state convention which casts a vote for
a man residing outside that county will
be thrown from the convention.
De LONE win be thrown from the coun-
try because he wrote a letter condemning
Mckinley. But there is nothing in the
letter as harsh as some Of the things the
Wellington Voice has said against the
president.
Riddle, chairman Of the Populist state
central committee. will call the state con-
vention for the latter part of June in de-
ference to Governor Leedy's wishes. The
oF -. ofFio mt rut
convention.
Look al Zola and French Justice" said
a Republican. fixing Populist with his
eye and stabbng him through and
through Look at Zola and French jus
tice, and remember that France favors
free silver"
The other candidates are now throw
ing out life-lines 10 the poor fellows who
were thrown into the waves when Mr.
COburn lurched forward on his bows,
righted for a moment, and then shot IN
der amid a shower Of spray.
The friends Of Leedy charge every man
who is opposed to an extra session
with having been bought by the railroads.
On the other hand, every man who at
tends the special session viii travel on
a pass given him By the railroads.
Columns grandchildren Will be taught
to believe that their grandfather could
have been governor of Kansas had he
wanted it A withdrawal In Kansas poll
tics is always assumed TO be a certainty
that the man had q cinch- Il is nothing
Of the kind, OF course.
This is a good story from the Larned
Eagle-OptiC: once a Pawnee county far
mer had one thousand eight hundred
bushels OF wheat which he dreampt he
-1Fl rot -F-
TO eighteen hundred different dealers, a
bushel each A few Of them paid him
IN cash, but far the greater number said
K was not convenient then. but they
would pay later. A few months passed.
and the mans hank account ran low
How Is this" he said. My one thou
sand eight hundred bushels of grain
should have kept ne in affiuence until
another crop is raised. but I have parted
with the grain and have instead only =
vast number Of accounts. so small and
scattered that I can not get around and
collect them fast enough 20 pay ex-
penses- So he posted Up a public notice
and asked all those who owed him 20 pay
quickly. But few came. The rest said
Nine IS only small matter. and / viii
go and pay. one Of these days forgetting
that though each account was very small E
when all we're put together they meant a
large sum 10 the man Things weEt On
thus; the man got 10 feeling 50 BADLY
that ne feli cut Of bed and awoke. and
running 20 his Erauzry found his ore
thousand eight hundred bushels o. Ehes:
stiu SAFE there, He had only been dream
ing. and hadn't sold his wheat al ali
MoTal--The next day the man went 20
the publisher OF his paper and said.
Here, sir. is the pay for your paper. and
when next year s subscription u due you
can DEPEND on ne 70 pay x promptly. n /
q dream stood IN the position 81 an 81
itor. last night and / know how Il feels {
TO have ones honestly earned money scat
tered al over the country - small !
amounts"