The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-15
AIono the Kansas Nile.

IF a Kansan feels his sympathy for the
| Cubans weakening, let him take up a good
history and read about Valley Forge.
In the case of a long war Uncle Sam
will find that while Kansas is not very
thirsty for war, Kansas will be one state
where he will not be under the necessity
of drafting his own nephews.
Times are so good that the lightning
rod peddlers are swindling Kansas farm
ers again. For while the Kansas farmer
was so respondent that he told peddlers
that he hoped the lightning would strike
him."
An Atchison boy bought revolver and
started for Cuba. His mother began pur-
suit and debouching into an alley opened
fire with scantling and the young man
struck his colors and surrendered uncon-
ditionally.
Ella Dorsey lives in Lawrence. The
other night man slipped some dynamite
under the domicile and blew it into smith
Greens, not hurting Ella Dorsey, however.
The local papers denounce the man who
did it. How do they know it is a man?
A Kansas man has exposed George
Washington. Archdeacon Brady who
used TO live in Kansas but who moved TO
Pennsylvania. has written book in which
George Washington figures. He shows I'D
Washington as high-tempered old man
who threw ink bottles at people who dis
pleased him.
A western Kansas girl aged thirteen is
writing story in which the PRINCIPAL
characters are the Scotland Yard detect
ives and william named Lord Chilling
worth. How Kansas does hate the Eng
lish when thirteen-year-old girl gallant
~ jumps into q description of the career
of an English lord.
The Crescent Produce company of New
ton Saturday received the following tele-l
gram from their agent in Boston: Don't
ship carload of eggs. The Montgomery
blown up today in the harbor of Havana
and the market is unsettled" The Boston
man was just having a little quiet fun
with the Kansas town.
A Lacrosse minister's boy played trr1ant.
The old man found him, dragged him
before the school and said to the teacher.
now lam him!' And the teacher did
while the old man stood and grinned A
member Of the school board was told by
ms boy that his teacher had licked him
tine members boy) and he had the
teacher arrested.
II mas been awfully hard for the Ponu-
lists 10 hold in during the war scare and
one failed TO do It. He lives il Sterling and
writes TO his local paper; While we
mourn the terrible suffering of those who
nave been driven to want and death IN
Cuba, also the manner that 25s souls and
a nooie war vessel were sent into eternity
we should not forget that right here in the
United States, in the midst Of peace and
10.
there are a greater number OF peoDla
starving and suffering untold misery than /
the island OF Cuba ever had in popula- |
tom
The one man in Kansas who does more !
mounting and wallwoIoping about the in
justice OF the times and the viciousness Of /
men IS an editor named Hodgson in Rice 1
county. He Is Populist and is in a per- /
petual socialistic fever bordering on an /
archy, probably insanity. The other dav
the printers on a rival paper. the Breeze. |
struck and the proud. pure spirit 81 Eo6g- /
son broke forth in a vicious exclamation /
OF Joy over his felloE-rnan's trouble. The 4
editor OF the Breeze comes back at him
with this lance: Charity, Sweet. indeed /
the word. Charity vaUnteth not itself. etc. /
Just 2 word in passing Brother EodEson.
Let Us FOR the moment concede that the
situation. financially. Of the Breeze. Is as
desperate as our esteemed brother paints
Il We ask. as one supposedly struggling
for an existence. how q great. generous
nan Ike Mr. Eodgsoa. who 50 much
PIRATES Of the unequsled struggle os these
= eakeuiugs. can find IL IN his great manly !
heart tsottened with public Patronage 20
stoop 20 cast stu greater dsscresit upon !
7ur poor, but homes; efforts 70 share
portion OF the worlds goods. supposedly !
gOuchsafed those who are willing % de- /
serve the same by manly Efforts All /
Brother Hodgson. Is IL possible TIA: your /
recent near proximity 20 the flesh pots"
has 50 soon duIied those finer ssns!blIitfes
= the human mind. Of which you 50 often
parade. OF To lead one 20 think you
mighty paragon CT nszEDR1traity. Oh.
Bro. Il. how have the mighty falle1T"