Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-12-29

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Last week the United Commercial
Travellers organized council at Nor
ton with thirty members
J. W. Amis, now assistant state sup
erintendent, has purchased half In
terest In hardware store at Smith
Center, and will mako that place hin
home after his duties In the state
house are at an end.
State Superintendent Stryker has 4
bill ready for the consideration of the
extra session OF the Legislature, pro.
viding for the extension of the text
book law so as to include High school
books and apparatus
The farmers of this section OF the
country have every reason to be hope
full. Their faith in the country Is
based on experience. II Is said that q
large portion OF money on deposit at
the different bank belongs to the far
mers. They are rapidly accommodating
capital. There is little demand for
eastern money here,
II Is told that Spiritualist lying In
trance in COTS, Kansas, four years
ago located very rich gold mine In
Arizona in locality where he had
never been. He went into trance
for the purpose Of locating gas near
homo but the spirits, who seemed to
have It in for Kansas, played very
mean trick on him and took him off to
Arizona.
A Topeka laborer who has lately
become o christian returned SEQ TO
the treasurer OF the Santa Fe railway
company one day last week. The
man said that one time he bought
scalpers ticket from Chicago over tho
Santa Fe and that since becoming
christian his conscience had hurt him
because he thought he had defrauded
the company and he could not rest till
he had returned the full price OF reg
ular ticket with the interest. There
was something wrong with that mans
conscience.
Major Harvey seems to have won
warm place for himself in the hearts
Of the soldier boys who were in his
command. All OF them speak we'll OF
him, as they did in their letters, when
writing home. He Is sold to have been
most considerable of his men, ard ever
thoughtful of their comfort. Alex
Jones, Delphos printer, is one young
fellow who will always think kindly
Of the major. On one OF the marches
while in the east Jones was sick, and
noticing his condition, Major Harvey
took charge OF his musltet and carried
II all day for the WORKOUT private.
Probate Judge Dolman, of Shawnee
county, has drafted n bill which he
says will do away with about half Of
The insanity verdicts. He said "About
half Of the people who are adjudged
insane are not really insane They
ire INDECENT and perhaps half-witted
md the place for them Tin the poor
house and not at the asylum. think
I is fair to say that not more than hall
he people who are sent to the asylum
ire fit subjects for that institution.
MY plan is to make the verdict Of
The jury in an insanity inquisition Ia
hinge upon the question of whether
he person will derive any benefit from
icing sent to the asylum. II this Ia
lone 1t will not be necessary to en-.
argc our asylums."
Secretary Coburn has issued card
,earing in condensed form state
nent OF Kansas farm products and
'alues for 1903, gotten up in his usual
asty and clever manner. The artistic
eature of the card is an engraving OF
IN ear Of Indian corn lying atop Of
lead OF Kafiir Nothing is more COM
non in Kansas than the ordinary ear
Il corn, yet there are innumerable
esidents OF the state who would not
Kaflir corn II they were to
meet load on the way to market, and
many others will doubtless be sur.
,riscd TO learn that within the past
our years the product Of Kafflr corn
nd other sorghums in Kansas has
mounted to 10,050,00O tons, which,
transformed into dollars and centa,
brought to the producers OF this STATE
80, 100000.
Not very many people would care 10
un the risk Of loading shells by lamp.
light, but Phillips county farmer not
'nly took this risk but smoked a pipe
II the same time After the smoke OF
he explosion had cleared away the
mother, who was in another part of
he house. found the careless man and
wo ree.year-old children piled up in
he room Ia q heap, and the place look
ny es though 1t had been wrecked by
c1ainnn Tho litt1a nhildran yyara