The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-20
Along the Kansas Nile.

A man from the Indian Territory drove
into Emporia the other day with wagon
load of hickory nuts.
Bishop Mirspaugh of the Episcopa
church took the stand n the Collins case
ard made a defense of young John Col
lirs.
There is little defense Of Miss Babcock
among the women of Kansas. No mat
| ter who she marries, she Will be cut by
other women.
| If poor young Collins is suiltless and
| is acquitted he should storm Mss Bah
cocks heart again, but not until after
he has studied up in geology.
Haverhin. Massachusetts. which recent
| " elected a Socialist mayor, is the birth
| place of John ]. ingalls,. The old town Is
evidently trying to square itself.
| A Dighton man riding in the country
remarked 10 a country lad: That's nice
| dog YOU have" Yep" said the boy,
Dad got that dog for MS vote"
great deal can be accomplished by
/ the knockers" in Kansas. But the
I lsnocker should understand that knocking
/ is fatal 10 the man VINO practices ".
/ A. c. Stacey has been put in the hos
/ pital department OF the federal peniten-
I tiary Stacey knows as much ABOUT nurs-
| ing as a kitten does about trigonometry-
/ John Collins has greatly shocked the
people against him BY admitting that he
( had a habit OF lying. A lot Of people
have the habit. and the confession ought
not 10 shock anybody.
! The Kansas jack-rabbit goes II Paris;
/ that IS. the skin OF him does, and comes
back as electric seal. This Is not so map
propriate. A tack-rabbi; is not as fast as
/ electricity, but ne IS the next thing 10 };
| one old-time Kansas politician wrote
/ 70 Stanley that II ne g. MS Job there
was 80 IN IL for Stanley. That sort of
tning IS gone IN Kansas. The poor devil
+ who wrote the letter IS living in dead
/ age.
( \ Dodge City man has received an or
der for a ton OF devils claws queer
I growth known al over Kansas The
devils claw is used as the base 81 toy
. They are so light that ton would III
a dozen freight cars.
I The Poyulist ste senate e. already 20
I A scrap When Harris was made ssua-
+ tor the chairmansaip Of Jhs railroad CON-
rittee became vacant Senator Jumper
4 and Senator King and senator Stone q
( Leavcnworth want the place
Alexander SHEDS or Arkansas City. an
enploye % the Santa r. vas charges By
that road with having straw men % his
Dsv-roIL This made Shields mad He -
+ tscksd the santa re .n the courts and
mas been awarded 7.eoo camsges.
+ IF a railroad bfI Is passed. one rat
throws the responsl 5ifify on the board
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