The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-02
Along the Kansas Nile.

! Ed. Howe has only received 5000 in roy
altes on his STORY Of Country Town
| The common lanky Kansas jack-rabbit
sells on the New York market as English
I hare. price fifteen shiihngs.
One school teacher in Kansas City, Kan.
claims TO have found ffty-seven errors In
/ the new Popuhst readers alone. and those
| In the arithmetic are numberless.
The Wellington man who was down SICK
| two weeks ago with ammonia on his lungs
has bought one OF those autographs which
you wind up and which plays tunes.
'If 1 had studied Latin" said the Kan
sas farmer. as he looked at the contents
of his granary. II could tell whether con-
tent and contents came from the same
root
The fact that he makes 10 motion in the
direction of a gubernatoriaI nomination
would Indicate that when Edmund " Nor
r.ll dropped his helmet and breast-plate
into the well. he also fillsd the SeIl up.
A Kansas Republican paper. making n
point against Bryan. said ne went out on
the platform at a stop in Texas 10 make
an address. No one was there. as the town
had no one in fl except a little girl selling
peanuts. To whom did the little girl sell
peanuts?
The latest guess as TO Major Henry In
mans receipts from the sale Of h,s book
IS that ne already has banked $1,000 spot
cash. Major Inmsn himsef says IT,.
far he has rot received a cent from MS
publishers. and expects to receive nothing
until May !.
Kansas Is becoming rapidly set against
politics. The state has too much OF Il One
as politician and third man ss.f an
grily: You are Kar. He Is no more pol
itictan than you are He is ny friend and
I'll not have him abused"
Immediately after Leedy's defeat. the
metropolitan police snake VIII become tor
p.d. The Republican governor wili think
il dead and will take Il 70 bed with BIN.
and IN month or two x vii spring up
new-fanged and slash a tsnderlo-n steak
out Of ham. That Is about what sIi irsns-
pire.
He stood al the pesriy gates and s. Pc
ter questioned him. asking: You say you
have no faith In humanity Il should
say not said the applicant What bus
neass were you engaged IN on earth" ssk-
- Peter Il was a back-d-1veT n kan
sas town." answered the applicant, as ne
door swung inward
Out in western Kansas the Other rlzh,
party Of suPr.ssrs broke II o. a nan
Ihey INTENDED 70 have a good tine. bat
knowing that some one bad given ne s1r-
Prise party away 70 TIE man. they felt sor.
and didn't enjoy themselves They az
could tel that he ha1 beer pa; o. from
toe fact taz; he had rs hair combe1
Fat5sr Charles has teen pastor % s..
beoef1acts church a. Atchison. seven years.
X = stated hat during tzis time ha hss
raissd $500 HIS saiary f. supposed 70
te sa"9 year. b1; year Or tzo aro - /
Tec@Ted only 10 fo- himself a-6 hss as
= start Father chsrsas re.sres noz 70 BE- /
ecuss director % 81 Bens6,eSs college
Possibly tie finest preventive % hydro 1
poo9a kno~u 70 .zence X th4 zakh-tuS. I
discovered by Nrz- Charles Jaxz~rs q /
Wellington Ma jaeger went home 4
!" "s'ioezs'Ay and t01nd b~- -. cog n ths /
f-ont Earf fosrnlaE az re rnou,h- He a. |
taek@t heT- Shs Eraboss xa.a-.uo ara /
cropp~s 10 over hin whea - ks-ssars /
cane So-ne. hs killed rhs do<.
i srzs q sumner evening TIE vzsan; /
cofonz1o dag Is spzrs lr-o fhs sarAle 4
z-1Sz and sz1i % Do1 Rotsrxo. ~Hesi. 1
Do-- came here ezp-cti5g 20 Ed s~zers
cites G: <ole- ] founss sciS@n sssnsss -
s1eaf- EAtc1 us Do~ make voEs 'Ho.Y 4
g. Ezsds1esa People tAs gioTsoEs i4ass.
a1d grant re tb~ favor % making ia pe0-
pc tsosS zoo shsan 2t<ays esp%cs nzor~
.hAz they vii get" And f has b<s@ 40
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