The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-02-19
Along the Kansas Nile,

| The farmers of Sumner county are un-
| loading their wheat quickly. They are
not going to wait until it gets to $L5o
| Up in Rice county the other evening
| the sheriff told a prisoner to carry In
coal. Once outside, the prisoner skipped
| Mr.. Coburn demonstrated with great
earnestness that no man in Kansas is able
| to come the Blaine act and be unable 70
! withdraw.
! In case of war, Leedy says, Kansas
would furnish more fighting men per cap
! ita than any other state. This is probably
/ true 1t was true of the civil war.
Snakes and grasshoppers have appeared
| in western Kansas. which proves conclu-
sively that if winter isn't gone, the snakes
and grasshoppers have been awfully
| fooled.
| There is a vast party growing up in
/ Kansas which has a contempt for all
office-seekers in all parties. Kansas is
sicker of politics just now than she has
| ever been.
! Society note in Emporia Gazette: "A
young man. who thinks he is very smooth,
was chased by an irate husband last night
lie ran five blocks in fifty-five seconds
| and only touched the earth at street cross
! ings."
/ A Winfield man in KIondike writes back
home that while shooting some rapids his
/ boat upset. and everything was lost. He
/ had to swim q mile in ice-cold water and
concludes by stating that all he has left
/ is IAN indomitable will and one gauze IN
dershirt."
In Kansas an editor will wait patiently
all his life for some man TO die just be-
/ fore his marriage so the editor may say
of the bride that she was worse than
widowed" The expression, used so fire.
quently. is a terrible blast at the institu-
tion OF marriage.
The Popuusts Of Kansas have ceased
10 talk about the government ownership
OF railroads and a good many Of them
/ are beginning 10 think that II Is as far
away as the day when man Will be able
TO have his shadow and the sun on the
same side Of him al the same time.
Accidents are sometimes peculiarly Vi
cious. Matthew Malcolm, living in Dick
inson county. was blasting out q wall He
set the fuse in the bottom. lighted IL and
: then called to his wife At the windlass to
haul him up. He had gone about four
i feet when the handle of the windlass
broke and down ne went where the fuse
vas splutteri1g. His wife called some
boys, who got hold OF lne rope anu e@4l4rs-
ed the old man out. Probably the most
curious part Of this story is that man
should permit his wife TO pun him up out
OF a well.
This story is floating around in the east
Il is untrue and has Just reached Kan
sas. The college boys OF Lawrence.
kansas. played q good Joke on Governor
Leedy soon after his Inauguration They
got Up a travesty on the circus IN order
10 raise money for a local church and
invited the governor TO grace the enter
tainment with his presence The affair
vas held IN a tent and as soon As Ar-
Leedy arrived the barker outside began
% call out N = sing song voice: step
inside. ladies and gentlemen. and sec the
governor OF Kansas. imported from the
Eilds OF CofTey county AZ the great ex-
penss OF Mr. r y, Morrill, of EiaSatha.
a hon1 he has tanned efYectuaiiy- This ts
= rare and handsome specimen and fre
only governor of Kansas now IN captivity.
All others have been let loose as not hs-
ing The real Thing. The governor knows
college boys and enjoys a Joke. 50 he re-
NAMED inside and vas the biggest AZ
traction Of the sh0T.