The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-22
Along the Kansas Nile,

! In case of v,ar with Spain, Leedy would
have the appointing of all the colonies.
! Mr.. Cady, editor of the Augusta Jour
nal, repairs cabinet organs on the side,
/ and the inside.
Fred Funston is one Kansan who is not
clamoring that President Mckinley
plunge the nation head-long into war.
When the nation hears that Mrs. Lease
intends to go to the front as a nurse as
reported, there will be less howl for war.
The Kansas poets haven't had anything
to say about the moon for a month. They
are afraid the public might ask Which
moon?"
1t is believed at II Dorado that the nat
ural gas belt of Kansas extends to that
town. If it is demonstrated, Wichita will
pipe it over.
Mr.. Dingley's English hat" according
to the New York Evening Post, may cost
him the presidency" This is the hat Jerry
Simpson exposed.
Kansas should not forget that one rea-
son New York is so anxious TO dent
SPANS head is because it was Spaniard
who discovered Kansas.
The Atchison Champion has discovered
that the eating of onions Will keep a
moustache from coming on a girls lip
somebody else's moustache.
a California man is out with the state
ment that J. Wilkes Booth attended the
execution Of John Brown. as did d great
grandson Of Thomas jefferson.
Il can't see" said the Kansas tramp.
how it is that justice is blind and that
it is justice that sends me to the rock-pile
for having no visible means Of support"
Perhaps the blowing up of the Maine
was mere Republican scheme 10 divert
Lelands and Bakers mind from fighting
each other and for bringing them shoulder
to shoulder in a common cause.
a man who apparently has nothing to
do writes TO this Office TO know if there
is any connection between Kansas joints
and spiTitualism, as il takes three raps
at the joints TO get al the spirits.
The Popunsts in Kansas have worn out
all their tricks. They are now demanding
that Mckinley declare war on Spain BY
May /. they would be meeting in conven-
tion. II war should come and resolving
that the war was failure.
Bill Stanley Of Wichita will be nomi- /
mated for governor and the other oandi- /
dates ought 10 retire and save q long. USE /
less campaign before the convention. /
which viii simply tire people and engen- /
der vicious and unnecessary anlmosi- [
ties.
Probably the greatest lie ever told BY |
mortal man appears in 4 Newton paper. /
\ mans pig broke out OF the pen and ran /
of. The man began the pursuit and came 4
home al night tired out and unrewaried. /
He went ont 70 the zen and found that /
the pig had returned voluntarily.
The American people have not changed /
much. When Abraham Lincoln set free I
ate states 10 England. the American De7-
pie snorted and wanted 20 5Eht England (
ard Lincoln. TOO IN q very few months
they had thes- hands fun and acknowI-
edged that Lincoln kEew what Ec was
about
Probably the most tremendous shock
ever received by d mortal took place In
Enporla two O. three minutes before the
Lang wreck There are no stations be
tween Lang and Eupcrla- The operator
az Enporia photographed the operator a.
Lang In effect: TIE fast mail has fls;
,eft here" Ire answer cane hack frou /
Larg: TIE express has left here TIE
E-npaTia operators fingers feI upon the
seE. his heart stopped ard he settled into
his chair, a nsryeless, inert wreck NJ
ono of che engineers who szw the oppos-
.ng fash. none II The baggage men O. ual.
clerks who tclt the death dealing crash
suffered what TINS nan dsd wso caslgas
three minutes xilEzp=e IEto an awsu.
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