The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-16
CHIT

Sliced cowcumber and vinegar is
now ripe,
The normal is still growing in nnm-
bers and interest.
Shell Brown declares to his wife
that he has not visited the normal
once.
A man never gets so big but that
another just a little bigger in due
time, appears. All! there, Fltz.
The streets OF Chanute were per-
feet jam all afternoon Saturday. The
merchants enjoyed an unprecedented
trade,
The skulemarms all turned out Sat-
urday evening to see the balloon go up.
The new balloon of Prof. Fowler's is
daisy and Sails like cloud.
IL
When the West side gets the new
Masonic temple completed it will be
ahead on three-story buildings till the
East side gets up its new opera build
ing,
In the debating contest between the
Philomathi and Literati societies of
Emporia last Saturday night, the de-
cision was given to the Literati by
few points.
Our bows in Manila keep on fighting
if it does rain. 1t would look like
Aguinaldo would find out soon some
difference between fighting Americans
and Spaniards.
"Governor" Eskridge, of Emporia,
is troubled with a severe case OF in
version of the liver. 1t gives the Pops
great satisfaction toquote his heresies
on the money question.
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Prof. Fowler should oil the hinges
Oh that parachute so it will open
little quicker, or the next time he
comes down on top of house he may
poke his feet through the roof.
The situation in Cuba is fast get
Ting in very satisfactory shape. The
soldiers are bringing in their arms
and turning them over to the govern
ment faster than they can be paid off.
Rumor has it that our man Bris-
tow, now Fourth Assistant POstmast-
err General, is likely to get an appoint
ment in the Philippines. The Kansas
men make their mark when they get
a show.
a colorado. miner having become
tired OF life and desiring to save cor
oners expense held a stick of dynamite
in hand and lighted the attached fuse,
There was not enough of him found
after the explosion to furnish dinner
for mosquito.
Rosenthal's clerks say that if there
is piece of furniture or an article OF
merchandise in their store that has
not been moved from one to dozen
times in the last week they would
like to have it pointed out and they
will go and move it,
The editor of the Blade is like an
other man this week. The thoughts
of that address of welcome he was to
make at the teachers reunion had for
weeks been an ever present ghost,
haunting his thouhts by day and dis
turbing his dreams by night
People in this locality have great
reason to congratulate themselves on
the condition of the crops comral ed
with the outlook along the Katy be-
tween here and EmpoIia. Much of
the corn along the line is so far gone
now that it looks like IL could make
nothing even with favorable weather
from this on.
The pop paper down at Erie thinks
the democrats did not make as good
showing at the recent committee
meeting as did the pops, The trouble
was, Miss Editress, in many precincts
the democrats did not have enough
men to get up delegation without
the assistance of the pops, They will
have enough candidates this fall, how
ever, to fill all the offices.
So FitZismmOnS met his Waterloo
when he came up against the sturdy
Californian. Well Fitz made the best
fight he could. He simply met bet
ter man than he was Fitz takes it
quite philosophically and says there
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