The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-01-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

~ uScu ~ years, 10 ouihS lis "AiN'
aged "a, for divorce, charging adult
cry.
The rattle fever always reaches its
height during the holidays. In Chau-
tauqua county man rallied off sow
and litter of pigs.
COTS is small town to have a union
depot. The Central Branch and the
Northwestern use the same building.
Concordia ought to have union de-
pot.
Wheat thieves are causing much
loss to farmers in northeast Dickinson
county, driving to the granaries in the
night and taking loads boldly to the
market.
The Santa Fe officials deny that the
fast mail will be dscontinu ed. Gen
eral Manager Frey says the train has
had no more wrecks than any other
train, and that it's service is good.
ne TdllEOd(l llldl wac hCublhS iva
the new town of Collinsville has missed
that place by about seven miles, and a
new town called McFall is being built
up, from which place good many peo-
pie from Collinsville are going.
The rooms of the Historical society
are so clustered up that if one gets in
side and wishes to remove his overcoat
he is obliged to go out in the hall to
do so. The work of the society is i'm
portant and it should have more room.
The Gaylord Heralds weather proph
ct who has predicted this last cold
snap, says there will be worse one
about the 18th of this month. 1t is
claimed by the Gaylord Herald that
this same weather prophet is very
hot article.
Carefully made experiments show
that fresh manure taken directly from
the stable to the field is worth about
double as much to the land as old
manure that has been piled up and al
lowed to rot and decompose through
the winter And it would lose far
more of it's fertilizing qualities in the
summer months than in the winter.
As it decomposes on the field the fer
tilizing elements will go into the
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Custom varies with location. The
man who goes to Atchison and opens
good Joint is welcomed. In Topeka he
is arrested and his place closed until
til he finally gets tired and quits the
game. In Miltonvale shotgun plays
are made and the jointist's place is
wrecked At Woodbine dynamite is
used and the joint is blown from the
earth. The energy and perseverance
displayed by some men in running a
Kansas joint under adverse conditions
would bring them wealth if directed
in a legitimate cha-4el.
A Kansas boy, Chas. Rounsavill, who
took part in the battle of Manila, un
der Dewey, in writing to relatives at
Circleville, says that the majority of
the people of the United States seem
to think that there was only one man
in that fight "While allowing Adj
miral Dewey all the credit" says
Rounsavill, sit would be well to re-
member that the enlisted men served
and fired the guns, and that without
them Dewey could not have won the
battle" Dewey has received a gener-
Gus share of commendation, it is true,
but no more than he deserved: and the
assurance of the Kansas boy that the
admiral did not sink the Spanish fleet
single-handed and alone was hardly
needed.
A formerly of Atchison boy has turn
ed up editorial writer on the Washing
ton Post The time will come when a
man can not become great in this ma
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twice in Kansas.
Governor Riddle probably has more
books by Kansas authors in his library
than any other man in the state He
buys all of them. A Topeka book
seller has orders to supply him with a
copy of any book written by a Kansan
just as soon as it is placed on the mar
ket.
Cherokee and Crawford county
teachers will debate on the Cars dis
armament proposition.
Six months ago twenty-seven ladies
belonging to the Presbyterian Aid So
ciety of Cawker received twenty-five
cents apiece which they were to invest
and return with the increase to the
treasurer of the society. Last week
the money was called in, and the or
iginal SCI has grown to nearly $40. co.
The lady who made the best showing
realized IS from her investment of a
quarter.
After reading the paid write-ups in
. Uo~eos s,,ao;ol edition ono MIGHT no