The Globe-republican., 1899-05-18

This is splendid weather for young
corn.
The towns in Kansas show c steady
improvement.
just at the present time everything
is quite prosperous looking in Kan
cas-
The rains during this month is just
what were needed to rush the crops
along.
Merchants are enjoying q splendid
trade, and mechanics are generally
busy.
By the way of a prismatic lie. w. E
Curtis writes to Chicago that the
women of Kansas ride their bicycle,
in sunbonnets
A poor stand of any crop may il
most instances he traced to poor seed
It may be immature or too old. Mos
seed deteriorates rapidly after from
one to three years Immature seed i.
most often met within the so-called
hay crops as alfalfa, millet and timo
thy, for in these it is impossible to
harvest the crop SO as to get all the
seeds matured and at the same time
avoid SCATTERING.
There is no penitentiary in Okiahc
ma, and there are no poorhouses OF
poorfarms in the territory. The need
of such things has never been felt
Although there is an impression in the
east that this is lawless country, the
reports of the criminal courts show
that the penitentiary population j.
only 155, and that there was only one
convict last year for every 2,15O of the
inhabitants while in the good state OF
Ohio the ratio was one for every 1902;
IN Kansas, one to every 1,60O, and in
Indiana one to every 1850. There are
jails, or coolers" as the people kindly
call them in all of the larger towns,
but in the smaller places when a mar
has committed an offense against so
ciety the sheriff locks him up in a va
can't room until he gets time to take
him to court.
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fs
The Santa Fe are selling tickets t.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San deg.
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF S32. so
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon S2S. s.. For particulars call
on or address, L. r. DELANEY, Agt.,
Wichita, kans
Only 81. Al: Only s1.41: Only S1.41!
Kansas Musical Jubilee, Kansas
State Sunday School Association,
Hutchinson. Kans For these events
the Santa Fe will sell tickets to Hutch
inson and return for one fare-$1. Al
for the round trip Tickets on sale
May s, 10 and May Is and 10. Good to
return until May II and May 20, 1899.
l.. r. DELANEY, Agent
Excursion to San Francisco, Cal, via the
Great Santa Fee Route.
On May Is, 16. II and Is the Santa
Fe will sell tickets to San Francisco
and return on account of the National
Baptist Societies meetings at the rate
of one fare for the round trip-$60 90
limited for return to July 18th, 1899.
The Santa Fe's California service is
unsurpassed, having two trains daily
from Wichita, leaving $3.50 a. IN. and
7:1O p. m l. R. DELANEY, Agt
Homeseekcrs' Excursion via Santa Fs
Route.
For this occasion on May 10th
and June 9th and Goth, the Santa Fe
will sell round trip tickets at the very
cheap rate of one fare for the round
trip plus s.. 90 to all points in Arkan-
sas, Arizona, Indian territory and New
Mexico. These tickets will bear going
limit with stopover privileges of fifteen
days; final return limit twenty-one
days from date of sale. Before pur-
chasing tickets you will do we'll to call
on some representative of the road
reaches all points of importance-The
Great Santa Fe.
L. r. DELANEY, Agt.
If there are no delays it is believed
that the waterworks plant at Wamego
will DE completed by July.
An Atchison man is in trouble. His
children have passed the measles and
whooping cough age, and just as he
was looking forward to uninterrupted
rest at night, the boys have begun to
hang around This courtship bust
ness takes great deal of time, con.
sidiring how often it results in fail
ure. Not SO much time and attention
are put in any other venture.
Business is picking up in all branch