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The evening times., 1900-09-25
CURRENT HUMoR.
sad Fate of Ancestors.

tFrenl The Boston IournaL)
81 tell You. golf is going to be the salvation OF
the nation II is going to make athletic men
and ont of puny offsprings and length
days by decades
But our ancestors didn't go in for golf.
And where are they now Dead! All doadt
The evening times., 1900-09-25
He would Remember Later.

(Fr0lu The Detroit Free Piess.)
'Look pleasant; loeS pleasant urged the
photographer with the bulb in his Land.
You seem TO forget" replied ihe VICTIM
what you charging for these photo
,rapps''
The evening times., 1900-09-25
Not ouite Private.

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
Gump-so you have gone out of politiese
Stunp-Yes
Gumi5-ReJired to private life, l supposeg
Stump-oh, no, not quite that; We i've in
Eat.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
His CaIibre.
fFronl Judge.)
HercenarY.

s'Is he a man of much caiibre?'
..Nc, just an old-iasHioned smooth bore. :"
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Drawing a distinction.

(From the Indianapolis Press.)
stCheer up said the eorsoler. '0Ee girl is
as good as another.
Better said the unhappy young man. But
there IS rot another girl good Is the one,
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Up in Pennsylvania the Coal Trust mag
mates hold frequent and secret meetings 90
discuss ways and means for circumventing
the toilers who are battling for their right
10 a quarter full dinner pail. But General
Goblin, commanding the forces against the
miners, declares that the latter will net
be allowed to hold secret meetings. That
privilege is reserved for the masters The
men must meet with bayonets cleaning
around them.
The evening times., 1900-09-25

a Week in New York.-As announced
yesterday by The Times. the object CT
Ex-Governor Stones hurried departure
from his headquarters in New York ID
Chicago was to meet Mr.. Bryan in tae
latter city, and urge upon him the ad-
visa biIity of giving a week to New York
State next month instead Of three days,
as originally planned. After a careful
study of the situation Governor Store
has become convinced that the Demo-
cratic prospects III New York are ex-
cellent and he SO Informed Mr.. Bryan
yesterday lie repeated in Chicago what
he said to a Times representative in New
York last Thursday, which was that
Democratic prospects in the Empire
State are not menaced by factioGal Sn
this year and that with a united party
supporting him Mr.. Bryan should get
the thirty-six electoral votes of New
York. By devoting a week to the State
Mr. Bryan VII be enabled to exhibit
himself to advantage in all sections of
New York and with the widespread pub
licity which his speeches will receive
while he is touring the State. he will
reach doubtful voters in New Jersey,
Delaware. and Maryland quite as effec-
lively as he could do even ls appealing
to them directly at their homes 1t is
understood that Mr. Bryan will dwell
more at length upon the issues of the
trusts on his New York tour than upon
any of the other issues of the campaign.
In the opinion OF the best-in n-ormed
Democrats in the Empire State, the
masses in New York are more directly
concerned about the trusts than any
other question, and in view of the fact
that Mr.. Hanna is trying to convince
them that there are no trusts, it is cen-
fidently believed they will listen more
attentiveIy to Mr.. Bryan's exposition of
this subject than they otherwise might
hora
The evening times., 1900-09-25

lFrom TIE PhlIadeIphla Kecora.)
All, yes, it was for money
Alone he married her,
And yet that's not so funny
He Sas the minister.
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Prince Tuan not only intends to be the
Bismarck of China, but he has some idea
OF being its Moltke as well. He has by no
means abandoned the scheme to drive all
foreigners out of the Empire. He is pre-
pairing to try that on again. Tuan has o.
derad the armies in the southern provinces
to marehs north All the indications are
that war operations are to be resumed quite
within the time set by Sir Robert Hart.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
The strike movement appears

The strike movement appears to be
spreading. and Il might not require much
TO make it epidetnic Eighteen hundred
iron workers at Lancaster. Pa. have struck
against d wage reduction of twenty five
per cent, intended doubtless to remind
them of the Mckinley prosperity" ur-
der which men ought to be able to live on
The evening times., 1900-09-25

It was hardly necessary for Mr. Bryan
to dignity by denying the foolish assertion
of Hanna that the Democratic candidate
had promised places in his Cabinet as
reward for party service. No one who
h VOWS Mr. Bryan would believe him ca
! pable of such d thing. The trouble with
politicians of the Hanna type is that they
cannot conceive of people less corrupt
than themselves. Hanna has not forgotten
| how he mortgaged Cabinet positions and
other offices to the trusts and the Wall
Street influence. But Mr.. Bryan is
different and an honest kind of man.
The evening times., 1900-09-25

Odds Are DroppinG--Very little bet
ting has been done on the Presidential
election in New York for a week or more
The reason for this is that the Democrats
have been unable to find much Republican
money at the last landing place of the
edds-two and q half to one. Yesterday
the odds dropped down to two TO one and
IT is believed that at that figure i: will
be hard TO find a great deal of Republican
money \ Wall Street broker named Bell
has posted one hundred thousand TO bet
on Mckinley against fifty thousand.
Whether or not this offer has been taken
is not known. but that it will De gobbled
up very shortly there is no room for
doubt. 1t is intimated that Col Nose
Wetmore. the muiti-millionaire tobacco
mist Of st. Louis. left a hundred thousand
dollars on his recent trip to New York to
be bet on Bryan at whatever favorable
odds were offered IF this is true, it is
believed one-haf of the Wetmove fund
will be put up against Broker Bells hun
dred thousand and the other half will be
wa gered as soon as somebody steps for
ward at the other end. Croker. it is said.
is still looking for Mckinley money, and
the only reason he doesn't push the bet
ting is the fear that by SO doing he would
hammer tho odds down too rapidly. II
there is not much activity in the New
York betting at the odds established yes
terday by Broker Bell it VIII be because
Republican money Is shy.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
The Coal Strike.

On the whole the strike situation has
undergone little change since yesterday.
The effect of sending troops into the field
has been the reverse Of what the coal
trust expected or intended, Instead of
1ocking back 10 the collieries as soon as
military protection was guaranteed the
miners of the SchuylkilI district who were
not en- strike, as well as those who were,
bitterly resented the introduction of bay
onets and many of them went out when
Gobins soldiers marched in.
\ few of the Reading Railway Compa-
ny's mines in the Western part of the
Schuylkin district resumed production
this morning; but, in a general way the
strike is not apparently weakened any
where aleng the line save. perhaps. by
the action OF the switchmen who have de-
eided to handle ron-union as well as IN
ion coal.
Good order was tSe rule throughout
the region yesterday. There were some
small personal difficulties, but nothing Sc
rious as far as reported, and no mob vio-
lence or turbulence. Both sides seem to
be preparing for a long struggle. Deyel-
Cpments OF a sensational nature are liable
TO occur at any moment. The strike is
bettcr organized, and on its face, appears
TO have better chance of success, than
any preceding one in Pennsylvania.
The evening times., 1900-09-25
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Not Made by Hauna.--Scareely had
Mr.. Hanna arrived at his headquarters IN
New York yesterday until he had repudi-
atcd an estimate which had been given out
10y Senator Scott, Joe Manley, or somebody
elss connected with the management OF the
Mckinley campaign in the East This es-
tirnate gave these States TO Mr.. Mckinley
Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Massachusetts, 10;
Minnesota 3; New Hampshire, 4; Pennsyi-
vaaia. 50; Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4;
Illinois, a; Michigan, ii; New York, 80;
Ohio 23 Oregon. 4; West Virginia, Q;
Wisconsin L; Wyoming 3; New Jersey,
10; North Dakota 8; Kansas, 10; Cafifor-
MIA, 9: Connecticut. 6-totai. 251- The es-
innate comedies only about 112 votes to
Bryan, all from the South, and places the
following States as doubtful; Missouri, II;
Colorado, 4; Idaho. 8; Montana, 3; Utah,
5: South Dakota. 4: Nebraska, 8;
Delaware, 8; Maryland. s; Nevada, 3;
Kentucky 13. Indiana 15-total
ST. It will be noticed that the man who
made this estimate claims both Kansas
tn votes and Washington's folr votes,
which went for Bryan in 1896. and also
that among the States he classed as doubt
ful-Indiana. Kentucky. Maryland, and
Delaware-went for Mckinley in the last
election. and that Missouri. Nebraska, Ne
ada. and South Dakota, were carried by
Bryan. IN other words. this calculator
claims that only thirty-nine votes that
went for Mckinley in 1885 are now doubt
ful. whereas forty-hye that were carried
for Bryan four years ago are in doubt. Ac-
cepting the estimate as the expression of
the highest Republican hope. it is shown
that Mr. Mckinley is relying upon the
slim majority of twenty seven i'll the Elec-
toral College. In other words, he viii
have to carry all of the big States to win.
If he loses New York, he Will be defeated.
If he carries New York and loses Indiana,
Michigan. and Minnesota. he Will be de-
teated. Unless he can hold on 10 Illinois
and Ohio there is no show for him. OF
coarse there is absolutely no reason for
CHASING Missouri. Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana, Utah. Nebraska. Maryland, Ken
tucky and Nevada as doubtful, as has been
done in this estimate. Giving the
81 votes of these States to Bryan and
adding them TO the 112 magnanimousIy
conceded TO him by this Republican
arithmetIcian. and it is seen that the
Democratic standard bearer is assure d
at the outstart of III votes This caves
Mr. Bryan short of the goal by only 30
votes Ex-Governor Stone of MIssoui /.
ma lager Of the Eastern campaign, and
WAC positively is not a rainbow chaser,
journeyed all the way from New York
TO Chicago Sunday TO assure Mr. Bryan
that he is certain to get the thirty-six
votes of the Empire State. 1t cannot
be denied that Indiana is much more
certain to go for Bryan than New York
is. This combination then would land
Mr.. Bryan IN the White House. and still
the-e are Illinois Michigan Minnesota,
Washington. South Dakota, Delaware and
-Ohio-to figure on as doubtful. IN this
| aspect OF the case, the man who says
that Mr.. Mckinley has ''cinch'' on
reelection is very close kin to fool.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
The Crop Prospects in Kansas.

One of the observant and successful farmers In
Southern Kansas largely because observant
that Kansas big corn crop this season
that tend keep down price Corn and hogs
will be in evidence with present prices so viii
bank balances. dispatch the City Journal
probably inspired by the secretary of the
agriculture existing crop conditions pan out
they promise Kansas will year smash all records
The wheat prospect could scarcely be better exceng
that of May 1892 The equal year
and the western half of the field.
farmers this year have insects with as has
been the case in most past the heavy spring
having practically exterminated all which prey
small grains. In the large wheat raising Nc
Pherson, Rice Barton sedgwick Sumner the eye
meets nothing but the enormous fields; the
straw is heavy, and with month of favorable
weather the largest yield known will be harvested
Farmers everywhere declare this has been ideal
for the wheat raiser and correspondngly jublant
The preparations for this year under way
Planting is nearly done throughout state and large
is in In the southern cultvaing
has already commenced with good stand in sight.
Secretary Barnes of the State Horticultural society,"
touring the state his report
fruit is assuring The apple yield says promises
to be the largest known the history society
The peach will be bountiful much larger than in
late Grapes promise the present time and
full yield will probably fruits promise the
same abundant yield heretofore
In western Kansas great alfalfa cattle growing
section, the spring rains have been very heavy
first of alfalfa is being harvested stock
interests elated the prospects, grasses
striving outgrow the cultivated ones The outlook
for successful good rancmen increasing
their herds.
The railroads busy making arrangements to profit
by such unusual condition transporting
capacity is likely to be taxed the limit machinery
men are met everywhere and busy farmers
They and unprecedented their line of
goods and thus Kansas shares her the
less fortunate states in the again year
threatens starte the world by crops and
prove that golden spot Of this mundane
sphere.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
(From the New York Life.)

(FrOm the New York Life)
THE time hats come for me to speak -
he said, going over to the mantelpiece
and leaning his head abstractedly against
the cold, hard brick My dear, before
We are married, and while there is yet
time to pause, my conscience bids me
tell you the truth about myself | have
deceived you. l am not the noble-heart-
ed, unselfish, refined and altogether de-
sirable man you have been led to be-
lieve. I have deceived you even about
my age. Not only am I 10, instead of 81
but I am a widower. I stay out nights
when l feel like it. I smoke all over
the house, am crank about my meals,
find fault all the time, hector the ser
wants. never go anywhere to oblige any
one else, drink more than I ought to,
swear regularly, and, in fact, am d vul-
gar, disagreeable, hidebound, gruff. in
hospitable irritable inconsiderate, insult
ferable nuisance"
Tel me-" said the fair creature ne
addressed, depressing with a conscious
look OF pride an inward shudder, you
own the house and grounds that you
showed me, don't your"
II do"
And the beautiful government bonds
you asked me to look at, the 800 shares
of D. A b, the 200 Y. Y. T., the 400
l. P. ". debentures, and four acres fin
the heart of the Manhattan shopping dis
trict are all yours. aren't they?"
They are, dearest"
Then" said the undismayed and still
radiant creature by his side, my dar-
ling. with all your faults I love you
still"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
Topeka Gone Convention Crazy.

Conventions have been Topeka for every CON
oevable thing, this spring summer so at least
we had concluded There seemed nothing way
party politics. in the beneficiary social or pro
fessionaI societies for which early Topeka
had not been called There being nothing sight
they bethought themselves Of postasters class
officials whose especial business stay home the
regulations OF department going far to prohibit
them from leaving home except by special permit
postasters do for themselves the service OF for
the people than the regulations already provide by
getting together Topeka conceive. But call
has been promulgated and organization
After the meeting of the postmasers for
the 22nd instant believe it looked Topeka
tells to be left their So That
towns inherent genius for conventions still stands pat
Saturday brought call all the COM
mercal clubs trades Of Kansas to meet in
Topeka for the Of furthern financial interests
of state
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
The Substantial Bottom to wichita's Boom

The editor of the American Investments" which jour
nal is recognized and most comprehensive
and reliable financial publication country in the last
issue "A from Wichita, Kansas sat in our in
qusoria chair day last narrowly escaped
being taken from that poreopenng spot the
lum He had deliberately and wilfuly
ia nursing incipient BOOM while the child was
sucking at the bottle of prosperity was smiling
and kicking in very much as to say
what delightful mounting am getting" We found
his statement to be entirely very
much improved there and whilst there is determination
to squech appearance. boom, difficult to call
the movement anything else genuine boom
having the requisite substantial The Improvement
there is entirely legitimate the astonishing statement
made that the demand for renters is heavy
eral hundred houses ought be built they
clean up 10 per profit seems to be plenty
and labor here the geographical location
ought and does justify opinion first
class city viii grow Of the much abused Wch
tia 1t is not improbable that the people that great
sacrifices them mortgages estate regret their
anxiety to get out at any cost SO II goes"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
An Old Friend New-Xamed.

A somewhat crusty old chap OF our
acquaintance had boarded for some time
with widow whose garrulous and d.
signing nature had excited mis- contempt
Learning one day through a bre2kf asst
table hint that her birthday was a hand
he determined that he would like to
send her something that would IN q
measure reflect his opinion OF her. Speak
ing 70 a friend about *. the latter sug-
gested widow Bedott." as the very
prototype Of 5,s lady acquaintance, and
advised his getting a copy Ct the book
for her. he gIeefully accepted the idea.
and visiting a ne.ghb0ring city entered
a book store 10 secure the coveted VOL
une. Approaching a counter where d
clerk awaited him be at once started in
with
Have you-save you and then came
to dead stop
The experienced clerk appreciated the
fact that he aad forgotten the name q
his intended purchase. and said moth
inE
An embarrassing silence cf some mo-
neuts followed. when a smile % relief
.r1aGiatsd the visitors face, and uuc51-
scicusiy prompted BY his prejudice, hs
confidently exclaimed:
Have ycu a copy ot Z book emitted
The Widow Bedam
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
Mystery Cleared Up.

ft'r1g1 t1e Detroit ECse Press
Sle-I wonder why Eve VAS not ere
aVsd before ADAM
He-The reason f1- that Is plain enough
The LcrE kreE = he made woman arst
and tAen trie5 20 get . nan % SUIT her.
&c might IS vel os.ii and g fishing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

There is all kinds Of politics visit Boer
commissioners this country The Republican politicians
Will jerk them way, and the Democratic politicians the
other way.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

candidacy national committeeman.
for Jewet that he closely either
SIDE is of good political judgment seec-
could victory nor in de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Lewis Hoen Of Indianapolis. please the woman he
loved. had his bow-legs Strengthened he is
taller than before and he moderately and
in circumstances. the girl will marry him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

John R Mclean Of Ohio intended attend the Kansas
City convention but hs has changed He might
only there 10 vote for his brother-in-Iaw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Il takes genius to think out bunco game.
IN New York has done it He writes a telegram
marks it collect" delivers the victim
Il e charges
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Enid Wave: Last night burglars broke
into Gus Gunnerson's store at Kremlin
and stole about one hundred pairs Of
shoes. Sheriff PoEter's posse Of deputy
Sheriffs are on the track of the robbers.
Stroud Messenger: Chivallah. the Egyp-
tan Understanding Aquatic plant so
very common in the many ponds on
lower Deep Fork, has been gathered in
large quantities by the Industrious Saukie
squaws this spring. They eat the bulbs
raw or cooked and dry lots Of the
savory roots for consumption next fall
and winter. The ChivaIlah, alias dog
cabbage seeds, are hunted and relished
by the porkers, and are gathered and
eaten by many white settlers of the
lower Deep Fork
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

1t is believed that the extreme heat Of Luzon does
cause N many Of soldiers mild form of Ilnacy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

scientist Of the Smithsonian institution announce.
that there forty species this country This
viii interest vocaliSts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

General Otis has started htrne He would have cc
long but the yellow journals were demanding It
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

far being diatory concerned our sIowness in
issuing that ultmatum equal slowness Of the
sultan viii be q gets II.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The only man who croaked against free
homes in the house was a Democrat
Governor Barnes term as governor ex-
pires May L, 1871.
The eolored people near Stroud have a
log church and school house.
The passage of the free homes measure
brought out those cuts of Dennis by the
bushel
Billy Walker has become a capitalist
He has purchased the waterworks bonds
Of Saltwater.
The Republicans of Canadian county
also want Dennis Flynn 70 head the
Philadelphia delegation.
Mrs Capron. tia widow Of the late
leader Of the Rough Riders. has gone 10
the Philippines TO serve as a nurse.
Mrs. Frank Greer OF Guthrie has been
appointed by Governor Barnes a woman
director Of the Pan-American exposition,
at Buffalo.
There was much confusion during the
free homes bill discussion in the house
and the chairman had to call for order
several times.
The Enid Wave had the startling an
nouncement the other day that Cronje
had been shot dead at ST. Helena for
crossing the dead line.
Whether Dennis Flynn win attend the
Enid convention Thursday depends on
how far up towards the top that free
homes bill is or the senate calendar.
Miss Parker of Kingfsher lost second
place in the oratorical contest at Guth-
RE by a low marking made by Eugene
Ware on the merit of her thought and
composition
Some of the farmers near Stroud, ac-
cording to the Messenger, are giving
their horses, to eat, cottonwood branches.
claiming that the branches are good for
their digestion.
At Yinita there IS a room which is lit
orally covered inside with ink stains
Years ago two members of jury got
into a fight and threw ink bottles in the
room al each other
It is claimed that & widow has fallen
in love with Lima Gray, man in the
Oklahoma City jail who has been SEN
fenced TO the penitentiary, and that she
may insist on marrying him.
The Stroud Messenger speaks. Of one
Dave Avery, an Indian who has pen
chant for proposing marriage 10 white
girls. The paper notifies him to quit it
in the interest of his health
Some men are always restless. They
are men who located in Kansas in 1860:
who went into Colorado later; later into
Oklahoma, then into the Cheyenne ard
Arapahoe country when it opened; then
to the Strip. They are now packing up
preparatory to finding a home in the
Creek country.
A new kind of fake is being used ex
tensively in this part of the country.
Some low-browed cuss starts a story that
three or four months ago two young peo-
pie We're secretly married. They are prob
ably not even engaged Enid has recent
ly had such a case. The instigator of the
report should be hunted out and
thumped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Corbett Jeffries VIII meet in a few days The tim
% Mr Corbetts funeral be announced from the ring
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Just present Oklahoma bids FAIR 70 be the land Ok s
free and the free home brave.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08

Apparently Lord Roberts likes Blosufoute.n good deal
more than he expected 70.
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surnri.e All Around.
prom Judge1

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day
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another fellow
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I've lo1ge-.