The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.

The Wallace. John Robinson and
ells-Forepaughs shows are all
turing Kansas this month.
The Atchison police varied the
monotony of swapping lies and chews
by changing beats this week.
A Topeka woman, Mrs. Ida Hardy,
was chosen vice-president of the League
of American Mothers at Chicago.
Only seven Julys in the past 30
years have been cooler than the last
one, according to Professor Snow.
Farmers at Russell are figuring on
holding their wheat by building an
elevator with capacity of 500,0 900
bushels.
A Chanute man when asked if he
wanted to go to China made the rather
equivocal reply, mo, my wife is in
Colorado now"
Mrs. Delphos Hermon, of Burlin-
game, was burned to death near COT
feyville by her clothing catching fire
from camp fire.
When the Leavenworth police
yanked a colored boy named CHM
up for stealing his jaw dropped Just
like u Smith or Jones.
Dr.. John Clark Ridpath, the well
known historian who recently died
was at one time n member of the fac
ulty of Baker University.
A burglar who is doing Kansas
right now has a malicious disposition
worth a Boxer. After robbing the
house he ticllles the feet of his Sleep
ing victims.
Chester /. Long recently secured the
allowance Of the pension of John >.
Knowles, of Barber county, which has
been pending 30 years and carries
S2,2lS back pay.
The political outlook is so gloomy
that Barney Sheridan has begun pub
fishing the Bible in serial form. 1t
seems probable that Revelations will
be due about November.
A Chetopa minister Yesterday
preached on the text THE comforts of
Love-" and it was remarked that the
young people seemed to take the les
son to heart very earnestly.
Three girls were paralyzed at
Wichita by the sight of tramp shaw
ing himself with piece of mirror.
They thought instinct would tell any
one the proper use of mirror.
One effect of prosperity is that Kan
sas people are driving fast horses
again, and having runaways. Not a
day passes that the papers do not
record runaways and death or terrible
injuries.
This story that the Methodist's
official paper is urging that sect to
oppose Mckinley is all bosh. At
Eureka the Methodist ladies cleared
$40 feeding the Republican convention
delegates.
Awful state ofaffairs at Atchison, by
the Globe: Men are so scarce that
when they fall asleep when calling, the
girls, no longer, get mad, but sit and
fan the sleepers."
Another good month" says the
Wichita Eagle. NEARLY 5000 col
lected in police court-237 arrests. "
Hully gee What would the income
be when Wichita is bad.
The Peabody News saws that the
old fashioned way of men getting on
their knees when they propose is
back number now. The new way is
for the girls to get on their" knees.
The death of an aged colored woman
! in Kentucky who knew George
Washington. leads the Chanute sun
to wonder at the extensive acquaint-
ance George had among the colored
people.
Emporia people employed spotter
and on his testimony arrested all the
joinists and druggists. Now the
people refuse to pay the spotter
because his testimony has been inn
peached
The Populist and Democratic par
ties both agree that one shall swallow
the other before 1904 but after look
ing each other over at FIT. Scott both
dislike the idea of furnishing the
stomach.
Sam Wah, Fit. SCOTS lone China
man, is threatening prominent citi-
zen for the payment of 30 cent laun-
dry bill. The citizen wants to hold
the money until he is assured that
minister Conger is safe.
Gen. j. X. Hudson has organized a
company WIN pDOU,OOO capital TO Duy
lands and prospect for zinc in Mis-
souri,. There has been several times
that amount sunk in holes over there
if only the company can find it.
The State Agriculture College has
just put on the rolls the thorough bred
Guernsey bull Shylock of Darlington,
4579. The first time he catches mem
Der OF the faculty out in the pasture
he will deliver his salutatory.
The energy of Kincaid people is
being directed to raising funds to
build speakers stand near the Meth
odist church (which shall be per-
manent, says the News. How that
Methodist divine must thunder
An exchange notes that Uncle Rus
sell Sage, in a large batch of advice
to boys about how to succeed, says
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