Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22

he refuses to blow foam of his beer
The official weather report shows
that last month was the dryest May
Kansas ever experienced
An Emporia girl whose parents
named her Sarah. evoiuted as far as
"Seighday" before getting stuck.
Some of the Scotchmen are dis
posed to give Mr.. Carnegie's $4,000
600 Lawrence, Kan, reception.
Beloit has been raised to a post
office of the second class. 1t means
$500 year more to the postmaster.
A contractor in Washington laid
block of water mains before he dis
covered he was on the wrong street.
On conservative estimate the corn
crop will have to be Saved at least
ten times between now and August 10.
The Standard Oil company is buy
ing land in the Smoky Hill valley
on suspicion that there is oil under it.
With the alfalfa crop harvested, the
wheat saved and cherries ripe, Kan
sas isn't worrying much about the
rest.
Reports from the wheat belt show
that the wheat louise is suffering from
dyspepsia and the heel fly has the
govt
Gray county man will take four
teen prairie dogs back to England
with him and will try to plant them
there.
An Atchison girl whose avoirdu-
, pois is charitably estimated at 1875
pounds has the winsome name Of
dot"
Rafella Purgatorio lives in Craw-
trying to prevail on him to raise more
corn.
Leavenworth has a snorer who is
described as sau fait." He can snore
in any time-day time, night time and
rag time.
Before venturing to walk in tho
Memorial day parade in Maryville-
one veteran had a pneumatic tire put
on his wooden leg.
A woman in Downs dissected a pin
cushion recently that had been in use
for twenty years and found inside of
! it six dozen needles.
| Explorer Baldwin will take three
students from the State normal school,
Emporia, with him on his voyage in
search of the North pole.
| 1t is told that an idle man was
found on the streets of La Crosse a
/ few days ago and five farmers fought
/ for the possession of him.
| Charles Prentice entered last week
upon his thirty-eighth year as mar
| shall of Lawrence. Quantrell was the
| only man who ever escaped him.
4 Ruhamah Feldkfrchner. who
brought a suit for divorce in Atchi-
son last week should not forget to
ask for the restoration of her other
| name.
One of the first reforms contenl-
plated by Mayor General Hughes of
j Topeka, is to equip the police force
with swords and thirty rounds of
gold lace.
Dressmakers in Wichita complain
they are so busy they haven't time to
do any sewing for themselves and
are compelled to buy their gowns
ready made.
/ Only one boy was graduated from
the military academy in Salina this
spring, but he was given as many
salutes and dress parades as if he
were a whole battalion.
A Leavenworth school teacher asked
her class the meaning of the word
ambition One little boy replied, Its
a sort of feeling that makes a boy
want to do what he can't"
4 A. D. Walker of Holton is convert
/ ing a grove east of town into a park
with the idea of making the place SO
attractive that conventions will go
there instead of to larger cities.
i A gentleman near Topeka owns
bird dog which is especially good at
fetching things out of the water. In
order to show what the dog could do,
he threw a fifty cent piece into the
river and told the dog to fetch it.
i The dog dived and brought back a
two pound catfish and thirty-five cents
in change.
A Dickinson county farmer sold
fifty-five acres of wheat as it stands
for $1-25 an acre, because he had a
dream that the crop would be fall
ure.
A woman at Newton celebrated
Decoration day by laying large and
fragrant horsewhip on a young man
whom she claimed had been lying
about her. When she quit the young
man was pretty thoroughly decorated.
|, 1t has been discovered that a con-
crete fence post can be manufactured
, very cheaply and that it is more last
ing than any other kind of post. A
factory for the manufacture of con-
crete fence posts is being established
in Lyons.
1I A Concordia young man obtained
the name and address of a Kansas
i City girl through matrimonial
paper. After corresponding with her
Z for some time he concluded to see
her. So he came to Kansas City and
boldly rang the bell at the street num-
Der. A buxom mahogany maiden