The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-10

! When I heard that Mrs Nation an
/ nounced that she was having visions and
was called OF God. then that settled IL
with me II now turns on, that her VS.
ions are Of a lecture field, big audiences
| a big bank account, graphically portray
( ed BY her agent, Mr.. A C. Rankin. who
seems TO be No SLOUGH in the sucker busl-
/ ness.
They say that one sucker is born every
day, including Sunday. believe that is
true. and thar none Of them ever die, al
ter seeing some Of the schemes that
some Of the business men OF this town
have been worked fer IN the LAST week
OF Two and called advertising.
Please ask your greenhouse man 70 fur
nish you with q half dozen varieties Of
Cannas and as soon as spring comes dig
deep and wide holes in your parking,
large enough for tree planting. put in
some fertilizer. and plant your Cannas.
They wll grow very fast and TO an i'm
mense size in this soil. They need only
to be watered- They beauty street
wonderfully.
The Kansas legislature would dc them
seive honor and the young boys and a
lot Of men a kindness If they would pass
the Oklahoma anu-cigarette bill Pass II,
gentlemen, and adjourn sine die.
Somebody says that the hoy Of the
twentieth century rules his mother and
the mother rules the father Compare
this with the Roman fathers who for
more than a thousand years possessed
the absolute legal right TO try. condemn
and execute any Of their children with0ut
witnesses in their own homes. and with
out consulting anyone. A son was only
free when married and became despoe
over his own household. The middle
ground Of the eighteenth and early nine
tenth centuries might be preferable
According 10 a recent article in HaI-
per's Weekly. the women are ruling
Wichita. I presume that means the city
fathers. at least.
Why doesn't some one in the city or
ganize a mum society, with its constitu-
ton. bylaws. general rules and regula-
tions introduced in the enc sentence:
Never speak unkindly Of anyone. living
or dead?''
First street people are complaining
good deal about the bloekading Of that
street with freight cars unnecessarily.
It is proposed that the policemen in or 4
dering the spring suits purchase knee
breeehes It VIII be more convenient for
them to wade in the Spite and quids of
tobacco that float on the sidewalks. but
don't always wash the guilds off into the
ditch.
IF I were soliciting for a benevolent in +
stitution would not criticise anyone
who did not respond to my request 7
heard a criticism Of a man who know is
supporting three families. helping to sup
port q fourth family. and paying part IL /
the fees Of a student who is fighting his
way through college. In addition to all
this, he is a large subscriber to the sup /
port Of one Of our churches.
I would make the man who owns that /
property on South Fourth avenue. which F
is being occupied by that mess of desen- /
Grafton, build a fence ten feet high I
around the buildinss
see the Eagle announces that the !
government Is manufacturing some three 1
cent pieces for the west. The west is not /
the three-eent people. It's the down east
Yankee that pinches the penny Until It
IS red
Conundrum: # putting a cornics on
and painting one front in a block makes
a remarkable change in the looks OF tbs
block what would the whole block look
Ike e treated the same way2
7 know a lady in this city who has
made it a rule for years r. try and do
something for someone outside ~ her
own household each dav-something that
VIII send sunshine and happiness 3nto
their lives. If you start out to guess who
it is. It won't take you long to name her.
I would save the city a damage suit
and somebody from being mang'ed. by
stopping driving faster than a walk az
The Intersection ~ Main ana Douglas. L
is no- allowed en- The river bridge whore
no one IS in danger Of being trampled
upon. but where lie and limb are in
danger It counts for nothing
I would stop hay wagons from driving
on Main street and Douglas avenus.
The Golf club made a mistake in tha
selection ~ their grounds Golf PLAYERS