The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-03
Fun Of the World


Among the anecdotes or the late Sau-
: rice Thompson IS one o. a visit 70 Cor
don county An cid inhabstant said
10 the then distinguished author. I
cant see how you could Ia made SIGH
headway in the worl when I 1icko1 ect
that I use 10 so dshin' with you
All clients knew that. with "Oid Abe
as their lawyer, they would win their
case-if Il was fair Il NOT. that K was
a waste Of time 70 take Sc 20 him. After
listening some time enc day TO a would
be clients statement. with his eyes on
the ceiling. he swung suddenly around
in his chair and exclaimed,
well. you have a pretty good case IN
technical law, but pretty bad one 10
equity and justice. You'H have 10 ger
some other fellow 10 win this case for
you. I couldn't do it. All the tine while
thinking, Lincoln, you're har, and
believe I should forget myself and say it
out loud"
Not long ago a Gaieshead school
teacher was giving his class q lesson in
geography. and IN so doing ne gave the
boys an account Of the city Of Durham.
He endeavored TO make his description
as interesting as possible. and pointed
notable structures. mentioning its cathe-
dral, castle and prison. \ few days az
ter 81. NJ Inspector paid his annual
visit, and put some geography questions
10 the same class Among others h
asked:
Suppose visited the city OF Durham
to what large building should I be likely
to go?'
The eyes OF one bright boy sparked:
he evidently had remembered at least q
part of the lesson given a few days be-
fore, and promptly replied:
The jail. sir!
ZEE
The Queens daughters were as simply
and strictly reared as she herself had
been. They had regular hours OF work
and play, dressed IN neat. simple csothes. I
and ate OF the plainest fare quite poor
living" an old servant of the Queens
called II. Ii they were naughty they
received the time-h0nOred punishment T.
Of being sent 20 bed. This was not ale
ways a deterrent 10 the Princess royal.
as the following story VIII show. She
had several times been scolded for cali
ing DR. Brown of Windsor Brown
and was threatened with bed" II she
transgressed again. Next day. when tho
doctor entered the room. the young
Princess said. IN her most daring man
ner, Good morning, Brown, and catch
ing the Queen threatening eve she
composedly added, And goodnight
Brown. for I am going 10 bed, and she
walked resolutely away TO her punish
ment.
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Jack Sullivan was soldier. and a good
fellow withal but in the opinion of eff
GERS and men alike he was certainly get
ting insane. for when on duty or az
drill he would suddenly break from the
ranks and run after an imaginary bit OF
paper. visible 20 no one but himself
shouting as ne did so. There It goes,
There's the paper."
This at length became so frequent an
occurrence that on the matter being
brought before the medical authorities,
he was by them declared 10 be suffer
ing from monomania. and IN consequence
given his discharge.
When leaving, however, he gave evil
dent proof that there was some method
in his madness. for as ne quilted the
service forever he fourished his dis
charge crying:
Faith, shure, boys, I've got the bit OF
paper I've been running afther this long
time
&c
When Minister WI Ting Fang was in
New York recently man who served la
the congress that passed the Chinese eX-
elusion act told him a story about a
Of his which pleased m
greatly. Shortly after the act was pass
II the secretary Of state received a let
er from Pennsylvania. signed by chi
laman. The writer said that he mad
9een interested in this legislation and
hat he fell within the conditions Of this
let he had come TO this country uu-
Ter false pretenses and hence be should
De dep0rted TO China Immediately. The
equest was so strange that the secre-
airy Of state ordered an investigation.
he agent reported a few days later thar
he Chinaman's statement about the way
q which he entered this country was 7
orrect and that he should be depOrted 3
here was just one drawback 20 this q
rogram, however. The Chinaman ta3
cen convicted Of murder and sentenced /
D life Imprisonment C
E
Nurse had come % bear her little
barge away from the Christmas party I q
nd the hudy-haired damsel was plead s.
" for a resaite. 8
Not another second" said nurse firm
:. Come. get your cloak on; there Il
lamb"
But the lamb stiu demurred. and her =
ovious reluctance "a go enlisted the
-mpathy u the hostess. who rashly a.
lined issue against the nurse =
do let her stay hair an hour longer d
Irse," she begged You were child
]urself once. remember. II Id8's mother .
angry with you, throw the blame on !.
Nurse saook her head with stubborn "
solution.
sorry. mum. but my young man g.
Wing a party tonight and ~ I'm not =
ere Just on che minute bell r'am the =
or in ny face It's force - haalf
mum Tnfr he's 4frr.-