The Iola register., 1901-06-07

j. G.. Johnson, head of the Kansas
Democrats, says the ruling of the SUI
preme court repudiates the constitu-
tion. And every body will admit that
this is pretty time to let the fact out
AS soon as Kansas gets through with
Colorado for swiping water from the .
Arkansas, the southern towns on the |
river are going after Hutchinson for
flling her artificial lake from that
source.
Judge Broderick is so anxious to !
get ahead of the small boys up in his |
town that he is growing persimmon |
trees in his garden. He says they are |
the only fruit young America will let
ripen.
Eta Semple, the Ottawa woman who
is getting considerable advertising
out of the fact that she offers $1,000 for
proof that there is a God, decorated
her Office Thursday with picture of
lngersoll.
"This nation" writes the Rev. Mr..
Coombs, of Holton, in the Tribune,
paid sixty million dollars for dogs
last year and six million for preach
ers. According to that one pup is
worth ten preachers"
The Mcpherson Republican shouts:
"We have the new Swedish College,
now let us get the Union Pacific
switch" Which doubtless indicates
that corporal punishment will be in
vogue in the new school.
A Solomon girl is to wed Salina
man and they are to go to Korea as
missionaries. " hich shows that the
gods are preparing to pull off trouble
in Korea and are seeing that a few
Kansans are there to save the day.
Calvin Titus, the Kansas who was
the first man to mount the walls of
Pekin returned to the United States
Friday on the transport Sheridan.
He has been appointed to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis as reward of
his bravery.
a Sedgwick county farmer sold his
farm for $4,000. An eastern man
held a 81, 800 mortgage on it and re-
fused to release even when rendered
the interest in full to maturity. He
had more t"ust in a Kansas farm than
u New York bank.
Friends OF Mcpherson girl caught
her just in time to prevent her eloping
with a married horsetrader, A girl
might be happy with man who de-
voted all his time to horse-trading,
but never with one who mixed wife
trading with his other trade.
1t is said Concordia youth got
trace Of prospective wife through
the medium Of the Heart and Hand
magazine. She lived in Kansas City
and he finally went to that place,
sought the house and the door was
opened by a shiny negress. SIS Miss
Nellie in" he asked. Use her, {"
came from between the worries, and he
fed.
Ewing Herbert commenting on Will
Whites roast of Emporia girls who
tlirt with strangers says: "a girl
whether she lives in Emporia or else
where requires about so much amuse-
ment, and IL there isn't any at home
she will go out OF town for it.. That s
a little hard on Emporia.
Webb McNall will go to New York
with Kansas Wheat train, la Syl
Dixon. He will also take brass
band along with the understanding
that they are to keep quiet every time
he chooses to blow his horn. Band
men who know McNall think the job
will be snap.
A farmer in Dickinson county gath
cred from his wheattield some worms,
which he put in a glass jar 10 see il
they would hatch out into some insect.
One day, while the farmer was in Her
ington Joking neighbor removed the
worms and replaced them with some
/ young frogs. And for two weeks the
farfr,pn npulantnA hig
while carrying that glass jar around
! to show the people the wonder of it.
At a banquet of the Knights o.
Pythias in Nashville, Tenn, last weeh
Tully Scott was the only Kansan pres
ent and doubtless he made an impress
sion that will make the banqueter:
think many times of Kansas. Cham
pagne was served TO all of them ex
cept Scott and he was given a large
hatchet, la Nation. Everybody y
thought it was good joke but they
were dumbfounded when Scott arose
and hurled the hatchet through a S20(
plate glas mirror. He offered to pay
for it afterwards but the Southerners
had appreciated the joke to the extent
! that they were willing to pay for it.
The Olathe News-Herald of May &c
says; Only one marriage license has
been issued since our last issue. On
. May % Probate Judge Long issued a
license to two giddy young thing in
the person of r. j. Hallam, age O.
and Jane Mccullough, age Sc, both Of
Kansas City. They were married by
Judge Long. The bride is an lola
, lass.
, FirstP Plblished May IT, 1901