Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-09-26


So many old soldier reunions are be-
ing held west of the ninety eighth me-
ridian this year that the very .sreune
has been created.
A man in Great Bend who has tried
cracked wheat. rolled osts and other
fancy breakfast foods declares that he
still prefers plain rye
The kerosene circuit has lost it's
bright, particular jewel. l. NJ. Craw-
ford, the Topeka theater "magnate."
has bought playhouse in St Louis
Clarence Sheets has returned to Law
renee after an absence of several years..
and it is presumed that he is tired OF
keeping himself under cover
James M. Simpson, collector of in
ternal revenue, collected $4,000 for his
own internal revenues from the Con-
vention hall guessing contest last
week.
The thermometer was below freez-
ing in Western Kansas recently. and
about the crops. Those not saved
are irreparably lost
The injuries suffered by the young
man in Memoir, who plowed through q
bumblebees' nest were such that when
where to commence.
An ottawa clergyman was standing
on street corner, not meaning any
harm, when a man came up behind him
and said: Il took that case of beer
out to your house, but there was no.
body at home, SO didn't leave it." The
minister turned around quickly, and
the man, recognizing his mistake, took
to his heels" Such is life in Ottawa 2
]. S. Gilmore of Fredonia, his wife
and son climbed Pixies Peak last
week. They say they enjoyed the trip,
all except the going up, and the coming
down
The tower of the museum at the
University of Kansas was struck by
this week, and all Prof.
Dyche has to do is to take it inside
and stuff it.
Anyhow, it will not be the fault OF
Jack Frost if the freight car famine
is not eliminated.
Topeka papers have to criticise the
Coal trust in an apologize sort OF
way. A lot of the incest people in
town belong to it.
A chapter of the Daughters OF the
Revolution has been established in
Abilene, where the merry o-rounds.
are manufactured.
The Hessian flies are engaged in
laying. their next years eggs, says a
university professor, and a Lawrence
paper adds that the hens are, too.
A Smith county man who murdered
two women and a child has been sur
rounded near Superior, Neb., and
1ynching is one of the posse-abilities.l
Farmer Doolittle is trying to incite
q strike among the bakers in Wichita,
for no other reason than that he won't
have to eat bakers bread for while.I
Taxation and legislative extrava-
gance will not be tissues" in Kansas
next year-in the same sense that
Doodle will not be an issue over in
The determination of the Populist
conference to avoid fusion in the fu-
ture is made easier to enforce by the
fact that nobody is trying to fuse with
them.
The decision of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor to enter
politics in Topeka is a token that the
Epworth league and the Y. M c. A.
are no longer to have things all their
own way.
e. W. Hoch of Marion declares that
he doesn't want to be governor, and
that he aspires to be state printer
and nothing else.
Topeka should arrange to have the
Did Dutton house reopen this week for
the benefit Of the Populist confer
ence.
A racing ostrich is one of the attrac-
tons at the Burlington fair, and the
local talent is betting that it will win
by neck.
The Wichita Eagle tells of an OBJ
Rush county makes the claim that it
raised more wheat in proportion to its
population than any county in the
state 1t raised nearly million BUSH
els, and the county has $500 nhabit-
ants. The per capiter'' is SIS BUSH
els.
serving man who watched the prairie
dogs frolic. He noticed that one of
the dogs had coal dust on It's tail,
which gave the observing man an
idea He dug a hole and found coal
In paying quantities.
Bent Murdoch thinks Kansas should
quit jeering at Arkansaw until this
wrong is corrected: Women school
in Kansas receive an average
Of 81 q month less than women teach
ers in Arkansas. But, of course. teach
ers are needed much more in Arkan-
sas than in Kansas.
It Is time. moreover, to call in an
crop forecasts which begin with the