The Globe-republican., 1903-10-08
Kansas Notes

was offered tne UnlLeQ states SENATOR
ship in 1901, and refused it. He does
, not explain which reporter offered II
to him.
I, A girl in Great Bend INDUCED in
lamentations last week because she
could not attend the state fair in
Hutchinson. She said she "just loved
to be in a big city" /
1t has become fashionable in Nc.
Pherson county to say cannot" in
stead Of cant" The Lindsborg
Record affirms, however, that better
than either one IS to learn to say
can"
A woman in Ruch county received
letter of 264 pages few days ago,
which manifestly must have been an
'open letter" intended for one of the
La Crosse papers, and probably from
a Christian Scientist,
Sheriff Roodhouse of Fort Scott Is
entitled to three cheers. He received
an anonymous letter confidlng to him
the present whereabouts of the Bender
family, which he promptly consigned
to the waste basket.
Topeka has no reason to blush this
season for the record of Its only con.
tribution to the National league Dick
Cooley, the center fielder for Boston.
1t is not new, but the story is being
told again Of Kansas farmer who
decided to sell his property and listed
1t with real estate agent, who wrote
a very good description of the place.
When the agent read 1t over to the
farmer for his approval the old man
said; "Read that again. After the
second reading the farmer sat for
several minutes in a thoughtful mood,
then said. 81 don't believe want to-
sell have been looking for that
kind of place all my life, and id
never occurred to me that had it until
you described It to me, No, don't
want to sell out"
He Is one Of the dozen who battedr
better than ,SOO-6is batting average
is .305. His fielding average is .961.
The Preston correspondent for tho
Pratt Republican relates that at q
dance recently in his neighborhood a
mother whispered to her daughter: "A
little more animation, Eyangeline,"
when the daughter replied: why, do
you think, mother, am going to shake
out my bangs for an old married
man."
HoIton and Horton ore only twenty.
live miles apart, yet they are still CIV
ing ice cream "sociables" in one. while
the hayride season has been opened
in the other.
As substitute for chaperons at the
University of Kansas IT may be a part
Of Chancellor Strong's arrangement
to provide the girls with copies of the
Ladies' Home Journal.
Kansas is one of the three principal
states which has never had a cabinet
officer OF Its own. Still, Kansas has
not entirely given Up hope that F. D.
Coburn may yet DO Secretary of Agri.
culture.
Seyenty-onas divorce cases are set
for trial in I.eavenworth. judge
Hawn's reputation as the champion
knot-tier of Kansas Is In danger. He
Is rapid enough, but the knots don't
HOlu ike formerly.
A coroners Jury in Wellington, suns
noned in the case of man who had
committed suicide, found that the
oracle of his heart was weak and he
would soon have died of rupture Of
he oracle had he not taken his own
ife."
The papers are predicting a hard
inish for the new magazine which
Giving Herbert of Hiawatha is goinf
o publish. Nevertheless Mr., Herbert
more adroit In money matters than
most Of those who are making doleful
Orecasts
The Arkansas City Traveller has an
BILE editorial protesting against the
se Of gospel hymns in merry-go-
ounds. The truth is that one good
ltlzen objected TO yield Not to
'emptation" too late in the day. |
A critic for the Salina journal heads
criticism; "Oh, Cora, cut 1t out
omebody Must Have Told Miss Van
asset She Could Act" The critic
xplains that her play, "The Volun-
'er," Is not even a raw recruit.
he Topeka Commercial club has
lowed Tom Anderson 800 for lex.
enscs' in getting through a resolu-
on at the Trans.mississippi congress
skiing the government to do some-
ling to prevent overflows by the
aw.
The Injunction to "hold youn
heat exploited many years ago by
God Davis, is being adhered 10 at
'esent, Billy Morgan says, because
e formers are unable to get any
eight cars.
The Holt0n Recorder wants to know
nat has become Of the old-fashoned
itor who used to preface the late
Tvs with: Just as we are going
press" The necessity for this has
en- done away with by most Of the
itor who used to preface the late
d Fridays instead of Wednesdays.