The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-13
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

Northern Kansas is flooded. July will
fetch a drouth.
The corn will have to be repianted..
Now, let the calamity howlers rejoice
Judge w. E. Pagan. of Topeka, is dead.
He was probate judge of Shawnee
county.
The kidnapping of that Topeka lad by
the circus people proves that the trust
will even stoop to little acts"
The worms are lext on the program.
They will do their little stunt on the
boughs of Kansas apple trees.
A Beloit woman ha sheen arrested for
sending obscene letters through the mail.
She's Mrs. and probably widow.
An Atchison colored man is after
place on the state barber board. Bale
Waggener is backing him, whose name
is Lett.
The oasis of the state, southern Kansas.
is rejoicing over the splendid rain, While
the northeastern part feels like rat that
has gone under twice.
The Topeka asylum scandal is being
criticised in the east. Kansas will nog
probably be considered in Delaware's and
Missouri's class.
Ex-senator Baker will have the sym
pathy OF hundreds Of friends throughout
Kansas in the loss of his wife. No loss
could be greater
In one neighborhood near Atchison there
are families named Amen, Christian and
Graves Here's betting that none are
good church members.
The factories should be getting out an
extra supply Of bitters and nerve tonics.
The whole people win be Frustrated II
that Rock Island Frisco deal is not con-
summated very shortly.
Science is away behind in its figures
on the compressibilitv Of natural gas.
Take that 5.Oo9,0oo feet found At Dexter.
Watch il diminish in n week as the pres
sure Of public inquisitvcness commences
to close In on II
II looks TO man Of absolutely no pre-
tcntions that the people OF this land
really don't know what is the best for the
crops and II they were govcdning the
rainfall and seasons that every crop
would be failure
Atchison Globe. story so old that IT
may be new 70 many; 4 suffering man
went into a Doctors office TO be cured
OF suffering. The doctor was engaged
IN his private Office but there was a
man in the waiting room. and the new
conner talked 20 him. He (the new
comerl said ne was very anxious 10 Be
cured Of scattering. and wondered
whether the d-d-doctcr could d-d-d-do
him any good To which the other man
reulied. I'LL think h-h-h-he can
H-h-h-h-he c-c-c-cured ne.
ottawa Herald: 1t about O'Clock
this morning County clerk John Hell
was awakened III his home a. 10 CEDAR
street by his big Maltese cat scratching
aud pulling al the bed clothes Mr. Bel
awoke % f1d the rooms filed with
smoke. An alarm brought out the FIRE
department n short order ard the flames
were put out after some 800 damages had
been done 70 the hose Insurance
covers both losses Mr. Bel had gone
downstairs - . clothes press about II
o'clock last night and had struck 2 match
near a rack hanging fan q clothes The
thsorx IS that FIRE caught from the match
and smoui6ered n the clothing Tor some
tir1e- "a Is possible that NJ Bel a1d
his wife owe their lives 70 the cat
Topeka Capital: aInder4loE' George
" Watson q kiusiey. who as here
yesterday, thinks the suit against Colo
rado 70 preven; that state from using TIE
waters x the A-kzzsas river for irrzE1-
ton purposes a foolish move lie says
there IS more water in the ArSz-s1s
thar irritation - Colorado = inrTeasfaz
Ire rainfall n western Eansss- Re 1g-
mrs 1, that the more water Colombo useF
for irrigation purposes TIRE greater Esa
b. TIE rainfall IA western Kansas and
The larger the volume q water = see
A-knnsax river Canxrers-an bst
Reeaer who "a re authorized ir-aEsrsssz
exert of congress. helcs 20 ths SANE
opinion Watson - a tOurreyrnas work
man n the irr1gzttoa the. AL Cosersor
Bailey ss1r Ter hlza