Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-18
KANSAS NOTES

Idlum6uIS.
1t is possible to get an unprecedented
Jury out in Norton to try the Dewey
case, by postponing it until the Oldest
inhabitant has forgotten all about 1t.
w. e. Blackburn, editor of the An
thony Republican, found he could moi
give sufficient attention to both his
paper and his bank. so he got rid Of
the bank.
The Topeka Capital overcame Its
Sabbatarian scruples this week to the
extent of getting out a Monday morn
ing edition containing the news Of
the Baltimore fire and the Japanese
war.
A Dodge City poet, under the balmy
influence Of last weeks 70-degree tenn
perature, wrote poem beginning
Spring is here!" He has put In most
Of his time since back Of the stove
trying to thaw out.
The Topeka Herald declares II
meant 1t when 1t inserted the names
Of several undertakers and the Gem
etery Association in its List of Those
Who Are Helping to Promote the Bust
ness interests Of Topeka"
Quite number Of papers which
denounced the negro convict peonage
system in the Southern states are as
quiescing in the decision Of the state
board Of charities that "peonage Is
the best system" for the young girls
in the Beloit reformatory.
Tom McNeal relates that a Kansas
man was visiting friend In Colorado
who lives on the side of a mountain
One day few clods came tumbline
down and the Kansas man, without
any warning, lit out for q place Of
safety. In about five minutes a large
body Of earth came tearing down the
mountain side and covered the place
where the Kansas man had beer
standing, together with his friend Of
a few minutes before. Have you
ever lived near mountain" asked
the resident Of his Kansas friend
Never in my llfe," answered the
Kansas man. "Then, how did 1t hap
pen that you struck out as soon as
those clods and stones commenced Il
fall?" well, the fact is that I have
been in politics in Kansas for twenty
five years, and reckon that I don't
need so very many pointers to tell
when there Is landslide a-coming."
The independence Populist has nc
desire to knock the local Cemetery
Association, which is doing a good
work, but suggests that an equally Ell
thuslastlc Hospital Association would
be of more service to the people whit
are now alive.
Ten years ago papers like the Cir
ard Appeal to Reason were numerous
but now 1t is In class by itself. i
prints editorials like these: We are
told that the White House season vii
be gay one. Yes, and the other side
of the picture may be seen In the
slums Of the cities where humanity Ii
rotting in poverty because others reve
In gay luxury. Jobs are get
ting as scarce as the brains Of the
workers who voted to make them
scarce. You are a small pc
tato. What do you amount to in this
world, anyhow? Why, you don't gel
over SO a day!
"A genius" the Clifton News ex
plains, rs a man who can do almost
anything except make living"
Judge Hamilton of Topeka has hand
ed down a decision to the effect that
the interior of hack is not public
place" within the meaning OF the stat
utes, and that drunken person there
In cannot be arrested.
The supreme court was unable to
reach the case against the Coal trust
Saturday, although 1t decided several
dozen cases Of less Importance. The
ownership of the COW mubC be deter.
mined, whether the people get any
coal this winter or not.
Emporia takes great pride In band
that puts pipe organ finish" on its
heavy music.
A benevolent old gentleman met a
little boy in a road In Montgomery
county a few days ago. The boy was
crying, and the benevolent man
asked, "Ah, my little man, have you
no homer" Nav" sobbed the lad,
PA and mas rented the whole cheese
to the oil men,"
A farmer who has grown disguised
with the impossible roads which are
general in Kansas writes to the Mail
and Breeze as follows:
The road to hell is slick and smooth,
Said good old Parson Brown;
Which makes US sometimes wish that
hell
Was on our way to town.
Just to show that he is neither ter.
rifled nor subdued, w. Y. Morgan
punches the CHAMBERS, the boil weevll,
the Boss Busters, and the cinder bee.
tie all in one group.
Il believe" said an oil prospector
30 a Monf0op,arv county faruar