Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-30
KANSAS NOTES

has been sunk in the Atchison coal
shaft that is causing worrimenr SO
much as it is Atchison's symptoms OF
q broken heart.
1t is hoped the naming OF a new
postoffice "Vicmurdock' does not
mean there is to be a Chesterlong. .
Jralphburton, Billreeder, a Chascur-
tbs, Justinbowersock or a Philcamp-
bell.
d. w. Blaine of Plat is also accused
of plagiarism 1t is claimed that his
scheme to dig a canal from Dakota to
the Gulf of Mexico was suggested first
by w. H. Childs. of Kingman county. -
A man has been found by the Glen
Elder Sentinel who is almost equal to
the chump who blew down the muzzle
of a shotgun to see if it as loaded.
This man struck a match to see how,
much gasoline there was in the jug.
In recent interview Walter Roscoe
Stubs declared that the Augean
stables must be cleaned. Billy Nor
gan says that the next day Mr.. Stubs
received a letter asking an indorse-
ment for a constituent who wanted
the job.
Friends of F. E. Grimes. ex-state
treasurer, are glad to learn that he
ha: been made a director of the Kan
sas City, Mexico & Orient railroad.
I res dent Stilwen was so pleased with
his work as the Orient's fiscal agent
in Kansas that he added him to the
directorate.
Prof. Vernon L. Kellogg, formerly
of the University of Kansas and now;
the head of the department of entomol-
ogy at Leland Stanford, has been,
granted a years leave of absence in
order to make a thorough study of,
and report upon, the silk worm indus
try. He will conduct his investigation
in Italy, where a complete silk worm
experiment station has been estab-
ished.
Jewell county is so oldfashioned
that it is discovering Hessian flies in
the wheat.
For the benefit of those who have
lived in Atchison less than a year the
Globe again comes forward with Mrs.
Ingalls's celebrated recipe for black
berry JAM.
The editor of the South Haven New
Era explains that he carefully exam
ines all money received on subscrip-
ton since the government sent out it's
warning against counterfeit $1o0i
bills.
The tobacco dealers in Jewell City
have been induced to help along the
antf-cigarette crusade. They have
agreed not to handle cigarette pa
pers.
None of Henry Gassaway Davis's
early playmates has made himself /
known in Kansas yet; but DIR. Sweet. |
the pastor of Methodist church in
Downs, was a classmate of Charles
w. Fairbanks.
Two years ago J. H. Richards, the
railroad attorney and politician of
Fort Scott, concluded he would like
to run newspaper, SO he got hold of
the Monitor. He disposed of it few
days ago, and it is reported that the
venture cost him $4,000.
The Beloit Gazette enters r. D. +
Dukes, a. Mitchell county farmer, for
the hard luck championship. Within
few months a lot of things have /
happened to Mr.. Dukes. First, he lost !
his crops; then cholera killed most
Of his hogs; a shed fell and killed his
two cows; his wife was thrown from
a DuSSy anu uuTI 50 Dduly IudC she
went on crutches for months, and she
was just beginning to walk again when (
she was burned to death by an ex-i
pioding lamp; Mr.. Dukes also was seri- I
ously burned in the fire; then he I'M
jured his knee and had to go on |
crutches; then he was badly burned
again in a prairie fire; a few weeks |
later his mother died, and last Sunday !
his house was destroyed by fire with
all it's contents.
The parents of Wichita baby that /
was born the night of the big flood
have decided to name the little fellow i
Noah
Bent Murdoch advices all young men
who wish to succeed in politics to be-
come orators" and learn to yawp. He
says: IF you hope, young man, to !
have your name go laundering down
the ages as the greatest statesman of !
your day and generation, go into the
fields and cultivate the society of the !
bull; go to the streams and learn /
craftsmanship from the sonorous bull
frog; go to the boiler house and seek
to outroar the sledge hammer blows
of the boiler makers; wander among
the thistles, with the ass, and cult
vate the ye-haw in all its native purity,
and you will be well on the road to
greatness. OF course you must have
the cheek of brass monkey, the natur-
al gall of a street fakir, the self-assur-
ance of soap peddler, to jump upon