Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-11-19
ABOUT KANSAS.

A Sumner county farmer was kllle0-
last week by a colt which, the local
paper says pathetically, kicked him
in his feed lot
]. L. Brady of the Lawrence World
urges all young voters to stand for
something" Mr.. Brady is himself
standing for Kelly.
A Topeka man has the pass habit so
bad that he asked an insurance COM
pany to frank him a twenty-year en-
dowment policy.
Two citizens of Fredonia were stop
ped by highway robbers few nights
ago while they were coming home
from the show after the opera"
Winfield also mourns the death OF
Dan Leno, the English comedian. A
woman who lives there saw him once
at the Drury Lane theater in London
and thought he was just fine.
Where does the water go. Is the
inquiry raised in connection with the
Arkansas river litigation. 1t may be
necessary to send State Accountant
Rowett to the Gulf of Mexico to find
out.
The closin ghours of the campaign
in Clay county are marred by stories
ION" candidates who never took q
drink in their lives, being fu1ler'n a
goat" and embellished by all the har-
rowing details.
Charles F. Scott of lola wonders
how railroad courtesy will work in
the case of w. j. Black, general pas
senger agent of the Santa Fe, who
was badly injured in the Missouri Pa
cific wreck. He asks: 'Will Mr..
Black refrain as a matter of courtesy
from bringing a suit for damages? Or
will the Missouri Pacific, as a matter
of courtesy, pay him a handsome sum
without suit? Or will the Santa Fe
lay low and wait for time when it
can return the courtesy by smashing
up the general passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific.
The Garnett Journal has started a
crusade to deprive the tobacco chew
ing gentry of the use of the side
walks. 1t contends that the past tense
of spit is spot.
A special election is being held in
Eldorado and four outlying townships
to vote bonds for the Orient railroad.
A few Sundays ago a little girl in
Lindsborg started for Sunday school
and her mother said: your teacher
will ask you who is your heavenly
Father. Tell her Jesus, or if you can't
remember that, say the Lord, or the
Savior" When the child took her
seat in Sunday school the teacher got
out a notebook. Let me see," she
asked, who is your father?" The
child hesitated. my mamma told me
SO many mems Names" she finally
said, that 1 can't tell which
kInk An
tonic Palacci was trying to beat q
hole in the floor of his fruit stand
with his home paper, Italia Colombo.
when a reporter passed. What is the
natter now?" asked the reporter.
Tony's bosom heaved, and his breath
Kissed as it went through his mus
tache in short, quick blasts. Tony had
just heard of the early stages of the
Russian and JaSanese war through his
home paper printed in Italy, and had
evidently been learning in it's columns
facts concerning the commissary de-
partments of the two armies. Hella
breakfast, dinner and support" said
Tony. "Mekka me dander up. Bigga
war Jap. Bigga war Russia Jap been
eta no meat. Russia been eta beef.
Jap kick stuffin out of Russia beef
eater, and then laf. Big war; every
body been read a war news and yet
fool butcher next door do bigger busi-
ness than ever. Poor Dago sella big
sinews of war; amt gotta no custom
er. Yesterday banana all start a
spoil. Poor Dago gotta eta whole
pile. Poor Dago gotta stomach full
and gotta rubba in on outside. Dam
fool American. Bigga war teach him
nothing
One of the stories told of the late
Judge ]. G. Mohler of Salina mentions
the prosecution of several citizens in
his court, many years ago, for gam
bling. The penalty was not then as
severe as it is now. The judge had
been one of the party who had been
indulging in a few jackpots, and as
his co-workers of the kitty lined up
and pleaded guilty, he passed sentence
upon them. After the last man had
been taken down the line, Judge Mohl-
er solemnly arraigned himself and en-
tered plea of guilty. Turning to the
clerk, he said: Mr.. Clerk, enter the
same fine and costs against J. G. Mohl-
er, and let him stand committed until
the fine and costs are paid" And he
Immediately handed to the clerk the
amount of the fine and costs, and as
he walked down from the bench re-
marked to one of his victims: bill,
that was your money I paid that