Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-10
KANSAS NOTES

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A wolf drive near Leona this week
resulted in the destruction of three
actual and full-grown jackrabbits.
1t transpires that the young woman
in Solomon who calls herself Mattye
also plays flynch, whyst and hygh'
fyve.
A Mutual Burial Association has
been chartered in Kingman. The
members, presumably, intend to bury |
one another.
The Minneapolis Messenger comes
right out and admits that Congress-
man Calderhead's denomination was
"by application"
The Atchison Globe holds, and has
always held, that when a woman
reaches So, she should cease saying,
when | am married." and say, Had
| ever married"
Three Topeka men are accused OF
gambling contrary to the Cubbison
law" 1t seems to be almost impossi'
BILE to gamble in conformity to the
Cubbison law.
One of the fundamental rules OF
new lodge formed in Howard recently
is that it will refuse to adopt "reso-
lutions of coincidence" no matter what
happens.
For the befit of those who might
otherwise get into the wrong pew, 1t
is explained that the meeting OF the
River Brethren in Abilene is agospel
event, and not reunion of the flood
sufferers.
The prairie dog problem is reported
to have been solved in Pratt county
without the assistance Of the state
bureau Someone started the report
that prairie dogs are good to eat, anu
since then sportsmen with guns in one
hand and spades in the other are now
doing effective work in behalf OF ex'
termination.
While the Colby Free Press Is re-
luctant to speak disparagingly OF any
one. it feels constrained to note:
Colonel Jack Kin g,who fixed our
press so satisfactorily last week, left
town without squaring his board bill.
Landlord Parrot don't think much OF
the 'colonels' and captains that come
around. Colonel King, however, Is
brave man. We know from the way
he fought booze while in town.
The Dighton Herald thinks the
ans-Siberian railroad must be al
most as rough travelling as the Great
Bend extension.
The element of "bunc" is also max
ing itself felt in Kansas politics. Trao'
es of it have been found in the tax
controversy.
If" says Miss Carlson in the Linds'
borg News, you want to know II q
woman's Christianity is genuine, ask
her hired girl.
The only surprise connected with e.
w. Howes decision to build new
home for the Atchison Globe is that
he didn't do so long ago.
A woman in Eureka says she put the
finishing touches" on a $40 Easter
gown the other day when she touched
her husband for the last $40.
The farmers of Geary county will
have to rely upon crops entirely this
year. Theer will be no army maneu
vers.
There will be something doing II
Elk county politics now that Mr.. Mud
singer has entered the race for sher
= if.
The cruiser Topeka has been sent t
Santo Domingo, and the belligerent'
might as we'll be prepared to bt
Banch Boised.
A woman writes to a Jewell City
paper: I'VE have had a terrible win
ter and are praying for spring" The
prayer, it is confidently believed, vii
ultimately be answered.
d w. Blaine of Pratt may decide
to appoint ex-senator Harris on hi
canal commission. Mr.. Blaine's plan II
to build large canal from the Dako
tas to the Gulf of Mexico.
/ All of the joints in Abilene wer
closed last week. The Law and Orde
league did not agree that the fine syf
tenn was a fien system.
A Muscotah man was told that mon
ey was easily made in the chicken
business, Bert Walker says, so he de
clded to try It. He invested 500 II
\ 200 Plymouth Rocks. The CHECKER
house cost him SIS more. In fou
= months he had paid out $50 for feed
wood and a stove. The cold weathe
froze 10 chickens and someone stol
\ the rest except one hen, which laye'
an egg the other day. He is now try
4 ing to figure out what the egg cos
him and what 1t is worth in cash.
j. r. Poland publishes the follow
ing signed challenge in the Colby Ere
Press: ITO whom this may concern
n would be glad to debate the follow
ing question before an intelligent aud
ence minister or student who desire
y to support the negative side OF tn
' question: Resolved, that the Sabbat
law was not given at the creation
= the world, was not given for all tint
\ ..a. ,ot s,fvan for all npOnip hut wa