The Globe-republican., 1904-01-28
KANSAS NOTES


in Salina last week and did not deny
his identity,
"Peck's Bad Boy is doing his share
toward the theater closing movement
along the kerosene circuit.
The Olathe Mirror has discovered a
citizen of the name of Joseph Gotabed,
and it youches for him as a retiring
sort Of man.
+. A Smith Center man is advertising
a reward of $25 for the arrest and
conviction of "the ornery whelp' who
killed his pet deer,
The principal business of the coun'
ty commissioners of Cheyenne county
when they hold their monthly meet
ings is to allow fees in the Dewey
ranch cases.
3, W. Hoch came to Kansas more
than thirty years ago for the avowed
purpose of getting out Of the printing
business. He's still running news
paper
Sterling shipped 10000 pounds Of
L..
dressed chickens to San Francisco this
week, which may force the executive
committee of the Kansas Day Clubs
feast to raid some hen rooSts the first
dark night.
Bert Walker doesn't like to knock,
but he calls attention to the fact that
w. Y. Morgan once belonged to de-
batting society, and that Henry Allen
was the first man in Ottawa to wear
a shirt waist
A man from Pratt was in Wichita
last week and decided to stay over a
l
day, so he wrote letter home explain
ing that he had missed the train.
The letter arrived in Pratt on The
same train that he was supposed to
have missed.
Leap year is having its effect in Ar
kansas City. A young man called on
a girl in that town few evenings ago
and she complimented MIN upon his
new suit of clothes, and styled It his
wedding suit. But this is a business
suit" he said We'll" replied the
young woman firmly, II mean bust
ness"
Since the hank failure in Highland
the town barber threatens to double
the price of shayes, because the faces
of his patrons are twice as long as
they used to be.
Hiawatha has man who smokes
only twenty-five cent cigars, and he
isn't rich, either But he smokes only
on legal holidays, and $l5O wortl
| lasts him a year.
A bowling alley and a skating RIM
are making efforts to establish them
selves in Lindsborg for the express
purpose, some believe, Of Turing TIT
youth away from the straight and mar
row path.
In Justice to the Brookville womal
who was injured by dynamite eS
plosion Saturday, 1t should be state'
that she was not trying to thaW tn
stuff by putting it in the oven. Sh
merely mistook it for rubbish" an
tried to burn it.
: There is a world of pathos in thi
simple item in the Stafford Reput
} lcan's correspondence from Seward
Dutch Joe, our old barber is at tn
: poor farm yet and his eyes arc nc
any better. He wants to sell his littl
place here and pay his debts, and
any is left then he wants TO have
specialist examine his eyes and see
/, they can be cured.
1 A grain dealer who makes WichlI
S his headquarters has a wise Old la'ht
t back in an Eastern state. Ihe ias
g relates that Wichita man visited tn
+ town where the grain dealers parent
n lived and incidentally met the tatlle
j. DO you know my son, who is llvlll
S ont YOU rway?' he asked. u kno
|. him well. He is buying and shippiI
n grain" was the reply. The old ma
q was quiet for a minute Or two, ar
d then remarked: DO the farmers
s YOUR country have scales on the
places"
An old codger in Lawrence tells u
World that he is disguised with mo
e. ern society. 81 went to a party u
n other night" he says, "and they act
1t ally did not play single game,
1t though they called it party 1t W
" a misnomer. tried once to Nv
ID things up and put in some OF Il
ii things that made the parties OF 0
IS younger days famous, but it was n
W received in the spirit thought Deco
coming. When proposed playing I
good old game of 'postoffice' some
the people actually laughed, Yes
an ciety is not what 1t used to be-"
" Blanche Boies could have made Il
ny assault on the Historical Soclet'
st picture, Clusters Last Stand, me
re realistic by using tomahawk lnste
'e- of Ratchet.
Colonel Jeltz of the Negro Ledg