Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
KANSAS NOTES


The Meanest Man showed up in Fort
Scott this week. He defrauds washer.
woman by selling to them for 81 an
alleged recipe for making starch.
Colonel Marsh Murdoch, editor OF
the Wichita Eagle, uevotes most a
column to rebuke of the Topeka Her
aid for calling him q Venerable
Colonel"
Among the directors Of a new oil
company in Neosho county are Mr..
Fitzgerald, Mr.. Fitzgibbons, Mr.. Fitz.
simmons, Mr.. Fitzpatrick and l.. Fitz
Randolph.
"A buoy" explain Hutchinson pa
per parenthetically for the benefit OF
those of its readers who have had few
seafaring advantages, sis life pre-
server"
The brand of liquor sold in lola is
said to be such that man hauled to
prison in the patrol wagon after TAX.
ing three drinks insists upon paying
for the ride.
An Atchison druggist advertised for
a prescription clerk and among the
applicants was a bartender, who in
sisted that he had all the necessary
qualifications.
An inoffensive crank In Oswego be.
lieves the Garden of Eden was stu.
ated in Mississippi and he volunteers
to go and find it If Congress will make
him an appropriations.
Lawrence is to have a new Y. M. G..
A. building. Enough-$25, 925-has al
ready been subscribed. The largest
givers were w. R. Stubs, $4,000, and
Albert Henley, $4,000.
Ell. Hoch in the Marion Record:
Other fishermen may have caught fish
in these parts recently, but we are
Missourian as to the fact in all cases
except that of Ray Searles. He
brought us some.
Thomas w. Morgan points out that
the Fort Scott Tribune prints fewer
dull editorials than any other paper
in the state. The reason is that the
Tribune never prints any editorials
at all.
A story is being told Of a Leaven-
worth man who went home late the
other night carrying two boxes Of red
raspberries in one hand and his shoes
in the other. He crept softly to his
room and carefully deposited the rasp-
berries under the bed, tiptoed out to
the kitchen where he guardedly
chucked the shoes in the ice box. Then
he went to bed.
When the Twenty-third Kansas, the
negro regiment, was crossing over to
Cuba, a storm broke and frightened
many Of the soldiers. One, Miami
county colored boy named Lee, is re-
lated to have thrown his cards, dice
and razor overheard and prayed:
"Oh, God, it's ben moah'n twenty year
since boddered ye, but now I'm in
de middle Nv ah bad fix, and beg yer
to hope me out jes dis wunst. an Oh
Lord, I'll be good niger till die,
an never bodder ye agin!"
Sam Radges of Topeka has been
given annual pass No. 1 over the To-
peka & Northwestern railway, by
President N. II. LOOMS. The road
isn't built yet. The pass is subject to
conditions on back" which are these:
This ticket is not transferable. The
holder hereof agrees to walk only on
the right-hand side Of the track and
carry his own baggage. and in con-
sideration OF such privilege agrees to
drive off all stray live stock which is
found in dangerous juxtaposition to
the rolling stock.
The Howard Vourant has long made
1t custom to give a years subscrip-
ton to each newly married couple who
settle in Elk county. The other day
the Courant was sending statements
to delinquent subscribers and sent one
to a fellow who had had one year
free for getting married and owed for
another year. The young man wrote
back that he had been married twice
during the two years and did not owe
anything, so please stop the pa.
per-"
Another beautiful thought that Il.
w. Hoch has Been Thinking" in the
Marion Record: AT the home OF our
fellow citizen, Mr.. Frank Morse, is a
rosebush which blooms every month.
1t is a hardy bush and withstands the
rlgors Of winters well. 1t was sub
merged during the recent flood, but
when the waters subsidized II emerged
from the debris and desolation with
It's usual vigor and Immediately put
forth one of its choicest roses. In
strange contrast with its desolate en-
II was indeed a thing OF
beauty. There are people like that
rose. The storm Of adversely may
come upon them, and dark clouds
overshadow them, but they come up
smiling and radiant with hope. Just
the same. When others are melan-
choly and blue, they laugh at calam.
tiles, and inspire every one within the