Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
SHORT KANSAS ITEMS

The Kingman Journal has a theory |
that taffy is what makes loves young
dream so sweet
A careload of rabbits was shipped
this week from Pratt to the Salvation
army in Kansas City.
Parsons, Kas, is afflicted with pro
fessional Washers The police are
preparing to mash the Washers
1t is rumored that Thomas NJ. Potter
of Peabody will be candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor.
Newton is to have a military ball
February 10, so-called because Bri-
gadier General J. w. F. Hughes has
been invited.
Says a Kansas philosopher: IF you
had John d. Rockefeller's faculty of
not talking back, you would get along
better than you do"
A Leavenworth saloon keeper has
observed that many a man who takes
his whiskey straight does not keep
his accounts the same way.
The teacher and most of the pupils
tragedy the other day when Roe
Campbell killed John Mammon-
The poular songs may be little late
in reaching Erie, Kas-, but they get
there just the same. At present "A
Measly Shame is all the rage.
Highland university is the oldest
university in Kansas, and the first
west of the Mississippi to issue diplo-
mas. 1t was chartered Feb 9, 1858.
Mrs. Sol Metz. Sabetha, has worn
the same glasses, bows and lenses, for
20 years. Hoy happy some people
would keep their false teeth that long.
A Cowley county branch of the
Kansas Civic league has been organic
ed at Winfield. Representative men
of all political parties are members.
There may be no Coal trust; never
theless the price of the output of the
Jewell City coal mines has been boost
ed to 81 on Ion orders from Topeka
The Topeka Capital has raised the
question whether there are any
groundhogs in Kansas. A Washburn
college professor says there are a
few.
peka has made profit of s6,1S153
over opeating expenses and interest
during the 10 months of city owner
ship.
Mr.. w. McClaughry, Bertillion ex-
pert at the United States penitentiary
at Leavenworth, has gone to Europe.
He will inspect all the leading prisons
of Europe.
The Sedgwick Paragraph has
more to do with regulating the wealth
er than voter has in running the
government.
John Macdonald, editor of the West
ern School Journal, nolds to the belief
that if Esperanda, the new language,
can be learned in a few hours it isn't
worth learning.
"a man caught looking in the mirror
at himself" says the Emporia Gazette,
takes on a sneaking expression, like
dog that has been caught sleeping
on the sofa pillows
City Engineer Brown of Wichita,
has completed the survey of the route
for the canal to straighten the chan
mel of Chisholm creek. The canal will
be seven miles long.
The Rev. A. S. Embree of Topeka
declares that John D. Rockefeller's re
ligion has no more of the true spirit
of Christ in it than has that of the
Brahmin or the Parsee."
Thomas E. Dewey of Abilene, report
ed of the supreme court, is candidate
for a federal judesnIp in Alaska. All
the other reporters and most of the
editors are unanimous for him.
Joe Rank concludes that the rail-
roads are doing pretty well this winter
considering that both Congress and
many of the legislatures are on the
track waving red petticoats at them.
Warden Haskell of the state peni-
Tertiary has stored large quantities of
sisal and expects to have 1900, 900
pounds of binder Irvine on hand for
sale to the farmers when harvest
opens.
William baden of Downs, an old
time engineer on the Central Branch,
estimates that he has run his engine
fifty-one times around the globe, or
far enough to have made four trips
to the moon.
Topeka young man who has be-
come a real actor explains that his
part is that of first nudging gentle
man" 1t is his task to nudge the sup
ers on either side of him to cheer
when the king appears.
Ewing Herbert notices that the last
court is entitled to the last guess.
twenty-six guesses on twenty-six law
twenty-six guesses at the twenty-six
cases and reversed thirteen of them
Several weeks ago a factious item
appeared in the Washington Register
to the effect that some of the high
school pupils were --overworking the
Latin ponies" Last week the editor
received a letter from the headquar-
tiers of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruely to Animals saying the so
ciety had noticed the item and asking
for additional information a bulky
annual report of the society's work
was also sent 1T is quite evident"
says the Register, that the head of