The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-16
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Some of the doctors have discovered that
iigh heeled shoes cause blindness. This
ought to be an eye opener for women, but
it is not likely to be one.-St- Louis Post
Dispatch
The only apparent effect of advanced
civilization seems to be that children be
gin to worry at an earlier age.-Atchison
Globe
Now I'm getting the run of the thing,
as the policeman said when he took after
the dude--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The horse thief generally keeps a run
ming account of his doings.-New Orleans
Picayune.
A cat is said to have nine lives. This
may account for the nine muses--Phila-
delphia Record.
The boy who is continually carrying on
in school doesn't carry off much whom the
hOnors are distri buted.-Y onlxers States
man.
American Little Girl Ito her mamna)
What IS a dead letter, plcase2 Mamma
One that has been given to your father
to post-Jewish Messenger.
It is estimated that at least 7S4 kisses
arc exchanged at the Union depot every
day. When you think that most of the
kissers are women, it IS terrible to think
Of such needless wastC.-Atchiscn Globe
The author of the poem on another page
is "a personal friend of the editor We
print it a PROOF that nothing can break
the sacred silken tie of friendship.=K
sas City Star
she was a tired boarding house keeper
who, being asked if she took transients,
replied, No, except my servants. = ~
Truth.
In arranging a date for lawn party al
ways pick out ono when almanacs and
weather predictions say it viii be disagree
able and stormy Globe
know when they are we'll off. = 'Hulnph
How you get that idea2' Been look
ing over the assessment roll. Buffalo
Courier.
Wonder what kind Of an entry old man
Golden made Of the money he gave his
daughter when she married that noble
man. Y Don't know, but presume he
charged it az paid on u count. Atlanta
Constitution.
If you are inclined to underrate the i'm
pOrtance Of small things, consider how
much insorn MIA there Is in one dy--Chi-
cago Herald.
Here is a gem of literary composition
from a recent historical novel: The gas
lamps, not having been invented at that
time, rendered the streets of the city still
darker Youth s Companion.
It is q great deal easier to believe the
returned anglers story when he sends you
round a goocIy portion of the fish.-5om-
OINl1AO COuT1tL-
It is the quiet man who looks as though
he might pass the hat at the temperance
meeting who develops the biggest yell
when the umpire decides in favor of the
home team--A1inneapo polls journal.
There is no pen powerful enough to de
scribe the feelings of a man on the occa-
sion when for the first time he goes out
walking with his first wife wearing his
first plug hat--Somerville Journal.
Sometimes fboro ire+o4aoaa II, life
like those in story books. An AtchisOn
girl engaged herself to a carpenter think
ing he was poor, and discovered on the eve
of her wedding day that he had $50 in the
bank He had not told her, wishing to be
loved for himself Standardization Globe
Oxford has made Captain NIahan of the
Chicago a doctor of civil law. Wouldn't
a doctor of canon law be better?-Phila-
delphia Times
A young lieutenant going out to India
with his regiment writing home about
the country, says, The climate is mag
niicent, but lot of young fellows come
out here and drink and eat and eat and
drink and die, and then write home and
say it was the climate that did it. San
Francisco Argonaut.
! A little 3-year-old girl, while her moth
er was trying to get her to sleep, became
interested in some noise She was told
that it was caused by a cricket, when she
sareIy observed. q Mamma I think he
ought to be oiled. Pearson IS Weekly.
So many little shoes have been given a
young mother in Atchison that she be-
came irritable and informed the giver Of
the last pair that her baby wasn't a cent?
ped, thank you--Atchison Globe.