The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-01
WITH THE KANSAS WITS.

1t would be impossible to get up sue
cessful masquerade ball in Hiawatha-
and we are glad of it The fact that
any one of Hiawatha's fourteen
churches can get up a successful revi-
val any time is enough to show you
what sort of a town Hiawatha is. It's
a gospel peach. There seemed to be
something lacking in the contralto
singer Thursday night and we believe
we know what it was. She has never
been disappointed. To sing contralto
or alto with feeling one must have suf-
fered-endured misery, starvation or
been crossed in love.-Ewing Herbert in
Brown County World.
Thirty-six years ago Kansas knocked
at the door of the Union, was admitted
and took her place among the other
states. A long and bitter struggle had
continued for years over the admission
of the state. All hail to Kansas She
has received more than thirty-six hard
whacks on the back during the past
year, and although some of the welts
are still visible, she is abundantly able
to care for herself in all the years to
come.-Wm. Nelson in Smith County
Pioneer.
Dear, dear! How lonesome and silent
it was at the Copeland last Monday
morning about eleven! The cheerful
clouds of smoke from good cigars all
gone. The loud hum of lively CONVEX
sation all gone. The old familiar faces
all gone, or nearly all, and no new ones
to take their places Two or three
groups of men with their chairs drawn
closely together, not laughing any and
not talking much. It was a good deal
as if a funeral were impending and
these were the early corners Or may
be it was more as if a funeral had trans
pired and these lingerers were the next
friends of the deceased, 10th to leave off
sorowing together. All because a few
thousand votes went one way instead
of the other. k-a-day!-CharIie
Scott in lola Register.
It is very unfortunate for our peace
of mind that we are inclined to eXag-
gerate our troubles, to remember our
misfortuneS and to accept as matters of
course not worthy of enumeration the
good things we enjoy. If mule kicks
q man he will never forget it and the
newspapers will be filled with accounts
of "a sad accident If the mule goes
ahead and attends to it's own business
the man considers it merely the result
of nature. When a man exercises his
prerogative and ticks his wife he
doesn't think anything of it. When
and attorneys fees, he believes this is
a cold world. When the young people
are counting and having a taste of
heaven seven nights in a week, they
! never appreciate it. 1t is the way of
| the world, but it is the wrong way. The
man or woman who does think of
the good things, the bright things, the
| pleasant things of life is much happier.
Will Morgan in Hutchinson News.
| I was in Topeka in January, 1861
[ when Pomeroy and Lane were first
| chosen to the senate from the new state
| of Kansas, and have been in attendance
| upon almost every session of the legis-
| lature since, and today was the first
| time I ever walked into a Topeka gath
ering and didn't know the crowd. Il
is very largely a new gang. Many OF
| them, or some of them, no doubt, think
| a Kansas legislature has the power tc
| make hot buttered pancakes and sirlOir
| beefsteaks grow on bushes; but they
will find out later that it can't be done
| and they will go home at the end OF
Bent Murdoch in Eldorado Republican