The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-05

matte club for the benefit of Grace ca
thedral VIII be given at the Crawford the
A Topeka man who has money to bet
ed that the man who talks bet The
loudest cannot be inveigled into making
a wager.
The independence Reporter says that
Marshalls Military band Is the only mu ISL
At the play to be given by the Topeka
Dramatic club for the benefit of the La
dies guild the usherlng VIII be done by
some of the young ladies'
Attorney Robert Stone has been in OF
Java "a t5 6of faons De SoisseT case as TbeTs
will be no decision in the case until De-
cember.
A sermon bearing on the coming cleo
ton, the subject of which is For Whom
Shall We Vote" viii be preached by Rev.
NJ. r. Harlan at the First Christian church
tomorrow.
When a young man asks q young lady
if she reads Ella Wheeler Wilcox he is in
suspense until she answers yes. and if
she says no he is squelched by her look
of contempt.
State Auditor Morris can walk down the
state house steps without any dlIte1lty
without using his crutcheS, but when It
comes to walking on level ground ne mas
C. E. White of Topeka who is in Phila-
delphia, writes to the state Journal that
he was royalty entertained by Commander
the war vessel.
Nearly every man who watches a foot
pail game, DQL VINO mas never pidS6us Sc
cretly imag1nes that he could PICK up
the ball and run right through the oppos-
ing line with it.
flow meeting in North Topeka last night,
was in the Cuban war under Gomez for
awhile and was imprisoned by the SPAN
iards at Havana.
why is it." asked a Topeka man to-
pocket, why is it that things look 50
much more attractiye when one has no
money to buy them?
There is a popular idea that negro
one. The old colored man who was pro-
day proves its falsity.
Fred Vandegrift was in town yester-
day and created much excitement on
the streets as member of the cabinet:
the Bowersock fish Stories"
A Topeka man who has been investigat-
ing the water works question says that
buy the water and gas plants. The public
ownership idea is growing.
different purposes request that cash be
written instead of their names, for fear it
for a good thing and make a call.
One of the stenographers at the state
house is putting in her spare time making
fancy work and other things to be in
readiness to go to housekeeping in case
the Populists should be defeated.
A man about 40 years old was thrown
from his bicycle and badly hurt a few
days ago. but he is now able to be out
avenue shands off, as reckless as ever.
Mrs. J. P. White, whose husband is
travelling auditor for the Pacific Express
company, and who has just removed from
Salina to Topeka, was president or the
Research club in Salina, one of the lead
ing wOmen's clubs of that city.
After the overflow meeting on the out
side of Lukens' Opera House last night
a band started to play to make things
lively. 1t disturbed Mr.. Curtis much
in his speech that he asked someone IN
the audience to shut the band off or he
would have to stop. The band was shut
off.
A wbistline individual whose whistle
possesses a notable lack of music, was
making a great deal of noise in the state
house corridors, which led Fred Vande-
grift to remark: 1.-The fellow who goes
around whistling never amounts to any
thing; the man who has his mouth open
all the time never has time to think.
Miss Julia Fitzgerald, stenographer in
the state auditors office, placed her money
and other necessary articles in the safe
in the auditors office yesterday. During
the afternoon all the clerks who knew the
combination to the safe took the train for
their respective homes, to remain until
after election. AS consequence Miss
Fitzgerald had to telegraph to one of
them for the combination before she could
get her property.