The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
JAYHAWKER JoTs

There is another Sol Miller in Kan
sas- He is a Democrat and he lives at
Newton.
Corn will not be the only crop in
Kansas this year. There will be the
crop of fakirs.
A Ford county man already has 10
acres of ground plowed for next years
wheat crop.
George Martin: The alliterative ques-
ton now is not what did Dewey do, but
when is Dewey due?
A blue-eyed girl and a brown-eyed
boy were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Blake
ley OF Sedgwick county a few days ago.
NJ. D. Simpson, of the Salina Repub-
hcan, thinks Grant Gillett is at last
engaged in an honest business-that is
If he doesn't water the milk Gillett
has started a dairy at Chihuahua.
Here is another chance for the ad-
vocates of personal liberty to make
a fuss. The county attorney of Ellis
county has served notice on the people
of Hays City that they must liberate
their hooking birds or he will prose-
cute them. The law of 1897 makes it an
onense to entrap a hooking bird.
The Medicine Lodge Cresset says that
Barber county should stand first in the
list of cattle counties instead Of fourth
as given in Secretary Coburn's report.
He says the county has 1854 head on
IDENTIFY Jumps all cattle in a bunch,
while Secretary Coburn separates
them.
A Sumner county man struck up a
correspondence with a Kentucky girl.
Neither had ever seen the other, but
they became engaged to be married
They were to meet in Wellington on a
certain day, the bride was to wear
blue ribbon on her arm and the young
man was also to have some distin-
gushing mark about him. The pro-
gramme was carried out last week and
the Mail says they are now spending
their honeymoon happily together.
The alfalfa country out around Gar
den City is a great place for raising
honey, but this year the crop is
short. The Imprint attributes this to
the late spring, the weather and in
sects that fed on the nectar of the al
falfa bloom. Still there is yet two
months in which the bees can work and
the crop at the close of the season may
prove very good The honey crop of
the United States generally is very
light and the old stock of honey is
gone.
The life of the country editor does
not always consist of small potatoes
and few in a hill. Once in awhile an
oasis appears in the desert. The Wa
Keeney World man struck one recently,
and here is what he says about it:
Last Saturday was hallelujah day at
the World Office About 10 o'clock our
short friend, Louis Morrell, called and
donated a large watermelon and a dOz-
en- or more cucumbers. Next came our
good friend, A. r. Mlenik, of COlIyer,
who chatted with as for half an hour
but before leaving he deposited a dol
lar with US to help World rotate. We
went to dinner and returned to our
haunts about l, and to our surprise we
found upon the exchange table two
young prairie chickens, the gift of an
out of town friend. Half an hour later
our staunch friend, A V. Hixson, of
Ogallah, hailed US with 81 in his hand.
He left it with US to help buy ink so
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were happy and left the care of World
in the hands of any of our friends who
might drop in, and proceeded to the
ball grounds where we did the scoring
for the boys, and we might add that
we made the only score for the Wa
Keeney boys, and that was on paper
but didn't count. We returned to our
office with a sad heart on account of
when in stepped Frank Stimits,
the new postmaster at Bosnia. Frank
had attended the Democratic county
convention and informed us of their
deliberations We chatted awhile and
before leaving he dropped a dollar into
the slot to keep this blasted Republi-
can sheet from going to the dogs. Frank
had just departed and in came one of
the best young men of Ogallah town
ship Ohnnie HiXson. Johnnie and us
played the ball game over and talked
about a little of everything. Johnnie
left another dollar with US to keep his
uncle in Illinois posted on Trego cOun-
ty doings. We started for home but
something told us to take a peep in the
corner of the office, we did
and uncovered three large watermel-
ons. two big cantaloupes and two
spring fries. We haven't the slightest
idea who left these nice things there,
but if it should come to pass that the
donor wants the nomination for repre-
sentative, we're for him. We only men
ton these little gifts to remind our
readers that there is a bright side to
the EDITORS life as we'll as dark one
We highly appreciate the donations
received and the donors have our
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