The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-27

! anv part of the country. He probably
| has as large an acquaintance among
| American educators as any other one
| man.
| w. II. Sullivan, a postoffice inspector,
| who is well known in Kansas, is in To-
! peIxa. He has just returned from Cuba
/ where he has been for some time look
/ ing after department business down
/ there.
| Wichita Eagle: A Topeka poetess
with much agony describes how Cupid
conquered Funston. This will interest
| the F'ilipinos in that it proves that it
| is not necessary to have clothes on to
do up the Kansas young man.
Mistaken idea from the Mcpherson
Republican: Hereafter Topeka will
have a fire at its annual races. No one
attended until the grand stand burned.
Then the crowds could not be accommo-
dated.
The BARRIERS union has elected H. l..
Studevan president; F. NJ Freeman,
vice president; E. d. Wilcox, financial
secretary; G. B. Hypes, recording secre-
tary; J. Caldwell, guide, and NJ. Lang
hart, guardian.
The north steps of the state house
seem to be a faVorite place for holding
luncheOnS and watermelon socials, judg-
ing from the number of pieces of sand
witches. pickles and melon rinds which
are accumulated there.
The parrot in the neighborhOod of the
court house has been swearing again
while district court was in session, and
Bailiff John Coyne threatens to arrest
it for contempt of court. He says if he
does Judge Hazen will give it five years
in the county Jail.
The supposed Rocky Ford melons
which are now on the market are poor
limitations of the genuine article. They
are tasteless, probably because of hav-
ing been picked too green and are lack
ing in that delicious flavor that is pc
culiar to the real Rocky Fords.
William Miller and William Cox, of
Mayetta, have been placed under ar
rest by the federal authorities for sell
ing liquor to Indians, which is contrary
to the peace and dignity of the United
States. They will have their hearing
before George w. Clark, United States
commissioner, on July 6.
A Topeka man started down the
street today with two volumes resemb-
ling law books under his arm, and ev-
cry acquaintance he met asked him if
he had taken up the study of law He
finally got mad about it and when he
saw anybody coming that he knew he
would yell out, Nav I'm not studying
law"
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Home Missionary society of
the First NJ. f. church will be held in
lecture room of the church on Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock. The subject
will be, Work in Utah. Several pa
perS will be read, and also several let
terS from workers in the field. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all ladies
to be present.
Did ever notice what seems to be
a ruling popularity of every fakir and
patent medicine man who come to To-
pel<a? Each one invariably tries to
prove that he and he alone should be
believed and that his wares and only
his should be bought. All other fellow
colleagues in the taking business, ac-
cording to him, are frauds and should
be run out of the business as well as out
of town as soon as they arrive.
Leavenworth Times: Waverly has a
rival to Major Jeltz Of Topeka for hon.
OrS in the matchless word-juggling
class. The Waverly genius breaks forth
as follows, according to the Gazette:
Zone of the great, matchless and ridic-
ulous predicaments and one indicative
and mighty altruistic of many of US is
the tendency of character to conform to
popularity instead of consciously en-
deevoring to found popularity on real
character