New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
THE T4LK OF THE DAY.

w.t., &c UveIv NavoraIty campaign going on In
Topeka Kan The rival candidates are toloheI
Hughes and Colonel Warner, and. although 'hey
are both noted for their goodness and religious
voa1 the friends OF each say that their candidate
has the better record in this respect The support
ers of Colonel Hughes the other day put iorth the
statement that he had not once missed weekly
PRAYER meeting in the last eighteen years ana
they concluded by asking. Can Colonel Warner
sav as nuch9' 1T is true" retorted Colonel War
ner that during eighteen years have been alb
sent from prayer meeting twice. but what are the
facts? ! can prove that had malaria, and could
o leave nv bed Nothing but severe Illness would
have kept me from weekly prayer meeting, and
Colonel Hughes knows it This explanation evil
IDENTIFY impressed the public, and the Warnerites
followed II up by declaring that during the last
eighteen years Colonel Warner had entertained
preachers at his house thirty times, including the
bishop on two occasions. In addition, he had en-
tertained ninety-two delegates to Sunday school
conventions, prohibition conventions and Bible
study conventions, whereas Colonel Hughes has
always been backward in doing his duty in This re-
spect saying that his house was too small whereas
II is generally known that his house is larger than
that of Colonel Warner.
FIRST Lady Passe2ger-I{ that window isn't
opened this minute l know shall die.
Second Ditto-Who opened that window? II it is
'T Phiiosophicai Gentleman~Couductor. please keep
window open till one of these ladies dies then
shut IL and give the other opportunity TO quit
this vale of tears.-tBoston Transcript
A correspondent writes say that the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. of jamestown " Y,
and the Matthewson Street Methodist Episcopal
Church Of Providence. r. l.. have been using ele-
vators for several years. The elevator in the for
mer was the gift Of the late Noah Gokey a brother
OF William Gokey, of Brooklyn
The Improved Plan.-'Do you read novel as
most women do?' asked Ardent Admtrer; read the
last chapter and then the rest or the story
oh said the LOveliest Girl that sort of thing
then go the Naturalization. indianapolis
Press.
"A company playing of Hoyt's farces in
Kansas" says THE Kansas City Journal" has
advertising hanger which reads: Everybody
goes To a Hole in the Ground One of these
hangers appeared in the window of the most solemn
and conventional undertaking shops in Emporia the
other day. and gave the town fit"
First Burglar-You mighty lucky to ge,
cleared but that there lawyer charged We about all
ye stole. didn't he?
Second BurgIar-That don't matter. I'll watch
my chance Wen he gee~ home tonight, and get il
back-(New-York Wy.
1.-The Philadelphia Record" tells a story of hen
with leg that in the habit of following its
mistress, a kind hearted Irishwoman. wherever she
went. The Irishwoman died the orner day. and the
faithful fowl hoped leg alongside the
funeral procession two miles 10 the Baptist Church
and dropped dead the church steps. Some said
1t died of broken heart. others thought that the
great exertfon of hopping far leg and the
small of food ii had eaten caused the vital
exhaustion. At any rate. kindly hands buried IL
just outside of the church fence. by the roadside
What you staring at Nellie?''
"Oh, please, ma'am. with your hair like that and
your diamonds. you do look like Lady Plantag-
anet Bingham that maid to, Are you
any relation, ma ann
''No-at least, near relation. But you can
have that pink silk shrtwaist of mine. Nellie.'-
(Life.
Charles NJ Murdock thus explains the origin OF
the Topeka in The Marshall County (Kan.)
News In May. 1857. my father arrived with his
family at the OtOe mission building the north
line of Marshall County He was sent there by
the Presbyterian Home Missionary Society, and
was the first missionary sent to the Otoe and Mis-
souri, tribes. After had been at the mission
few days the seven chiefs of the tribe TO
visit father, their first missionary. Among them
Arkekata mead chief of the tribe; Big Soldier
and White Water. The names OF the other four /
do not remember Father treated them as distln-
guished gentlemen. Father had old fash
ioned, open breasted vest and the Indians named
him Topeka. the definition being white breast or
missionary 1t home"
During Mrs. Nations recent performance as an
editor she wrote this editorial
Love Is the one thing that gives real happi-
of men much that will dare TO smash the thing
that Injuries them. And the more / love the more
1 smash; and the more smash the more love-
What lucky thing IL is that Pa Nation is
oisnosed TO be 1ealors--lCtisS=o Ttmes-Herald-