The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
A WoNpERFUL WATcH.

WONDERFUL WATCH.
Ny father owned a waterproof watch
That wound Up in the handie
And nary watch for miles around
To it could hold a candle
Pap hung his vest on the COW yard fence
And sat down for rest.
Our brlndle heller she snealSed up
When daddy saw the pesky brute
A-bolting down his ticker
He ran and got his old brown jug
Years passed away. we beefed that COW.
And in her stomach found
The old mans watch, as good as new,
And running safe and sound.
That critters stomach, rubbing. wound
Pops watch each day within it,
Ana though ten yeasr had slipped around,
II had not lost a minute.
Thomas r. Hyatt. Topeka, in Cincinnati ii
Inquirer
Both opera houses will be open on
New Years day.
This is the last day of the year. Don't
that make you feel awfully sad?
Dot Leetle German Band" will go on
its annual serenading tour tonight.
Usage coal is now steady. with a
strong bullish tendency at $3.50 per ton.
Coke is getting scarce. and the gas
company is two weeks behind in its or
ders-
Chancellor Frank Strong of the State
university is in town attending the
teachers convention.
}. NJ. Chisham, one of the Republican
wheelhorses and postmaster Of .Atchison
was in Topeka yesterday.
H. E. Croft and family are preparing
to move from Topeka to Independence,
Kan. Mr.. Croft is a travelling salesman.
The price of potatoes is advancing, in
sympathy with coal. Homegrown pota-
toes used to be 80 cents Now they are
A..
Rev. J. E. Everett. secretary of the
State Temperance union is expected
home this evening from a trip to New
York.
T. F. Doran and DR.. T. c. Biddle
were in Emporia yesterday on business
connected with the Timm case which
is to be soon tried there.
License Collector p. H. Forbes is be-
ginning to enforce the new license or
dinance. He is rounding UP the $50
per year tax on public scales.
Fred ]. Payne. one of the builders of
the Topeka Rapid Transit railway, and
a former resident of Topeka, is visiting
in the city. He now lives at Argentine,
and is engaged in contracting.
Frederick NJ. Blanchard of Chicago
university, who gave the Shakespeare
a former pupil of A. W. Dana Of To-
peka.
At Emporia a marriage license was
granted yesterday to Louis Knight Of
Hartford and Mary Goodnight of To-
pelEa. The couple will be married at
Topeka.
There will be watch social this ev-
ening at the First Methodist church. 1t
is given by the Epworth League. and
the old year viii be duly escorted into
oblivion.
The monthly meeting of the board of
health has been postponed until after
the return Of the sanitary committee
from The garbage plant junket to
Vincennes, Ind.
2. E. Huffman. of Topeka, state
superintendent of the Seventh Day Ad~
venusts schools of Kansas is visiting
the school CT that denomination in
Atchison this week.
DR.. Andreen. formerly vice president
of Bethany college, Lindsborg, left yes
terday for Stockholm, Sweden, taking
along 200 for the relief of the Swed
ish famine sufferers.
Josephine Doran, daughter of T. F.
Dora II, has been given the second prize
of $25 by the Resinol Chemical com
pany as the second prize for the photo
OF the prettiest child in the United
States.
The business of the Topeka Charities
association viii begin on New Years
day in the office on Kansas avenue. be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets. Sec
rotary Squires will assume charge on
January 1.
Ed Howe has made discovery. Here
it is: Dave Mulvane is the real Kansas
boss. He has one United States senator
now. Burton, and is demanding another,
Curtis. Mulvane is a quiet man, but he