The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-13

and we spent half day looking him up.
He wasn't five minutes in deciding to
continue as paying subscriber. We
don't deny that anyone has right TO
! stop his copy of THE Kicker at any
/ time he so elects, but in every instance
we shall look him up and demand an
explanation.
The boys of Pine Hill sent US word
the Other day that they had hung our
agricultural editor, and wanted to k1cx
what should be done with the body We
replied that our A. E. was at that very
: moment sitting in he sanctum of the
office busy with a column article en-
titled, will the Coming Cow Make
! Use of the Cactus for FODDER" The
| boys had, made mistake. We are not
quite certain who their victim was, but
we suspect he was a naturalist from
/ Chicago who wrote US about four
weeks go that he was headed this way
| An average of thirty poems, idyIes,
refrains, etc, reach this office every
week from parties living at a distance
While THE Kicker publishes a great
/ deal of poetry, 1t is poetry written at
home by local poets. We want no out
side contributions in this line. This ap-
| parent unjust discrimination is entire
/ ly governed by circumstance. When a
local poet dashes off something good he
| or she at once canters down to this
office and hands it in for publication.
We must either publish it OF be shot at.
/ For a year or so we preferred the shoot
| ing, but finding that the noise and ex-
citenent unstrung the nerves of the
competitors and interfered with getting
out Job work on time, we finally accept
ed the poetry. 1t is no better than out
! side poetry, but outsiders can't shoot
at US.
AS mayor of this town it is our duty
to see that all the local ordinances are
enforced. Reube Scott. our own mar
shall is a poor stick of man, having
less sand than coyote and being as
good natured as a jackrabbit- There Is
an ordinance against crowds congregat-
ing in the corridor Of the postoffice and
threatening the life of the postmaster
because the eastern mail happens TO be
an hour late We ordered Reube to en-
force this ordinance the other day but
he was afraid to. We therefore took
off our coat and began on Colonel Jack
Smith and we threw Seventy-seVen
men out doors before stopping II was
a great surprise to the town, and the
excitement is still high, but the post
Office is no longer the loafing place it
was.
We have received a letter from Philadel-
phia asking us if a young man named Vic
tor Hugo Scott has applied at The k5ch-
tion on the editorial staff we can't re-
member as the applicants number nan q
dozen Der week. We nave am recOlIeC-
ton that such person did call, however,
and that three days later he went over
to Blue Hill and the boys took him for a
horse thief and laid him away. We will
look over the files as soon as we get time
and see how it was At least half the
uewsps per men who come this way look
ing for work get planted sooner or later
and it is almost impossible for US to re-
member names and dates and where they
lie sleeping.
We don't claim that either as an indf-
v41.sa4 u an oiLlciaI we have any special
pull with Providence, but we simply star
that during the past five. years we have
had at least one thousand bullets fired at
us with intent to kill. One of these bull
let's by some accident. licked our left
ear. and another penetrated the sleeve Of
our coat, but all the others went from
two to ten feet wide of the target and LEFT
US unhurt and smiling.-(Copyright 1893,
by c. B. Lsewis-)
A st. Louis Worlds Fair Information
bureau has been established at 500 Main
street, Kansas City, in charge of Mr..
! l. S. Mcclellan. where information Will
be cheerfully furnished.
Everybody sells the Bachelor cigar.