The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-24
JAYHAWKER JOTs.

JAYHAW KER JOTS.
The shibboIeth of Marion is "Town
Pride
A stirring industry at Sabetha is the
apple butter factory.
penny of 1903 will be a worlds fair
curio from wellington.
Eureka is the latest town to donate
missionary to South Africa
Judge Peach, of BelleviIle. has a case
of the grippe which clings.
Mrs. Castor, of Solomon, applies only
strap oil to her bad boy pupils.
Many Newton families will substi-
tute 'possum for turkey, Thanksgiving.
The garden of Eden lies close to
Great Bend. Their Jail is again empty
The Leavenworth Western Life car
toonist milks his cows from the wrong
side.
Hutchinson has milk trust, and
there is a hint that the stock Is
/ WaterSd.
! A OuantrelI raid lecturer is abroad
| in the state. He has no dates for
Lawrence.
ottawa claims to have a crazy man.
They are in luck. Most towns nave
score or so.
The procession of oil jewellers are
passing by Sedan for q town that has
houses to rent.
Small boys were skating on the creek
at CLYDE last week. Those above the
fifth B kept off
Scarlet fever has thrown the min min,
listers of Lyons out of work as well
as the school teachers.
Ice has frozen thick enough for skat-
ing but the boys are still crossing
bats at Mound City.
Spring vet fingers in the lap of Win
ter at Caldwell where open air band
concerts are being held.
One of the boasts of Sabetha is that
the teachers there are paid more than
at Hiawatha, Seneca or Holton-
jamestown entreats, yea pleads, for
the Missouri Pacific to let its hghts
shine and to repair its sidewalks.
A race between a tortoise and Cen
trail Branch train out of Downs result
ed in the turtle getting in the soup.
The erection of a two-story hotel and
a brick temple of knowledge causes
Peru to send out the report of boom.
Elk City claims a potato foot long.
It was orOba bly, measured against the
wearer of a French heel in the middle
About the only portion of the ma
chine that isn't working successfully
is the furnace in the governors man
sion
A Nickerson milling company has
paid 800 for the fun of seeing tossed
sack Of -four disIocate brakeman S
nee.--
The bicycle hammers that are beating
on the new bell ordinance must sound
like an anvil chorus to Topeka's chief
OF police.
The Lord takes care of his own.
Western Kansas has been given So coal
as q means of disposing of the surplus
wheat crnp.
An Atchison hunter went out Sunday
to kill something and came near being
the victim himself by falling in an
abandoned well.
By some strange caprice of justice
four violators of the law were actually
sent to the Topeka Jail Saturday. Sun
day night they sawed out
Basket ball doesn't go with the
school girls at Arkansas City, but they
are being taught sewing along with
algebra and grammar.
Owing to the increased cost of living,
Concordia hackmen have advanced
prices. For the same reason walking
has become more popular.
A Sunday school was recently or
ganized att Lecompton that now has
forty members. II won't have this
many days after Christmas, though.
, The principal thing about football
harvest home" is that it allows every
one connected Herewith to make an
idiot of Themselves for an hour or so.
Mr.. Coyote, the fleet quarterback of
the wolf football eleven of Dickinson
county. was put out of the game by
Farmer Ross for making fowl tackle.
A Wichita justice let a prisoner off
the other day with a kindly lecture
Giving good advice has about the same
effect as pouring water on duck S
: back
? A Hutchinson husband wants a d.
vorce because his wife in playful mo-
ments threw cups of hot coffee dishes
and old shoes at him Things were
: coming his way too fast for comfort.
? There are still in Wellington nine
: churches, six Saloons two gambling
I houses and two bucket shops. With
this state of affairs existing most
every one should be able to get what
tha@T want.
Life for the rural carrier in Rice
/ county is one of flowers and sunshine
= One emDloye received last week a
: bouquet. roast OF beef. a basket OF
> potatoes, bushel of wheat, sack Of
{ corn, cake of shaving soap. popcorn
e and a fine beefsteak.