The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-03

Then he WendeQ his way hOmeWdrOs
Where his fourteen-year-old son
Sneered when chided for forbidden
Things that he had gone and done,
And the man sat there and wondered
And he wished with all his might
That the Lord would kindly show him
How to bring boy up right
S. E. KiSer in Chicago RecOrd-Herald-
Mrs. Amy Mcfarland. of 1901 Quincy
is sick with bronchitis.
There are two or three good boys for
adoption at the Topeka orphans home.
1t is expected that the supreme court
will decide the waterworkS bond case
next week.
Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin" COM
pany, which was at the Crawford yes
terday. travels in private car.
The condition of DR.. Archibald Beat
ty. who has been confined to Christ
hospital with chronic ailments for sew
eral months past. remains unchanged.
Observer E1migh. of the weather bu-
reau station at Dodge City, reports
one-tenth of an inch of snow for No
Vember.
The viii of the late r. M. Curtis has
been filed in the probate court. In the
will all his property is left to his
widow
Rev. I. E. Baxter. of Trinity Episco-
pal church at Lawrence, is in Topeka
Iecturing before the theological school
of the Episcopal church.
After the Washburn girls won the
basket ball game Wednesday evening,
they went out and stirred up a crowd
of boys to ring the college bell for them.
It is feared that Luke Coney. who
fell down stairs Friday, will not recover
from the injuries. Mr.. Eoney is 81
years of age. and the father of P. H.
Coney.
North Topeka people who have to
walk across the Kansas river bridge
these cold mornings may have a few
things to say ahOutp the lack of street
car service.
Gordon Cron has taken the second
bass part in the Washburn college male
quartette. The other members. Clyde
Allen, E. H. Hill and Bert Sutton, are
the same as last year.
The store building that w. S. Kale
is building at Lane and Fifteenth
street, will be used as grocery store but
not by Mr.. Kale. He is simply erecting
it for rental purposes.
When pretty girls are seen at this
season of the year limping or wearing
black eyes, it is safe to gamble on their
being basketball recruits. The basket
ball season will continue until hot
weather.
Good morning! How's our little
Marv?' has taken the place in London
of Good morning! Have you used,
ETC., since ]. NJ. Barrie's new play has
made such hit. 1t hasn't reached
Topeka.
Councilman Weber says he will ask
the council to forfeit the contract of the
Midland Bridge company for the East
Eighth avenue bridge unless the COM
pany starts work prior to the council
meeting Monday night.
If a woman wants to prove that she
she knows when she meets them on the
street on a cold day. thus saving them
the trouble of taking their hands out
of their pockets to raise their hats.
There is talk now of having the foot
ball teams representing Glasco and La
Harpe, which are made up principally
of old college stars, play here in Topeka
on Christmas day. If Christmas is as
warm and pleasant this year as it
sometimes is, it will be ideal football
weather.
"A Bunch of Keys will be at the
Crawford Saturday, matinee and
night. This is the only one of the
farces written by the late Charles Hoyt
first one Hcyt wrote. and he sold it to
Gus Bothner, who has since made a
fortune with the farce.
A. soon as the present lot of stamps
which the Topeka postofdce is selling
/ is disposed of, the department at Wash
| the recent issue. The last issue was a
small one because the department did
not like the design and recalled it very
soon after it was struck off.
3 K. ruler supposed 10 pc a CleVe-
| land, O., man was picked up on the
streets Of Chicago yesterday and taken
to the hospital. He had fallen to the
pavement and fractured his skull and
will probably die: The only thing in
the way of Identification was a ticket
in his pocket from Cleveland to Topeka
Friday night the Washburn college
male quartette will give its first con-
cert Of the year. The event will take
/ place at Rochester school house. Or
December Is the quartette goes to Mus
/ cotah, December 20 to bingham, and
December p at the Washburn chapel
Beginning with Monday. December %
! a tour of the western part of the state
will commence, which will last for two
weeks.
The Topeka orphans home had the
best Thanksgiving day IN its history
/ Willie Sells furnished every girl and
boy with a complete outfit of new
clothing, donated an elaborate Thanks