The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-31

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Among the kids:
IT IS time to hunt for bricks
And also Hds2 "
Do you know the kids intend
To put tbs bricks
Underneath the hats. and play
The same Old tricl1s2
Are you sure you VIII not Try
To kick at one
n lille unmindful Of the date
And hel2 the fun?
Let me hint that YOU are doomed
To be a fool
1t is hard to dodge the traps
You may shy at some old tricks
That meet your sight;
But there will be other tricks
And-you viii bite,
If your garden hasn't been planted
you are late.
The regular spring crop of book
agents is here
Latest joke by Charles NJ. Sheldon: I
have barns to burn"
H A Turner of Minneapolis is in To
peka today on business.
The county commissioners met Mon
day and adjourned till Friday.
State Superintendent Insiey Dayhof
was in Kansas City Monday.
Bank Examiner S. c. drummer went
down to Kansas City yesterday on bus
mess.
The walks in front Of the executive
mansion are in bad condition and Twill
be relaid.
This weather makes me feel like
digging in the ground said Governor
Bailey today.
Harry j. Bone private secretary to
Governor Bailey, has joined the Great
Bend pilgrims.
A case of scarlet fever was reported
yesterday in the Wear family at 800
Western avenue
Dr. Fahrig IS getting "a ton out Of
Trego shale. at cost of SL60- This IS
another sign OF spring
There are two new cases of measles in
town. One is at 1il5 Lane street and
one at 1883 Lincoln street
The current number Of Push contains
an elaborate and interesting Writeup OF
Winfield by T. r. Aldrich.
The lawns are becoming green and
house plants look as if they would be
more contented out of doors.
Governor Bailey left this afternoon for
Frontenac, where he delivers an address /
before the miners tomorrow
An effort is being made today to sell
off the household GOODS owned by the
late E. H. Blake at 1901 Boswell avenue.
The Ladies Aid society of the First
Methodist church VIII hold an all day
meeting at the church Wednesday,
A pril J.
Evangelist Williams is trying to start
a fuss with Rev Chas- M. sheldon
Other men as wise as Williams have. so
history says. monkeyed With the buzz
saw
1t is seldom that a theatrical star Of
the first magnitude plays a nid-weelS
matinee and w H. Cranes agreement
to do so in Topeka is a pleasing inno-
Vation-
The l05 notifications given the police
for service on the Judges and clerks Of
the different precincts in the cOming
election all bear the plainly written
word copy
1t has been suggested that charles
NJ. Sheldon should rebuild his barn win
steel beams and fire brick sides he
might go even further and obtain
supply Of asbestos hay for his live
stool
If Williams first sermon about dane
ing was only the Kindergarten" grade,
his second sermon must be about the
French Oliver grade, and his third in
the series would be debarred from the
mails
Mr.. j M. barrett. of Lafayette street.
Parkdale, has given Mrs. Thorpe, po~
lice matron, 81 volumes Of new books,
direct from Chicago for the use of the
jail The books are of the latest 2ubli-
cations
Nels Mcconnell has started IN on his
spring campaign against dogs Topeka
has nearly as many stray, NANCY ca
mines as ConstantinOple, and they should
either have to pay SIS apiece license, or
make their viii.
You ought to put your bicycle to
work" said one funny man to another.
Why was the response. The front
wheel is loose. said the funny man.
What of that?" said the other. We'll,
the wheel plays too much. Don't you
see?"
The season of s-rinlzled streets has
returned This is where the Topeka
Water company takes another dig into
the water consumers. When the city
owns the plant it Will be possible to
sprinkle all the streets without it cost
ing anybody anything
Last year the street force collected
81 loads OF old tin cans and other re-
fuse metal from the alleys in the an
nual spring cleaning The cleaning win
begin again in a few days. Everyone
should pile the old cans in the alley
where the street force can get at them.
Ottawa Herald: Evangelist Williams
has attacked Shakespeare's works. He
says they are dirty and not fit to be
read. 1t is safe to say that when Mr.
Williams has been dead as long as
Shakespeare, no one VIII attack his
preaching
The Kansas City Journal records
visit to that burg of Judge j. c. Pol
lock of the supreme court on Monday
were in Kansas City yesterday were J.
D. IIanlcy. L. c. Kistler, Mr.. and Mrs
J. NJ Wallace, and Dean Low.
Deputy U. S. Marshal NcGrath re-
turned Monday from Leavenvorth
where he made the arrest Of a man with
the remarkable name of BoczkoWski.
Mr.. Boczkowski was not arrested on
account Of his name, but on the charge
Of buying government property from
the soldiers at the Fort This is about
the sixth arrest on this charge. the led
eral authorities being engaged in an
effort to break up the trade in govern
ment property which has been going on
in violation of the law for a long time.
Boczkowski deals in second hand cloth
ing
FOUR THROWN OUT.
Only a Few of Voters Objected to Are
Dizoua Iif7ad