The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-15
SNAP SH0TsAT HoMENEWS.

this time of year
My thoughts take their vacation back
among the scenes once dear.
stray about the harvest fields where long
and long ago
l watched the cereal ocean in its golden
While now and then, upon some blade a
The sunbeans flashed and then went out
like thoughts recalled no more.
AS faint as falling echoes of signal far
at sea,
The clink of scythe and whetlock come in
rhythmic harmony;
Among the brooding hills near by, in ev-
ening shadows dim,
One would not start to catch glimpse of
For sweet the ways with tinkling bells
where browsing cattle roam,
vest time at home.
How pleasant then the journey home along
Where larksour blooms beside the fence
like knots of lovers glowed-
Now listening to the whippoorWiIl beyond
a darkling field,
Or tarrying where the berries tempt-a
shower of wine concealed:
And long before we reached the gate to
hear the watch dogs bark
Ana see the distant windows CLEAN like
blossoms of the dark.
1t seems 50 long. since those old years-so
Now wonder that time could be without
And. yet. enough do Irecan to vow that in
When the no more and ever more in
deaths twilight shall blend
It would suffice to know that life beyond
the gathering gloam
Would really prove as care free as-ths
New York Times.
Watermelons are now on the market
at 20 cents each.
Senator Noftzger, of Harper, was in
| Trrn In
Mort Albaugh is taking his vacation
in Indiana al present.
John Seaton, of Atchison, was in To-
pel<a Tuesday on a business trip.
Harry J. Bone has gone. to ST. Louis
on business of a personal nature.
Mrs. N. V. Nading, who has been Wis
iting in Oklahoma, has returned to To-
peka.
Labor Commissioner johnson has
shaved off his heavy brown moustache,
and is hardly recognizable.
| Secretary of State ]. r. Burrow will
leave within u few days for months
vacation in New Hampshire.
The Junior League of Walnut Grove
church will give a social at the residence
of G. H. Griggs, 1927 Harrison street. to-
night
w. H Barnes, secretary of the State
Horticultural society, has gone to Boul-
der Ohio, for a vacation. He is accom-
panied by his wife and daughter.
A farmer named P. w. Hadlen, living
west of Topeka, is at Christ hospital
for treatment for copperhead snake
bite. He was bitten by the snake last
week.
The city has completed the sale of the
ten acre tract of ground east of town
to S. Kennedy for the sum of 1885. The
property had been owned by the city
since 1886.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Cumbach and
daughter are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Hanley, at 1015 Taylor street, on their
way home from Indianapolis, Ind, to
/ Needles, Cal.
The North Topeka relief committee
has received applications for aid from
about 400 persons and more requests are
coming in. They Will continue to be re-
ceived up/to July 20.
Negotiations are under way between
| the Topeka Railway company and Mar
shall's band for series of band con-
certs at Vinewood park during the latter
part of this summer.
Miss Harriet Broad will leave within
a few weeks to take up study at the
Bible Teachers Training college, in
New York City She will make Bible
teaching her profession
Frank r. Dyer, assistant state super
intendent of public instruction, has re-
turned from his trip to the National
Educational association at Boston.
Superintendent Dayhoff has gone on a
trip to Jamaica.
Today is the last day upon which the
1 cent a mile rate for harvest hands
will be in effect on the railroads. Men
who are now at work in the wheat fields
will work gradually north as the har-
vest progresses.
The attorney general has been asked
whether German can be taught in the
public schools of the state. He holds
that German can be taught, but can
not be used as the official language"
for conducting the school,
A dozen cars of Kansas wheat have
been received by Topeka elevators. In
quality it is of the best and scale tests
show weights running from 5S1a to 611a
pounds to the bushel. Kansas City prices
on new wheat run between 50 and Il
cents.
Mrs w c. Booth is soliciting money
to pay for repairing the home of Moth
err Florence. which was damaged by
the flood. Mrs Booth has secured about
$50. She reports that several imposters
have been working the town for the
same alleged purpose.
The superintendent of the Geary
county schools has written to the attor-
ney general asking whether he can pre-
vent the location of a cemetery on land
adjoining a school house. The attorney
general says the only way to stop it is
to prove that the cemetery is anuisance
The comet, of which an account by
Prof Campbell of the Lick observatory
was given in the State Journal Monday
evening has been sighted by Topeka
people but efforts to secure a good view
of it through the Washburn telescope
have been unsuccessful on account OF
cloudy weather.
Dr. A A. Raub, of North Topeka
had a bureau in his house before the
flood full of valuable letters and pa
pers accumulated during the war. in
Guiding his commissions, discharges
pension papers. etc. Since the flood ht
has been able to find only one of these
papers. which was buried in the mud il
the back yard.
Judge Matt Mcdonald of Strong City
was in Topeka yesterday in consulta-
ton with the Santa Fe officials regard
ing the raIacine of a switch at his stnrl