The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-09

II care not who may make" said, he.
If only may write" said he,
Their interpolated song hits
oh what is so rare as a day in June?"
Asks the poet blithe and gay,
But the pensive manager answers soon !:
why, play that is a play"
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Col. W. H. Rossington has returned
/ from a visit to Leavenworth.
Otis E. Hungate went to Fort Scott
last night to take part in a civil suit.
The decorators are nearly through
with John Marshall's office in the court
house.
Laura NJ. Dorren wants a divorce
from James r. Dorrell. She charges
| cruelty.
The Washburn quartet will appear
concert at the First Christian church
next Monday night.
It looks as if. the weather recently
had run riot and was beyond the con-
troll Of Director Jennings.
The Topeka Baseball association will
| hold meeting at the Commercial club
looms Monday night, February Is.
Fifteen Kansas City automobile en-
thusiasts have gone to Milwaukee to at
| tend the national automobile conven-
| ton.
One marriage license was issued in
| the PROBATE court MONDAY ana one Oh
vorce suit was filed in the district
/ court.
| 1t has been suggested that the coun-
ty commissioners have the elevator i'll
the court house, which is never used,
moved to the poor farm to be used in
| stacking hay.
The board of directors of the Central
National bank have presented F. NJ.
| Borebrake, the retiring assistant
cashier a handsome watch and chain
as a mark of their appreciation for his
faithful services.
superintendent Davidson. of the To-
peka city schools will attend the meet
ing of city superintendent at Atlanta,
Georgia, the week of February %. The
board of education voted to allow him
$50 as expenses for the trip.
The Woman's Missionary society of
meet with Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, 616 Tay-
lor street, Wednesday afternoon at )
o'clock. The first chapter of REX
Christus, an Outline Study of China"
will be considered.
C. H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele-
graph of the Santa Fe, has a very fine
X-ray machine which he has built
since coming to Topeka. Last night
he exhibited the machine to the stu
dents of the Topeka homeopathic school
of medicine.
The basket ball game scheduled to be
Highland Park and Washburn girls
has been postponed indefinitely. The
Washburn girls play the Baker girls
team at that place Friday afternoon.
There was a big attendance upon
the gathering of the Woodmen of the
World at 41S Kansas avenue last night
in honor of the state and national Off
GERS of the Woodmen of the World and
of the Ladies' Circle who are making
tour of the state. The evening closed
with dancing.
Fifty Third ward women held a meet
ing Monday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. J, D. Mcfarland, ITO Harrison
street. and voted to indorse the work
of c. V. Wolf in the city council. Wolf
is the councilman whom the women
elected by still hunt over M. Snat-
finger.
H. J. Adams of Burlington is in To-
peka today on business. Mr.. Adams
is interested in the development of tie
new Coffey county oil field, the most
northern field of the southern Kansas
district Within the past few weeks
several flowing wells have been struck
near LIE Roy in this district.
DIR. Miller, one of the city officials of
Cheyenne, Wyo., was in Topeka Monday
and investigated the CONDITION Oh the
Topeka city electric light plant. Chey-
enne is planning to build a city electric
lighting system, and DR.. Miller is IN
vestigating the workings of the plan in
other municipal ownership lOWnS.
Topeka people who like to see good
baseball ought to be willing to sub
scribe a dollar or so apiece toward
financing the team which is being or
ganized here. Nine of the twelve men
have already been signed but it viii
take some money to pu- them In the
field. Small subscriptions are being
collected at G. w. Stansfields drug
store and the money Will be turned
over to the treasurer of the association.
A professor at the University of I'LL
nois is credited with perpetrating the
following atrocious transformation of
the Ann problem, and sends with it the
assurance that the problem is suscepd-
BILE of mathematical calculation, and
has an answer: IF Mary is twice as
cid as Ann and AIMS cat is twice as old
as Mary's dog, what would be the diff
ference of age between Mary's pigeon
and AIMS duck, if Mary's pigeon was 7
years older than AIMS cat, when Mary's
dog was 8 years younger than Ann
years ago. and their combined ages was
~. How old is Mary and Amp
The Topeka Water company did the
right thing during the Midwinter ex-
position by allowing the street force to
use city water for washing Quincy