The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-14
SNAP SHOTS ATHoMENEWS

Know'st thou the land where the lemon
where deep N the bower the gold orange
who're zephyrs from heaven die softly
And the laurel and myrtle tree never de-
Know thou it? Thither. o! thither with
Ny dear dearest. my fondestl with thee would
l fee
knows thou the hall with it's pilared
It's chambers so vast and its long colon
Where the statues of marble with feat
ures 50 mild
Know st ST thou it? Thither. o. thither with
Ny guide. my protector. with thee would
flee
Know'st thou the Alp which the vapor
where the Bold nuleteer seeks his way
In the cleft OF the mountain the dragon
abides,
And the rush of the stream tears the
Know aSSs st thou it? Thither. o. thither with
Leads our way. father-then come. let
-dignon's Song from wilhelm Meister"
Thursday is st. Patrick's day.
The spring equinox is one week from
today.
Miss EsteIla Simmons has gone to
Chicago. where she will take position
with a wholesale millinery house.
Ten days ago Cider Smith predict
ed rain or snow on the 18th or 14th
of March Score a bullseye for Colonel
Smith
Triple Tie lodge No. a, will give
free taeky masquerade social tomorrow
evening at which prize will be given
for the best costume.
The children who played fox ard
geese and snowballed pedestrians
/ Sunday ought 10 be forgiven. 1t was
/ probably their last chance this spring.
A Topeka picked team defeated the
regular Topekas in a bowling contest
/ The irregulars had 124 the better in the
contest
James W. Morphy, of Russell, rode
/ the goat at Sloan lodge Saturday
night and lived to tell the tale. Morphy,
however. has gone through ordeals
worse than that and recovered.
1.-The Pride of Jennico,'' which will
play in Topeka tonight at 81 prices,
will be at the Gillis in Kansas City
next week at 10, 20, 80 and 90 cents.
Topeka ought to get used to such treat
ment after awhile.
Mrs. Frank Snyder has been called
to Chanute on account Of the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs. Stone. Mrs
Stone once lived in the mansion west
of town, since burned, which was
known as stones folly"
The tax assessors will get you if you
! don't watch out and this year if you
! escape the assessors the board of corn
missioners will look into your case.
/ There is an epidemic among the county
! officers to collect all the taxes due the
/ county this year.
George W. Rake, the fireman at the
/ CO14rf saws the largest fish ever
| caught in the Kansas river was cap
tured in shallow water near Lecompton
in 1858 It was a catfish and weighed
over 100 pounds. A man carried it on
a pole stuck through its gillS. When
the pole was on the mans shoulder the
tail of the fish dragged on the ground
Pittsburg Dispatch: Governor Bailey
/ of Kansas, a bachelor elected upon a
promise to marry, which he kept, has
been denied denomination. 1t must be
admitted this is hardly encouraging
The inference that if he had lodged his
promise, as most politicians do. he
would have been renominated, is
strong. if perhaps unjustifable.
Lawrence Gazette: The Topeka po-
lice must be a peach of a crowd. At
the contest there last night two mem
bers Of the force had to overDoWer a
third member and take his gun from
him to keep him from shooting into
a bunch of boys whose only offense
was making noise to encourage their
champion. Then after it was over, and
the boys and girls started in for a lit
/ tie friendly rush, the whole police force
broke in and began clubbing right and
left breaking heads and knocking
down and. dragging out all who came in
their way. The Topeka police force
was evidently trying to earn a years
salary by the strenuous work of one
night They ought to be retired now
on life pensions.