The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-10
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A luscious peach hung on a tree,
AS rich and ripe as one could see:
a crimson glory, SO to speak,
Suffused its mellow. yellow cheek.
The nature of its growth defined
The line of love by art designed.
As soft as silk to finger tips
As tempting as lovers lips,
This nymph incarnate thought all day,
And this is what she had to say:
Il am for one by Fate's decree,
1 wonder who that one will be-
And now my thesis to pursue.
At first twas all I had in view
From special ends of soulless things
10 those Of angels without wings.
Il is not Chance keeps watch and ward, s
But he who is of life the Lord,
And destiny is but the force
NMyherewltn he guides us in our course,
My proof is strong in one dear heart
from all the ages set apart.
Whom. when she asked who will it bo?''
answered: Sweetheart, / am hei''
James Burke, in New York Herald,
Election will be four weeks from to-
morrow.
of driftwood.
The federal court opened In Leaven-
worth today.
The Commercial club meets on We'd
nesday night.
Dead leaves-rake them in the gutter
-Dusenberry-fine 81.
The Normal Washburn football game
The jury in the district court has
been busy during the past week.
The girls at Washburn college are
planning to organize a class in fencing.
The Vinewood Park management will
fix up an ice skating rink a. the park
this winter.
The present style of weather will
necessitate another moving of lawns If
it keeps on.
Green peppers and green tomatoes
are in maket in quantities. IT'S the
picking season.
The right thing in neckties for men
this fall are four-in-hands as big as
mufflerS or bed quilts.
The old voters will organize a FIRE.
mont and Lincoln club Tuesday night
at the old court house.
All of the railroads running out of
Topeka have weed-pickers at work
cleaning the road-beds.
The wire fence around the Wash
burn football field is good scheme
if the gate is kept shut.
The Republican county central COM
mittee met at the old court house Sat
urday afternoon and had dinner.
A set of portable bleachers on the
east side of the Washburn field would
help out materially in handling a big
crowd.
Miss Agnes Burdge has been elected
captain of the girls basket ball team at
Washburn. The team will begin prac-
tice at once.
The Topeka presbytery will meet at
Perry Tuesday for a two days session.
1t is expected that many ministers of
the Presbyterian denomination will be
present.
The city council will meet this even
ing. The principal business will be a
consideration of the Branner street VIA
duct and the Adams street sidetrack
matters.
The Kansas City Star had it's wires
crossed on the report of the Washburn-
Normal football game in Topeka Satrr-
day. 1t said the game was between
Washburn and the College of Emporia.
The annual meeting of the Topeka
Whist club will be held tonight when
a board of directors will be elected. A
full attendance of all members is ex-
pected and a regular game will follow
the business meeting.
John Dawson, assistant attorney
general, who was formerly a promi-
nent Populist in Graham county, now
gives the following definition of Popu-
liSm in his campaign speeches: "Popu-
lism is Republicanism gone daft Mr..
Dawson ought to be qualified to speak.
One of the members of the K. U. foot
ball team who watched the Washburn-
Normal game Saturday said: Wash
burn will be a snap for K. U. We will
eat 'em up One of the Topeka Elks
overheard the remark. He said: you
tell your fellows down there to bring
up all the money they can possibly get
their hands on. We will take everything
you can bring"