The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-11
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS

SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS
You may talk of society's joys.
And all of the pleasures they bring,
Their SAVIOR 1 find always clogs.
Bohemia praises I sing.
I'm wrapped soul and heart
In the histrions art;
Naught else can ambition assuage.
oh, find I've mind
That IS ever inclined
To the picturesque life of the stage.
For instance you take it in life.
The farmer is not very much
His DAYS are of labor and strife.
And wine is thing he can't touch.
But stage villagers gay,
Both by night and by day.
They do nothing but sup
Oh. the farmers a king on the stage.
If you're prince or peasant upon the
7 have the ambition.
] know I've a mission,
To this inartistfc age.
Just wait and I'll show 'em,
A dream and poem.
From Harry S. Smiths Comic Opera,
'Babette."
Perhaps Mr. Jennings ought to scat
ter the clouds away. They are becom-
ing de trop-
Apricots are now being brought to
the market by local fruit dealers The
crop is good this year.
Owing to the low water pressure,
the fire steamer which was taken to
North Topeka has been brought back.
President Finch. of the Kansas Chris
tian Endeavor Union, has changed the
date of the state convention at Wichita,
from July u to August 16, on account
of the flood.
People in the southwest part of town,
who wanted to- have gone TO bed and
ynt for o IA G week the nlIRle
calls of the artillerymen camped at the
fair grounds
Malon Burget. the deaf mute. comes
to the front as usual He claims
that he prophesied the nomination of
Parker for president several months
ago. and has witnesses to prove it.
Frank H. Foster, attorney for A.
J. Huntoon. is preparing to bring
mandamus suit to compel the city
railway to put its tracks in the center
of the street at HuntoOn and jackson.
He had a conference with the city at
torney about the matter Saturday.
The streets and walks committee
tried to have a meeting Saturday to
go with Councilman Neil to inspect
the Fillmore street situation between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth. Mr. Neil
hopes to swing some of the members
OF the committee around, and get a
reconsideration of the report on the
location of that pavement.
Saturday Atchison Globe says:
Sheriff Kfff viii take three prisoners to
the reform school at Topeka on the San
ia Fe tonight, leaving at 6:35. They
will be Frank Williams and Charley
Mason, the boys who broke into the
Santa Fe station at Hawthorne. ana
Sam Marshall, the negro who commit
ted a criminal assault upon the daugh-
ter of John Fronke yesterday after
noon.
People will be pleased to learn Gin the
language of the correspondent from Six
Mile creeI1) that d. w Blain. of Pratt.
IS still on earth and that he is still run
ming that north and south pole canal
on paper. When you speak of him, if
IL even be in whispers. don't forget to
put on the title of Pratt That dis
tinguishes him from James G.. Blaine
for some people are mean enough to
say they are both dead ones and to get
them mixed.
The state board of equalization is
due to meet on Wednesday to hear
complaints from county clerks and
boards of county commissioners re- !
garding state taxes in their respective |
counties. 1t is expected that there |
will he numerous complaints this year |
Counties which think their proportion
Of state taxes was unjustly increased |
by the board last year by the increase I
in their assessed valuation will prob
ably have representatives here to OBJ /
ject to a repetition of the increase /
this year. After the complaints are /
all heard the board will "equalize" /
the state taxes among the counties.