The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-02

If every leaf on every shrub and tree
Turned to a sheet of foolscap; every sea
Had nothing else to do but act as scribes.
And for ten thousand ages day and night,
/ The human race should write, and write
Til all the pens and paper were used up.
And the huge inkstand was an empty
stil Would the scribblers clustered round
cali for more pens. more paper. ana more
~ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
The winds which did not come in
March may soon be expected.
The court house lawn takes the first
prize for the tallest and greenest blue
grass.
Luther c. Bailey has gone to Cali
fornie for month on account of his
health.
Did you eat chocolate candy stuffed
with onion sets? If you didn't you
missed something.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the
| First Methodist church at o'clock on
Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs T. w. Eckert of Ar
kansas City are visiting at the home of
| their son, VIII Eckert.
The women interested in the orphans
home will meet Monday afternoon with
Mrs. L S. Woolverton.
Easter lilies do not seem as plentiful
usual but the prices are the same.
The horsemen at the fair grounds
| say that the race track, since it was
worked over, is in first class condition.
The delegation of teachers from To-
peka visiting Leavenworth today
ought to have a good influence on that
town.
Father McGeary, of Usage City,
preached the Good Friday sermon at
the Church of the Assumption last
/ T. E. Dewey, supreme court reporter.
/ has been chosen by the senior class OF
! Washburn college to make the COM
| mencement address.
The Sells & Downs wagons are receiy-
| ing the finishing touches from the
| painters ready for the season which
| begins next month.
! A meeting in the interests of Will
lam Green has been arranged by the
| colored voters to be held Monday eV-
/ ening at Jordan's hall.
A story in this weeks issue of the
Saturday Evening Post, when Gull
| ture Comes in at the Door,, IS illus
trated by Albert T. Reid of Topeka
The Topeka local union of the Chris
| tan Endeavor with hold an Easter sun
rise prayer meeting at the First Coz
| gregational church. The hour is fixed
for $50 a. m.
! The Turner's are making great pre-
parations for their entertainment IN
|
be one of the most interesting athletic
events of the season.
I The rumor that the tears Frank
Grimes shed over the Burton letter SO
weakened his constitution that he will
have to go to Excelsior Springs TO take
salt water baths is denied.
Samuel Hutton is now in the lead
among the Topeka boys handling the
| Saturday Evening Post. A few weeks
| ago he was receiving only u copies
4 TO- %
go. $50 -
The Council Grove Guard this week
| publishes q defense Of the Rev W after
! Pence, who recently shocked the WASH
burn college girls by saying that OPP
portunity is like young woman
must be Embraced to be enjoyed.
City Engineer James F. McCabe has
estimated that the expense OF ms De
partment during the year 1904 VIII De
/ So, 7O6.OS. This includes the cost OF
! building the new Eighth avenue brIdge
across the Shunganunga-
For the month of March the postof1lce
was paid $3.50 for postage on second
class mail matter. Second class mat
| through the mails at the rate OF one
/ cent per pound Few cities Of Topeka s
size make such showing
DR.. c. H. Lerrigo will address the
Young Mems Christian Association,
III East Eighth street, Sunday after
noon at o'clock on the subject,
Some Things Young Men Ought TO
Know" The programme Will be inter-
spersed with special musical features.
Probate Judge Hayden and County
| Commissioner w z. Sterne have each
commenced wearing diamond rings
since March l. The rumor about the
court house is that they did not IN
vest in the jewelry until after March
L so as to escape taxes
The building committee of the council
and the executive committee o. the
Auditorium Pipe Organ association nave
! decided to let the Music Teachers aSSo-
citation have the Auditorium for a con-
cert on the night of April 5 The pro-
ceeds over $3.50 go to the Pipe organ
association.
Ramsey & Ramsey of Topeka, who
bid on a paving contract at Hutchln-
son Tuesday night. We're beaten. one
contractor from Wichita offered to
take the work for $1.35 a square yard,
| but failed to enclose a check for $oOO
| with his bid. The bid was accepted on
| the contractors agreement to put up
the check If he fails to make good,
Ramsey & Ramsey may get the work
Salina Journal: R. L. Barrack came
| in from the western part of the state
| yesterday. He reports the closing up
| of the business of the gold shale com
! pany at Hays City, the assets of WnIch
! were sold at public auction. An $500
ore crusher and a $500 steam pump
both sold for less than $500 The com
pany went broke prospecting for gold
shale in Ellis county.
The friends of Mrs. Jane r. Dennis
have subscribed very handsome
solid brass lecturn to Grace cathedral
in her memory, to be unveiled tomof-
row morning at the regular Easter
services The inscription on the base
of the Iecturn reads: ITO the glory OF
| God. In loving memory of Jane Rank
| inc Dennis. From her friends, Easter,
1904 She hath done what she could