The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-04
IAYHAWKER JoTs.

Governor HOch seems to be able to
paddle his own canoe.
Strange. but the cheaper eggs get
the fresher they SEEM" is a Topeka
grOcer's comment.
Salina is to have a laundryman for
mayor. The ''drys" say that means
wet administration.
The police court news from Wichita
indicates that the town has cranks
enough to go around
Howard boys do their spooning over
the back fence. Such grade is far from
sterling, scarcely pewter.
A Pratt laundry not only polishes a
mans soiled linen but the body as well.
Hot baths are advertised.
Emporia has a girl of Is who has be-
gun to be pleased with the thought of
dying with a broken heart.
Several spring straw hats have ap-
peared on the streets of TOpeka-but
they are worn by the women.
The other day an lola man got down
on his knees before his wife-but he
was looking for a lost shirt stud.
In a recent fire at Quenemo a portion
of a private library was destroyed. Nat
urally the smoke came out in volumes.
The second day after a Cottonwood
Falls gardener erected q 'Scare-crOW q
modest little robin was building a nest
thereon.
Major Warner is a grand citizen but
the Kansas City papers might at least
allow him to sneeze without rushing
out an extra"
Marion Record: The Nemaha Kansan
is dead, and its editor evidently believes
in punishment after death-he has
moved to Missouri.
Chanute is to have a 100000 glass
plant Yet, however, Chanute won't
have factory capacity enough to can"
John D. Rockefeller.
Te 77s7r
Reeder through couple of times he
ought to be able to save Governor Hoch
from the wrath to come.
There are some queer people in this
world. A Topeka man recently went
fishing in the Cottonwood and told the
truth about his catches.
Mr. Grow of Grenola is behind the
bars for handling liquor too freely Pre-
sumably the jail bird was half shot,
before capture.
Miami county seems to have turned
out other financiers besides the state
treasurer. One neighbor sold so hens
to another for a $40 bill
The spring political campaign at St
Francis was evidently sharp and lively.
Over $500 worth of hides were shipped
from there within the month.
At LaCygne a party went hunting
for a vicious dog. The canine escaped
but one of the crowd succeeded in
The Douglass Tribune thinks
Thoughts We Have Been Thinking in
Ed Hoeh's Marion Record have given
place to big Ads We Are Running
The Standard Oil company says they
win leave Kansas. You may break.
you may shatter. the vase if you will.
but the scent Of the vase remains there
still"
Lawrence Gazette: In one month
there were 100 marriages and 81 di-
vorces in Shawnee county. Topeka is
just determined to beat the record at
something.
A Doniphan county man opened his
mail box the other morning and found
a puppy. AS it wore a collar inscribed
Grace" the farmer said it was not
male and refused to pay postage.
Atchison Globe: The abuse being Civ
en- John @. Royce, appointed bank com
missioner by Governor HOch a few DAYS
ago, viii not worry him: he is a news
paper man, and couldn't live without it.
Since Governor Hoch's decision to use
crude oil with which to christen the
battleship Kansas, Preston's candidate
for sponsor has withdrawn. She says
that nothing but Mumm's Extra Dry
goes with her, and her name is Bess.
Colby Tribune: Governor Hoch's Joke
about christening the battleship kan