The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-06
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/ wish were a boy again,
Away back through the years
Beyond these days Of Enists and rain
The mists aid rain of tears
Away back in the morning time
When life was oh! how sweet,
And all was making merry chime
For my light, dancing rect.
The days were full Of light and joy.
The nights were full of rest,
And happiness was in a toy
I Rugged close to my breast.
The skies were but tent OF blue,
And all tile STAYS 2. niSnt
Were lights from heaven shining through
To fill my world with light.
Ny heart was light as thistiedown
And laughter ruled the day,
For life had donned her gayest gown
And babe me romp and play.
The roses bIoomed on every tree.
The tnrushes sang for Joy,
And all the world was inads for me.
A young light hearted boy.
wish were a boy again.
Eeyond these dey IF Illists ana rain
The mists and rain of tears.
The NIidwinter starts on its second
week today.
Roy Johnson, theatrical agent Of the
Santa Fe. has returned from a trip
to the 1O1 ranch
The weather moderated to that ex-
tent Sunday that the thermometer
reached 20 degrees above zero.
C. b. Merriam, who went to lola
on business, was taken i'll while he
was there and had to stay several
days. He is reported better today.
According to Sheriff Lucas the
Shawnee county grand jury examined
just 100 witnesses in round figures
last week. About ten of these were
from out Of town.
A good thing to remember all week:
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position open at 1880 o'clock in the
afternoon and at 1880 o'clock in the
evening. Admission previous to these
hours Will be absolutely denied.
Several Topeka boys are working
with the Union Pacific surveyors who
are locating and setting grade stakes
for the Marysville branch line of that
road and the double track road which
will be built to Kansas City
The new Missouri Valley league is
the most compact on earth. This is
Arthur Twins comment thereon:
1.-The strength of the Missouri Valley
Leagues circuit lies in two things
good territory and short jumps.
F. w. Badger formerly of Topeka,
writes from Crimson, Mo-, stating that
his son Billy has been operated on for
appendicitis. He is now past the dam
ger point and is certain of recovery
unless some unexpected change takes
place.
The report that the Standard Oil
lobbyists and the railway lobbyists, to-
gether with a few members of the
legislature were to be brought before
the grand jury which is in session in
Topeka now, has met with almost
unanimous approval of the people at
large.
The Salina Journal says: "a Salina
man called up this morning to ask a
question about the ground hog, and
he was told that the question could
not be answered at this place. Why
don't you ask Stubbs?' he said: he
knows it all The man had evidently
been reading the Topeka papers"
That cleaning the-snow-f rom-the-
sidewalk ordinance ought to have been
enforced about two weeks ago. There
are quite a number of places about
town where the snow on the walks
has been touched with neither broom
nor shovel since the precipitation first
commenced. Why not put some of the
DRINKS" in the police station at work
on the street crossings
The following sign greeted the mem
bers of the First Methodist church on
Sunday morning at their edi1ce on the
corner of sixth and Harrison streets:
mo services today. Boiler out of Or
der" The Methodists adjourned to the
First Presbyterian church and Wor-
shipped there upon the invitation of
DR.. S. s. Estey. It was a peculiar
coincidence. A week ago the First
Presbyterian church boiler took a va
cation and the Presbyterians worship
ped with the Methodists upon DR.. w.
c. Evans invitation.