The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-11

An advertisement OF OaCh1nS suits ap-
peared in Cencordia paper the other
day for the first time in history. Con-
cordia has a new natatorium.
Mcpherson has put in it's bid for
free alcohol distillery and a big cream
cry. Must be Mcpherson intends to put
out a new brand of buttermilk punch.
It Is expected that the male attend
viii be greatly increased since the wear
ing of millinery during the sermon has
been prohibited by the church board.
Almira Todd makes this observation
in the Erie Record: Its doubtless
either the fault of the belt or the trous-
ers, but just the same, the belts the men
are wearing to keep their trousers in
place, don't seem to be doing the work
this season"
The Window Press is only two months
old and there is already a demand that
it be "all home print, which leads Anna
Carlson of the Lindsborg News to OBJ
serve that it is thinking of undergoing
an operation for the removal of its
patent insides.
The Civic improvement league Of Sa-
lima paid out $100.45 for dandelions this
spring. The crusade against the dande-
lions put ia children to work and they
brought IN ATS bushels Of the plants. The
largest amount brought in by one per-
son was 81 bushels.
An Erie woman who is very partial
to a particular brand Of face wash, ac-
cording to the Record. had occasion to
go into her daughters room the other
day and she espied sitting on the dress
er a bottle of her kind" Eth he,'' she
said to herself. "Mary's got a bottle of
this an she wasn't goin' to let me know
anything about it; I'll just fool her a
trip an put some Of It on And she
did, good thick coating. But it look
ed funny and felt queer and her cheeks
hI1Tn6H terribly q
ed 1t to soul The next day she again
had occasion to go into her daughters
room and-Oh. OH Oh! She found her
polishing her white canvas shoes out
of that same bottle.
What are we coming to? Have the
hens gone into the packing house bus
mess? Not content with the NeiI-Rey-
nolds report, the COncordia Blade prints
this: "A tape worm in an egg. Did you
ever hear of such a thing before? We
never did and had our doubts of it's
truth till we saw it, yet we are told they
are frequently found by the gamblers.
While one of the COncordia Produce
company's men was Gambling eggs this
morning he discovered a worm in it.
broke the shell and found the worm to
be fully two and one-half inches long.
He says that at Stewards place the can
dlers have found similar reptiles in
eggs in the past. The cabbage snake
will have to take a back seat now
Hanch Glover" in the Howard
Courrant: I see Mark McBee has taken
to riding horseback. wearing a cowboy
nat, red handkerchief around his neck.
boots, spurs, etc. This reminds me
that in the early years of Howard.
Mark was on horseback most Of the
time. and he cut an immensely better
figure then than ne does now-he has
grown too fat for horseback riding.
and he can't overcome the bounce
the horse trots. In 1875. 6 and Z
every country dance within ten miles
Of Howard attracted Mark MeBee and
several more of US, and we always
went on horseback and always made
trouble with the country boys who
brought their girls to the dance. once
in while we would get chased away
from the dance, but usually we had
pretty good times OF course the girls
would tease their beaux by dancing
with US, but girls were always pecui-
lar that way However, I shall always
maintain that when a man gets too fat
to look we'll on horseback, he should
walk or take a hack