The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11
AYHA WKER JOT.S

/ climate,
"A Wichita man picked some wild dan
! delfons in bloom there on January g.
Henry Allen suggests that the minor
operation" performed on E. H. Harri-
man in New York this week has no
reference to the major operation which
the grand jury is waiting to perform.
News comes from Topeka" says
Tom Cordry, that Congressman w. A
Calderhead will confer with his sun
porters from the Fifth district regard
ing his candidacy for United States
senator This means that Calderhead
is going to lock the door and think out
loud"
Charley Blakesley relates that J. L.
Bristow wrote to one of the Fifth dis
trict members of the legislature asking
him whom he favored for senator. urg-
ing, presumably, his own claims. The
representative wrote back: II am for
myself" Mr.. Bristow replied: 'T sus-
pected as much"
A correspondence of the Winfield Cour-
Ter writes: In yesterdays Courier I'M
der above heading notice that sam
Berger killed a snake north of town on
January 8. 1907, that measures about
two feet; also that w. w. Andrews kill
ed one in the first week of January,
1870. On January 1, 1905. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dungey and my wife and 1 spent the
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Brooks at
their home in Ritchie addition in the
southeast part of the city. The day
was warm and pleasant. About noon
killed snake in front of the house
that measured about three feet. If the
appearance of snakes is an indication
OF a warm or open winter what is the
matter with fish worms. 1 am prepar-
ing pieces of ground at my home for
a berry patch, with almost every fork
full of ground turn up 1 find from tive
to four large worms. It makes me want
to go fishing instead of digging garden.
There is not a particle of frost in the
ground and this is the Sth of January,
1907
Good story by the Stafford Courier:
Lets see," said the man who had
been away a long time, you had two
boys, didn't you ?'' yes replied Pat
They would av been three av thin,
but one was born a girl ST remem-
Der now. Tom and Andy you named
them, after Thomas Jefferson and An
drew jackson, didn't your" yes
"As I remember Tom he was a very
bright little fellow. 1 never knew so
much about Andy" "Ah, but that
Andy! He's the boy He led the
managing a club out in Missouri and
has a contract fer five years at a ter
rible big salary. Me and his ma can't
get over being glad we never made
Andy go to school, but let him play
ball on all the corner lots of the
neighborhood And all the neighbors
have his pitcher In their parlors. They
are proud of him. He gets more SAL
airy than member OF, the cabinet at
That's fine. 1 am glad
to hear that Andy is doing SO we'll.
But what about Tom !? 1 always had an
idea that he was going to turn out
we'll" mo, Tom amt. amounting to
much. He was more for wastin' his
time goin' to college and that. He's
only the chief lit'ry adviser or some
think like that for one of these con-
Germs that prints books. But thin, you
know they say there's a black sheep
in nearly every family"
The special correspondent of the
Atchison Globe at Teheran cab1ed the |
following concerning the Shah's death: |
The Shah of Persia died last evening.
surrounded by his eight hundred loving |
wives. All that love and devotion
could do had been done to save him, |
but to no avail. When he fell sick If /
was apparent at once to the wiser heads /
that unless some method was pursued |
In giving him attention, there would |
be wrangling among those wives whose /
remedies were not tried and charges /
Of neglect, and steps were at once taken
to give every wife an opportunity to !
save her lord and master. The names
Of the wives were entered in a book in /
the order in which the Shah had ac-
uuired them, and each wife was allow
ed certain period in which to try her
remedy, this period to cover not |
more than six hours The time was
short but the number OF wives was |
many, and as each wife claimed her |
remedy was not only a sure cure but |
q quick one, six hours were believed |
to be ample time. The poor Shahi The |
angel of death swooped down last night
and carried him away when he had
reached only his 432nd wife's remedy
Three hundred and sixty-eight disap-
pointed women sit around in the pal
zee today, moaning, each in a loud
voice. that If the Shah had lived to
reach her cure he would have been
saved. There is great activity in the
Teheran millinery stores today. With
eight hundred wives to provide mourn
ing wells for, the millinery stores are
swamped with orders, and messages
have been sent to Paris for aid.