The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-13
AYH1WKER JOT.S

A man out at Holland in Dickinson
county shot himself in the head four
times but is not much hurt. The an
| swer: He used % caliber rifle.
NJ M. Mastin, the miller for the Lost
Springs mill, fell down a hatchway,
breaking two ribs and otherwise bruis-
ing himself UP so that he is on the in
valid list Fortunately, says the Her
ington Sun, he belongs to the p club
and will get SO per week during his
illness. But suppose he had joined the
% club, then it would have been skidoo
for him.
The treasurer of Neosho county has
opened a conscience fund. The first
contribution to this fund was sent in
last week by one of the county'S citi-
zens living near Thayer. 1t was intend
ed as a return for excess mileage fees
which the conscience stricken citizen
had charged the commissioners during
his services on a district court jury
about sixteen years ago. He had
charged mileage fees for 20 miles when
he was entitled to fees for only H. So
he returned an amount which was equal
to twice the excess fees and very earn
estly expressed the hope that the treas
urer would receive the money.
The Minneapolis Messenger drops a
hint to Representative White in the
following: The railroad people threat
en- that If the legislature adopts the
they will have to curtail train service,
on branch lines at least. Think what
that means to Representative White of
this county. He lives on the Barnard
branch of the Santa Fe, which now fur
nishes one train each way day-a mix
ed train. combination of passenger and
freight If there should be a curtail-
ment there it means that Mr.. White,
Jim Harms Harve Kreamer and other
Adaites will have to walk or hitch up
old Dobbin when they come over to Min
neapolis to the Carnival, baseball and
other doings. Mr.. White should think
a couple of times before he votes for a
two-cent fare and the curtailment of
train service on branch lines, mis- own
in particular.
Mrs. Homer Koch has been visiting
the Kansas legislature and. tells in
the Marion Record some of the things
she saw as follows: I'VE were
privileged to visit the state
senate and house one morning last
week and incidentally noted the wo-
men who look on They were not very
numerous but characteristic. There
were two fussy young women VINO sat
on either side of a gray-haired senator
He wanted to be one OF the Dig men
of the senate but for obvious reasons
could not The young ladies were quite
as self-important as the man himself
and although chairs were few they
spread their paraphernalia over as
many as were convenient Ihey cneW-
ed gum and looked wise and fidgeted.
They were doubtless the senator's
daughters. There was the well dressed
woman and she was also the appropri-
ately dressed woman. One glance at
her thoughtful refined, clear-cut face
set her apart from all the rest. She
seemed TO know what was being done
by the legislators and we were not sur
prised that she did Then there
were the over-dressed women
with faces to match. They wore
numerous fixins and smiled and buzzed
and nodded and looked wrinkled and
powdered. They were the annoyance
as well as the fear of the many guards
and safeguards and sub-sub-guards
and other officials who stood around
waiting to preserve the peace. Then
there we're the rest of the women. They
served as background