The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
JAYHI WKER JOTS

A southern Kansas man who looked
for the gas leak with lighted match
found it and lost his hair and eye
| browS as usual.
The Lawrence Worlds sympathies
go out to an Ottawa man who went
north in hopes of being able to shoot
a moose. The printers set it up
mouse"
Down at Wellington there is said to
be a banker whose wife cuts his hair,
and over in Butler county there is an
, other banker whose wife makes the
soap for the family washing. These
are probably the reasons why they are
bankers.
The Wichita Eagle must have new
kind of linotype. 1t makes this re-
mark: Speaking of discrimination,
the Cuban Daylight notes ha mosa-
long-h v?-ndatt." When the average
linotype gets balky it usually says:
"etaoinetaoin ctaoin etaoin-''
Hunting story with prize puzzle at
tachment devised by the Ottawa Re
public: A professional gentleman of
this city who was out hunting east of
the city recently had rather question
able luck. He was stalking a cornfield
for rabbits and discovered lone duck
sitting between corn rows. He made
a snap shot and keeled the duck over,
but did not kill it; in fact ii made
such determined efforts to get away
that the hunter fired again and again
away. On examination of the imme-
date premises he found that if he
missed the big game he had "potted"
a number of quail-that happened to
son for quail his situation was en-
barrassing. There's prize for the
best guess as to what he did.
Leaving out all question of Indian
Territory lands, the Katy has begun
a reform-a real reform that all good
CT n toe
hanson of the M. K. & T. detective
service" says the Parsons Sun. "has
started crusade against the girls
who loaf around the general Office
messenger boys. So many girls have
been attracted by the comely appear
ance of the boys that it has become a
real nuisance to have them in cor
ridors. A group of these girls was
corralled yesterday and given notice
to stay out or be arrested. There is a
city ordinance made especially to
cover this kind of nuisance which Will
hanson will put into effect if the mat
ter is carried on any more. When at
tackled by the officers, the messenger
boy friends of the girls did not come
to their rescue as young gallants are
generally supposed to do
The editor of the Bison Bee and
his wife recently celebrated their
eighth wedding anniversary and here
is what he says about it,. Eight years
ago today one of the greenest, gawk-
lest farmer boys that ever resided in
Rush county hitched up the old gray
horse to his buggy and drove by his
girls place, took her over to Larned.
went to the court house where he
bought little piece of paper, and the
follow wrote a little on that paper
said a few words and charged him
$500. This seems like rather an ex
pensive piece Of paper, but the lad was
satisfied. for it had lawfully changed
his best girl to his wife and she was
the best wife he had ever had After
these eight years of double life we are
glad to say that we are neither prav
headed nor bald headed, and can only
snow a few scars from the rolling pin
or the frying pan, even thoupb bic
wffe's hair is r-auburn AS for
the other partner we are going to take
advantage of her by not giving her a