The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-23
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| lola is so naughty that two women
were recently fined there for shooting
| craps.
| The Clay Center Republican rises to
nominate Bent Murdoch for vice presi-
dent. That's always the way Old
Bent Murdoch has been nominated for
more offices that he didn't want and
wouldn't have than any man in Kan
sas.
A Sabetha business place, according
to the Herald, is so solemn that after
half hours visit there one feels as if
he had taken the last look at the re-
mains In a morgue. The proprietor
probably does not advertise. Hence
the stiffness and solemnity.
The Lindsborg Record understands
that since the senatorial election
number of eminent Kansans are to
collaborate in writing a book entitled,
How 1t Feels to Be Used as a Pneu-
matte Tire for the Band Wagon, or
Why the Hen Crossed the Road
Policy announced by the Horton
Headlight: Many of the aspiring
statesmen are coming out from the
bushes after Curtis place as repre-
sentative from the First district. The
Headlight will be open to each and
all of them. Any candidate can have
all the space he wants, at advertising
rates, to tell why he is most fit to wear
the shoes Mr.. Curtis has stepped out
Of Even if Ewing Herbert, the uncle
of the editor and owner of this paper,
wants to tell why he should be con-
gresham, he will have to buy adver-
Using space at the same price paid by
advertisers. And this will be the
Headlights policy in reference to can
didates for every office.
Representative "Bil1'' Morgan, who
by the grace of Speaker Simmons is
chairman of the house committee on
railroads, tells this one in his paper,
the Hutchinson News: Speaking of
railroad bills reminds me of a story.
A man was elected to the legislature
of some state on a platform against
the Sheep-killing dogs. Before the
session convened he went to a lawyer
friend and told him the situation.
Now he said, what want is for you
to get me up a bill that will be in
favor Of the sheep and still not hurt
the dogs There are lot of bills
coming before the legislature like the
one desired by the legislator quoted;
mild bills, harmless measures. with
the Eightieth district will insist that
it is impossible to protect the sheep
without doing something to the dogs"
Deacon Walker: When 1 first be-
gan going in society, along about
1892, I remember that it was consid-
the day POI in the presence of the
visiting girl. You can convert
any man to a new theory, no matter
how idiotic, if there is money in it for !
old fashioned girl who said she never |
allowed her lover man to kiss her UNI |
til she was engaged. Every once |
in awhile / am confronted with evil |
dence that I am approaching the sere
and yellow age. The other day l
caught myself Judging a couple of
years on the date of my birth.
There Is this much to say for the little |
copper penny: 1t circulates a whole |
lot more when the collection box is
being passed in church than the big |
silver dollar Some people are so |
ALFRED stingy that you have to take
a mallet and a cold chisel and chip
money from them penny at time.
The ottawa Herald prints an able
editorial directed against Virtue
With a Megaphone." But is there
why virtue should go about hiding
the shells?"