The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-07
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IF ALL THE SKIES.


II all the skies were sunshine,
our races would be fain
10 feel once more upon them
Inc cooling splash of rain.
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
F0T one sweet strain of silence
10 break the endless song.
II life were always merry
our souls would seek relief
ana rest from weary laughter
IN the quiet arms of grief
Henry VanDyke
tomorrow is the date of the East
ern stars Bazaar. lunch and supper.
B. f.. Golden and son have gone to
TIE gun coast fer a two weeks outing.
One minister of the gospel in the
CITY mas taken out a hunters license
AFTER all there seems to be nothing
~ name. The new music entitled
opeka, is fast enough for a two
report from Lawrence is that
capt J. G. Haskell, formerly state
architect, who has an Office in Topeka
is seriously sick.
over seven hundred hunters Ii
censes have been issued from the
county clerks office to the nimrods of
Shawnee county.
Kansas s getting to be up to date.
Eastern prices will prevail at the KAN
sas- Nebraska football game Saturday,
$1.50 admission.
The members of Knights and Ladies
or security council No. will be enter
tanned this evening at the home of Mrs.
Batterhn in the Crawford flats.
A Topeka man who wanted a
stenographer inserted a four line
want ad. in = the State Journal one
time. 1t brought him 35 replies.
Edward A Kimball of Chicago, one
OF the foremost lecturers on Christian
ya1 e.,
at the Grand opera house Novem-
Der %.
With Washburn at Manhattan and
Nebraska at Lawrence, Topeka people
have q choice of two mighty good
football games to attend Saturday
afternoon.
The night cap ball is the rather sug-
gestive name given a dance which viii
be given by the Topeka lodge of EAGLES
at their quarters on Van Buren, street
this evening.
The plumbers strike didn't last
long as the plumbers surrendered to
the demand for 81 a day. Johnson &
Beck were not involved as they al
ready paid that price.
The present price of turkeys is
such" remarked a man who is trying
to live within his salary, that the ad-
vances which usually precede the holt
days will not cause be any regrets
DR.. G. w. Clayton of Chicago, ILL.,,
will be in Topeka to judge the bench
show which will take place in the au-
ditorium, February 20, 27, % and 20.
He was in Topeka yesterday making
arrangements
And still the ideal fall weather con-
tinues. No one has been heard to
complain about it as yet, but then all
have not been heard from. There is
bound to be some who will kick on
the weather, no matter what it is
johnson & Beck have been awarded
the contract for installing compresse ed
air, steam and water pipes in the Santa
Fe round houses at Trinidad. Colo.
Chanute and Argentine, Kansas. The
total amount of the contract is $4,000.
1.-THE result of the football game Sat
urday between Wash burn and the uni
versity should suggest to the Lawrence
ministers the fitness of a sermon on
The Evils of Gambling remarked
Topeka man who occasionally fills a
pulpit. - 800"
S. r. Wells, manager of the new
Novelty theater. which is in the
course of construction at East Eighth
avenue and Quincy street, hopes to
first show can be produced there dur
ing Christmas week.
President Norman, P1ass of Wash
burn college. who returned yesterday
from an eastern trip, announces that
the general Education board has pass
ditional gift to Washburn and has
found that the conditions have been
entirely complied with.
A Lis crowd of Wasnburn students
VIII go to Manhattan for the game
with the Aggies next Saturday The
Rock Island excursion will leave To-
peka at noon and will return shortly
after the game. For those who wish
to stay the Aggies have arranged a
dance which will take place Saturday
evening.
The automatic switch on the street
railway tracks at the corner of Sixth
and Kansas avenue does not work
right on all occasions and it would
seem that at some time there IS liable
to be a bad collision because of this
fact as there is generally a congestion
of cars at this point going in va
riety of directions.
There's great joy among the Oak
landites and other interested in por-
lions Of that community. The Topeka
Railway company has gangs of men
at work making much needed repairs
to the tracks of the Oakland car line
1t will soon be possible to make trip
to or from Oakland with q reason
able certainty that the car will not get
off the track and cause a delay of
hall hour or more.
While the work of rebuilding the
Bank OF Topeka and the National
hotel is in progress it is almost i'm
possible for two buggieS to pass on
West Sixth and West Seventh streets.
West Seventh bids fair to be partially
blocked for some time, as the Elks
are just getting under Roadway with
their new building. The people are
willing to put up with discomfort for
such Improvements.
Dr. John Out1and and Coach Weede
of the Washburn team were invited to
Lawrence this afternoon to assist in
coaching the Kansas team for the Ne
braska game. However. DR.. Outland
had to decline on account of his prac-
tice while Coach Weede was unable