The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
.AYHAWKER JOTS

| Liberal has become metropolitan
enough to close its barber shops at 8
O'Clock every evening except Saturday.
1t is stated that a Great Bend
church has place where mothers can
check their babies during the service.
What is needed is place where babies
I can be checked when they begin to
| cry, no matter whether it is at church
| or somewhere else.
Judge Ruppenthal of Russell has
offered prizes of So. 50 and 81 for the
| best historic map of the townships in
Russell county. Historic places must
be marked on the maps, and attached
to each map a written description of
| physical features. first settlements, and
other matters of general interest is re-
Quired. The histories of IS of the II
districts in Russell county have been
written
Kansas agricultural item from the
ElDOrado Republican: He lighted an
Egyptian cigarette and flecked the
dust from his patent leather shoes as
he turned his touring car over to his
bank. Got any alfalfa seed to sell %
inquired a neighbor. No he an
swered. .''One, of my hired men is
for it ?" Eleven dollars" he an
swered, land 1 am going into the bank
to deposit the $40 check" he grunted
as he opened the screen door of the
From the Mankato Monitors edition
of who's Who in Kansas" In the
recent teachers examination in Man
kato, the question was asked. WHO
is Eugene Ware?" One of the appli-
cants wrote. Eugene Ware was a re-
spectacle negro ianitor in the state
house at Topeka for many years, who
died last winter" In response to the
question. who is William Allen
White?" one teacher wrote that he
other thought he was some great ora
tor. Those who have heard White at
tempt to speak will appreciate the joke
of the thought that he. is an orator.
What is Kansas Day. was asked.
One applicant wrote: kansas Day is
a day in September when all the peo-
pie of Kansas rest from their labors."
Observations by Will Palmer: When
a boy makes his first deposit in the
bank, he feels as proud as man who
has Just sold a carload of mules.
yoke of oxen causes more rubbering
now than three thousand dollar
automobile. Astronomers say the
new comet which will appear in 1909
will have tail twenty times as long
as this present one. and will light up
the heavens like a house afire. The
astronomers are like the fruit tree
agents. They can tell anything, and
before YOU know whether it is so or
not you forget which one it was that
told you. Some boys begin to
think about shaving before they have
learned to keep their neck and ears
clean. A preacher who follows
a poor preacher is always better liked
than when he follows a good one.
September has that same advantage.
People who will not take a pa
per unless they can get 1t for a less
price tn other people pay, are usual
ly the who are very severe on big
concerns that demand rebate from the
railroa ds. OF all the meteors that
lombard this earth as it flies through
space about one thousand tons a year
hit US. The earth never stops to sass
back or throw a rock in return
Dan Anthony attended the Brown
county fair last week and when he got
home he wrote this tribute to It:
Brown is one of the finest counties in
the state. Its people. are of the best
Hiawatha itself is a good town. Prob
ably the richest in the state, size con-
sidered. The farmers surrounding II
are rich. Land sells from SIS to $lOo
per acre. MANY farm homes are mod
ern. have waterworks. electric lights
and everything that goes to make life
pleasant in town or on the farm. |
Brown is one of the old counties or the
state. Most people think it was named
for John Brown. 1t was not. A man
by the name of Browne represented
Douglas county in the legislature when
the county was set off from Don1phan
county in 1855. and it was named for
him and spelled Browne. The hnal
"e' was dropped in the. course of time,
making the name Brown The nrst
county seat was at Claytonville. The
first court house was not as good as
the average Brown county barn is to-
day. No one knows who the first set
tier was but Bob Rhea. Charley
Lockuane and Squire Magin were
among the first. All three of them
were Democrats. The first assessors
returns show that there were Two
slaves in the county. This was in 1859
or 1856. That year the county board
licensed a man to run a saloon at Ken
nekuk. 1t was a shame to take the
mans money for Kennekuk was tnen
and is now in Atchison county. But
tba county needed the money for it
cost more to collect the taxes that
year than the assessor was able to col
- - - one of the richest counties in |
tbe state. 1t is one of the most en-
eAAO $780, in a