The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-22


and of the great difference in the size
Of the educational, charitable, and
penal institutions of this state TO saw
nothing of the departments of this
state. as compared with those of Ok
iahoma that his excellency has done
nothing less than convict his admins
tration Of being most extravagant, and
mas at the same time made most ex-
cellent showing of the economical
manner by which the affairs of this
state are conducted"
The reading circle board for Kan
sas pupils at it's meeting here
selected the following books for the
school libraries of the state:
First and Second Grades-"Art
Literature Reader" 1.-TWO Little In
dams" The Land That Never Was"
Third-"Story Book Friends art
Literature Reader
Chimes Rang" Now We Are Are
Clothed" THE House Party "Ba-
long-long.'
sixth-'Troubadour Tales" Joel
Chimney"
s, seyen TIT; World. Worlds Greatest
"Picket's Gap" "In Old Quivira.''
Re aishtR sue rhe o4 Yoafg ci RssdS
Money and Master Skylark."
These books are purchased by the
school district boards or by the chill
dren attending the schools There are
$3.50 school districts in the state and
1892 have libraries, with a total of
274, 1000 volumes.
According to C. Brice-Nash. deputy
county clerk of Leavenworth county,
one of the features of the new
weights and measures law passed by
the Ia ST IepriElafnr6 and hainQ
enforced by the state board of health,
is the purchasing of bread by the
pound instead of by the loaf A loaf
will consist of two pounds, pound
and a half. pound or a half pound.
Mr. Brice-Nash declares that the new
Kansas law is like the old English
law of weights and measures. He
says:
1.-THE law is like the one we had
back in England. There we buy
loaf. For instance if I called for
four pound loaf of bread, the baker
would weigh it like you would a steak.
If it fell beyond or below the re-
quired weight the baker would use
the knife. If the loaf did not weigh
four pounds, he would cut a slice or
two off another piece Of bread"
Mr.. Brice-Nash says that the in
spectors are very strict in England
and as a result the bakers are re-
quired to be equally as strict. He said
that no Misrepresentation are made,
and that every article will go out as
the thing asked for by the purchaser
or no sale will be made.
There is a cafe that I have in
mind continued Mr.. Brice- Nash.
lunch and drinks. On the wall hangs
a sign. our WHISTLES are diluted with
water 1t is one of the popular
places of London and enjoys a good
trade. Sales are made right along,
but the cafe does not place a single
drop of water in the whisky. The
sign is merely a protection for the
place. They figure that by chance
some water might be obtained in
some unknown make of whisky and
rather than take the risk of having
the inspector make the analysis, they
announce that all the WHISTLES are
diluted, which is never the case, and
as a result the place is protected"
The Olathe Mirror is responsible for
this story on George H. Hodges, Dem
ocratic member of the last state sem
ate from the Sixth district:
Senator George Hodges and his
brother Frank conduct a lumber bust
ness at Olathe. A few weeks ago the
senator discharged colored man who
had been working for the company
for a number of years. The next
morning, however the negro was back
as if nothing had happened to mar the
pleasant relations between employer
and employe.
ct thought said Frank to George,
chat you fired that man yesterday
''I did, said the senator, but he
won't stay fred
well. I guess I'd better do that
work after this when there is a man
to be let out. 1 think I can make
them understand that we mean what
we say" said the brother, and that ar
rangement was made.
Recently Frank called an employe
into his private office who had not
been giving satisfaction in his work.
The conference lasted more than an
hour.
'Well did you fire him?'' asked the
senator when Frank came into his Of
fee.
"Not much" was the answer. "I
guess you had better resume your old
authority around here. That fellow
not only keeps his job, but he talked
ME into giving him an increase in
wages"