The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-20
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| abroad in the woods in Bourbon coun-
| ty, which has so recently been aroused
| to the terrors of the blind tiger, says
the Ottawa Herald, as to shy at any
| thing from the menagerie.
There is no system at all' declares
Ewing Herbert, under the council
form of city government" Mr.. Her
bert is mistaken. The council form OF
government often has a perfect do
nothing system. corrects Charlie
Blakesley.
Thirty-f1ve of the ODD Fellows at
Homewood hunted rabbits for five hours
the other day and managed to kill nc
| less than 700 of them in that time. This
may be explained in two ways: either
/ the rabbits were wonderfully plentiful
| in that neck of the woods or the men
who went after them were exceptional
hunters.
Hutchinson is in sore distress The
fair name that she has achieved as a
most desirable place to live and die in,
| is being sullied. Thousand-legged bugs
have descended upon the town in legions
and are managing to derive a good
living from eating holes in clothing of
all kinds. Wichita will probably insist
that this is one more reason why Hutch
inson should not become the home of
the state fair.
Collie" the year old dog of Dan
Weigner, is wearing the latest thing
in dog-style, says the Salina Journal.
from thumbIess baby mitts, which he
is wearing on his feet during the cold
SPELL Collie" is one of the same ma
tionality as his name. and is dog of
high degree. He was sent to the Weign-
ers by Mr.. Weigners uncle, DR.. E. D.
Bradley, who raises this breed of dogs
at Henessy, Ok. The Wiegner dog is
as proud of his socks as of his pedi-
gree and is the envy of all the dogs Of
his acquaintance.
Harry AsIxin assistant srnarintendent
of the Atchison Street Railway COM
pany and his wife, says the Globe, had
a magpie of which they were very fond,
and which was smart. The bird met a
put in the cellar, and weasel, or rat,
tore it to pieces. The magpie was 13
years old, and, for II years, had hur-
rahed for w. J. Bryan during his cam
paigns for the presidency of the United
States. Mr.. and Mrs. eAslkin were Re-
publicans, but some one taught the
magpie to say, "Hurrah for Bryan
and she yelled it faithfully for II years.
When it comes to real bravery the
medals will have to be nailed on the
chest of the Wichita Beacon, as the
following shows: There are in Wich-
ita today three big church rows. We
have often wondered how churches
could hope to impress spiritual truths
upon any of it's members or upon any
of the unconverted when the sanctuary
is filed continually with the bitterness
of those who are quarreling over the
material matters in the church organi-
zation. The split in the church is
getting to be as permanent feature In
some churches as the spire on the roof.
And it points the sinner as certainly
toward the vain and selfish worldliness
of church membership as the spirit
points toward the neglected holy use
fulness of the edifice-"
A few days ago a. Missourian walked
into an -Atchison store. the Globe says,
with a half dozen tablespoons, a half
dozen forks, half dozen teaspoons
and a half dozen knives. How much
are they worth?" he asked The clerk
said he would duplicate the outfit for
81. Then the Missourian began to
swear, and finally confessed that he
had paid an agent SIS for the outfit.
The agent came along, the farmer
said, and told him the outfit was
worth $23, but that a man up the road
had paid $S on the set and then couldn't
raise the balance of the money. The
farmer thought the outfit must be
worth SIS if another man had agreed
to pay $23 and closed the deal 'I be-
came suspicious" the farmer said,
when learned that the
agent had sold another set just like
it for s12, and another for So