The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-24
JAYHAWKER. JOTS

What jolt. A Democrat has discov-
| cred that the Republican river was SO
| named because it is SO crooked, says
| Paul Lovewell.
| Judge Jordan of the probate court of
| Keno county is the claimant for a state
record. He recently made out a mar
| riage license and married a couple in
| two minutes.
The hopes of the Kaw valley have
risen to dizzy heights on the assurance
growth of chewing tobacco as it does
of bull frogs. says the Ottawa Herald.
The Manhattan Republic, c. A Kim
balls paper, is the latest publication to
| raise its subscription price to $3.50 a
year. The newspapers are gradually
getting their eye teeth cut, says the Sa-
lima Journal.
Marquette is to become distinguished
above all the other towns in the United
States. She is soon to have a fine pub
lie library building, completely equip
ped, and Carnegie's money has had no
hand in the establishment of it.
A Lawrence paper calls attention to
the fact that at Coffeyville, where the
eVangelists were given $1,000 for their
months work, the song leader censured
the local band for charging $1.50 per
man for leading a children's parade.
The first two p1anks of the platform
on which Mayor King of Atchfson seeks
Atchison'' and cheaper water rates"
How does he expect to make a winning
issue of water in Atchison? asks the
Kansas City Star.
A Pratt woman is whispering around
that her pastor phoned her on a recent
Friday afternoon that he was sick and
that there would be no meeting that
night for scripture study. There's
nothing very strange in this, but wait
a minute. She later discovered that
he attended a banquet that night.
Sympathy goes out to Cawker City.
The boys of the town who have been in
the habit of scattering sweet music
through the air have reached the point
where they have had to disband their
band. They do not feel able to provide
leader Here's a chance for some pub
lie spirited musician in the town to
offer to lead the band for nothing.
Tom Mckinley, living near Junction
City, has COW of Red. Polled stock
that has presented him with five calves
in his possession. On two occasions the
cow gave birth to twins. There is moth
ing in this which bespeaks of race sui
eide as far as this particular COW is
concerned and to her is respectfully di-
rected the attention of President Roose-
velt.
Miss Lillian McCloud, teacher in
the Bogue school, is getting the de-
served homage these days that is paid
to real heroes and heroines. The 9TH
er Sunday she was in Hill City for
visit. A blizzard came up. and fearing
that the early morning train on Mon
day would not get through. she bundled
up, trudged through the snow and WIND
the nine miles to Bogue and was on
hand Monday morning to open school.
AS she surmised the train that she in
tended to take was a day or so late.
During the recent cold snap here, ].
A. Rhodes, of the Blue Hill country
who is a man of a kindly and SYM
pathetic disposition, thought he would
lessen the sufferings of his CANNES
and accordingly locked the two Great
ures in the hen house. It was nice
cosy place. but that gentleman awoke |
next morning to find that the two dogs
had killed forty-five of his best chick
ems and wounded a number of others. |
AIonzo accompanied the two CANNES to
a lonely and secluded spot where there
were no fowls, and after very brief
preliminary he returned, but not the
CANNES Glen Elder Sentinel.