The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-07
KANSAS COHAENT
DRY. DRYER. pRYEsT.

kansas is sure enough dry state;
expect they'll be charging man
soon," growled a sour-faced man at
the Santa Fe depot this morning. he
was transferring from cuton train
to the south.
Nary a drink of water could a fell
Ter get on the train though there was
a tank full Of it in every car. and it's
the same blame thing in this depot.
Bet I'll fool 'em a trip
He produced an empty flask with a
gilt Rye" label. filed it from the sta
ton water tank, and OGtentatiously
sucked it..
You bet this is a dry state" he
ing up. half the soils in the air and
the other half in the cars, stock is
wearing itself to skeleton hunting Tor
Wallow, ali of which is the work OF
lot of mud-head doctors with a fool
notion tha- it's unhealthy for two men
to drink from the same cup Uncle
Sans boys didn't have any such
qualms in canteen times. by ginger. >,
Look at them poor little kids now.
Several children were gathered anout
the water tank "a barrel of water
and they can't have drink. Got 70
buy a cup or you can't nave sWlg
of Gods free water! Not for your
aunt Isaac" And he took a demon
strative pull at his bottle.
The new board of health law had
been in effect two days, and OF the
several scores OF passengers in the
depot not one had an "individuaP' cup
in evidence. In fact the most of
them were apparently puzzled that the
railroad company had provided iced
water in abundance and nothing TO
drink it from.-Ottawa Herald.
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PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR K. y:
''The prospects for a record breaking
attendance at the university never LOOK
DAYS. NY office has been literally
swamped with mail from prospective
students and a large force OF clerks
has found it impossible to handle tne
work From the high schools or Kan
sas City students are coming In sWarms
fills wear, and the prospects are the uni
versity will make a jump In enrollment
such as it has never made pe1ore:
This statement was maze py Georse -
Foster. registrar Of the university to-
Gay. Co.. 4La
one thing that may account tor tne
tremendous increase in attendance that
is promised with the opening. OF Ine
fall term of school is the unexampIeo
prosperity that is prevailing among the
farmers of the state But the increase
will not come from the farms alohe.
The large towns of the state ana Rail Ran
sas CITY in particular will SEND more
students to the university than lhey
nave ever sent before.-LaWrence Worlo.
THE OTHER SIDE.
You hear great deal about rail-
road wrecks, and perhaps too little of
the other side; of the millions who
travel in safety and comfort The
burlington carried 600 passengers
during IL months without the loss of a
single one of them in a fatal accident.
The Burlington's report is for the year
ending June 80. and is reminder OF
the report issued by the Pennsylvania
lines for the year 1908. The latter road
carried 1862 SAB passengers during the
year without one being killed, and l.
SSS. S19 passengers were carried in safe
ty to one even injured in a train &C
cident. A report of the Pullman com
pany issued at about the same time
that its standard sleepers carried 49,
6o3, OCT for the year. operating over most
OF the American lines. and but one
person was killed in train accidents
perhaps the most enviable record,
however is that of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, OF which the statement
was made some months ago that not a
single passenger had ever been killed
on that road in a wreck.-Atchison
Globe.