The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-07
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Told by the ElDorado Times: He
was snoring. His wife poked him In
the ribs and said, George. keep your
mouth shut and you won't make SO
much noise" And George responded
sleepily: Same to you m'dear."
Winter surely is nearing. says the
Glendale reporter Of the Minneapolis
better way, for the geese. ducks and
hobos are headed south. The geese
and ducks go in biplanes while the
hobos still prefer to go afoot and
alone.
Philip F1ipflop is quoted by the
Lansing News as remarking: Men
who start out with the notion that the
world owes them a living are very La
BILE to find that the paymaster pays
, the worlds debts of this kind in the
| penitentiary and the poor house."
A new Kansas record has been es-
the sunflowers were yet in bloom.
Some of the oldest Inhabitants.
though. may be able to state that this
| is not a new record, but merely q
repetition of some ancient history.
Keith Clevenger Of the Osawatomie
Graphic doubts If there is much more
room in some young ladies' heads
than there is in their narrow skirts.
From the way the straws are now
DIOWluS, II Is sale " dSSCA% lAaI knS
high school football championship of
the state will be claimed by almost as
many schools as have teams in the
field.
For a months work at Harrington,
which resulted in ESQ Confessions"
Evangelist Honeywell gathered unto
4 himself $8S1.42. He expressed him.
self as pleased with the amount OF
the collection. But not SO the Her
l fvxv ,ta1 avid AEvr1 <ao
that $3.50 per is not f1attering
price for souls. The Times insists
that eff you measure religion by dol
lars Honeywell was underpaid."
! revised version, by the Sedgwiclk
Pantagrarh: Our love of other peo-
pies money is the root of much evil.
| A burglar who operated recently in
! Wathena showed his wisdom by not
breaking into bank but into a butcher
shop. His prospects for an exceedingly
rich haul were spoiled. however. by the
opportune arrival on the scene OF the
| trusty editor of the Wathena Times,
who. with the aid of another man. cap
| tured the get-rich-Quick artist red
handed.
''Sunbeams," by Verd Napier in his
Blue Mound Sun: Most men lay aside
theories and go to work by the time
| they are rheumatic. It takes
the average credulous youth too long
to discover that true love never runs
smooth. =. One way to acquire
| reputation for wisdom is to agree
with every one who expresses an Opfc-
I ion. If weather prophecies were
as unreliable in Biblical times as they
are today, we don't blame the people fol
giving Noah the "Ha Ha.'
Specializing in stock is not gambling
You haven't a gambling chance.
You may think you are gambling but
the men who get your money know bet
ter.
To run a newspaper, all q fellow
has to do, is to be able to write
poems, discuss the tariff and money
questions, umpire a baseball game
report a wedding, saw wood, describe
fire so that the readers will shed
their wraps, make 81 do the work OF
$40, shine at a dance, measure calico
abuse the liquor habit, test whisky,
subscribe to charity. go without meals
attack free silver, wear diamonds, in
vent advertisements, sneer at snob-
berry, overlook scandal, appraise bab-
les, delight pumpkin raisers, minister
to the afflicted, lead the disgruntled
fight to finish, set type, mould opin-
ions, sweep out the Office, speak at the
prayer meetings, and stand in with
everybody and observation-disclosures
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