The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-05
By the Way
III HARVEY RAR9ocso


1T HARVEY RARs0N2
The Atchison lady who kicked q
rooster while he was in the act OF
scratching her eyes out. did not wear
ton in mounting q street car, Ii the
verdict of the office Sherlock
Sir James Crichton- Browne. Lun-
non temperance advocate, says the
best way to fight booze is with tea
for q substitute. Sir Jim erich should
swap ideas on the subject with our
police magistrate. who prescribed
Ben Davis apple for Muskogee Red
It is said that the objection to the
Jas. Crow law in Oklahoma failed In
supreme court because the platnt1ffs
were too fu1some in their tnterpreta-
tions Of the last three amendments
causes have been lost for the same
reason, towit: That when the average
gink starts to write he spreads the
subject matter OF a paragraph all over
OF the point in issue.
The only visible difference discov-
cred, after q perusal OF Lunnon pa
pers, between war news. as printed in
England and the same thing here, Is
1t is indeed brash kid who will
admit that he can see through the
whiskers Of S. Claus.
AS we understand it, after reading
complaints filed with the railroad
commissioners, q merchants idea OF a
fair and impartial freight rate is one
that will bump the merchant in any
rival town.
Up to a late hour this afternoon.
no reporter has had the absolute gall
to ask Mr.. Stubs what he thinks OF
the Belgian consul in Washington who
addressed his letter of appreciation to
a governor instead of an ex-governor.
"Rumour," as they say in LunnOn,
hath it that certain governor-eiect
has figured out a way to repay q two
year-old grudge against the state by
certain state commission.
A certain young sport around town
is known as the game warden.J be-
cause he always acts as lookout for
the al freScO crap shoots.
Kind ladies' of our village are max
ing '1ayettes" to send to Belgian
babies .'Layette" is evidently the
full set of necessary garments.
Friend Willie Morgan's evasion OF
the senatorial dehorning chute is but
! another proof that he is the cleverest
predict: that. eventually, he will be
governor and United States senator.
The steer that has the foresight to
wrap his horns in tissue paper and
deliver them with a nice presentation
speech before the saw is sharpened
ia deserving Of something better than
! the slaughter
| One reason men prefer lady stenog-
raphers. may be that few Of them have
any other chance to dictate to q
woman.
A dispatch from Leavenworth re-
ferred to the popular Roy Penwell as
"a prominent Topeka merchant" II
reminds one. of the story of the At
lanta undertaken who became In
volved In Washington society and was
heralded in the society columns as "a
well known southern planter"
The popularity Of the safety social.
ed razor depends largely upon whaa
it is used for. It is said to be excel
lent for removing hair from the sole.
of the feet
| Hon. Court was absolutely right in
!
| the show when the Dean OF the Legal
Bund started to throw an ink bottle
| Ink is valuable and times are hard
| A white slave" story always
sounds fishy to an ordinary man. II
is because an ordinary man meets
more timid men than he does perfect
he-devils. OF course a lot of them
(; try to pose as h.d's, but the ordinary
man gets their numbers at the first
grasp.
! Friend Frank Travis threatens t.
/ journey unto this legislature with 9
bill to desiccate the primary law
Friend Travis, as we remember it, is
| the party who put the rage in suf-
frage by his vote in the Kansas sen.
ate. 1t looks like he was trying t.
pa1liate one political offense by under
taking to remedy another.
1t is reported that all German cat
are to be killed to make fur lining
for soldiers overcoats. If SO, the wal
will soon be over. No country cal
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