The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-05

The Oklahoma National Guard
he seemed to enjoy it. but one COM
pany-the local battery-of the X. N.
G.. visited Oklahoma, and coincident
with their return came the obituary
notice anent this troublesome red. If
any further proof of the superiority of
product is needed, 1t can be furnished.
The impending war at Butte, Mont.
bears at least one resemblance to the
big disturbance in Europe; the cause
was Just about as foolish.
On their forward march, the Ger
mans are not finding q superabund-
ancc of the ''makin's' Of a favorite
German chow, "hassenpfeffer." Has
senpfeffer is made of rabbit.
The average mans idea Of economy
IL to quit smoking nickel cigars and
buy a seven dollar pipe.
When you see a woman with a sad
face, it is hard to guess whether she
has loved and lost, or loved and got
him.
What tho public is most interested
In, 10 the college yell of the CORE
spondence school of oratOry from
which Mr.. Capper graduated.
When a dog is getting the worst OF
. scrap. he beats it for home. but
fool cat scoots up the nearest tree.
The superior intelligence Of the dog
that falls back for reinforcements,
ove- the cat that tries to manage his
own battles should be q lesson to some
humans.
War censors fill the news from the
European front with dashes. but a full
description of the war would also re-
Quire q number of dashes, IL printed in
q paper that bars profanity.
The promise of an early fall has q
tendency to bump the see-more waist
market.
But it takes more than the official
september morn" to gather in the
Topeka straw hat crop.
The man who IL hard Of hearing i.
spared of lot OF piffle.
Hondo Murphy says the custom Of
throwing rice at newlyweds Is ar
| idiotic idea. He says the rice should
will need it later.
| The lid has been clamped down or
Empory pool halls, and the only game.
Elm pOTlaHS arc Q0TIulttcO " play NV
| tiddledy-winks and politics.
| Contrary to general opinion, 1t Is 9
fact that many he-beings have beer
| absolute boss In their own households
| It was when they were infants.
What has become Of the old fash
toned man-who didn't amount t.
much-who always said. when thu
question of corporal punishment wal
1 raised: my Dad used to whale thu
1 tar out of me, and he never hit me Z
lick a-miss." Some children who new
er felt the heavy side of a parent!
hand except in caress, are now fore
men in tho places where the hand
hammered specimens work by the day
1t has been proven that the only thinl
l to be beaten upon suspicion. to an.
retails for less than IS cents tn
pound.
And. following the line. we ar
4 curious to know, whether or not tn
gent who admitted that he had t.
do ten hours work per diem in tn
onion patch. is still enjoying the con
stitutional rights Of freedom and tn
pursuit Of happiness.
Hondo Murphy has decided thai
most probably. the satisfactory wa
of taking an outing il to stay at hom
} and then read the outdoor magazine
after the season has closed
II . man is anything like reliable
} he doesn't have to spend much tim
in advertising the fact 1t u tn
! floater who hae to put ON . front.
Incidentally. the floater with tn
| front usually wins over the stead
: whose f1y-wheel of energy has bee
: rotating in the same spot for man
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