The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-22
Jayhdwker Jots

A shiftless man is always Boosting
of what he would do if he had the
money, points out the Bunker Hill Ad-
vertiser.
Old Dobbin had his drawbacks GER
tainly, says the Wichita Eagle, but the
Standard Oil couldn't shove up the
price of oats.
An exceedingly comprehensive if
rather indefinite local news item il
the Norton Courier: People are here
from everywhere.
Among the Jayhawk Squawks in the
University Daily Kansan: LIST Idiot
What are you doing with that cat %
End Idiot-"rm taking it to the news
cum, of course"
A Republic county man insured his
life, and the next week he was ;~cci-
dentally killed, notes the Jewell
County Republican and it asks: What
kind of luck do you call that?
Robbing a bank is not the only
thievery of the get-rich-quick variety.
The Blue Rapids Times reports the
theft of 125 pounds of home-cured
bacon from the cave of one of it's
neighbors.
A consolirg observation by the OF
tawa Herald: Maybe you haven't an
automobile. But doubtless you are
enjoying a lot of things that the fellow
who bought a machine has lad to de-
prive himself of.
Those who think the recent snow
was a very late one would perhaps be
interested, thinks the Sedan Times
very heavy snowfall in Chautauqua
county on May 8, 1885.
Loafing is hard for some people to
learn, says the Pittsburg Headlight, but
most men are willing to take lessons.
1t is stated says the Elk City Sun,
that a Ford automobile is turned out
every % seconds and as suckers are
born at the rate of only one per min
ute, it is evident that Others are also
buying Fords.
Observations by Editor Henrie of
the Lansing News: AS a sporting
proposition political argument may
have value. Otherwise it is useless.
The average man may stand in
awe of the average wife, but he doesn't
want any one to tell him so.
The glad hand and pleasant smile is
a good business and social tonic, and
its use is not expensive. A man
who has stood the test of a wifely
cross examination need not shirk
chair.
Observations by the Oakley Graph
ic: The most sensitive spot in a mans
body is his pocketbook. Give
a man his choice of things to do and he
will put on a parade before the wo-
men. The idea that he is smart
is almost the exclusive property of a
young man An old man knows he
knows nothing. If it were not
for gum what would a woman do
when there was no one to talk to.
We have looked the matter up
carefully and note that Bradstreet's
gives no rating to the best dancer in
the village.
A great deal has been written, in
both poetry and prose, about the relics
the boys carry in their pockets, writes
the high school reporter for the To-
ronto Republican, but for some rea-
son they missed the girls. Recently
our investigation committee held an
inquest upon a girls pockets and
found the following: One scented
pocket one vanity case
containing powder. mirror and some
small change, one powder rag. one
crochet hook, one ball crochet thread
and work. one tatting shuttle, one but
tonhook. one nail file. one wire hair
pin, one coat button, one stick chew
ing gum, a note from her last beau,
and three sen-sens, besides numerous
unidentified odds and ends of a mis-
cellaneouS nature.