The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-19

Deserts and seas remote and pass
ing by
Howell and mart or palace, soon or late
1 knock unbidden once at every gate.
If sleeping wake; if feasting rise be-
fore
I turn away. 1t is the hour of fate.
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or
hesitate
Condemned to failure, perjury and
woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly i'm
plore;
I answer not and l return no more
The bill to appropriate $4,000 to
enable Professor Snow to continue his
Investigations with diseased chinch
bugs provoked an earnest protest from
Mr. Duncan of Punkin. He said
There is no merit in it and there is
nothing new in it. There is nothing
new about the invention. 1 can take
cholera hog and turn him into a
bunch of well ones, and they will all
get sick. Let me suggest that the
state build a Salvation Army hall and
set Snow astride of the roof and let
him sing
!" L am monarch of all 1 survey.
There is no one my right to dispute;
| am lord of the chinch bug
That devilish little brute -
F. B. McKercher has been appointed
chief clerk to General superintendent
H. r. Nickerson of the Santa Fe
Heretofore the two departments of the
office have been under the charge of
the two clerks, Messrs. Ransom and
Twelveltree. Mr.. McKercher will
have charge of both departments. Mr.
Ransom retaining charge of the
transportation department. Mr.. Tive.
veltree will become private secretary
to Nickerson.
The Chas. Wolff packing house is
driving piling in the river bank ad-
Joining their packing house and will
erect an ice house.
The Kansas avenue bridge was
blocked for over an hour last eve
ming by fallen telegraph wires At
4:3O p. m. yesterday two telephone
poles snapped in two about half WaV
up. The overhead wires fell on the
roadway and blocked all traffic
The ninth contest of the Kansas IN
ter-Collegiate Oratorical association
will be held at Emporia this evening.
About sixty students from Washburn
left for Emporia on the afternoon
train. Washburn. State University,
Baker, Ottawa, State Normal EN-
poria college and Salina college are
represented in tonight's contest A
| w. Myers, young man of / 8 years
of age and member of the 81 class,
will represent Washburn tonight.
Speaker Elder surprised both
friends and opposition by opposing
the bill to compel employers to pay
workmen once a week. After the
j
of one of the committees and reported
! to be unduly fond of drink attacked
/ the speaker and abused him for his
action.
Morrison demanded What the -
do you mean by going back on the Ia
boring man? The way that bill is
amended we don't give -
whether it is passed or not"
Elder: why - - it man, use
some reason. The bill is wholly in
not be benefited by it. Didn't you
hear their representative oppose it,
Morrison: Il tell you by that
we will demand our rights and if you
don't stand by us now we will remem-
Der you at the next election"
Elder: There are some other work
ingmen in the world beside your
crowd and we propose to look after
their interests and you can't bluff us
into anything else
! Morrison: by - we have votes
anyhow and you won't get them
again"
| Jerry Simpson stood in tie capitol
at Washington gazing at Ben Butler
with open mouthed establishment
Old Ben had a full dress suit en- and
Jerry was appalled, by the ignorance
| of an easterner who had the temerity
| to don a full dress coat before 6
o'clock in the evening.
Blaine and Business in 1892. TwoB
or not twoB that is the question.
Presiding Elder Dearborn lost $500
in the Knox failure. The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away.
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