The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-25

Nine o'clock came around and there
was no jury, half past nine and no jury.
At 9:45 Mr. Smith appeared. 1t began
to look as though another jury would
have to be selected all over again. This
would take good deal of time and it
was hot day.
A bright thought struck one of the
lawyers.
"Your honor" he said, eff the oppos-
ing counsel is willing we will agree to
try this case before MIR. Smith aloEe."
The opposing counsel agreed and the
justice let it stand that way
Mr. Smith entered the jury box and
the entire morning was consumed in
hearing the testimony and the arguments
of the attorneys
During it all Mr.. Smith did not sleep
more than two hours.
Soon after twelve the jury woke up
long enough to hear the courts charge
to it and then it stood up.
"Where is the jury room?" asked the
jury.
1t was pointed out to him, and Mr..
Smith retired carefully locking himself
The case was so simple that each at
torney felt sure he would get verdict
in few minutes, so they waited.
At half past twelve they were getting
restless and hungry. At 1916 they had
looked at their watches and said things
not for publication several timos.
Shortly before one there was a click
in the lock of the jury room door. 1t
swung open, and Mr.. Smith fled in
and took his seat in the jury box.
The justice awoke gently and made
the usual query.
rs the jury ready to return a verdict
in this case?"
sit are" answered Mr.. Smith.
"Will the foreman read the verdict"
said the justice, and the foreman did, as
follows:
81, the jury in this case now pending,
e;c, etc., after due investigation into the
testimony submitted and deliberation on
the points of law involved in said case,
do find that it is unable to agree upon u
verdict. Yours truly,
81. SMITH, Jury"
That is how Jacob Smith came to quit
sitting on juries in Topeka.
If the wires barned out and your tele-
phone acted badly one day this week
this is how 1t happened:
There was absolutely nothing to dis
turb the warm winter atmosphere the
other morning. The world was serenely
splitting air at the rate of thirty cubits
moro or less per second and the busy
hum of the typewriter was busily hum
ming. The sleepy silence of the differ
ent wars to the east, the east by south
east, the southeast, the south by south
east, and the straight south was the only
silence that disturbed 4.
These were the painful conditions
when Albert Lindell, the state president
OF the Swedish Republican league rushed
in and rung the bell of the Harrison tele
phone in Charley Elliott5 Office.
Then the trouble began.
Halo, der. A de hara herr doktorn
Lagerstron, somm botar folk me nypa
0 bunka DOM" he remarked aud the tel
ephone shivered.
"Jaso. Hur star da te me helsa karle-
ken pa mornqvisten?" replied Dr.. Lager
strom. and the girl at central hurrie1Iy
asked the fire department where the
earthquake was.
"Du har falle int hort pajasan ON, ON
-du vet, han som arbetar de dering
stora storet flirtar me svenska tossrna.
Har ON dan do ia satt pleta skref so
ringde bender forblaskade telefonus-
lingen somom han blet sjudundrande
10. Sand hit fajersprutan. ia brinner
opp. ia briunsr ihjel." He con-
tinued, and they were so busy put
ting out the fire at the central office that
the girl forgot to save her country by
cutting Mr. Lindell off so he went on
recklessly unconscious of the havoc he
havocing.
~ 81 81 nc v q a 00 III . ~ 0SH
te bondkanin. De har int non fajer-
spruta eller nom slajs spruta utan dA ar
kontoret for shanibrandsstodsbo laget o
din dumb bonn du borde nat din koja
inskrefve hos mel"
SO han svarte: DE ALT falle varre au
ON mi koja brunne opp. De ia sjarfver
som a pc cid. ia OF opp alto don:deringa
forblaskade 'hot tomale' torterna de va
mel me de varsata illtyj ia nensin fatti i
mel. Tusen ganger war; an viske.'"
80 ga sa: Din tossing vet du int battre
hut to d tat son smorja, SO knalla
vel to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Pc kullen
pc vestra STA STAN"
That triple plate extra length word in
the last sentence was too much.
Fifteen minutes later torn and latter
ed and SCARED employe of the Harrison
Telephone company limped into Mr.
Elliott's office and sadly and silently put
in a new transmitter, throwing the old
one in the alley.
In The BeSinninS
OF new year, when the winter season
of close confinement is only half gone,
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