The Topeka state journal., 1900-06-16

Ine chO1r boys of a certain Topeka
choir went on a strike last Sunday, and
the strike was most effectual.
Sunday morning before the services
the choir boys got into some kind of
mischief, and the choir master tried TO
straighten out the difficulty He hap
pened to choose a boy who had moth
ing to do with the mischief as the
ring leader. The rest of the boys re-
sented it, They got together and
planned a strike.
The boys took their places and the
services began. They arose and sang
very nicely. All went smooth. The
choir masters wife sings soprano in the
choir. The boys had decided to boy
colt her. When it came time for the
anthem, the piece de resistance of the
services, the boys started in strong
until the passage was reached where
the soprano had a prominent part The
| soprano started in strong but the boys
| stoDDed. Not one opened his mouth
and not a note was sung except by the
soprano. The soprano looked around to
see what was the matter, but kept on
| singing. The boys stood still and
! looked blank. The soprano kept brave
| ly on to the end, and when she finished
| and sat down the choir boys took their
seats. The strike had been com
| menced, finished, and the boys won the
revenge they were after.
It is not the barber alone who can
talk. There is a baker on Kansas ave
|
| A clerk went into the bakery this
week and asked for ham and rolls for
lunch.
Yes, certainly" the baker said as
he put the rolls in a bag. You will
like these buns, I know. They are
fresh, warm; in fact, are extra nice.
They are good enough to eat alone. It
is quite customary for people to come
and get them fresh from the oven and
eat them without anything else You
care not for cold ham with hot bread, .
suggestively.
The rolls do look nice,'' she agreed
but 1 prefer ham also"
ITO be sure, yes" he answered.
Then confdentially. as he uncovered a
denuded ham bone, You see, I'm al
most out of ham. There isn't a slice
left. A big ham cuts to much better
advantage than a small one, but
thought this was large enough when ]
ordered it,
If you can get me a nickel's worth
it will be plenty was the answer.
Yes. yes. certainly he agreed, as
he began cutting off small pieces aut
placing them on the scales Yol
see, we always plan to have a han
baked Saturday morning to last oVel
Monday noon, but today we are short
I have one in baking now that il
partly smoked. Do you like partly
smoked ham?'' he asked, as he turned
the bone over and began to scrape tn
other side.
I'm sure don't know; I think not,
was the uncertain reply.
You don't" very much surprised
why, they are considered very mucl
finer than those that are baked direc
from the brine. Now this one wa
taken and cooked without smoking, an;
it is not so good as the other kind" H
tapped the scales, but there was no
2 enough cut. so he began on the othe
end of the bone.
Now you take ham that has beel
half smoked with hickory chips" h
went on, and you will find that it i
? much sweeter and drier than picklet
ham. Yes, they are fine-not that thi
one isn't good" anxiously; this is a
delicate as it can be without bein;
smoked. This was exceptionally wei
seasoned. and I know it will be salts
! factory"
He tapped the scales again, but still
= the amount of ham was not sufficien
t to weigh them down. A perplexed lool
came over his face as his eyes wen
a from the scales to the cleaned bon
l and back to the scales again. Thel
he looked relieved, and smiled. H
reached over and placed on the scale
the weight which he had forgotten
The five cent weight wasn't enough
, He put on the ten cent weight. 1t wa
i, still too light. When he put on an
: other weight it made a good ffteel
.. cents worth
Surely, I know not what I do" h
said. L scrape and scrape, till I thinl
= 1 must add the bone, and all the tim
I have no weights upon the scales.
never did a thing like that before. Yes
certainly. you have more ham thai
rolls A dozen buns are now what yo1
? will take, not SOP"
e But she seized her lunch and es
capped.
a At one time the public school teacher
$ of Topeka used the plan of punishin
4 every offense by OBTAINING the offende
an hour after school in the evening, S
1 it often happened that the rebellion
e pupils received two and even thre
0 hours to their debit during the da!
h There was enrolled in the eighth grad
[ of one of the ward schools a dashin
= young lady who had come to Topeka I
. attend the high school but whose edu
|. cational qualifications had been deeme
n insufficient for that institution. It wa
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