The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
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addition to the federal building, when
a man who sells books broke in: You
may think Il IMPOSSIBLE but have known
men to fall greater distance than that
and not be injured in the least Il y MOI, not
a distance Of fifty or sixty feet with no
serious results. remember of an instance
years old, falling from the seventh floor
Of building without receiving any more
pened in this wav: the boy was leaning
out Of the window attempting TO ny a
kite when he lost his balance and fell.
He whirled over and over and struck a
lot of telegraph wires fortunately. ABOUT
midway between the posts. The wires
were somewhat slack and he bounced on
and struck on the back Of a horse, Whicn
utes the boy was able to tell the. people
who picked him up where he had fallen
from. Just in what position he was IN
when he struck the horse, do not Know,
but I do know that he was not seriously
injured for I was one Of the men who
story in the least said a gentleman who
had been sitting with the group Listen
experience IN falling which is Just as
strange. Although / fell exactly IT'S feet
is not scratch or a scar to show for 1T.
1t happened in this wise: ! was working
for an iron firm which took contracts for
building iron bridges, snoke-staoks and
iron construction generally and was sent
with a gang to build smokestack for
be 175 feet high and we had Just COM
pleted It, when the accident happened. IN
catch the ropes with my hands and down
/ went on the inside OF that stack: /
great distances and have noticed that it
seems to be the prevalent opinion that a
ground. This I can say from experience
IS untrue. realized was falling and
the other. It seemed to me that ] was
a long time in getting to the bottom, but
lose CONSCIOUSNESS for several minutes. It
seemed to me that on my downward trip
there was sofneIhlng pusnlng. me pac - a.
the while and that It prevented me from
falling rapidly as / thought / should.
When was picked up and taken out the
greatest wonder was expressed that
was alive, the impression among the other
worlSmen being that would have to be
explained to me in very satisfactory
manner by one of the engineers and his
theory was sustained by the doctor. He
said that in my downward trip that had
in escaping past me it had thrown my
body to the side Of the pipe, thus break
ing the fall. When / reached the bottom
he figured that struck on a compressed
I would have been If I had lighted on a
bruises I got were those received in
62uneing1 from one side Of the pipe to the
figures and references to scientists and
guess s he eva vas correct for or, did la not have
work In few days"
from Wichita who had more original
ways of hunting than any one I ever
was telling ne of a farm he had on the
Arkansas river and the amount of sport
each year. According to the story he told
me he has a man on the place who de-
votes his odd moments to devising ways
and means of catching game without the
aid OF gun or a net Everyone in this
the Arkansas river is great place for
geese when the season comes on. and
about every. sportsman In the state has
train acquaintance said: My farm IS
right on the river and have seen thous-
ands Of geese there. Before I got the
man that I now have in charge Of the
farm I would go hunting with my gun.
but he taught me a trick worth two of
that. He would go out on the sand bars
and dig holes about two feet deep. and
corn. The geese would come up the river
and would find a few grains Of corn which /
he had dropped around the holes and af-
ter eating that would reach down the |
of course the goose would scratch In its |
would cause to sand to slide around its /
head and the goose would be caught I |
seen a sandbar 100 feet long completely |
covered with geese which had been caught /
money from the feathers of the geese /
he caught in two winters to buy the farm /
manner possible. 1t is due to his method |
of catching geese that they are getting so 1
good lot Of money during the winter 1
months by catching rabbits In a unique |
of the base of a tree and on the white /
space thus made would paint a large
rees m this waW o ana wo6 PFSSP fbsy nifty
four dogs. which he has especially trained 4
the rabbits which would run wui for sealf up
and, seeing the black spots on the tree 4
the spots for holes, and would break their
necks by running into them. During a |
good day he would collect at least a
wagon load OF rabbits which had COM
mitted suicide on account of their false
Judgment. The man may have been ex-
was thick
ST would like to have as much money as
IS spent each night at the lunch carts on
the streets IN any of the western cities
demand for night lunches ana pea,ls ere
getting so they can't sleep without eat
ing It has only been a few years ago
when there were no such things lunch
only a few night lunch counters and
now every town is full of them. Il used
lunch counter consisted of ham-sand- |
wiches, coffee, pie and spring chicken in
catch the trade with a night lunch eoun1
ter or cart he must have all the Old /
chicken sandwiches. triilvss
tenderloin sandwiches and a dozen other
rev AAtdLA were not Formerly at /
The hot Mexican dishes are
general favorites, especially with reonle !
VINO stay out and drink beer. Nothing is |
too hot for man who Is drinking and the !
red pepper, which IS the principal ingre3- /
lent of most Mexican dishes is a GOOD |
thing for him. In up-to-date lunch carts
the ham used IS chopped and is much
petter Tor making sandwiches than the
sliced ham. and the ham and egg sand
wiches made with chopped ham e much
easier TO handle than the other. Chicken
seems to have lost its hold with the night
lunch people and pie is running away be-
mind In some Of the towns I make I |
IND that they serve a hot meat pie. which
g highly favored. but not 50 light as The
Mexican dishes. It is a good dish and
seems TO pc a favorite where Il has been
introduced. have become so acensinrned