The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-12
10 NIatches Reouired.

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wei, you see,'' replied the obliging
Oregon man, last week me an ST
Hanks wuz up in the mountains on a
huntin' trip, an 81 wanted to light his
pipe"
"Oh, I see-and he threw down the
lighted match and set the woods afire.
mo, you don't see. Jest femmeg tell
my story. 81 wanted to light his PIPE.
va had put bunch OF matches in his
poelset ssthaz night before in the daTz,
81 KEEP a. congratula tin himself on hav-
ing a-plenty of matches, an he waited
till he could git to a nice fiat rock where
he could set down an smoke an drink
in the 1nspirin' scenery. ST wuz jest as
eager for that smoke as a toncat IS for
his dinner when he sees a bowl o. cream
with the kiver off. Finally 81 seen a big
rock-the finest rock for a seat in the
hull state of Oregon, and the finest piece
o. scenery from Puget Sound to NJ sNlco.
ST set down, pulled out his pipe an filled
it full O. the best tobacker that grows.
Then he reached in his pccket for
match, and fetched out a WOO len tooth
pick. He dove in again an fetched out
another. Then he pulled out the nun
bunch o matches an found they wuz
nothin' but toothpicks. Nary a match
nothin' to eat an no use for toothpicks
an seven miles to camp. An then 81
Hanks set the forest afire-"
Il don't see how he could do that, if
he had no matches" said the dubious
tenderfoot.
'sYe don't, huh?''
Il certainly don't"
'.Well. 81 Hanks just naturally set
them woods ahre with the lightin' of
his wrath. Portland Oregonian.
Strike While the IRONS Hot.
Young DR.. Noel had not practiced
long enough to have developed those
calIosities of the heart which are essen
tiaI to a physicians financial success.
And had after heroic struggle.
lost q patient-a man who left a widow
and S2,500 insurance. 1t was shortly
after the funeral, and DR.. Noel was
somewhat worried as to what should
be his method of procedure with re-
gard to his fees. He had called into
consultation, in his treatment of the
case, old DIR. L'Hevre, the nestOr of
the medical fraternity, and to him he
now appeared for advice
1.-THE widow is inconsOlable," he said,
concluding his explanation, land I
think that a sense of decency forbids
my presenting a bill at once"
The patriarch stroked his long
beard thoughtfully. "Inconsolable. is
she ?" he inquired.
Yes, absolutely cast down.
HAS she collected the insurance.
yes, I believe am sure-slle
''Well. my boy" said the old man
slowly, you would better present your
bill at once, while she is inconsolable
ana mas Lfl6 money. w llllC SA46 - III
consolabIe and has the money she viii
not be disposed to bubble over fees.
Her appreciation of the departed is at
its food and the money is easy Later
she may be consoled and tighten the
purse strings. A sense Of decency IS a
fine thing. young man, but it should
not stand in the way of business
The moral of this story is that this
is a sOrdid age, but We've got to play
the game.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
He Noticed the Jays
1T was in New York last week" said
J. D Frawley, of the Union Pacific.
yesterday to a friend, ''and I put in q
lot of time just noticing things One
thing that particularly impressed itself
on my mind was the large number Of
yaps saw on Broadway. There are
more joys in New York, comparatively
speaking, than there are in Abilene,
Kan. They go around wearing straw
hats at this season in the year and gaze
at things with Wide-open mouths At
the theatres they applaud everything
acts and specialties that the average
Kansas City theatregoer wouldn't
think worth the energy expended. And
at the hottest Why, / dropped into
the new St. Regis, that big. fine hotel,
one day and I have never seen any
thing that equaled the way the yaps
were rubbering. They rubbered at
everything from cuspidors up to those
$4,000 tapestries"
Regis p asked Mr. F'rawIey's friend
"Oh." replied the ticket man, Il
just dropped in to see the sights. '-
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