The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

| AS the laughter, I declare,
Or little chap I'm KNOWN.
| EuH o lauSh-Ive seen him run
With his tangled curls BLOWN
White as cotton in the sun.
Yes, it's lovely CROWN weather,
And the corn and cotton grows;
age and grief go out together.
Zones a glad-eyed little fellow
With his silken curls as yellow
| AS the taSsels on the corn
j. M. Lewis in the Houston Post
How He Lost a Bet.
! Two friends of mine had gone to a
small Wisconsin lake for a few DAVIS
outing and the first day out they made
an unusually successful catch. They
quit at 1 o'clock and at that time Ed
wards had landed twenty-four nice
ne twitted Adams, his companion, on
his failure to equal that record.
rel you what I'll do" Adams f1nal-
responded, desperately. 'I'n bet
you bottle of wine that you and the
guide together don't catch as many as
that by the same hour tomorrow"
Pshaw, that's easy; the bets on
and so it was agreed.
early, Adams taking one boat and Ed
wards and the guide going in the 9TH
er. They remained close together and
careful tally was kept on the hnny
prizes as they were brought to the sur
face. Finally half an hour remained
and Edwards had twenty-three fish
one short of the required number.
Guess I'll drink on you, old man, -
Adams called out tauntingly, when
only five minutes of the time was left
and Edwards had failed to get even a
nibble
81 guess you won't; I've got a bite
now was the excited rejoinder, and
Edwards began Keeling in his line.
1 hn al ON
lated a moment later, when the line
suddenly Stacked.
| well, it's me that has the bite, ex-
claimed Adams, and he began pulling
on his line. But the fish was off in an
instant.
Hold on; here he is again!" This
time it was Edwards who was doing
the talking.
And 50 the see-saw continued until
only a minute of the time remained,
when finally they reeled in their lines
and found that each had secured the
same fish. A bass had swallowed
Adams hook and in trying to get away
had run afoul of Edwards line and
was firmly caught in the gil1s.
| Each claimed the bass. Adams as
sorting it was his property because it
had swallowed his hook. and Edwards
being equally firm in the belief that
his gill hold was the one which should
count. It finally became necessary to
leave the question to arbitration, ana
the referee ruled that the prize should
/ be divided
This was how it happened that Ed
wards lost the wager by half a fish,
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Loose Business Morals.
An Arctic explorer was praising the
late William ,Ziegler, whose great
wealth went in the past to fit out so
many expeditions of discovery in the
White North.
He was a man of the alertest wit, -
| the explorer said. ST never saw his
character with an opposite story. Once,
1 remember, he was describing a
-four manufacturer of loose business
morals.
was like a certain grocer who called
his clerk up before him one day and
said:
.' That lady who just went out
didn't hear her ask you for fresh
laid eggs?'
| Yes, sir the clerk answered.
And you said we hadn't any?'
| Yes, sir; that is correct
THE grocer. purple with rage
yelled: Didn't you see me lay those
eggs myself on the counter not ten
minutes ago? You are discharged, you
mendacious scoundrel, and see that
you don't look to me for a reference,
eitheri' San Antonio Express.
| What He Meant.
| Mr.. Griggsfield was man who
meant we'll, but was unfortunately
addicted to the habit of saying the
wrong thing at all times and in all
| circumstances. An acquaintance of his
had suffered severe injuries in a rail-
way wreck, including a broken nose,
the loss of three or four teeth, and a
cash across one of his cheeks; but his
hurts were not serious, and he was
| in aaxx-f1 @,1
disfigured, but in good working order.
One of the first men to greet him
after his recovery was Mr.. Griggsfield,
who grasped him cordially by the
| hand and exclaimed:
Hello, Williams! I understand you
have been pretty badly hurt. 1 am
glad to see you so much improved
Later, when he reflected upon it. he
understood why Mr.. Williams respond
ed to this greeting with such a queer
snile.-Youth's Companion.
| Only Question of Time.
| It was a house with balloon frame
| standing on cedar posts. A fierce tenn
| pest from the north had struck it Just
| after the roof had been put on and the
| Notwithstanding finished and had
| pushed it five feet out of perpendicular
The owner was sitting on the front
step. calmly smoking his pipe. when the
| traveller happened along.
Had q stroke of bad luck, haven't
you?" said the traveller.
Yep" (Puff.)
Building would have stood all right
| If it had been finished, wouldn't it?''
81 reckon so.' puff, puffy
| "Going to tear it down and build il
| over again?''
Nope" (Puff.)
MAY I ask what you intend to dc
| with it?'
"Nothin', F" answered the owner, re-
moving his pipe from his mouth. Coin
1 to wait fer harricane.to come from the
other direction and straighten it out
| ag'in.''-Chicago Tribune.
Fire Water.
Some little amusement was created
| at fhe Christian EndeavorerS' head