The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-20
Charles J. Bonaparte on the Farm

Charles j. BOnaparte on the Farm.
In the September Country Calendar,
Edwin Litchfield Turnbull, an intimate
friend of the secretary of the navy,
writes:
During seven months of the year.
from May to December, Charles J. Bon
aparte is farmer. Bella Vista in
f1ne Maryland grass valley is his chosen
country seat, where he arises on week.
days at $50 a. m. without being called.
ana whence, after taking a look over the
place and giving his orders for the day,
ne is off on his 15-mile drive into Balti-
more before most city folks have open
ed an eye.
THE drive to the office and back takes
place nearly every weekday, Mr.. Bona
parte reserving Sundays and occasional
ly Saturdays for Bella Vista, when he
enjoys roaming about the place with his
oyerseer, looking into the welfare of the
numerous inhabitants, both man and
beast. He takes his 3O-nlile drive with
different team and driver each day.
He is freSh-air crank, and no doubt
goes at his big problems with keener
zest because of that Whit of the fresh,
sweet atmosphere of an early summer
morning. The coachman can testify that
Mr.. Bonaparte is a silent companion,
sitting lost in reverie upon the back
seat of the surrey, where, perhaps, some
day big naval conflict will be fought
and won.
MIR. Bonaparte does not expect his
| farm to pay dividends. It is his play
thing, his hobby, his fountain of youth.
| For, in spite of more than so summers,
ries the cares of public life lightly upon
his strong shoulders. And to his fine
condition the freedom and interest of
his green valley undoubtedly contribute
| in great measure"
Witty Women.
John La Fargo, the painter, was
! talking in his studio about witty
women.
"All women are witty" he said. "At
| least, nearly all are. And witticism
| has an indescribable charm when it is
uttered in a woman's sweet voice and
accompanied by her pretty smile. Let
me relate a young woman's w1ttlcism
| that heard of the other day.
There was a man who loved a
maid, and she returned his passion;
| but there were reasons that made Sc
crecy desirable, and thus, though the
two were betrothed. they pretended to
| the world that they were good friends
and nothing more. One evening, as
| the young man was pressing his
sweetheart passionately to his breast,
| The lovers drew apart with great
! haste, and the sister. with an Excuse
me- turned to go.
But the young man deemed an ex-
PLANTATION necessary. He said Don't
go. We have just been measuring to
| see which is the taller
The intruder, standing by the door,
| looked at the lover intently. Then a
| delicate smile fitted over her pretty
| face, and she said You are both
about the same height, but think sis
| ter is much the redder. Los An
| geles Times.
The Fourth in Canada.
The small American boys in western
| Canada, where thousands of Ameri-
cans have settled-even those born in
| the new handbook forward to the day
with as great anticipation as do the
] youngsters over the border. The pa
rents foster the feeling, and join in the
| sports of the day themselves. Ameri-
can settlers who never celebrated the
day to any extent in their old homes
| rejuvenate their boyhood enthusiasm.
| On Fourth of July night the cities and
| towns of western Canada are aglow
| with celebrations, and the flash of sky
| rockets and the. twinkling of balloons
| may be seen as far as the eye can
reach over the settled prairies.-The
| Worlds Work.
a Double Hardship.
The following anecdote is told of a
prominent Baptist minister, celebrated
| for his cauStic wit:
| He was speaking once at dinner
given to commemorate an important
event in the history of New England,
| his text being, 1.-The Pilgrim Fathers"
| 81 have always he said, felt the
| deepest sympathy for the Pilgrim
fathers, who suffered such extraordinary
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