The Topeka state journal., 1905-07-18

| They say that it
Should rule our ways.
| Yet while they talk
In terms polite,
They often plan
Another fight.
Washington Star
| To the Bishops Taste.
The late Bishop Green on one of his
| diocesan visitations stopped with an old
| friend at Sewanee, Tenn.
AT the early supper of the south, al
ways most informal meal the bishop
said he would have nothing but a dish
| of honey-clabber, little nutmeg
| sprinkled over.
There amt a bit of nutmeg in the
house. exclaimed the maid when the
request WAS repeated to her.
Dear me-" said the hostess. soto
voce; '.go to Mrs. Darlington next door
and ask her to lend me nutmeg
Mrs. Darlington also was "out" OF
nutmeg.
Then go to Mrs. Harding, on the 9TH
er side; We can't all be out at once; then
bring the bishop the dish quickly
The hostess kept up q rapid fire of
| bright talk to cover the hiatus in the
service until the maid appeared with
! the desired dish.
what an addition is the little sprink-
| lie of nutmeg" said the bishop; what
a fine relish it gives.''
When the good guest had retired, the
mistress said to the maid:
go to the supply store the first thing
return the nutmeg to Mrs. Harding,
| and
But Mrs. Harding was out of nut
megs too.''
.sThen where did you get any?''
la, Miss, was dat worried out dat
| 1 des tuck a wooden handle to a ole
shoe buttoner an grated it on"
And the bishop had relished it. So
| much for the power of suggestion
Martha Young, in Lippincott's.
/
New Use for NIacaroni.
The '1ady of the house." who had
been wrestling with the servant problem
for several years, recently took a new
departure with the hope of solving the
riddle She imported young colored
| girl from one of the lower counties OF
| Virginia, with the determination to do
l or die in the attempt to model her into
| an accomplished cook at least. The US
ual bitches and disappointments oc-
| Cured and the task proved most try
| ing one. The housekeeper persevered,
however, until the climax materialiZed
| a few days ago. Entering the kitchen
one afternoon the lady of the house In
| quired:
"Millie. have you cooked the maca-
roni?"
| whats macaroni?" the importation
from the country wanted to know.
| why, here it is" the employer ex-
planned, indicating the raw material
What does you do with that?' the
| girl then asked.
Eat it, of course" was the reply.
| Good laws" Millie CALCULATED, Il
thought that stuff was what you sucks
| medicine ethrough."-Washing Star.
The Eccentric Depositor.
H A. Fuller, POSTMASTER at the an
! nual banquet of Pennsylvania bankers
| convention in Wilkesbarre last month,
! introduced with this story the banker
who responded to the toast, "Our De-
positors."
"A depositor in a neighboring trust
| company is an eccentric farmer OF mid
die age This farmer. though he is
wealthy, overdrew his account one day
Notification OF the overdraft was at
| once sent to him.
| He replied:
"'You tell me I have overdrawn my
! account $500. Well, I know it. So what
| is the necessity OF bothering me about
| it? Why not trust me as do you? Do
I go to you, when 1 have money IN your
1 institution, and shout:"You have $500 of
| miner" Such statements are Superf1u-
| GUS either way.
Detective Terrier.
The story of the dog which recently
caused the discovery of tragedy at
Bridgend by barking outside the house
| in which it was committed recalls q
| sensational incident that took place in
Grand Canary few years ago. A young
| American was murdered for his money
| in one of the Spanish inns near the
harbor, and his fox terrier was carried
| off to a plantation in the hills by one
| of the accomplices. Two years later
| the dog was brought back again to the
| town, and it Immediately went to a
| certain spot in the road, tried to scratch
| hole in 1t, and howled so ptteouSly
| that it attracted the attention even OF
| the Spanish policeman. This led to the
| discovery of its masters body and the
| final conviction of his murderer.-Lon-
| don Chronicle. :, q. "a :,
Represented His State.
A man, who had imbibed just a little
more than he could master, was on a
| Sheffield car coming down town about
| midnight recently. The conductor call
! ed off the names of the streets in a
| perfunctory manner. At Colorado ave-
| nue. man arose and walked out on
| the back platform. AT Indiana two men
| arose. The intoxicated individual noticed
this and Inisconstrued 1t all. Finally
| the conductor called:
The man with the load" struggled to
| his feet Here he called. Pm from
| Kansas Hooray FIR Kansas!"
Then he settled back into his seat
| had done his duty.-Kansas City Times.
The Meaning OF HyperboIe.
rHyperboIe," said. the Rev. Russell H.
Conweil to a Temple college student,
means exaggeration. A country min
hyperbole to his congregation quantity.
"He looked down from the pulpit over
his spectacles, and said:
Now, my friends, some of you may
not understand the word hyperbolical.
I'll explain it. Suppose I should say this
congregation was all asleep. That would
be speaking hyperbolically, for don
believe that more than half OF you are