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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
A Domestic Fowl.

A friend of Denman Thompson tells
of an incident which occurred at the
actors farm near Swanzey, N. H,
when Joseph Jefferson visited him
some years ago. When the creator of
Rip Van Wrinkle arrived there he
found the clothes lines loaded with
carpets which had just been beaten.
Thompson showed Jefferson over the
place, and the latter noticed a hen
picking up something and dropping it
over and over. They were very much
astonished to find she had been peck
ing away at some old carpet lacks.
They watched her closely for some
minutes and Jefferson finally asked:
What under the sun is that hen try
ing to do, anyway" Denis reply
showed the true native wit of the man.
well, you see. joe" he said, "as she's
a domestic kind of fowl I ca1late the
old girl must be getting the tacks
ready to lay a carpet st. Paul
Pioneer Press
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worse and Worse.

George G. Boldt. the famous res
taurateur. was talking at the Waldorf
Astoria to an old friend from Phila-
delphia. The subject OF cooking came
up, and Mr. Boldt said that the French
were the best cooks in the world.
Don't you remember" he said,
smiling. tthe story of the French aris-
tocrat of the gloomy Faubourg St.
German? This man gave, in his Sc
cluded and grim old mansion, an elab-
crate dinner. The dinner was a sue
cess from the oysters to the dessert
but one dish was particularly hne-so
fine, in fact. that the cook was brought
into the dining-room and publicly
congratulated.
:" What, though, is this dish, my
good Francois p the master asked We
know it is some kind of wild fowl, but
1t has a flavor all its own-a flavor
none of US ever met with before
That dish the chef answered
proudly, is a triumph of the culinary
art. Only a Frenchman could have
prepared it. 1t is, in one word. an
OWL
IAN owl!' cried every one. turning
little pale.
" But how lady asked, could you
have been so cruel as to kill the poor
bird?'
"'Ah, madam said the cook. 4
did not kill 1t. 1t was dead already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
rIIF GARDEN oF ToYs.

BY the boreaI pole where old Santa
Claus lives
In his cottage of tafry and glass,
In the summer his sleigh is well packed
away
And his reindeer are pastured on grass.
There the Saint reads his books and the
Saint smokes his pipe
And ieisurely hours he enjoys;
But of mornings he goes with his ralxes
and his hoes
To the beautiful Garden Of Toys.
Oh. the Garden of Toys is well planted
with seeds
OF every plaything that's out;
Long rows of tin whistles and horns thick
as thistles
And pop-guns. beginning to sprout
The marble-plant, too, is just bringing
to view.
A crop Of delight for the boys
AS the Saint showers the lot from his
wateringpot
In the beautiful Garden of Toys.
Wallace Irwin in Womans Home Com
DaniOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

SAN FRANCISCO.

What passes for public sentiment in
San Francisco seems to be extremely
defiant on the question of the segrega-
ton Of Japanese pupils in the public
schools Just how much respect thie
sentiment is entitled to command may
be gagged from the character of the
local government which it tolerates,
and its general attitude toward prob
lens vitality affecting the rebuilding of
the city. The revelations that are be-
ing made of the operation of a perva-
sive and shameless system of munich
pal graft in San Francisco suggest a
callousness of the moral sense in that
community to a degree hitherto I'M
heard-of in this republic. The at
tempt to justify the action of the
school board on moral grounds is in
violent contrast with the legalized
traffic in immortality. in its most loath-
some form, on which some of the chief
members of the city government Of
San Francisco appear to be growing
rich.-New York Journal Of Com
merce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

the nation every year. Western crops
made a demand for railroads. which
gave employment to labor. and which
opened the iron mines and the steel
mills. Western crops made a demand
for farm implements and all the va
rious products of the factories. Our
greatest prosperity has been in recent
years since the west has been produc-
ing great crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.J

From the New OK PTess-
Content is nothing but living a
whopping big lie.
One of the incest things about TAX
ing the pledge Is when you break 1t.
The reason there aren't more sinners
in the world is there aren't more peO-
pie.
Every woman likes to tell how much
better health her husband has since he
married her.
Washerwomen have a bare-knuczle night
for existence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
HOW TO DO II

The next legislature OF Kansas can
SOW another big crop. of discomfort and
dissatisfaction in the Republican party
by electing Charles Curtis to the
United States senate. If the Kansas
senate. with the aid of the railroad
representatives in the lower branch
foists Curtis on the people there is go
ing to be something doing in the Sun
flower state at the next election that
the Republican party will not forget
for a long time to come.-Osborne
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
Nothing to Pay.

In a certain town in the north of
England recently. an old couple were
driving down a steep hill in their cart.
Somehow the horse was startled. and
ii set OFF at full gallop down the hill.
This terrified the old lady, who said to
her husband:
"Eh. John, Ia give sovereign to
be out o. this!"
Keep your money in your pocket;
tha'lI be out for nothing IN a minute, -
replied her husband-and she vas
Parsons weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

The charge that those three com
panies of the Twenty-hfth infantry
were dismissed from the service be-
cause they were colored is silly. And
me fact that they will Immediately be
hlled by other colored men ought to
refute such an idea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
NEEDED THE SPANKING.

We are told that Whom the Lord
loveth He chasteneth." Then by this
same token He must be very fond of
the Republican party in Kansas-Burr
Oak Herald. Well, it can't be denied
that the Republican party needed the
spanking News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

The stand-patters say the tariff is
responsible for the wonderful deveI-
opment of this country in the last
thirty years. II they viii give the cred
It to the homestead law they will
come nearer the truth. The home
stead law brought about the settle
nent OF this western country and re-
suited in the hundreds OF millions of
Sollars that It adds to the wealth Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

No matter how he feels about 1t per
sonally. Governor Hoch doubtless
thinks the state as whole has a mighty
big reason for Thanksgiving, considering
the narrow escape It had from a Demo-
cratic governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

A train robber over in Missouri
went through a Pullman sleeper and
relieved the passengers of their mon
ey- The passengers probably took him
Tor the porter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Harry Thaw told his wife he would
eat his Christmas dinner with her. But
as his trial has been postponed until
January it appears that Mr.. Thaw is
almost as poor a guesser as Chairman
drummer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
M0NKEY MEN.

A New York man imag1nes he IS a
monkey, and quite a number Of New
York monkeys imagine they are men,
Jacksonville Times-Union-
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WHAT THEY FOUND.

The gentlemen who went to Wash
ington to ask the president to stop the
Standard OIL prosecution found him
one of the most brilliant conversation
alists on the topic of the weather they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Following the action Of the Pullman
company, Uncle Jim Hill is about to
carve Northern Pacific melon. These
financial melons make the stockholder's
mouth water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

It is to be hoped that the ofice-seelx-
ing microbe has not fastened Itself on
Winston Churchill, but the fact that
he is a candidate for United States
senator in New Hampshire looks dis
eouraging- To be almost elected usual
" breeds the microbe in tremendous
quantities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Lincoln Steffens has succumbed to
the lecture microbe and viii spend the
next month on the platform. We trust.
however. that our own William Allen
White has been vaccinated against the
germ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

This idea that there IS no class dis
t1nction in this county is q. mistake
Count Boni has been offered s1O. 900 a
year by New York restaurant to be-
coma its head waiter. yet many another
man who has abused his wife just as
badly as Boni did gets no offer what
ever. And yet we boast Of our de-
mccracyl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

If the Ellinwood rabbit cannery is
short on rabbits. very likely the abb
lene Reflector thinks it can give the
management the addresses Of a num-
her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

The Saturday Evening Post is pub
fishing the experiences of people who
have bought gold bricks. The Post
need not think it can educate people
20 avoid gold bricks. however. That
Is something that every man has to
learn by personal experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Atchison will probably have to wait
awhile for Attorney General Coleman
to present it with a nice new custer
suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Now that the president has visited
Po..o Rico and the canal zone. very
likely Hawaii. Guam and the Philip
pines think it will be their turn next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

One OF the funny things of this big
country of ours is how jealous Cali
fornia and Florida are Of each other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

II Mr. Roosevelt goes into the SEN
ate. will the interests insist that he
observe senatorial courtesy and keep
still year or two before he ventures
to make few remarks as a senator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Il costs money to be thankful. with
turkeys selling at 20 cents q pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

The election Is not over down in
Kansas city, ken. They are electing
q mayor down there now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Notwithstanding his well-known an
cestry, if Mr.. Curtis gets into the
United States senate it is doubtful if
he is seated in the Cherokee strip
along with Senator LaFouette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

one Republican was elected to the
legislature IN Alabama. but no explana-
ton is given as to how the accident
happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Standard oil stock is steadily de-
ciining. but it is not yet low enough
for common people to reach it.
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rnMPETITION.

Seventeen architects wish to compete
for the city hospital. That is what hap
pens when fair competition replaces po-
liticaI pull.-Providence Journal
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NO NEED FOR LEADER.

The society reporters always speak of
a bride being lied to the altar, just
as though a bride couldn't find her own
wav there delphia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
rROMEss CHICKENs.

A news item says that Jerome is now
buying chickens in Connecticut He
counted on getting some at Buffalo
that were never hatched--Atlanta
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

A new play is about to be staged in
San Francisco. It il called, why
schmitz Left Home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
TENNEsSEE ISSUES.

Race track gambling and the ADOLF
ton of the bucket shops are issues
that enter into the choice of legislators
all over the state.-Nashv1lle Banner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
ANOTHER POINTER

The next thing the people of Kansas
will have to do is to have their Ierisla-
ture elect a United States senator to
succeed Burton. Things appear at the
present time to be in quite a mixup
do not want to forget: That over in
the little town of Baileyville in Nemaha
county is a quiet. unassuming man who
daily goes about his own business, and
who has been faithful to the party of
his choice. although that party humil-
lated and disgraced him without cause
or provocation. W. J. Bailey grows big
the Republicans insist on keeping up
their lick of factionism they are going
to need a Moses to lead them out Of the
wilderness, and none will prove a better
guide than the Nemaha county farmer.
Willis Joshua Bailey.-Osborne Fa1mer.
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1EcToN OF LAWYERS.

The number of criminal lawyers who
have not yet been retained to assist in
the defense of Harry Thaw is steadily
inishing.-Hartford Times
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Frederic ireland. at the last conven--
ton of the National Association of
Stenographers at Atlantic City, said of a
somewhat harsh rebuke that one stem
ographer had administered to another:
THAT rebuke was little too cruel, was
1t not? It reminds me of the cruelty of
a Washington mana piece of cruelty
wherein stenography played an unwilling
part.
sAs this man came to bed one night.
Is Has the stranger gone? didn't hear
him
husband renlIed. I have instructed the
maid to let him out in three or four
hours
'.The wife looked amazed and stupefled.
- 'What-Why-WhO on earth is he any
Way?' she stammered-
q My dear said the husband quietly.
he is a shorthand reporter. You see,
nearly always forget what you say to
me during your discourse from II till 2.
and sometimes go to sleep while you're
talking. So I thought I'd have your lee
ture written out tonight, and study it at
my leisure The young man is all ready,
the door IS open so that he can hear You.
and you may begin as soon you like -
LOS Angeles Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Chancellor James r, Day of Syracuse
university was discussing at a dinner his
recent edict against theater-going and the
use of tobacco by students holding
'scholarships.' said Chancellor Day,
'tare for poor students, and he who
smokes and visits the theaters may be
poor. but he is not living up to the part
To disguise ourselves, to travel incognito,
is never wise
Chancellor Day smiled.
ITO travel incognito is too often as
ISOLATED with something disgraceful," he
said. Witness the story of the tramp
who, at a magistrates early morning
hearing, did not answer to his name, sit
ting absently in his seat the name
was shouted four or five times. When
matters finally righted themselves, the
magistrate said angrily:
"7Why didn't you answer to your
name?
Beg pardon. yer honor, but forgot
wot name 1 guy last night replied the
tramp.
:. 'What?' Numbered the magistrate.
Didn't you give your right name?
No, yer honor said the tramp. I'm
a-travelir' incog.' Los Angeles Times.
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KANSAS COMAENT
~ OLD FARLE REToLD.

AN OLD FABLE RETOLD-
once there was Man who had
Much Dough. He made it in the Butch
ellng business. And as his Pile grew
bigger ne SWelled Up and said to him
SEX Verify, mighty is the Muchness
OF Me, and surely / am IT" His I'm
portance was so great that he took a
Spasm every Time any one else got
INTO the same Picture with him.
NOW this Great Man was Seller
OF Meats One Day a Stranger lit in
the Village and bought a Wienerwurst
OF another Dealer, Whereupon the Man
sald, What, would you drive Honest
competition out of the Village by pat
ronizing any one but Me?'
And he Waxed Wroth, commanding
all his Dependents and Henchmen and
Iollar-for-dollar Friends that they
SlouIo XII out and Boycott the other
Vendors OF Meats throughout the Viii
rage For, said he, Il am the Whole
Show. the very Whole Continuous Per
rormance- This Village is mine, and I
own everything IN it, Body and Soul
No one does any Good in this Village
One day a Neighbor cracked Joke
On hirn- instantly he Swelled Up like
What, you Silly Goose, would you
destroy the Business of this Whole
town with your idle Buffoonery?"'
Whereupon he bought many Lots in
the Heart of the Village, and let the
weeds grow on them. He would not
build Shacks on them nor allow any
one else to do so either. He kept them
for an Eyesore. to be a Monument Of
his Public Spirit.
One day another Neighbor threw
Bouquet at an Enemy OF the Man, and
he Fairly Snorted with Jealousy, say
Ing, What, you would compliment this
Pennlless Ragamuffin, when 1, even l.
am right here to be worshipped? See
tai or
At last the Wheel of Fortune ran onto
sharp Penctl-point in the Road, and
got Bad Puncture. And 10, when the
Wind was all out, there was left only
Bag Of Dinky Old Rubber, worth about
Two Cents.
Moral 1.-Some heads are so niser-
ably small that you can't lose even
trihing grievance in them. for lack of
space.
Moral 2.-.some wealthy men are so
pitifully selfish that they turn green
with envy every time you throw a crust
OF bread or flower at even a beggar
in the street
Moral 3-Some grown-up men can
take duckfit over a fanciful grievance
so trifiing that it wouldn't make even
a doll baby cry.
Moral 4.-Some men are worth mil
lions when alive who, when dead,
would hardly be worth ordinary hi
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

Mistress CRYING to be agreeable
What are your favorite dishes, Bridget2
New Cool-''To ate or to break, mum r.
Boston Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-27
WHITE LADY.

Horses rarely forget either benefit
or an unkindness. Mr.. Shurtleff had a
beautiful mare, White Lady, a high
spirited and sensitive creature. Ben,
her groom, had never treated. her
roughly or given her cross word, and
White Lady knew his step and would
whinny with delight when she heard
It,. -sF%S -
Mr.. Shurtieff sent Ben one day to
Craigle, a lonely little railway station
in the midst. of the moors. When Ben
came out of the Office he was amazed
not - find White Lady where he had
lett her, Gypsy Tim, q rough, dark
looking fellow, had mounted her to try
her speed over the moors. White Lady
had never been handled so roughly be-
fore. She reared and plunged with
fright. ~ -. .-.',@,--,,' -.
Sect off," said Ben; turning white
with anger. He was not more than is
and. small for his age.
Tim! answered sneeringly:
!: You be quiet. I'm just trying her. a
hit. TIT tame her for YOU
5 Ben seized him by the arm, though
hesswas twice as big as himself, and
again told him to get of. Fortunately
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TO DO WITH CHERRIES.
Picking the Frutt-A Refreshing
Summer Beverage-some Very !:
Il. Nice Preserves. =. Ill.

Picked Cherries.-Five pounds Of
cherries, not too ripe; stone, zor not;
one quart of vinegar, two pounds OF
sugar, half ounce of cloves, hall sounce
of mace. Boil the sugar and vinegar
and spices together (haye the spices
ground and tied In s. bag) and pour
hot ever the. cherries. ~. .is..-...:
Cherry Vinegar Slightly wash two
quarts of cherries and pour over them
one. quart OF best vinegar. Put in an
earthen jar and set in a cool place
for two days. Strain. through mus
lin bag, and for each. pint of the
strained Juice add quarters OF a
pound OF sugar. Place on the fire
and let boil for Is minutes. Strain
again, set aside to cool for Is. min
utes end bottle for; use. This will lie
appreciated as cooling summer. drink.
Preserved Cherries. - Stone. the
fruit or not, as preferred. Take sugar
in the proportion of three-fourths
pound to one pound of fruit. To
every pound Of the sugar use one
pint OF water; let 1t warm and thor
oughly dissolve the sugar, add the
fruit and let boil fast for 20 min
utes, or until it. begins to jelly, Put
in jars or. cans hot. Put paper over
the top and paste down around the
edges, seal or cover closely, and set
In a dark; cool, dry place.-The Com
moner. p. = -
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II
seemed, had a wayzof his own to at,
tack the blaze. But while there was
much talk there was little action. At
any rate nobody showed any intention
of plunging into the barn. This was
the situation that Ben, despite the ex-
element, Immediately grasped.
One sound tore Ben's heart. It was
Lady's piercing neigh, heard above all
the din. He knew that she was calling
him. But how could he reach her? It
was impossible to get through the suf-
locating smoke. -. ..>..~s ..
At this moment he caught a>glimpse
of one or two lurking forms In the
background, and recognized. them as
gipsles. He instantly suspected plan
to rob the stables. .N-:>-
Where thieves can get in, I can, -
he thought, and calling to Robert, thu
boy who had the care OF Pilot, to bring
him 81 ak, he ran to the back of the
stables. =
He got in without difficulty. Evil
IDENTIFY the old door had been already
broken open. To his amazement he
found White Lady plunging, kicking
and striking with teeth and hoofs at
Gypsy Tim, who was trying to catch
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"a FARMER, stout, muscular man, rode
up and. recognizing Gypsy Tim, made
him Give up the mare, which he did
with reluctance.
White Lady gave him a savage little
snip as he passed her, and from that
day, if she happened to see him, even
In the distance, she would put back her
ears in displeasure and snort.
There happened to be country fair
held at the little town OF Craigie, one
or two. miles from the station, few
months later. Mr.. Shurtleff, drove some
OF his friends over to see It,. The inn,
though small, was. comfortable, and
they had made their plans to spend the
night there,
One Of the men had noble black
horse called Black Pilot, and Ben and
the boy that took charge OF. this horse
had become great friends. +.
When they left the stable at night 1t
was pretty to see Pilot and White Lady
rub their heads against their friends.
Ben slept soundly, but when he
awoke it was with a fearful start. That
red glare through the window was not
the light of morning, and what meant
those trampltng feet and the dreadful
cry OF 'F'ire?"
i Rushing out, he found crowd in
I front OF the stable, and a cloud of
smoke and flame pouring from window
and 6oor. s. .,c: -. .-..<~@<
There was a confusion Of voices, as
everybody in the throng outside, it