The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-29

ana Things I may not mention
GU make your proud self good to see
And then you call 1t rude Of me
N case l pay attention.
Fair lady Of the peek-a-boo
r., " ny VIII they who deride you
esr rant chorus girls, without ado
me rights they have denied vou?
l 9ut tet the foolish critics rage.
14ougn you are not upon the stage
nave no heart to chide you
aid. iei-
An Unwelcome interruption.
Prof @. A. Hill of the Nationa1 OBJ
SerVatory, was describing the duties of
an astronomical corps during an
eclipse, says the New York Tribune.
The eclipse he said, may last
only hve minutes. Each man in the
party has certain line of work
mapped out for him during those pre-
clous minutes. One man makes hur-
rled pencil sketches, another man
photographs, a third takes observa-
lions, while fourth jots down his
remarks
And SO 1t goes. An astronomical
corps during an eclipse is a very busy
body An interruption would be as
unwelcome to 1t as-as-'s
Prof. Hill smiled.
An interruption would be as un-
welcome to it as it once was to a
young friend of mine in Elizabeth.
My friend according to the story,
was calling on his sweetheart who
lived on Elizabeth's outskirts.
AS the young man was taking
leave for the night his voice, as he
stood on the piazza, rose passionately
in the still air.
:. Just one he said. Just one
Then the young girls mother in
terrupted, calling from her bedroom
window:
"'Just /? No, 1t amt quite that
e1n - l.
ye'd better be goin' just the same"
Not Painless.
John Henry said Mr.. Sterling
worth, severely. to his son, according
to Tit Bits, as he led him by the right
ear into a room In the rear of the
house, your mother tells me that you
stuck pin into Mr.. Molar when he
was here this afternoon. calling upon
your sister, and that he jumped up
and left the house, declaring that he
would never call here again.
John Henry nodded.
You seem to have the facts, papa. .
he said.
Before I thrash you within an inch
of your life, my son. Mr.. Sterling
worth went on, as he reached for his
cane, let me say that this whipping
will hurt you considerably more than
it will hurt me-
It know that" said John Henry.
with heroic fortitude.
IT also wish to know" Mr.. Sterling
worth said, before begin. what pos
sessed you to act in so shameful a
manner, and to drive away the only
beau that Ethel has had in two years
Now, tell me-
'well, Mr.. Molar is a dentist,
land
''Go on. sir.''
IT viii. papa IL
"You-you-"
Il asked him If he was a painless
dentist and he said he was; but I
wasn't sure SO I thought I'd expert
ment. I don't believe he's painless at
all, papa, for he yelled
That will do, my SON." interrupted
Mr.. Sterlingworth. This won't be a
painless thrashing, either"
Small Boy Raptures.
Eugene Wood, in The Glorious
Fourth" in the current Everybody S,
recalls this bit of childhood:
Pap gave US an imitation of a sky
rocket by knocking the dottle from
his pipe, and pretty soon away off
/ down town the real rockets began to
/ gartner-snake their upward way
/ through the air, opening up when they
/ had climbed their height, and flinging
/ colored jewels by the reckless hand
full, red, and green and blue and white,
/ sometimes brOa dcaSt, and som etimeE
strung upon a thread, as it were, a
/ broken necklace on the dusky bosom
! of the night. For a while we wonder
ed at the sheer beauty of 1t all, and
/ then a little longer we amused our
| selves with mimicking them, 's-s-s-s-
Tockl Look out for the stioki' But
more and more the lovely vision melt
1 ed into reverie. The fire balloons
drifted farther and farther. low-hang-
/ ing, f1ickering stars that seemed to
4 beckon our ambition toward the con-
quest of the kingdom of the air.
We sighed -. we longed with long
ing, somehow gently sad until
until
".Here. misterl Time for you to be
in bed. Pillows a-hOllerin' for YOU )"
Tuna Fishing.
Tuna fishing is, beyond question, the
greatest of skill and strength, of grit
and endurance in the whole range OF
angling.
The tarpon by comparison is easy. A
certain keen sportsman, well known to
Californians, once got his strike at 9
/ O'Clock in the evening and was obliged
to cut the line at o'clock the next
morning A six-hour trial IS by no
means uncommon.-SunsetM Magazine.
Boni's Expenses.
Count Boni's salary as a member OF
! the French chamber of deputies is
$500 year. This pays for his
cigarettes; the Gould pension pays
his other xpenses.-Colorado Springs
Gazette.
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