The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
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RICHES.

| 6lCdESS.
It is nice NICE to have enough worlds goods
From the little cottage dooryard where
the little children play;
And to keep the note OF worry out of
mothers by-lo tunes;
To have enough of money to buy circus
To hand the man in waiting at the gate
But that's enough of money, more than
that would be curse:
More that that might mean the raising OF
your babies by a nurse
More than that would mean the buying of
governess or two
To stand forever m ever 'twixt your lit
tie folks and you;
More than that would mean the raising
With a stranger standing 'twixt them and
their parents goodnight kiss
More than that would mean q flutter out
into the social whirl:
More than that would mean a leaving Of
your little boy and girl;
More than that would mean the missing
- OF a JOY that all should know.
The soothing OF baby when its hearts
So thank your God you're living on lit
tie old back street:
There's nc. governess between you and
That come down the street to meet you
when your work in town is done. :.
NO one, tWfxt you and the babies coming
to youson, the run
With their yellow curls "a waving, with
None to chide the babes for racing to
be first to kiss their, dad;
Thank, your God that when the fever
makes the baby toss and cry
It's the mothers arms that hold 1t, and
it's dad that's standing by.
There are various kinds Of riches men
may strive for and may know,
Riches marked by the clink and glitter,
n, re riches t1ld by pomp and show;
fool-gold, fraud!
Taking women from their babies. taking
men afar from God: ---.-e---s
As for me-ah. well. I'm living on shad-
ed little street
Where each noon and night I hear the
patter of the babies feet. =
Racing fast to meet their daddy. fairly
squealing in their glee!
That's the only kind of riches that some
Judd Mortimer Lewis in Houston Post
'z<J Girl Saves Reptile Victim.
Owing his life to Miss Mary Day
the poison. from the bite of a gila
monster in his right hand, Frank Gill
liam, an attendant in the Children's
Museum, Bedford park, Brooklyn, re-
turned to the museum yesterday and
learned that the reptile that sent him
to the hospital for six weeks is dying.
It, is unable to stand the cold Of
northern winter and death is expected
in a few days.
Ordinarily the bite of a giIa mons
snake. Gillian was bitten on October
26, when cleaning the monsters tank.
It's teeth sank deep into the flesh, and
several seconds elapsed before he
could ypry it's jaws open.
s. After Gillian had bathed his hand
in alcohol, Miss Lee lacerated it with
a sharp knife. Then she applied her
lips to the wound and sucked out the
poison: In spite of her heroic ac-
tons Gillian's hand began to swell.
An ambulance surgeon told Miss Lee
that If Gillian lived it would be due
to her prompt measures.
AT the hospital the physicians not
only saved Gillian, but found it I'M
necessary to amputate his arm The
arm would have been taken off inn
mediate1y had it not been for Miss
Lees work.-New York Herald. sl-s-
Where Signs Are Taxed.
There .arey several noted cases in
which taxes have been placed on out
of-the-way co1nmo dities, and Boards
windows, and chimneys have all suf-
fered in this respect at one time or an
other. The latest example, however,
comes from Rio de Janeiro where
every inkeeper or cafe proprietor is
compelled by law to place revenue
stamp on his sign.
If cafe having special "sorvette,"
or ice, to serve, makes placard and
hangs it to a doorpost, or to one of
Inc PAIN Trees III tuoS "Hlch are gem
orally to be found adjoining the ex-
teriors of such establishments, this
notice must have a revenue stamp at
tached. So, too, it Is with announce
ments that This House Is to Let"
and with ardings-temporary or
otherwise-upon which advertise
ments are placed. Herein this tax
bears a resemblance to that in Bel
gium, under which each separate adj
vertisement adds another mite to the
Golfers of the country.-London Ans |
WerS.