The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-19
Tree From a Handspike.

banks of the Pond Fork branch of
the Little Coal river in Boone county,
West Virginia," said M. c. Eldred of
Madison w. Va. "and it would go
it. That tree has a story.
when the Mexican war began, in
1886, recruiting officer visited a lum-
Der camp in the vicinity of Madison
Woodsmen who were at work there.
Among them was a giant lumberman
named Jim Martin.
He was using a handspike made
from river birch sapling recently cut
and still green. Eager to go to \ the
front, he thrust his handspike deep
into the soft soil of the river bank and
went away with the recruiting officer.
1.-THE handspike Jim Martin used
was too big and heavy for any of his
ing where he had jabbed it into the
ground. The next spring it was no.
ticed that it was putting forth
green shoots, showing that it had
rooted in the ground.
at was left undisturbed, and it
grew to be great tree, and it stands
today on the spot where the patriotic
Jim Martin thrust it into the earh as
battered handspike sixty-one years
ago. Jim Martin was killed in battle,
can ground, but he has his monument
in this still sound and vigorous tree,
which is a revered landmark in all
that country."-New York Sun.
Saved by q Glass Eye
Thet1oss of an eye years ago once
stood Lord Wolseley in good stead. 1t
seemed impossible to get any infor-
nation of the enemy's strength and
the forces under the command of
Arab Pasha. At length an Arab was
caught near one of the outposts. Nat
urally expecting that he would be
able to give a good deal of informa-
ton, he was taken before Lord Wolse-
ley, who questioned him. The man,
however, refused to speak.
Seeing that it was useless to contin-
ne to ply him with questions, the COM
mander-fn-chief resolved to use STRAIT
egg. 1T is no use your refusing to
answer me-" he said to the man. ct
am a wizard, and at a single word I
can destroy you and your masters. To
prove this to you I will take out my
eye, throw it up into the air, catch it,
and put 1t back into my head
Suiting the action to the word, Lord
Wolseley removed his glass eye, threw
it into the air caught it, and put it
back again into the empty socket
That demonstration was sufficient to
convert the Arab. A man who could
do such a miracle was a wizard in
deed, and was to be propitiated, not
angered. He capitulated without fur
Their demur, and the information he
gave is said to have led to Arabi's de-
feat.-Detroit News Tribune.
Fooled His Friends.
There's a form of theatrical graft
you don't often See,' said a manager
the other day to a friend who was Wis
iting with him in the box office. The
manager picked up a little pack of
visiting cards on which was the name
of wealthy real estate dealer. THAT
man." the manager went on, has a
mania to represent himself as stand
ing in with the management here. |
He's on hand nearly every night, al |
ways when the foyer is fullest With |
a flourish he walks up to the door
man, presents his personal card, and
is passed in to one of the best seats in
the house. His cards are kept and !
a bill for the full amount of admis- !
sions is presented and paid each !
month. The man doesn't care for the
stage, and almost invariably leaves
the place after the first act, but he !
thinks he's getting first class advertis-
ing, and we are certainly satisfied
New York Tribune
Nests of the Golden Eagle