The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-13
SAGES AND FABLES.
Some CT the Former Are Not Always
Wise.


One morning the Sage awoke' from
his sleep to find nothing but cold
water and raw carrots for breakfast,
land after cussing around for spell
he sat down on a rock at the door OF
his lair and unused.
This ere Sage business wearing
down to a mighty thin point. It's like
being elected pound master ina coun-
try town-nothing in 1t. 1 must think
of some scheme to upset the existing
AS a result of his cogitatfons he APP
peared at the farm of the Peasant next
iday and said:
with new and make some changes. Call
up whatever you are master of here
The Peasant called up the geese and
ducks and chickens-his ass and. pigs
and goat and peacock. and when they
had assembled the Sage said to them
There. shall be a new order Of
things. The ASS shall grunt and the
Pig shall bray; the Geese shall-cluck
shall hiss and squawk: the Peacock
shall bah and the Goat shall screech.
+! Now, then. all of you take up your new
roles and let the change begin.
In obedience to orders every fowl
| and animal began to GRIP out and in
{ moment there was such a discordant
! clamor that the Sage stopped his ears
and cried out:
I'm the name of heaven. shut up!
: Where I thought to benefit humanity
find that I was filling insane asylumsi
Moral: Introduce an honest bill
into any legislature and the clamor of
the members is so loud against it that
the public rather submits to graft
than put UP with the noise
THE SAGE AND THE MOUSE.
One day. after the Sage had come to
the conclusion that men swore from a
feeling of sentiment instead of one OF
wickedneSs. the wise man balted
mouse trap and : placed it where it
would do the most good. In the course
of an hour he went to look at it, and
benold he had caught a victim me
Mouse at once9 began to beg for his
life, stating tina. he had a large ana
growing familystos support, and that ii
taken away they--must suffer. Also,
that he had been baSely deceived by
the sign of-l"Conle In which the sage
had placed near the trap. Had there
been sign of Keep Out" then he
would have continued his wanderings
and returned safely to the dear ones
expecting him.
the Sage, but shall not let you go
because of your family, nor yet be-
cause of the sign spoken of. 1t is for
humanity to grieve' and It is for Uncle
RUDE to know gold brick from a
brass one"
But you will spare my Iife?" plead
ed the mouse.
that 1 shall wait for you to grow up
into rat and then make the capture
worth something. 1 open the door
and out you go"
bird unused the Owl sitting on the
window ledge, ''but that goes beyond
me. I always thought that the men
who waited for calf to grow to OK
hood had to be content with eating
pork chops"
THE SAGE AND THE MULE.
In going into the village one day by
the highway after some buckWheat ana
saleratus the Sage came upon Peas
ant and his loaded mule on their way
to market The Peasant was leading
the mule, but in going down steep hill
the animal had baked and braced his
front legs against further progress.
Hail. o, wise man." saluted the Pea
SAINT as the Sage came UP. For one
long hour have coaxed and threatened |
in vain. Not an inch will this beast of |
a beast move forward. Truly, you who |
are so wise in all things. can tell me !
what to do
.'If I couldn't I'd go out of the Sage
how thick-headed some men are. You |
have the remedy right at the end of |
your nose, and yet you can't see it, |
what's the mule loaded with?"
Eggs, o, Sage. But for that 1 would |
have pounded the obstinate animal over |
the back with a club"
There is no need All you've got to |
do isc to turn him head-to-tail and let |
him brace against going up hill instead |
of down, Dead easy, you see Watch 1
him back down hill, and from. this time |
on learn"
The Peasant learned something then
and there. The Mule had not backed /
six feet when he went head over heels
and every egg was broken and jar of |
honey wasted besides.
Moral-There are times when things /
had better be left wrong-end to.
THE SAGE AND THE GOAT
a coat VINO mad long been threatened |
by a Wolf went to the Sage one day
and said: 20
20, wise man, who Knows everything
and can always manage TO hold a full