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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

Gus he sang so loudly that the sur
rounding hills echoed back his song
One morning the king. who was out on
a hunting expedition, spoke to him and
said, why are you SO happy, dear lit
tie one?"
why shall / not be?" he answered.
"Our king is not richer than L.
''Indeedi' said the king. Tell me of
your great possessions
The lad answered.: 1.-The sun in the
bright blue sky shines as brightly upon
me as upon the king. The flowers upon
the mountain and the grass in the val
ley grow and bloom to gladden. my
sight as well as his. would not take
1OO, 900 thaIers for my hands. My eyes
are of more value than all the precious
stones in the world. 1 have food and
clothing too. Am 1 not therefore as
rich as the king?"
you are right" said the king, with a
laugh, 'but your greatest treasure is a
contented heart. Keep it so, and you
will always be happy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

gold,' but the fact is no gold or money
of any kind is paid for furs up in snow
lands where they are found. All trade
is by barter. The fur hunting season
begins in October. Then the Eskimo
starts out for the frozen wilderness
with his traps, blankets, food supplies
and fur sleeping bag. In the coolest
weather he travels upon snowshoes.
The cold, the solitude and the privation
would be terrifying to the civilized
man, and only the strongest and health
lest of the Eskimos can endure it many
winters, but it is the best way they
know of making living.
All through the cold months till June
the trappers stay in the wilderness,
killing and skinning the fur animals.
At the approach of warm weather they
tie the skins in a close pack, lash them
upon a sled and turn their faces to-
ward the nearest trading post. There
an agent for the fur company buys the
pelts, as the skins are now called, and
pays for them with blankets, powder,
knives, tea, tobacco, beads and any
thing else the trapper thinks he wants.
Then he rests till the hunting season
begins again.
The little ermine is also highly valued
for its fur. which little girls look so
pretty IN. The ermine. too. belongs to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

along, who had not heard the CONVEX
sation. In a few minutes a dozen men
had left their own carts and were
crowding about that of the girl.
Once inside, the candy maker mo-
toned the old man to a chair, but wise
ly ignored the girls WEAKNESS
DO you know how to make coffee,
Giuseppina ?' he asked briskly.
Eyes, sir she answered wonderingly.
''Well, it's just this way" he went on,
81 hate cooking and don't know any
thing about it, and yet l do my own
housekeeping. I've got nice little
kitchen behind the shop and three or
four rooms beyond, and supper's all
ready except just the finishing. Sup
pose you make the coffee while 1 finish
rolling this candy dough. Then We'll do
the talking while we eat supper. Oh.
we'll it doesn't matter" as the girl col
ored and looked at him suspiciously, II
can do it after 1 finish this. Only l
thought you wouldn't mind. You could
do in five minutes what my clumsy
fingers would take half an hour, and it
would be rare treat to have friends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

The animal that bears it belongs to the
weasel family and is found in Siberia
and Kamchatka, where the winters are
fearfulIy cold. The awful cold makes
the fur very thick. fine and close, and
that, with its rich. soft brown color,
makes it the most valuable of all furs.
But many time trappers perish while
trying to get it.
Everywhere valuable furs are found
hardships have to be endured to get
them Alaska and northern British
America are the great hunting ground
for furs in our hemisphere. The ami
mails that mostly yield the furs are the
lynx. beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, mar
ten and sea otter. Bear and moose and
elk skins are valuable. Wolf skins are
priced too.
The great Hudson Bay Trading COM
many buys all the fur skins in northern
North America except along the Pa
cific coast. There traders from the
T4nited states engage in fur buying.
rs,,t whether Yankee or Britisher buys
+ta f,1rs. it is chiefly Eskimo natives of
,.s,e n sFu get them and bring, them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

trade, but with only Indifferent success.
This day she sold enough to make her
eyes bright and to drive away some of
the despair which had been stealing
into them.
The next morning they came earlier,
but she was already there on the COR
ner, as before, with dark circles under
her eyes, but hopeful Evidently she
had come almost before it grew light.
Again they tried to divert her sales
with their clamor, but Intellectually.
Her position was too good and her fruit
too clean and nicely arranged and the
very appeal of her silence too irresisti-
BILE. But before night when not making
sales she spent most of her time lean
ing against the cart for support
The fourth day this exhaustion be-
came more apparent, so that even the
most callous of the push cart men no
ticed it. The animosity in the eyes of
some of them softened a little. but it
was precedent at stake, so even these
Wed with the most brutal in their eff
forts to drive the girl away. And as
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make yourself look, pleasant even when
you feel the other way. That's what
you're doing now. You're not sickly,
are you?' his new found anxiety at last
finding expression in words.
mo; I've always been very strong
and healthy she answered. "Only just
now 1 am little weak"
81 thought you must be strong with
some relief in his voice. from the way
you handled the cart the first day you
came. l was watching. But yesterday
and today you've seemed a little sickly
My work will be lots easier than having
a cart like this, and nicer, and think
will pay you better. But, of course, I'll
need girl who's spry and can keep up.
She'll have to help me make chocolates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

u. maa.ta5 ders, cry flowers. can
vass for anything, and
sell oranges and nuts from a bas-
but when they step behind push
the complaisance of the street van
is not that the girls are desired to
ain from work, for a father Will sit
his doorway and smoke while his
ghter trudges past him bent nearly
bic under the burden of merchan-
strapped to her shoulders, and a
sband will be equally moderate to-
I'd his wife. No; Elizabeth street is
uIgent toward it's women folk as re-
rds work, and it is an accepted con-
tion for a man to lead his monkey
75 leave his wife to drag the heavy
heel organ and to show. the way with
mpty hands during their frequent ten
Nfnent Fittings, while the wife and chill
rem follow with furniture.
So that morning when a slip of a girl
Mca1ne from an alley pushing cart be-
Wore her that was well stocked with
fruit and looked timidly along the curbs
Yfor. a good place to stop the other push
cart vendors scowled and nodded mean
lfngly among themselves. 1t was not the
9competition for she was only one and
-of the backward kind that did not
grasp much trade, but it was an in
fringement on custom, so they moved
their carts a little faster or a little
slower, according to her progress, keep
ing between her and the curbs and the
crossings and other desirable places,
until at last she stopped, confused, at a
point where it would be impossible to
obtain customers.
Few of them had seen the girl before,
but they recognized the cart. 1t had
been among them several weeks, push
ed by a frail little man with white hair.
Perhaps he had sold out to this girl, or
perhaps she was his daughter and was
trying the cart for a few days to see if
she would like the business. Well, the
first day would tell. If that discouraged
her, she would leave A girl should be
in the sweatshops sewing or selling
tapes and needles. Push carts were for
the men. So whenever any one looked
toward them as though with an idea
of buying, their gesticulations and
clamor precluded any possibility of the
customer noticing the wistful, anxious
Place in the background.
Z But instead of being discouraged. al
though the day had not brought her a
single sale. the girl was there again
the next morning, SO early that when
the first competitor arrived he found
/. her cart in the best place on the corner
with her standing beside it, weary, but
hopeful.
They crowded as near as they could
and by their clamor tried to divert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
six Things a Boy Ought to Kn.

First, that a quiet voice, courtesy and
kind acts are essential to a gentleman;
second, that roughness, clustering and
foolhardiness are not manliness; third.
that muscular strength is not health;
fourth. that a brain crammed only with
facts is not necessarily a wise one;
fifth, that the labor impossible to the
boy of fourteen will be easy to the man
of twenty; sixth, that the best capital
for a boy is not money, but a love of
work, simple tastes and a heart loyal
to his friends and his God.
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ant and at the same time be ladylike.
They all came in answer to an adver-
tisement, and not one in the whole lot
suited me-"
The girl swayed slightly, but stead
led herself quickly by leaning against
the cart, holding to it by both hands.
Perhaps I wouldn't suit either" she
hazarded, forcing a smile to her face.
Eyes, you would he answered. But
his tone was not quite so positive. 1--WE
been watching you through the window
for three days. You're neat and partic-
ular about yourself. That shows. And
you're neat about other things from the
way you look after your cart and fruit.
And you're attractive to customers and
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sit at the table with me. I get very
lonesome sometimes. That's right" as
the girl started suddenly toward the
kitchen you'll find everything nearly
ready, with most of the victuals on the
table. / leave them that way to save
time. Your father and will talk, till
finish this. Then I'll wash the candy off
my hands and We'll eat
1t was a much longer meal than usual
with the candy maker, and he forced
himself to eat twice his usual allow
ance in order to keep his guests at the
table. When at last they rose he was
smiling genially.
$50 that's ell settled" he exclaimed
with much evident satisfaction, adj
dressing the old man. "Giuseppina will
start in as shop keeper in the morning.
and you will help me with the mixing
and cutting. You can make all the loz-
enges. And, as 1 said it will be better
for you TO move right in here with me.
There is plenty CT room. and it will give
me Giuseppina within call all the time.
Often have to keep open as late as 10
o'clock Hello, who's that?" at a heavy
/ tramping into the shop.
1t was the push cart men in body,
with one of them extending a handful
of coins. 1T is the signorina's," he
said as he advanced and jingled the
| coins into the girls hand 1--WE have
sold-a out all the fruit. We hard man
mebba, but all hard man have good
spot sometime somewhere"
| AS they tramped out again noisily
the girls lips quivered in an ill repress-
ed sob.
"The world is so good, so good" she
murmured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

NO REMAINDER.

"Seven sheep were standing
BY the pasture wall.
Tell me- said the teacher
To her scholars small
Zone poor sheep was frightened.
Jumped and ran away
One from seven-how many
Woolly sheep would stay?"
Up went Kitty's fingers
farmers daughter She
Not so bright at figures
AS she ought to be.
please. ma ann" "WeIl. then, Kitty.
Tell us, if you know"
"PIease, if one jumped over,
All the rest would 60"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

The quoits themselves are made of cir
cular pieces of cardboard bound round
and round with wool, and the little
sketch on the left hand side explains
this and shows a quot in the course of
manufacture, the ball of wool being
passed through and through until all
the cardboard is covered. The object of
the game is to throw the rings over
the pole at a given distance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
A Remarkable Boy.

The boy violinist, Mischa Elman,
whose picture is shown in the illustra-
ton, is a Russian, and he has played
before most of the great people of his
country. At his concerts in Germany
and London he had applause enough to
turn the head of a less unaffected boy.
He takes his honors very quietly, but
he is an artist and therefore loves sin
cere praise. He has composed a Won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
Alberta Plat

VIZ YP in the arctic zone all around
the earth are obtained the
furs ladies and many men
are so fond of wearing in
winter Close around the north pole it
appears to be cold that scarcely any
animal life is found there. but 500 miles
south Of it some of the most valuable
fur bearing creatures are caught Rus
sian sable is the costliest fur of all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
Riddles.

What did a blind man take at tea to
restore his sight? He took a cup and
saucer (saw, sir).
What word of five syllables can you
spell with five letters? Expediency
tx P'D g.
How many sides are there to a tree?
Two-the outside and the inside.
Why is hot bread like caterpillar?
Because it's the grub that makes the
butter fly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

that the desire would be accomplished.
The girl was very near the point of
breaking down.
Just opposite the corner was the shop
of a candy maker, much of whose time
was spent in the back part of his store
working great masses of candy dough,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
HOW TO MAKE oU0ITS.

Parlor quoits is an easy game to
make at home. 1t consists of square
block of wood in which an upright piece
is glued Ga hole having previously been
made to receive IT'D to form the peg
over which the quoits are to be thrown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

want to harm the signorina, only she
no right with push cart. And we never
s'pose she be hungry.
AS the three disappeared in the shop
this man turned to his companions with
a few eager words and gesticulations.
and they repeated the words and ges-
ticulations to other cart owners further
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derful cadenza which is too difficult for
him to play Never mind" he says
philosophically. 81 shall play it some
day when get my sixth finger. Mischa
meant very likely it was so diff1cuh
that he would have to add another nm
ger before he undertook the COMPOST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01

Mother-I don't like the looks Of thnR
boy who has just moved in next door
Small Son-Nuther do I. He's ave-
fully wiry. and I'm afraid when II
comes to- gettin' acquainted. III be the
one to get licked. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-01
A seanonabIe Joke

'fWhat is an impulse?" asked the
teacher.
No answer
s.It's something that comes to you
suddenly. Can you form a sentence
containing the word? Any one may an
swer''
"a SNOWFALL is an impulse" ventured
the tirnid little girl with the curly hair.
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Tbe Contented Herd boz,

German literature contains many
beautiful pieces Here is one:
In flowery dell a herd boy kept his
sheep, and because his heart was joy
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what is it that a miser spends and a
spendthrzft saves Nothing.
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pyright, 1sO7. by James schreiber.l

Elizabeth street girls
can run a peanut roast
err, sell tape and nee
dies and such things
from a basket or a bun
die upon their Shout
ders, cry flowers. can
vass for anything, and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Must know .Jones

The Yakima politician, if he is wise,
will rot misjudge the Importance of
the clamor set up in his behalf He
must take into consideration the fact
that he has been handing out federal
patronage in this neck of the woods
too long not to make some adherents
who are now more than willing to en-
large the jones grabbag. Putting first
class newspaper mer. into second and
third class postoffices is bound to pro-
duce results in the way of favorable
comment and we notice that the most
o. the shouting emanates from this
source. Jones is not a statesman-he
is a politician. AS a congressman he
represents and recognizes but three in
f1uences, l. e., the corporations, the
standpat protectionists and little CO.
terie of peanut politicians doing bust
ness on Second street in North Yakima.
Let Jones offend either one of this tri-
',mvirate and he could not hold office
an hour, figuratively speaking.-Ritz-
Vile Times.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
A NERO OF TODAY.

A turbulent empire of ten millions,
without roads or telegraphs, laws or
Justice yet within gunshot of Eu-
rope, is watching it's ruler with fierce
scorn. I'VE have no sultan" they say
All know the French have cast net
about their land. and that the end may
not be far off. Meanwhile a strange fig
cure sits lstlessly amid the orange
groves of old Fez-a big, heavy feat
ured young man, well-meaning, but
bored and vacillating, dimly realizing
that perhaps with him passes dynas-
ty of two thousand years. For Moulai
ADD el-Aziz XIV. is lineal descendant
of those proud Caliphs who overrar
Spain long ages ago, and planted their
mosque in Cordova, their throne in
the Gorgeous Alhambra.
No wthe great Moorish empire tot
ters to its fall, seething with anarchy
ana brigandage, and with hatred of the
Christians. while the sultan, bewilde-
cred by international conferences
programmes of reform" foreign in
trigues, treacherous advisers, and pre-
tenders to the throne, has retired to his
innermost pavilion to play with the
toys that have been his ruin.
Yet this Nero fiddling is but of re-
cent date. Old Moulai Hassan, father
of Add el-Aziz. was a strong ruler
who kept his fierce tribes and chief
tains in order. A strong man, too, was
Ba Ahmed. his grand viZier and regeI.t
during the boys minority. Then came
his proclamation in the mosques. fol-
lowed by the fateful mission of e.
Menhebbi. then minister of war, tC
London, and his return full of wonders
for his young lord. That was the be-
ginning of the last act of the tragi-
comedy that is being played today. Nor
is it long since two august spectators
France and Germany, all but came tC
blows over the denouement. But the
end is not yet-W. G. Fitz-Gerall, in
Harper's Weekly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
"ChckV Mas Good.

"Chick' Perkins in 1.-The Little
Prospector" greeted a small house at
the Keylor Grand last night. The
crowd was entertained well all evening
and was dismissed feeling the show
had been worth the while.
Chick" Perkins in the title role was
good. She held her audience with her
from the opening in the first act. When
she plead her own case in the court IN
the final act, there was not specta-
tor in the audience who was not III
love with the charming actress.
Frank J. King made an excellent
Chinaman and could parade as ma
tive in the Celestial kingdom. Hal
Barker as the young collegian and low
err of the heroine was one of the best
sustained characters. The Williams, OF
whom there were more than one, were
likewise good.
Outside of Miss Perkins, it would
be impossible to say which was the
best All were good and worthy OF
commentator. The play ran smooth
" and had the opera season been ad-
vanced a much larger crowd would
have greeted the company.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Happiness?

What is happiness?" asks James
Bryce in the August Atlantic. rs it
pleasure? And if so, what is plea
Aristotle gave us a definition of pleas
ure, or rather perhaps a description,
since the ultimate fact, which has not
been much improved upon. 1t is not,
however, psychological definitions that
need concern, u.s. but rather this Ques-
ton which occupied the Unitarian
school 20 years ago. whether the pleas
ures taken in the aggregate as consti-
tuting happiness are to be subjected
to a qualitative as we'll as a guam
titative analysis. Shall we measure
them by the intensity by which they
are felt or by the fineness and ele-
vatiCn of the feeling to which they ap-
peal? Is the satisfaction which Pericles
felt in watching the performance of a
drama of Sophocles at an Athenian
festival greater or less than the salts
faction which one of his slaves felt in
draining a jar Of wine ?"-Lewiston
Tribune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26

An old wealthy incubus in Seattle
by the name of Reed, has caused the
arrest of a young. woman on the charge
of robbery. alleging that she made him
sign note for $4,000 at the point of a
pistol. while he was calling on her at
her home. The note has never been
found but at the trial it was eStab-
lished that Reed was a married man
with a family and that the young wo-
man. although in very moderate cir
cumstances had always maintained a
good reputation. The young lady tes-
titled that Reed insulted her and she
drove him away with pistol. Reed is
a particular friend of the assistant
prosecuting attorney, who is trying to
send the young girl to the penitentiary.
Now isn't il a pity the young lady did
not pull the trigger of that pistol. Be
it said to the credit of some of the
newspapers of the Sound. Reed is get
ting few of the things that are COM
ing TO him through the means of I'M
pleasant but merited notoriety.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
YEA, VERIFY"

One of the erudite professors at the
University of Chicago who spring into
prominence every little while by dis
closing they know everything under
the sun except the things a man needs
to know announces in a Chautauqua
address that the cost of bringing a
child to the age of independence in
America is S25 900. This, the profess
sor explains. is the real cause of the
race suicide tendency of the day.
The erudite gentleman's figures
might be open to minute inspection and
even to contradiction, if the matter
were worth While. But any person who
would attempt to estimate what a
child costs in dollars and cents. is not
worth answering. The man who car
der from one counter to another and
from one store to another, filling his
pockets and loading his arms with all
sorts of toys for the children sleeping
peacefully at home, dreaming of San
ia Claus. ard then can go home and
make out an itemiZed account of all
spent. should be hanged drawn, qua
rtered. boiled in oil and the remains
chopped into mincemeat. The man who
knocks off work one afternoon year
and takes his ambitious young hopeful
out 10 the circus. buys him red lemon
a lie and peanuts. lets him see all the
sideshowS ard take red balloon
home and then can remember. or give
a tinker's dam, what the outing cost,
is not only fit for treason, strategems
nrnl l6
forthwith and condemned throughout
all eternity to tend the furnaces in the
Ieepest and hottest part of the realm
of Pluto.
1t s highly probable that the erudite
pundit from the city by the lake who
has figured out the total expenditure
in dollars ard cents, is an old bachelor
who has never experienced the celes-