The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

To save my sould 1 never
Gould glimpse that brighter day;
But still she'd sing forever:
Good times air on the way!-
An yit. they. comet An. fellers.
had no word to sayI
But now I've fined the chorus:
Atlanta Constitution.
''This Is Thin. Sorr."
Not in a thousand years will blood
forget blood. even in this great nation
The column has been winding all
| morning through open country. Now
it was approaching close woodland and
pany, acting as advance guard. knew
that trouble was probably lying
ahead. He called to him his pet SER
geant-the man he had been saving
through all the day for the time when
best" man was needed.
Sergeant O'Hara." he said. az want
you to pick out from the company any
six men you choose and go ahead as a
want-only choose the best you know.
I think we will be fired on from those
low hills
Sergeant o'Hara's eyes searched the
company.
Sullivan he called, "McCarthv
o'Donnell, Moriarity. McGinniss" He
hesitated. His glance wandered un-
easily up and down the, line Big
honest swedes, burly Teutons. lanky
Yankees. there were in plenty. But
whereof, yes. there on the left of
the line-that bright-eyed. pug-nosed.
red-headed little beggar, nodding and
impioring attention with his twisted up
race. The sergeant's brow cleared
lynch" he called, with sigh of
relief. This is thin. sorr," he add
ed, turning to the captain.-Outing.
Provocation Enough.
deaf old pautIou7op r7Ipoa -~-s41.
family where grace was always said
When the guests were seated the host
bowed his head, and began TO repeat
the accustomed verse in a subdued, |
reverent tone
"Eh? What's that?" demanded the
deaf old gentleman who sat beside |
him.
The host smiled patiently. and began |
again, in a louder. more deprecatory |
voice.
speak little louder; I don't catch |
what you say the old gentleman per-
sisted.
a low ripple of laughter went round |
the table. The host, his face crimson |
with Embarrassment, raised his voice |
and repeated the verse. The deaf old |
gentleman did his best to hear. but |
failed. He placed his hand upon his |
hosts arm.
What did you say?" he demanded. |
irascibly.
The host cast him an angry glance. |
Oh it, I'm saying grace he |
snapped.-Harper's Weekly.
Old Fashioned Oratory.
I'VE don't have no SIGH forensic ora
tory as We used to have" said the old |
settler. Lawyers nowadays don't |
crate; they only just talk.
Take old Bill K. Simmons of Eau
claire. If Bill was defendin' a lowly |
chicken thief he'd speak with the /
tongue of angels. I'll never forgit the |
peroration of his impassioned philippe |
in the Clay Bull case about the poison |
ed cat. 1t ran like this here sir |
The little, thin old man rose. reared |
back in defiant attitude, and shouted |
in the cracked treble of age:
Resin upon the couch of republi-
blanket of constitutional panoply as
I am, and protected by the aegis of |
American equality as I feel myself to
be, 1 despise the buzzin' of the per-
and defy his attempt to penetrate with |
puny sting the interstices Of me i'm
pervious coverin'."
Self-Sacraflce.
President Powers. of the National
of Baseball Leagues, said |
ironically of the action of a certain
club in dispute:
1.-THE canceling of that date was a
splendid piece of self-sacrifce. I can
only compare 1t to the action of the
man with the wooden leg.
This man went to spend his vaca-
ton at Atlantic City. He was fond of
bathing. but sensitive about his arti-
fetal limb. Hence he kept out of the
inviting water all through his stay.
yet one day, when a beautiful girl |
who had snubbed him got caught by !
the undertow and was being carried to
her doom. this generous man, sitting |
down hurriedly on the sand, un-
his wooden leg and threw it
to her, thus saving her life
Birds Fight Tiger.
midas tiger bird, so called because
he is the one thing the royal beast |
fears, is no larger than the sparrow.
Yet so bold and combative is he that
If the great cat Is surprised by a suf
hcient number of the little creatures
far from the protecting shelter OF the |
jungle it will go hard with him. When
alone the bird viii not attack. Sup
ported by flock of friends, however,
bird will seek out his hereditary foe 1
and give battle.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
When Do We Dream?
There has been much discussion as
to whether one dreams only on falling
to sleep and during the act of waking
I'D or whether dreams take place at
any time during sleep. While not def
nitely determined as yet. the evidence
seems to be rather in favor of the view
hat one may dream at any time dur
Ing the night, or the whole night
through Dreaming is common to per-
fectly healthy persons. and in itself is
no evidence of disorder.-Dr. Fred
erick Peterson. in Harper's.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
from the Chicago News.1
Laziness If often mistaken for pa
tience.
There is nothing more unsatisfactory
han an l1ulkissed kiss.