The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-14
THE WOMAN or RI


Check Endorsement upside down
- That's the woman of it;
n mofsniping some stageland star:
stepping backward on the car
That's the woman OF 1t.
Handing out the cut unkind-
That's the woman of it:
F1tfu as an April wind
That's the woman OF it;
hearts are looked on as mere toys;
tfiyolities mistook for Joys.
ana lie a game that oft annoys-
That's the woman of it.
Childhood sung in circline arms
Love that bucklers 'gainst all harms
That's the woman of it;
A glow of wordless sympathy
| mat lights the storm-tossed man at sea
| And sends him forth, triumphantly-
Denver Republican.
British Women Have Big Feet.
Inc women Of England as rule
| nave larger feet than their sisters in
through a long experience in bufldtng
| SHOES for BOTH" said Mr. j. Donaldson.
OF London. at the Stafford.
| L have been taking orders for Gus
/ tom-made shoes among the feminine
| upper ten on both sides of the Atlantic.
SO many years that know the subject
pretty well, and am guilty Of no want
OF patriotism In saying that the bulk
OF the women folks Of my country wear
Us and rs. whereas the prevailing
sizes In America are as and 5's I
rather think there are more American
women VINO take No. shoes than
there are English women using 6's
| why are the women Of Great Brit
ain blessed with larger pedal extreml-
ties than those OF the states? I think
| It is solely due to the fact that they do
vastly more walking in the Old Coun-
| try The gentle sex in England is
| greatly devoted to pedestrian exercise,
ana an English woman will walk more
In a day than one will in a week in
this country. The splendid benefits of
| the exercise are seen in the rosy cheeks
ana robust figures of our females, and
they very sensibly prefer strong con-
| st1tut1ons to the small vanity of little
feet. Baltimore American.
Carried Wildcat Nine Miles.
While trapping on the Black Log
mountains Moses Harshbarger, of
Mattawana, found a large wildcat
caught by the hind leg. To get the
bounty on the scalp, however, his
catshlp had to be transported alive to
M1ffn county.
Taking an ordinary phosphate sack
| HarShbarger fitted hoop constructed
from sapling, in the mouth and fas-
tened 1t In the forks of small tree.
! Then with pole he picked up cat,
trap. and all and tossed it into the
sack. Throwing the sack over his
| shoulder, ne carried the cat nine
miles, stopping twice en- route to OBJ
tain new sacks. as the animal had
' bitten and scratched its way through
1 the others.
The cat died during the night, and
| Harshbarger will apply for the bounty
| on the pelt.-Philadelphia Record.
Glass In His Arm Three Years.
| A piece Of glass one inch long and
| three-eighths of an inch wide was Ia
Ken from the forearm Of Eugene Hart
man after it had travelled from the
Hartman was a student at the state
university In Columbus, and while at
work In the laboratory a test tube ex-
ploded ineshis hand. The glass was
| supposed to have been removed, and
| as the wound healed nicely. the acct
dent was quite forgotten. A ticklish
feeling in his arm Of late caused him
to consult a surgeon, which resulted
in the discovery Of the glass.-Napo-
leon (Oo dispatch to the New York
/ How One Man Catches Cobras.
A driver on the Avontuur railway,
South Africa, while staying at the
Gamtoos, caught a large cobra de
capello alive. The cool way in which
ne gid the trick (says a local paper)
sent cold shiver through every one
who saw it.. He simply caught hold of
| the point OF its tail, gave it a sudden
Jerk toward him and caught It by the
back of the head. He then placed it
! in a biscuit tin The snake was three
inches in diameter and about four feet
long.-1ndianapolis News.
What's in a Name?
There Is nothing in a name in a
| Tenderloin rooming house. A theatre
cal manager who, for convenience sake
| In order to be near his theater, lives
in house in one Of the roaring forties
was very much annoyed the other day
/ to find In his mail a letter addressed
| to young woman bearing the same
name and initials as himself. He spoke
| to the bell boy about 1t, and complain
| ed that his mail would get mixed up.
"Oh, can fix that for you. all right,
all right" responded the bell boy.
She's an awful obliging lady. Shed
| do me favor In a minute. I'll just
ask her to take another name while
| she lives here. She won't mind q bit, -
New York Sun.
Coming of the Glorious Fourth.
| Included in the cargo of a British
| steamer that arrived at Boston from
Hong Kong Monday were 400, 0o0, 900
Chinese f1recrackers intended for the
Fourth of July trade. BY this coming
| of a small partial supply for the ap-
preaching demand by patriotic Ameri-
cans we may be reminded that the
Fourth of July is, in its small way,
| all that Gen. Sherman declared war
| to be. and that the holiday this year
| is likely to be as uproarious as the
most ardent patriotism might desire
| OF course, this is only a slight proper
ton Of the total that will be required
| for the necessary amount Of noise on
| the festive occasion, but by June l the
| other 100000. 900 f1recrackers and the
| 81. 600 900 tin horns will be in stock, and
| everything will be in readiness for the