The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-16

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With the buttons still on;
| But when they come back
All the buttons are gone.
| The buttonIess shirt
w we've worn at and cursed:
we've torn it and worn 1t
And called it the worst
Of terrible names
But here assert:
who'd think the world patent
The buttonless shirt?
Detroit Free Press.
Pathology of Nerves.
according to an estimate often cit
ed, the best man is below his neck
worth not more than two dollars q
Jay. AS q man above his neck is lit
tie more than a great nerve center, OF
correction of nerve centers, the value
OF the nerve part of him seems to SO
Tar tar ,overtop all the rest that in prac-
tlcal valuation a man is nervous sys-
tenn and praeterea nihil. The service
aoleness of his stomach depends on
the responsiveness of it's nerves. He
can not grasp an ak or tune a fiddle
II the nerve centers are out Of order
lntellect is thing purely of nerves
Muscle Is dead tissue without them.
Naturally, the study of nerve action
TENDS to become the highest branch OF
medical science. 1t is of significance
large hospital devoted to neurological
practice and research. The pathology
of nerves is the pathology of sanity
and bodily health, not all of It, but
touching all other fields Of diagnosis
and remedy.
A neurological hospital, sufficiently
endowed and manned by specialists
will have an effect in collecting great
numbers of cases, giving them the ben
eft of practiced skill and placing
them under trained observation for
the benefit of science all over the
world.-Philadelphi Ledger.
Fate Of an Indian Wizard.
Carrying the curse of a wizard, hated
by men of his blood, and an outcast
like the IstmaeHte of old, a red man
has died in the wilderness of the Yu-
kon by the hand of one of his kind
Such is the tale of murder which mail
adV1ces bring from the Upper Pelly
district. The story is that the wizard
SO called, had incurred the hatred OF
neVed he was possessed of devil q
superstition common among the In
dams Of Canada's hinterland He had
come to them many moons ago from
the Mackenzie side of the Pelly river
and had followed them from place to
place until his ways had seemed to
bring them bad luck in their hunting,
trading, and domestic affairs Bob
Henderson,, who arrived recently at
Dawson from the Pelly district, brought
the story, and says 1t was told to the
WHITES by an aged squaw, who said
the devfl-man had incurred the ennity
of one of the Pelly tribesmen, and that
the PeIly man murdered the wizard.
The murder was committed near the
Ross river, a district now inaccessible,
owing to winter. The Indians seemed
to be more pleased than displeased
over the murder and reported the az
fair as novelty rather than from a
desire to have the slayer brought to
justice.-New York Times.
Wild Boar a Hard Fighter.
For sheer deviltry and insane
ferocity the boar stands pre-eminent,
and for courage he has no equal
among animals. A wild board charg-
ing has been known to bring an ele-
plant down on its knees, and one we'll
authenticated fight is recorded be-
tween a boar and a fuH-grown tiger,
in which the boar more than held its
own. Tigers have the greatest re-
spect for wild boars and treat them
accordingly.
In matter of speed the horse has
not yet been foaled which can catch
boar in it's first burst I have seen
cut out boar in breaking back to
cover, and the boar literally walked
around ADMINISTRATION.
Goose Hunter Uses Phonograph
Ace Goodhill, of Millsboro, Del,
is having wonderful success cunning
for wild geese on the Indian river with
the aid Of a modern photograph.
HIS method is to set the machine,
loaded with "honk-honk" in the bow
of the boat, and then, when the geese
answer the call, to pick them off. The
geese fly to the slaughter, he says and
he had to shoot so fast that a rest was
neceSSA h iC To
he brought in boatful, and now fears
that the next legislature will pass a
law forbidding the use of phono-
graphs.-Philadelp Record.
LOndOn's First Balloon.
Tremendous excitement was caused when
London's first balloon went up nearly a
century and quarter ago. The balloon,
cent Lunardi, assembled from Moorfields,
then an open space of ground, on Septem-
Der 10. l7S4, in the presence of more than
10o,oOO spectators. All business was sus-
pended, the king himself setting the ex-
ample by adjourning a cabinet council
that happened to be sitting. Vast crowds
followed the balloons course some on
horseback, in carts, in chaises but mostly
on foot: The Great North road, above
lance. was a roaring river of humanity.
Many were hurt in the crush, but the
only fatality recorded was the death from
fright of an old country woman. who.
coming out Of her cottage to see what
the excitement was about, beheld the bal
loon just above her head On the other
hand Lunardi undoubtedly saved one
mans life, jury bringing in verdict of
mot guilty on a notorious highwayman
in order that they, the prisoner and the
judge who was trying the case might rush
out of court to see the balloon.-Chicago
News.
The Cause of the Smashup.
The old darby was suing the railroad
company for damages The man contend
ed that, not being warned by the whistle
or engine bell. he had started to drive his
rig across the company's track, when a
shunted box car of said company crashed