The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-01


an, when Tn stranded in = town
Because of prohibition,
And where the druggist shakes his head.
And In a limp condition. ~
It's then really know the worst.
Most agonixfng form of thirst.
Just so, my love. now you're away
long for you the livelong day.
I'm fairly sick with yearning.
I think I'll die before the date
You've set for your returning.
It's funny how our hearts are set
So much on what we cannot get.
Chicago News.
Easter Hat Delayed Train.
For five minutes the Pacific ex-
press on the Pennsylvania railroad
was delayed this morning by an
Easter hat. When the East Liberty
station was reached a young and
beautiful woman who boarded the
train at New York last night indicated
on her new Easter hat and started
through the narrow isle at the side OF
the Pullman car. Suddenly she came
to a stop. The hat was too wide to
clear the passage. She tried to wrig-'
gle forward but couldn't. and then
tried to back up. But the hat was
stuck fast and she was nailed to it
by half dozen hat pins.
There was great excitement. The
conductor demanded that the train
start, and threatened to carry the
young woman into the city. The por-
ter tried to shove her forward, but it
was no use. Then a travelling man
suggested that she take the hat OF.
1t hadn't occurred to her before. At
ter much trouble she removed the hat
pins. Then she got from under the
hat and the porter gave 1t q yank.
The hat cleared the aisle, but all the
varnish on both sides Of the passage
came of.
BY actual measurement the creation
| was thirty-six inches over ALL
Pittsburg dispatch to New York
World.
| News In North Carolina Mountains.
| There are people living in the
mountains OF North Carolina who
| never rode on a train,' said A j.
/ Carpenter. OF Asheville. N: Co. at the
Maxwell. "And some Of them never
saw train. This sounds fshy, but II
is a fact, so help me.
"Not long age I had occasion to
| ride through a section OF the noun
tain country Of my state. I was
about one hundred miles from any
railroad station. and the people
treated me royalty. The inmates OF
a house where I stopped over night
took the greatest interest in asking
me all the late news. The old mar
| Of the family hadn't heard that the
United States government feared wal
with Japan. 1 asked him II he evel
read newspapers.
stranger said he, L amt seen {
newspaper since last fall
Through that section Of the coun
try you'll find scores Of people wht
can't read line; They. can't writ
J their own name. but they are clevel
folks Just the same."-Nashvill'
Tennessean.
How One Man's Deafness Was Cured
The chiroNactic adjustment. o
thrust, was accidentally discovered b,
| Palmer. A big buck negro who hH,
been as deaf as a post for many year
!. was being treated for another malady
As he lay prone upon g. table, Paine
rather violently assailed his spine.
!. slight lateral movement Of the fit
cervical vertebra Il think it was tn
fifth caused the patient to jump u
: and slap his hands over his ears. Flo
a time he was overcome by peculia
sensation and appeared much fright
ened. His hearing had been restore
with a, suddenness that caused confus
ion-all by one accidental thrust.--NeV
York Press.
Laughing Bird Of Australia.
. To the outside world the creates
archaeological oddly In this cOuntr
: is the kookaburra.
In the earlier times it was know
as the Settlers clock" from q belle
j that its joyful paeans were vente
! regularly at morn, noon and dusl
+ being Quiescent through the heat G
' the forenoon and the wane of tn
: afternoon. That belief has long bee
3 shattered The kookaburra laugh
E Just when the fit takes it, particular
: when excited; and it laughs as readil
|. | at the violent death of its mother-ir
: law as it does at the enraged settle
s when he falls of his haystack.
8 wounded bird makes a demoniacs
4 row. which will bring all others with
e | in hearing into the neighboring tre'
y and these at once set up an echoin
t cackle that is repeated again an
: again.-Sydney Times.
o The Oldest Ex-Congressman.
:. 1.-THE oldest living ex-member {
:, the congress Of the United States
y the Hon James c. McGrew, Of KIM
e wood, in my state" said Represents
q tive Sturgess, Of the Second West VII
e ginia district, at the Rennert.
: "Mr. McGrew is now ninety-eigi
e years of age He is in full possessio
: of his mental faculties and would |
; in good physical condition but for IL
!. juries sustained in an accident
e Florida some little while ago. He ws
u thrown out OF carriage, the hors
~ of which had bolted, and both lei
were broken. The surgical work,
is claimed, was faulty, and Mr.. M
T Grew has since been forced to wa
with a cane. Otherwise for ma
SO closely verging upon century !
!. is in good shape."-Baltimore Amer
!. can.
n Return of the Gala Lily.
/ A revival Of the Gala lily populari
t is among the incidents Of the East
r. season worth mentioning. There w;
a q time, some years ago, when tn
o flower grew and blossomed in evel
q florists shop and in every dwellir
It house where the raising of plants WI
l. undertaken. Then 1t passed from 4
l. vor. Now it returns to find SO mar
admirers that it is said there w