The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-26
THE HAPPY EGoTIsr.


might. of course, do foolish things and
people might deride me.
But sweet dissatisfaction should be
safely stored inside me.
I'd like to think that every time paid
attention to them
The ladies would be flattered; that sweet
IT., thrills would flicker through them;
They might. indeed, consider me most
STUPID and annoying,
But | should be possessed of glee no
doubts might come destroying.
Oh. happy. happy egotist, To go through
be worth achievingi
wish that were of his tribe. unplagued
by doubt and Jealous
In holding to the doctrine that NV critics
all were jealous.
s. E. Kiser in Ccihago Record-Herald.
Ghost Lacks Head and Arms.
The Helmer neighborhood. eight
miles notheast of Kendallyille. is
wrought up by the appearance of a
tall. headless and armless ghost, robed
In flowing white garments, in an old
mouse known as the Jacob Bickle
homestead. long since abandoned. For
tnree nights in succession the ghost
mas been seen, the first time on Sat-
urday evening when a party of boys
were playing about the premises, the
next time on Sunday. and again Mon
day night.
The first evening the eight-year-old
son of Henry Beckbarger was so badly
frightened that he tainted three times
perore his comrades succeeded in carry
ing MIN home. One of the other boys
is son of Joseph Weirick. and the
others were three sons of Rena Press
key, all well known citizens. The second
night Ward Miller and Earl Deetz, two
Well known young men of the neigh
borhood, who had heard the story of
the boys, went to the place, and they
in turn saw the apparition. and were
so badly frightened that Deetz did not
stop until he had reached his home, a
mile distant.
On the third night a posse of citizens
of the Helmer neighborhood. probably
fifty strong, headed by William Kline
smith, went to the haunted house to
solve the mystery of the strange ap-
partition. and, although they were
armed, the appearance of the ghost
struck terror to their hearts. and they
fed. Klinesmith was the only one of
the party who entered the house. but
he, too, failed to remain long enough
to complete his investigation after the
ghost appeared.
The incident has aroused widespread
interest, and ghost parties are being
formed by a number of local people
who propose to visit the house one
night this week and brave the ordeal
of meeting the ghost. So far no reason
can be assigned for the appearance of
the mysterious apparition, as no unus-
ual history Is connected with the place
other than that the house has been
frequently been a shelter for tramps
and Notwithstanding Dispatch
to Indianapolis News.
Ostrich Was No Chicken.
Just because they thought an os-
trich was a timid, harmless sort of
creature. two men. one white and one
black, were badly hurt at Mineola,
Long Island, yesterday. Each of the
men tried to catch and hold an os-
trich at the Mineola fair grounds. The
negro was kicked in the face. and
landed about twenty feet from the
| bird; the white man was kicked in the
chest and knocked down and had his
clothes torn off him.
| The ostrich that did all the damage
is named Fleetwing. He and another
| ostrich, named F1eetfoot, arrived from
| Florida in two crates yesterday morn
| ing. They were brought to Mineola to
race on the fair grounds this week at
| the fair of the Queens-Nassau County
Agricultural society. The birds have
light sulkies to which they are har-
| messed.
They are bad tempered, however.
and are kept blindfolded frequently
when they are not racing. A blind
folded ostrich is gentle as a lamb.
The binding hood slipped off the
eyes of Fleetfoot at the fair grounds
yesterday morning and in an instant
| the big bird was out of its crate, which
was not covered. 1t started off on a
run, and about two hundred persons
ran after it. There was a merry chase
around and around the racing track,
and finally the ostrich was cornered.
A big negro looked at the ostrich
and said:
at reckon there ain't no chicken
ever were raised that I couldn't hold
boss, I'll hold his leg, an then you
grab his haid.''
The negro wrapped his arms about
one of Fleetfoots legs and in a second
was lifted into the air and landed
| about twenty feet away, with an ugly
wound in the side of his face. Their
Keeper Ford approached the ostrich
from the front, and got an uppercut or
his diaphragm, cutting his chest and
! tearing his clothes. Finally the os-
trich was roped and recrated.
THAT amt no chicken" said the ne
gro as he watched these proceeding:
| from a safe distance. THAT there's G
| two-legged mule."-New York World
Queer Furs.
This is cat fur" said a furrier
| 1--WE use it for Innings. An excellent
| lining cat fur makes. too. Dogs
calves, colts. coons; opossums. bats
| rats, any animal that wears fur. ir
fact, is salable in the fur market
Bat hair is felted up with other stuff
| into an imitation skin. 1t is also used
1 believe, in rope plating. The dog
the coon, and the opossum yield 6
fur that properly treated, makes &
very handsome lining. Rat skins are
employed in certain delicate repairs
| and they also serve to form the
| thumbs of cheap gloves. A queer
| thing about the fur business is tina
/, the furs must be taken in the dead
| of winter; the trapper must work un.
/, der the cruelest climatic conditions
only thus is the fur at its best. The
| dresser, on the other hand, who could
work best in cold weather. must dc
! all his work in the heat of summer
or likewise he would not be able Il
| keep up with the changing fashions.
New York Press.
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