The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-31

Within her peek-a-boo he crawls-
l NOW pipe the bold marauder- See!
And now the hammeck's busted! Gee!
And here comes Cupid's warning shout
Ihese lovers. too, have fallen out!
Confound the skeeter. anyhow.
To spoil a trusting love like this.
What's this? All. they are climbing back
And he is teasing for kiss!
All, ha. you ugly little cuss,
You cannot. spoil a love like this!
Go back into the woods! Oh, shoe!
Chicago Journal.
Into . Sewer for a Dog.
A friendly little cur dog owned by a
| wandering ice cream peddler caused
| nearly all of Bloomfield, N. J., to be-
come excited yesterday.
In chasing a cat the dog was mcaniy
| tricked. The cat shot as If straight for
| the mouth of the sewer at the curb Of
| the avenue, the dog close behind. But
instead of jumping into the opening,
the cat SKINNED over it, and the dog
dived in instead.
The peddier was ladling out slabs Of
ice cream to group of children just
then, and he and his little patrons saw
the dog disappear. They whistled down
the hole, and could hear the little dog
splashing about and moaning pitifully
Tor nelp-
| With flashlights held in the sewer
opening. the ice cream man finally
made out that his pet had managed to
crawl into a pipe just above the level
of the sewage. There it kept bowling
for help. The peddler was distressed.
Many of the children began to cry.
Then grown folks began to gather, I'M
| til there was such a crowd that the
police had to take hand.
| A nearby manhole was lifted. and 1T
| was found that the pipe into which the
dog had crawled was connected with
the manhole. Whistles brought the
dog to this end Of the pipe. He stuck
his head out and howled the louder at
the sound of his masters voice.
Citizens called to the superintendent
Of public works by telephone to have
the street torn up to save the dogs
life, but before he agreed, Frank Nc
Connell. jr., a driver. halloed from his
| wagon to know what was the matter.
He was told and clambered down.
1.-The poor mutt said he. Get a
rope, quick!
The rope was easily found. McCon-
nell tied it under his arms, and with a
handkerchief around his face to pro-
tect him from the foul gases, he was
lowered by stout and willing arms into
the manhole.
At a signal he was pulled up, the lit
tie dog in his arms, wriggling in graf
| itude and trying to lick the face of his
rescuer.
The ice cream man offered McCon-
nell all his cream. and wept besides.
Jaw. that's nuthin'," said McCon-
nell. "Giddap."
4 But as he drove away he received
from Bloomfield's citizens three cheers.
which would have warmed the heart
of any welldoer.-New York Times.
| Some Great Trees.
The interesting article published
yesterday about the great elm in
Wethersfield referred to it's ripe old
age of 200 years. The surgical oper-
ations that have been going on re-
Gently are expected with reason to
prolong its life for some time to come.
But, nevertheless, it is still in the
! category with ancient Rome, which
the Chicago man was sure had seen
it's best days.
The fact is that, as trees go, elms
are not really long-lived. After a CEN
fury they show fatigue; two centuries
call for the surgeon; and he is not
far ahead of the woodchopper, who
does the same work as the surgeon,
but more thoroughly.
The oak is of sturdier stuff. Peo-
pie who have visited Mr. Hale's or
chard and residence in South Glaston-
bury have noticed a splendid oak that
stands almost opposite his office. This
| "
and strong as ever and a magnificent
| specimen of its kind. How old it is
cannot be determined until it's fall,
which seems far off. But in deeds,
dated along about 1910, this is refer
red to as 1.-The great oak" That means
that almost two centuries and three
quarters of third century ago this
was already then noticeably great
tree. Apparently it has not grown so
much since that time. If it's develop
centuries do not count for much, then
one can guess hard as to its actual
age.
Dow min lower Mexico, at lula, not
far from Militia, there stands a tree to
| which the Courant has several times
referred because two of the force from
here have stood in its shade. 1t is the
greatest tree in the world, measuring
1874 feet and some inches in circumfer-
ence 10 feet above ground. Humboldt,
the great traveller, estimated early in
the last century that this tree and an
other only a trif1e smaller were then
over 1000 years old.-Hartford Cour-
i ant.
4 Hygiene of Sunlight.
| Sunlight, so essential to the higher
forms of life with which mans senses
are familiar, appears to be the deadly
foe of bacteria, such as the bacilli of
| tuberculosis. A scientific investigator
believes that he has determined that
this is true, and that sunlight has a
stronger destructive action upon bac-
terra than has been realized.
To test the direct action of sunlight
upon the bacfIli of tuberculosis a solu-
ton containing these minute organ
| isms was smeared upon strip Of
glazed paper and exposed to sunlight
4 An albuminous culture medium after
ward was inoculated with the dried
| residue, and the results showed that
the bacilli were killed in about ten
minutes.