The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-25

L .Wlsht pa was a candidate;
So that I'll find that am great
Because / am his son.
Would be in print Gee whiz.
I'd like to see tn day when you
Would say: How smart he is!'
Chicago Post.
Mule Had q Good Memory.
II was at Tampa when a negro
teamster was instantly killed by an
army mule. and it furnished a good
that a mule has.
THE negro teamster used to pound
that mule numerically. Instead of us
ing strategy and coaxing his mule into
submission, he used to beat it hard
enough to kill horse. Well, for two
months the teamster didn't drive that
mule. But the mule never forgot him.
He never made any attempt to injure
his new driver, who knew enough to
treat him decently. But one day the
old teamster came back. The mule re-
membered him. He waited with as
much docilfty and patience as an OK
until he was harnessed. and then,
when the old teamster was off his
guard. he let fly with both heels,
caught that negro in the pit of the
stomach, and stretched him out as
dead as a hammer. The other team
ster was standing right there by him.
but that mule didn't make an attempt
to kick him. He had just been laying
for the fellow who walloped him two
months before, and when he had I'm
ished him he was satisfied. Major
Heat Here and In the Orient.
II never knew the temperature in
the East Indies to get above So or 80
degrees in the shade" said Conn Ba-
ker, as he mopped his forehead at IS
in the shade of his old walnut trees
on East Norwich avenue. THE Their
usually registered about Sc degrees dur
ing the hottest part of the year. But
the humidity! There is where the rub
comes in that tropical region. 1t is al
ways damp, and for months it rains
daily. And when it rains. it pours.
You seldom see such floods Of water
let loose from the heavens here as are
daily occurrences in the Indies. OF
course, the relief We get here when the
cooler weather of autumn and the cold
Of winter come is lacking down near
the equator. There it is always warm,
always, in fact, hot, except where the
higher altitude of the mountains off,
sets the steady heat of the lowlands.
So far as Columbus weather is con-
cerned. in the summer time, it suits me
all right. like it."-Columbus Dis
patch.
Watermelon Turned Negro White.
Henry White, who is black, but who |
was nearly white from fright, startled |
the officers of the East 126th street po- |
lice station the other afternoon when |
he dashed in shouting, Have mercy |
on my soul! I'm poisoned! I'm pois-
oned,"
Acting Capt. Walsh and Lieut.. Farr
1xx,i atcfn aI sud Ill
til DR.. Herrity. of Harlem hospital, ar
rived and applied stomach pump. |
Within few moments White was feel |
ing better.
White had started from his home for
drug store after consuming a very
large portion of watermelon. AS his
pain grew more acute he began to run, |
in some way getting the idea that he
had been poisoned. He dashed in and
out of drug stores, at every step gath
ering more and more of q crowd of
followers.
Lieut. F'arr declared last night that
when he started to aid White he
thought he was dealing with a white
man. but as the pain lessened and the
fear diminished the negro gradually
assumed his natural color.-New York
American.
The Pups Picnic.
A Boston bulldog, owned by George
H. Clapp, was so determined to cap
ture a woodchuck which had chased !
into it's den that he followed after and
stayed in the hole all Thursday night.
When the dog had got his jaws about
the enemy he found that he could not
get out, owing to the small size of the
animals hole.
Rather than lose his prey the dog
retained his hold on the woodchuck
over night. and was helped out by his
master in the morning. The dog was
nearly exhausted. and revived after
feeding and drinking in a curious man. |
ner.
He consumed about two quarts of
unguarded ice cream, which had been |
set aside for a party. After this the |
dog seemed still somewhat dazed, and |
capped the climax by falling into a |
bucket Of acknowledgements Tele- |
gram.
An Insect That Throyys
The African explorer put on a pair |
of smoked glasses, for he found the |
August sun on the white sand too |
bright even for his eyes, used to the
full blaze Of the Sahara.
I'm the Sahara" he said, there is a |
little insect that throws sand like /
those children there. Only II throws |
better; it's volleys slay. They call 1t |
the fourmilion.
THE formilion digs itself a funnel |
shaped hole of the circumference of q |
silver dollar. 1t lies hidden and watch |
full in the bottom Of this hole. and when |
q spider or ant or beetle comes eau
tiously prospecting down the steep and l