The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-13

ever had brand.
d IN At eith serI han6 6rnin cAnole vain gun
kin hog-tie any steer,
And at standin' pat in gun-plays he amt
ever had q peer.
So we're goin' to keep him quiet, a. the
And we'u stampede the convention fore
they brand US Double-Cross;
Our st4oas I'm w sdPs w sss s .ss but
And our candidates q winner when he
speaks in cowboy clothes!
Denver Republican.
Not q Very Nice Pet.
For shipment on the Ward Line
steamer handsome, glossy-skinned
tiger inclosed in a wooden box OF
rived here. consigned to Esteban
Sadurni. But 1t was not permitted to
go aboard, owing to the Enclosure be-
ing Of wood instead OF an iron cage.
While the cage was being prepared
for shipping On the succeeding boat,
overseas goods warehouse Gambrinus,
causing the silent partner of the firm,
Valentfn Perez, an anxious night, the
roars of the animal making him sup
pose it might leave its cage at any
moment. Eleven ounces OF meat
were brought to the hungry animal,
which did not satisfy its appetite.
On the arrival of the son of the
consignee to claim him, two young
men who accompanied him took the
tached to a chain, through the streets.
On arriving at Gale Cinco de Mayo,
the animal became enraged on their
trying to make him walk faster than
his usual gait and sprang upon
them. scratching them in various
1lon thn I,o nd nd After
some difficulty the beast was con-
Quoted to the house Of the consignee,
and the young men had their wounds
dressed by a physician.-Vera Cruz
dispatch to Mexican Herald.
The Question OF Lincoln's Beard.
The dispute which has ragged in
Omaha for a month as to whether or
not Abraham Lincoln had whiskers
when he was inaugurated the first
time has been settled in the affirma-
tive by a letter written by Lincoln
himself to q little girl. Grace Bedell.
who is now Mrs. Billings, Of Delphos,
Kan. copy Of which has just
reached this city to settle the dispute.
The letter is an answer to one the
little girl wrote Lincoln, advising him
to grow beard. just before the cleo
ton. Mr.. Lincoln answered her and
told her he had never worn whiskers,
but while he was en- route to Wash
ington he passed through the town
in which the little girl then lived and
she called upon him. He told her
he had decided to follow her advice,
and thereupon stroked the beard
which he had raised at her sugges-
ton.
The question OF the beard arose
here because of statue Of Lincoln
which has just been erected by con-
tributions from the public school
children. The statue shows no beard
and caused a hot controversy on the
subject:-Omaha dispatch to New
York Times.
The Attraction Of Bulk.
big men," said Mr.. H. M. David
son, Of Cleveland, Ohio, at the New
Howard, "have an attraction Tor one
another.
ct have been somewhere about the
| z20-pound mark for a long while, and
am 6 feet and 8 inches in height, sc
| am q competent witness to the state
ment. Whenever q pair OF large
limbed, bulky specimens of the genus
homo meet they eye one another with
more interest than do mortals OF
| ordinary size. Last summer ! went fish
| ing up in Canada, and the guide Sc
| lected the first day proving unsatisfac-
| tory. took next day an Indian. who
was as magnificent a man in a physi-
| cal way as ever beheld. He ex-
ceeded me by at least an inch In
| stature and had the frame OF q
Hercules.
"'why was It, he asked. you did
not take me yesterday? I fully ex.
pected you would want me-?
| land what made you think SOP
responded.
| "'Because you and I are pretty
nearly tho same size, and big mer
always like big men, "-Baltimor
American.
| A Mysterious Spring.
Not far from San Diego there USED
to be a mysterious spring Of boiling
The Indians and Spantards knew OF
| It, and congregated there to be cured
| Of rheumatism and other troubles By
| frequent baths and deep potations. A
peculiar characteristic OF this watea
was its electric energy: A jug OF Il
was nearly as powerful as p Leyden
| Jar, the force being sufficient te
| operate q very small motor. The In.
| dams called It devils water" Thii
spring was lost years ago. The sur
| rounding country is violently volcanic
Rear Admiral Evans might be cured
| in a few days II the waters were to
| gush again.-New York Press.
| Horace F1e4cher's Strength.
| Horace Fletcher, whose theories OF
| diet and Of long chewing OF food
| have aroused much attention and
| been adopted by q considerable num-
Der OF disciples, is able to show a
| physical strength and endurance
| remarkable in man OF his age. he
| is now In his hfty-ninth year, and he
| has. Just been making tests OF him
self as compared with college boys to
whom he has been lecturfng. He at