The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

With all his bellowings,
OF Panama or better law
He ever may enthuse-
gut up and ask him where he's at
On prohibition. and, my scat,
The gentleman skiddooS!
He's not afraid to come out bold
On issues that pertain
To party platfOrms-silver, gold
He's fearless in the main.
He thinks aloud before crowd
With finely frenZied eyes
But up and ask him where he is
On prohibition. and, gee-whiz,
The politician flies.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Baby Puma.
Kissing like sullen geyser, the
great puma mother crouched with
flaming eyes. Ridge of her tawny
back brushed up in rage. tail aswitch,
steel sfnews rigid beneath soft skin,
she glared at her four pups in the
cage corner. A fluffy ball of spotted
fur sprawled on unsteady legs across
toward her. Out shot a mighty fore
arm; the baby was hurled suddenly
back among his covering brothers
and sisters.
NASTY temper" I remarked to the
that?"
Started this afternoon" he shook
his head in anxiety ST don't like it.
I'll have to separate them, I fear"
The unnatural mother commenced
pacing her prison, sparrfng v1clously
at her offspring in passing. Three
huddled together in a pitiful heap but
| one stood up and def1ed her. A jun
gle terror in miniature, his tiny rage
was magnificent. Tensely alert before
his trembling mates, he shifted warily
to meet each blow, lodging, splitting,
striking out an awkward paw at the
great thrusts.
"rTheV don't turn on their DuDS Of
ten. Only knew it once before. You
notice, mein Herr, her claws are not
out when she strikes. That may come
then we will lose some promising
keeper was greatly distressed
I returned in the morning to see
how the affair had progressed. En-
tering the Frankfurt Thiergarten, I
found the Lion House. My friend
stood in the empty corridor looking
lessly On every side, pale light came
from above, the place was close with
a heavy odor.
He greeted me mournfully. 1.-THE
little beggar was too spirited. She got
him last night. Just a second in her
jaws and the taxidermist won't at
tempt to stuff the skim" The remain
ing puppies peered wonderingly at us
from an adjoining cage, the murder
ess paced in silence, but her eyes
were alive with strange fascinating
light. The tragedy had stirred the
canny howl in chilling key came
from the leopards, the lions deep
| throated cultural sent unWelcome
| Quivers through ones nerves.
| 1 left the building, relieved to feel
| the breeze and see the sunlight. Poor
| tremendous pluck!-The Travel Mag
azine.
| Still Good.
| Many jokes are told on the country
editor. The rural scribe, being a good
natured individual, is prone to help
the fun along by occasionally telling
| a "good one" on himself. Perhaps
this is the reason why he is so often
the brunt of a joke. Here is one, told
| by a plate house, a firm that sends
out stereotyped columns of reading
| matter for use in country papers. The
| buyer does not buy the plate. He
| merely purchases the use of it, and
| the metal is to be returned for remelt-
| ing and recasting. The story is told to
| illustrate how often the country editor
| will, in a pinch, print over and over
| the same plate matter. In fact, 1t is
| claimed that many a country reader
grows as familiar with certain articles
! thus presented, as with the editorial
/ card of the paper. The plate makers
| sell the use of plates small mar
| gin and must continually follow Ut
their metal and urge it's return. 1t is
| supposed to be used but once. The
| firm above mentioned had sold a page
| of metal to a certain country editor
| two years before and was still unable
| to get a return of the metal. At last
much exasperated, the manager tele-
| graphed the editor and demanded by
wire that which did not materialize
| Ix- N,,r; 1,<~ H.
day, in response to his message, came
| a reply collect:
! you go to thunder, them plates
amt half wore out yeti
Now, whenever a customer protests
| at the price of plates, the manager
| it for the edification of the objecung
| purchas Williams
The Steel Trust and the Saloon.
Coleraine, Minnesota, is the center OF
what is fast becoming the greatest
| iron ore mining district of the world
In disposing of the lots for business
ventures, the town builder reserved
to the company" the right to sell IL
quor and to conduct the games OF
chance thereby restricting the two
main evils Of a frontier town. Gam
bling has never raised it's head in the
community, but inaSmuch as with for
etgn Workmen to make demands, John
c. Greenway, the superintendent OF
| the steel corporations works, realized
that prohibition would mean only a
clever system of blind piggery," the
edict went forth that one saloon was
to be allowed for every 500 of popula-
ton provided that it conformed to GER
tain conditions. First of all it must
obey the state law to the letter, not
opening in the morning until T. which
is after the men have gone to work,
closing at night at IL, and remaining
closed all day Sunday 1t is required
to be a place of purely commercial,
not social nature, even the chairs be-
ing removed to prevent lounging about
Whisky only of a standard quality is
sold, and a provision is made. and
found most effective, for commissions
To hartenderS on all sales of non