The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-27

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De Crow dar, in the confer.
He des 30 black. you know,
He think he mus be purity
Dat why be take on sol
It's vanity, believers,
Ez high ez sun an star:
we mos too good for heaven
Dat why SO few Is dar!
Atlanta Constellation.
Whale Rain Over Town
After having unsuccessfully attempt
ed to use the strength Of the ocean tide
ana tour teams of horses to remove
the decaying body of an enormous
| whale that had washed UP on the
beach In front Of the city late yester-
gay AFTERNOON, and having been bafffed
IN his efforts to cremate the giant
carcass, Marshal Lindsey tried dyna-
| everybody Instead OF blowing the
| great hulk out to sea. the explosive dis
| trlputed the carrfon over the city, and
| IN the end the offensive chunks had to
pc burned piecemeal. One large piece
| zen upon the roof OF a summer cottage.
DESTROYED the chimney, soaked the rear
end OF the building in sperm oil, and
| scattered all over the yard. So oily
was the substance that persons walk
ing in the yard afterward found their
about the size of an ordinary sofa re-
| Qutred the efforts of four horses to
drag it from the center OF q street.
Seaside (Oreg) Dispatch to Chicago
| Inter-Ocean.
Deaths From Anesthctics.
| A question recently put to the secre-
| tary of state for the home department
as to how many deaths occurred dur
ling the year 1907 in the metropolitan
| area and in the other parts of England
and Wales respectively from the effects
l ~ ~ CT
ELECTED the reply that the figures for
the year 1907 we're not yet available
but according to the verdicts of coro-
ners' jurfes and the certificates OF
medical practitioners there were In the
year 1906 sixty-four deaths in London
and 119 in the remainder of England
and Wales caused by anesthetics ad-
ministered for operations. II was
stated that there appeared to be some
Gates on which these returns were
based were in all cases complete. and
| that there must necessarily sometimes
be difficulty in determining II death
| under an anesthetic was caused by the
anesthetic. It was proposed, there
| fore, to make further inquiry into the
matter.-British Medical Journal.
A sssubmerged Presbyterian"
| At the close of one of the recent re-
| vival services the minister of certain
/
| to his custom, to greet the stranger:
in the congregation. II don't think yot
| are a member Of our church," said he
/ to one as he warmly shook his hand
mo, SIR replied the stranger. well
you will not think me unduly curious Il
1 / ask to what denomination you be
long?" asked the minister. II suppose
responded the other, II am really wha'
you might cal submerged Presbyter1
an" IA submerged Presbyterian? ?
exclaimed the minister. II should b.
| glad If you would explain" well.
was brought up a Presbyterian. m!
| wife is Methodist, my eldest daughtel
| is a Baptist, my son is the organist q
4 a Unitarian church. my second daugh
ter sings in an Episcopahan choir, ant
| my youngest goes to a Congregations
Sunday school, But said the min
| ister. aghast, ''you contribute, doubt
less, to some church," Eyes; I con
tribute to all OF them" was the an
swer: that's what submerges me-
Philadelphia Record.
! Girl Wins as Steeplejaclx.
After two men had baked in fear q
climb up slender eighty-foot ladde
to fix wind wheel, Miss Lottie Body
Of Rupert near here e,, to-day , pusns;
Then, seated on top of the slende
structure, she calmly repaired tn,
wheel and descended, cheered by al
who had watched her daring perform
ance.
The wheel was on her fathers land
He had sent his gardeners. Summer
and Kline, to repair it. Each hat
climbed about half way UP and thel
descended, having lost his nerve.
high wind was blowing at the time
wilkesbarre Pa.) dispatch to New
York Herald.
Trick Hen Battles Owner.
Phoebe, a Plymouth Rock priz
winning hen, which has the reputation
OF laying two eggs one day In eacl
week besides her usual daily egg dur
ing her laying season. gave her owner
Emil Massman, Of Montclair, N. j.
another surprise yesterday.
Three weeks ago Phoebe was set Oh
thirteen of her own eggs, as she hal
become DESTROYS Of motherhood, AM
today she walked of the nest with six
unable to account for the extra chicks
unless some Of them are twins.
He says that he placed the eggs un
der Phoebe himself and knows tina
there were only thirteen. He is won
derinx what surprise Phoebe will CIV
him Y1ext-New York World.
Human Hair in Wedding Gowns.
Madge O'Rourke, the famous Irish
American dressmaker-all the fan1ou
dressnakers are Irish-Americans-wa
showing a customer an assortment Q
wedding gowns. In every one of thos
gowns, were you to rip them apart,
she said. you'd find lock OF hair hid
den-red hair, brown hair. golden hail
even gray hair. Sewing girls believ
that she who works on wedd1n