The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-13
THE GUN sHERmTs.

wouldn't split no hairs;
Inc word they knew was duty-it was
And thew N n o1a a2pe sife;. ont ,e,r,v
and they never scamDed deal.
They recognized two classes-one was bad
And they didn't hurt q hombrey who BE-
naved as hrombreys should;
cause twas hal Paf 70 came up lust be-
SO gen rally when they cashed in both
their boots was on their feet.
Some are sleepin' back in Kansas, where
they brung respect for law
TO the COW towns where the trailmen kept
From the Yellowstone to Brazos they was
tnere with nerve and gun.
have earned the praise: Eve wen d don ra!s
Denver Republican.
An Interesting Prophecy.
In my papers a few days ago 1 ran
across an extremely interesting proph-
ecy, said John Smith, of 1917 West
Twelfth street, yesterday. "and which
possesses genuine interest in view of
the fact that. according to its terms,
the end OF the world is fast approach
Ing. This prophecy was in the hands of
william Miner, eight years ago. He
was a cousin of David G. Philips, of
Louisville. KY. who gave the prophecy
w SAl( PubuC. IL I6ldI0S IaaC In 1884
there lived in Louisville a Presbyterian
minister named Baden, who prophesied
that in 1916 and 1847 there would be q
three years war in the United States,
and another war in 1861 to 1865: that IN
1871 there would be war In Europe; in
1887 to 1888 the greatest destruction Of
property ever known, and in 1913 or
1914 would come the final dissolution OF
all things All but the last OF the
prophecies have been fulflled."-Des
Moines Register and Leader.
Fish That Are Invisible Asleep.
That file fish is asleep" said the
attendant
the aquarium asked. "But can't see
him, by the way"
That's how I know. He. like many
other fish, changes color on going off.
Awake he is mottled with brown and
dark olive green, a handsome, SOM
berly splendid object. Asleep he is a
pallid gray. with darker wings and tail
a ghost OF a file fish. practically in
visible.
"Many of the weaker fish, especial
ly in the tropics. have this ability to
change from bright to a pale, vague
hue when they sleep. Thus they sleep
safely. Otherwise their slumber would
end between bigger fish's jaws.
"A wonderful natural dispensation,
isn't it? Suppose you were a crimi-
nal, being pursued hotly, and when
ever you grew dead tired, you could
throw yourself under a tree and doze
of, conscious that in your sleep no
one could see you ?''-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
pearl Of the Pacific"
For the past nine years have
made my home in the Hawaiian
Islands," said Mr.. William Alanson
Bryan, president of the Pacific Scien-
tif1c institution Of Honolulu at the
Rennert. Mr.. Bryan is a scientist
whose pet ambition is to add to the
ough exploration Of the islands of the
Pacific, many of which have never
been visited by white man. In a
pleasant chat about affairs in our
island territory he said:
There Is peculiar charm about
life in Hawaii. and once a man comes
under its spell he never cares to live
else. 1t is not the climate
entirely, though, that Is near perfec-
ton; 1t is not the superb scenery, that
can not be matched on the globe. nor
is 1t solely due to the kindly inter-
course and hospitality In the inhabit-
ants. All these are factors in impart-
ing an individuality to land that has
unfafling charm.
sIn Hawaii we have the greatest
AAiAAeAA VI AdOSSs anu yet tA0A0 IS AO
friction or prejudice based on race.
The individual stands on his own
merit. Cinnamon and Englishmen,
Japanese. Kanakas. Germans and
Americans will sit down to a banquet
together, and nobody is at a discount
because Of his racial origin. This is
true as a general proposition, but, of
course, the white man does not as a
rule intermarry with the Orientals or
the handsome and captivating native
curlously enough, the offspring of a
Chinaman and a Kanaka girl is hap
by result of fntermingled blood, the
little half-breed having its mothers
beauty and sunny nature and its faith
er's steadiness and thrift.
1.-THE native Hawaiians are a vanish
Ing race, there being only about 10000
Of them left. They seem to realize
their melancholy situation, and their
general attitude Is of discouragement,
as though it were useless to strive
against destiny. 1t is very pathetic.
but see no remedy. Civilization has
been their mortal foe."-Baltimore
The Champion Absent-HIinded Man.
A very absent-minded professional
man, with offices in Chestnut street
building, came down town the other
day and discovered that he had left
his keys at home. The superintend-
ent Of the building let the absent
man into his office, but he was
still as bad off as ever. He could
not get into his desk or at his safe.
He pondered little while over his
dilemma. Then he decided to return
home for his keys. why not send
a messenger boy after the keys?"
was a thought that struck him, but
that was Immediately put out of the
question by another thought to the
effect that the boy would not be able
to get in the house in case the absent
mans wife had left home.
'.That's right, I must go myself" de-
cided the troubled man, and home he
went, arriving at the very door of
his house before it dawned upon him
that he, without his keys, was as bad
off as messenger boy. And the poor
mans wife had gone out all right.