The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-28
PUSHES AND THE ROBIN


Bold Sir Robin chirped quite gayly-
He was proud, you SEQ
For there was no other birdie
Dressed so well as he
How wish the flowers would walken--
win cali them And nd s sh Robin
| Loudly starts to sing.
blossoms! Blossoms! You are lazy!
Don't you know It's spring?
Wake up. flowers. and see my red vest
Such a pretty thing"
Just then Robin heard a purring.
Gracious! What is that?
If am not much mistaken
It sounds like cat
Bold Sir Robin ceased his singing.
Flew to tree top nigh;
Eyen there he was quite frightened
Cats can climb so high.
How he wished his vest OF scarlet
Were of duller tone.
So the cat could not espy him
In the tree top lone!
Trembling. fearing. watching. peering.
How his little neck he twisted
Looking for that catI
Suddenly he hears beneath him
Peals of laughter gay,
And some soft and gentle voices
ROBIN Rob H. oh he You foolish foolish Robin.
we are only Pussy willows
Waking up the spring.
Mary Carney.
Troubles of One s4Merry Widow Hat.
Miss Joise Cusic, pretty Marion
linotype operator. claims to possess the
champion Merry Widow hat. Yes
terday Miss Cusic visited Columbus.
She returned home on q late train. BY
fitting her head, Miss Cusic confesses,
she was able to squeeze through the
door of a cab. but when she raised her
head some Of the trimmings on the
upper deck scraped against the roof.
She gave a nervous jerk to unloosen
the outrigging of the creation, and in
doing so, jabbed one of the big quilts
into the eye of drummer. When Miss
Cusic was turning to beg the pardon
of the unfortunate salesman, the
tickle end" Of the feather connected
with the ear Of another travelling man,
who gave a sudden bound and smashed
one of the cab windows. Finally Miss
Cusic, who says she is not bit asham-
ed Of her Merry Widow" removed
half a dozen spikes from among the
shrubbery and feathers and passed the
hat to the driver, who carried it on the
box the remainder of the trip.-Marion
co. Dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer
Vital Electricity In Raw Fruits.
By eating raw fruits we absorb vi
tai electricity. That is q novel prin-
ciple of dietetics, which has been dis
covered by A. e. Baines, an authority
OH 1000 REFORM.
By means of a galvanometer of re-
markable sensitiveness, Mr.. Baines
has ascertained that all fruits, nuts
and vegetables are, while alive, stor-
age batteries of electricity. When they
die or are killed by cooking the insul-
alton between the negative and posi-
tive systems is destroyed.
In an orange, says Mr.. Baines each
alternate section Is a charged cell,
which will cause the galvanometer to
record a current. These cells are in
sulated by their skins, and collective
ly they constitute a battery which is
insulated by the rind OF the fruit
London Cable Dispatch to New York
American.
Too Hard to Pronounce.
well dressed man entered florist
shop near the City hall last Thursday,
threw down q dollar, and said he
was quite unsteady, evidently tapering
off a spree, and the flowers were ap-
parently intended as a domestic peace
offering. The florist picked out COL
lection of. hyacinths. and the caller
started to leave, but at the door hest
tated. IT say" he said. thickly. what's
these flowers. called?" "Hyacinths,' -
said the florist. The customer shook
his head and, as he walked back to
the counter, said: 'Gotter have some
easier. dlIHIne d uOZeu TOSSS
Philadelphia Record.
| Two Odd Decisions.
Take chicken, either hen or a
rooster. force its beak down to the
floor and then, while the bird is in
that position, draw chalk line from
the end of its beak. extending forward
some two feet or more. and thes chick-
en-. 80 the poultry experts tell us, will
remain in it's position, under the inn
preston that the chalk mark is
string by which its head is tied to the
floor Take a human animal, man
or boy, not a woman or girl, set him
down on the grassy bank Of a stream
one of these bright, warm spring days,
put fishing rod and line into his
| hands, and he will sit there indefinite
| w under the impression that he Is go
inr RI catch a f1sh.-BaltimOre Sun.
| Wouldn't Stand for the insult.
L, Cohen, saloonkeeper, 493 Morgan
street. was arraigned before Judge
Hines in the Maxwell street court yes
terday on a charge OF assault and pat
terry.
X. Spiro, Z Scion place, the complain
ant. testified that Cohen had given him
a push in the face"
"I did push him in the face" admit
ted the saloonkeeper on being called TO
the stand. "He said loved my mother
i inJ ss more than I did my wife"
Judge Hines placed Cohen under
honlis of $500 to keep the peace in the
future.
sThe's right, judge" assented Cohen,
not understanding the meaning of the
Judges words. IT am the most peace
able citizen here."-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rTroro the Philadelphia Record.l
Too many cooks are In the soup.