The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-29

An. Laszlo Jeno Mariai All, Henrik ST.
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How could such a bard as the writer dare
nope to appraise ye and ken we.
HOW could he make known his deep wish
~. 10 champion We and befrien We,
On noble young L. J. Maria, Oh. AFRO
CANT. H s. SZechenyi?
Pro T1,I Laszlo and SO forth Maria, stern
hope you'll be good to your hetress. be
good with the strength of twice ten, We.
But II We mistreat her or beat her. why
On, whatd yecallit Maria Etcetera simon
Szechenyi!
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Mysterious Monuments.
When we left Vannes we went by the
most direct road to Auray about a
haf hours run, and there turned south
west toward Carnac down by the coast
which We reached about an hour after
leaving Vannes. We were eager to see
the Druidical monuments known as
Menhirs and Dolmens, the great stones
or NEUROLOGICAL age These and the
GIANTS Causeway, which we visited
later In Ireland, are two of the most
wonderful things in the world-one Gre
aaed by man and the other a ceation
or Nature. The hotel manager at
Vannes had, given US a little map which
enabled us to go directly to the most
interesting part Of these enormous
neIds OF rock, taking in Ploemel and
Plouharnel on the way.
The story of these stones-as to what
they are; what kind of people put them
there; why and when they were put
there-has never been told and probably
never will be. They are practically as
prehistoric as the formation of the
world itself, and as we drove our mo-
tor, symbol of the latest creation of
man, out On the moors among these
tokens of the musty ages, feeling un-
like anything which we had ever felt
before came over the entire party. Here
was an illustration OF the spanning of
time. Here on the very spot where the
first known labor of man is exhibited
stood also his last production-one the
work of people unknown, the other
the recent production of the most mod
ern nation on earth.
The pyramids of Egypt have his
tory which has been unraveled and
written by archaeolog1sts. Pompei Is
relatively modern; the statues OF
Rameses and the art of the Nile are as
open books compared with the history
of these great rocks.
The Menhirs and DolmenS are scat
tered all about the section south OF
ARRAY, but down near Carnac there are
three groups set upon lines as straight
as a modern engineer could draw them
and forming nine or ten avenues Inere
are s74 In one of the rows, s5e IN an
s-ASA v
were 5000 originally. The stones,
which are equal distances apart, vary
in height from three to twenty feet, the
largest having an estimated weight OF
forty to fifty tons. There Is no stone
of the same geological formation found
nearer than three hundred mlles anu
the mystery of their being placed here
will probably never be solved.-Fron
"An Intimate Excursion" by Frank
Presbrey. in The Outing Magazine for
February.
Hints for Housekeepers.
Do not keep the family skeleton In
a. closet: give it a Christian burial.
The family jars which occasion
ally disturb every household, are
those which don't contain jam.
When the woman-s club fails to
relieve ennui, try twins.
The proper 1ops j place az s to hans Inc
Be patient with the quarrelsome
neighbor; but when patience is ex-
hausted, get a monograph.
With some women, housekeeping is
but a question Of doilies and scents.
The most difficult thing for the
Young housekeeper to comprehend is
that cigar ashes are good for the car
pet.
When paregoric fails to put the
ably to sleep, try blowing out the gas:
It Is advisable to clean mouse just
as often as you wish your husband TO
leave town.
To give the library a more book
ish" appearance-put more BOOKS IN
it.
No sensible woman will require
long hours for her help; all hours
should be limited to sixty minutes.
In arranging a coy corner 1t does
n't matter what materials are USED,
so long as you catch the market right.
When purchasing the sofa, remem-
her that the cost may range anyWneIe
from twenty-five dollars up TO suit
for breach of promise or divorce.
Too many cooks may spoil the
broth, but they can't hurt the break
The day of tacked-down rugs and
carpets is gone; nothing Is now tackeo
down but the mortgage.
Practice little economies; even the
sweepings may be taken 10 a tooac-
consists and made into cigars for fath-
er's birthday.
# &c not we'll to hang the portraits
If ancestors where they Will be likely
to give offense to strangers; but by all
means hang them, If the originals pc
unavailable ..
polished hardwood floors. with rugs
of varying size and texture, are now
tha Drefereuce, not only for aeSthet1c
and sanitary reasons, but because
thew develop the agility, ana the
"hard finish" is revivifying to persons
Of unsteady habits.-Thomas speed
Mosby in the February bohemian.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFroro the Chicago News.1