The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-22

Enough, worn with elegance and grace.
J1uu taSte aver them out of place
When on the heads of short, or tall.
AT church. in theater or hall
When looming up in central pew
a aqe eh wnols performance hides from view
II manfests no lack Of 'sgalI''s
Yet. when we meet this fine s'head-gear."
For just beneath its bri hmi We n VisT
lady's eyes of azure hue
g. not cerulean. they're black,
OF eoyly glancing .'cupid's DART
AT our poor Palpitating heart!
Sea to Get His Ashes.
Jean de Dios Tejada, author. fnven-
TOT, and mechanical engineer. died at
MS nome, East Orange, N. T.. Sunday.
leaving request that an old, storm
peaten overcoat be incinerated with
ms ms nody. and the ashes. tntermingled.
De cast into the sea. It was his dying
wish That his remains should be con-
signed to the Atlantic, where his wife
ana four Children had found peace in
death after undergoing the tortures OF
sn1pwreck, thirst, and hunger.
Funeral services were held by the
Kew. Ferdinand @. Blanchard, pastor
or the Grove Street Congregational
church, yesterday, and in the afternoon
the Dody was taken to a crematory,
I.
MI Ie5ada and his family started
from New York for Santo Domingo
we've years ago. and on the second
DAY out the vessel was wrecked. The
Ie1ada family, with the captain ana
several of the crew, escaped in an open
boat, and in their haste took with
them only few sea biscuits.
All suffered from exposure One by
were cast into the sea. Only the cap
tain and Mr.. Tejada remained when
sailing vessel rescued them.
To protect the children from the
cold Mr.. TeJada had wrapped them in
his overcoat, and after they died the
same coat was used to save Mrs. TIE
1ada from exposure. The stricken
father said he valued his overcoat as
much as he did his life, and he always
carefully preserved it.
Mr.. Tejada was a mechanical en-
gineer engaged on work on the PAN
anna canal under French control. He
invented cOntrivances designed to i'm,
prove the telephone, methods for tho
acetylene gas, and a machine for
manufacturing cigarettes. For his
work he received the gold medal of the
Academy in Paris.-New York Herald.
President Roosevelt as a Ltneuist.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt gave an exhtbi-
ton OF his versatility as a linguist this
morning. Representative Watson. of
Indiana, took to the White House some
friends from the Wabah district and
also several foreigners who are en-
route to Baltimore to attend the con-
ference of Methodists that is to be
held there, commencing this week In
the party were churchmen from
France, Italy, Switzerland, Holland,
and Germany. The president charmed
his visitors by taking to each in the
callers native tongue. First, he sur
prised the Hollanders by cordial
greeting in Dutch. Some cultural Ger
mand was handed out next, and then
a sparkling French dialogue ensued
between the president and Partisan.
of his talent. ~bySexchanging adieus in
Italian and the visitors passed out fill
ed with admiration for the presidents
varied accomplishments.-W
Dispatch to Philadelphia Press.
Chronological Weddings,
There was poetic appropriateness
in two weddings which were celebrated
in London last Saturday in which Mr.
Bird led Miss Linnet to the altar and
Mr.. Wren was linked to Miss Nightin-
gale. Although it is seldom that one
comes across two of these "ornithologi-
car weddings in one day, they are by
no means uncommon. Not long ago a
church near Dublin was the scene of an
interesting marriage in which a Mr.
Grove was united to a Miss Grove by
the Rev. Canon Peacock, the wedding
march being played by Mr.. Rock. Much
more remarkable. however. was a
match which set Edinburgh in a flut-
ter, some years since. The bride was
Miss Henrietta Peacock and the BRIDE
groom was Mr.. Robin Sparrow. The
Rev. Mr.. Daw performed the marriage
ceremony; Mr.. Philip Hawk officiated
as best man and Miss Larlxins as prin-
cipal bridesmaid; while the marriage
lines were extracted by Mr.. John Crow
session clerk. 1T is worthy of further
sections name is Raven, one of the
pew openers is a Gull, and the assist
ant sexton is a Henry Lay-cock.-
Westminster Gazette.
Used Her Baby as a Club.
In the criminal court here today a
woman used her four months old baby
as a club to assault a man who had
insulted her. 1t was only by great eff
fort by woman interpreter that the
babe was not killed. AS it was, the
child was badly hurt. Agnes Pashkut
was in court with her four months old
baby on her lap. Vincent Bialsky, her
neighbor, took seat behind the Pash-
kut woman, and appears to have said
something in a low tone which made
the woman wild with rage. Jumping
up and swinging her child by one an
kle as a club, she swung it twice
around her head and tried to hit
Bialsky, who got out of the way by
tipping his chair over backward to the
f1oor.-Pittsburg Dispatch to New York
Times.
Disease Turks in Buttercups.
That the picking Of buttercups is in
furious to the health Of children is the
belief of DR.. w. w. Chalfante, of
1885 North Sixtieth street. Dr. Chal- |
fante declares that In many instances
so-called cases of measles are not |
measles at all, but are the effects of
the gathering Of buttercups and the in
haling of their perfume.
ssIn Germany and Holland there are
laws forbidding the growing and pick |
ing of h1Ittercups." said the physician