The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

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toward each gastronomic goal
Snins the air and tiptoes slyly
hat there bsy sa Mlsh uncls sm dryv
He can smell cake a mile.'
Once we had a maid named Tfllie,
W no was sly any mouse
Ne for angel cake" said Willie.
| Later Tillie cried: Il did it,
NSaved the cake was what she meant)
Meath the onions Tillie hid it.
1 Throwing Willie off the scent
What Bad Weather Costs.
OF course every one is interested in
the weather, but few think how much
effect it has on trade. In this con-
nectlon the Dresden Anzeiger sums up,
apparently from English sources,
some figures concerning the cost of
bad weather to those engaged in the
dlHerent branches of trade When it
rains, nearly all tradesmen complain
or pad business, except the cigar deal
| ers; the latter, however, rub their
nands with delight. The desire to
make a bad day more endurable by a
good cigar increases the takings of
| the cigar dealer by Is per cent
| That public house keepers in the
city have no cause for complaint,
every one knows. Whoever has any
self with umbrella and raincoat, and
| these cost money. In nearly all the
| shops the proprietors wait unavailing-
! ly for customers. Ladies especially
| have no great desire to shop in the
| rain. That means a considerable loss
| of trade; it has been estimated that
the shops in the West End of London
| lose by single rainy day 100000
Some kinds of merchandise are es-
| pecially sensitive to the influence of
| the weather. Mutton and pork. for
| instance, are spoiled by very strong
| oil M hof a
butcher will lose $50 to SIS by a
| thunderstorm.
| real London fog is much more
expensive, by reason of it's impene-
| trable darkness. For gas alone, Lon
don expends per day. when there is a
| fog, $1,000 more than usual. The
| apothecaries are pleased by such
weather, for the reason that their in
come is doubled. The underground
railways also have their income in
| creased by a rain and fog.
| So nature causes considerable ex-
| pendfture for man. She herself is q
| spendthrift. as in storm she wastes
| giant forces. The storm that de-
| stroyed Galveston could have fur
| nished the power given by all the
steam engines Of the world for years.
| A single thunderstorm would suffice
to drive all the dynamos in existence.
| and the average value Of flash of
| lightning has been calculated as
about $1,25O.-Scientific American.
An Exciting Combat.
| About the best show I ever attend
ed cost only the small admission fee
of rs ceents,'' said John A. Murphy
of Murfreesboro. Tenn.
ut had no big tent. no bands
parade. or gaudy parapnernalia, and
| yet the exhibition was thrilling and
dramatic in the extreme. This affair
came off in a small mountain town in
West Virginia, and the promoters
were natives of the rough region
They advertised a fight between a big
rattlesnake and a blacksnake, and on
being told that the performance was
worth seeing, I paidmy two bits and
| Joined the throng of about 200 spec
| tators.
ION my honor. the combat that en-
| sued between that pair of huge SER
| penis set every man present almost
4 crazy with excitement. The minute
| they were freed they went at each
| other with rush and with kissing
| that betokened deadly hatred. I had
no other idea than that the RATHER
| who looked so much more dangerous
| would make quick work of the black
snake. At first the advantage was
with the more dreaded reptile, and the
way he bit and hammered and dashed
his dark foe BODIED him nothing but
| ill.
| "But ere long the tide turned. All
| the while the black was trying to en-
velope his enemy by winding his body
around that of the RATHER, beginning
| at his tail, and presently he had sue
ceeded in completely incircling him,
crushing out his life as he added coil
upon coil. until we could only see a
| small part of the head of the doomed
| rattlesnake.
at was the comRletest physical
| triumph 1 ever saw When the black
| had apparently satisfied himself that
his antagonist could fight no more. he
| slowly unwound himself and crawled
| away as fresh and unhurt as when
| the fight began. leaving the limp and
lifeless body OF the horrid RATHER
he the baltimore American.
HipDO Punished for Disobedience.
| Caliph. ir.. the baby hippopotamus
| in Central Park Zoo, got his first
spanking yesterday. And he deserved
| it. fer he was a naughty, disobedient
hippo.
The keepers put a newly imported
tapir in the cage next to Miss murphy
on sticking his pretty little face
through the bars in the attempt to
make friends with the tapir. Miss
Murphy snorted, plainly saying to her
| son: Keep away from that tapir;
| don't associate with such trash"
But Caliph did not mind her. Miss
! Murphy made a few more remarks
| through her delicate nostrils that any
mother could have understood, such
as: ct told you to keep away from
that tapir. For all you know, 1t may
have measles or scarlet fever"
Still Caliph paid no attention to
mamma and she got mad. Saying re-
| peatedly, This hurts me more than