The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-14
FIooDT1DE AND sUNDowN.

1
There is stir and throb and motion afte,
| the ebb tides still,
Seeking and hope and craving, the work
| of a mighty will
And ths old unrest goes upward to the
| -, Gilt and turfy steep,
| Where is only the swish of glasses, only
the cry of sheep.
Over the wings of the sunset hovers the
-, the lingering light
Inc grasses whisper softly: the breeze
| a. sneHS sweet OF the turf.
| weed and the surf.
Peace Of the down and the bracken, stir
and strife of the sea:
ana die L lie on on the sloping grasses and
Free sf Of the thirst thirst and the passion, the
After the loss and t fno f Wlllee when life
Paii Mall Gazette.
Witty Statesmen.
Wit is dangerous. The annals of
american public life abound with the
wrecks of men who have paid the
penalty of being humorous. The dis
position to make an audience laugh
has been fatal to countless political
ambitions When the late Repre-
| sentative Cushman entered congress
ne made speech which convulsed
the house. But he was brought to
realize that too many spicy anecdotes
ana TOO many good stories, while
captivating to the ear for the time be-
ing were serious handicaps to upward
progress; and he ceased almost en-
tlrely to exercise talent in which he
was little short of peerless. The
propensity of Sunset Cox for humor-
ing the jest lost him the coveted prize
OF the American toga.
John Allen, the wit of congress, ran
for the United States senate she suf-
fered an ignominious defeat.
Tom Corwin was another man who
Damascus blade, and who sum-
married. his experience in the terse
observation that to succeed in politics
1t was necessary to be "as solemn as
an ass" Proctor Knott, by his ia
nous Duluth speech, made an inter-
national reputation. but for the re-
mainder of his life was pursued by
the avenging Nemesis. Tom Reed
failed to secure the Republican
nomination for president of the
never lacking in retort which pro-
duced ripple of mirth. Abraham
Lincoln found his love of anecdote
less of a help than of hindrance
affairs.
Craftsmanship is something serious.
The immortal masterpieces of e1o-
quence contain no suggestions of hu-
Burke-the philippics of Dem osthenes
the splendid orations of Cicero-are
all profoundly solemn.
And when it comes to the men who
are to represent US in the austere and
august forums of craftsmanship or in
the grave responsibilities of the SUI
preme command of public affairs, it is
not the jester whom we are prone to
choose:
For seasoning purposes it is we'll
of
if we can do so in moderation, but
We cannot acquire the reputation
for wit without making up our minds
to take the onsequences.-Atlant
Georgian.
Comet Has Famous History.
The cablegram received yesterday at
Harvard observatory from Prof. Wolff,
Of Heidelberg, announcing that the
HALEY comet had been seen and pho
tographed by him gave great pleasure.
Prof. E. c. Pickering, the head of
the observatory. said:
Il was highly elated by Dr. Wolff |
wire, and Immediately cabled him my |
Although the Ct comet
n this case appears earlier than ex-
oected, astronomers all over the world |
nave had one eye open on the lookout |
'or it. IT is, you know. located in close
proximity to the consultations of |
Semini and Ge-.ma.
TT was the first periodic comet |
whose return was predicted Its dis
,overer based his deduction on the fact /
hat its orbit was found in 1928 to be
Iearly identical with the comets of
607 and 1881. and that he also found |
'ecords of the appearance of great
;omet in 1856 1907 1145. and 1906. From
hese facts he drew his conclusions on |
he time that should elapse between
is visible visitations.
He noticed, however. that the inter-
rails in certain years differed some
hot H14f vic Hot
,nces were no way greater than could
De accounted for by the attraction of
Jupiter and Saturn.
"At it's return in 1885 it did no. appear
Is an extremely bright comet, but was
conspicuous with a tail of
he first type.
1.-The most remarkable of it's appear
Lnces were in 1866 and 1856. The comet
# 1906 figures in the Bayeux Tapestry
is u prouitious omen for William the
|onqueror.
I'm 1456 Calixtus III prescribed
lef in the comet during the threatened
nvasion OF the Turks in Europe, and
ssued a BULL Cambridge dispatch to
lew York Times.
Clyde Fitch's Hands.
Clyde Fitch manicured and was as
careful of his hands prina donna.
Once he amused several rows in a
heater by expressing horror at the [
discovery of "A black smudge from the
program Gu t0e UP VI d unSeT. ne mao
lis spike-tai;ed coat decorated with
black braid like gold lace on a court {
inform. He crossed his front when in
ull regalia, too, with a heavy gold s
watch chain, with big diamonds stuck {
between the links. Fitch was notorious {
or his bad taste. 1t was told that he '
rammed his town house full OF junk s
which he had bought at fabulous prices
or art treasures, and that finally a ,
riend who knew something about art l
'alues cleared out the place, altered the
vail decorations, gave a harmonious t