The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

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That tells US don't spend it,;
II s them that don't care who'd be lendin'
That tells us don't lend it."
The Do It Now sign always swings on the
OF them that don't do it
Advice, an suggestions, an things on the
There amt nothin' to it, -
Chicago Post.
He Didn't See 1t.
At recent dinner in London the
conversation turned to the subject of
lynching in the United States. 1t was
the general opinion that a large per-
centage of Americans met death at the
end of rope. Finally the hostess
i no part in the conversation, and said:
affairs"
YES" he replied, 1--WE take kind
of municipal pride in seeing which city
can show the greatest number Of lynch
ooh, do tell us about lynching you
have seen yourself" broke in half
dozen voices at once.
1.-THE night before sailed for Eng
land said the American, 81 was CIV
ing dinner at a hotel to a party of
Intimate friends, when colored waiter
spilled plate of soup oyer the gown
of lady at an adjoining table. The
gown was utterly ruined, and the gem
tlemen of her party at once seized the
waiter, tied a rope around his neck,
and at a signal from the injured lady
swung him into the air.
'Horrible!" said the hostess, with a
shudder. s.And did you actually see
this yourself?"
apologetically. "Just at that moment I
happened to be downstairs killing the
chef for putting mustard in the blanc
mango. "-Tit-Bits
Waste of Ignorant Haste.
We may get cheaper news print pa
per phen we are able to secure from
wood pulp its full value as raw lha-
terial: The Boston Herald says: "a
chemist has demonstrated to the own
ers of pulp mills on the Au Sable river
that so per cent of the weight OF pulp
wood which has been turned into the
river as waste, and which has polluted
the waters of this stream and of Lake
Champlain, has by-product value al
most as great as that of the pulp man
fractured from the other 40 per cent. I"
. Little by little we are finding out the
: Wastefulness Of our Ignorant haste in
developing the vast natural resources
| of the country. The by-productS of
the cotton plant have nearly doubled
i the value of the cotton crop. The same
! thing is true of crude petroleum. We
are slowly coming to an understand
, ing of the frightful waste of coal as
a re~ult of slovenly methods of MIN
ing and still more slovenly methods
of use. The pollution of the air We
breathe as well as of the water we
drink is largely the result of reckless
, disregard of well-knoWn scientific
) methods and of sanitary precaution at
! an annual monetary sacrifice of stag
: lgering proportions.-Phila Rec
ord.
Beat Horses by Whispers.
1.-THE most famous horse whisper,
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''Was Con of Cork. Con would retire
alone with some vicious man-killins
brute, and from the moment of his
J temperance the nag would be as
mild as milk. They said lie whispered
to it,
/ Cons best authenticated case was
II Rainbow, horse belonging to a Colon
ell Westvance. Rainbow had kicked a
groom to death, bitten soldiers
thumb off, and rolled on a lady. They
g wanted to tie Rainbow's head in a
8 blanket before Con entered the stall
S but the whisperer shook his head and
r smiled. Sending everybody away. he
: entered. He remained in the stall hall
e an hour. Then he whistled, and the
grooms and the colonel came to him
t Con sat on the stable floor, and thai
: holy terror of horse lay on its back
t beside him, playful as kitten. Man
0 kind thought in those days that horse
Y whispering was magic. We know bet
d ter now. We know it was hypnotism
a hypnotism exercised on animals, a lost
s art that offers the psychologist a fruit
: full field of research. '-Philadelphie
k Bulletin.
The Swordfish Season.
: From this time onward the sword
: fish will live precariouS life. for this
/, noon the first of the swordfish flee1
y got away the schooner Valentino
# which fitted out at T wharf. Another
t schooner is slated to start tonight, ane
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= be patrolling the waters all the way
from Edgartown, Block Island, on the
south to Cape Shore on the north.
T The territory embraced is somewha
e more extensive than usual On account
Il of the backwardness of the season
- This means that the fish are not get
= ting into the more southerly water:
: as early as customary. The swordfiSf
are harpooned. and many exciting con
7. tests have been waged between mel
n in dories and the fish with the SHARP
i point.-Boston Transcript.
: Rose That Changes Its Color.
White in the shade, red in the sun
e such Is the twofold character that ha!
= given a name to the chameleon rose
= At night or when it is carried into
: dark room it assumes waxlike white
v ness. This does not occur abruptly. bu
d the petals first pass through a bluisf
5. tint, which rapidly changes into very
It pale rose, and finally ends by becom
h taken into bright sunlight, with th'
d greatest rapidity it resumes the scar
/. let of the most brilliant peony.
: This horticultural phenomenon comes
e from Japan, that country of magic gar
i dens and wizard horticulturists.-L'
; Petit Jardin.
e Connecticut Mans Pet Fawn.
A C. NJ. Pinney is probably the onl,
W man in the state who has a pet doe
n The doe is two days old. Mr. Pinney'
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