The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
"REMINISCENCES OF A DANCER.

piers.
The fairest of former DAYS
who 10, nov oy, REL eIal9 gay cremorne
And those mild whirling figures born
With hats on head and morning coats
Then footed to his prancing notes
Our partner-girls and we:
And the gasjets -winked and the lusters
And the platform throbbed as with arms
we moved to the minstrely.
Who now recalls those crowded rooms
OF old yclept 1.-The Argyll
Where ne to the deep Prum-polka.s booms
Whittier have danced those damsels now
Is Death the partner who doth NOW
Do their specters spin like sparks within
The smoky halls of the Prince of Sin
To a thunderous Julien air?
Thomas Hardy In Golfers Weekly
Counting a Million Peas.
To win a wager of $3.50, Henry
Parish. Of Meddybemps. has spent
nearly month counting peas. His
eyes are in such a condition that
whether open or shut he sees peas
and quart cans. When he sleeps he
dreams of peas and quart cans, and he
is well-nigh crazy.
About Thanksgiving time Parish
and a neighbor named Wainwright
bet you $3.50 1 can count a mill
lion peas between now and middle of
January" said Parish.
"I'll take that bet said Vain
wright. ,sYou count 'em and put 'em
in glass fruit jars.
Parish began, and before the week
was out he had peas on the brain.
took all his wife's empty fruit jars
and all the peas he could borrow, and
by Saturday night he had counted
100000. This gave him hope, and he
began to boast to Wainwright.
''I'll tell you what I'll do" says the
latter eff you count the peas with
out making a mistake. I'll eat 'em all
in two weeks: If you overcount or I'M
dercount. you eat EN-"
Parish took this bet and counted
the first batch overagain, to be sure
he had made no error. Finding that
he was three peas out of the way he
got nervous.
A couple of days ago Parish
finished in a rush and took all the
cans over to Wainwright's house.
'There are the peas. Now you eat
'em," he commanded; "also fork over
the $3.50"
"But how do I know that you've
counted correctly" protested VAIN
wright.
you don't: so count 'em yourself
chuckled Parish.
''Wen, I guess I'll take it for
granted IL you'll let me off on eating
'em,'' said Wainwright, after think
ing it over. "I'll pay you the $25O
and call it square"
"Oh, no, you DON'T gurgled Par
ish; "a bets bet, and you've got to
count 'em. Then I'll bet you have to
eat EN-
Wainwright is now counting peas
to see whether he does or does not eat
them.-Bangor (Me.) dispatch to
New York Herald.
Dogs to Be schools Guards.
Great Dane dogs are to be used as
night 5anitors in the eight school
houses in Perth Amboy, N. j., to pro-
tect the school property against thieves.
When the thieves first began their
operations it was suggested that eight
men be employed as night janitors. The
pay of such men would be $50 pei
month each, or an additional expense
of $3.50 a month Such an amount
would be more than the value of the
things the thieves would steal, and the
board of education decided the fund al
its disposal would not stand the addi-
tional expense.
| Finally Magnus c. Larsen came tG
| the rescue with the suggestion that the
city purchase eight Great Danes and
turn them loose in the schools at night
| "a night janitor's salary will be MOI
| less than $50 a month"; Larsen said
I'VE can feed and keep a dog for from
| So to Sc a month. 1 am a Dane anC
know all about these dogs. They de
not maui or injure intruders danger.
| ously. They merely hold them at BAY
| until policemen or others arrive to ar
rest them. Most of the thieves wht
have been breaking into our school:
| are boys about IL years old. WheI
| they learn that Great Dane dogs arr
| inside ready to tackle them this petty
| thieyery Will cease
| Because in one case the thieves &C
| cidentally set fire to the school hous'
| and caused damages aggregatins
| thousands of dollars the board Of edu
| cation decided to accept the suggestion
of Larsen. AS quickly as the dogs cal
| be obtained they will be made nigh
tanitors.-New York. Press.
| Battleship Minus Tunnels.
| The keel plate of the British battle
ship IndefatigabIe was laid Tuesda.
| afternoon
| Although the armament and speed o
this new vessel will be similar to tina
of the latest battleship cruisers. sh
will be without tunnels, and beyond he
| tripod masts, gun turrets, and bridges
| the upper deck will be as clear as wa
the case with the old sailing ship
when their sails were slowed away.
The Indefatigable will be the frs
VeSSel Oh 1SE yPC III Inc Dt1lASi Ao y
1t is possible to do away with the fun
nels because of the introduction of in
ternal combustion engines as pro
polling power.-London cable to New
York Times
i POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
/ IFrom the Chicago News.1
Il Rich food maketh a poor appetite
And a pale, white tooth may hav,
plenty of nerve.
Bread is the staff of life, and mine