The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23


Perceiving, that alone of all his treasure
Rest in the bottom lay.
For if should (said He)
Bestow this jewel also on my creature
| He would adore my gifts instead of me.
AND rest in nature. not the God of
So both should losers be.
Yet let him keep the rest.
But Keep them with repining, restless
Let him be rich and weary. that at least.
| II goodness lead him not, yet WEAKNESS
May toss him to my breast.
| Who Hit Billy Patterson?
| who struck Billy Patterson" is a
! question that has gone into history. It
is asked frequently by persons who have
no idea who Billy Patterson was. for
| 1t has become stock expression signi-
flying mystery.
But now comes T. M. Lake, formerly
OF Fauquier county. Va. and now a re-
he knows all about the striking of
Patterson. Mr.. Lake was a young
friend OF the man who struck the blow
H. Billy Patterson according to Mr.
Lake, was the bully of Richmond, Va
almost 70 years ago. He was a big
man who loved fighting almost as well
as ne loved whisky. and preferred the
two together.
blow which thrust his name into i'm
mortality he had obtained LIQUOR. but
was finding it difficult to get a fight.
He had taken up a position in the cen
ter or much Travelled sidewalk and
was making all passers take to the
street. he was particularly insulting
TO crowd Of medical students who
passed on their way to a nearby stud
ents' hotel.
Among those students was Albin
Payne, young man from Fauuuier
county, relative of Admiral Raphael
Semmes, and man of fighting blood
When the group of students submit
ted to tho indignities offered by Pat
terson his fighting blood was aroused.
Let me at the bovine" he said, as
ne walked up to Patterson. Perhaps
PATTERSON was too much surprised to
defend himself, for only one blow was
sturck. and BILLY" Patterson went
down with a thud. 1t was believed at
nrst that Patterson was killed, and the
students fed to their hotel, where a
nasty conference was held. and they
vowed not to tell who struck the blow
Hardly had Payne been taken out a
side way to another students lodging
house when the police arrived. demand
ing the man who struck Billy Pat
terson." All the students were ques-1
toned, but each denied that he had
struck Patterson. Though it soon be-
came apparent that Patterson was not
dangerously injured. the students kept
notoriety. Payne afterward became
widely known as a physician in Virginia
and attained some note as a magazine
writer wit under the nom de plume of
Dispatch to Chicago Record Herald
Conundrum Man Once More.
Say whispered the man with the
iridescent whiskers and the green hand
kerchief, leaning over the desk of the
nCh Pal hold
got a dandy for you today. You can
use it IL you want to. It's nothing to
me. I believe when a mans a friend
of man he ought to give the man the
benefit OF what good ideas come to
him from time to time. Live and let
live is my motto"
We're not handling notices today |
What is the other thing?" asks the man
ST the desk, absent-mindedly trying to |
sharpen his fountain pen.
What is the difference between a
policeman who got his appointment |
the influence of a brother-in- |
man and who is detailed to arrest peo- |
pie who have no vehicle license upon
their wagons and carriages, and a civil
service clerk whose duties consist of
re gistering the description and num- |
hers of automobiles?"
why is a policeman who arrests |
three dozen hoboes less four like a man
who happens up an alley and finds a |
Cuuuk VI ny HdIHlI0 Dc1lluu q HduQDOOkI
shop?" asks the man with the hiatus
en- his head. Because he has located
bum 80. Good morning.
Very WELL" Kisses the man with the
luminous whiskers. Very well! The
answer to mine is that one nabs the
Is gless and the other tabs the nagless,
but shall give it to some more meri-
Htterateur."
And the door closed. shutting off the
Post.
Alaska a Good Investment.
1t is Just little more than 40 years
since Gen. Grants administration
closed a deal by which Russia ceded
Alaska to the United States. The pri -
was 1000, 900, and the car took about
half the amount in old gunboats, Of
which we had a surplus left over from
the war.
Since then we have taken out of the
territory products amounting to about
1927, 900, 000 or $S,175,0 900 a year, good
bit over 100 per cent per annum on the
cost. AS we got little profit during the
first 20 years, we are now taking out
something like 200 per cent of the
original cost. But as Alaska contains a
timber supply to last US for centuries if
taken care of, and coal to last
for years to come, the bargain was a
good one. The fisheries and other wealth
producing resources Of Alaska may be
made perpetual
Yet a great cry was raised against
the government for the purchase, and
the general bore most Of it.-Los Az
geles Times.