The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28

An her sweet hands beck MIN, beck'nin'
| as l see her in my dreams?
Oh do you hear the keenin' on the hills
| Do you hear the sad, slow footsteps o'e1
II the wet thyme an the grass;
Do you miss the soft eye glancin'. and
Do you miss avourneen Ely, 'mong the
.colleens as they pass?
| the hour 'twixt dark an dawnin',
BY way that none can tell me meath
But I, m waitin, waitin' only, for 1 think
she'll know I'm lonely,
An tbs Efly's hands will beckon as
see them in my dreams.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Paints New York From Cab.
AS much as Americans hatter them
selves upon their go-ahead qualities,
1t has remained for a young English
woman, Miss Mary Helen Carlisle, to
conceive and. having conceived, to put
into practice the idea of getting a per-
NIT to sketch from a cab in the middle
Of New York street.
Perhaps Miss Carlisle's energy and
fearlessness are inherited from her
grandfather, General Sir John ]. Bis
set. The idea of painting from a cab
IN the center of New York thor
oughfare. however. would not daunt
this young painter of portraits, for
under the guidance of very martinez
of an uncle she learned to make
sketches by the clock at the age of 16
in South Africa.
Miss Carlisle relates how under this
martial rule she would be deposited at
q certain spot congeniaI or uncon-
genial, and left with the message that
she would be called for in half an hour
and that she was expected to have her
sketch finished within that time.
There was no time allowance for
Painting was a business; therefore. If
you meant business, paint.-Town and
Country.
His Fixed Income.
A Southern congressman, who for
merly practiced law in Mississippi.
tells of an amusing case he once tried
in that state. He was then a student
in the office of his uncle, Col. Mar
tin, who figured in local politics.
The main figure in the trial was a
lazy darby named Dick Sutton, arrest
ed at the instance of his wife, who al
legged that he contributed nothing to
her support and refused to work.
During the examination of Sutton
the young lawyer asked:
"Dick, have you any fixed income"
Sutton was puzzled by the term.
Counsel explained that the express
sion meant a certainty, money paid
not for odd jobs, but for steady en-
ployment; in other words, a compen-
sation at stated intervals on which
one could absolutely rely.
Upon the conclusion of counsePS re-
marks the darky's face frightened.
IT think I have a fixed income,
sah," said he.
And what is this fixed income? ?"
was the next question.
well, sah." answered Dick with a |
Martin, de colonel dere alters gives
me TO- dollars and a sack of flour on |
lection day!"-Louisville Courier |
Journal. -a H. .--...-.......
New York Clam Chowder.
What passes for clam chowder in
New York is not chowder. 1t is soup,
and poor soup. 1t is soup without
pride of race or strength. Usually 1t
Is watery, as If prepared originally as
4 swimming pool for living CLAIMS. To-
matoes you will always find therein.
You cannot tell a New York clam
,howder by the CLAIMS, but you can
always identify it by the tomatoes. If
you order clam chowder and get
something that resembles cross be-
ween tomato soup and chicken gum
20 say nothing that you will be sorry
or. Eat what you get, or not, as your
hunger demands and your fastidious-
less permits. You are face to face
With that evil, misnamed connection,
New York clam chowder. lie
If you find clam therein, or a sec t
ion of q clam, let it alone. 1t is not I
he kind of clam which enters into 5
ne real Clam CnOWuor u THESE S1AOACS.
t is large, tough, ana aged, chopped +
With a Ratchet into little bits, and c
Ised sparingly. but not sparingly I
nough. p
The best way to eat a New York c
lam chowder is to throw it out of a
window or send it back.-Boston a
ournal.
Goose Thirty-Six Years Old.
This isn't the goose that laid the
olden egg. but it's the oldest goose in
le United States, according to It's own l.
:, Mrs A. C. johnson. of this city. ~
1.-THE goose is SO years old and more"
Tvs Mrs. Johnson. in relating the story I
her featherhead pet. zone morning Q
ard, I found a young goslng hair I
1ried in the snow. Evidently the bril- 7
as one of a fl ok of wild geese flying t
and during the night had be- b
,me tired and worn out, dropping to r
le ground I picked him UP, took him a
to the house, fed him. and ever since
ZEN he has remained with me. gave e
m the name of Baby.
The old goose is known to every 4
lid in the neighborhoOd. He Will fol- a
w his mistress about the streets a
henever she will allow him to do so,
I'd is u ret Of many people A few
eeks ago the old goose was caught t
1der the hoofs of horse and it was e
ought for time that the bird would h
@ His feet were crushed. but he re- z
,vered. and still manages to waddle e
,out cheerfuily.-F'lint Dispatch to the
ew York Herald. Y
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