The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-19

W sWeeIneart maid, or WaIe,
Love Is beyond compare"
NO said the heartless f1irt,
diamonds the trumps shall De,
Hearts are as cheap as dirt:
Give wealth and power to me.
No said the man blase,
Clubs are the trunnps we want:
Such gauds for the .young and gay.
But Clubs for the bon vtvant
Then the gravedigger said.
'Vanities soon are Dasti
The earth shall be your bed,
And Spades must win at last.
ALFRED Afackay, in Smart Set.
The Love Of q Dog.
Frequenters of the old police court
in this city well remember the clippings
of Senator Vests eulogy OF the dog,
which were pasted on the walls there.
The speech was made by the senator
while serving as attorney in the prose-
cution OF q man who wantonly shot
the dog of neighbor. The plaintiff
had sued for 5000, but after hearing
Senator Vest the jury returned YER
dict Of $500.
The speech. which will stand as a
tribute to mans best friend, Is as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen Of the jury: The best
friend a man has in this world may
turn against him and become his enc
N.Y. His son and daughter that he has
reared with loving care may become
ungratsful. These who are nearest and
dearest to us, those whom we trust
with our happiness and our good name
may become traitors to their faith. The
money that a man has he may lose. 1t
flies away from him when he may need
1t most. Mans reputation may be sac
rificed in a moment of ill-considered ac-
ton. The people who are prone to fall
on their knees, and do us honor when
success is with US may be the first to
throw the stone of malice when fall
ure settles it's cloud upon our heads.
The absolute unselfsh friend a man
may have in this selfish world, the one
that never deserts him. the one that
never proves ungrateful or treacherous,
Is the dog.
Gentlemen of the jury: A mans dog
stands by him in prosperity and in
poverty, in health and sickness. He
will sleep on the cold ground when the
wintry winds blow and the snow drives
flercely, If only he may be near his
masters side. He will kiss the hand
the wounds and sores that come in en-
counter with the roughness of the
world. He guards the sleep Of his pau
per master as If he were a prince.
when all other friends desert he re-
mains. When riches take wings and
reputation falls to pieces he is as con-
slant in his love as the sun in its jour
ney through the heavens If fortune
drives the master forth an outcast into
the world, friendless and homeless, the
faithful dog asks no higher privilege
than that of accompanying him. to
guard him against dangers. to fight
against his enemies. and when the last
scene of all comes and death takes
his master in its embrace and his body
is laid away in the cold ground, no mat
ter if all other friends pursue their
way, there by his graveside will the
noble dog be found. his head between
his paws and his eyes sad but open
in alert watchfulness, faithful and true
even to death"
The animal kingdom affords no other
example of such loyalty. The cat tribe
has no such qualities. AS Senator Vest
says, man himself shows no such devo-
ton to fellow-man as does the dog to
his master. The tribute to his faith
fulness is worthy of repetition and pre-
senting before the new generation
Washington Herald.
Been Taking Turns.
Mrs. Rogers had the barrel of rus
set apples placed in the attic because
they were not quite ripe enough to
eat and she warned her three boys,
whose ages range from TO IL years,
not to touch them.
Then, one rainy day when she
sought the attic to get something
from a trunk, she came full upon her
sons. surrounded by apple cores. Az
her approach two of the boys drew
closer together; but the third, little
distance off, who lay on his stomach,
munehing an apple, appar-
emily paid no attention to his mothers
entrance.
"Jackl Henryl wiilie!" she ex-
claimed, reproachfully. Whatever
are you doing? And those apples!
Didn't tell you not to touch them ?"
yes. mamma replied Jack, the
eldest. shut we're not really eating
them: we're acting the Garden of Ed
en-. Willie and I are Adam and Eve.
Henry over there is the serpent, try
ing to lead US to our downfall by show
ing US how coed the apples are"
But" began the mother. as stern
been eating apples. Henry hasn't
done it all. I see as many as ten cores
around you.'
"oh. yes returned Willie. the
turns being the serpent."-Fruit Grow
er.
Expects New York to Burn Up.
r. E. Humphrey, Of Philadelphia, who
was a delegate to the international con-
gress at Copenhagen for the testing II
building materials from the point of
view Of fire protection, is here to attend
the Anglo-American conference for the
adopting of standard testing formula.
Mr.. Humphrey, who has made tour of
Europe with a special view Of studying
building materials and the systems of
fire extinguishing, says the average loss
by fire in Europe is 33 cents per capita,
while in the United States it is So.
Europe, he says, is better equipped to
prevent and extinguish fires than the
United States, unless the building laws
in the latter country are revised. New
York under present conditions, Mr..
Humphrey says. is doomed to a great
conflagration. like those at San Fran
cisco and Baltimore. The American
frenen are courageous, he says, but
they are not properly drilled.
Mr.. Humphrey, who will sail for home
on the Mauretania on December II.
says he will advocate the adoption Of