The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-02

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The busy boy with clever cunning sends
The winged magic from his fatal bow
An! happy he who at loves perfect prime
/ over no cherries laurel weeps and bends,
But wears the crown loves living joys
-Alanson Tucker Schumann, in the Bos-
| ton Transcript
| The Unbidden Guest.
| Before he can get in the mood for
| morning calls John Mccarthy, of
beautiful Bayonne, must meet a
friend, and the friend must buy. and
| there must rush in second friend,
who buys also, and while the three
are standing there, 10, in strolls still
another friend, and from then on and
on and on.
| Consider, then, that friendship has
| been extolled until nothing remains to
| be said; that the "Old Oaken Bucket
has been sung for times; that the in
diVidual match and cork repertoire of
| every man present has been exhausted.
and the policy OF Washington shaped
| as it ought to be. Then, suddenly, a
lull. No one else buys. Seized with
that mania for making morning calls
which invariably aff1icts him in such
| crises, Mccarthy alleges a most i'm
portant business engagement and
| points his nose for the door.
| Perceive Mccarthy now as he
alights from a train at Bloomfield. He
pauses a moment, wondering why he
has chosen Bloomfield and then smiles
as he describes a tiny suburban domi-
Gle with pale smoke issuing from its
| kitchen chimney.
The family of DR.. Frederick G.
Shaul of Bloomfield wonders when
Mccarthy strolls in, all amiabiiity and,
with courtly bow, takes his place at
the luncheon table. Spearing French
chops from wher one sits, inserting
ones thumb in ones coffee cup and
| eating mullins whole are practices not
encouraged in the best Bloomfield cir
Giles, but Mccarthy has soul above
conventionalities. While he eats he
| talks entertaining1y of many themes.
and then weeps as in its order he
comes to the subject of friendship.
| Imperturba bility still is the most
salient quality about Mccarthy as he
stands at attention before Recorder
| Cadmus in Bloomfield court. DR..
Shaul, his involuntary host. has re-
fused to prefer a complaint. but Re-
corder Cadmus is adjusting his specta-
! cies preparatory to giving Mccarthy
| good talking to. A messenger an
nounces that friend wishes 10 speak
to the recorder at the telephone,
whereupon the magisterial intent
changes to the direct route.
ST will give you just five minutes to
| remove yourself from Bloomfield
your honor is generous" cries Nc
Carthy, with animation. 1.-TWO is
more than ample. Observe me-
! And before the court clerk can adj
/
be order in court, Mccarthy fees
through the doorway and has vanish
ed like a mist.-New York Herald.
| Terrorized by Wildcats.
Two wildcats that made their den in
the ruins of the old farm house IN
which Jake Moore and his aged house
keeper were found murdered more than
| ten years ago were killed by Fred
Steiger and Wash Trenchard, local
hunters. Together the cats weighed 80
| pounds.
For weeks the animals had terrorized
| the inhabitants of South Bushville
with hideous cries at night, which at
times could not be distinguished from
those of a child. Women were afraid
| to venture out after dark, and the
male population remained at home
rather than take a chance at putting
| an end to the disturbance.
When the news reached Steiger and
| Trenchard that big game positively ex-
| listed in the swamp near Bushville they
were not slow in getting together the
| best pack of hounds in town for an at
| tack. Well armed, the men drove to
| the Moore property, and there let the
dogs loose. It became apparent that in
J order to rout the game, which evident
| ly was concealed under the debris
partly filling the excavation, it was
necessary for one of them to go down
into the pit while the other remained
| on guard at the top. This Steiger con-
| cluded to do, and unstrapping MS
cartridge belt he made one end fast to
| a floor timber and with the other en1
| lowered himself to the bottom. One
| after another the dogs plunged head
| long into the cellar after their mas
| ter. Removing a pile of boards,
Steiger saw a pair of green eyes star
| ing at him not more than 3 feet away.
A.e reached for his gun and fired one
| barrel. AS he did SO out jumped two
ful1-grown wildcats, splitting and snarl-
| ing with rage. The next instant saw
Steiger in a hand-to-hand conflict with
them, supplemented by half dozen
dogs, while Trenchard looked on pow
erless to assist his companion. BY good
luck Steiger succeeded in killing one of
the cats as it was attempting to get
away through the cellar drain, and the
other was shot by Trenchard after it
had fought off the dogs and was try
ing to escape across the fields Mon
ticello, n. Y, dispatch to New York
World.
Guiteau's Head Preserved.
ST was told today that the head of
Guiteau, the assassin of Garfield, is
preserved in a private museum near
Muncie, Ind" said r. A. Goshorn. a