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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Another Important Event--Ihe March Sale Of
Rugs, Carpets, Curtains and Draperies
m With the March Sale Of Furniture

would hardly be good business part to offer furniture at
special Price allow the
in purchase of carpets and dape and speak plain
Sunday Monday which would
matter
been built is everywhere
with RELIABLE QUALITIES and REAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Nineteen Miles a Second

without a jar, shock disturbance is
the awful speed of our earth through
space. We wonder at such ease of ma
lures movement, and SO do those who
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills. No grip
ping, no distress, just thorough work that
brings good health and fine feelings. 25c.
Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Linoleums

3-patterns of LinoIeum;
regular price 60c per square
yard. Special price, per
square yard. 4Sc
2-patterns of Linoleum;
regular price zoe per square
yard. Special price, per
square yard. ....... .59e
pattern of Inlaid Limo
leum; regular $3.50 quality;
special, per square yd. .$1.29
2-patterns of best quality
Inlaid Linoleum; regular
price, $1.65 per square yard;
special. .S1.43
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Straw Mating Rugs

For this March Sale we have 18 Straw Mating
Rugs in very desirable patterns and colorings;
9x12 size Regular $3.50 values, spec d. y %
tally priced at each. spCeCO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Room Size Rugs--March Prices

ADMINISTER RUGS-12 high-grade Administer 9x12
designs rich coongs good
Sale St SSI nGfee ea is Our special March 1925
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

David NJ Hildreth. of Kansas, for
many years connected with the coast
and gecdetic survey, has been appoint
ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock a
of the postoffice depart
ment. Mr.. Hildreth will be employed in
the postal map-making division, at a
salary Of s., 700 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

48-pairs of Ruffled Muslin Curtains, PA yards
long; regular 48c value, special per pair. SIC
35-pairs of Ruffled Muslin Curtains, 212 yards
long; regular 6Oc value, special per pair 43f
36-pairs of Ruffled Muslin Curtains; 212 yards
long; regular $1.OO quality, per pair. .73f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

Congressman Rees has a bill to in
crease the cavalry garrison at Fort
Riley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

Senator Curtis introduced in the
senate a bill authorizing free or reduced
transportation to regular immigration
agents while actually engaged in the
performance of their work, and for
other purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

Congressman Anthony presented a
measure to reinstate Frank Ellsworth
McCorlxle as a cadet in the military
academy at West Point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

Congressman Young introduced bill
establishing the pensionable disa bilities
of civil war veterans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12
Drapery Fabrics By the Yard

Reversible fabrics
patterns of quality, at Csc
so inch Rep regular csc grade, at yard 69c
121c Silkoline; patterns yard &c
patterns at yard 16c
s145-5O drapery, piece yard soc
$3.50 in Sunfast fabric; pieces Csc
Sunfast Fabric pieces yard 69c
$1,000 Sunfast Fabric; pieces. yard $129
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
KEY AND LOUIS
DIRECT FROM THE HARDUP VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT

| Ikey:-No, dot vas little stranger
Louis :;-yy. for did you hit dot man
vot come in your grocery store del
odder day?
Ikey:-yell, vot would you do to a
man if he come into your store and
asked you If he could take moving
picture of your cheese? -
Louis Issacstein is a lucky man
key: How doe you make that
out?
Louis: He ISIS always falling into
property. Der odder night he vas
coming home and he fell into the
basement of a new ten-story building
Ikey:-My wife has hobble saoit
now.
Louis:--Iss dot so?
sIkey:-,Yes. Standing room only.
Louis -Vot ISIS der scarcest ting
in der woild?
Ikey:--Vot?
Louis: AN old maids children.
Ikey:--Do you like der theaters?
Louis Sure do; always sit in
| der front row.
Ikey;-can you tell me yot ISIS a
musical comedy?
Louis "a musical comedy is a form
of entertainment in which large
number of people on der stage appear
to be amusing themselves at der ex.
Ipense of der audience.
Ikey:-Vot ISIS it parasite?
Louis Wy, a parasite ISIS Won OF
dose tings yot they drops from bal
looms.
Ikey:-Say. can you tell me how 1t
iss dot a. sculptor dies?
Louis Sure. He makes faces and
busts -.
key used to be awful thin.
Louis:--yelI, Wy ISIS i'd that you are
so fat now?
Ikey:-veH, you see when I was
fifteen years old fell ouid of q vim
dow and come down plump.
Loufs:-I have got u fierce pain IN
my stomach. -a-s. gsss
1key:-Vot kind of a pain ISIS IL?
Louis:--It ISIS one of dose round
ones nit jaggy edges. >.@ !.
key can initiate violin.
Louis:--Can you? .s>. I'll
Ikey:-No. .-..... f. =. '.'".
Louis:-I hear dot Rebeccah mar
ricd her husband to reform him.
Ikey:-Did she succede? ...........
Louis: No. He. only lived forty
years after der marriage. .a
lkey.:--Cohen ISIS making holy
show of himself. 4. ~. r.
Louis:--Has he been cutting up
capers again?
Ikey:-No. He is taking part in a
1,ry 70, fNnov Sf1N..
company. .-z
Louis:-Do you know, dere has
been something trembling on my lips
for der last week
Ikey:-So / have observed. Wy
don't you shave it off? ~
LoHis:-I bought me set of books
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

An / goes throo me stockin's an
dere wasn't one wat didn't have a
hole in it. That's wot comes OF woik-
in in manicure parlor. It's sump-
in fierce.
Well. goes down to Casey's place
and | blows six bits on q pair Of
Christmas stockin's So help me!
Dey wus sold to me as de latest ting
in Chris 'mus presents, and goes
home proud n happy. Well, hangs
'em up. Yes. / amt no hog, but /
allus believed in dom t'ings proper,
n says. 1t amt no use bein' stingy
wild gink wot youse is askin' fayors
of. g. ....~. Las.
Den | beats 1t to bed, and bein'
wore out wild polishing gents nails
all day, goes to muh innercent sleep.
wen wakes it's mornin', m me
bein' anxious, hunks for de place
were I'd left dem socks And what
d'yethink! Some rummy gink had
bin m cut a hole in both toes. ] fig
gered it out dat dis Sanity Claus Teller
rum shy of Christmas gifts about de
time he gets to me n, being MATERIAL
ly mean, ships dem rags to break
even Anyhow. / amt bod no pa
thence wild Chris'mus since den. n
I'm goin' to cut down on de givin'
game from now on, believe muh!"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
Being THE SAD STORY OF 2 LARGE
HOLES IN CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
"A FABLE IN SLANGI

Say, this Nmas stunt gets me reg.
ular. Every year it's de same ole
ting A goil, 'speshully one in dc
show biz, amt got chanel on cart
of breakin' even wit de racket. Dis
Christmas comes down here from lie
Golden Gate boig, and de foist ting
blows into Is a old side-kick. what
bones me for touch on de plea dat's
coming on to de Happy Yuletide.
An it's been goin' like dat ever
since. Foist one ting. an den an
oder, an de coyes in de stores is so
loaded down wit Chris mus shoppin'
dat-on de leVeEdey amt got time
to sell youse a bottle of patchouli or
a box o. paint. It's suttinly awful.
4 But what gets me goat woist of
all is dat youse can't break away from
it. Spot wat happened me last year;
I was young den, and woikin' in a
manicure emporium on Market street.
The stoige had'n never entered me
head in dem days. was innercent.
L was so inherent dat / didn' dare
go out after dark. Also | believed all
de bunk dey tells youse about Chris
nus. HonestI did.
"Well, wen last Christmas comes
to pass. as dey say, I gets ready to
hung I'D muh stockin'. Sure, I did.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

Wont you look at some nice ties,
sir?'
what do I want with ties? Can't
you see I'm letting my beard grown
DO you consider it a crime for men
to play golf on Sunday"
mo, but | consider it a crime to
hear them play on that day" T..
What do you think is the hardest
thing they encounter in aviation?"
@The Garth" III ~.
Say, mister, don't you want boy?'
What for?' -.
''To pay five week to-" 49,,
For doing WHAT" ...
"Why, fer hangin' around here all
week waitin fer the five" ....
August. Come here!" =,
Don't call me August. 1t makes
me hot" ~.. |
why couldn't they play cards in
the ark?' ........
Because Noah stood on the deck"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
MEL DRAMAS SHE lSPLAYED

$50, Gwendolyn Fairfax, you spurn'
ed me love to marry me enemy, Clar-
ence, the Clever Clothes-Cleaner, and
this is the thanks you get. But it is
not too late to secure the Che-ild. You
must either marry nuh or l will sell
the old farm You must either sign
the craper5 or ! will tell ALL
You brute!r cries the Heroine. Il
seed you kill the pore man who was
the owner of this farm, and | also
saw you 'ide the buddy Do you
think, that ! would give me Clarence
mp for yuh?'
Then you refuse to marry muh p
cries the Villain in a towering rage.
What is that pore cloths-cleaner to
you? have money, and can give
you everything.
81 may be married to a pore man.
says the Heroine, 'but would rather
be that than what your go-old would
make muh."
But have the Papersi Would
yuh have muh sell the old farm and
turn yuh out in the crool woild?'
Il hate you" cries the Heroine,
"and ] will never marry you!" !,
SO you spurn muh love ?" once
more asks the Villain. Curses on
you! You shall be paid for this, =
,Whereupon he proceeds to seize the
Heroine and, despite her struggles,
gags her and ties her to a chair. CO.
ing over to where he laid his over
coat. he takes out of pocket some
thing which to the casual observer
might be stick of dynamite. He also
fishes around in the pocket until he
finds a make-believe fuse, which he
attaches to the stick of dynamite Co
ing over to the chair where he has.
the Heroine bound and gagged. he
places the stick of dynamite under the
chair and trails the fuse over to the
door.
He then proceeds to put on his fur
lined overcoat and silk lid and then
nays to the Heroine:
81 will be revenged for the way you
have treated muh, and five minutes
after I light the fuse you and the
Che-ild and the farmhouse will be
blown to smithereens. Goodbye for.
r-r-reve-rrr!i!
Going over to the door, he feels in.
: =
ais pockets for some matches and fin
ely his search is rewarded. He tries
to stike one, but it fails to light. Then
he tries another. 1t also fails. The
Villain suddenly starts up in dismay.
Fooled again. he cries, and van
ishes through the door into the dark
Jess. II"
You see, kind reader, his plans to-
lestroy the Heroine and the cbe-ild as
well as the aforementioned farm
house, had really been foiled. He
found to his dismay that all the
matches he had were safety matches,
and he had neglected to bring the box
with him. And, of course, the Hero
enters later and sets the Heroine free,
and they live happily ever after. as
the noyelistS say
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
PASSING OF THE OLD Jokes

As 1 idle DER the papers when the
busy day is through, marking all the
jukesmiths' capcrs, funny stunts the
artists do; I'm impressed by some
thing wanting that OF yore I read with
glee, and memory comes haunting
of joke that used to be. Down
meath the old jokes graveyard mould,
the nlother-in-law Jest lies dead and
coIdl Boon companion OF this Joke
LET was another. in its day not so stur-
dy as an oak, yet In seeming built TO
stay. But the missing one reminding
me OF laughs that are no mere. Am
sadly put TO finding this one too has
gone before. mo more upon the com
ic screen Jane starts the fire with kerr
osene.)
Startled thus on search unhappy
for old friends OF Mirth and me, re-
scan the columns snappy where the
smiles arc scattered free; then, with
sorrowful emotion 1 discover further
loss--one more mark OF Wits devo-
ton TO oblivion gets the toss. tho
playful rhymes now run upon euecn-
apple pangs Of little John.D All of
these bright buds OF humor had their
fondly lingering day. but the last. like
passing rumor, faded sure and swift
away. On the road of their last TAX
ing there must followers be, know,
and a little choice I'm making Of the
proper next TO 20. Fer women vote
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

Ikey:-I sec by der newspapers dai
der hotels is charging for bread ant
butter desc days. = ~
Louis: -Dat's nodding. Wy, del
theaters are efen charging for del
programs. -
Ikey:-Vy ISIS itdat you are looking
so high-minded and virtuous lately
Louis Welt you see + have de
tcided to cut out der musical comedy
for Won week and attend dat perform
ance of Shakespeare vot see billed
Ikey:-Iss i'd not most fortunate
thing? l~.~ - ...>@
Louis Vat?
Ikey:-Dot peoble can't read del
kisses vot have been printed upon q
COILS lips. n. .-", "
Louis Veil, i'd is, better to have
loved and lost, dan neffer to have
loved at all. i ~ r. "+.. -.
key: Dat is case we're
you vim ven you lose.
Louis. Amt it funny dot womens
don't like a bald-headed ham.
Ikey:-Dere ISIS nodding der matter
NIT a bald, headed man.
w yOu slH1hC Out
Ikey:-yell, you neffer saw a piece
of furniture yot had marble tor
dot wasn't some good, did you?
Louis: Say, key, yot ISIS del
meaning of MDCCCXCVIII. T..
Ikey:-Dot means eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight. - ~. e.. F..
Louis:-Say, don't it strike you dot
they are carrying this spelling reform
entirely too far? 49,. i
Ikey:-Do you velieve in woman
suffrage? ~ ~. !. =.
LOuis:-Sure / do. believe In
giffing der womans DER rights. .sE
key vaa just thinking vot a
funny ting it would be- woman
vass bolicemans. ~ ...,...s..-. T. >:
Louis:--Vy you'll it be funny?
1key:-Because woman would ar.
rest man just for der pleasure of
Walking to der station house nit him.
Louis:-Vot ISIS der latest news
from der Balkan frontier?
key read dat der Turkish army
has taken Peruna.
Louis:-I read by der papers de
odder day dot der Boolgarian nation
al hymn vas der Turkey Trot."
/. key am gedding so heavy. desc
days dat it makes me uncomfortable.
Louis: Veil, Wy for you don't take
some exercise?
Ikey:-I have tried that but it
makes me the more uncomfortable.
Louis:-1 saw you down town last
night
Ikey: Who was | with?
Louis You was with a big crowd.
key was not; | was with big
blond =
Louis:-T vent by your house at
Won O'Clock this morning and saw a
light in der upstairs window. Dot
vas strange. ...-..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

As the scene opens, the Heroine is
discovered crouched in chair at tht
right of the stage, before a canvas
fireplace in which repose several logs
of wood. underneath which is RED
light. Through the open window al
the back of the stage confetti snow
can be seen slowly drifting down from
out OF the flys, while tin-pan racket
may be occasionally heard, reminding
one Of The wind The heroine rises
iE3sa her seat and going over to d
cradle, which may be seen near the
front of the stage, right, reaches down
and from 1t takes doll dressed to
represent baby. With one hand on
her forehead and the other hugging
the che-ild to her breast. she walks
halfway across the stage and stops.
Ha, She heayes a sigh. .stss.-e-.ss
Alone, alone" she cries. 'Alone
in the crooel void with me che-ild
and not cent in the house to buy
even a dill pickle
She repeats this stunt couple of
times and then places the che-ild in
its cradle and goes over to the small
table, center stage, and removes from
a drawer revolver loaded with sun
dry blank cartridges.
Il will end it all, she says, in a
low whisper. All, why did Clarence
desert muh in this manner after had
been troo and loving wife. Thank
God, his che-ild shall never live to
know that its father was clothes
cleaner"
As she Is examining the revolver
ard preparing to make her departure
to another world, knock is heard at
the door. She drops the gun and
slances wildly around the stage.
whats that?' she cries, in a low
voice. Can ii be Clarence come
back to CLAIM muh as his own once
more?" She goes to the door and
opens it. and 10, who enters but the
Villain, Harold, the Hasty Hair-Dress-
er. The Heroine starts back in sur
prise, but Harold pays no attention to
her, and walks over to the fireplace,
where, after seemingly warming his
hands and brushing a few flakes of
the confetti snow off his shoulders,
proceeds to remove his fur-lined over
coat and silk tile. Oh, yes. and he
also twirls the ends of his long, black
mnstache "A villain would not be a
Villain unless he had a long, black
After he has performed all
these duties that his part of the play
calls for, he turns on the Heroine,
with one of those wicked smiles, and
says
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

on der installment plan today and all
have to pay Is one dollar a month.
Ikcy:-For how many months?
Louis Och Colt! forgot to ask.
key Miss lewiston is a yer cour.
ageous goil. isn't she?
Louis:--T should say 50. She Is
engaged to marry man by der name
of Triplets.
Ikey:-Vy did you put dot man out
of der hall at der dance der Oddef
night?
Louis:-He claimed to be one OF the
city firemen, and he was wearfn' a
ceIfuloid collar
Jkey:-Say, Louis.
Louis: -Vot?
key We gotta cut this ouid. We
can't have any more space.
Louis:-Fell. We can sing a little
song. can't we?
Ikey:-Sure. Vot will We sing?
Louis We will sing that old familiar
bullet entitled were der gristle cud-
dies in der canned goods. Marguerite. .
Professor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
LAUGHS FROM THE BEST SHOWS

MY wife has great affection for
me. Every time I'm out late she sits
up and waits for me"
THAT isn't affection; it's suspicion.
What does your wifeflook like?"
She's a decided blonde" H.
Yes. know / was with her when
she decided" :-......... -. ~
Aud now a soul paused at the very
portal s-ss.
There is no marrying nor giving
in marriage here?' it faltered timidly.
Nome" answered st. Peter with
q kindly smile. E....@... j.. -.
Thank YOU said the soul. aud
went in without wiping its feet.
Teacher: In what part of the Bible
is it taught that man should have
only one wife? -:=:....-.. -. ~: =.
Little Boy: | CUES it's the part that
says no man can serve two masters.
What is Billy Hardat doing these
days." asked Smithers.
''Oh, he's working his sons way
through college" said little Binks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
THE SEASON OF SELF
DENIAL

Now comes the season when the
man Just gets along the best he can
with old suspenders, mended hose.
and neckties which must wear dis
close. His handkerchiefs are frayed
and few. but the supply he won't re-
new. or sleeve links he himself de-
MICS; to tie his cuffs with string he
tries. He win not buy ring or pin ;
he leaves the stub5le on his chin be-
cause he lacks razor's care. he
won't buy brushes for his hair--be-
cause he thinks each loving friend
some little token will extend and
how his heart the fancy lifts-hell
get them all as Christmas gifts.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES

Wishing the readers OF this page
one and all a merry Christmas and Q
salubrious New Year, and regretting
that the Christmas tree must be limit.
cd this year by space, we hereby dis.
tribute the following presents donated
to popular fayorites by an admiring
public:
mike Randall-A Carnegie here
medal.
Bert Bightfoot "a first-class per
anlbulator
Z. A. Mott-smith-1.OOO birth Ger.
tificates.
Alex. Lindsay-A $4,000 law prac-
tice.
Governor Frear Peace pipe tfrom
Wyoming gangl.
D. l. Conkling-Box of pre-digested
food.
Soapbox Barron-A rattle and a
megaphone.
w. W. Thayer-BoX of taffy.
6. H. olson-$1 100000 Mahuka
award Thy federal jury.
Marshal Hendry-0ne big Ben
r. w. Breckons-Perpetual control
OF the territorial Republican party.
gBounteous" Bevan-B Book on writ
ing and staging plays.
Delegate Kuhio-Our blessing.
Harry Lake--A great future.
Joshua Tucker-Ticket to next Ma
sonic convention
George Davis-Bottle soothing syr-
mp
Duke Kahanamoku - Austrafia's
goat.
Link McCandIess The governors
job.
Editors of this page-Alibis.
A. A. democratic spoils
system, in good working order,
Mayor Fern Complete control.
Jas. l. Coke--Breclko job.
DIR. Pratt-A clean bill OF health.
DIR. A. N Sinclair-Book entitled
sStrHgulating Tuberculosis GERMS
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
KNEW IT.

DO you really believe, doctor. that
your old medicine really keeps any
body alire?' asked the skeptic.
Surely" returned the doctor. "My
prescriptions have kept three drug
gists and their fanatics alive in this
town for 20 years. "-Harper's Weekly.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
HEARD IN THE OFFICE

The Cub: All right. I'll get you a
pair of ear-muffs.
Society tor:-Congratulate me;
I'm engaged.
Proof Reader:-No! Honest? Who's
left you money?
Cty Editor:-What do you thing OF
this "muSh" that the Teller down in
kakaako writes Don't you think that
be carries his ideas bit too far?
Cub Repcrter:-Sure. He might
have left that stuff at a newspaper Of
flee Learer the center of town. They'd
print any thing.
Say, Cub, you are so all fired gol
Germ smtrt, why is it that we don't
see any bald heads in the froIt rows
at tic theaters here IN Honolulu?
Huh! No ticket scalpers here that
| have seen. - .5.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
a pIFFERENcE.

And what is that little building
over there?" asked the visitor to Tom
py's place.
That? Oh. my wife calls that the
garage" said Tompy.
"Oh-what it your carr" asked the
visitor.
"0h, that's mirage" said Tompy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21
LITTLE STORIES
OF REAL LIFE

They stool there In the moonlight;
he big husky fellow OF twenty, and
she q shy young maid OF seventeen
Slowly his arms stole around her, III d
as he lightly kissed the upturned lips,
she pushed him ludely from n.
Take your check away, oscar she
exclaimed. you've been using sale
t. razor"
And he disappeared into Tue night.
The Cub Reporter and the Sob Miss
we're alone in the Office. TIE iii
looked peeyed. and ate. 4 lone silence
she spoke.
Willie she said. Are .ooa quite
sire that you love me-
@Of course love you.. replied tie
Cub.
"How long vii you love me ?.
Il will love you until these Islands
are buried underneath the sea-"
"oh. Is that all?' was the surprised
reply.
utes.
Nor he suddenly said. "No. ] will
love you until we get an electric fan
In the Office.
And with d low, glad CRY, she threw
herrCH into his arms.
The gas collector had presented
bis bill, and the business man looked
.'There Is something wrong with this
it over thoughtfully.
BILL" he said.
mo, SIR" said the collector, the
bin Is all right. 1t Is according to the
meter
cit is very strange" resumed the
business man. Il certainly burned
more gas than that last month.
The gas collector turned pale and
edged toward the door. Very we'll.
SIR he said, very well. Don't get
excited, sir; keep quiet: calm your
Self. Everything will be made all
right, I assure you, SIR
The collector bounded down the
steps and shouted for help. -Four
policemen responded, and. moving
cautiously up the stairs, secured the
maniac and got him safely to the
asylum.
But little hope is entertained for
his recovery.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-21

Comes merry Yuletide, full of glee,
And now we plainly see @
We must buy coal, and food. and
clothes, and Christmas presents
for a lot of people. and give away
-. a lot of junk We don't want, and
get lot we can't use. .... :. Is.
And for a year in debt well he.