The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-24
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
tFrom Philadelphia Public Ledgsr.D

/ Very impressive is the gesture of
| the Attorney General of Illinois, who
has offered a reward of 1900 for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of persons who committed
the Herrin murders But the sum
seems paltry. AS spur to increased
efforts on the part of the officials of
Williamson county. we'll add our own
making it $1,100 altogether.
But. as we have said. the gesture is
impressive. 1t discloses the extent to
| which a public official is willing to
wallow in futility in an effort to pla-
cate law-abiding citizens without Of
| Tending those who condone an out
rage.
zone of these days. writes we'll
known publisher, I'VE are going to get
out a book to which you will devote
as much attention as you have to
That is a contamination devoutly to
| be wished. "Cytheria" and IF Winter
Comes saved this column several
/ times when it was in shoal water and
drifting toward the rocks.
Gems From ByerIy's Spelling Book
| A friend up state has sent us a
copy of Byerly'S Spelling Book, pub
lished in 1896. and THE Youths Cab
met of Nature," printed in 1912.
From Byerly's Spelling Book we make
| the following excerpts:
| THE ELEPHANT is seen from
seven to fifteen feet high, and seems
at first view to be scarcely alive. The
| body is very large and covered with
rough skin without any hair The eyes
/ of this animal are very small and it
has very large ears, which hang down
/ by the side of Its eyes. The elephant
has a long snout, or trunk, which is
hollow like a pipe. and has two nos
| trills at the end like those of a hog.
| This trunk is capable of being moved
in any direction. and it has finger
| on the end with which 1t can pick up
| a pin, unite the knots of a rope, I'M
| lock a door and even write with pen.
THE DROMEDARY is q native of
\ Arabia 1t is one of the most useful
| beasts in that part of the world. The
dromedary is from five to six feet high,
Is capable of carrying from six to
seven, hundred pounds weight, can
| travel two days without eating and
much longer time without drink.
| THE PARROT FISH is found in the
waters of the East and West Indies.
1t has a broad body and its tail is
very narrow. Its back and sides are
| red, mixed with broad silver stripes.
| which run from head to tail, and its
| belly is white. The parrot fish has
| small fins of a yellow color and is
which are very loose.
| THE TURKEY is a large fowl which
| the farmers keep about their barns.
They are of different colors and live
on grain and the eggs of insects. The
female lays eighteen or twenty eggs
| at a time. The young turkeys are
| very tender at first and require much
! caro- and pains to keep them from
| weigh fifteen pounds, and they are
very good food.
Maybe This VIII Start Something.
! SRA propos the recent discussion
| in the column regarding editorial
writer's who stress the obvious or
write things what amt, have been
| wondering in what category we shall
place your gifted co-worker who, in a
recent editorial, would have ms believe
that the "Decameron" of Boccaccio
is a fitting book to read at the family
hearth. A. G.
We don't pretend to interpret the
| editorial writers to their audience. but
the "Decameron" is more fitting
book for family reading than some of
the current fiction. And it may very
well be that is what the one in ques-
ton meant.
The struggle nowadays in nearly
every home is to see to it that books
which mother and grandmother may
not read do not get into it.
Had it lived, the Greenback party
WOuld nave Deen 1lIty years Ola TINS
month. Probably you do not remem-
Der the Greenback party? 1t was the
first of the panaceas compounded for
the purpose of comforting prosperity
by law.
Many other panaceas have since
been compounded, but the situation
still is unsatisfactory. Looks like no
substitute for industry, application and
thrift is ever going to be found.
Governor Edwards Is quoted as say
ing it is his understanding the Leon
ard-Tendler contest is not to be a
prizefight. Who, we desire to ask, |
who is the miscreant who misrepre-
scented the character of this exhibition
to the governor of New Jersey?