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ton into the legislature by Senator
w. Il. Smithson of a bill for the pro-
lection Of boarding schools and col
leges for females, and the principals
and students thereof. The first section
of the measure made it unlawful for
any person or persons to wilfully and
unnecessarily interfere with, disturb,
or in any way disquiet the pupils Of
<any school or college for females in
lAuthor of the Anti-"Mashing" Law
this state or the teacher or principals
in charge, while On any public road or
street, or in any building or structure,
or on the school premises; nor shall
any communication be had, for such
purposes, with such pupils, or any one
Of them, either orally or in writing, or
by signs or otherwise, and ii shall
also be unlawful for any person to en-
ter such schools or colleges, except on
business, without first having obtained
permission of the principal in charge
of same; and any person guilty of
either of said offenses shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor. and, on con-
viction thereof, shall pay a fine of not
less than S. nor more than $50 for each
offense, on the first conviction, and
upon the second and each subsequent
conviction of a like offense shall pay a
fine of not less than $40 nor more than
$50 and be imprisoned at the discretion
of the court, in the county Jail, not
less than ten 10 more than thirty
days"
Section 2 provided that it shall be
unlawful for any person, or persons, to
loiter, wander. stand, or sit upon the
public roads, or to frequent or unnec-
e~ssarily pass along the same in such
manner, with intent to annoy, veX, or
disturb the owners, ~lcssees, or occu-
pants of any premises in the state used
for the education of females, or with
intent to disturb. annoy, or harass the
teachers, principals, or pupils, or any
one of them, as they pass along the
pubhC highway, streets, or alleys of
any city in the state. Any person OF
persons violating this section of this
act shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction shall be
fined and punished in the same way,
and to the same extent, as II convicted
under the first section of the act"
At first reading the legislators made
light of the bill. and laughed at its
author-Senator Smithson. The news
papers poked fun at the measure, while
the "Johnnies" had little to say upon
the subject. A combine had been fixed
up in the house to defeat the passage
OF the bill, because the leaders thought
the enactment of such a law would be
81 piece of foolishness. Finally several
female college presidents appeared and
urged the passage Of the bill as in
troduced. When the members of the
legislature learned that they really
wanted the law. the bill secured the
hearty support of every member.
The law has been a great benefit to
the educational institutions, and now
the boys who often used to appear
about the campus and cast smiles at
the girls are not to be seen. There IA
4 quite a romance attached TO the first
and only arrest that has been made
under the Johnnie" law, Shortly
s%,after It's passage a young man residing
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-20
Tho Editors Advice.

Office B~oy-Ple0se, sir, I'd like to go
to my grandmother's funeral this aft
ernoon The Edltor-You should be
economical. Don't waste your grand
mothers so early in the season; save
them for the hnal,-Tit-Bits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-20
Indeed.

McJigger-That's a funny thing.
Observation-Disclosures is? McJigge"-
Miss Passey was an old maid before
she was married, and now that her
husband Is dead she has become a
young widow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-20
He Knew Also.

Mendicant-"Oh, sir, you don't know
what it is to want bread" Mr.. Young
husband-"I don't, hey? I'd have you
understand that my wife has been at
tending the cooking school, and I've
lived for six weeks on angels food,
prune whip, charlotte russo and Span
ish cream. ! not only want bread, but
| want doughnuts and apple pie"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-20

The proper distance between the
eyes Is the width of one eye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29
Napoleon's Liking For aclarissa.n
[F'rom the London Academy

IL AOA1 lAt 1oDQOn ACADEMY
Lord Rosebery in his book on Napo-
leon speaks more than once of his hero's
admiration of Richardson's tClarissa
Harlowe.' This reminds us of Haz-
lifts quaint reason, printed in a foot
note to one of his Table Talk Essays
in the London Magazine for 1921 "a year
in which it needed a bold man to ad-
mire Napoleon-in print. During the
peace of Amiens," Hazlitt wrote, "a
young English officer of the name of
Lovelace was presented at Bonaparte's
levee Instead of the usual question
Where ave You served, STRIP the first
consul Immediately addressed him, I
perceive your name, sir. is the same as
that Of the hero Of Richardson's ro-
mancer Here was a consul. The young
mans uncle, who was called Lovelace,
told me this anecdote while we were
stopping together at Calais. had also
been thinking that his was the same
name as that of the hero of Richard
sons romance This is one Of my rea-
sons for liking Bonaparte"
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IFrom the Chicago Tribune.1
Mr.. Skimmerhorn (as the participants
in the debate became personaD-I was
a laundering fool when I asked you to
marry mel
Mrs. Sximmerhorn-Wel you looked
it, dear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

A school boy was asked at an exam
nation to give an account of the pa
triarch Abraham. He wrote: He was
the father of Lot and had two wives.
One was called Ishmale and the other
Hagar- He kept one at home and he
turned the other into the desert where
she became a pillar of salt in the day
time and pillar of fire by night. y
London Jewish World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

You seem to have discovered the Sc
cret Of keeping a servant girl, Mrs Hip
Yes Several years ago 1 found a
maid whom my gowns would exactly fit
and have had no trouble since. Den
yer Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

do you like your new cook ?''
"Oh, yes, L haven't worn my silk cape
but once since she came, but, graciousi
I'm not going to bother her about a little
thing like that."-Indianapo Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Where are you going, my pretty
maid?"
out on my my auto, sir" she said.
May ] go with you, my pretty
maid?"
7 have gas enough and to spare" she
said.-Puck
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Witch No. 1T serves her right.
Witch No. 2-Serves who right2
Witch No. 1.-The Witch of Endor She
discarded her broom for an automobile
last night and was stranded ten miles
from Unconstitutional American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Mrs Won Blumer-Deari deari I drop
ped my diamond ring off my finger this
morning and can't find it anywhere
Won Blumer-It's all right. I came
across it in one of my trousers pockets
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

She was not from Chicago.
do not anger me- she said.
How am I to know when you are
angrw?'' he asked.
Il always stamp my feet" she an
sWered-
He looked down at her dainty shoes
Impossible" he said; there isn't
room for stamp On either of them"
That fetched her.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

We'll, professor, how do you like my
way Of playing music at sight ~
The professor-Wonder ?-only the
music must be full of typographical
blunders.-Heitere Welt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Miss Froclxs is a PRETTY summer
GIRL said Mr.. Hunker.
.Fretty?' repeated Mr.. Spatts- Miss
Frocks is handsomer than her own pho
tographs. p-Harper's Bazar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Weary Willy-I can't get a good job,
mum! All de good jobs is takenI
Mrs. Handout-Hm And what would
you call a good job?'
Weary Willy-Ohl Any kind Nv a job
OATS taken, mum!-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Men of my profession are very good
story tellers," remarked the barber.
Yes, assented the smarting sufferer
in the chair, and they usually illustrate
their stores with cuts.-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

MY wife learned French in five
weeks"
docs she speak correctly?"
well, Professor De Verges says her
French is as good as any spoken in our
neighborhood. '-Indianap Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Vice is lobster of such hideous mein
That to be hated needs but to be seen,
Yet when upon US it doth get a cinch,
We scarcely feel discomfort from its
pinch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Mamma-Johnny, fear you were not
at school yesterday.
Johnny-M'm- I'll bet the teacher told
you. A woman can never keep a secret.
-Tit-BitS-
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Hildred-It makes me so mad for
somebody to eat up all the nuts before
soup is served.
Malabar-Especiall when you were
about to grab for them yourself? 1
agree with you.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Patient-I'm not afraid to die, doctor,
but I do dread being buried alive.
Doctor (cheerfully)-Don't let that
worry you. I'll see that you ain't-Pick-
Me-Up.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Young Stone-I spoke to the chemist
and he advised that 1 should
Doctor Gnterrupting)-O he gave
you some idotic advice, suppose
Stone-He advised me to see you'll
Tit-BitS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

WinksA;What advice did the doctor
give you when you went to him this
morning?
Blinks-Hts advised me to go to some
other physician to whom 1 didn't owe
H5=AnSWers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

Tigg-There's one good thing about
these college yells.
Wigg-What is it?
Tigg-They can't sing those glee songs
while they are yelling.-Baltimor
American
IL - :. 1,u------ -.-4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

piled the hen-pecked man. MY wife
only admits that they're our children
they are her children Philadelphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

What de news FUN Marse William at
de capital?" asked the colored constitu-
ent.
Well, the paper says that he has the
floor .
DE goodness graciousi Is he drunk
already 2''-Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-29

She-I do believe I would fall dead if
you were to come home early some eve
ming.
He-You viii have to offer a bigger
bride than Embellishments Press.
, 1900-06-21
LITTLE.
NJ Contracts with Employers, Says This
Man,

NJ Contracts with Employers, Says This
Man.
Il wouldn't give a cent for a contract
with an employer" said an advertis-
ing a Contracts are useless. II a
man hires you for a certain sum to
do certain work, he pays you that sum
because you are worth it to him and
he'll keep o without a contract Just
as long as he will keep you with one.
If he agrees to pay you more than you
are worth hell find it out sooner or
later and then your contract isn't
worth a fig. l know it shouldn't be
so, but 1t is SO. I've got In mind now
a case in which a New York merchant
who boasts Of forty years of business
integrity figured. He employs a buyer
in one of his departments at a yearly
salary and contracted with him for nve
years. This buyer was one of the best
in the business. He worked along for
about a year and then something hap
pened that made the merchant dissat-
isfied. OF course the buyer was under
a contract and the merchant could not
get rid Of him without violating it.
What did he do? Why he sent for this
man and said to him: Mr.. -, you
have done splendid work for us, and
we are more than satisfied. We feel
that you deserve some reward and We
have determined to increase your sal
airy $1,000 a year. Well. the buyer said
he was very grateful and all that and
went out and put in some Of his best
ticks. He got the increased salary for
two weeks and signed a receipt for 1t.
Then the merchant sent for him and
said: Mr.. --, we are mistaken IN
our estimate of you and we have deter
mined to let you go. We don't need
you any longer We'll, I don't want to
stay where I'm not wanted said the
buyer, but I've a contract, you know
'Contract?' said the merchant. What
contract? oh, no, you have no con-
tract. You consented to the abroga-
ton of the contract two weeks ago.
Well, | don't think that the buyer
began. 1t doesn't make any difference
what you think said the merchant
with forty years Of business integrity,
you did abrogate 1t. We don't need
you any longer. Good day. sir. '"-
New York Sun.
, 1900-06-21
RAILROAD PASSES
Proved the Ruin OF This Once Prosper
Gus Kansas Farmer.

Wichita (Kan) Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean: This is the true story OF the
.undoing of a Kansas farmer, and his
particular case has many a duplicate
in the Sunfiower state. Politics was
his Nemesis. and his love for a rail-
road pass led him into all the trouble.
John Butternew was a prosperous Ger
ann farmer of the Third district. He
had a fine farm. and it was well
stocked with blooded cattle and good
horses. He worked hard and prosper
ed. He had a pleasant home and some
promising children. The neighbors
pointed him out as a happy soul. That
was ter years ago. In those days a
tall man, flashily dressed, visited the
town where Butternew lived. He wore
diamonds and carried a pocketful OF
annual passes over the big railroads.
h sight of these passes was Butter
news undoing. why should | not
carry passes?" Butternew asked him
self. 81 could travel then and have a
good time for nothing" The politi-
clan told the plain old farmer it was
easy to be elected to office. and that
passes would then come from all sides.
So Butternew entered the race for
congress and was elected. He forgot
to count the cost in enemies and
money, but he got the passes. Then
he commenced to travel. He neglected
the farm to see the sights in Chicago,
simply because he could ride on the
train free; he paid big hotel bills at
Galveston and st. Paul, for the same
reason, and he rode to Topeka twice
a week, just to experience the sensa-
ton of riding for nothing. Time sped
by. The time for the renewal of the
passes came around. Butternew liked
the office, even if it was a losing thing
financially, so he announced himself
as a candidate for reelection. He got
the nomination by a scratch. His OPP
ponent, a wealthy man, spent lots Of
money in the campaign, and Butter
new was forced to mortgage his home
to raise the cash to fight him with.
The race was close, but Butternew was
defeated, and his passes were taken
up. By this time Butternew had the
train-riding mania. He could not stay
at home. Instead of trying to retrieve
his fallen fortunes he neglected bust
ness, and all the spare money he had
was used in trying to get back in pol
itics. But his power was lost. For
tune was against him. Last week the
sheriff sold his homestead under mort
gage foreclosure. Butternew is a wan
derer, his family is destitute, and he
still clings to political hope.
, 1900-06-21

The desire OF the women of the ccun-
try to decorate their hats with feathers
may be responsible in a large measure
for the slaughter Of the birds, but it
was left for the women to defeat the at
tempt recently made by the Merchants
Milliner association to effect q COM
promise with the Audubon society.
The directors Of the Illinois society
met Monday night and, while the men
of the board were for meeting the mil
liners half way, the were like
adamant. mo compromise with evil
they said, and they voted solidly
against entering into any agreement
whatever with the feather dealers.
They won to their way Of thinking a
sufficient number Of the male direc-
tors to carry the day, and the Illinois
society goes on record as refusing to
make any concessions to the hat trim
ming trade. There were certain claus
es in the agreement drawn up by the
milliners that were as Objectionable
W IVA ~ " sAo UNIV Al "
however, thought that if these clauses
stricken out the agreement
would a V the North American birds,
The women declared that they would
never consent to bind themselves to re,
sist legislation having for its end the
protection Of foreign birds by forbid
ding their importation into this coun,
try. "Our neighbors' birds are as pre-.
cious as our own" said the women
"The Audubon societies will s"tultify
themselves II they even listen to such
a proposal" From every state thus
far heard from the women of the Au,
dubon societies are against treating
with the milliners, while the men favor
a compromise. The women will carry
the day.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1900-06-21

That night the emperor was arrest
ed and imprisoned on an island in the
palace grounds, and reports were cir
culated by the empress Of his death.
Many OF the emperor's supporters
were executed. The people began to
clamor for their emperor, and the pCw-
ers. in order to disprove his death, in
sisted upon the emperor receiving their
representatives. A rising of the secret
societies was also expected and feared.
Picking, Tien-Tsin and all of the north
ern towns were ~placarded over night
to the effect that II the emperor did not
appear there would be an uprising and
a massacre. not only Of all the foreign
ers, who were believed to side with
the empress policy, but also of all Chi
nese who were anti-reform.
"Thereupon the powers ordered their
marines to Picking to protect their
legations.
China is h~oneycombed with secret
societies. Those in the north and in
the south are all pro-reform, in favor
of progression and on the side Of the
emperor. The present Boxers are the
delegates of these societies who rise for
the recognition Of the emperor and the
massacre of all foreigners. Meanwhile
the empress, relying on the promises oil
Russia, secretly encourages the Boxers
into the belief that foreigners want to
dismember the country.
AT the present time. counting mis-
s~ionaries and all, there are not more
than 1870 white men in Picking. Every
one of them is now in danger of being
killed. Unless the powers can strike
hard, a concerted blow at once. they
had better suspend operations until
they are able to do So"
, 1900-06-21
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lung troubles Of any nature, who will
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presented with a sample bottle Of Bos-
chee's German Syrup. free Of charge.
Only n bottle given to one person,
and none to children without order
from parents
No throat or lung remedy ever had
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in all parts Of the civilized world.
Twenty years ago millions Of bottles
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1t is really the only throat and lung
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clans. One rs cent bottle will cure or
prove Its value. Sold by dealers in all
civilized countries.
, 1900-06-21
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.

AS many Of the readers of The Re
publican are not familiar with the
cause of the trouble in China, we pre-,
sent the statement of Richard Br'ns.
ley Sheridan, who is returning from q
diplomatic mission for the British gov
eminent in the far east, and who has
spent Is months in Picking and Tien,
Tsin. He says:
1.-The trouble dates back to Sept. 10,
1898. when the empress was in her
umner palace. During her absence
the emperor, temporarily in authority,
planned, under the advice of his tu-
tor, Kang Yu Wal, to depose the sover-
eien. To this end arrangements had
been made to the extent of securing
the general commanding the troops at
Ten-Tsin, who was to march on Pc
king and support the emperor. The
empress, learning of the plot, hurriedly
returned to Picking, only to find the
emperor in communication with Mar
quis Ito Of japan. The marquis, who
is prone minister at the Mikado's
court, resigned his Office to go to Chi
IA, ostensibly to further a treaty
whereunder Japan was to educate the
hset and army officers Of China
upon learning that the emperor was
to confer with Marquis Ito she insist
ed on being present at the interview,
concealed behind a screen and unknown
to the marquis. When the interview
took place. therefore, the emperor con-
Aned himself to asking a few common
place questions, after which he drank
his Ia, hgnifyfng that the audience
wAs at an end.