The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
KANSAS COMNENT
4 TIME FOR REFLECTION.

"A 11hE FOR REELECI1oN-
There is no doubt but that for some
time to come there will be very sober
view OF life taken by the business in
Ierests OF the country. Everybody knew
that the grand march upward of values
ana prices would have to stop before
II collded with the stars, but nobody
wanted 1t to come just now and pro-
baby no date could ever have been Sc
cured Dy unanimous consent. But the
order to halt came, and with little
sagglng back and forward there will be
steadiness and a farefulness in bust
ness operations that will make the
boomer and the Spectator sigh for the
good old days of almost unlimited cred
IL ana an advance in everything every
day. The wise man will understand
that for some time to come the recent
Jolt Will be felt along the nations
backbone We sat down mighty sud
but we will be a little cautious about
letting our feet slide from under US
again. Prices will not advance, bust
ness Will be good but not jumping all
a rev other favored communities but
VIII feel that it is necessary to settle
balances in cash and not in promises.
A little time will work a change and
before long our bounding ambitious
country will be hitting the high places
IN the road once more. But for awhile
II VIII be necessary to show the other
Fellow a good deal more than was nee
essary month ago to make him put
up his currency or his check for "a
sure good thing. "-HutchinSon News.
A LESSON FOR HAZERS.
Five students in an Illinois college
took sixth and tied him to a tomb
stone in a cemetery The youth became
frightened and in his effort to escape
from the monument, pulled it from it's
foundations The stone fell upon him.
crushing his leg. He was rescued from
his predicament, and the court, where
he sought redress, gave him a verdict
for $4,000. If the Judgment is not set
aside by an appeal, the five students
and their friends will be compelled to
pay the money. It is to be hoped that
the result of the first trial will be sus-
tanned by every court to which the case
may be carried. Hazing is a form of
barbarfsm that has entirely escaped the
refining process. It is a device whereby
the misery of one is to provide for the
entertainment of many, and usually
the more excruciating the situation of
the victim, the more fun it is. 1t Is
the same sort of sport that is supplied
when cats tied by the tails are thrown
over a clothes 1fne-tough on the cats
but sport, great sport! 1t has been
suggested that a transcript of the
Kewanee case be obtained by the auth
critics of those universities and other
institutions where it has been found
difficult to eliminate the practicing Of
hazing. 1t should be posted on the bui-
lGLln DOarQS as notice Gnat the WORD
hazing has been taken from the voca-
bulary and that the term assault and
battery has been ubstituted.-Leaven-
worth Times.
A WISE JUDGE.
A judge in Muncie, Indiana, hand
ed down a decision last week with
singer to it. A woman had sued for
divorce charging that her husband
was a. drunkard, that he gambled and
did not properly provide for his fam
lily. The judge ascertained that she
knew he was a drinking man when
she married him, and that she
thought it rather cute than otherwise.
Also that in their earlier married life
he usually won a cards and that she
had no objection to his playing SO
long as he was lucky So the judge
has ruled that she has no case against
him now that he Is confirmed in his
drin king habits and his luck is gone
and he refuses to grant her divorce
Courant.