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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
DIVORCE LAWS.

Kansas is to have a new divorce law
! If Representative Ham Of Rocks can
| bring a sufficient number of legislators
| to his way of thinking. The divorce
question like the whisky question is al
ways with US. Up to the present time
nobodys seems to have thought of try
ing prohibition as a means of settle
ment. Probably it would not work any
better on divorce than it has on the
liquor traffic. 1t might lessen the evil
but would hardly eradicate. People
who could not divorce themselves legal
ly would reach the same result Illegal
1y Much depends on public sentiment
in both cases.
In the South no occasion is found for
amending such divorce laws as exist
because annulment if the marriage re-
lation is of rare occurrence. The d.
vorced man or woman is so frowned
upon by the public, that few are will
ing to carry their family disagreements
to the courts.
That portion of society which is so
vociferous for the improvement of di-
vorce laws could accomplish much more
in the way of restricting the evil by
cultivating sentiment against it than
it can hope to do by all the legislation
that it is possible to secure.
1t has come to pass in many parts OF
the country that the breaking of the
marriage tie is accepted as a matter OF
course and even treated as a joke.
The churches might do much more
than they have done as far as their
membership extends. The Catholic
church has set an example in this mat
ter that is worthy of emulation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
THE OTHER SIDE.

Under the caption Nominations by
the Mob" the Washington Post dis
cusses the widespread movement in IA
vor of making nominations by primary
elections as follows:
Some of the states have adopted the
primary election plan, and such cleo
lions are held at public expense. 1t is
a costly affair. but the people will have
it, for the reason that they have been
taught by sincere and insincere dema-
gogues that political parties are be-
come so corrupt that they are not to
be trusted with the old-fashioned con-
ventionS that were so satisfactory to
our fathers and grandfathers. The pri-
mary is not only a burden on the pub
lie treasury, but it has come to the
pass that poor man is practically shut
out from political preferment under its
operation.
In some of the states the primary is
held at the expense of the candida ties.
In the state of Kentucky the Demo-
Gratis propose to hold primary to
select a candidate for something or
each candidate There have been COVER
nors of Kentucky who would have been
ineligible to the position under that
regulation. If there is one privilege
dear to the American heart, and espe-
cially to the Kentucky American heart,
it is the right to run for office; but
here is the office, for all practical pur-
poses, SO far as the poor man is con-
cerned, put up to the highest bidder
and the upset price is so great that if
a moderate-minded man had the price
he would have no use for the office.
Scandal says-and ofttirnes scandal is
a great truth-teller-that the Demo-
cratic machine of Kentucky, what
ever that is, fixed the price to scare
off the track all but the aspirant it IA
vors, to the end that no election be
held, and that the state committee may
declare the solitary candidate the noni-
nee, who thus has this advantage over
his would-be adversaries-he gets the
plum without paying the price.
This craze of government by the mob
must run it's course. The people have
been persuaded that politics is corrup-
ton and politicians scoundrels, and
when the masses are in that temper
there is your demagogue's opportunity.
A time will come when, by general con-
sent, a return will be had to the old
convention method, for it is manifest
that party that cannot hold an honest
convention will never hold an honest
primary Chastity that has to be
watched is an irksome and a worthless
quantity.
We need more faith in public men,
The average politician is a reasonably
honest man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

that these select another, to make
majority decision possible. Then place
before this commission for their report
any technical points for which experts
are usually summoned. Or possibly
better plan, he thinks. would be to
have the judge select a commission OF
from one to a dozen experts to deliver
findings on technical questions. Med1-
cine and the law, for instance, he says,
look upon insanity from entirely differ
ent viewpoints. 1t is impossible for
medicine to say where the line lies be-
tween sanity and insanity, and yet the
law demands a definition. In most
states a man is held to be sane if he
knows the difference between right and
wrong in regard to a particular act,
and the consequences of committing it.
This definition rigidly adhered to, the
Record claims, would empty half of our
insane asylums. Medical experts are
urged to refuse to define insanity,
to give testimony unless this can be
given with the limitations inherently
imposed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
THE GRIPPE.


An ache in the back and pain in the
That's the grippe,
A choke IN the throat, and a yearniue
for bed
That's the grippe!
river OF heat, then SILVER of cold,
A feeling of being three hundred years
A willingness even to do as you're told
That's the grippe!
An arrow of pain, now in this place. now
in that
That's the grippe,
A FEELING of doubt as to where you are
That's the grippei
A stupid sensation-of course, wholly
A foolish depression-why should you feel
A doubt as to whether this is really you
That's the grippe!
Strange visions at night. that deprive you
That's the grippei
"A taste IN your mouth and a weight on
your chest
That's the grippei
"A tired sensation that runs through your
veins
A queer combination of aches and of
pains,
A vapid admission of absence of brains
That's the grippe!
-SOmerville Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atch1SOn GlODe.
Why is a dance called a 'ball?"
A woman is never in such a hurry
that she says goodbye that way.
1t is a mean trick to look a gift
horse in the mouth. but we all do it.
The more elaborate the plans made
for a hunt. the less game is brought
in.
You often hear of "a woman hater."
There is no such thing. among men.
The greatest downfall in the Only
Child's life, is when it ceases to be
the only one.
A worthless girl always seems to
get along a good deal better than a
worthless man.
Good wash-women are about as diff
ficult to obtain as If the supply were
controlled by a trust
If you are a married man: when
you were counting your wife, what
time did you go home at night?
There is nothing that makes some
women madden than to go to church
and find some one sitting in their pew.
According to some old-fashioned and
pessimistic people, the weather can
never change but what it is "apt to
cause a lot of sickness
Those who think the prize as cham
pion at worrying belongs to the mother
of children, should carefully observe
the actions of a politician about to lose
his easy job.
After boy quits college he learns
that it was much easier to conjure up
the "class spirit of his school days
than to make the ghost walk" regu-
larry every Saturday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
JAYH1WKER JOTS

Blind Boone is playing the public
halls and opera houses of western
Kansas.
HoIton will put in waterworks and
electric light plant and own and
operate both herself.
Mead is preparing to build an audi
torium 5Ox100 feet in size with seat
ing capacity of 1900.
The LIE Roy Reporter is Haunting it's
prosperity in the faces of its neighbors
by making it's appearance printed on
book paper.
Burglars robbed the United Breth-
rem church at Usage City of the con-
tents of a money box and the circum-
stance called forth a letter of criticism
from the pastor.
Out in Trego county a farm hand
worked two years without drawing
any wages and then received the whole
amount $30S, in lump. A man
who will work two years for $500
couldn't be expected to have much use
for money.
The latest trust is one organized by
the blacksmiths. Twenty-four of
them from Jackson, Pottawatomie,
Nemaha and Marshall counties met in
Holton recently and agreed on a scale
Of prices for blacksmith work. The
list of prices they drew up was printed
and a copy will hang in each shop.
Holton boasts a girl who can play the
piano, sing sweetly, sweep the house,
bake bread like your mother used to
make to say nothing of being an all
around good cook, and can iron a be-
ruff1ed summer dress equal to the
finest laundress. But that is not all.
She is a perfect dream of beauty, SO
good to look at that you want to eat
her.
The Atchison Globe has dug up a
new story about the late Col. d. r.
Anthony which follows: He once
went into a leading haberdashery in
Leavenworth and asked to see some
The clerk showed him
silk union suits at $40 per suit. The
old colonel said he wanted something
cheaper to which the clerk answered,
Your son Dan wears this kind" and
the colonel replied, He has a rich
daddy; haven't"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

DR.. Wiley has upset the old theory
that the qualities of whisky are con-
fined to good and better. He declared
that the only good whisky is the bot
tied in bond kind.
1t is said that Briggs who has just
been elected senator from New Jersey
never made a speech. Well, perhaps
that accounts for him.
With those two big new battleships
and Richmond Pearson Hobson, we
should be in position to defy the
world.
=
Delaware has abolished Addicks but
it still retains the whipping post as a
public institution.
Considering the way that Mr.. Rookie
Teller is playing his hand Mr. Carnegie
may be forced to call for a sight.
1t is worthy of remark that the
money sent to the conscience fund is al
ways in small amounts.
Mr.. Chatten's saloon license bill
which he says he introduced for what
it is worth probably will be estimated
at less than 1.-THE value of the paper on
which it is written when the legislature
gets around to fixing a price
Congress has made an appropriation to
investigate the habits of birds. AS none
is mentioned specifically we may con-
Glide that the stork is included.
@
This. year probably will develop the
fact that Topeka has reached the six
story business block stage of her career.
The country is now looking forward
to the time when every town will have
a Rockefeller college and a Carnegie
library.
If the railroads continue to charge
three cents a mile what will they do
with all the money saved by cutting of
passes?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.
woman's instinct makes good as
often as her judgment.
There Is one good thing about grief:
it seldom lasts long.
Before calling a man a liar be sure
you are right-then don't.
It's a poor lawyer who can't con-
strue a law in more ways than one.
When a clock goes wrong it ought
to be ashamed to face Its owner.
Today is the time to do things; to-
morrow is the time to do nothing.
Our troubles don't amount to much
from the viewpoint of our neigh
bors.
Some peoples excuse for making
bad breaks is that it's never too late to
mend.
Insurance against the visitations of
mothers-in-law would be popular with
some men,
The pessmist derives lot of plea
sure from his efforts to spoil the plea
sure of others
There is nothing so mcSlotonous as
the music made by a man who IS for
ever harping on one string.
girl with a swanlike neck may be
show up so well in real life.
There comes a time in the life NJ
every married man when he saws to
himself: What my wife doesn't know
won't hurt her."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
ERON OTHER PENS
A THAW CASE sIDELIGHT.

A question of a disturbing nature is
raised in the spectacle presented by
the insanity expert who was so merci-
lessly grilled by Jerome the other day.
That question relates to the commit
ment of persons to insane asylums
upon the testimony of men like the
one who displayed on the witness stand
ignorance of the nervous system and
its diseases. That specialist displayed
10 less astonishing lack of informa-
ton as to the treatment of mind dis
orders. How can a physician who adj
nits his deficiency of acquaintance
with insanity tests, who stumbles in
his attempt to answer simple physio-
logical queries relating to the nerve
system, and who admits his ignorance
of the common symptoms of insanity
of the recognized types be thought
qualified to pass Judgment upon per-
sons of a nature to debar tn em, per-
haps, forever from the outside world,
from the circle of kinshiD anil ac-
cua:ntance, from the pursuits Of orGi-
nary life. from the opportunity to pro-
vt1.' for their families. from all that
makes life and liberty inseparable
blessings ?-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
Like cures like. except in the dis
ease known as love-
If is hard for the man with grew
ance to stick to the truth
A town may be built, but according
to action a village always nestles
II takes a woman a long time to
come to the point especially in sharp
ening a pencil.
There may be safety in numbers. ana
vet we are told that too many COOKS
spoil the broth
In the case of keeping an appoint
ment, fellow who doesn't turn up Is
apt to be turned down.
sillicus-"It is difficult to combine
business and pleasure Cynicus-
Eyes. like love and marriage"
old friends are like old shoes; they
are very comfortable. but we are some
times ashamed of their shabbiness
The world would be better if the
neonle we're as anxious to get into
heaven as they are to get into society.
Mr.. Ruggins-"Y got stuck on
these sofa pillows; they are not down
at ALL Mrs. Buggins-"WeI, they
were marked down"
wigg cat the whist club)-"Why are
,o,, so anxious to play at Mrs. wig
wae's tablet" Wagg-"She has such
a cold she can't speak above a whis-
per-
my book should be worth It's
weight in gold" exclaimed the enthusi-
sstic Young author. "Hum!" remarked
the Unconditional publisher. cit is pretty
heavy, isn't it 2"
First Doctor-"I see you were sue
cessful with Btones' case. Second
Doctor-''Not at all" First Doctor
"RIt see he is around again." Sec
ond Doctor-"Oh. he's around, all
right; but can't collect my bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
HUMOR OF TIE DAY

Husband-Dld you discharge the cook
this morning?"
Wife-Wen, you know, I meant to, but
her language that she had discharged
me"-Chicago News.
who'd "a thought we'd live to see him
in congress- said the old lady.
NOBODY" replied the old man; but the
ton.
'eWhv cannot I induce you" said the
philanthropist, ito put more stock in hon
esty?''
my experience is for steal Preferred
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New york Press

from the New York Press.
When woman is willing to wear
has given up hope.
II anything a woman wore rvara
reailr useful. she would be afraid II
wasn't becoming. ~
There is hardly anybody SO unrea-
sonapie as a person who expects yo,,
to stick to swear-off. ~
When a man thinks he &c
man it's sign he hasn't anv chiIdrer.
70 prove to him that he is a fool,
Half the time man STAYS ont ia4
because ne Is afraid to go home AT sn
1t to his wife. oOAs hKe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
HUGHES AFTER CHAPTERS.

Gov. Hughes housecleaning goes
steadily forward. For years there
have been rumors-not wholly un-
rounded-that the administration at
Albany was slack and incapable; that
in nearly all the offices there were
pickings and stealings for good Repub-
icans. Nothing important was done
under Odell, who, bred in the old ro-
bust school of politics, had the cour-
Gge, but not the desire, to institute re-
forms. Nothing was done under Hig-
gins, " no had the desire but not the
courage. Gov. Hughes has both, and
as a consequence the cheap politicians
and the grafters are quaking in their
shoes.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
OyERWORK.

More accidents involving loss of life
nave taken place on the railroads in
the past year or two than in any pre-
vious period of equal duration. In
this particular the United States has
won a bad pre-eminence among the
great countries of the world. There
are several times more fatalities in this
country on the railways every year
than there are in England, Germany
or France, in proportion to the num-
Der of persons travelling. Overwork
on the part of employees has been the
Physical torpor due to excessive hours
of labor of railway workers is account
able for the failure in many cases, to
make use of the mechanical devices
to prevent accidents.--St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
BRITISH CooPERATTvE sroREs.

1
Consul Rufus Fleming of Edin-
| burgh. reports that there is a project
on foot in Scotland to form a syndi-
cate to acquire control of British bust
ness houses in all important cities and
| towns, to be managed on plans SINH
lar to and in competition with the CO.
operative stores.
The promoters of the syndicate en-
countered formidable obsta cles, the
most difficult one being the magnitude
of the capital required to place the
enterprise on anything like an ade-
quate basis, consequently the project
fell into a more or less moribund state
Meanwhile, the cooperative societies
have fiourished, the total sales OF
which increased from S447,154,449 in
1904 to $45S.412.212 in 1905. and the
profits, which are distributed among
the members, increased from $50, 3D.
739 to $50, $50. In the county of
Edinburgh the sales OF retail societies
in 1904 amounted to $12,341,551, and
in 1905, $12,s24,669, the profits reach
ing s2.7s7.692.
The customary failure of corpora
ton mercantile enterprises in this
country may be due to the fact that
the syndicate stores were first in the
field. One man is operating 100 stores
in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Wall street has become convinced
that 1t is currency legislation that the
country needs and not railroad legis-
lation. A printed circular emanating
from the street says: THE real evil
in the railroad situation was rebates,
not high rates. This has been measure
bly, corrected, and the fight for lower
rates is misdirected. What is needed on
railroads is greater safety and better
facilities, for passengers: and gSeater
speed in freight deliveries. These
things cannot be attained by cutting
down rates. 1t is to be deplored that
the president does not devote some of
his splendid energy to bringing about
currency legislation. The evils to he
corrected here are greater far than
any which he has attacked"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

The familiar face of the anti-bucket
shop bill has appeared in the legis-
1ature again. A session without the
Introduction of a bill to suppress
bucket shops would be a novelty A
few years ago a measure of this nature
was actually passed. 1t was so full OF
holes that the commission men didn't
try to stop 1t, although some of them
said they could have done so for
81. 200. They considered it cheaper and
fully as effective to permit the courts
to dispose of it and the result proved
the correctness of their view
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

as to afford a place where the worthy
poor may obtain money at reasonable
rates to carry them over periods of dis
tress- 1t is conducted on business
principles and when loans are made it
is with the understanding that they
shall be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

If this country were to intrust the
making of its tariffs to the Massachu-
sets legislature, the Dingley law would
have to go at once. The governor, the
presiding officers of both houses, and
222 out Of the $50 members of the leg
islature. only IS of whom are Demo-
Gratis, signed the tariff revision petition
which was forwarded recently to the
r1raSidaYf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

The silence complained of on the
part of the negro soldiers who were
discharged for participation in the
Brownsville affair no longer exists. If
they had told half as much in the be-
ginning as they are telling now, they
might have been allowed to remain in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Iowa has passed a two cent fare law.
Instead of a fiat 2-cent rate the bill
calls for a 2-cent rate when the earn
ings are $4,000 or more a mile. while
the roads earning $4,000 a mile are al
lowed to charge 2 u cents a mile and
those earning $4,000 or less may
charge 8 cents. In Iowa the plan is
that now in force, though with a diff
ferent schedule of earnings. in Michi-
gan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

If the Commercial club wants to
keep those Santa F'e trains for Topeka
it might convert that $25,0OO fast mail
subsidy into a club. by inducing the
Kansas delegation in congress to OPP
pose it, when the Dcstoffice appropria-
ton bill comes up for passage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Before 1t is assumed that the two
cent fare law is a blow at the rail-
roads. many people would like to be
shown that 1t is SO. In the light of
past history. the belief seems warrant
ed, that with a two cent rate In force
the railroads would do more business
and make more money than they do
now. If it were possible to see the
inner workings of the minds of the
railroad managers 1t probably would
be found that it is the principle of
the reduction which they are opposed
to rather than the fact. If the state
fail to force the proposed reduction,
1t would be no cause for surprise to
find the railroads voluntarily putting
in two cent rate in a few months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
10, THE POOR POETl

Speaking of the earthquake suffer
ers-don't forget Mr.. Rudyard Kiplin
trying to think of rhyme for Sweet
tenham.-ChicaEo News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

1t is suggested by the Washington
Star that the effort to secure change
in the date OF presidential Inaugural
lions would fare better if there were
an appropriation attached to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

If the bill prohibiting all amuse-
ments on Memorial Day become a law,
it is probable that more people will
continue at work on that day. 1t is
difficult to make mouEncrs or church
goers of citizens against their will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

OF course everybody knows what the
verdict in the Thaw trial should be. but
due regard for formality demands that
the trial of the case continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

A scientific authority states that
10000 microbes can dwell comfort
ably on the point of a pin. The mi
crobe has the distinction of being the
only living creature that can be COM
Portable in that position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

If the Saunders bill providing for a
state inspector of liquor becomes law.
1t will provide an officer for some Ken
lucky gentleman, who doubtless would
be willing to serve without salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Rhode Island. this year. probably is
as good ground for the legislative
CRATER as Montana has been in the
past. There are three millionaire can
didates for United States senator in the
Geld
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Now that Lent is here. the man who
swore off on New Years can catch his
second wind.