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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
Eighth Year Of Marriaee.

A great many discoveries float about in
tney to form Se basis snd y
novel. and the like. Here comes Nj. Philin
Gibbs Q91O with his statistical novel -
that In the eighth year e Of mazTisxe P mope
divorces occur in England than in all pre-
Gssdln a; years; and nd, Part H. MI Gibbs ex,
more or less universally.
Now, years upon years ago we believed
exc Of 3 woman's"chanee sh every eC1S seven
SO IN t ass sonpe who WIs duly
the coSpe 81 to loSe Honor
seSesn ve aecorenS , to the promises made
that hsd Come To both Of them 9eas
called for a new engagement ana mar
rage. but our laws pay NO respect to
are st Chained toeether by Custom p car
cumstance. and habit.
In 20 majority of cases they 80 remain
few Of the elite .ei the en Su sG on of 70
new yoke and resent 1t. And q few Of the
artes Or SO spent
brave obloquy and to separate. At least
year is needed for decently brought up
new idea and to harden their hearts
little world. They get divorces. and in
rage; 9. e. b. why is not this CONVEX
sationai explanation as good as another?
II nd8 Oecn current ana more Or-leSS re-
ceived for generation at least and has
biossomed into Mr.. Gibbs recent book.
Take another instance not yet admitted
into literature. namely, that the bank
employees, at least in America, embexzles,
about the fortieth year Of hts age. The
statistics appear to oear out this plain
fact. Now why ID this, II 30 It be?
The banker and the bankers clerk COM
mence life with something like equal
hopes. And hope obstinately persists un-
til at last. the employee begins to feel
that he IL beaten In the race. His chill
dren are growing older and demanding
share of life In their turn, new froclks.
good schooling. outings IN the summer,
and the like. They are nice boys and
girls, and deserve what they are not likely
TO get. Their father observes the lack
With grief. he feels that life has somehow
defrauded him: why should not his wife
and children have an that they 30 richly
deserve and that there seems to be no
prospect OF giving them? There il. In
Iact. no iee1timate way to give them what
them, figures are against him. But fig
ures can be manipulated and fate circufn-i
vented. Here begins, when Il does begin.
the crooked c0urBe of the trusted em-
ployee. At l0-odd he Il trusted, and 1t -
fairly .easv TO invent q tuggle with ng-
ures that viii escape detection ana VIII
provide the cash required.
Let any business man OF wide expert
ence compare this theory with the facts
and say II the two do not agree. Tho bad
action has fts commencement in . good
motive.-CogresDonden Of the New York
Sum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A silent man isn't always wise one.
I, Even a man who has good teeth
cultivates the art OF showing them.
/. =
Instead of going to the ant the slug-
gard usually calls ON an uncle.
=
= Nor should a man expect praise
for doing well by his family. That 9
no more than he obligated himself
to do.
II a man were as dissatisfied with
himself as he is with others, he'd be
likely to get ahead much faster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

School children throughout the
country are to be asked to contribute
10 cents each to assist Anthony Com
stock in carrying on his crusade
against immortality. But before they
hand in their dimes the children are
entitled to a statement as to just what
proportion Of the two million dollars
or SO that might thus be raised Is to
go to Mr.. Comstock for his services
and what part Of it in to be used in
the crusade and how.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Mayor Cofran's advice that the
leaves be left on the parkings and
lawns is excellent. They make won
derful mulch for grass and add great
ly to the fertility OF the soil. But his
suggestion that dead leaves on the
ground are also beautiful is one that
is not likely to find many warm sup
nnrtorG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

grateful for memories that bring with
them the faces and voices Of dearly be-
loved ones asleep under weeping viii
lows and brooding Expresses that it
ought to be a joy to bring happiness
In their names.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Not especially because the w. C.. T.
U. protests against 1t. but why should
the orations delivered at the Adolphus
Busch funeral be reprinted in the Con-
Gressional Record?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

That German editor who kept cases
on the number of persons killed by
royal motor cars must have been too
busy to count the number OF newspa-
perc suppressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

United States Senator Hitchcock OF
Nebraska seems to be obsessed with
the notion that he Is the portion Of the
Democratic party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Perhaps the conference of the Kan
eas Progress es which has been call
ed by William Allen White to meet in
Topeka on November 20 will be most
interesting because Of those who fail
to attend it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
AfterthOuEht9.


Another demonstration Of tho high
cost-of living. Missouri man sued for
$4,000 for breach of promise.
Nowadays the real value Of a great
baseball player il judged almost en-
tirely by his literary style.
It is about time to return to your
neighbor the lawnmower you borrowed
last spring.
We care not who writes our nations
songs, SO long as we do not have to
listen to them on a phonograph.
One Of the great Disappointment in
life is to find a piece OF chicken In a
chicken pie.
Variety is the spice of life. 1t IL a
pleasure occasionally to bite down on
a new BARRIERS thumb.
Kentucky parishioner insulted a
pastor by sending him q gallon Of fine
old moonshine. But. did the pastor
swallow the insult?
Man wants but little here below.
But Fate gives him the laugh.
For soon he finds he has to go
And take a better half.
According to Uncle Abner.
They say they haven't discovered
cash register in the Golden Nugget
saloon comes pretty nigh 1t long
to'ards 3 o'clock at night.
Only one poet wrote Beautiful
SNOW, out q goOQ many OF EN- nave
eaten It.
You kin always tell q Teller that
amt got much polish. for his boots
are never shined.
Spectacles don't denote intellectual
ity no more than an oatmobile denotes
great riches or perfumery denotes q
cold plunge every morning.
The heather Chinee amt nobody's
fool T. Egbert Peavey ordered seven
high falutin' dishes in q Chink res
taurant and they was all potaters.
The biggest bore I know of IL the
Teller that comes around and brags
that he had his coal bin filled last
May.
So long as a woman has got q good
willow plume that kin be dyed. she
kin always have q new hat by spend
ing 35 or 40 cents.
Somebody has stole the rope offn
the engine house bell In our village.
and now when there IL a fire every
body knows it exceptin' the Wide
Awake Hose company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Huerta seems to have been par
ticularly fortunate. at least, in having
hung on SO long without some friend
and devoted follower stabbing him In
the hack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

In naming his "All America" team
this season Mr.. Camp will be more
cruelty torn than usual between the
loyal and the ludicrous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

''In Edinburg," says Sir James
Grant. ''the impression is gaining
ground that physical culture comes
before the humanities, and hygiene is
reckoned of greater importance than
higher mathematics"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Railroad men Of the old fashioned
variety have evidently been working
on the Atlantic division of the South
ern Pacific. They have gone on a
strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Great news for the kiddies. Orders
have been issued by the postmaster
general for the prompt delivery of all
mail addressed to Santa Claus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

One Idaho county has more than
$50 school boys and girls organized
in sewing, cooking, potato and corn
club work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES,

The State journal II . member Of the
A1 1,s Press ana rec. rece'ves the ful. dsy
GAnixation Tor the exclusive afternoon
Solicitation In Topeka
The news n received in The stats Jour
al building over wires for this sole pus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

And the members Of congress soon
should be as experienced in marking
time as are Uncle Sans soldiers along
the Rio Grande.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

It's q good thing for the headline
writer's that Charge O'Shaughnessy
doesn't crowd himself to the front
Oftener,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

New York also holds the distinction
Of being the home Of perpetual motor
lin the pursuit Of grafters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Higher Education.
Raw! Raw! Raw!
Haw! Haw! Haw!
Heat EN- up,
Beat 'em up,
That's the way to
Eat 'em up.
Break their legs and
Twist their pegs.
Bark their shins and
Spike their pins.
Kick 'em In the
Solar plex.
Till they're naught but
Human wrecks.
Chew their ears and
Break their jaws
Tramp 'em under,
Never pause.
Crack their ribs and
Gouge their eyes,
Sever all their
Family ties.
Send 'em to the
Ambulance
Every time you
Have q chance.
Always put 'em
On the bum:
Plenty more where
They come from.
Tear their hair out
BY the roots,
Grind EN- with your
Hob-nailed boots.
Let no guilty
Man escape,
Bring the Gates Ajar
And crepe.
Let the slaughter
Now proceed!
Wipe 'em out with
Utmost speed.
Higher education's
Call
Comes about this
Time each fall.
Raw! Raw! Raw! Raw!
Raw! Raw! Raw!
College. College.
Haw! Haw! Haw!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Zapata must be exceedingly peeved
because President Wilson has failed to
send special envoy to confer with
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
IRON OTHER PENS
DocroR1Nc sYMProMs.

DR.. Ingram. the Bishop of London. in
lnstltut1ng campaign Of the Church
of England against immortality in the
theater. Is clearly undertaking to cure
a malady by doctoring the symptoms.
NO doubt there Is enough Of immoral
suggestion and downright indecency
on the English stage. as there IL ON the
American. to convince a wideawake
and thoroughly practical clergyman
like DR.. Ingram that the church IL
facing a grave situation. But to sup
press the show OF indecency behind the
footlights and leave the real disease
which Is threatening to destroy society
untouched would be like healing an
ulcer by outward applications and neg
lecting the cause of It. The looseness
Of moral thought and spirit on the
English-speaking stage at present moro
surely indicates a state Of social in
tQuity than the coarseness and flip
pancy in, the comedies Of Wycherley
and Sedley when Jeremy Collier pub
lished his famous protest. immortality
then. so far as England was concerned.
was almost confined to the fast set
favored by the court. The worst Of it,
too, is that the prevailing social malady
Is not altogether or even primarily due
to the moral vagaries Of a decaying
aristocracy, but more largely to the un-
Of a recently awakened democracy.
Undoubtedly the situation ia as bed
here as 1t IL in England. There Is
plenty for the church to do. The frame
Of mind and habit Of thought which led
to the supposedly private performance
in this city on Sunday night Of two UNI
speakably depraved plays must be at
tackled and cured. The idea that vice
can be eliminated II it is only exhibited
and talked about frequently in mixed
society IL an ancient device Of the devil
which has invariably served his ends.
e. has v<x~1p
Times.
OUSTED COURT OF COMMERCE.
The United States court Of commerce
will soon come to an end. It was Gre
ated to hear and decide appeals from
the interstate commerce commission. 30
that railroad questions. which are 70
numerous and complicated. would no
longer be carried to the other courts.
But soon after its creation and at
time when the popular and political
prejudices against the railroads were
at their height the commerce court de-
cided an appeal in favor Of railroad,
reversing the commerce commission.
That raised a howl against 1t. After
wards. upon charges Of corruption in
ONCE, one OF its members. Judge Arch
bald. was removed through impeach-
ment proceedings. This increased the
clamor for abolishing the court entire
~. Inasmuch a. the members were
appointed by the president, there was
but one quick way for congress to re-
move them and that was to refuse to
make an appropriation to pay the mem
bers. This It did, though 1t made pro-
vision for them to be placed In service
on the circuit court bench. This brief
existence IL the record Of the first COM
merce court ever created in this coun-
try. Its removal win strengthen. in .
way. the authority Of the interstate
commerce commission. AZ soon a. the
unfinished business before the court
shall be concluded, the court will 20
out OF existence.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

How surprised that Minneapolis
shop girl must have been when she
cried for help and Anthony Comstock
dashed to her rescue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

Without doubt, the busiest bee ii
Kansas these days is the United State
senatorial bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

HALE. Hale, the gangs on deck" ID
probably a familiar song in Mexico by
this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
kllESly C0lEilEHT
NO YOUNG GIRLS

A FfenchmAn complains that there
are NO young girls in this country;
that the Young Things here begin to
study to attract when they should be
wearing their hair in pigtails, ana taxi
Ing orders from mother. They take
to skinny skirts and store hair and
handmade complexions when they
ought to be playing with dolls, and
clad In more childish costumes, and
when you come to think of II. this
foreign observer has said something
which edges toward the truth, taking
the merry maidens by and large,
and a. general proposition. They
don't seem to remain little girls rs
long a. in the days gone by, although
the increased speed Of time to older
heads may furnish part Of the answer.
Part. but hardly all. More of It 10 to
be found In mothers who encourage
that sort Of thing. owing to an indul-
gent desire to have their own darling
daughters dolled and decorated up to
the standards In their set, and then
some, which unwholesome competition
causes heartache among those who
can't afford 1t, and checks the charm
of girlhood in those who can. The
Frenchman's faultffnding isn't par
ticularly new. and it IL like much Of
similar efforts In that line In that it
affords no remedy. What the world
II curious to know Ii the answer
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15

On the Jsrsey Central-Brakeman-
''EHxabeth! Aunt Elisa-s'Yea"-LA6A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
NATURES BOON.

Nature in her silent. beautiful way.
teaches many lessons. She does not
force q moral upon US. We may drink
to her loneliness and take or leave the
lesson as We please. A man must have
something Of the child in his heart to
feel the splendor Of the horizon, the
magnthcence Of the stars. the mystery
OF the woods, the joyous dignity of
fertile sunlit meadows; and having the
ch1ld's heart to feel. he will have the
child's faith to see. and whatever his
sorrow nature shall heal 1t. whatever
his perplexity nature shall solve it.
Men have set their mark upon the
woods and hills. They have divided
the land and have said to the world,
This farm IL mine." ''Yonder woodland
IL yours" "the babbling brook and the
beech-covered hillside belong to your
neighbor." but the forest child Of ma
ture which chances that way without
a penny in his pocket may have all the
beauty and peace Of this lovely land
scape for the looking.-Ottawa County
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-15
EMBRYO SOCIALISTS.

An Abilene man wanted to hire q
boy this morning, was willing to pay
good wages for easy work. He tried
to find one. Several were playing
pool but they were too busy. He met
one on the street, husky. well dressed,
smoking q pipe. Are you busy?" was
four or five hours, EASY work. FOOD
wages" II guess I can't do il this
morning" was the weary reply, and
he slouched on. The next trial was
with an apparently wideawake youth
thought he couldn't today, though he
was not working. A third was leaning
against a railing-no work for him.
Then the man did the work himself
and the three boys will probably
grow up and Join the Socialist party
because 1.-THE poor men amt got no
chance. Reflector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-26

Of the hall. The lights were down,
but the audience got a glimpse OF
Johnson and oheered frantically for
several minutes. They also shouted
words of encouragement to the pugi-
list, few dissentients vainly protest
ing by kissing.
Johnson stood smiling and bowling
for several minutes. Then he left and
tried to escape the crowd by taking a
taxicab at another entrance. This was
useless, however, and the police had
another job in Kidding the car of those
who were clinging to it. When at
length the car wac free and started,
hundreds ran alongside of it for some
distance.
There were similar scenes at the
South London music hall. Here John
son made a speech in which he said,
among other things:
my only crime is that / beat JEFF
fries" When he left there were scenes
similar to those at his departure from
Euston hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-26
BOARD SUMMONS
HEAD BANKER OF
The W0ODMEN
David Meyers of Pontiac Must
Appear Before Livingston
County Equalizing Body.
RESERVE FUND IN QUESTION
Matter of Society Listing Sum for Tax
alton to Be Threshed Out
Has Local Bearing.

Interesting press dispatches have
been received in the city from Pontiac,
relative to David S. Meyers, head bank
er for the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea being summoned TO appear before
the board of review of Livingston
county to show cause why the insur-
ace organization should not list its
100000 reserve fund for taxation.
The hearing is set for Friday, Aug. 80
The dispatches also contain the
statement that officers of the society
contend that should the taxation OF
the reserve fund be insisted upon, the
head Offices of the company might be
moved to Indianapolis, as Indiana has
no provision in its laws for the taxa
ton of such fund.
LOCAL EFFECT.
The effect of the Pontiac investiga
ton will have an important bearing
perhaps, on the investigation now be
ing conducted by the local board Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-26
REMOVAL
OF STATION NO. ;

The removal of the fire barn on
Seventh avenue and Thirty-frst street
now occupied by the No. 3 company to
the site of the abandoned station To-
Gated on Twenty-sixth street between
Sixth and Seventh avenues is contem-
plated by Commissioner Archie Hart,
according to statements given out yes
terday afternoon. The Twenty-sixth
street station has not been in use for
number of years, and according to
the plans now contemplated, the old
'structure on this site may be removed,
and the Seventh avenue barn trans
ferred. 1t is the plan to install auto
equipment in the new station.
Contracts have now been let for the
new station at Fifteenth avenue and
Thirtieth street, which will give ade-
quate protection for the hill district.
In event of the bond issue being pass
ed by the voters, another station will
be erected at Eighteenth avenue be-
tween Ninth and Twelfth streets. This
will take care of the district near the
ball park, which has hitherto been un-
protected. With five stations, and the
new auto equipment, the city will be
in excellent condition, insofar as fire
protection is concerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-26

review. Recently Harry NJ. McCas-
rim filed with the board here a COM
plant that the Woodmen was not pay
ing taxes on its reserve fund. Truman
Plants, general attorney for the Wood
men at the recent hearing, declared
that if the society was taxed at all on
the fund in question it would have to
be in the home county of the head
banker where the funds were actually
located. Mr.. Plantz in a statement
before the board here, said that TIL.
society would be forced to leave nli-
nois and go to Indiana.
NOT RESERVE FUND.
Officials of the head office of the
Woodmen society when interviewed to-
day claimed that the name reserve
fund.- was a misnomer and that, it
should properly be called surplus fund.
1t was stated that all the laws in this
state covering the taxing of insurance
funds, applied only to old line COM
panies and that the surplus fund,
which is merely used to pay death
losses when assessments are not ade-
quate for the same, cannot be con-
strued as taxable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-26
PRISONERS MAKE
A BOLD ATTEMPT
TO CAIN LIBERTY
Will Hurley Sprints From Coun-
ty Jail Door Across
the Campus.
REcAPTURED AFTER FALL
Deputy Charles Dunlap Is Some Mara.
thon Raeer-WiH Smith
Proves Slow Starter.

a mad dash for liberty was made
this morning about 10 o'clock when
viii Hurley and Will Smith, colored,
we're being taken from Police Magis-
trate c. J. Smiths court to the county
jail. Just as the door of the bastile
was reached, Hurley made a break
and succeeded in reaching the st.
Joseph's Catholic church before he
stumbled and was captured.
Hurley had just Ssen handed 40-day
sentence for disorderly conduct by
Judge Smith and Will Smith had been
advised TO spend the next 10 days as
a boar6er at the county's expense, be-
cause of a fight. in which he took a
leading part Aug. 10, when he welded
a knife in real buccaneer fashion.
Hurley was turned over to Deputy
Charles Dunlap and Smith to Deputy
Tom Hughes. AS the door OF the Jail
was reached. Hurley made a bee line
across the campus. Dunlap followed
in hot pursuit. Smith made a jump
as though he expected to follow, but
Hughes was too quick for him and cali
ing TO Jailer Hugo Alvine to come get
his man, he showed him through the
door and pulled it shut and took up
the chase after Hurley. Attorney Clyde
Walker, who happened to be in the
vicinity, got into the game and the
marathon was witnessed by scores OF
people in and around the court house
FALLS DOWN.
Hurley went right along for a few
minutes and then tripped and fell and
before he could regain his feet his
three pursuers were on him. He was
brought back to the county jail and
was so nearly winded that the deputies
almost had TO carry him. Deputy Sher
IN Dunlap made such a remarkable
showing in the interesting event that
II is understood that he will be entered
in the next Olympic games. All they
will have to do TO have Dunlap win
is 10 release Hurley in front of him
for he'll surely show his heels 10 any
Of his competitors.