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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

say, sit down. He is big enough to
speak for himself, 1 think"
IF given a chance added the big
boy on a front seat.
Tapi tap!
With warning glance backward at
her new pupil, Marjorie tripped to the
door to admit the visiting school
board.
@-See you've got visitors contrib
uted Ezra Virmlock as he shuffled in
at the head of the three official call
ers
why didn't you give Tom seat
| Murdoch, frowning. THAT contriv-
ance he's occupying don't seem exact
iy suited. He grinned down at the
youth on the front seat, who returned
| his smile.
Il think he's satisfied where he isl
, allowed Marjorie. He actually was
going fishing-until 1 compelled him
to come in
Compelled him. questioned Muir
even knew my son.
Your son." gasped the amazed
Marjorie. why, isn't that Tom La
cey?"
The directors stared curiously at
the teacher. A convulsive litter came
here and there from listening schol-
ars. The new student, seemingly en-
couraged by the turn matters had
taken, arose and came forward, cap
I guess it is partly my fault" he
confessed. you see I-er-thought
she might be little bit-er-dement-
ed, and I really didn't insist upon ex-
enthusiastically after she told
me you were coming. Now I under
Standard L don't blame her for tax
ing the aggressive with that fellow,
Lacey.
BY the way, you won't be bothered
with him." he added. He has ac-
cepted railroad job in Leroy"
The three aged directors were
laughing noisily.
Great joke chortled Hiram Muir
dock. Too good to keep, I reckon -
1t will keep, however," came from
the son. ''At least your version of
1T will. And, if Miss Dawn permits,
l am coming to call on her again.
Expectant eyes could not hide a tell
tale OF admiration. But not at the
schoolhouse," he added, in a tone so
low that no other could hear.
IF you do I'll try to treat you
more-more as lady should agreed
MISS Dawn, bit. of color on her
cheeks, and her eyes demurely low
1913, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
HUAOR or THE DIP

Mother (after relating pathetic story
Now, Reggie, wouldn't you like to give
your bunny to that poor little boy you
saw today who hasn't any father?'' Reg
gle (clutching rabbit)-"Couldn't we give
him father instead?'-Punch.
II wouldn't shave myself today" said
sne quietly. Want to insinuate that I've
been drinking, eh?" he stormed. mot at
all But that isn't cup of lather You
brought in from the kitchen Just now
That's a charlotte russe.''-washington
Herald.
Clergyman Visiting prison)-''I hone that
When you are released you will live so
that you can look your fellow-rnan straight
in the eye" The Bunco Man-sarbat "a
the simplest part of my business. ''-Puck
Money talks" Il know. but nv hus-
pand has an impeachment in his income
Houston Post.
lkey-"f ader.s vot means a -plutocrat?,
Fader-"One of dem feIIers dot's So rich
ne Needn't to fail any more."-T1tck
Love may have it's drawbacks b,,+ -
mas one big advantage over most of +ha
GOOD Things of life" What is 49, 9s5
One can keep 1T and return A. 81 a..
same time.-Baitimore American. '"'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
CRIME AND DIVORCE.

"At least SO per cent of the crime
| committed today can be attributed tc
the neglected offspring of divorced
people, is an opinion that was eX-
pressed recently by Judge Petit, who
presides over one of the Chicago
courts Nor is he alone in this con-
tention. 1t is a view that is held by
nearly every one who has given the
matter any attention. Neither is it a
condition OF affairs that prevails ex-
clusively in a few sections of the
country or in the large centers of
population. Its extent throughout the
nation is general. Right here in To-
peka, as far as juvenile delinquency
goes, the records of the Shawnee
county juvenile court will show that
the great bulk of the youthful offend
ers come from the unfortunate chill
dren whose parents have gone through
the divorce mill
What a terrible indictment this is
Of the divorce laws of the land, or
more properly speaking of the bodies
polite, claiming something real in the
way of civilization, that will tolerate
such lawsi
IF some law" thinks Judge Petit,
could settle and keep alive the re-
sponsibility of parents towards their
children it would lessen the amount of
crime and help civilization" And
while law of this character might
be helpful it would scarcely strike at
the root of the evil. This can only be
reached by the enactment of more
stringent laws governing divorce, and
also marriage.
A resolution has been presented in
congress proposing an amendment to
the constitution so as to give the ma
tional legislature authority to devise a
uniform divorce law for all of the
states. 1t is doubtful if, under our sys-
tenn of government, making divorce
laws is a federal function. 1t seems to
be purely a state prerogatixe. But it
is certainly one that demands united
and concerted action on the part of
the states. Present conditions in the
divorce arena are a joke. The man.
dates of a divorce court in one state
are absolutely without force and effect
on the other side of the imaginary line
that divides it from a sister state. The
result is that parties to a divorce are
not bound, as a matter of fact, by the
Jurisdiction of the court that sewers
their marital ties any longer than they
care TO be.
In the very nature of things the day
seems distant when the states will get
together and enact identical divorce
laws. And as this is one of the crying
needs of the nation, it might be well
if congress were given the power to
usurp a state function and make a di-
vorce law for the nation. Such an
amendment to the constitution, as is
proposed, could not become effective
until it had received the endorsement
of at least three-fourths of the states.
And if that many states are willing. to
permit congress to make divorce laws,
such a verdict would be well-nigh an
expression of the voice of the people,
and one that should prevail.
This would seem to be the easiest
and quickest way to bring about a
much needed reform. And surely
something must be done in the pre-
misses If anything that approaches a
righteous and decent civilization is to
be preserved in this nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
BY THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

1t was a cullud lady who wore the
first slit skirt in Hutchinson, hence
the fashion is not liable to become
popular in the Reno county metropo-
lis.
And instead of bowling about it, the
Comstocks of the country should hire
the cullud lady in the slit skirt to give
exhibitions all over the circuit. That
would do more to discourage the fad
than anything else.
In choosing a site for a tuberculosis
sanitarium, it is well to pick high.
dry spot. The board of health did all
that by going as high as they could
without getting into southern Nebras-
ka, and according to weather reports
it's as dry as it is high.
New York gink ate eight pounds OF
steak on a bet. The stake was the
steak.
1t is reported that crops will be
short in Mexico because of lack of Ia
borers to work the field, but Jack Supp
who has been there, says it doesn
matter. as all they raise is horned
toads and taxes.
About the only advantage to be
found in protracted dry spell is that
$500
keeper it longer.
why don't people say what they
mean,' complains Filling Fuller. They
say won1an's dress is up to date
when they mean it is split up to the
patella.''
Well, what if the water department
is furnishing mud; it's good grade OF
mud, isn't it?
The papers didn't print all Senator
Vardaman said about the appointment
of a cullud gentleman as register OF
the treasury, but enough to lead one
to suspect that Senator Vardaman
would prefer a white man for the JOB.
When q man runs for office, he an
nounces that he Is going to save the
country, but when he gets the job he
finds that he can't save dollar a week
out of his salary.
81 wouldn't GO to Yurrip if could,
says Mrs. Jack Supp. "1 don't know
a soul over there"
One good thing. about these wide
hats. When two women meet they
can't very we'll kiss each other.
When a town woman spends day
or two in the country, she likes to re-
fer to it as a house party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
HOPE.

In crimson cloud and gold the sun sets
low.
Adown the street city's toiiers pass,
The feeble, aged man, the youth, the
lass,
Ahunger for Ife's joys they may not
know,
The rich in equipage-another class.
Small children play, forbidden on the
grass
The sun in blaze of Splendor sinks below
The housetOps, casting radiance afar.
A firelike cloud envelops tree-tops tall
The pallid cheeks glow with a rosy tint,
! No poverty nor WEAKNESS can bar
The sunsets glory from a soul. They all
Nav read of hope in sunsets parting
CLINT.
marion Everett Hayn, in the Outlook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
QUAKER MEDITAToNs.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Cut Tates-surgeon's fees.
Has capital ideas-the promoter.
Maiden efforts often result in matri-
nlony.
'. here there's a will there's a way to
make away with a will.
Some persons avoid Strengthened circum-
stances by being crooked
A pair of jacks and a corkscrew are
good openers in a poker game.
The judge can pronounce the longest
sentence in very few words.
If there is any person who should know
the lay of the land it is the dealer in eggs.
It's a terrible shock to girl when she
refuses man and he takes her at her
word.
Death proves that even the most sue
cessful man Will sooner or later find him.
self in hole.
In spite of the fact he is often in the
dumps the ashman may not be particu-
larly melancholy.
There isn't much similarity between a
folding bed and an umbrella, and yet with
both it's a case of put up or shut up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A little wealth is also a dangerous
thing.
~ ~
An easy living is not always desir-
able one.
= = >
When other conversational topics ran
these days, war in Mexico can always
be declared.
Nothing delights a husband so much
as to have his wife spill something on
a clean table cloth. a.
d - j
Isn't it about time for a revision of
the axiom that a fool is born every
minute by materially increasing the
ratio?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
ON 7HE SPUR
or The MOMENT
By ROY K MOULTON.

An Expert.
I wish that Wilson would ask me
About those Japs across the sea.
I'd tell him how to beat their game
And win an everlasting fame.
If Wilson took his pen and wrote
To me a simple little note.
I'd tell him quick, as quick could be
How he should fix the currency.
If Wilson would seek my advice
I'd give it to him without price;
I'd tell him how to settle all
His difficulties, great and small.
I hang out at the grocery store;
I am statesman, yes, and more,
A diplomatic shark am 1,
I am the cracker barrel guy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
HOME NEW. WHILE AWAY.

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away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
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OF ten cents a week or thirty cents
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changed as often as desired. MhIIe
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to you like a daily letter from nome.
Advance payment Is requested on
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bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Old-fashioned Republicans, here and
there, are undoubtedly getting con-
siderable consolation out of the fact
that the whitening drouth in the agri-
cultural sections of the country is hap
pening while the Democrats are in
mower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Texas has annexed more or less dis
tinction because trains are occasionally
stalled in it's midst by mosquitoes. But
Kansas is now running the Lone Star
state a close second inasmuch as a
train was stalled here the other day
by grasshoppers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

From the notoriety and free advertis-
ing that are being annexed by Mary
Armstrong Dean. her husband and the
villain" who crossed their path, it is
reasonable to assume that the three
of them are planning to enter the
vaudeville arena in a rousing comedy
sketch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Neither does the short ballot re-
form appear to be making much head
way in New York city. The ballot to
be used at a Democratic primary soon
to be held in one of the assembly dis
tricts there is no less than IS feet
ionR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
Signs of the Times.


Nat Goodwin says his latest wife
is splendid business woman. Prob
ably she will demand good alimony
when the time comes.
Andrew Carnegie says he would
give all his millions to be young
again, but it is better to be old with
money than without it.
Woodrow Wilson believes the White
House grounds is not the place for a
mint bed. Perhaps it should be over
at the mint.
An Omaha paper runs the weather
forecast on the day after. There is
nothing like being fastidious1y honest.
President Wilson is not afraid of
hot weather. In some ways con-
gress would prefer a fat president
New Jersey man shot at crow and
brought down an eagle, but that is
nothing for a New Jerseyite. One of
them shot at the govern Orship and
brought down the presidency.
A Columbia university student has
been refused a diploma because he
can't swim. Maybe, however, he could
paddle his own canoe.
One thing which strongly recon-
mends George Bernard Shaw for the
position of poet laureate is that he
cannot write poetry.
So far as has been learned those
congressional garden seeds will re-
main on the free list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Uncle Sans soldiers are reported to
be all ready to invade Mexico. But the
rest of the people of the United States
with the possible exception of "A few
jingoes and the representatives of
certain moneyed interests, are far from
ready to have them do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

when he is not too warm on a hot day,
he would find agreeable.
He would say, please sponge out my
eyes and nose and dock when I come
in tired and dusty at night, and also
sponge me with clean, cool water un-
der the collar and saddle of the har-
ness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
KANSAS cOlHNENT
MIR. BURLESoN,s .OFFENsE

MR.. BURLESON'S OFFENSE.
Duteb Ter &c, General BuEles6n is III
parties consider a high crime, if not
treason raes n Under authority granted BY con
duced the rates and Increased the size of
PACKAGES Congressional is to say, part
indignant and feels that the postmaster
general is 'encroaching on their rights:
, nave the power to change the parcel post
rates But really what is the matter2
money to the people be considered such .
grave offense? There seems to be ample
autin1or1ty IN law for the postmaster gem
say that the language is not as plain
it should be What then is the trouble:
-. y ny, 1T means a great loss of revenue to
the government, is one contention. But
how can that be, when it has been con-
ment carries in the mails are the least
profitable part of the express businessY
son is plain. The postmaster generals
proposal, on the contrary, means giving
express companies and through them to
the railroads, That's. the real bug under
the chip. There's where the rub really
comes. Perhaps the postmaster general
has exceeded his authority. If so, then
master general has attempted to do. Let
congress decrease the rates and increase
the order is not fully warranted by the
law as it is now, change the law and
make SuCn an OrUer unQueStlOnaDiy legal.
That's the way to meet this dire situation.
Don't let the people suffer and the express
companies and railroads profit through
the dodge that the postmaster general
has exceeded his Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
SUSPICIOUS OF BOYHOOD.
A tired business man inquiries IL the
Weil-known suspicious of his boyhood are
stlll in good working order among young
America We wonder, too. Wonder il
boys still have fear, which may may
not have scientific basis, of going swim
min in dog days; a fear that they might
go mad and chew holes in the furniture:
II they guard against cramps in the same
old way, and wish their warts unsus-
pecting neighbors, or trade them for
something more desirable; if they spot
white horses in hope of finding money
which they don't find and wish wishes to
the new moon or first star to flash across
their vision when the shades of night are
falling. Many and mysterious were the
myths and suspicious of boyhood, and
mostly built of the fabric of fancy or folk
lore. Yet we who have lived longer and
learned more have still SO many fool
notions and still so much to learn. that
we more than charitable toward the
visions and vagaries of childhood: a little
envfous perhaps, with longing to go
back there where the world was wonder
full and SO much larger because we had
seen so little of it.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

within that period But would the
mere overthrow of Huerta mean a per-
manent peace in Mexico? Past per-
formances across the Rio Grande are
not along that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Naturally things would be more COM
Portable all around If Japan could only
reconcile itself to federal government
in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Carnegie hero medals should be pass
ed out to the members of the New
Jersey board of health who ate a big
variety of food that was prepared with
four-year- eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Those Spanish grandees who didn't
care to inspect an American warship
evidently preferred to wait for the
Dewey centennial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

An enormous wireless station is said
to be responsible for a drouth in one
locality on Long Island. 1t is argued
that it shunts off the thunder storms.
But there are no big wireless stations
in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Vice President Marshall has gone in
for higher criticism TOO many peo-
ple,'' ne says. 'who see the sign p.
c. In the heavens think it means
preach Christ when it means Pillow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Why worry over the theft of $3.50, 900
worth of jewels from a daughter of the
late E. H. Hartman? She can afford
to lose them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

An English suffragette has been
sentenced to prison for nine months
for committing arson. Nine years or
more should have been her portion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

If the change that has been effected
in the administration of the weather
bureau results in the much-needed
change Of the weather into g. rainy
season, great will be the Democratic
marty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Mexico's rebels insist that they could
establish peace within 80 days if they
were permitted to arm. They declare
that Huerta could be easily overthrown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Still, Colonel Mulhalrs nervou
breakdown hung off two weeks long
err than William Rockefeller's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

" Gather observers who have been
sighting rain for these parts are surely
afflicted with defective vision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Venezuela is entitled to little SYM
pathy. Old Clip Castro has finally
managed to land there again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Me stare Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the foi gay
4eie~rarh report of that great news NJ
wnnfxaffon for the exclusive AFTERNOON
Wubhcetion In Topeka
The news Is received IN The state jour
nal building over wires for this sole pssr'
Pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

I'm the Good Old Summer Time" Is
no longer a popular song in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

'tHow does Dorfling stand in this COM
munity? "Old Bill Dorfling?'' YES"
why, he makes about as much noise in
this community the letter b does in
the word debt "-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

Sofia is the Juarez of the Balkan
fracas. It is besieged again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

1t was a cullud lady who wore the
first slit skirt in Hutchinson, hence
the fashion is not liable to become
lis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-01

And instead of bowling about it, the
Comstoclks of the country should hire
the cullud lady in the slit skirt to give
exhibitions all over the circuit. That
would do more to discourage the fad
than anything else.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-07
81, 100000 Damage SUIT
Beng Heard Here

damages, both actual and punitive,
and also the question as to whether
or not the Postal Telegraph Company
was a trespasser, when it undertook
to erect a telegraph wire on the poles
of the telephone company. without the
sanction of the railroad company.
Punitive damages were asked for,
against the railroad company, in the
sum of $500 for each of the 1900 and
more cuts made in the wire of the
telegraph company, subsequent to the
grant of the injunction by Judge Bar
ret. who made the writ returnable be-
fore Judge Stevens, Chancellor of this
district.
The case will be closed this after
noon and a decision will be anXiously
awaited, involving as it does, num-
Der of fine points of law. as we'll as
whether or not the Postal Telegraph
Company shall operate its commercial
line between Hattiesburg and Jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-07
Telephone Girl Prevents
Bank Robbery at Enterprise

himself, and, going to one of the few
lines which had not been cut, awoke
Miss Buckley, the operator, and she
reused the residents by ringing all the
telephones intact. One of these lines
runs to the postoffice. near the bank.
The postmaster sleeps in the office,
and was awakened. Fearing appre-
hensiop from this source, the safe
blowers then abandoned their efforts
to open the vault and made prepara-
tions to fee. Citizens reached the
scene few minutes later.
Brown, the watchman, had been to
the railroad station, and had taken the
mail from a northbound Mobile and
Ohit train, and was about to re-entel
the bank, when he was seized from
behind and thrown to the ground. One
of the bandits, the shortest of the trio
cursed the watchmAn all the time the!
Continued on Page Eve)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-07

With the argument of counsel, which
was begun at 10 o'clock this morning
by Hon. Barney Eaton for the COM
plainant, Judge ]. Morgan Stevens is
still hearing the case of Gulf & Ship
Island R. r. Co. VS.. Mississippi Home
Telephone Company and Postal Tele-
graph & Cable Company.
This is the case in which the Gulf
& Ship Island Railroad Company
estopped the Postal Telegraph Com
pany from giving commercial service
to this city, after an office had been
opened here and line strung upon
the poles of the Home Telephone
Company from Jackson to Hattiesburg.
through the service of an injunction
writ and the subsequent cutting or
the telegraph wire in over 1900 places.
Having previously dissolved the in
junction and denied a supersedeas ap-
peal. Chancellor Stevens is now hear
ing the issue upon the question of