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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chicaeo Nev..

Iron tho Chicago News.1
Except for the fools, the wise Ruys
would starve.
Even q gold handled umbrella has
its ups and ,downs.
A mans love for . woman's money
IL the seed OF much evil.
Nothing disgusts . fault finder like
humping into perfection.
Business IL Q cloak that coverr !.
multitude OF queer transactions.
knowledge often consists of n lot
of miscellany that 70 mot worth know
ing.
Nature constructed = silly woman
that she might puncture the wisdom
Of q wise man.
A man imagines he 10 Z phiIanthron.
ut every time he gives away . pennv's
worth Of advice.
The average married man in the
kind of husband that makea the
neighbors feel sorry for his wife.
And tho average girl win fau for
an impossible story much quicker thau
she will for the plain unvarnished
truth.
Many q man has let q good lob ret
away from him because he. hsrbored
the delusion that NO other man ~
smart enough to mi his place.
According to late agricultural re-
portA there are ffcteen dsfee1ent meth
Odg Of txrigatlOn-nOt 1ncludimg thoo1
ueod In the prohfbdt1oq di1tx1etG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHIsoN GIoRn

Few men were ever converted bv
their fatherg, -
belonging to a good party doesn't
make you good.
II a man has a scar he finds it DIFF
ficult to explain 1t away.
A woman should get a mans wages
even II she has to marry him.
1t was Benjamin Franklin who ma ID
Tts hard for an empty bag to stand
up"
1t is all right to be tender hearted.
out don't give away your underclothes.
Neither do we care what statesman
endorses a brand of smoking tobacco
II We don't like it.
There isn't much in the theory al
heredtty. For instance, Jude John
sons rather was q sensible man.
have lived long enough to learn
That q good deal less happens than ID
expected to happen."-Rufe Hoskins
Link Preston is a good citizen. He
may not know how to run the gov
eminent. but he has credit at the gro
Gerry store.
It isn't that the weather bureau
MAKES 90 many bum guesses, but that
Its efforts in that line are advertised
more than yours.
1t Is hard for the members Of q
family to agree on which member
should do the economtzing, but they
are apt to compromise on Father.
Frequently a widow leans on her
son At the funeral Of the late husband
and father. but has to support said
son forever afterwards. or thereabouts
Jude johnson has become fatigued
through keeping his wife's washina
machine repaired. and will start +
Mechantcs."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
HARD BLOW.
1issouri Sept. q I1surane1
Ousts 1S Inter- ComI 6nios. I


There are fifteen interinsurance
companies doing business In Kansas.
Of tht9 number twelve am forbidden
TO do business In Missouri BY : recent
eeSislon q the 19issouri supreme court
censes by the Missouri state auperfn-
ten0ent Of insurance.
AZ to whether or not any or al Of
these companies should be permitted
20 continue in business in the STATE Of
kansas under the methods they are
now following II . matter the Kansas
insurance department. 10 now wrestling
with.
Ihterinsurance companies seem to Be
free lances in the insurance business.
or at least they have attempted to be.
In Missouri. the law under which they
operated until the law was declared
unconstitutional, permitted them all
tho privileges OF insurance companies
and relieved them Of most Of the re-
sponaibilitiea.
The Kansas law is different. It de-
mands certain things, and the insur-
ance department ID trying to figure out
how these demands Of the law and
the facts In the case can be made to
conform.
Among other things the Law, demands
that there be on deposit With the at
torney-in-fact OF an fnterinsurance
company . sum not less than &16000 to
be AvailAble for the payment o8 losses.
AD Sampl0 OF now TINS requirement -
being complied with one interinsurance
company in its report ON file with the
state insurance department. lists it's
total ledger assets AZ $s1,0z7.s7, and
against this sum il set aside $4,000 as
| a reserve for unpaid losses obliga lions
already incurred and unpaid = and
III. O1&32 as q reserve for unearned pre-
miums-s apparently there il only 81, 90
left where the law says there should be
81. go.
| In commenting ON this situation 4 To-
I;caI insurance man said:
NShould the nearly 500 policy holders
lin this company write into the office
I:cAnceling their policies and demanding
|. q return Of the unearned portions OF
their spremiums. undoubtedly someone
would be left holding the sack.
| This situation can not continue for
ever. Something IN going to drop pref
Ity soon and in all probability some
Ipolicy-holders who think they have
been getting cheap insurance will find
| Themselves up against an assessment
to meet losses 1t seems to me that 1t
10 up to the state Insurance depart
ment to make some kind Of a ruling
- to- whether or not such companies
are complying with the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
The Evening Story

(By Louise. Olnev.,


Richard Kemp sat talking to the
girls mother when Teresa ran in
laughing and too excited to notice his
presence.
Mother! What do you think +?
Sam has car. a beauty! I've never
been crazy about them. you know,
nor minded because father can't at
He's whirled me all over the country
this afternoon. Look at my hair.
We're going again this evening"
Teresa King put up both hands and
twisted back the curling brown hair
that was loosened by the wind to the
falling point. Her mother smiled at
her impetuosity.
"Glad you enjoyed it. daughter.
But don't turn your back on your
guest" Mrs. Kings tone was dry.
Teresa turned quickly.
Richard Kemp, whoever knew you
to hide your light under a bushel
even long enough for me to finish raw
ing here?''
Richard rose. rather short and fair.
with Irish eyes. and gave the girl the
grin that endeared him to many
friends.
Doing here? What I've been do
ing since boyhood? Waiting round
for you. I was going to ask you to
walk to the river with me tonight,
but Sam seems to have cut In ahead
of me-"
HAS mother asked you to dinner,
or do I have to invite you?'
I'D about decided to stay without
being invited" he remarked. grace
you're going out afterward-''
Dicky.''
Richard Kemp laughed.
I've some sense left! Sam would
| be lovely to me and wish were in
i-jaiE You're his for the evening.
II that isn't like a grill" he laughed
again. Il never saw a girl yet that
didn't want to hold on to one man
while she played with another. TIL
stay to dinner, but after that I'm or,
Miss Teresa King
Richard Kemp. with his usual
acuteness. had hit the nail on the
Gus month OF May. The girl seemed
to wantbo men, Teresa had always
wavered bit between him and Sam,
giving him the preference. But Sam
plus the new dark-blue car was g
o3ngerous combination. Not that she
was the sort to fall in love with q
man Just Tor his car. but the car gave
the man limitless opportunities to be
with ner. And propfnquity II danger
GUS Richard took to shrugKing his
enouioers a lot these days, and to be-
ing very gay. much in the spirit OF
the small boy who whistles to keep
from being afraid. 1t began to seem
AZ II he almost never got q talk or :
tramp with the girl an OF old, and h<
missed her more than he had known
would be possible.
with the missing came . fear o,
,osne ms chance with her that pu
him 1T disadvantage because II i'm
paired his self eonf3danea ne "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

No doubt about the Salvation Army
people being practical religionists. In a
schedule they framed whereby a couple
can get married, take honeymoon
trip and return to = furnished home
with the rent paid for a month, and all
Tor less than 800, they set aside mony
for cigars for the groom to pass out 70
his friends. and also for face powder
~ the birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

This IL not about those of whose
short and simple annals'' Gray wrote
writes Albion Fellows Bacon In The
Survey. It - not of those TO WHOSE
honest poverty Burns referred. MOI
does 1t treat OF any who can sing. "Bs
1t ever % humble" All Of these may
have been poor. but they were not '"Th<
Poor There II fresh air blowing
through every one Of those poems. They
breathe p( all that II wholesome, ten
der, sacred. the real riches Of life.
But ona cannot write = pastoral poeu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

This Is also the season Of the year
when the managers Of the major
league baseball teams are rather free
with predictions that their teams are
more than likely to win the pennants.
And the more pronounced Of these pre-
dictions naturally come from the man
ayers who haven't been setting the
world afire during the past few years
with anything that approached PEN
nant winning teams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

The chancellor of the University of
Kansas has a plan for putting the edu-
cational resources of that Institution,
a. respects vocational training. at the
disposal of the inmates Of the state
penitentiary, notes the New York
World. and it adds: The scheme has
an interest as probably the latest word
I'm prison reform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

During the six years Of experimental
ton with heaveier-than-ai machines.
no less than 462 aviators have lost their
lives, including the 3S who were killed
during the first three months of the
present year. In other words. aviation
il almost as terrible as what General
Sherman said war was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

no sense a severe one, still the state
has experienced an unusually long spell
Of cool and chilly weather. 1t began
as early as the middle of October and
has been pretty. continuous ever since,
or for nearly six months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Incidentally. the lack of sunshine and
reasonably warm weather Is hard on
the chickens which are waiting 90
longingly for their neighbors' garden
"a "a to put in an appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Presumably the 5000 Mexicans. in
termed at Fort Bliss. Tex. are just AS
well pleased that the habeas corpus
proceedings for their release have fall
en- by the wayside. They are now get
ting free all the food they want to eat,
ana they have no work to do. This Is
the average Mexican's idea Of true
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

80 far the city commissioners have
succeeded in writing no more than
something which savors of a Scotch
verdict in the matter Of Sunday clos
ing, which il just as well. As mat
ter OF fact. the ''evil'' in this particular
to which they have been devoting their
attention is not of an exceedingly seri-
mis- nature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Having such q multitude of them. the
Rockefellers can. of course. afford to
lose the millions they have invested in
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
in their fight for a principle. But the
erstwhile workers in the mines OF this
concern are scarcely in, the same boat
in respect to the sacrifice o. their
~ea l. .'7se 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
rm.HpuONEQ.


The state Journal il . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
1aleeraph report OF that great news NJ
Ganiaafion for the exclusive afternoon
Dublicat10n in Topeka
The news IL received in The state jour
al building over wires for this sole pug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Police Judge George A. Huron this
morning made out his annual state
ment Of fines collected in police court
fSa me iat t aaun9 9us Huron s so
lected $7,4eS.55 And turned that
amount over to the city.
The month Of May. 1913. was the
heaviest for the court. $1,07s.s0 being
s ssass. si eeaf' 1ss tsS Only Only
$295.25 in fines collected during the
month. Following are the totals for
the twelve months that Judge Huron
has been in office: April 1919.
: :77s.1S: July. July. :siS.so: August.
s7os.6o: September. $3.50: October.
$ss4.75; November. $4ss.25; Decem-
Der. $4ls: January, 1914. $44S.50:
February. 1926. IS; March, seso.oS.
The first few days in April. 1913.
N. b. Arnold was police Judge and was
succeeded by Huron when the COffan
administration came into office. There
have been two chiefs Of police during
that time, Colonel Hughes and Josiah
Ross.
Theodore Thompson and Gretchen
Walker, colored, were arrested at the
unseemly hour Of three this morning
and placed in the city bastile for dis
orderly conduct. The police have ar
rested ten or twelve on this charge
within the past few days and have
succeeded in frikhtening thesresidents
ker and four police officers arrested
the gentleman and lady.
Thomas Jones was tried in police.
court this morning on the charge OF
being drunk. Jones is probably af-
ficted with the same trouble as his
illustrious nameaake, Tom Jones.
whom Henry Fielding made famous
Both OF the J0neses are said to have
spent considerable time in jail and the
Topeka man was fined SO by Judge
The police station is more than a
Jail, it IL q bureau Of information and
a harbor for wanderers. When q
stranger arrives in Topeka, he goes to
When a ''bum' makes the city. he
spends the night and is allowed q
breakfast free at the city jail.
This morning an Italian, only 4
young man. was found straying about
building and was found by James Dew.
lin, engineer of the building. Devlin
took the Italian to the office of the
cashier Of the postoffice. The Italian
could not speak a word OF English but
showed . Santa Fe railway ticket to
San Francisco.
He was sent to the police station
and the officers there, under no 0bli-
cations to take care of q son OF Italy.
sent man to the Santa Fe depot with
the Cicero had stepped off the train
by mistake at Topeka and the police
officer saw that Pliny was put ON tho
right train. That goes to show that
there IL plenty Of courtesy at police
foreign immigrant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08


We.tmoresand. KAN. pIn - =
county Democrats A. DIG DanQuet
served here last night. Governor
HODGES answered the charges o.
spoib system. directed aeainst nv
administration He cn4Aen9ed re-
publican and Progressive candidates 20
say whether they would relnDtAfe his
appointees II they wero successful In
November. The governor paid espe-
cial attention to the Democratic rec
oRnition Of the women a makine ap-
pointmenta
s'If they vv0uld remnvn them - naid
the eovernor IN $1,000 "a -ornnn
appofntee. and cheilars;n~ the sin-
CERTIFY Of hie opuonenfa reenrdine. the
spoiIs systern. ..fheir nron,ieee 10 the
Vomen 81 Ken.s. a. nj ssrc.r~ n
thew alIow the,n "a re,rc. n .shev II.
NIT that ths n.r,cc~eS. 49, -s.,,t -
No zine +h..> rn.n~~.
Tc..e.S.S 49, ~
uGes 49, tne Hr.nclpai
jer~.1v s.+.N s - Hee.: ulcn ~
Count, n.sscnet. ..,s ~
nor v,~-.S ~ 1s Up svve =
aS-.srsxs.sS WIZ " ene stcoo
aom,nisxeuon ana the acts OF the
- ~. h. ne ps.u espsc1i attention
H !" w cnaSeee cI spoiAs ~ once ana
~en1eo enat WHOsesAio changes nao
Oeen maue 70 secure control OF ap-
gointmentA IN MAKING changes, ne
deciareo' the women had been recog-
ni4eo IN manner new to KanoAS po-
Capper and Allen tho challenge to
state whether they would remove the
women thus appointed.
The Democratic administration has
been criticised for the chan1es made
in the management of our state In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Red Kelly, of Building No. IS of the
Edison plant at West Orange, n. j.
takes his place among the immortais.
His brand of chewtnFstob is the
only kind that is entirely satisfactory
to Thomas A. Edison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Canada continues the work of re-
forming her tariff to the advantage OF
Canadians. not their competitors in ag-
ficulture and manufacturing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

1t may not take as much sense to De
president as 1t does to be congress-
man. says he Boston Transcript. but
IL takes more backbone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

It appears that the British suffra-
gettes are normal women in one re-
epect On her arraignment in court the
other day, General Flora Drummond
refused to allow anybody to talk but
H>sa~lH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Chicago's future is assured. She has
many boys of the old-fashioned vari-
ETY.. They stayed up all night to vel
come the lions. tigers and elephants
Of the first circus Of the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

John Lind's mission to Mexico is
characterized in some quarters as hav-
ing been a success. But 1t will strike
others that this is. at least. a rather
unusual brand to place on doing moth
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

my Hff1 MATING you unh0UoH Il she
II I'm eerry.
shot. ssft wouldn't me Ike Teeaie
not to tell me. fIrst Of anybody but
YOU.
I'm sure they're not. she said.
gently. ''But Whist are you doing 10
prevent it. Il you really want her Z?
Heaven knows want her" he be-
gan earnestly, then broke OH.
Have You said anything to het
shout 1t. Dick? mean lately
Not since Christmas- she didn't
know her mind then. suppose this'll
be one of those machine-made mar
riages. Even II I didn't want her my
self. know that sam isn't the man
Tor her On. he's not bad. Hes only 8
careless rich mans son VINO mas never
learned SELF discipline. II taxes the
discipline OF having to earn evAry cent
you get to make man appreciate
what money means IFS All can 90
not 10 take every dollar l Own OUT o.
the bank and buy car. Its the
with. you know He laughed IN
hurt sort OF way.
II understand. But you're right not
to-" Mrs. King said.
Without e car can't get the girl'
ana y l get tho car l cant Keep the
ruefuily. That's my nx- It's g bad
one. I've GOOD salary. out II nKes
something 10 start with: sam nes
everytning now. I'm = eeiii,n nOuno,
suppose 70 iet mysen tninA m tne
0niy man tnat c0uI0 MAKE ner n1ppy.
Do you know, cant help thinking
Inat sne was DeElnnlns Iea.y - c1.e
lot me can s usn you 1..s Wy =.
na.. ...sa.w- ~ IT,. .in,,a "a ~
g .s,u ucy M" y ~ 800 sra nu ~ =.
r. 1850. No IN 80 can.t esv anv.
th,n~ 81 he ,nvself n ali T.m simnlv
eAAAAA6s Va We AAAy 0SAA - AsA os4sA1sA
ana the woua : snole .Iovlv
s.Nc+ even neother can .nA.r for
her daurhfer,s heart she said ssRut
Il INV girl ever loved YOU sans pos
sessions would not change her. Did
a. eva- occur ~ vo,, thst .ha ri1h1
thtnE +rct vo,, have cea.ed to carn
Haven't YOU been running around with
Winnie Newcomer"
ssOf course!" he said hotly, Jumping
I'M. did she expect me to stand for
all time gazing after her while she
rode about with Sam? OF course, I've
ME, despite her cursed money! There,
I beg pardon. I'm off my head these
DAYS. I'd better CO."
you'd better go straight for my
daughter at the flrst chance and have
II ont with her. That the only way.
Have you thought of THAR"
Yes; but something's told me to
watt" he answered slowly. AZ he
spoke. he heard Sans siren, and in a
moment they both saw Sam letting
Tessie out at the curb. He leaned pos
sessively over her.
The other man isn't waiting" COM
mented Mrs King. dryiy. Pm going
upstairs. Do as you please as to my
advice. know it's good"
She went away and in q moment
Tesrea entered, glowing, but with a
tired look about her eyes. Something
primitive walked in Richard Kemp and
he sprang up and seized her by the arm
rather fiercely. She had not seen till
then and gave a little cry.
.'Dickiev' Then, half angrily. What
do you mean? Let me CO."
"Tesrea King" said the boy in a
half smothered tone, IT want to know
right now what you're going to do with
me? That's what 1 mean. 1 love you
ard want to marry you and I've been
at your heels ike a puppy since I was
5 and you years old Are you in love
now, so that / can begin to try to for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08

Huerta's cancellation of Consular
Agent Carother's exequatur sounds
more serious than it really is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-08
On the Spur
of the Moment
The Modern Girl.

The Modern Girl.
do not sing, I do not play,
As matdens did long, long ago.
We're living In q modern day,
Victrolas do all that, you know.
I do not bake. I do not scrub,
do not help around tho flat;
The silverware do not rub,
The hired girl attends to that.
I do not walk for exercise,
And haven't since 1 was sixteen,
For fare forth in style. I'm wise,
1 ride In mothers limousine.
I don't sew buttons on or mend
My clothes, my gloves or hat:
wrap q bundle up to send.
The laundries attend to that.
The only thing I do 4 dance,
No other duties bore me.
Some day some new machine, per-
chance,
Will do my tangoing for me.
Si&ns Of the Times.
Just as long as there are highstep
trolleys and tight skirts. 70 long will
there be slit skirts, and that's all there
II to it. Who said, How long?"
Vernon Castle ana superior half
Mrs.. Castle-0ttn command $50 IN
hour for dencing lessons. It's . pity
one can't write with ones feet.
colored hair. tho only thing for men
to do IL to have brilliant landscapes
painted ON their bald spots.
Food prices are said to be slumping.
Well, maybe some day in the dim and
distant future the corner grocer and
butcher may find II out.
The wine growers are forming q
gigantic combination. But can they
make champagne much more expeu-
sfve than It IL 1T the present?
Statistics show that zlS out OF -
seniors 1T Yale use tobacco yet pos
sibly some Of them may turn ont rath-
er well.
Those who believe In equal rjghta
probably viii grant men the prtvne9e
OF payfnR s4S for an EaGGer hat.
IL someone would please deport 0ne
ThaW to Paris. r. Pinney Earle and
lack johnson are there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
SUITS FILED

The following were among the suits filed in the city and circuit courts yes terday:
 John Wilkes vs cuhaDa southern Coal Mining company; s29oo damages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 J. w. Gentry vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company; s20,O0o darn- ages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 Mrs. J. W. Wherry vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company: s10OO damages claimed for alleged per- sonal injuries.
 George D. Hanks vs Maxwell and Crouch Mule compjany. $500 damages claimed for an alleged personal breach of contract.
 A. R. Jenkins vs southern Asphalt and Construction company; $500 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 ]. P. Robertson vs Alabama Great Southern Railroad company; 5000 dam- ages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 Mrs. Mary Ray vs. Empire Laundry company: sl0,ooo damages claimed for al- legged personal injuries.
 Hattie Davenport vs. ]. T. Camp Trars- alleged personal injuries
 Connie Hutchins vs Charles Bender; 5000 damages claimed. the plaintiff al- ieging he was bitten by vicious dog owned by the defendant.