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TTFSlinniiP Increasing Army of Vagabonds Ji Stt a Menace By ORLANDO F. LEWIS. - 1 i HE United States is 1)cinnin to look for instruction to the Tl experiences of European ruauy is particularly a country that has studied the subject, and has erected .many fonns of institutions, some for tramps out of jail, and some labor colonies to keep tramps at work who have been committed by the courts. These labor colonies are of two kinds, voluntary and com pulsory. The difference is that the voluntary colonies are man aged largely by private charity and are retreats where the "down-and-outer" can enter for a time, averaging about two months. In return for his work he receives goxxl care, good food and a chance to earn a little something. There are about 33 voluntary colonies, but a quarter century of experience docs not show that the United States could reduce vagrancy or reform vagrants to any great extent by introducing such colonies. But the compulsory colonies are having some effect. There are 24 of them. The sentence arc long, and the average time of detention is about a year. The men must really work. There is no snap "snow shoveling in July," nor being one of 40 to haul a little dump cart around a yard. Vari ous industries are carried on. The men learn what it means to" work. Compare these labor colonies with our county jails, which have been classified by experienced investigators as only too often "schools of crime." In the United Stales, short sentences are spent in idleness, and in de moralizing other inmates. Bad sanitation, poor food, uncleanly and vicious habits have no reformatory oftVct, and tend to the development of anti-social tendencies. Vagrancy is undoubtedly increasing in the United States, because to 1 a tramp is so easy. The condition will not be improved until good, hard work looms ahead for the man who "hits the road." But this work must not be solely a punishment for idleness. It must train, if not to a joy in work, at least to a knowledge of how to work and why men must work. The jails cannot be recast for this function. Tramp colonies seem neces sary. 1 . An English View of Lynching By ANDSEW LANG. were lynched. Not very far from the peaceful hostelry where these lines are written, two men, as I am informed, were conversing together in the road after midnight. The weather was line, the night was pleasant; a motor came up, knocked them both over, injured them very severeh, and went on its way rejoicing. It behaved like the Bussian fleet when it fired on our iishing boats, and I am not aware that the motor has yet been detected. There are countries in which this sort of behavior might provoke lynching?, of innooent people probably. The lynching, again, might give rise to more caution among drivers of motors. But "do not duck them, do not nail their ears to the pump," as the man said in the old story. There is a plea.-aut owner of a" motor in a new novel, "Mrs. Bailey's Debts," by Mr. Eddy. "What's a iive-pound-note?"'hc asked. "I want to go fast, and I am ready to pay. 'Fine away,' I said to the bluebottle, "i shali have a bottle of fizz to-night, just the same . . . When you're in a buzzer, you're cock of the walk, and whether you like it or not, you've got to scoot." " As a five-pound fine is nothing to this detestable type of rich cad, perhaps some other way of cutting the combs of such cocks of the walk may bo ultimately invented. But let us keep within the law. Do not let us shoot at them, as a worthy magistrate once proposed. For my part, were it lawful, I could cheerfully shoot all persons who turn loose on the' rural nights the yells of costermongers' songs by aid of gramophones these joys of the lively and unidyllie; But, like the author of "Murder as One of the Fine Arts," "I am all for law and order and that kind of tiling" The Church Losing Its Grip By KEY. WM. N. LAWRENCE. D. D. 01 Oraafe. N. 4. that happens the religious life is exhausted. There is a remedy, and that is to keep right on worshiping and striving to get the best out of the church. If that is done, the Christian will in time get his second wind, as it were, and begin to worship anew. To a great many people, an active spiritual life means the gathering of bi congregations, the building of great churches and thousands of people flocking into these edifices on Sunday. Make Marriade lLf - I aSrced, Mm.m: I are able monious By HELEN OLD FIELD. . tt.iU jaru ior public opinion thenceforward, perhaps, hold the- man and woman together in inharmo nious union. Yet affinities by far oftcner are made, or rather developed than they arc born, and if married couples could understand how to har xnonize their tempers, how to meet each other in all the matters which pertain to their lives, life indeed would be for them "one grand swee song;" the, outcome would be wonderful and beautiful beyond expression in words. But how can temnera ho hrrmnnlTrl 9 vr j . . i i V uoes one succeed in any usderta!, ing.m life? By patient continuance in well doing countries, where for 25 years va- There is not much to be said for the institution of lynching; indeed, I deprecate and condemn the practice. You may lynch the wrong person, for a mob is never very particular alout evidence, and lynch law shows distrust and contempt for our ad mirable judges and juries. But if ours were a frenzied, excitable, hysterical, law less sort of people, apt to dispute the um pire's decision, and "take the law," like a piece of eggshell porcelain, "into their own hands" (where it is always broken) it would not surprise me if a few 'motorists" The religious enthusiasm of past years is waning and the average young man of the present day is simply tired of the church. There are many regular attendants at services who merely go through the forms of worship out of habit, and are worship ing a fetish of the past rather than a God of the present. The tie that used to bind a young man to the church is broken. The interest of young women in the church is waning. The spiritual life has become a form and when The vast majority of people doubtless will agree that harmony of temper between man and wife is a prime if not the first and foremost essential to happy wedlock. It is true that two can walk together, un- and kcep.step, in so far as outsiders to tell but ih : , , . -..v, i8 caniii,r, ana the promenade is not a pleasant exercise. People marry because they are in love with each other, or fancy themselves so, and imagine a land of unalloyed happiness ia which they shall dwell. After a shorter or longer period of married life the dream l tANSAS STATE NEWS A Brief Review of the Happenings Paragraph for oar Football Player - Injured. Harry Staleyv a member of the College of Emporia freshman football squad, had his right leg broken between the knee and the ankle, in practice. The men were being taught how to tackle, and Staley was tackled, while run ning at agood clip, and in falling his leg was doubled under him and broken. Kansan Released from German Army. Through the efforts of the state department at Washington, Adolph Fahnauer, the Leavenworth boy who was impressed Into the Ger ht&u &imy upon his ' landing In the "Fatherland", with the intention of visiting relatives, has been released and the Kaiser is minus a good Kan sas corn fed soldier. I . Hussey Collected $2,721.69. State Oil Inspector L. T. Hussey has filed his report for the month of August with State Auditor J. M. Nation. The report shows that during the month his department inspected 12,591 bar rels of kerosene and 22,592 barrels of gasoline. The toal amount of the fees collected during the month was $3, 521.47, and the amount of the check turned over to the state treasurer showing the net returns from the de partment was $2,721.63. Dead Man Not Identified. The in quest of the coroner's jury in the case of the crippled stranger who was found dead in a Missouri Pacific box car at Arkansas City, the jury re turned a verdict that the stranger came to his death by a wound on the head made with a blunt instrument in the hands of an unknown party, or parties. It is quite 1'kely now that the real circumstances surrounding the murder of the crippled stranger will never come to light. Threw Herself in Well and Drowned. In a fit of despondency, Teresa Romersa, of Osage City, com mitted suicide by drowning. She was about 20 years of age. With her mother sh came from Italy two years ago. Her affianced, a young Italian, left for his native land because of ill health. She was also suffering from consumption. It is thought that In her despair because she could not go with him, she cast herself into a well where she was found after several hours' search. Did Brg Business. The Hutchinson street railway officials have con valesced from the rush of the fair week and are able' to approximately tell of the great business done. The exact figures will not be known until the end of the month, but the total number of "passengers carried during the week, cash and tickets, is over 118,000 and may be 120,000. This is nearly twice the business ever done befor in any ore week. And it should be said that the company and every man connected with it labored hard and faithfully to serve the public the best possible. The service was good and 120,000 people "weie carried with out an accident. School for Nurses. A charter has been taken out with the secretary of state for the Arkansas City Hos pital Training School for Graduate Nurses. The directors are: Dr. G. M. Cover, Prof. John F. Bender, Ln. Phillips and Dr. R. Claude Young, of that city, and Dr. George H.-Neimann of Ponea City, Okla. The school is located "at the Arkansas City hospital on Soutl B street, and the first an nual comtaeneement will he held dur ing October. During the school term the class receives lectures covering eight hours a week, and has the bene fit of clinical experience during the entire course. The course in the in stitution covers two full years. Died of Lockjaw. Fred Fleming, the ten-year-old son of Charles Flem ing, an engineer at the city water plant in Concordia, died of lockjaw, twenty-four hours after he had run a large pine splinter in his heel while at play. Physicians used 18,000 units of serum in the effort to save his life, but the boy died in extreme agony. Unknown Man Killed. The body of an unknown boy was found by section men on the Santa Fe track near Lebo. The body was horribly mangled, the head being entirely severed from the body. The authorities were unable to identify the body. As nearly as could be determined the hoy was shout 14 years old. Treasurer Tulley Drew Out $267, 679. State Treasurer Mary Tulley drew on the county treasurers for the amount of state's money In their hands which will be needed for run ning expenses for the month of Octo her. The total amount of the "draw" was $267,679. This is about the aver age amount required for each month's expenses. The money is In the hands of the county treasurers as a part of the state taxes. Independence Party to be on Ticket. Edwin S. Waterbnry, the . chief factotum of the Independence party in Kansas, has filed with the secretary of state his petitions to get the state ticket of that party on the official ballot for the regular election in No vember. Until recently it was gen erally reported that Waterbnry was having trouble getting signers to the petition, and owing to the short time he had to work It was likely that the new party's ticket would be left off the ballot. But Waterbury came through with 2,671 names in the first Paroles Foster Whitney. Governor Hoch has granted a. parole to Foster Whitney, now serving a nine months sentence at Larned for criminal care lessness. Whitney has been In jail for about three months. He is a son of James F. Whitney, who has been county clerk of Pawnee county for thirty years and who is running for re-election thisjear. Several months ago W. B. Reed, a young man at Larned, bought a new hat. The other boys made fun of it. Young Whitney remarked: "I guess IH shoot a hole of a Week Condensed Into Busy Readers Brakeman's Head Cut Off. Joseph. T. Solomon, a brakeman on the Union Pacific, fell beneath the cars while switching at Lawrenceburg, for miles east of Concordia, and was terribly mutilated, his head, one arm, and one leg being cut off. To Pave Caney's Streets. It's all settled now, and Caney will soon be walking on streets paved with Caney made brick. The council has let the contract. The total amount of the contract is $33,394. The work is to be completed within ninety days from the time work begins. Cottage for Cripples at Orphans'. Home. The special cottage for crip pled children at the State Soldiers' Orphans' home at Atchison will be a novel structure. It will have no stair ways. It will be one of the first structures of its kind in the west and will be the first in Kansas. Insteuu of stairways there will be gentle in clines both inside and out. It will be so arranged that the crippled child ren, those who can. get around at all, will be able to move around over the building without trouble. There will be no stairs to climb. The quarters for the children will be on the ground floor and the attendants and officers will be on the second floor. This building will cost $25,000. The legis lature appropriated this amount for it last winter. The Board of Control will let the contract for this building October 8. The brick for the build ing will be furnished from the state penitentiary. All other material must be furnished by the contractor. County Board Must Decide. The Barber county contest board must get to work at once and decide who was nominated for representative in tha county in the primary. William Ges ner was nominated on the face of the returns by two votes. Samuel Grif fin was his opponent and Griffin claims that some votes that should have been counted for him were thrown out on account of technical rulings by the judges. If these votes had been counted. Griffin says that he would have been nominated. Grif fin filed a contest with the board in Barber county but the board refused to hear the case until the secretary of state had issued certificates of nom ination. Then Griffin brought the case to the supreme court for settle ment. He asked for a per-emptory writ of mandamus to compel the con test board to act. The case was ar gued in the supreme court and the decision was handed dovn. The per emptory write was issued. Topeka Wins W. A. Pennant. Sept. 22 marked the close of the Western Association baseball season of 1908. For the second time Topeka came uiujer the wire at the finish a pennant winner. At the close oi the fourth year of the Western As sociation's existence the unusual record is presented of two teams hav ing alternated during that period in winning the pennant. In 1905, the year that Shivcly's Missouri Valley League blossomed out as the West ern Association, Wichita won the rag with a percentage of 535. The follow ing year, with Cooley at the head of. the team, Topeka won with a per centage of 594. Last year Wichita made a runaway race of it, closing the season with a record of 98 games won out of 140 and a percentage of 742. Last year Topeka was a bad fourth. The following is the order in which the teams finished the 190S season, with their per cent: Topeka, 641; Wichita, 621; Oklahoma City, 583; Joplin, 518; Hutchinson, 497; Webb City, 489; Springfield, 363; Enid, 287. Street Railway for Manhattan The Manhattan city council has graiSed a franchise to W. R. West and son, Jo seph T. West, of Kansas City for an electric railway system to be built in that city. Construction is to begin in thirty days and one line from depots to the agricultural college, a distance of two miles, is to be completed within six months. Prize for an Essay. Here is a chance for some Kansas boy or girl to make $12.50 if they are industrious and want to do a littlo extra work in addition to their school studies. Erra Meeker, one of the first men that ever traveled over the ' Oregon trail, has given $25 to E. T. Fairchild, state su perintendent of public instruction. This money is to be equally divided and will go for two prizes for the best essays written by Kansas school children on the Oregon trail. Mr. Fairchild has just issued a circular let ter to all the county superintendents of Kansas, telling them about the prize essay contest and asking them to notify the teachers and the pupils of each school so that all can com pete. batch, and he has others coming, enough probably to make four thou sand names. It only requires 2,500 names to entitle a party to a place on the ticket. Killed With His Own Gun. While guarding his grandfather's water melon patch at Burlingarae while the rest of the family was at church, Jo seph Kirk Brown accidentally shot himself through the heart and wa found dead In the patch on the fam ily's return from church. The young man was 24 years of age and lived in Edna, Labette county. in it. He whipped out a revolver and fired away. The bullet went through the hat also through the scalp of young Reed. However, Reed re ered. Teacher and Pupils Drown. Mis Myra King, who teachers the Banks school south of Matfield Green, and two of her pupils, Victor Rector and Setta Foltz, were drowned while at tempting to ford South Fork In a buggy. In the buggy with Miss Kins were three other children, who floated ashore safely. Trtith and Quality appeal to the Well-informed in every walk of life and axe essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accord ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating i after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objection able substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. LEFT IT TO MRS. BROWN. Reverend Gentleman Very Willing to Evade Responsibility. The trust and dependence which characterized Rev. Mr. Brown's atti tude toward his wife's judgment in all practical affairs were sometimes touching, but occasionally they were amusing. "I'm sorry you've been troubled with the toothache," said the family dent ist, when Mr. Brown appeared in his office one day. "I gave you the first minute I had free after receiving your wife's telephone message. Let's see, which tooth is it that's troubling you?" "M-m, it's not aching just at pres ent," said Mr. Brown, after a mo ment's hesitation, during which he made a cautious investigation with his tongue. "Didn't Mrs. Brown mention to you which tooth it was? I always rely on her in such matters." Youth's Companion. PRESCRIBED CUTICURA After Other Treatment Failed Raw Eczema on Baby's Face Had Lasted Three Months At Last Doctor Found Cure. "Our baby boy broke out with ec zema on his face when one month old. One place on the side of his face the size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak for three months, and he would cry out when I bathed the parts that were sore and broken out. I gave him three months' treatment from a good doctor, but at the end of that time the child was no better. Then my doctor recommended Cuticura. After using a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was well and his face was as smooth as any baby's. He is now two years and a half old and no eczema has reappeared. Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May 14 and June 12, 1907." A REASONABLE REQUEST. Small Urchin (to major, who has been thrown from horse into pond) HI, mister, as you 'appens to be in the water, would you mind looking for Willie s whistle? Too Rough for the Cows. Mrs. Rorer, of cook-book fame, tells of seeing a maid drop and break a beautiful platter at a dinner recent ly, says Everybody's Magazine. The host did not permit a trifle like this to ruffle him in the least. "These little accidents happen 'most every day," he said, apologetically. "You see, she isn't a trained waitress. She was a dairymaid originally, but she had to abandon that occupation on account of her inability to handle the cows without breaking their horns." State or Ohio Cttt or Toledo. 1 L.CCA3 Count. ss. Frank J. Chenet makes oath that be is senior partner oi me crra or f. J. Cheney & Co.. doing Dusiness to the City of Toledo. Countv and State aforesaid, and that Raid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eaeh and every ase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the uae of UJUJ. 9 CATARRH (JURE. FRA.VK J. CHENET. Sworn to before me and subscribed la my presence, this ttn day of December. A. D.. 1888. J seal r A. W. GLEASOX. NOTAHY PCBIJC. 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The Old Standard GROVE'S system. You know jhzt yon are takin- The formula is plainly printed ca every bottle, shoit is simply Quinine and Iroa ia a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults andSbdrenT Sheer white goods, In fact, any tins wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at tha improved appearance of your work. Profit in Imitation Jewelry. There are some large profits made on goods sold in New York city, but the greatest percentage goes to the retailers of Jewelry that has imita tion precious stones in its composi tion. The profit is often 1,000 times as much as the goods cost. 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