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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
MINIATURE MORNING GLoRIEs

II know that winter is no time for
morning glories," said Tommy Vain
right to himself, "but just the same,
1 mean to see if 1 can grow any,.
He went to his mother and asked
her for some seeds. seeds, Tommy"
she exclaimed, whatever could my
little boy do with seeds in winter?
Don't you remember that we are saw
ing those morning glory seeds for the
back fence? If I let you play with
them, we will have fewer vines in the
summer"
.sOh. 1 don't want many seeds,
mother" exclaimed Tommy eagerly.
mot enough to make any difference to
the fence. Couldn't L please have
three-just three?"
OF course his mother told him they
could spare three and Tommy ran 10
get them. Now what will you do
with them, Tommy asked his moth
er.
you just wait and see." laughed
Tommy and he ran down cellar. His
mother laughed and went on about
her work.
Down in the cellar. Tommy hunted
till he found a crock full of earth.
"Such good luck" he exclaimed, 81
was so afraid I would have to hammer
some out of the frozen ground and
thaw it by the kitchen fire" He
worked the dirt till it was fine and
soft then he brought it up to the
kitchen and planted his three morning
glory seeds in it.
Such care as those seeds did get!
Always a fresh drink of water before
Tommy went to school-always a
careful thought to note if the temper
allure was just right for them. And
did they come up? To be sure they
did. And did they bloom? Wait and
see,
Down in the dirt the seed pods
swelled and grew till they burst their
shells and sent two tiny green leaves
up to the light. Tommy thought he
had never seen anything SO dainty and
beautiful as those leaves. And when
another pair came and still third,
he was so proud and happy he wanted
to take the whole pot to school and
show his teacher what he had grown:
But of course he couldn't do that in
cold weather
So he had to be content with the
of his own family. They
all watched the little plant carefully
but even SO, Tommy was the first to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

When man must eat carp ne says
it is better than bass.
Do aviators leave any foot prints on
the sands of time?
Some women are so good they make
their husbands worse.
Sometimes a farmers life seems like
just worrying between crops
If you are holding your tongue you
probably are holding a good job.
1t never does any good to tell peo-
pie to loosen up with their money.
young lawyer has a lot of time to
devote to his judicial temperament.
Much as we hate the Grounding,
we concede that he is not MiSera ble
Failure.
If some people can't get family
money any other way sentiment won't
cut much ice.
If man is persistent enough he
can get any kind of a claim allowed
by the state.
Jude johnson is making his wife
believe that the heat from his cigar
makes his nose red.
When a man has the grip the taste
in his mouth reminds him of Chi
nese family moving out.
How uncomfortable a GROWER must
be! Not referring of course to the
John d. probably owes his great
much time coloring a meerschaum
pipe.
At some weddings the ring cere-
mony is used, while others are of the
three ring nature, like other worlds
greatest shows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
Kansas Comment
rHE COMMUNITY MIRROR

The best way to form an impression
of a neighboring city is to look at its
newspapers. If these journals are
poorly printed and sloppily written
and if there is little advertising, the
community is almost invariably run
down If typographical appearance
shows expenditure of money for good
reporting and writing, if the advertis-
ing columns are well filled that COM
munity is going right ahead. People
who may consider this town as a place
of residence send for copies of its
newspapers, first to see what is going
on here; second, to learn how much
public spirit the town has. Our resi-
dents are continually sending away
the home paper, and in so far as it is
good appearing journal it makes
friends for the town and spreads its
good reputation. Newspaper publish
ers are generous with any growth OF
business they may gain. Nine-tenths
of such growth is almost always put
back into the paper, in enlarging the
plant and increasing the force of
workers. The moral is, that If you
want a good impression of your town
spread abroad, help the home paper
to enlarge and improve it's facilities.
Winfield Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
QUAKER MEDTTATIoNs.

from the Philadelphia Record
Broken promises are not all due to
carelessness.
People don't have to be vegetarians
to be known as small potatoes.
No, Maude, dear; the flower of the
family is not necessarily a wall flower.
Many a man has been married in a
frock coat who is soon longing for a
cutaway.
You never can tell. Many a man
knows his own mind who doesn't take
advantage of his knowledge.
Some fellows are so addicted to kill
ing time it's a wonder they are not
ashamed to look a clock in the face.
Hoax-'How did he make his for
tuner" Joax Manufacturing a
soothing syrup Hoax Hush
money, eh?'
The man who is his own worst en-
envy is generally more companionable
than the man who is his own best
friend.
Lots of things are too good to
keep" remarked the Wise Guy. THAT,
however, isn't the reason we can't
Mug.
refused by the heiress. "Oh, WELL" he
unused, philosophically, 1.-The doctor
has ordered me to give up all rich
things. anyhow"
''Matrimony is a curious thing" says
the Manayunk Philosopher. I'm ORR
entail countries a girl seldom sees her
husband till she marries him. In this
country she seldom sees him after
ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

[From the Chicago News.l
Worry is a bad bedfellow. kick it
out.
A man naturally feels put out if he
loses his job.
It's always an era of hard times
with a shiftless man.
One right the taxpayer has is the
right to pay the freight.
If love makes fool of a wise man.
what will it do to a fool?
Cobwebs are useful in advertising a
store that doesn't advertise.
Don't force your advice upon people
whose friendship you care to retain.
% A woman is seldom as fussy-with
her children as she is with her hus-
band.
The successful man roots while his
unsuccessful brother stands around
and squeals.
Some men achieve fame, some have
it forced upon them and some are
lucky and escape it entirely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
Journal Entries

Questions decided solely on their
merits are few and far between.
I. !.
After a fellow gets the first kiss
from a girl the next million or two
come easy.
Most of the people who are able to
take vacations don't need them as
badly as those who cannot.
+ = +
For every happy hour that comes
to the average man or woman there
happy ones
+ j J.
The best way to get a wide circula-
ton of anything you may want many
people to know is to tell it to some
dear friend as a secret
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

middle of the crock for the vines to
grow on. They seemed to like that,
for they proceeded to grow taller than
ever. Soon they got too tall for their
hair pin supports and Tommy's father
devised a trellis of tiny sticks for
them.
And how they did grow Up over
the trellis, round and round, they
clambered; all the while sending out
new leaves and shoots.
Then one day, when the family had
about decided there would be no bios
SONS, what should appear but two
tiny morning gloriesi Two And so
tiny were they, that they looked like
blossoms seen through the wrong end
of field glass; But never did big
morning glory blossoms have a warm
er welcome than those tiny ones-fhe
whole family rejoiced with Tommy
and resolved to have a big window full
of glorfes next yeari-Copyright 1915
Ingram Judson.
TOmorrow-Maggie's Dream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
From Other Pens
THEN AND NOW.


One cent will buy enough electric
current to make your sewing machine
take 10000 stitches. Your grandma
needed two very long days of steady
and rapid sewing to put as many
stitches as that in your new garment.
But since your grandma was not paid
wages and reckoned not her time in
dollars and cents, the garment upon
which she worked two days cost less
than that on which you make one
penny's worth of electricity take 3d.
900 stitches. Your grandma had in
vested only a few pennies of capital in
her sewing outfit, but you must invest
perhaps $50 in a sewing machine and
the contrivance which introduces the
electric current to its wheels. Then it
is impossible to sew with lightning un-
less your house is properly wired, so
that more capital must be invested for
that purpose. Were grandma making
garments to sell she couldn't compete
with you in numbers. The human
hand cannot work so rapidly as
thunderbolt, but the only way you can
accomplish more is by emptying out
your pocketbook to buy facilities
that were denied observation-disclosures
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
Battles Won by Tobacco.

The value of tobacco on active SER
vice is now so well esteemed by the
military authorities that today one
sees the British government doing
what it had never done before-sup-
plying free tobacco to the troops
Only within comparatively recent
times, however has this necessity
been officially recognized. yelling
ton condemned the practice of smok-
ing as being "a species of intoxication
occasioned by the fumes of tobacco
Official efforts to discourage the
use of tobacco were completely mega
tived in the Crimean war. The priva-
lions suffered then by the troops re-
suited in officers and men taking to
the panacea adopted by their French
and Turkish allies, and by its aid their
discomfortS were so alleviated that
ever since the practice of smoking on
active service has been countenanced
by those in command.
In consequence tobacco has played
a notable and beneficial part in the
wars of the past century-in fact,
from Waterloo to South Africa. Prob
ably its solacing and inspiring quail
ties were never so strongly manifest
ed as in the Franco-German war of
1870. 1t might be said. indeed, that
the crushing defeat inflicted on the
French was due largely to the SOL
diers' lack of tobacco, added, as it
was to the breakdown to the commits
sariat, whereas on the German side
the authorities did all they could to
insure the troops being p1entifully
supplied with the weed.-Tit Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Holland is the fourth nation to pro-
test against the British blockade of
Germany. But the protests of neu-
trails will probably never avail any
thing until they have organized them
selves into a league that will be will
ing to use force, if necessary, to make
belligerents respect their rights. But
such a league wouldn't have to use
force. A protest from it would be
sufficient to bring offending belliger-
eOtS to time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
A MUCH ABUSED FORM.

Every human title is a ceremonial.
a form. 1t is sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal. It's noise browns
many a bowling wilderness. Possibly
the title professor" protects as many
guilty secrets as any. DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler (himself bedaubed
with titles) would have it dropped.
He has found that it frequently de-
ceives every one, including, most Of
ALL it's owner. Oracle becomes its
alias, infallibility it's patron saint. The
picture has a reverse side 1t dis
plays a rather, soiled toga of dignity
donned at will by trained bootblack
and travelling magician, clothing re-
dictionary theorists and discredited
moralists. For every one who regards
the garmo mt with awe there is anoth-
er whom it's musty folds repel And
in this number, too, may be found
many a wearer of it, Off with it,
them Mister hides nothing except So
cial nakedness.. 1t is simple and SAN
itary. like a clean shave beside the
professional beard. 1t is, if we may
use still another metaphor, the kind
of a shave our academic friends need
most, and that is saying not a little
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Just one calamity after another falls
into the laps of the Belgians. The
Germans have recently been so kind
as to force upon them the task of car
ing for and raising a million pigs
And the Belgians are having a mighty
difficult time just now to satisfy the
pangs of their own hunger. In fact,
many of them would have starved to
death long since had it not been for
the help that the people of the United
States have extended to them. There
probably wouldn't be the slightest dig
fully in convincing even the dumbest
among them of the truth of the adage
that troubles never come singlY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
On the Spur
Of the Moment
L Remember.
BY ROY K. MOuLTON.

1 remember, / remember,
When it was a disgrace
To seek divorce, and was a
Reflection on the race.
I remember, 1 remember,
The day of small expense,
When gasoline was selling
AS low as seven cents.
L remember, I remember,
1t seems far back to me,
A quarters worth of beefSteak
Would feed a family.
l remember, / remember,
The half 1 have not told.
/ cannot dodge the issue;
l must be growing old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Surely the girls that are to be left
behind in several parts of England are
in a sorry plight. Spotted fever is
more or less general in the soldiers
training camps in these sections and
to prevent it's spread to the populace,
the authorities have placed a ban on
kissing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Nor was there any particular reason
why the members of the legislature
should onclude their trying ordeal in
such happy mood unless the tune of
Home Sweet Home was ringing in
their ears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

1--WE never seen anything like it, is
all you can get any of the oldest in
habitants to say about the weather
that has prevailed of late and the kind
that seems in prospect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Certainly the action of many mem
bers of the house of representatives.
in memorializing Governor Capper to
veto various items in the appropria-
ton bills to which they had previous
ly given endorsement, is a most unu-
sual proceeding. On such a theory or
basis, there would have been no need
for the lengthy deadlock between the
senate and the house over the appro-
priation bills. The house could have
accepted the senate bills in their orig
inal form in the same spirit that it
accepted the compromise measures,
and then asked the governor to knock
out the items with which it was dis
pleased. This is an original method
of legislating that has probably never
been tried before in American legisla-
tive history. And it is one that is de-
cidedly unfair to the governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
S}Ded3|g|l;inle !ale96
- 1cara hugranJbpdasen s y Et
. CLARA lr1SraunJudson

discover that the two other seeds had
sprouted and that he now had three
vines growing in his crock! Oh dear.
but he was proud
In two weeks time, the three vines
had grown tall that Tommy bor-
rowed one of his mothers hair pins,
Strengthened it out, and stuck it in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Kansas, having gotten rid of its
legislature, must now prepare to turn
YEARLY to the task of graduating the
spring crop of dandelions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

At any rate, it is impossible tina
there can be anything that might sa
vor of a Gentle Spring in the Euro
pean war zones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Reports that Przemysl has surren-
dered hold out the hope that one of
Russia's first acts taking posses
sion of the town will be to change its
name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

In this spring a young mans fancy
is more than likely to turn to an over
coat prematurely pawned.A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

MEMBER:
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23

Why not send Gen. Hugh L. Scott,
chief of staff of the United States
army, alone and single-handed, into
the heart of Mexico to settle the tur-
bulence there with the moral sua-
SION that he is such an adept in
using2 His venture into the camp
of the warning Piutes in Utah resulted
in his return with the four ringlead-
ers of this renegade band. And it
was only little while ago that he
went to Naco, Arizona, and succeeded
in getting the Mexican belligerents
across the line to desist from training
their guns so that American property
and American ives were about their
only targets; and after all other eff
forts including a real threat of mill
tary reprisals had failed. Indeed, he
might be able to briI G the European
war to an end if he were given the
opportunity to use his moral suason"
on it's leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-23
The HickeyviIIe Clarion.

Inc H1ckeyv1lle CLARION.
Ezra Hand, our village constabu1e,
says crime is froze up at the present
time and he has been obliged to &C
cept a job in the feed mill to make
both ends meet. Anybody wishing to
be arrested can find him there.
Deacon Stubs says Elmer Sphinx
has been calm on his daughter so
long without poppin' the question
that he has changed the sign on the
door mat from welcome" to do 1t
Now
Nobuddy kin talk faster that a
woman onless it is some other
woman.
All Mussed Up.
Some nations have not yet recOg-
nized the new Mexican government.
When the rebels get through with it,
perhaps nobody will be able to recog-
nize it.
All Right, Sherlock.
Congress thinks it has found a
lobby. MarveIousi Every Washing
ton hotel has one or more.
Most men would rather be wrong
than president of Mexico.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22
R. J. M'|NTYRE
IN A COMEBACK;
HITS OLD man
n J. Mcintyre has come back

u J. Mcintyre has come back
rs his own admission. Mcintyre
suffered inglorious defeat in a spir.
tied bout more than a year ago
Sith County Commissioner LATE
Hamilton. He declared he was per.
manently disabled BY lAfe's
punches
Hut according 10 complaint
lodged against him Wednesday by
Deputy Prosecutor Meier. Mcintyre
summoned enough energy Tuesday
evening 10 wallop J. T.. Oliver. cap.
tain OF the Madison park ferry. -
years old. and flop him on the dock.
rose downward.
The trouble. oliver said. started
over Mcln,yre'R failure TO get off
the boat when II locked at Madi.
son park when the ferry started
on the return trip across Lake
Washington. Oliver says Mcintyre
wanted 10 get off and demanded
that the boat be taken back 10 the
dock.
oliver refused 10 do this.
Mcintyre il now charged with as.
sanlt and has given $50 bail for his
appearance. in court Oliver was
not seriously hurt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22
Won PAPEN OFF
FOR H0ME;.
He ISN'T BITTER

NEW YORK. Dec. 2a-Sailing
for Germany today. under recall AT
Americas request. Aftache Won
Papon OF tho German embassy
thanked "thos. who have not per.
mitted their friendly personal feel.
inEs to- be poisoned by the hatred
OF war" and added that no efforts
will accomplish our enemy's desire
10 embroil Germany and America"
Speaking personally" he said.
no greater satisfaction could be
given me than this fnifillment OF
my ardent desire TO be called home.
where soldiers are needed far more
urgently than here. leave my post
without bitterness. because | know
so well that when history In writ.
ten II will establish our clean rec.
ord. despite Misrepresentation and
cnlumnics spread broadcast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22
JUDGE IS ANGRY
WHEN OFFICER
IS ACQUITTED

Superior Judge Macklntoah was
Indignant Wednesday over the yer.
diet Of n jury acquIt,Ing J. r Egnn,
policeman, Of granddaughter. for
the killing. on October %, OF An.
drew Johnson. who was run down
by an auto Egan WAS driving
Your verdict Is such that II IL
likely 10 perpetuate crime In this
community" he declared when the
case was concluded. Tuesday after.
noon
Witnesses testified that Egan
was drunk white driving the car,
and he admitted having been ut
clancy's roadhousc all night with
out sleep before the accident.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22
VITAL STATISTICS


Marriage itr~ns~s
John . nianauist a. tura. aud
Marie nAivsf. ~. NarYsvtiis
ciarsnes q hssiy. ~. Ana Mr.. %siiis
pousias. - Seattle
Roscoe sts~sl. "a. Tacoma. ard
c~oFssst4 Jenss -. seattle
ton " Ehuts. -. ard Nsfns PARKS
Prank pArrssa. g. and Hsrtha Erhorn.
81 seattle
syansy u nsrst saa aurisi Emsry
Fsafce. seattle
Err We rsHs sna ia Carlson. Seattle
Albert Newbgrr 20. and Hrisa G
KUN -. Portland
Si'. rreisad -. and jossphins siessl.
son ~ Portland
Fhulp Sullivan. Jr. 81. and Alice "
Natis 10. Tseurna
uarrY Anger. "a. and Aistandr. vsitsr
~. Tacoma
Henry , Allison. 80. and HAit. \
baldwin g. Seattle
. ward Kemp a. ballard and Mar.
xsfsi Mcishef. "a seattle.
Births
Mrs. ard NJ \ Francois ff;f
Meridian ave- daughter
Mrs. aud M =. Mstsamate. STE sirih
ave son.
Mr.. and mr I. NasAsswA. sst wash
lngten s1n
Mrs and ar o,omsi.a KlmurA ss5
2tth ave - son
Mr. and NJ waiter H stnIman fst
y tsih 81 daughter
Mr.. snd Nj Victor Totten. Is; Rcpub.
iicau 81 daughter
Mrs ard AR. r rasanaaa. isIs Ftrst
ave = auu
Mr. and 2r A e Ehisnbssk. 1897
i'th ave ". son
Mr. MARI \ willis. - s'si Rainier
John H schumacher. a. SEQ y. els.
st. December 10
Cafrinn~ risk. - 7fis " smith 81
December ls
WIN. " sisisisaer III = s7,a 81.
December ~
Ueo M stirien. &C. ssaiiis GENERAL
hospital. December -
Corwin Gregory. g.. Providence hos
pitai. December ~
Mrs Llafie wshher. -. kinE county
hospital December "a
RUN Hsaton. day. ,sas 18th ave 3
December 10
Rob, n wood. -. Providence, hospital.
December 10
Anna c Norri. 81. sois Main st. De
cembsr IL
John Hanson ~. Providence hospital.
December
WIN. = s clark. rs. waldorf hotel.
December 20
John NJ wosin,. ~. city hospital De
cemher Il.
per,rsm Ehisnhsok. s days. Seattle
General hospital. December 20.
Loo sing zee. 90. Providence hospital.
December IL
Divorce Granted
Flora = Taylor from Joseph G. Taylor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22
M'BRIDE WARNS
AGAINST GRIPPE

La grippe Is running rampant in
Seattle and is developing into more
cases OF pneumonia than ever be-
fore
Health Commissioner Mcbride
issued warning to the city We'd
nesdsy morning.
There are more people
down with grippe than ever be-
fore" he said, "snd lts effects
are more violent than In other
year,. In more than . dozen
cases II has developed into
pneumonia with fatal results.
All that we can do 10 20 warn
the people TO take grippe seri-
ousiy and seek immediate pro-
fessional advice"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-22

ter ase ID I've ANAL hens Use ID. leg
OF lamb. igIc H. large salmon. afe
olympia oysters. zee pt. bulk tams
lbs &c. heavy fruit cake. ib. stc:
cup and saucer. Toe. Yakima honey. d
comb. jonathan apples. 81: orange
isc coE. lec rye bread. ! iozvea zBc
Ice sardin~s In oil. for iSc. best butter.
lbs ~; pot roast. &c 10; Seattle msds
patent flour. ti.s sack. 10 Ire sugar.
VI No 10 sack corn meal. 2sc. . ib..
rice. Csc. bars Bob white soap. sSc;
loo bon Christmas candles. Sc