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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Down under the tiny green leaves
Of a pansy plant, two pansy races
were hidden, hidden so snugly and SO
safely that unless you had stopped
and hunted for them, you would never
have GUESSED they were there.
But the Southwind knew they were
|there-oh, dear me, yes! For South
wind knows everything about flowers
and the garden And the sunseams
guessed where they were hiding and
begged them to come out and smile
Don't stay under those green IeaVes
so shyIy," the sunbeams coaxed, come
out and smile for us, pans1es DEAR
won't you, please?
The tiny pansy faces tucked down
under the leaves couldn't think of an
swering; they were too shy. And any
way who can talk with his face all
squeezed up into hard green knotE
Can you? MOI and neither could the
panSies!
Instead of answering. they raised
their heads just the tinieSt trif1e, as
much as to say to the fnquisitive SUM-
beams, 1--WE can't very we'll answer
such a question, but won't you please
talk some more!
That was quite as much encourage
ment as the sunbeams needed and they
talked on gaily to the modest pansy
faces "Oh, you should open your
eyes and see the beautiful world
around you," they said, 1.-The dirt and
CRIME of winter is all washed away.
Things are beautiful and green and
springlike. All that is needed, is your
smile-please, pansy faces, won't you
open your eyes and smile at us?"
And the pansy faces, tucked up so
tight and green, spoke not a word.
But they raised their shut faces ever
so little, as much as to say, you
would like us to smile? But are there
any other flowers smiling on this clean
spring world you tell us Off"
beams, none other are as brave as
youI And we need you in this clean,
spring, f1owerless world; we need you
more than when all the flowers of the
spring have begun to bloom. Won't
you open your eyes and smile at us?''
But the pansy faces stayed shut as
tight as ever.
Il don't believe we can persuade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
Globe Sights
BY THE ATcEIsoN GLOBE.

Guinea fowls always seem discon-
tented.
AS a rule fish and business choose
the same time to bite.
More people are repentant after
they have been arrested.
A man who is superstitious has no
right to denounce religion.
Every married reporter is a war
correspondent, it might be said.
1t is difficult for any man to dis
tinguish between his judgment and
his prejudice.
On every election day colored men
stand about the polls wearing a This
is the life expression.
A lot of rot about revenge being
sweet; 1t is more likely to leave one
with an 1ngrown crouch.
Most of those who serve their coun-
try are inspired by the lure of soft
snap rather than by patriotism.
There is almost always something
the matter with the Individual who
takes his booze as a medicine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record

CFrom the Philadelphia Record1
Having his leg pulled is apt to make
a man feel limp.
The blacksmith is more easily
known by his vises than by his vir-
tues.
Some people are born lucky. They
can find fault where none has been
lost.
The difference between a luxury
and a necessity is merely in getting
used to it.
Ambition generally takes the form
of an overwhelming desire to do some
thing we can't.
Alphabetically speaking, and other
wise, a cabbage comes to head, while
corn comes to a foot.
You never can tell Many a soldier
gets to the front without being pro-
NOTED to shoulder straps.
Mr.. Gnaggs-''It take two to make
a quarrel Mrs. Gnaggs-"I know it.
If 1 had my way we would have no
Quarrels-' mss
What is your favorite tree?" asked
the girl who was interested in for
estry. "Yew," promptly replied the
gallant young man.
Blobbs-'I wonder if the average
woman will be happy in heaven"
Slobbs-"Certain1yn not Judging from
her passion for hats, how is she going
to make one halo last her through
eternity? 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
. Jayh aWker Jots

When a scandal is aired in court,
says the Norton Champion, no one on
the panel will disqualify himself for
jury service.
AS a general rule, observes Mrs.
Thompson in the Howard Courant,
those who sign temperance pledges are
in no need of them.
If the present war in Europe is the
result of two hundred years of strug-
gle to see who will be the world power,
says the Minneapolis Better Way, then
will some statistician kindly figure it
up and tell us when peace will come :?
Attention is called by the Wilson
County Citizen to the fact that the
towns between the people who keep
chickens and the people who make
gardens.
Old John Tellit was talking about a
neighbor who never likes to do any
thing unless he has brass band ac-
compartment. repeats the Jamestown
Optimist. He would throw a dollar
in the collection box every Sunday"
said Mr.. Tellit, eff the box were ar
ranged so that a dollar would ring
gong
Musings of the Village Deacon in
the County Farmer: You can always
compliment a fat woman by telling her
that she is getting thin and a thin
woman by renarking that she is get
ting fat What has become of the
old fashioned closet in which a couple
henpecked husband wears a small
black necktie, and when he needs a.
new one his wife buys it for him.
The trouble with some men is that
them playing high five and they just
couldn't get up They put alto
gether too much stress on modern in
ventions facilitating business matters
There used to be just as many dates
made in this town before telephones
came in as there is now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News
It's bad thing to be a good
thing
How large a dollar looks to the man
with only so centSi
A man with a lot of money is al
ways a great help-to himself.
A little candle is as easily blown out
as a little salary is blown in.
If a man is a financial success peo-
pie overlook the means that made
him so.
A woman seldom meets her ideal
man until she has passed the don't
worry age.
The average woman can change her
mind in half the time it takes a bald
man to part his hair.
Cheer up, girls, leap year is only
a. few months off; and girls will marry
then who never married before.
The average woman treats a new
acquaintance better than she does an
old friend-so the old friend thinks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
A HUSBANDS CONFESSION.

A HUSBANDS Confession.
Yesterday Mirandy voted,
But so far 1 haven't noted
That she's sprouted any whiskers or
adopted trouserettes;
And she hasn't indicated
Since she got emancipated
That she means to start ont raiding with
bunch of suffrag ettes.
Took her half an hour to do it
And as soon as she was through it,
She went hustlfng home without a stop to
scrub the pantry floor;
cooked the dinner, did some baking,
Trimmed dress that she was making,
Mended socks and got the ironing all done
by half-past four
She appears to be as able
To keep victuals on the table
And to keep the moths from feeding on my
go-to-meeting coat
Just as hand with the baby
(Or little more SO, maybe)-
As she was before they told her woman
ought to have the vote
Far as I've observed Mirandy,
She is just as fond of candy
And as keen to read the fashions and the
daily household hints
As before she was my equal
And-hOwever strange the sequel
I've been just tr1fle prouder of Mirandy
ever sincei
w. Kee Maxwell, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

of stories lately and can afford few
months at the sea. But she sighed,
II am a prisoner in town so long as
this room hangs on my hands" Her
eyes were looking softly into Vance's
own. The. man wondered afterward
how he refrained from telling her at
their very first meeting just how des-
perately he loved her and had loved
her for three long months. He did
have the temerity to speak quite
frankly and looking with peculiar
meaning at her said:
eff you will select a summer hotel
near enough for a city man to run
down each weekend, will take this
room and consider myself a most
lucky person"
The wonder girl tried not to admit
the meaning in his look. but a soft
color creeping into her cheeks told
Vance that she quite understood the
situation. He smiled and and the girl
caught the smile and responded.
MY 1andlady is the most awful per-
son you can imagine and 1 will want
my furniture in the autumn when I
many stairs to climb and" she
would have said more in her nervous
excitement had Vance not laughed
aloud to relieve the strain.
II can stand anything" he told her,
so long as you permit me your
friendship during the coming sum-
mer-" Vance waited a trifle breath
lessly for her answer.
The wonder girl hesitated but a
second, then cast a swift, adorable
glance at him.
only during the summer? What
about the autumn ?''. she questioned.
81 have a very definite plan for the
autumn" Vance informed her.
OhE-(Copyright, 1915, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

faces All day long the draindrops fell
caressingly on the tight-shut faces,
but, though they raised their heads a
bit higher. the pansies were as tight
shut at night as in. the morning. Il
II think you had better try again.
the raindrops reported to the suns
beams, I'VE have done our best but
the faces are still unopened" Is
So again the sunbeams came to
earth; again the coaxed the pansies
to wake up and see the world. And
what do you suppose? At the very
first word from the sunbeams, the two
pansy faces opened wide and smiled
their most beautiful pansy smile at the
delighted sunbeams, Now it's spring
for surer' exclaimed the sunbeams
I'VE coax, the raindrops help, ana
the pansies srnilei"-(Copyright, 1918.
Clara Ingram Ju6son.)
Tomorrow-Reddy Squirrel and HE
Family. 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Turkey has handed a facer to the
watchfui Walters at Washington, and
it isn't an unreasonable one, either.
She agrees to the American represen-
tations that she should give protection
to the American missionaries in the
Persian provinces under her control
and promises to do so; and she coun-
tiers forceftllly with a request that the
United States give adequate protection
to her subjects in Mexico, two of whom
were recently planted under little
green Tents or more likely thrown on
a refuse heap by some of Mr.. Villas
cut-thToats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
From Other Pens
ENTERING A NEW FIELD.


There is a growing tendency on the
part of colleges devoted exclusively
to the education of women to broaden
their curriculums and to prepare stud
ents for work on the lines of social
betterment. At Bryn Mawr 1t has
been decided to enter into organized
study of social work by establishing
graduate department of social econ
omy and social research, in honor OF
Miss Carolo Woerishoffer, who died
in 1911 and who bequeathed $75O,OOO
to the college. 1t is stated by DR. NJ.
Carey Thomas, president of Bryn
Mawr, that at present three-fourthsl
of all the graduates of the college are
engaged in some kind of social work,
paid or unpaid. She points out that
social betterment, as profession for
women, has great advantages and that
it can be continued after marriage.
In these days, when the attention of
people with large resources is turning
towards the betterment of their kind,
it is encouraging that their efforts
are being seconded by institutions OF
higher learning.-Rocheste Demo-
crat and Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
Journal Entries

Obviously, the most essential step
towards a divorce is marriage.
II u p
A wise woman puts on the very
buds her dearest" friend tells her
are unbecoming.
+ + j.
Some folk have about as good an
idea of the nature of an oath as a par
rot.
= = =
Hoboes are at least useful in that
they provide material for many of the
alleged jokes.
Il = j.
Personal invoices would show that
everybody has all kinds of things he
doesn't want or need.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Old General Apathy didn't do as
we'll in the municipal election as he
did in the preceding primary, but he
made sufficiently big showing, even
if it is of a variety for which no one
can express pride. He polled no less
than 4,O49. The Generals activity is
becoming a stronger argument all the
time for some kind of a compulsory
voting IaX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

There is demand for Billy Sun
day in England, notes the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, and it continues: Per-
haps they think that after Pankhurst
and the Zeppehns and the lombard
ment of Scarborough, the explosive
American would be only a mild diver
sion. Such an estimate would be an
differentiation of Sundays potential
itN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

This being the season for fish
stories, it is presumably all right for
one to come from Russia about myr-
lads of fish in a large pond there that
became so drunk from some confiscat-
ed vodka which was poured into it
that they floated helplessly on the sur
face and were easy prey for the Rus
sian soldiers who gathered them in
by the tons. Next!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Burglars. Mexicans and vagrant
hens are reported to be keeping the
local police busy these days. And
while it may be possible for some of
the more active on the force to run
down some of the straying egg-ma-
chimes, their past performances do not
warrant any confidence that they will
be equally successful with the bur-
glars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Italy probably has established an
Imminent" record that will stand for
all time. The latest dispatches from
Europe so characterize her present
position in respect to entering the war.
And she has been in exactly the same
boat ever since the war began eight
months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

England's war-prohibition policy is
likely to be only of the halfway va
riety. The plan of the British cabi-
net now is to place the ban on distilled
liquors and to permit the indulgence
in beer and light wines during re-
stricted hours. as far as their sale in
saloons is concerned. Still, half-loaf
is better than none.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

A recent dispatch from Berlin might
be construed as indicating that about
the only really satisfying thing that
the Turks have done for the Teutonic
allies is the sending of a huge CON
signment of Turkish cigarettes to the
soldiers in General Won Hindenburg's
command
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
games.

In commenting on the Willard
johnson prize fight, Governor Capper
Maxed enthusiastic and said kansas
always WINS And it is to be Won
dered what he would have said had
suggestion been made for the staging
of such a brutal exhibition in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Being president of the United States
is not without an advantage or two as
well as its divers and heavy burdens.
For instance, the incumbent is always
the recipient of passes that are good
for all the major league baseball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

Perhaps it is just as we'll that there
is a federal law which it is believed
is broad enough to prohibit the dis
play anywhere in this country of the
moving pictures of the Willard-John-
son fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
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PANSY FACES.

them all by ourselves" said the big
gest sunbeam, IT think we need help"
Then let's ask the raindrops to help
u.s." said another sunbeam. So quick
as could be, the sunbeams went up to
the clouds and coaxed the raindrops
to come down and talk to the pansy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
On the Spur
of the Moment
The Moral Lesson.
By ROY K MOULTON.

The Moral Lesson.
One night went to a brand new play.
1t was a problem and preaching
blended;
Some people thought it was quite
riSque,
And the moral lesson was splendid.
Some people blushed and others left
Before the play was ended;
But it showed the fate of vice and
theft,
And the moral lesson was splendid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

April shower weather being fore
casted for the immediate future by the
weather bureau, the skeptics wouldn't
be at all surprised to see some more
anOWStOrmS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08
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, 1915-04-08

"I'm afraid I overdid my efforts to
be popular" said the member of con-
gress How" 81 voted in favor of
every kind of appropriation and
against every kind of tax that any
body proposed. '-Washington Star. 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

"a man can always find something
to complain about YES" replied
the agitator 1.-The real trick is to get
an audience that will pay you for it."
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-08

What's the Use?
I thought that I might buy car and
zip around the countryside
L went to see an agent ana ne TOOK
me for nice long ride.
Somehow the news got no1sed around
and fifteen agents called on me,
And took me out in brand new cars,
their points of excellence to see.
This thing went all year around, and
really, folks, it was immense;
I toured all over half the state with
out nickel of expense.
Why should 1 own a touring car? L
am not missing any fun;
can go riding all the time with
agents who would sell me one.
Concerning the Movies.
Not being in the movie game, I
naturally think of hundreds of ways
in which the pictures could be i'm
proved This scene would show the
burglar being scared away from his
midnight repast. He is afterward
identified by the fingerprints he has
left all over a hard-boiled egg in TAX
ing the shell off. MIKE.
During the intermission at the
movies the organ played a selection
and displayed the vox humane stop.
particular him and remarked, isn't
that grand! just dote on that nox
sound" NOV.
War Song of Montenegro.
Hurrah! Well sing the
jubilee.
Hurrahi Hurrah. The flag that made
us free.
So we sing the chorus from zxcnkqvipf
to the sea,
While we are marching through
Skylpogwofnifzixm
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF The Interior


Department OF The Interior
United States Land Office, Boise,
Ida, January y, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that samuel
W, Hunt, of Kuna. Ida, who. on April
lst., 1868, made Homestead entery Ne
1o714. Serial No. 04se5 for S3NEt Sect
ion IS, Township , n, Range W. Bose
Meridian, has filed notice Of intention e
make Final five year Proof. 70 establish
claim to the land above described. he-
fore the Register and Receiver of the
u. 5. Land once, at loise. Ida., Or
the 18th. day of March, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
( Cecil yanduzer. VIM. E. Wood, sam
! uel Benton. r. j. ord, all Of kuna, Ida
se-5t FRANK 5. HEER. Register.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
NOTICE. 10 CREDITORS.

Estate Of Joseph Jullion, Deeease.d.
Notice is hereby gwen BY the under
signed Emil Jullion Administrator Of
the estate Of Joseph Juilion deceased,
70 the creditors Of and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary yolen-
Iers, within four months after the first
publication Of this notice. to the said
administrator at Eagle. Idaho, r. F. p
No. County of Ada, State of Idaho
Dated January 3oth. 1915.
Emil Jullion Administrator Of the Est
ate Of Joseph Jullion Deceased.
Young & Brinck, Attorneys for Admin
istrator Once, Suit 357 Soma Bldg
Boise, idaho. 39-4
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
NOTICE.

Estate of Chester Cammelius Carringer,
Deceased.
Notice is nearby given by the UNDER
signed Executrix of the VIII of Chester
Cammelius Carringer, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within 10 months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said
executrix at the office Of Wm. c. Dan
bar, 521 idaho Building, Boise. County
of Ada, State Of Idaho. Dated JAM %. Is,
veleria Magdalene Carringer ExcutriN
of the VIII of Chester Cammeiius
Carringer. Deceased. 5s-4i
Wm. C, Dunbar. Attorney for Executrix
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
This Weeks Times.

Here the wealth Of reading this weeks issue and we
compare favoraby with country in the
The Linotype Way makes this possible Read the following
synopsis and then read the paper
Page 1T. A. Allen. ldaho's Burbank editorial notes.
Page 2-Genera News Of the Week. Idaho war
Page 3-Confessions Mail Order Man Pamelas Valentine,
a nice short story.
Page 4.-Edtorial and Pertinent Comment.
Page 5-Merdan church Legal advertisements
Page 6Anoher instaen the interesting serial Dark How
Get rid of old machinery. and farm items
Page Idaho legislature doings of interest Mulch the strawberry
bed
Page 8.-Mendan local news and social dongs.
All this 81 year that the paper less than &c week
Can you beat you think any put
the linotype let know about and make suggestions fol
improvement
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12

Won't you help to get interest start
ed to let the people know that the
movement is the biggest from the
farmers standpoint that has ever
come up"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12

his farm as he would use If his farm
were a manufacturing plant. and still
finds time to serve the farmers Of
his state as an officer of the State
Grange. without pay, in addition to
holding down the job of secretary of
the State Grange Insurance Com
pany.
w. G. SCHOLTZ.
The first annual farmers institute
was held Friday and Saturday at
Star. 1t was attended by nearly all
the farmers in this section. who
showed great interest in the infor-
nation given by the lecturers of the
state agricultural extension depart
ment about the proper management
and care of the. farm. After the pro-
gram had been completed Saturday
evening a reception and lunch was
given by the people of Star. Cover
nor Alexander was the guest of honor
at the reception. The meeting clos
ed with an informal dance.
Mrs. W. H. Ridenbaugh of Bois,
left Tuesday for San Francisco wher'
she will assist the members of th'
Idaho commission in buying the fur
nishings for the Idaho building. Sh,
will be ready February 20. the open
ling day of the fair. to take up he
duties as official hostess OF tn
building.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-12
vitaphOne Next.

The standard High Grade Vita
phone VIII be the next prize award
ed. IL is first-class machine in eV-
cry respect. plays all the latest mu-
sic, il uses the United or Victor re-
cord. Come in and hear it.
The yitaphone with records viii
be awarded to the contestant who
places the largest amount of cou-
pons-faee vaIue-in the ballot box
in our store, between February 4,
1918 and February 10. 1918, at o
o'clock p. m.
All votes cast, whether winning a
prize on not. still remain to your Gre
dit towards winning the PIANO.
Another apiece set of dishes,
and two gold watches, with ElgiR OF
waltham works, will also be given
away during this contest. before the
awarding OF the PIANO on April 4
1915.