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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
Euening Chat
Five Cent Happiness.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A neighbor of mine says she wishes
she could afford to fill her garden
with plants already started. She hates
seeds, she says, because half the time
they don't come up, and anyway they
are so slow that she gets impatient
Now, never a person lived who was
more impatient about most things than
1, but would not have a garden filled
with ported plants that someone else
had the joy of seeing come into being
and even if some one would give me
carte blanche in the finest green
house in the land.
Seeds are the romance of the gar
den.
If did not have a foot of land, I
would buy me some window boxes and
plant seeds in them SO that 1 might
have the joy of watching the miracle
of life renewed take place.
He hath set the world in their
heart so that no one can find out the
work that God maketh from the be-
ginning to the end" That is one of
me that the seed is the heart of the
flower world, and in that, too He has
set the whole world.
Just think how tiny some of the
seeds are, and how powerful, withal!
Take a poppy seed: they are so tiny
that fairy might carry hundreds of
them in his pack, and yet in each lit
tie black atom the life principle lies
waiting. ready to rouse up, push itself
through hundreds of pounds (com-
paratively) of heavy dark earth, win
through to the light and climb to a
soul in leaves and flowers"
True, one does have to wait a few
days after planting before one can ex-
pect to see the first act of the drama,
but one knows that the wonderful pro-
logue is going on down underneath the
earth, and one can have the honor of
ministering to the miracle with a wat
ering pot, and when the few days are
past the excitement of watching for
the first signs of life commences.
go out every morning before 1 eat
my breakfast to see if anything has
happened in the night, and lo!, one
morning / see the first sign, a little
crack in the earth l show it to my
housemates and they are inclined to
be sceptica1. but the next morning
lead them out triumphantly and point
out that along the crack there is a
little line of green fuzz, if it is the
poppy garden or if it is in the mas
turtium plot. sturdy little pale green
Sprout plodding methodically up to-
wards the light.
The next day there are more green
shoots and more little lines of fuzz
Every day I watch their progress;
they are a never ending source of in
terest and delight
can fail to see that her children have
their own little garden plots, and their
self-chosen, se1f-planted seeds.
A life would have to be rich indeed
that it could afford to miss this joy
out of it.
Have you planted your seeds yet? If
you haven't get out and buy some hap
piness at cents the package. 1t isn't
often for sale so Observation-Disclosures
by George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
Journal Entries

Fortune really favors more people
than it is credited with doing.
=
Nor does the world take SO much in
terest in the men who have failed.
Why is it that the old bachelors ap-
pear to be happier than the old maids?
There is quqite a gulf between what
the average man wants and what he
gets.
With some women, at any rate, 1t
is apparently easier to cry than to
laugh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

What a considerable old gentleman
Uncle Sam is. and how equally con-
siderate are the people who live under
his grand. old flag. On what looks to
be the eve of an armed conflict be-
tween his forces and those of the de-
factO government of Mexico, his doors
on the Mexican border are still open
and through them he is permitting
any number of Mexicans, many of
them deserters from Carranza's army
TO enter on their way to the harvest
fields of this country where they can
try their hands at making an honest
and profitable living. But is this as
wise, as it is generous?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
The Evening Story
English Pure and indebted.
"a. (By Hope Daring.)

sFt (By Hope Daring.)
You know she's a widow woman
and lives
"Oh, Jasper"
Eth. What is ?" Jasper Dunning
asked, looking into the face of the
girl who shared the road wagon with
him.
Margaret caught her breath. II
might hurt him, but what he had just
said hurt her. Would it do any good
She looked refiectively along the
country road that stretched away in
front of them. Over it the naples
brave in their green livery of early
summer, threw long, cool shadows.
Her silence was SO long continued that
Jasper repeated. this time a little
sharply:
What is it ?"
Did you ever hear of a widow who
was not a woman
What an idea! 1 don't git you
"Oh, please do not say git And
the other is such a coIloquialism, If
you say q woman is a widow, that S
enough"
Jasper drew up on the lines until
his spirited bays reared. When he
had quoted them he asked, What is
a colloqui-? I didn't git-no, get it. "
Briefly, Margaret explained. ITO
use good English, Jasper, means so
nuchl It's the mark of a gentleman.
Strangers judge us by our language"
See here, Margaret. Before you
went away to college I talked good
'nough for you,'' he blurted.
The girls eyes met his; she was con-
scientiously honest, even with herself.
1T alawys annoyed me a little, but |
had heard people talk in that way all
my life Not until I went to Girton
did I come to see just what such
things mean,' she said.
IT wish you'd never gone. You see,
1 didn't so much mind waitin', cause
L planned to fix up the farm SO it,
be a good 'nough home for you. But
them two years spilled you. 1 wish
you'd never gone"
The reiteration of the wish made
Margaret forget the grammatical
lapses that had preceded it. Never
seen Girton! Never come in contact
with that scholarly, progressive phase
sfculd dominate her future, Even if
she did teach a primary grade in a
village school, Margaret had resolved
that not only her own life but all lives
that touched hers. should be sweeter
and stronger because of those two
years at Girton!
The silence endured so long that
Jasper thought the victory was his.
With a superior smile he said, 1T
don't matter"
Why could he not have said
"doesn't?" Margaret's brown eyes
flashed. 1T does matter to me and
to all who care for really good things"
she declared. And if you cared for
ne, Jasper, you'd try to please me,
ESPECIALLY when I'm wholly in the
right. Why. 1 would be ashamed to
have Professor Larned hear you talk
sometimes"
That last word was added almost
desperately when she saw the color
fade from Jasper's face. Before he
could reply, they were at the gate of
the village home where MARGARET
bearded, 4 half dozen young men and
girls who were sitting on the veranda
came trooping down the walk to meet
them. laughing. talking, making plans
for the evening.
Those plans were SO well carried out
that Jasper had no opportunity for
further words with his betrothed
Even when, several hours later, he
babe her goodnight. Alice MARI stood
only a few feet away. waiting for
Margaret to join her.
"Shamed to have that professor
hear me TALK" Jasper said to himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

ply didn't think. They didn't realize
now their crossness sounded-foIks
don't sometimes you know
know what I'll do" decided the
toad suddenly. I'll stay right here
where the paths join and I'll croak
Be kind" at the top of my voice.
Then they'll all hear, they can't helm
nearing, and they'll ali do as 1 say"
No sooner decided than done.
Mr.. Garden Toad settled himself
down there by the two paths and he
began croaking in his very best voice
BE kind! Be kind. Be kind. kind,
kind. SO loud that every one OF the
creatures must have heard. That's
good advice" he added Now / won
der what'll happen? Wait and see y
Clara Ingram hudson,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
RI-LEs For FARM BIryINc

When buying a farm remember
that farming is as much of business
as making bricks is and investigate as
closely as if you were about to buy a
business, says the June Worlds Work.
If you satisfy the following six essen
tial rules. you cannot go far wrong:
I. Be perfectly certain that your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

men and women of the community.
ranging in age from 81 to &c years,
attend. The farmers have learned to
look to the institution for help in their
agricultural problems. They find it
more profitable to have their sons and
daughters in school than to keep them
at work on the farm, with no vision of
their own and no aid beyond that
which they themselves can give.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

One of the most remarkable fea-
lures of many disasters of enormous
possibilities for the dreadful is the
humber of people who get out of them
With their lives and in well-nigh
miraculous manners. Take the recent
Instance of the wrecking of the steam
er Pear on the California coast. OF
the 21O persons comprising the ships
Messengers and crew. 2O4 of them have
been accounted for as safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
On the Spur
of the Moment
BK ROY K. MOCLTON.

Mel0drama-
She struggled vainly to arrest
The villains yengeful hand;
He dragged her round and round the
stage,
And cussed to beat tha band.
Said he: Your lover is chump,
Your brother is thief,
Your father stole boss one time
And druv your ma to grief"
Finland me, villain" then she cried,
.'Or you will ruue this day.
I'll scream for help" she did it, too,
But no help came that way.
You love muh," cried the villain, as
He grabbed her by the hair.
'Iis false she cried, in anguish wild,
And wilted DER ner chair;
''Tis false she screamed, tits false"
again,
''As false as false can bel"
He found three switches in his hands;
1T surely is" said he.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

Now that the longest days of the
year are at hand. and the ever-grow-
ing shorter ones about to put in an
appearance, it might be wise to do a
little figuring on your next winters
coal supply before you rush ahead with
the business of doing your Christmas
Shopping early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

run in a few phrases into his ordi-
nary conversation.
An actor who comes from no far
ther east than Chillicothe, Mo-,
shouldn't talk of Broadway more than
half the time.
A man never gets so old that the
street parade doesn't interest him,
particularly if it is a young and good
looking parade.
One of the difficult problems of
married life is for the man to con-
vince his wife that she can buy things
cheaper down town than an agent will
sell them to her.
FROM THE DARK.
Lord of this world since wind and tide
And changing aeons came to be,
Watt from the skies the clouds that hide
The stricken earth from Thee
From where Thou sittest, throned IN Day,
Beyond these nights of blood and pain,
Thou seest we seek Thy perfect way
And that We seek in vain.
Thou seest the nations bloom, and fall
The strength of men made naught and au
The piteous pageant pass.
Behold, the children of the Sun
Are tempted with ignoble ease
And those Thou sett'st Thy seal upon
Still ravage earth and seas.
We tread blindly the way
Lord of the reaper and the grain
oh. flash through whiriing clouds some ray
To make the long road plain
M E. BUTLER In New York Times.
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Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph renort of that great news Or
ranfzatfon. for the exclusive afternoon
puhlicatio I'm Topeka
The news is received in The State Journal
building over wires for this sole purpose.
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MIR. GARDEN ToAD's RESOLUTION.

Somebody ought to tell them all to be
kind
The more Mr.. Garden Toad thought
about it, the more sure he was that
he Vas right. Those garden folk SIM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19

her face tender and wistful, while
Jasper hurried forward to hold her in
his arms.-(Copyright, 1916, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
Congregation Must Behave.

church (negro) of Roxabel, O., have
caused the following notice to be
posted:
No running in and out of church
during the services unless it is abso-
lutely necessary.
No swearing within one hundred
feet of the church
No chewing tobacco, dipping snuff
nor splitting in church
By Officers of the Church.
Eddie Prichard, Sec'y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-19
4 Counle of IDEAS.

The next great emancipation to ar
rive will be the fellow who can in
vent a cuff button that can be put in
the cuff with one hand inside of ten
minutes, believes the Osborne (Kan)
Farmer. The average man isn't smart
enough to put his cuff buttons in
shirt before he puts it on, especially
when he is in a hurry.
Oakley, Kan, has a housewife, &C
cording to the Graphic, who, when
she wants to kill a chicken, disdains
to chop off its head or wiring it's neck.
Instead, she shoots it in the head
with a rife, and has never missed one
yet. The Graphic, however, sup
presses the name of the hero who
holds the chicken while she shoots.
More modesty.
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Uncle ADner.
Our idee of waste of time is to
talk about the high cost of Twin to a
Teller that is in love.
Old man Hicks says there is moth
ing like striking a fair average in this
life. He has two sons in the minis
try and two in vaudeville.
1t beats AL how some fellers go
backward. Luke Tibbitts, who used
to be the best pin pool player in this
locality, has gone to work to make an
honest living by selling vacuum
cleaners.
No matter how styles may change
in other things, it doesn't seem as
though time or tide will ever knock
out the wing collar.
No matter how a man in politics
gets his money, there will always be
few people who will say nothing,
but look mighty wise.
Miss Amy PTingle, our village mil
liner, has got a new dress designed
after wall paper pattern, and there
amt drummer that comes to this
town that don't stop, look and listen.
George Washington must have been
very versatile man. No two pic.
lures of him look alike.
Outside of waitin' for a train in
PhiladelT MIA, about the saddest occu-'
patton l know of bein' in is pallbear-
er for some Teller that died OWN you
SIT.
The trouble with this country to-
day is that there are too many peo-
pie writin musical shows and not
enough engaged in other business so
they can buy tickets.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
MEN PREDICTING
LARGE CROP FOR PARISH
Prospects for Bumper Crops Have
Never Been BETTER in the
History of st. Landry

The outlook Of the cotton crop is
so bright at present, that cotton
men are predicting that st. Lam
dry will produce a bumper crop
this Fall.
Throughout the parish the stand
is reported as being good; working
condition is ideal and the stock
that brings forth the fancy price
and valuable staple is improving
daily.
Weather condition permitting st.
Landry will produce the largest
cotton crop, since the division Of
the parish, and in fact since the ar
rival of the boil weevils nine years
ago.
The cane crop is by no means
second to any other. cane growers
reporting that bumper yield will
be realized. As this crop is expect
ed to bring fancy price this win
ter the cane growers are compli-
menting themselves on having in
creased their acreage.
The corn and rice crops are as
good as during the best years; as a
matter Of fact some Of the oldest
corn growers in this parish claim
that st. Landry will double its usu-
al corn output. AS several large
rice planters have installed pump
ing outfits and have drilled deep
wells the rice crop, it is believed,
will be larger than any previous
year.
Taken as a whole the crop condi-
ton. in St. Landry are ideal; pros
poets for bumper crops have never
been better and if the farmers do
not get any severe setback during
the coming summer months it is
very probable that they will place
on the markets the largest crops
ever produced in the history OF this
parish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
JEFFERSON DAVIS VOTES
HALF MILLION FOR ROADS
Proposition Once Turned Dewn Is
Accepted by Taxpayers IT Pro-
gressiVe Southwest Parish

The election of Jefferson Davis
parish, on Monday, upon a bona is
sue Of half a million dollars Tor the
construction of permanent high
ways carried overwhelmingly. 4
large vote was cast throughout the
parish, there being one hundred
more in Jennings than at the etsc-
ton for the same purpose a year
ago. Jennings voted seven to one
in favor Of good roads, and Welsh
ten to one, Elton and Raymond vot-
ing the proposition by three to one.
Lake Arthur carried
in number Of votes in
favor of the bond issue and against
the property valuation, small west
ern precincts voted against the
proposition.
The people Of jefferson Davis
are jubilant over the recent victory
OF the progressive taxpayers and
work on model highway system
for one Of the Calcasieu daughters
will be started within a short time
% -------
The proposition to vote s50000(
worth of bonds to construct gooe
roads, which was submitted to thu
voters of Ouachita on last Monday
was unanimously carried.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
GRAND COTEAU NOTES

The baseball game Sunday be-
tween the Boy Scouts of Opelousas
and the st. Charles College Juniors
was forfeited TO the local team 9 to
9 when the Opelousas boys refused
70 play during the last half of tae
eighth inning on account of a de-
elslon OF the umpire. The college
boys playing was superior TO the
hoy scouts with The exception OF
one inning due TO wild plays they
let the visitors bring in 5 runs.
With the locals at the bat, one
out, and three men on base in the
eighth a hit brought in. one run.
Inc umpire called the batter safe
at first. This ended the game; the
scouts said ii was out and refused to-
continue. All the fans near first
base at the time verified the UNI
pres decision.
Mrs. Flo Field, a writer for the
New Orleans Times-picayune was
here Sunday to see her son who is
attending st. Charles College.
Miss Zita Brooks left Thursday
lor her home in Indiana after sew
efal days visit to Mrs. and Mrs.
James Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Barry who
we're recently married here re-
turned Sunday from their bridal
tOur.
Or. E. S. and Mr.. ]. ]. Barry were
s'arencro visitors Tuesday.
The young ladies and gentlemen
called on Miss Brooks Monday
night. All spent a most enjoyable
evening.
= large crowd attended the dance
g Merry Makers Hall Tuesday
night.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
ST. LANDRIANS GUESTS OF III
GARLAND DUPBE

Under Washington, D. G, news
note head the following account OF
an entertainment rendered friends
by Hon. H. Garland Dupre is found:
Representative Garland Dupre en-
tertained handsomely at dinner IN
honor of Mrs. Thomas E. Mount, OF
Baltimore, formerly Of New Or
leans. Present were his mother,
Mrs. Laurent Dupre, his sister, Miss
Edith Dupre, both Of Opelousas;;
Senator and Mrs. Ransdell, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Ladislas Lazaro.
Representative and Mrs. L. Morgan,
Of Govington: Representative and
Mrs. Riley Joseph Wilson, Of Har-
risonburg, and Miss Edith Gaaffe,
of Louisiana, a niece Of Mrs. Rams
dell.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
MALLET NEGRO MURDERED
WHILE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Authorities Have Warrant for Ar
rest OF Man Suspected Of Conn
mitting the Crime

A. Sonnier, a young negro, son Of
Paul Sonnier, a mulatto Of Mallet,
was assassinated on last Friday
while travelling on the public road.
Sonnier was reputed to be peace
full sort of negro and enjoyed the
friendship Of his white neighbors
1t is presumed by the officials that
white man wanted ON serious
charges, murdered the negro, be-
cause it was feared by the white
man that the black would reveal
his whereabouts.
Constable Allen Mccoy and Con-
stable-elect Eraste Frame were in
Opelousas during the week and se-.
cured a warrant for the arrest Of
the white man, suspected of killing
!, Sonnier.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
JUDGE DUPRE WgTHDRAsVS
FROM DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
st. Landry Representative Refuses
to Bind Himself to Vote for
Administration Bill

Gilbert +. Dupre Of st. Landry
has withdrawn from the democratic
caucus; he refuses to bind himself
to vote for a measure which he
might disprove. Judge Dupre's ac-
tion was followed by the withdraw
al of E. Vuillenot Of st. Martin and
]. Hugo Dore Of Evangeline.
J. M. Sanders, another representa-
tive from this parish, announced
that while he had not sent formal
notice OF rasigning from the demo-
cratic caucus he would not attend
and would not bind himself to sup
port the caucus election bills, as he
understood them.
In sending his notice of resigna-
tion Judge Dupre said:
II have concluded cannot at
tend the caucus scheduled To take
place this afternoon. The reason
is obvious. / do not propose to
vote for any of its measures, tlrl-
less they meet with my approval.
i could not 60 into the caucus, OBJ
ject to any measure proposed by II,
and, when defeated, oppose the
same upon the floor Of he House.
7 hope the measures proposed
by the caucus may meet with my
approval. II they do. | will vote
for Them. II not, am going to
register my vote against. The
proper course to pursue under these
circumstances is to further abb
stain from participation therein