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half dozen sleepers with noses like that
of the woman in the tailor made suit,
would soon settle over the car.
just at this time. however-it was
not far from 3 o'c1ock-two men near
the front door got into a wrangle over
politics. One of them was satisfied that
the recent Landslide was the begin
ming Of interlninable power on the part
Of the Republicans. who, he said. would
quickly end the hard times and cause
business of all sorts to permanently re-
vive. The other was equally confident
that the landslide was only an indica-
ton of universal insanity, and that It
presaged business disasters such as had
never before been experienced by tho
United States. The stout man tried to
quiet them, but they were not as tracta-
bic as the boy, and they continued to
quarrel until both had reached a speech
less stage Of indignation.
1t was O'Clock by this time, and
there was general cessation of CONVEX
sation, together with an increase. of ma
sal music for the space Of half an hour
Suddenly a long and lanky youth, who
had been sleeping through it all,
Strengthened up convulsively and gave
vent to a blood curd1ing warwhoop. In
stantly every eye in the car was uncloa-
ed. The small boy began to cry, and the
woman in the tailor made suit called
loudly for 'Helpi'' and . Waterl'' Thrice
the lanky youth, whose eyes were star
ing and who was plainly suffering from
what the stout man denOminated a
nighthorse, exerted his lungs to the ut
most. Then he awoke with a start, and
realizing the situation began to apollo
gize profusely to all the other passen-
gers
II knew was a good many kinds Of
a fool, = he said, when I ate that con-
founded rabbit last night =
This restored good nature all round
to every enc save the woman in the tai
Tor made suit, but she was quickly 81
fenced by few remarks from the stout
man, who. with his friends. began q
new game Of whist It was nearly 9
when the excitement had subsidized, and
but few of the passengers tried to go to
sleep again. IF they had, it would have
been impossible. for the train began to
stop at way stations and take on early
passengers for Chicago. AS q rainstorm
had developed in the night the weather
then became 8 general topic of talk and
between its discussion and the clamor
Gus differences Of opinion between 2
Chicagoan and New Yorker as to the
relative size Of the two biggest cities in
the United States the two hours or
Whereabouts remaining before the train
rolled into the terminal station wore
slowly away. CHARLES APPLEBEE-
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national exposition, which is to be held
in Atlanta. These plans were carefully
examined by the board of women man
ayers of ths exposition, and the design
submitted by Miss Elise Mercur Of Pitts
burg proved the most acceptable. The
choice was the unanimous verdict of the
board and that the competition was de-
cided strictly upon its merits is shown
by the fact that Miss Mereur was not
personally known to a single resident Of
Atlanta, while three Atlanta women
architects were represented by plans.
Miss AIercur's design was not only
beautiful as to exterior. but the interior
arrangements were practical and econo-
mized all Of the available space with
more success than any other plan sub
mitted From the cellar to the dome
everything was arranged in a masterful
manner. and each woman member of
the board found every need supplied
There was space for every proposed ex-
hibit by the women of the country. The
architect who conferred with the com
mittee in regard to their choice of plans
said he had no idea that women could
do such artistic and practical designing
and drawing
These buildings, - he said admiring-
-, are bold enough to have been
demonstrated that the coming woman
has got here, in architecture at least.
The women who submitted designs
with view TO capturing the substan-
tial prize offered for the best plan were
Miss Elise Mercur of Pittsburg, Miss
Title Eichberg Miss Emma NJ Cook
sey and Miss Henrietta Cuttineau Do
zier Of Atlanta. Miss Elizabeth Heinen
of Knoxville, Miss Janet M. Sheldon
and Miss Edna IL Porter Of Buffalo.
Miss Lucy Cavanaugh of Louisville.
Miss Elizabeth Holman Of Philadel-
phia, Miss Sarah White OF TaIlulah,
Ga, Mrs. E. O. Blair of Little Rock
and Miss G. G. Smith OF Hastings. Ga
The fair competitors who missed the
prize may find q grain of comfort in
the statement Of a prominent Atlanta
architect that the plans submitted
equa1ed in quality those presented BY
male architects for the general exposi-
ton buildings
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II interested by this time, but they were
evidently divided as to sentiment. Some
Of them agreed with the man and some
with the woman, and discussions arose
al over the car. As for the woman, she
seemed to have had enough, for with
an angry red spot on each cheek she re-
turned to her seat and snuggled down,
to slumber if she might. In this she
was eminently successful. and at the
anne time she vindioated the stout man 8
Judgment as to her nose. for in half
hour or so she began to snore like a low
pressure steam engine. Of course there
was q general laugh all over the car
when the snores were heard.
Considerable interest had been mani
tested by their fellow travellers all this
time in young man and woman who
sat near the center Of the car. They
looked very much like bride and groom,
for she wore hat trimmed with Iaven-
der feathers and carried pair Of white
gloves in her hand, while he wore
rather bedraggled knot Of flowers in the
lapel of his frock coat and sported a
white necktie. They had been talking
constantly, in low tones at first, as if
afraid they would be overheard, but as
time passed they grew less and less shy.
and at last seemed to forget themselves
completely
w on your Uncle John be s prised
to know We're marrieds'' queried the
groom loud enough for all the other
wakeful passengers to hear just as the
train pulled up at a station.
The laugh that greeted this question
mortified the loving couple immeasura-
bly, and awakened a small boy who had
hitherto been unnoticed. He at once
awakened his mother
What's they all latin at, MAJ he
questioned. Ma, what is it that's so
funny? Tell me. =
OF course she couldn't tell him. not
knowing, but she tried to hush him,
first by cajolery and then by threaten
ing to tie him up.
stHop' said the youngster, you
hahn got no string here. I've got TO
talk. ma. Where be we now? How soon
will we git to Chicago? Be we goin
mile a minute now, map
The poor woman was almost as much
mortified over her sons Ioquacity as
the bride and groom had been over their
''break, as it had been termed by the
stout man, but the man, instead of add
ing to the mothers discontinue as he
had to that of the newly welded, set
her at case by giving up his game and
dev0ting himself to the child. By some
process known only to the stout man
himself the boy was quickly quoted,
and il seemed likely that a general 81
lence, broken only BY tho SHORES Of
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well a brace to strengthen the
bench. Another pretty stand is a rack
added to the top Of a bench Gig. 3) It
is faced to the window and rests upon
the sill. It will hold a large number
Of pots on its two shelves and on the
bench.
An arrangement which seems to be
the most perfect in every respect, be-
cause Of its allowing tho plants ali the
sunshine and being out Of the way
when the room is swept, is plant rack
made Of hanging shelves Zig. a. The
top shelf IS eighteen inches to two feet
from the glass, while the bottom
shelf is on a level with the window sill.
The weight Of the rack and plants is
supported entirely by the window
frame to which it is screwed at the
bottom and held by a strong wire at
the top. 1t Is easily taken down and
put aside in the spring A neat finish
to all Of these plant racks is dark
green paint Nothing is so pretty and
appropriate for the green foliage and
bright flowers. Elizabeth b Sage. IN
Orange Judd Farmer.
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were already taken, and as I dislike ex-
ceedingly to climb to my rest I decided
to make the journey in one CT the
coaches
My fellow passengers were a diversi-
fed lot. Among them were four men
who were beguiling the miles with
cards. Whist was the game, and the
players were seated together facing one
another, while two or three others were
intently watching the play. There was
not much talking, and what there was
was carried on in undertones, but it was
altogether too much for woman of
middle age, dressed in a tailor made
suit and wearing standing collar and
fourth hand tie, who was seated near
by She suddenly arose and stalAed up
the aisle to the players.
Gentlemen, = she said, II do not de-
sire to be intrusive, but I do wish to 60
to sleep. and I'm certain can't get q
single wink Of sleep while you continue
to play whist ] think card playing in
such a place is all wrong anyway, but
I can put up with it without word if
it doesn't interfere with my personal
comfort. But If you keep on it viii in
terfere, and / must respectfully ask you
to stop. =
Three Of the players dropped their
hands in amazement, but the fourth. a
stout man Of an evidently phlegmatic
temperament, held his the more firmly
in his grasp, and without looking up
said:
Say nothing, boys, but saw wood.
Pick up your cards and keep right on. y
If he thought to silence the woman
in the tailor made suit that way, he
was vastly mistaken, as he found out
moment later. His indifference as to
whether she should sleep or not seemed
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In embroidering napery, if a house
keeper delights IN color wrought on
white. it is a good plan TO border or
finish the corners with broidery or
scrolls or flowers Of the same color as
the china to be used with it. Thus
china decorated in red, or blue, or
gold. goes well with linen wrought in
the selfsame color. though it may be
in two or more shades. Three corners
of the cloth, napkins and doilies may
be worked in some conventional de-
sign, and the fourth side filled with
the owners monogram. In this case
the monogram should be nine inches
deep or even more. This involves much
work, and is only possible TO amateurs
Of leisure. To many minds all white
is only suitable for napery, except, per-
haps. on occasion, a parti-colored coun-
terpiece. 1t must be confessed tina
this suits taste Of a chaste order.
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TO LOWER NIAGARA FALLS.
The New Water Power Reduces the Water
Nine Inches.

SYRACUSE, n. u, Dec. 20 The state
reservation commissioners at N iagara
have called attention or the Canadian
commissioners to the fact that the new
water power above the falls may injure
the falls as natural phenomenon.
Frank w. Hawley, vice president of tho
General Electric com pany. says. "Such
action On tho part Of the state commits
sionera is entirely uncalled for. The av-
erage depth Of water at the brink Of the
precipice is said to be six and a quarter
feet The amount Withdrawn by the
chartered companies on both the Ameri-
can and Canadian sides when Id full
operation viii not exceed eight or nine
inches. This would leave a column Of
water at least five and d half feet high
pouring steadily over the falls"
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MODERN WOODMEN.
The Biennial state Meeting Commences
this Evening.

The Modern Woodmen Of America ia
Kansas are headed towards Topeka
There will be 80 delegates here to meet
IT'D the biennial couclave for the district
Of Kansas, which be gins with a preIImI-
nary meeting tonight in the nall Of sun
flower camp at g04 and zoo Kansas
avenue.
The secret work viii be exem plified
tonight by the members Of Sunfower
camp, which is the largest ia the state.
There are 1900 mem bers in Kansas
and 10000 ia tile entire jurisdiction,
which comprises only nine states. The
order has mad wonderful growth dur
ing the past year $4,000 new mem Ders
having been initiated
r. ). johnson Of Peabody, who is one
Of the i've on the board Of directors, is
here and will participate IN the meeting
lie is receiving his friends at the n A.
tionaL
The principal work Of the meeting
will be to elect delegates to the general
meeting which takes place at Madison.
Wisconsin. next June. Kansas viii have
one delegate at-large and - district dele
gates in the main camp.
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lin seems that horses must soon be even
cheaper than they are now. LII "a some
say. the bicycle and the electric car are
running the horse market. what must
necessarily be the result Of the electric
wagon invented and already tried At
Kansas City. Mo. The machine works
perfectly. a speed or eleven miles an
hour was obtained at the first public trial
"a storage battery composed Of i've series
of cells each furnishes a mt Of 671z
0hms and the cells are arranged il
three tiers beneath the seats. The
wheels are Of wood with rubber tires
The hind wheels, which are feet 2
Inches ia diameter, have on their inner
edge cast-iron hange 26 inches in diam
ster and inches wide. Power from the
battery is communicated to the f1ange BY
u rawhide friction pulley revolving from
600 20 1000 times q minute and capable
OF being elevated on depressed at will by
the driver The steering is done BY
to0thed segment and pinion attached to
che axle Of the fore wheels and handled
by steering post The storage batteries
will run the machine about seven or
eight hours. The carriage weighs about
1000 pounds.
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Best way % Cook cranberrlsa.

One quart Of cranberries, one pound OF
sugar, one pint Of water. Wash the Gran
berries, then put them on the Ere with
the water, but in a covered saucepan.
Let them simmer until each cranberry
bursts open; then remove the cover Of
the saucepan. add the sugar, and let
them all boil for twenty minutes with
out the cover The cranberries must
never be stirred from the time they are
placed on the fire. This is an unfailing
recipe for most delicious preparation
Of cranberrieR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-26
AT NIGHT IN A COACH
A SHORT RANCE STUDY OF a CAR
LOAD or RAILROAD PASSENGERS

The stout Man who would Play Cards.
The TaIkatfve Boy Who Cried When wax
ened By the LanIxy Youth With the Night
mare-Poiitics En- Route.
I know Of no better opportunity Of
studying humanity at short range than
to take a nocturnal railway ride in
day coach. Not long ago ] had occasion
to go from a station in the central west
to Chicago. The running time Of trains
on the railroad ! was to travel over
from my starting point to the metropo-
lis of the lake region is about eight
hours, and / found it impossible to get
away before midnight. When boarded
the train at that hour, I learned that
ell the lower berths in the sleeping cars
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FORTY PIECES OF CAKE.
How Mrs. AshbauEh Celebrated Her
EIghtfeth Birthday

Among the gifts to the poor sent to
Mrs Thorpe's Office. was a beautiful
frosted cake, baked by Mrs. Ashbaugh
to celebrate her SUth birthday winch oc-
Cured on Christmas. Mrs. Thorpe meant
to divide It among 80 people, but could
not conveniently reach but 40. 1t was
delicious.
DIR. Hamilton donated about 100 pounds
Of meat, cut in 3 and 4 pound pieces.
Mr. G. A. Bruner gave also q market
basket full Of meat; AIr Seward an
overcoat and 81; Mrs. :. T. Howe 81 and
a large bundle Of clothing; Mrs. a. II.
Whiting clothing, &C. L.
The National hotel a generous supply
of eatables; The Topeka Cash Dry
Goods company toys; Donald Bruner and
Hugh Coultis a lot Of books toys, etc.
any brought donations VINO would
not give their names.
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SOMEBODY has suggested that each in
dividnzi be allowed 20 issue his own
notes instead of being forced TO use
those issued by the banks as proposed by
Carlisle. The idea il not devoid Of JUS
Nce- The system was ID operation for
while during the war, and number Of
Topeka citizens issued promises to pay
which circulated freely as money ia the
city and surrounding country. These
obligations were usually printed on pa
per. but in some instances leather was
used
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Is HETTY GREEN INSANE.
The nIInionairess Says a Band Of Con-
spirators Are on Her Track.

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 ~ Mrs. H8tty
Green, the richest woman IN America
whose fortune is thirty or forty millions.
tells her lawyers d curious story. A be-
lief firmly fixed. that d band Of cnnSpir-
ators took the life Of her father. Edward
Nj. Robinson, and Of her aunt Sylvia
Ann Howard, of New Bedford, years
ago. aud are now daily seeking her life
and the lives Of her children. continu-
ally haunts her.
Glass. she declares. has been placed in
her food not six months ago: blocks Of
wood and stones have been hurled at her
from windows as she was passing on the
sidewalks, and On numerous occasions
her life has been threatened. Whether
or not Mrs. Green is the victim Of 4
strange hallucination remains yet 70 be
learned
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A RECENTLY elected member OF the
Illinois general assembly has written an
open letter to his constituents. one and
hll, requesting that they make known 10
him what they wish him to do. The in
cident il refreshing after so many years
In which the wants of the people have
been Ignored by those who should be
their servants and are not
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plant stand for years. Cannot the hus-
band or son use two or three hours
some stormy day in making one? There
are variety Of models to choose from
An old pattern and probably the best,
because it will hold the most, is the
half circular one with three shelves
Gig. ~. 1t is made with three legs
and two short braces between them
under the lowest broadest shelf. The
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rear view is shown in the illustration,
as its construction can be seen there at
a glance, and this is the view exposed
to the living room, also. the shelves be
ing turned to the window The shelves
should be made broad enough to ex-
tend beyond the frame at least two
inches.
A small, strong bench 20 hold a large
window box Zig y is quickly made
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az follows: Measure the depth Of the
box it is TO hold and make the legs
long enough to raise it to level with
the window sill They are composed
of boards notched at the bottom. "A
top board is nailed or screwed in place
and a shelf firmly nailed to cleats half
way between top and floor. This shelf
is useful for a variety of purposes as
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ET The STATE JOURNAL is the only
paper in Kansas receiving the Full Day
Associated Press.
&c Member American Newspaper Pub
Ezhsrs's association.
The STATE JOURNAL has the
han8someat and most complete web ster-
actype perIectlng press.
E1 Eastern cfice, 73 Tribune Building.
New York. Perry Luksns. Jr.. manager.
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THE NEW MONUMENT. 1850. and fhe
women raised SO. 600 for the purpose
of erecting a monument. When the war
began, Mrs. Snowden, who had charge
Of the money, and who is still living i'll
Charleston, invested the fund in United
States bonds for its greater safety, and
at the approach of the Federal troops she
fed from the city. with the bonds So
curely sewed in her clothing.
After the war Albert E. Hanrish de-
signed the statue in Rome, where it was
also cast. Its cost was about $44, 600,
but it seemed so inartistic to the major
ity of South Carolina people that some
fertile brain conceived the idea of erect
ing another with the substantial sum
still remaining to the credit of the Cal
houn association. The new statue is be-
ing designed BY J. Massey Rhind, sculp-
tor Of the proposed mi 1ument to John
c. Fremont. Tt will be his aim to pro-
duce a statue that will accurately rep
resent Calhoun as he appeared when in
the height of his fame as United
States senator and when his debates with
Daniel Webster thrilled the entire coun-
try Tt is believed that the dedication
will occur late in the fall Of 1895.
South Carolina promises to fairly
eclipse her previous effort when the new
statue is presented to the public The
old statue will be demolished, but the
pedestal will be utilized. From the ped
estal viii rise a column "a 4 feet in
height, at the top of which, some so
feet above the street, will be placed the
new statue. On either side of the ped
estal will be two bronze palmetto trees.
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4 FAIR PlrTseuRe ARcALrgcT.

Miss Elise Nercur, Who Designed the Wo.
mans Building For AtIantass Exposition.
That the woman architect is abroad
IN the land was recently demonstrated
when 8 women submitted plans Of a
high order Of merit for the Woman 3
building at the Cotton States and Inter
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ATTENTION is called to the fact that
Edward Atkinson failed to inform an
anxious public how to 70 through Christ
INNS On 10 cents
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STANDS FOR PLANTS.
Some Very Pretty Ones Gan BE
Made at Home.
Four Models which Have Been Found -
Give saeisfactiom-rhe Old Semi
Circular Pattern IL Perhaps
the Best Of All.

Many housewives And their great
est happiness IN caring for plants
during the cold winter months when
compelled to stay indoors 80 much Of
the time. and many have wished for
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A countess Of Anjou in the twelfth
century gave 200 sheep for copy Of a
favorite set Of sermons.
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ED HocH, ia the last issue Or the
Marion Record, says. Since the election
g. editor Of this paper has been be-
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G . ! h D IN now
: tan ding in
Charleston, and
a new one will
soon be erected
IN its stead. The
present statue to
the great south
ern statesm an
was veiIe d
with great pomp
April 26, 1887.
and Judge l.. O.
c. Lamar was or
ator of the day.
The history Of
{ h e monument
fund is an inter
esting one. Cal
h un died in
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ORor Ekber@.

Merchant Tailor. TO Kansas avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-02
ONE DOLLAR PEA HUG.
How EnterprssinG Iowa Girls Helped the
Church and Alatrimuuy.

How EnterpsswinG Iowa Girls Helped the
Church and Hlatrimouy.
Down in an Iowa town, not 80 very
far below the Minnesota line, there is .
progressive little church. Some time
ago it was found necessary to raise .
certain amount for . certain purpose.
The young ladies Of the church took the
matter in hand. and after going over tho
many ways which had been tried in
times past to raise money decided upon
a new plan.
They decided to let the young men Of
the town who felt like doing something
in the interest of the church hold their
hands for certain length If time fos a
given sun-5O cents for holding girls
hand 2J minutes seems to have been
about the average. It is said that the
plan worked to a charm. and that the
Golfers Of the church swelled perceptibly
aftcRthe hand holding social was over.
The man who is empowered to issue
marriage licenses in that town ought tt
do rushing business from this time on
for it was also proposed, and this met
with instant favor among the young
men, to sell kisses Mt the average Of 2;
cents. 1t is limited that decorous hug,
were to be provided at uniform price
of 81, coin of the realm.-Seattle Tele
graph.