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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-02-10

Inc London papers have much to say
Of ssthat wonderful little woman Mrs.
Wordsworth" who is teaching skirt
dancing to the female young Of the arts
tocracy. She IS said to be 1T the present
moment teaching 10000 pupils Mrs.
w ordswOrth considers the average Eng-
llsh girl wanting in natural grace Of
movement and believes that this epidemic
of high Kicking and accordion Skirts
which is passing over the and is 4 Won
derful opportunity by which the present
generation may acquire that graceful
motion which has not always been the
lnseparable accOmpan of gauche
English girlhood.
The queen. hearing of Mrs. Words
worth's fame as an Instructor of stiff am
kles. sent for this energetic little lady,
VINO was introduced to teach the chill
dren Of Princess Beatrice. Possessing a
stentorian voice and extreme vigor in
her manner Of imparEng. Mrs. wv crds-
worth treated her little items of royalty
to the same shouts and signals which she
finds So effective with her great army of
pupils the qneen being present and much
interested IN the lesson Next time this
celebrated dancing mistress visited
Windsor, however. it was politely lntl-
mated through d lady in waiting that
her majesty's nerves had been 4 little
tried by the .'forcibla' method of her ex-
cellent instruction. SO the royal Eatten-
berg babies had perforce a much easier
half hour.
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admiration Of bank officials and business
psen, who watch with interest her manip-
ulaton of the immense property which
er. Previous to the death of the latter,
Dut since Mrs. Clover came into posses
sion of the entire estate, she has handled
it without aid. All investments are made
on her own judgment and leading bank
officials cali her d second Hetty Green.
Among Mrs. Clover's possessions is a
large fruit farm ia the Napa valley, Cali
forna. which she had not visited for sew
eral years. During the last summer Mrs.
Clover executed one Of those clever
moves in which she is an adept She
found her place GA her arrival smiling
under an unusual crop of prunes. I'm
fortunately all the neighborlng planta-
lions We're rejoicing in the same way. and
TT didn't take more than a few hours for
Mrs. Glover to size up the situation and
reach the conclusion that prunes
wouldn't bring The cost of gathering the
crop when THAT time arrived
She telegrfipned at once for an evap-
Grating machine, watched il set up. and
while her neighbors were giving away
prunes Ans. Clover, fresh from the gay
cites of Washington. experimental the
evaporation of her crop and complacent
" saw it packed away TIL prices come
out of the bottom Of the pit Now she
has just given the hands0mest fancy
dress ball of the season in her magnif-
cent new Washington residence.-Kate
Fields Washington.
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Unemployed women are at q greater
disadvantage than men owing to lack of
training and greater limitation Of the
kinds 0f work provided. The charwomen
cannot sew. Everybody knows that
homework nmpairs a 7voman's ability to
do nice sewing Her fingers lose their
elasticity ana dizziness by the continual
use of the broom. scrubcloth and con-
tact with tire stove and cooking utensils.
The comparison holds ina a greater degree
between the heavier household labors
and the commOner kinds Of sewing. She
who washes. irons and scrubs does not
like and is indeed untitled to sew at all.
The Bedford street sewing room, there
for. can from the nature Of things only
furnish work for q very limited number
Of the unemployed women And the restl
What is to be done with the other Wom-
en- who have presented themselves be-
fore the relief committee bearing all the
evidences of need and equally unmistaka-
BILE evidences of utter inefhciency2 Moth
ing is So deplorable. SO despairingly pa
thetic as the appearance of many Of these
poor women. Boston Herald
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DOLL MODELS FOR PARlslAN DRESS
MAKERS TO BIZ REVIVED.


Suffrage III Sew Aorls-she Teaches skirt
Danoing-A Society and Business ~ ona-
Mrs. Cleveland ANA Her Servants
Isoston's Unemployed Women
AN enterprising west end dressmaker
liza Lond0a lis about to revive am OH fasil-
ion first introduced into England in the
fifteenth century. when fashion plates
and fashion papers were unknown. She
intends having her new models made MP
to fit large sized dolls made for this pur-
pose with all styles of figures thin,
plump, tain and snort, matronly and
youthful
Many years ago. when Paris heLus as
she does now. the scepter of fashion. the
only fashion plates were large dolls sent
out from tnat city to all the great cities,
one every six months, to announce to
the world the new modes In Florence,
the center Of all that was sumptuous
and beautiful i'm dress, by whose old cos-
TUNES many of our newest dress ideas
are inspired, the doh was exhibited puD-
hcly on the portic0 of a great central
palace on the feast Of the ascension, and
the famous Venetian beauties and their
needlewomen were early at the shIines
adjacent that they might on their way
catch a glimpse of the new mode
ia Paris today, al the establishments
Fl some Of the great costumers, q lady
who orders at the cost of q kings RAM
som a gown specially designed for her
may see it and studvit made pom don
shaped like herself IT'D figure and modelled
after the same type in c0lOrng. But TO
have the different prevailing modes IL
Illustrated on figures of all types wil
with sensible women. bring about = new
and better dress era. for with the pow
er to see ourselves as others see as we
could not make such plumbers in selee-
ton as THE following of pictured models
inevitably results in.
The woman Of generous proportions
would be cured of her passion for plalds
and bright hues could she see for herself
their disastrous effect; the woman of
slight buid would realize how like an
exclamation point she looks in q black
gown the little fluffy woman would
never TRY to do the severe and stately;
the majestic would eschew frills and
leave the delicate tints for youthful faces,
and realize chat as She grew 81 years She
needed stronger tints and richer fabrics
and more carefully adjusted and accu-
Iately fitted toilets chan when youthful
grace lent charm to even b homemade
gown. Above All, woman would have a
chance to learn the first and great conn
mandment ia dress, which IS not to form
her gowns upon what some ONE else
wears unless that some one else its ex-
actly her czyn height, weight. mplaZ-
ion and ago. Chicago Record.
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but let as not forget that woman suf-
frage is still on trial and must secure its
future BIZ prompt and vigorous co-opera-
ti0n with the best measures and men.
Womanis journal
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FIGS AND THIsTLgs.

The man who hates light is always
afraid of his own shadow
It won't do any coed % paint the pump
if there is poison "a the water.
Good fortune sometimes comes to see
as in a very shabby looking carriage.
It would puzzle an onion to under
stand what there IS about a rose that
people like.
Angels weep on the day that a young
man begins to spend more money than
he can make.
AS a drop of ink destroys letter. So
one bad act may rum q character it took
years to build.
There are people who never hear any
music that suits them except when they
are laying first fiddle.
One Of the first covenants that every
young man ought to make with himself
Is that he VIII never run ia debt.-Ram's
Horn.
The Age OF Pneumonia
Slight attacks of cold often develop
into Pneumonia Statistics show that
this disease rs rapidly increasing b our
country, ana is generally accompanied
by fatal results. Cubeb Cough Cure VIII
prevent pneumonia If taken Ia time.
Sold by Rowley Bros.
Order your plumbing done bv Mooney.
Plumbing Cos 625 Quincy street.
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no better aid to digestion.
no better cure for dyspepsia,
Nothing more reliable for 1ill0usnes
and constipation than DeWitt's Little
Early Bisers, the famous little pills
j. II. JONEs
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II .,4, .,.,fl.- rs ..l.4 ss a5.
+5,,t-,4feI,a7 r.l.-s7.i., - +ts sr+s-s-+s IF
arae+ .n -ser a,d th~oruh fro,r gn
fr-.-re Generations. oftse prolonged mem
tai strain To which tIr are no7V-DartIV
voluntarily. PARTLY OWING to the succession
nrd tHe inducements heId our to thern bv
Others siibtaittia- themselves win #
hurt their constitutions VIII it make
them hae Of bones with body and mind
alike hard al2 angular7
VIII it render them Tess maternal 81
make them the mothers sc & feeble and de-
generate reca. prone TO epilepsy and In
snniev9 WIZ IL bv ere<.1. tiarirsra feeling
NE iuaerendenee ronder Them less. lovaala
less disposed t5 enter the married State. III.
being married a. AXE them careless of home
ties. she nursing and taaehina of infants
and the proper household duties which de-
volve on wonial under the conditions of
modern civilizat5
or viii it act ia a contrary wave win
the mathematical or the classical Iadv
scholar. Decorate. with medals and rich
vrfth prizes and ashi5fffons and SCHOLAR
shirs stiI rs omen VI t7l4 aesa,77tz ~ 7ov-as
win her wider In0wledQe foster domestic
happinesss viii the children. even if
fewer bo better developed. more intellect
uaI Better fitted as thev grow up to cone
with tho other great nations Is the conflict
for wealth and power and all that these
commando VIII she still be as the sweet.
gentle mother is now tile very focus and
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852 caIla " Ih9 Peerless,
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Order your plumbing done bv Mooney.
Heerv s Durkin, the Cooperative
Plumbing Co., go Quincy street.
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faintness seized upon his every faculty.
The poverty stricken beneficiary with
whom he was talking noted the change,
and, awestruclz, shrieked for help.
When it arrived, the heat 5 deadly work
had been accomplished, and the poor
and the needy of the narrow, noisome
streets he was wont to visit had lost the
best friend they had ever had.
But the day was not one Of misery
quite unmixed. In fact, it was a day of
great hilarity to many persons. Some
padded about in the waters of the sea,
Of lakes ard of rivers. Some swung idly
in hammoclzs shaded by trees or the
wide roofs Of zephyr swept verandas
Others, with rods and flies, sought the
shade Of forests, beneath which flowed
impid and fish filled streams. Yet
others sailed the waves and sang and
shouted and laughed defiance to the tor
rid tyrant of the skies But even these
" ere fain to consult the mercury, and
even these bought evening papers eager
~ that they might scan the MONDAY
indications for the coming 10 hours
The pOrtiy ice dealer, the acquisitive ice
cream vender, the smiling seller of soft
drinks, the barkeepers and those who
sold watermeions struggled and hustled
the whole day through. vainly trying to
furnish their cooling wares fast enough
to meet the demand.
Sing Low and Wun Lung and laun-
dry men and laundry women laughed
with JOY as they took note generally Of
whiting collars and cuffs and shirt fronts
and figured upon the extra profits that
would come to them because of the days
perspiration The humOrists of the
comic weeklies melted and wrote jokes
about Christmas and the north pole, and
the decks of the excursion steamers were
crowded with those who sought relief,
if only for but a few brief hours.
When the night editor got to his desk
at O'Clock in the evening, the city
editor said
I've had that new reporter, Snaps,
at work all day getting up a comic
special on wilted collars and other
timely heat topics. He'll have a column
and turn, maybe two, and Phabers, the
artist, has some corking pictures for it
Then I've got four men out on the
drowning of 40 or SO bathers down at
the beach. That ought to be good for
all we can get. And I've ordered a
2, 600 word special about a river excur-
sion boat capsizing with 100 on board
Don t know how many are lost yet The
police headquarters man telephones that
81 have been overcome about town, and
I've got men out for a general heat story
for what it is worth. Going to be an
other all fired hot evening, 1 guess
hope you II get through all right. Good
night 3" L ID. MARSHALL
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NORTH TOPEKA.
Items or Interest," from the North side o
aha Kstvae-

Items or Interest," from the North side OF
aha Kstvae
Mrs Alkaline Perkins of Cleveland, o.,
Il visiting her sister Mrs. A. ". Heyden,
and expects to remain here all summer.
Mrs J. T. Van Laeys and children went
20 St. Marys last night to spend two
weeks with her parents.
Mr.. aud Mrs. W. H Evans have gone
on a visis to their former home at Omar
ron.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Q. g. Mckee are the par
ents of an infant daughter.
Dir. L. ". Fulton of Carbonate was
in the city yesterday. He acted as a
Juryman In q coroners inquest Just be-
fore leaving home. He gives the follow
ing account Of the case. A man named
Elmer Gar liner aad 4 young woman
named Gladys Palmer claiming to re-
side in North Topeka, we're going to the
southern part Of the Slate IN q wagon
When near CarbOndale they were Joined
by young man named VIII smith.
wv hen o short distance beyond the town
Smith in attempting 20 pull a gun from
the wagon discharged IL. and the entire
load lodged in his right breast killing
him instantly. The verdict was acct
dental shooting.
Mrs. Marietta Nelson of Seneca, Kass
Is the guest Of Mrs. Geo. II. Schenck
Mrs Hearick, mother of J. A Hearick,
arrived last night from her home at
Frankfort
VIII Embree. one of the early inhabit-
ants Of North Topeka, Is here on q visit
from Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ". Parks will go to
Colorado tomorrow for a three weeks
visit
Miss Ida Cutbirth OF Silver Lake is
visiting Miss Ellen Little for few days.
The Christian church building Is go
Ing right on, under The superintendance
81 IT. IL. Harding. The roof is ready for
The shingles one-fouruh of which are
now on. The builders are soliciting help
from any and all friends who Can put on
shingles and promise dinner and supper
TO all who assist them.
Mrs. E A. Booth returned last night
from Pond Creek, Ok, where she has
been visiting relatives. She saws the
newspaper accounts of the troubles on
Rock Island down there fall far short of
the real facts, and that the destruction 20
property and the bitterness Of feeling
are much greater than has been told ia
the dispatches
New wheat Is coming INTO market
IL ia generally Of excellent quality.
Monarch gasoline stoves at Henry's
Go to Henry's for roofing and spouting.
"A full leather extension top surrey for
300, al Lukens Bros, North Topeka
Call at Garner s. Lanes cash grocery.
S45 North Kansas avenue. They meet
all competition
"Our New Delight and all DanRler
stoves at IL NJ. Chimes
For bargins in shingles see E P. Ewart.
Gordon and Kansas avenue.
Go TO viii Grifith's for the best tin,
galvanized iron and pump work.
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UNITED woRKMEN.

Supreme Lodge Session Near at Hand
Chips From the Workshop.
In q few weeks the annual session of the
supreme lodge will be- held III San Francis
co. The low rates offered by the railroads
will doubtless be taken advantage Of by
large number Of brethren. The object 81
making California the meeting place next
j. ne is to awaken new life in that jurisdic-
ton. where the order has not advanced in
several years. 1t is TO be hoped THAT the de
sired result will be attained.
The grand master workman of Missouri
has issued u dispersatioD to all lodges il
the Jurisdiction to amend their bylaws &c
rs to receive applications for membership
at the minimum fee of "a. 60
Wherever lodge supervision has been
tried it has resulted IN increased growth
and prosperity of the lodges
John g. Ellsworth has been appointed tc
IL the unexpired term of Grand Receiver
j. w Wood OF Michigan.
The way to reduce assessments is TO in
crease the membership.
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ALONE WITH HEB GRIEF AND HER DEAD
Eyes, . was the weary reply; s'hcre it
Is, Clear; slight, variable winds; ris-
ing temperature.
''Heaven defend usP' moaned the
night editor. s.Such weather this year
Of great news is enough to drive a man
out Of the business.
Conversations somewhat similar took
place about the same time in nearly
every morning newspaper Office between
the oceans, but everywhere the men
worked and sweltered steadily away as
if their lives depended on the exertions
Of the hour. In time in every Office the
daily miracle OF getting the paper to
press and ont upon the street was ac-
comDlished, and the tired workers went
home in the gray Of the morning to sleep
or TO toss. as the case might be, the long
bot day through
4 little later the sun rose out Of the
Atlantic's green waves. Little rocked
Old Sol of the suffering his burning
rays were that day to inf1ict upon de-
voted humanity. Before his fierce light
certain 1nists that had gathered over
night in some localities were dissipated
like q breath. and ere the day was an
hour old those who labor in the light
were sweltcriug and grulnbllng as the
men on the morning papers had swell
tered and grumbled the night before.
The suns first victim on that awful
day was little babe, a child of the
tenements- All night long its grief
stricken mother had watched and tend
ed it as it lay, scarcely conscious, in the
sitting little room under the metal roof
which she called 'shome. - All night
long her soul had gone out in despairing
prayers for showers and cooling breezes.
Too poor even to buy paper to see for
herself what the indications were, IS
she was too poor to take the child to the
country or the seashore, she asked in
formation of a neigkbor slightly better
off than herself When tie words that
had been YEARLY read in the newspaper
Office a few hour5 before We're repeated
to her, her heart sank. At O clock her
forebOclings were justified, for the frail
life left the child's body, and the poor
mother was alone under the metal roof
with her grief and her dead Some who
knew of both said the child was better
QUO OF its misery, but she could not see
it So
The next victim was a sturdy young
farmer, broad Of shoulder, clean Of Enh.
erect of carriage Eo went cut into the
fields to toll in the fierce heat with an
unwonted lassitude stealing over him,
for he had not slept well the night be-
fore, and the sultriness of the morning
had destroyed his desire for food. At 10
O'Clock he fell fainting IN the field and
was tenderly borne away by hard hand
ed comp nions. But he recovered his
health and strength, for lie was not ono
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HOW THE JURY STOOD.


A. Well Knorvn Larvrsnos Citizen Ransnes
Mrs EallO'n0n'a charge AgAinrs M@nley.
LAWRENCE, Kans, July 10, 1894
TO the Editor Of the sTArE JOURSAL:
SIR.-My attention was called 70 a
somewhat sensational article in your
paper OF July 18th, headed Topeka
Loses l." In this article Mr. IHlotson
states that Mr. III. q. Marley Influenced
the jury to change their opinion In the
second trial Of the Topeka sewer case
last February. Now Air. E.iitor, the jury
was not composed OF men who would
change their opinion upon the statement
Of any maui after hearing the testimony
The plain facts are as follows: After
considerable deIiberatIOn, at least elgnt
of the lurymen out Of the twelve want
ed to give a verdict in favor Of plalntln
varying from $500 to 100000, but IN
order TO obtain verdict al must agree.
Three mon on this jury were IN favor OF
"a very small verdict in favor o. plain
fiffs, and a conprOmi-e was made Tor
$4,000, provided certain special CUES
tions could be left unanswered
When this was agreed TO and read II
court at the request of counsel on both
sides, and especially 11r. Tillotson's the
jury was sent back to go over the case
again the next morning. Upon the re-
quest of myself and Otherar we were
called into court and Instructed by the
Judge that if By answering those special
verdict, Ii was our duty TO do so AZ
least eight Of us. whose names take
the liberty Of inserting, Mr.. Monk, Mr..
Walters, Mr.. Harris, Mr.. FentOn, Mr..
Woodward, Mr.. Sullivan. Mr. Walker
and myself, would have never agreed to
a verdict for less than $4,000, in fact we
tried very hard to make the other three
see the matter in the same light; but this
being impossible We were dismissed
without agreeing upon q verdict
viii state without fear of contradic-
tion, that had the jury been composed Of
the same men except Mr.. Manley, and if
IN his stead a man had been on the jury
with the same views as the small minor
ity, verdict would have never been
reached unless the minority had agreed
with the majority to q verdict OF over
$4,000.
viii say for myself and the whole
jury. that Mr.. TillofsOn's assertions are
considered by rs rs very unjust and en-
firely uncalled for. Alr- Eanley's action
during our long aud tedious session was
always very gentlemaniy, and IN no way
did he try 70 influence She jury in any
undue way. Yours truly.
THOs. POEHLER.
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THE GREEN COIN DANCE.
IL Il In Progress nc the Pottaw atomic
Reservation North or Town-

It Il In Progress nc the PoetnW ato ME
R observation North or Town-
The Pottavvatomie Indians are at pres
ent having their annual '.gree1 corn
dance Oh their reservation, about twenty
niles north of town. A great many
white people from the surrounding towns
are presen5 daily, and u Is probable that
several topeka people wno nave never
enjoyed the sensation or seeing an In
dian ID his native hauuts participating
in the sports that have broken the mono
tony of camp life and the war trail for
his ancestral line for centuries past per-
haps, Will 60 out on Sunday 60 enjoy IL
now
The green corn dance is celebration
TO the Indian deity OF the arrival of the
green corn. AZ the name suggests. The
dance lasts day and night, for sometimes
Is long as eight days. though OF late
years the limit has been shortened as
civilization approached. II will probably
soon die out altogether.
Of course the braves-they alone do
the daucing-dO not dance all this time
without rest- The dance simply keeps
up that long, different braves dancing
while others rest The exercises are
conducted IN ring not unlike the circus
ring. The participants are dressed
in AL the grOtesqle costumes Of the
race. with feathers, beads and furs
The braves are seated around the
edge of the ring with faces to the center.
The music, which consists Of several In
dians beating on one skin drum, Ia the
middle of the ring, you could not dis
tinguish, but there must be some tune
about the noise, Tor the players always
strike together without break. Inc
dance which consists Of contorti0ns Of
the body that only an Indian is capable
or, and hideous limitations Of the cries OF
wild animals - lasts continuously for
about half an hour. and then the music
stops, while one Of the braves ia the ring
makes a speech, always IN the Indian
tongue
The squaws' part Of the programme
lies in taking care Of the ,Oles and
cooking a green cOlored liquid from the
corn, which Is brought into the ring in
tin buckets steamIng hot, and from
which the dancers take refreshmsnt
The dance is Interesting to the specta-
tor and often the ring is surrounded with
thousands Of white people who have
been attracted miles to see it