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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-29
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First published on the 18th day of October.
1ss4, 1n the official city papeT-l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-29
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
THE LOOKING GLASS As a SER
MON SUBJECT

r We Gould only See . Reelection Of
Our Hearts the World Would Indeed be
Eetter-Ths Truths Of Jesus Christ
Are Forever Interesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05
FASHIONS FANclEs.

Black ar1 white effects are still fa-
vored but the height Of the fad is past.
Wired mink tails are used more and
more for aigrettes and vandyked trim
mings, and other narrow furs are used
Ribbed. striped and plaided woolens
are in great variety tins year, and the
color schemes bring out all the new
shades Of magenta, petunla. wallhower
browns and yellows, pinl1ish fawn col
or. etc.
Fashionable furriers now show many
very dressy and handsome garments
trimmed with er1nine. Dark laurel
green. magenta and black velvet carriage
cIoaks trimmed with ermine are among
the choice novelties.
Refer jackets grow in favor. These
have loose double breasted fronts. full
sleeves. and are about one yard on per-
haps a little less ia length. The storm
collar is added and in most cases they
are wholly unadorned.
Mohair or silk galloona, plain or with
small indentatiOns in jet. with added
trimmings Of fancy buttons. VIII be pop
ular and increasingly fashionable decora-
tons on tailor costumes from this time
on until the spring season.
To be worn en- suite with the shaggy
tweed and camel's hair costume Of the
season are hats Of very rough felt-sang-
lier felts they are naIned-brown and
spilxy. upon which quilts and stiff feath-
ers are secured with knots Of brilliant
scarlet or equally brilliant marigold yell
low veIvet.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

A specialist in skin diseases is author
ity for the following statements. PIN
pies. erupticns and similar skin diseases
of the face that are not hereditary may
be cured ia d very short time BY Z diet Of
laxative foods. varied according to the
season. ] advise ornamenting tile table
at each meal with whatever fruit is sea-
sonable ana allowing the individual to
be helped whenever and as often as he or
she may please. This serving the fruit
course at the end Of The meal. when the
appetite is appeased to repletion, is q
great mistake.
IF I feel Ike eating an orange or q
handful of dates, i do So, whether the
soup has been served or not When the
dessert comes on. the chances are even
that l won't want any. That's my gain,
not loss, for if I hadn't eaten the fruit
I should have taken d dish of ice cream,
which little more than cOols the mouth.
and L would have had no room for the
wholesome orange OF apple Chicken
salads and patties, cheese, pastry and a
number Of other popular and indigesti-
BILE dishes should have their turn at the
end Of the meal. Che nearer tile begin
ming such things IS fresh, ripe berries,
juicy tropical fruits, asparagus, cauh-
flower, onions. beets, mutton. rare, juicy
beef. spinach, lettuce, squash and stewed
seed fruits. such az figs, plums prunes
and cranberries, are served the better.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

s.Better let us build house for you odt
on your property at Installment heights y
said Buttress, the architect, to his friend
VIII Norris.
81 don't want to build. I only bought
the lots for q quick turn, replied the latter.
..You might do worse. It's pretty
place"
..I know it. but 1 shouldn't care to live
there"
You might doworse. You'd better build
anyway. You'n be more apt to get good
price for the rest of the lots if you improve
some of them.
Think sep
'sYes. and youth save your rent. Let us
put up one Of our attractive little suburban
cottages for you and before yen We been ia
it six months some one Will come along
and take the T-sace off your hands at a hand
some profit. But you won't want TO sell
OUT
II viii if I get the chance"
.Ch. no, y0R won tx protested Buttress
warmly You won't want to sell one Of
our housesl no one ever does. You'll grow
attached to it and marry and settle down
there. And you'n have no trouble ia get
ting the girl either on We no idea what
we can do ia She building line i tell you
what. old man. we guarantee wife with
every house we put upn
All, I have no doubt said young Nor
ris sagely. But do you guarantee cooke
Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

a certain New York clubman became
desperately enamored of "a charming
country widow. She was not unmind-
full Of his passion and invited him down
To dine at her place. He was something
Of a gourmet, and as she was richly en-
dowed with She accumulation of her
first husbands trade ia some patent
medicines, the suitor anticipated a deli
cious little dinner which should make
him appear at his very best when it
came to putting the momentous ques-
ton. But when they were at the table,
and she served him only cold ham Jelly,
tea and lemonade, his heart fell He had
ever made love after a dinner like that,
and he could not rekindle the flame 1t
was no 60 and he gave 1T up. AS he was
making his adieu the widow asked with
seeming simplicity, Il Ny dear Mr. W.,
how does one get into New York socie-
ty2" His opportunity had come. 1T was
a mean advantage. but he took it as ne
replied, by not serving lemonade at
dinnerl" And he hurried to the station.
New Y 0rk Recorder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Ia disc0ursing of locks and safes be-
fore the students Of nottingham z nIVer-
sity college Mr. G I'LL Chub7 had much
to say upon an interesting subject. 1t is
curious that in the wooden Egyptian
locks Of remote antiquity many germs
are found of the essential features of
good modern locks. lii China. where few
things change, q well defined Roman
style 0f paddock IS to this day in almost
universal use. but whether the Chinese
copied the Romans or the nolon by
some means found its way from China TO
Rome. is a question 1T would puzzle a
Beckrnann to determine. The simple de-
vice Of having the hollow stem or pipe Of
d KEY Open at each end, So that dirt or
other distinctions could be pushed
through IS as old as the Roman empire.
Nevertheless hardly a year passes with
out some enthusiastic inv entor rediscOv-
ering it and offering to part with his idea
for a large money consideration.
Generally speaking, il is at the com
mencement Of the medieval period that
WV begin to find keys like our own. The
old puzzle paddock in its improved form
was. 1T appears. the work of a French
man named Regnier at the end Of the
last century The famous ChubD lock,
invented and patented Id 1918 by the
lecturer grandfather and great-uncle,
owed its notoriaty chiefly to its contain
ing q mechanism called q 'sdetect0r, by
means Of which the owner could tell if
any one had attempted to open it with a
false KEY. Its details are SO numerous
and varied that it is said to Be easier and
cheaper to make two Of them to differ
than to make two aike.-London News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

A dinner giver has mustered courage
to write to the newspapers to complain
Of the people who are always late for
that hOspitable meal Whatever time
we FIX it, and though we give them
quarter Of an hours law-putting 7.45
for s, for example, on our invitations
they do not make their appearance till
long afterward The dinner is spoiled,
our other guests are naturally annoyed,
and yet there seems no remedy"
The remedy, as James Payn points
out, Is Of the simplest and yet most eff
cacious kind. Never wait. If the fall
ure IN the arrival Of these belated guests
is dine To accident. they wiz of course be
pleased that you did not put back the
dinner for an indefinite period. So far
from being rude. you are giving them
credit for the politest feelings If they
intended to be lata-which is Che only
way some people have Of impressing
Others with q sense Of their Importance
they VIII, on the other hand, be- very
possibly offended at having been de-
prived Of the opportunity Of putting
their fellow creatures to Inconvenience,
and the result is still more satisfactory
for they will never come again. San
Francisco Arg0naut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

A certain popular but eX6ravagant mus1-
clan was famous not only for his fine voice,
but for Lis almost irresistible manner. At
one time when he was deeply in debt q car
penher to whom he owed a large amount
called at his house and DANGEROUSLY de-
manded his pay
The musician, who was indisp0sed at the
time, heard the angry voice in the entry be-
low, and going to the head of the stairs
asked what was the matter down here.
Matter enough, cried the carpenter Il
want my money, and can't get it,
Don't get in a passion said the musi-
clan soothingly. DO me the favor to walk
up stairs, if YOU please and we VIII talk
the business over"
NO, SIR, replied the poor carpenter, not
a step viii I stir up those sIairsi You owe
me 500 already, and if came up goodness
knows you'd most likely owe me $500 be-
fore i got down aini'-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Toward the end of the fourteenth cen
fury arose the practice of carrying a
waxen effigy Of the deceased either on
on before the coffin Ia the funeral pro-
cession. The earliest instance Of this
practice Is in the case Of King Henry ",
whose efdgy formed The first Of those Fl "
ures which are still preserved ia West
minister abbey. This custom was only
observed in the case Of royalty and per
sons Of high position The expense of a
waxen representation Of the deceased
would prevent poor people from follow
ing 1t. The waxen ef1gy Of Oliver Crom-
well lay in state while the body itself
was being eInbalmed, SO that most prob
ably the actual corpse was never eXposed
40 public view. The practice appears to
have been discontinued shortly after the
Restoration. nv estIainster Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

The late 1Irs. Elise Frank was a re-
markable woman She left an estate
estimated at 81. 900. 600. and this vast
fortune was amassed for the most part
by her own shrewdnesB and sound judg
ment. For the greater part Of the last
80 years Mrs Elise Frank has been a
power ia Chicago fnanciering She
appeared To know instinctively what a
good Investment was. and she made
money and grew rich because her IN
teIhgenee saw an the profits tn be de-
rived from contribution Chicago
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05
CatehInr 1Eonkexs.

They have a jovial way Of catching mon
keys IN South America. "a party eff people
viii 60 into the forest and spread a table
with tempting viands and bottles Of strong
waters. Then they sit about. eat, drink
and be merry. Then they retire to a secure
distance, aud the monkeys, believing THAT
they are alone. come down from the trees
and sit themselves at table Having gorged,
they drink and drink again Then there
being no more drink, they get up, and,
catching hands, all glorious, they dance
about the table hand in hand as they have
seen the quality do Thus half drunk,
with their hanGs engaged. they are easily
surrounded and laptured.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

"A travelling salesman for Detroit drug
house was standing on the steps of a little
notion store kept by a colored woman ia q
town in Arkansas when she came out and
queried.
Was yo' a stranger around here, sahse
81 represent this house replied the drum
mer as he handed out a card
II see Does 20 own dc bizness yo'selff"
.sOh. no.
s.yvas yo' de senior pawdner70
s'No7
'-De juniors"
ssNo''
..Nvas yo' bacl<in de concern wid 30 capt
tals''
No
..Jist sent out to take orders2"
THAT'S all Perhaps I can take an order
from yous''
wall sab. if dat house has dun sent yo'
clean down yere to git an order from me
amt gwine ter be mean about It, Put me
down fur two bits wort Of peppermint es-
sence and drap in yere at de eand of 90 days
fur 30 money! detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05
Miss a1oreland's Pictures.

The pictures of women created by
Miss Alice 1Ioreland have such deli
cacy, femininity ana grace that they sug-
gest flowers. This dainty artist Of water
colors. odd AS it is. has no especial
penchant for painting posies, yet her
women, lin their soft gowns, represent
ing the gossamer textures Of chiffon.
null, rich silks and downy velvet
easily remind the observer OF q group Of
variegated blossoms. New York Ad-
vertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Mrs. Louise Chandler 1Ioulton. the
poet, is decidedly English looking,
with fine lnplexion and stately bear
ing. She has now returned to Boston,
after her usual annual vlsitin England,
and receives her friends IN delightful
fashion once a week. Mrs. Monlton s
poetry is even better known in Eng
land than ia this country BY the best
foreign critics She IS regarded as the
representative American woman poet
Boston Letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05
An obasrvant E.snpresa.

Empress Elizabeth Of Austria recent
ly was out riding and noticed a pile Of
stones placed across the track over
which the I8uda-Peath express was to
pass Tia few minutes Springing from
her horse. she ordered the groom at
tending her to remove the obstruction,
she herself assisting him. The work
was hardly completed when the train,
crowded with passengers, passed over
the spot. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

The questios of the social and legal
inequality in the standing of men and
women has been much debated recent
ly 5n Paris. Several women petitioned
the senators, not long ago, to repeal the
laws which are unjust to women. But
the fathers told them the complaint was
fanciful and said fer them 70 write to
the papers cr call meeting or do some
thing of that sort.-Paris Letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Mrs. George Henry Williams Of Port
land. Or. whose husband sat IN the
senate and was attorney general IN
President Grants time is said to be at
present the high priestesa of q small sect
Of fanatical religionists, to have with
drawn entirely from the world. p to
live for 40 days at i time On crackers
and claret exclusively, and to be
prophesying the enc Of the world
Portland Letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt wears some
gorgeous gowns ut the Renaissance the
ater There IS a widow IS second mourn
ing gown of pansy satin, elD broidered
with Jet apangles and bOrdered with
velvet pansies ina relief. The under
dress IS composed Of IS ack tulla, starred
with JET, and set veil Of black spangled
tulIe falls from the Jet coronet. Another
marvellous robe is Of tournesol satin,
embroidered with gold and outlined
with yellow rose petals. which opens
over a tablier of yellow tulle worked ia
gold. The sleeves are yellow satin,
covered with gold guipure set with
turquoise, and puff of black satin at
the elbow falls over the cuh--Petlt
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Much Of the success Of Mrs. French
Sheldon as a platform speaker. So say
her admiring audiences. lies in the
charm of her ready and winning smile
AN observation which many woman
whose field Of conquest IS limited to the
drawing room might prohfably lay to
heart.@New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

The Belgian commissioner at the
World fair asked Mrs. Sarah b Coop
er to send the work Of tee Golden Gate
kindergarten association. which was on
exhi oition at Chicago, directly to Ant
verp for the world fair to be held in
that city IL 1894.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Bohemian Your society allows me-oniy
s. a week while / am out of employment.
and i can { live on that
Agent-Indeed? Wen, 80 and get mar
RED, and then we can allow you s.. 50i-
Halo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Miss Zoe Brown Of Hancock. Miss
n Rutherford Of Sumter and Miss An
nie Dennis Of Talbot. CA. We're award
ed the principal prizes on agricultural
exhibits at the late Georgia state fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

The Working Women s Protective
union Of New York has during the past
year aided 40 women by giving them
advice or employment and has adjust
ed At difficulties with employers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Some Of the smart women abroad
wear their silk and satin inutfs hung GA
a silver chain. others utilize the long
gold and pearl chains IN vogue a season
OF two ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

There is an interesting family group
living in South Thomaston. Me, CON
sisting of three old ladies', the eldest,
hrs Lucretia Estes, being So years
cid Her two cOmllanluns. Mrs Julia
Ash and Mrs. Miriam HUH, are both
over 70. The trio earn d comfortable
living by tilling a small farm. Lew
iston Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Helen Hyler-Do you know it is reported
we are engaged?
Jack Lever-Has any one congratulated
You yet2
asked me If I were really going to marry
rrll -I1Ilclz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Furman university. the great Bap-
fist institution at Greenville. S. c.. has
opened ats doors to women who wish to
pursue special studies or to stand for
degrees. Progressive views regarding
the education of women are gaining
wonderfully in southern colleges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Queen Victoria had ? bridesmaids
and only three survive-the dowager
Duchess Of Bedford, the Duchess of
Cleveland. and Lady Jane Elice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Money is close and
NOW : : ...... J. 81. 5. E.
STATE J0CHSaL for what
is THE d alss ""5 t5u a'' and 6ar
They expect that HFs
merchants WIFI let them
TIME a. 4. =: q. :.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Lady Ileene Hastings, who was re-
Gently married. enjoys the unusual dis
tinction Of having hunted a pack Of
hounds for q season. She gave up her
role Of mistress of the hounds 1t her
marriage though the Comtesse de Paris
had set her n different example
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

A piece off channels skin cut to fit the
inside Of the shoe VIII not only prove
very. comfortable ia cold weather and
to tender feet, but 1T viii save wear upon
the stockings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-05

Rose Cleveland. the presidents sis
tor, has returned from two years travel
abroad. II is understood that she has
been gathering material for literary
work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-05
An Object Lesson in Patriotism.

1t was more than a coincidence
which brought General Harrison, Levi
P. Morton, Archbishop John Ireland, OF
st. Paul, and Bishop McGouldrick, of St
Louis, together on one Gotham plat
form the other evening at meeting
largely gotten up for the benefit of q
municipal ticket which numbers among
its candidates one Yankee, one Irish
American, one Hebrew-American and
one German-American; and which
from a religious standpoint, embraces
a Protestant, two Catholics and Jew
The Republican party is not ashamed
of its liberality and its width of mental
horizon. 1t makes no apology for offer
ing to honest men of all races, classes
and creeds equal welcome and equal
opportunities. 1t is proud Of the
breadth and scope of Its constituency
when these various elements are united
in a sincere desire for better govern
ment. The moral influence of the clergy
when exercised against prescription
against bigotry, against the narrow
prejudice of race and creed, is most
creditable and most appropriate.
There are those who would narrow
the membership of any political party
to birds of their own particular feather
but the Republican party, as whole
is superior to such narrowness and
more enduringly founded in the broad
principles Of human freedom and equal
rights before the law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-05
DEMOCRATIC REFORM.
It has thottled enterprise.

1t has thottled enterprise.
1t has cheapened nothing but labor.
1t has helped nobody but the usurer.
1t has lowered the standard Of living.
1t has promoted nothing but pauperlsm
II has kept the sheriff and auctioneer
| busy
1t has given the industrial system
paresis.
1t has been worse than drought to the
| farmer.
1t has picked the pockets of the Ameri-
| can people.
1t satisfies the doctrlnaire and sacrifices
| the laborer
1t has caused financial losses exceeding
those of 1S6l-5.
| 1t has been disastrous to both producer
and consumer.
1t was conceived in folly and brought
| forth in scandal
It has driven money into hiding and la
Dor into the streets.
1t has two weeds to grow where blade
of grass grew before.
INIt has Increased the business of no fac
tory in the United States,
1t has been a boon to the farmers and
manufacturers of Canada.
IL IL tflc dtTOClly VI TcChltSS
and unpatriotic legislation.
1t has cost the worllngmen Of Ohio
| Sc, 600, 600 in wages In one year.
1t fills our foreign cousins with delight
and our own people with dismay.
1t has started factory fires In Europe
and extinguished furnaces In this coun-
| try
1t dimlnishes the national revenue from
customs duties and increases direct tax
| alton.
| II has blighted the home market and
practically destroyed our Spanish-Amerl-
can trade
It has added s5O,OOOOOO to the national
debt and many times that amount to pri-
vate debts.
1t has given wages to foreign workmen
and forced American workmen to use up
their savings. 4
1t has opened our market to the 'pro-
ducts OF foreign labor and shut our own
workmen out of mills and shops.
The havoc It has everywhere wrought
has destroyed all confidence In the COM
petence of the Democratic party for ad-
mnistering the affairs OF the nation.
It provoked a tremendous protest from
the people last year at the polls. and this
will be repeated with increased emphasis
In the congressional elections OF Nov. g.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-05
WHY HORSES ARE CHEAP.

Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
congressional campaign committee, tells
the following story in explanation of why
this Is Republican year: 1.-TWO farmers
IN my district were discussing the depre-
ciation In the value of horses. They
poth raise stock to some extent and are
very much interested in horses. One of
them claimed that the low price was due
TO the fact that the use of electricity in
street railways had reduced the demand
Tor horse flesh. The other did not agree
with this theory, but said that in his
opinion the demand for horses had fallen
of on account of the increased use of BIZ
cycles A young man nowadays found
1t cheaper to purchase a bicycle than TO
put his money In horse, as the machine
needed little attention and no feed. An
old German had been sitting quietly lis
tening to the farmers arguments The
neighbors turned to him and after stat
ing that they could not agree asked him
for his opinion as to whether electricity
or bicycles was to blame. "I don't
know noding about lectriclty und bicy-
cles, but ! can tell you dot de reason
horses Is cheap is because dere are too
many jackasses, in Washington was the
Germans reply"
This" continued Mr.. Babcock, 'is the
solution of the difficulty generally ac-
cepted by the people of Wisconsin"