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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

Revenue Cutter Window Attached
DUBUQUE, Ia, Sept. 18.-The United
States marshal has attached the revenue
cutter William Window, now building
here, to secure. the claims of local cred
itors amounting to $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18
THE STAR GROCERY
POPULAR Low PRICE GROCERY.
N~NN~~e~MMA~A

Your moneys worth always-and great deal more
store viii convince anyone that we sell at prices that
average lower than any other house in the city
Nothing Sold but what is Guaranteed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18
black Diamonds at Co.f.

Choice lump coal $225 and $3.50
Other grades very cheap.
Kansas & Texas Coal Co.,
A. F. HoRNER, Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-18

$50 calls uD the Peerless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
TO CLEAN CURTAINS.
How They May Be Done Up Successfully
at Home.

How They May Be Done Up Successfully
at Home.
Lace curtains will not bear rubbing.
All the work must be done carefully
and gently. For two pairs of curtains
half fill large tub with warm water
and add to it half a pound of soap.
which has been shaved fine and dis
solved in two quarts of boiling water;
add also about gill of household am.
monia. Let the curtains soak in this
over night. In the morning sop them
well in the water and squeeze it all out,
but do not wiring the curtains. Put
them into another tub of water pre-
pared with soap and ammonia, as on
the night before; sop them gently in
this water, and then, after squeezing
out the water, put them in a tub of
clean, warm water. Continue to rinse
them in fresh tubs of water until there
is no trace Of soap; next rinse them in
water containing bluing. After press
ing out all the water possible spread
the curtains over sheets on the grass,
or If you have no grass put them on the
clothes line. When they are dry dip
them in hot, thick starch and fasten
them in the frame that comes for this
purpose. If you have no frame fasten
a sheet on mattress and spread the
curtains on this, pinning them in such
a manner that they shall be perfectly
smooth and have all the pattern of the
border brought out. Place in the sun
to dry. If it be desired to have the
curtains light ecru shade, rinse them
in weak coffee, and if you want dark
shade use strong coffee.
If the curtains be dried on a mattress
they must be folded smoothly, the size
of the mattress. Lace curtains can be
spread two or three thicknesses in the
frame.-N. Y. Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
who win Go Ahead?

In the history of the struggles of the
civil war Wendell Phillips said Of Anna
Dickinson, "She is the young elephant
sent forward to try the bridges to see if
they are safe for older ones to cross. :"
Who is to be ne young elephant of our
great popular uprising, when women,
as at present no matter how liberal.
are backward in becoming active sol
diers? If women wish to win this cause,
they must sacrifice all selfish vanity and
fattery of ignorant though influential
friends, put their shoulders to the wheel
and battle for the right. It is always
we'll to dress we'll and to please and
make happy your friends, but remem-
Der ever that when you are lettering by
the wayside in fitting frivolities the
short clouds Of life are gathering and
the cause for which you lend your name
stands waiting by an open grave for "a
helping hand. There is no time like the
present. Talk suffrage for women; sing
suffrage for women; write suffrage for
women; pray for suffrage for women!-
Margharita Arlina Hamm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
The Club Question.

There will be many women to in
dorse Mrs. TIelmuth's remarks il the
matter of inordinate club joining for wo-
men. In her recent visit to Boston it
was mentioned to her that Mrs. Mary
A. Livermore was enrolled in 81 clubs,
and that Mrs. Micah Dyer, Jr., belong
ed to g. This Mrs Helmuth considered
'intemperance, saying that it was
about as reasonable to adopt % religions
as to belong to 20 clubs. Mrs. Dyer,
submitting to the inevitable interview,
defends the position. 81 should have an
swered Mrs. Helmuth, if had been able
to attend the reception, - she says, land
should have told her that if she only
knows Sorosis she is in danger of grow
ing selfish and narrow. There is no
limit to the number Of clubs woman
may join with profit. so long as she re-
serves time enough to look out for her
home duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
A Minister'S Query.


Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., writes
from Washington to Zion's Herald that
the woman question" entered largely
into the discussions that the preachers
meeting III that city has been having on
the constitutions of the M. E. church.
He asks: Since there is no sex in saint
hood, III intellect. or in Christian work,
why should woman's absence from the
governing body of the church be SO
marked when her presence everywhere
else is so essential? When in our prayer
meetings we need to use Sydney Smith 3
stress of emphasis, 60 that men would
praise the Lord, F" and when
In the worlds great field of action,
In the bivouac of life,
You will find the Christian soldier
Represented by his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
A Hotel For Women.

The Young Wonen's Christian asso-
citation Of Chicago is about to erect a
fine new building seven stories high,
fitted up with all modern conveniences
and accommodating 800 guests. Board
will vary from 50. so to So per week.
There will also be accommodations for
women travelling alone who want all the
comforts of a good hotel without the at
tendant publicity. These will pay hotel
rates. This association began it's work
16 years ago in frame dwelling on
Michigan avenue, with accommodations
for 80 girls.-Chicago Letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Do Not Fuss so Much.

More than half of a housekeeping
woman's time is spent in worrying, and
a good share of the other half in pre-
pairing food, as though the stomach
were the immortal part of US. Take
one-quarter of the time a woman de-
votes to making pies, preparing pud-
dings, putting up preserves, baking
cakes, and frying, etc, and let her de-
vote it to rest and recreation, and she
would not look like a shred of parch
ment paper at forty. 1t is the nones-
sentials that kill US. We must learn to
simplify before we can escape the doom
of premature age Nature never in
tended US to live as we do. If she meant
US to eat puff pastry she would have
grown it on some of her trees. She has
provided simple food. in the shape of
cereals, fruits and vegetables. and if we
conformed ourselves more closely to her
established order of diet we should be a
happier and harder race.-Housewife
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Mrs. Alberta r. Taylor.

Mrs Alberta R. Taylor. the daughter
of a former governor of Alabama and a
native of Huntsville. recently address
ed the Woman Suffrage club Of New
Decatur, Ala Mrs. Taylor was enter
tanned at lunch by Mrs. c. J. Hildreth,
where the club assembled. She has
been a resident of Denver for some
years and took part in the suffrage cam
paign. She emphasized the point that
for years the women's organizations
had been working to secure wise changes
in existing laws, and in that way SO en-
tirely convinced the better class of men
of all parties of their fitness for citi
zenship that full suffrage was the nat
ural, logical outcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

manga while leading his famous 'tOr-
phan Brigade, - SO called because of the
number of officers it lost in battle.
Senator Joe Blackburn was fighting
not far away when Helm was killed,
and he feels a certain sense of obliga-
ton to protect his old comrades wife.
The appointment has been hung up in
the senate with the aid of ex-Confeder-
ate senators and a number of Republic
ans who remember that Mrs. Helm was
a sister of Lincoln's wife, and Senator
Blackburn vows that it shall never be
confirmed. Montgomery is Democrat,
and as a Republican has been elected to
succeed him the Kentucky senators will,
by long established custom, have the
nomination of the Elizabethtown post
master at the next session. If Joplin's
nomination is not confirmed at this ses-
sion, the Kentucky senators, it is said,
will urge Mrs. Helms claims. Mean
while she will continue in Office until
the appointment of her successor is con-
frmed by the senate.
When the war began, President Lin
coin did all he could to induce Helm to
side with the Union, but in vain. When
Helm fell at Chickamauga, Lincoln
sent a pass to Mrs. Helm, who passed
through the lines and was for several
weeks guest at the White House.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
PLATE AND BOWL TRAP.

costs nothing except minutes time in
making and settingit. Another simple
affair, quickly made and set on an in
slant, is plate and bowl trap. Take
a common dinner-plate; cut little
strip of hickory or other hard, pliable
wood. say half an inch wide. an eighth
of an inch thick and six inches long
Bend it together double, put piece of
cheese between the ends, and tie it
thus with wire or string Then lay it
in the plate and place an inverted bowl
over it, so that the edge will rest on the
rounded part of the stick. Mice like to
go on plates When the cheese is
touched and moved, the bowl slips off
and down fat upon the plate, shutting
the mouse up tightly underneath. Take
the trap out, hold it over a barrel or
tub of water, and let the mouse come
out. 1t jumps into the water, and can
easily be dispatched. Then reset the
trap.-Farm and Fireside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

she wears silk robe that falls from her
shoulders to her tiny feet. The robe is
covered with designs of gaudy birds and
flowers.
The legation is in a brownstone
building on an eminence overlooking
Washington and commanding beauti-
full view of the Potomac. Nine Yang
is rarely visible except when the Chi
nese minister entertains or attends some
ball or dinner, and she is even deprived
of the great joy of going shopping and
buying things that have just been mark
ed down. All her shopping is done by
servants, who select samples, from
which she gives her orders. The ladies
of the upper class of Chinese, to which
she belongs, never enter a store or shop
of any kind.
Nine. Yang processes to be very fond
of America, but she says the average
American seems to know very little
about China. She is charmed, she says,
with Washington society, and she and
her husband are very gay members of
the diplomatic circle They attend nu-
merous balls, dinners and teas and seem
to be amused by their futile efforts to
make themselves understood when an
interpreter is not at hand. Very recent
~ the Chinese minister gave ball that
was considered one of the great events
of the Washington season. About the
only fly in the social ointment in Wash
ington, so far as they are concerned, is
the fact they now and then get uncom-
fortably near the Japanese minister. A
meeting is usually avoided, however,
owing to the Chinese minister's prac-
tice of going early and leaving early,
while the japanese minister goes late
and remains until the affair is over.
Nine. Yang does not think that Chris
tianity is obtaining any hold in China
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Lifting the Dress.

A recent writer from Paris says,
among many other things, that Amer
leans are spotted by thoir very conser-
vative or overmodest manner in which
they lift their dresses at the back to es-
cape the dirt. If it is fair, we'll dress
ed Frenchwoman allows her gown to
sweep along the streets, which are de-
lightfulIy clean, but if rainy she lifts it
on one side nearly to the knees, showing
silk petticoat that perfectly harmonizes
with her costume, fine, silzen hose and
well fitting shoes, and I fully agree
with the critics that there is nothing
conservative about this. - The writer
goes on to say: 81 notice in tho shops
some changeablo effects in narrow strip
ed hose, but have seen only black when
viewing the uplifted skirts The tan and
russell shoes and hose are not as much
in evidence as they were in London.
The use of half hose for boys and girls
up to years for the latter and 10 for
the former is universal. knit Goods
Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
A Hint of Co1ors.

French color cards are just appearing
for the spring and inform us that the
pale shades of bluet will continue in IA
vor. The cherry or magenta reds will
be retained. though, in preference, the
palest shade known as refine, more of a
strong reddish pink, will prevail, writes
Emma NJ. Hooper in Ladies' Home
Journal Black in trimmings and dress
goods, as we'll as millinery, promises to
be worn as much in the spring as it has
been during the winter. Turquoise blue
is one of the spring colors; also golden
yellow, pale stem green, all medium
and light browns and of course the
never failing navy blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
LINcOLN'S SISTER-IN-LAW.
Mrs. Emily Todd Helms Hard Fight For
Kentucky POstof1ce.

Kentucky POstoface.
Kentucky has two women postmas-
tiers, both of whom are related to Presi-
dent Lincoln by marriage. They are
Mrs. Emily Todd Helm, postmaster of
Elizabethtown, and Miss Mary Todd,
postmaster of Cynthiana. Mrs Helm is
a younger sister of Mrs. Lincoln. and
Miss Todd is namesake and niece Of
the war presidents wife.
Mrs. Helm is attracting considerable
attention just now because she is one of
the most interested parties in contest
for the possession of the Elizabethtown
postoffice. She has been postmaster for
three presidential terms, but not long
ago Congressman Montgomery procured
the appointment of Frank W. Joplin as
her successor. The act aroused the
friends of Mrs. Helm, and they are do
ing all they can to prevent the confrma-
ton of the nomination. The ex-Confed-
crates in the senate are supporting her
because many of them knew and admir-
ed her husband, gallant General Benja-
min Hardin Helm, who fell at Chicka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Vegetable Roast.

Three cups of -four, one cup of oil.
Fry in frying pan till a nice brown.
then add two cups of water and one
cup of chopped vegeta bles. Mix well
together and roll up in a lump Make
a dressing as you would for a flesh
roast. Spread out the meat and in
close the dressing. Put in the oven
and bake to nice brown, basting with
a gravy made of oil and Drowned -four
and water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
SHE CANNOT GO SHOPPING.

But the Chinese Minister'S Wife Seems tc,
Enjoy Washington's Gay Life.
One of the most interesting members
of diplomatic society in Washington is
Nine. Yang, wife of the Chinese min.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
SIMPLE MOUSE TRAPS.

Two Kinds That Can Be Made and Set in
q Minute.
To keep the dwelling house, kitchen,
pantry, cellar, etc, free from mice is
not an especially difficult task. Mice
are easily enticed to enter traps, and
traps are cheap, or may be made with
out expense. A simple figure-four trap,
baited with cheese or a pumpkin-seed,
is as good trap as is yet devised, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

lister to the Unit
ed States. She is
described as a
vision of orien-
tai loveliness, -
with her black
hair piled high
upon her head
and her face so
we'll rouged that
each cheek is an
island of red in
an ocean of yell
low. Surmount-
ing her hair is a
gilded fan which
extends some dis
lance above her
head. When she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

Recent discoveries have demonstrated that
all the organs OF the body are under the con-
troll of the nerve centers, located in or near
the base of the brain, and that when these are
deranged the organs which they supply with
nerve fluid are also deranged. When 1t Is re-
membered that a serious injury TO the spinal
cord will cause paralysis of the body below
the injured point, because the nerve force y
prevented by the injury from reachinS, INC
Daralvzed portion it will be understood how
the derangement of the nerve centera VIZ
cause the arrangement OF the various orsa~nS
which they supply with nerve 1orce. 40 -
TwO-thirds of chronic diseases arc - - -
the imperfect action of the nerve cehteIs a.
the base of the brain, not from q ueranSe-
ment primarily originating in the orgah ~
self The great mistake OF physlcIans IA
treating these diseases is that tney breaI .hS
organ rather than the IeI'e ceh00AS "A
are the cause Of the troupe. 100000 go
M FRANELIN MILES, the celebrated spe-
ciaIist has profoundly studied this subject Tor
over 20 wears, and has l4iade many 1nportan6
discoveries in connection with It, chief among
them being the facts contained In the a5oVe
statement, and that the ordinary methoq OF
treatment are wrong. All headache, dlzzt-
ness dullness, confusion, pressure, blues,
mania, melancholy. insanity, epilepsy, St.
Vitus dance, etc. are nervous diseases no
matter how caused. The wonderful success OF
Dr. Niles Restorative Nervine is due TO the
fact that it is based on the foregoing prlnclple.
Dr. MILES RESTORATIVE NERVINE IS sou DY
all druggists on a positive guarantee, OF sent
direct by DR.. MILES MEDICAL Co., Elkhart.
bottles for S.. express prepaid. u conthA4Ah
aeither-sD-,ia - nor DANGEROUS drugs.
Fer sale by all Druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
A PAIR OF VETERANS.
a pair Of worn-out veterans

a pair of WORKOUT veterans
Each night I put to rest.
Two dauntless bold adventures
Worn out by tireless quest.
They scurried through the dewy grass
To find "a flower dat growed.
Then battered in the deepest dust
That lined the country road
They went to hunt the baby-calf''
And caught splash of mire.
Sailed in the brook, and then were dried
Before the kitchen fire,
And many scratch from many thorn,
These playfellows had won
Before their time of rest drew near
At setting OF the sun
Yet fair they are to mothers sight,
This bruised and battered pair
And: Guide these wanderers Alright"
Is mother whispered prayer
Francis T. Rhoads, in Good Housekeeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Cannot Counterfeit Opa1s.

The opal is the only gem which can
not be counterfeited. Its delicate tints
cannot be reproduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

Mr. c. c. Baker will deliver his lecture
on his travels in the Orient, at Unity
church, Wednesday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

ally k II o W u
that the seat
of life is loca-
ted in the up
per part OF the
spinal C or d.
near the base
of the brain,
and SO senst-
tive is t n i 8
portion of the
nervous SyS-
tenn that even
the prick of a
needle " IL
cause instant
death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Behind the Times.

New Jersey is behind the times in re-
fusing to admit women to the bar.
No profession is more in need of the pic
turesqueness which woman's competi-
ton can alone supply.-New York
Evening Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

Wear Brown & Co.'S
So hat.
800 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13
Wales
Hair


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It affords
me great pleasure TO call the attention
of the public TO the Excelsior Hair
Tonic, which ia the first and only rem
edy known to chemistry which positively
turns gray hair back to its original color
without dye It has gone on record that
Mime. NJ Yale-Bonderful woman chem
ist-has made this most valuable of all
chemical discoveries Nine Yale per-
sOnally indOrses its action and gives the
public her solemn guarantee that it has
been tested in every conceivable way,
and has proved itself to be the ONLY
Hair Specific 1t STOPS HAIR FALLING
Immediately and creates a luxurious
grow tn Contains no injurious inRre-
dent. Physicians and chemists invited
to analyzs il Ii is nor sticky or greasy;
on the contrary 1t makes the hair soft,
youthful fluffy, and keeps it in curl
For gentlemen and ladies with hair a
little gray, streakBd gray, entirely gray,
and with BALD HEADS, it is specially
recommended
All druggists sell it Price, 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

NINE. NJ YALE. Health and Complexion
Specialist. Y ale Temple of Beauty, No. 146 State
street, Chicago.
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MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
of Life and Mind. Recent
Wonderful Discoveries.

human life. 1t has been the leading subject
Of professional research and study in all ages.
But Notwithstanding this fact it IS not gener-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

Newest designs in valentines at
KelIam'A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-13

# anybody offers substitute shun them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-21
TORTURED THIRTY YEARS.
The Ag0nieS Of the InQnSii0n Endured
by Rheumatic Sufferers.
An Oc,ogcnsrian Tells n Wonderful S'"''
of His Remarkable Cure.


John L. GIN. residing at "a north CRAM Gran,
avenue Columbus, O., aged elshN -o' 80.
years, says: II suffered from rheuniatlsl,
for over thirty years. The pains WIZ
very severe and often ! was unapie 10
move around. | have doctored WIFI mar ,
physicians and taken all kinds OF pa'vvntt
medicine, but never received any l,no'
until I began using Munyon's hh'un &c.
tism Cure. Within twelve hours ~
taking the first dose was free from PAM
and am now completely cured. ..o,,-
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure ~ go, 81
teed 10 cure rheumatism IN any pa ,tsy,
the body Acute or muscular rhe .', '..''.
cured in from one to i've DAYS II ~ ~,
fails TO cure sharp. shooting pains ~ 80 -
arms, legs, sides. back, or bieas', oi % oro
ness in any part OF the body III l .i.Saa "a
to three hours. II Is euardha - .',,' ~
profnptlv cure lamencss, sum anu ~
,oints. stiff back and all pans IN sno
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sciatica. lumpago, or pam III '"' ""O"
are speedily cured. 49, ro,,od,,
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Tbose who are in doubt "a to the ma, ma
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