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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-23
Ms RutIer County Court Honse.

The supreme court has overruled a
motion for an injunction to stop the
work of rebuilding the Butler county
court house. The court then sustained
the position of the lower court in refus-
ing the injunction and the court house
will be- rebuilt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-23

All repairs done free of charge at
TOPEKA STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-23
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Retail
buyer Quality Goods the Low
protects in all his trading here.
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y 4 lbs Good Sweet Lard .... 20
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y 8 Id can White Liable Lard ... 40
10 10 Id can White Liable Lard $500 80
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PrOmpf PirSf Hids
In H0Gid0nks
FOR ACCIDENTS AND COUNTRY
CASUALTIES.
The Girl With Medicine Case
and Bandages Gives Life
Saving Assistance.

During the forty dull days of Lent, when
the field of knowledge is harvested and
CLEANED by young women gathered in
classes and lectures, somebody inaugu-
rated a series of weekly talks ON what to
do in giving first aid to the injured.
The plan was SO enthusiastically received
that many flourishing circles in political
economy, psychic phenomena and other
equally fasc!natingly yalueless topics for
feminine cons ider ration were deserted :,
and the physicians lecturlng in first aid
found surprising number OF interesting
young women eager for instruction.
They all carried neat notebooks for
registering knotty points. craned their
pretty necks when demonstration les
sons in bandagiDg and tying ligatures
were stVeh' tooA dt - d long list Ga poison
ANECDOTES by heart and otherwise per-
fected themselves in the art of soothing
pain, sustaining life, or making a patient
ready against the arrival of a physician
VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE FOR COUN-
TRY LIFE.
The family now starting countrywards
where a doctor is not always proeurable
at an instant's notice, need lio longer feel
forebodings il a first aid 10 The injured
graduate is one of their number. Let any
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three wire braldsl DrcssmaI1ers who have
hearts IN their bodies and brains in their
heads, tell US that very much stiffened
and wired skirts are no longer the thing;
yet every now and thcu one Of these cage
like structures viii be foisted upon Us.
Who makes theTn2
Men OF course. So the whole race Of
man must take the consequences. We,
the women, look at them with terror, buy
them with JOY, and with aching backs and
Tong doctors bills repent them in sack
cloth and ashes.
IL was the ghost OF Worth that inspired
this costume. which came from Paris but
9 few weeks ago, and is a street toilet
in pale brown crspou and paln3eaf six.
USE OF WIRE BRATDs.
The naughty wire braids, aforemen-
toned. are placed Six inches apart in the
bottom OF the skirt, which is OF ten cores,
and has the plainHes al present so de-
sired. Trimmed ana Graped wool skirts
are still seen occasionally ca our country
cousins, and on people not up 10 snuff
and skirts, but The proper wool petticoat OF
the day as severely plalrs or has al most,
a narrow inturuing foot-fold-
The bodice OF this gown begins with
blouse and sleeves Oi the palnl-leaf silk.
IN rich brick red on 4 pale coffee aud milk
ground. yoke, HeVeTs and wide from pail,
ane 0f Tire brown crepOn. Black silk gimp,
in a rich design. outlines Eevers aad sides
of yoke, and the novel bodice is iurtber
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"A rhougntless Pnysieian.

Have you a good physician, Herr
Schneider" asked pililanthropist of a
meek little German who had gust been
telling him of the illness of his frau, a
woman reputcd to be an nlincessant talker
and somet thing of a yirago.'
"Y-a-a-s, he is one geot man." said
Herr Schneider, "but he has not-what
you cali it-sense? Yesterday, he come to
see her, and when he went away hespeak to
me in the shop and say: Now, mind, Herr
Schneider, your frau must speak not one
aloud word today, for her throat; make
her understand that
Now" added the poor little man, with
deprecatory shrug, why did not he
tell her that? 1t would have been easier,
even though he speaks not German, than for
me, her husband. YOUTHS Companion.
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CHAPTER ON FASHIONS
FOR TACTLESS WOMEN
GHOST OF WORTH THREATENS
THE HOOP SKIRT AGAIN.
Some Novel Frocks, Capes
and Bodices-A Valuable
List of ''Don'ts."

AS all things must be guided by laws,
so dress has now a book o. inexorable rules.
In reference to the treatment OF bones and
flesh. Tie seventh verse of the nineteenth
page OF the Book OF Dress reads;
& 'Ir you are short and fat your walking
gown must be plain and simple, and of a
tailor finish. 4 short, loose -frOnted jacket
and gOred skirt rs advised as good model
IortOo plump maids and yoang maIroHs
'ln length says the book, "thc jacket
should come only a hands limit below the
WAIST line, and IL is best doubie- breasted;
a nice way 10 finish the tail back is to lay
81 IN four iniurnins piaits, IwO at each side,
as the rippsl tals arc only becoming 10 slight
figures"
Revers OF box coat smaIlneSs and sleeves,
the gigot model. which hangs at the top
an j fun, droopiHg PAIR ana fits the forearm
with glove snugDess.
The seams OF the skirt, which should be
neither too nil or too stiffened, must run
straight from hem TO belt
FOR MEAGER FIGURES.
Directions for draping thin damsels-
page 2O-allow more scope for individual
tastes, though thin ladies are warned
never toilet their stripes ran up or down.
'Ir," says the book, ''you are OF tan
ana meager buud-'-a sort OF human bean
pole, one gathers-'stripes of both bodice
ana skirt should run round, those of the
skirt meeting IN 'front.' at Il bias scam In
a slight ""
The bodice is much improved when liber-
Slly trimmed. II the gown is a visiting
toilet OF china silk, say in wide alternate
stripes OF checked brown and whije, and
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them and fasten them temporarily at center
at proper heighth from keel TheDfasten at
ends to the stern by ews, and to hard
wood block set in between them and rest
ing in notch cut in stern. The ribs are
next screwed to the SuDwales; they should,
while yet on the floor being bent, be marked
at equal distances from the center, so that
both sides will be alike. After the ribs the
pine strips are laid. on and fastened with
wire nails cliDched on inside. These strips
should be spaced by putting small block
between each till fastened in place. They
should be spaced not over 3 4 on bottom and
the distance gradually widened, for the last
two or three on the side can be spaced three
inches apart. The frame is then painted
aud the whole is ready for canvas.
PUTTING oNTHE CANVAS.
Eight ounce duck makes a good cover.
FIRST put filler pieces along the keel between
the ribs; then start your canvas and tack
along keel from end to end, stretching it
well When fastened to the keel pull it
down to the gunwaleS at center of boat and
tack there. Work along from the center,
each way and the canvas can be fitted
without a wrinkle. At the ends it must be
Tapped and tackled on the 3-S front of stern,
and ii requires some great care toget sharp
bow The decks come next, and when they
are on it is ready for boiled oil. Have dTier
put in at tue drug store, and with the
boat upside down, apply thoroughly to
every part of the canvas. Turn right side
up, so that any excess will drip off, aud let
dry thoroughly. 1t will take atleast week.
TIE finishing strips are next fastened
along outside of gunwales aud inside of
cockpit, and the whole painted with best
white lead paint. Over this any desired
eclorean lie put. The surface will be rough,
but after o little usage it can he sand-pa-
pered and painted again. This gives fine
surface The seat for the rover should be
a covered box, while the stern can be piled
with cushions for the louDger. Pockets Of
yellow muslin can be tucked to each side
and are very useful, while the decks will
hold a surprising amount OF baggage. A
canopy of unbleached muslin is easily made
and decidedly useful.
Forthe first couple OF yeats paid 81 30 a
month to keep it in a boathoBse, but the
last year have not had to pay tor the priv
ilcge. When left out of doors it should be
turned upside down. had the paddle from
a former boat, but 81 30 Will cover the cost
oflnmber to make one. A double -bladed one
is best.
Some parts OF the work are too hard for
the average woman, but any man or boy OF
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average intelligence can follow the plans.
In stretching the canvas gloves should he
worn or the knuckies of the fingers will
suffer. The oiIing and paiutiBg can be
done by woman, aud the finishings, such as
pockets, cushions, etc.
Two colOTs, one for the inside, one out,
make the pFettiest job. Mine was white
without, light green within, with green
finishing stripes around the gURWales. The
cushions aud canopy We're bound with light
green braid and the whole effect was very
pretty Last year l put on gray on the out
side and have not yet determined on the
colors for this year.
The weight is about sixty pounds. 1t is
not at all heavy when necessity cOmpeIs
carrying, and can be managed very sue
eessfuliy by one woman. AS a loHBging
boat in placid waters it is anequaled, aud
any person who once falls under the charm
Of canoeing is ioath TO give it up.
L. A FRANCISCO, C. E
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one Day.

I viii tell ~ou when they met;
In the iImpid days of spring;
Elder boughs were budding yet,
0aken bonghs looked wintry stil,
But primrose and yeined violet
In the mGssful turf were set,
While mreiing birds made haste to sing
And build n ith right good will
] win tell you when they parted;
When plenteons autumu's sheaves were
brown,
Then they parted heayy-hearted;
Ihe fun rejoicing sun looked down
Asgrand as in the days before;
Only they had losta crown;
Only 10 them those days OF yore
Gould come back never mere.
When shall they meet? cannot tell,
Indeed, when they shall meet again,
Except some day in Paradise;
For this they wait, one waits inpain.
Beyond the sea OF death love lies
Forever, yesterday, today;
AngelsshaA ask them: -'Isi ii well?"
And they shall ans wer yea
Christian Rosetti.
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of syncope. That when the tpmhoy Mil
dred is brought in white and limp from
terrible fall from pilfering in ;l.cherry tree,
she orders her iaid flat ou ton abed or lounge,
her head little below the leyehof her body.
When any possible structure of her garments
is relieved To ALLOW OF free circulation she
wipes her face with u wetoiotii aud does not
force anything down her tllroat All first
aid girls know better than TO attempt the
straugiing of an unconscious patient by that
means. Instead she moistens her lips with
whisky, rubs her hands, holds smelling salts
near her nose, not too near, ana then with
returning consciousness gives her a spoonful
OF brandy.
If she seems dazed and fligilty or very
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AIDToTHEPoIsoNED


When a wall of terror arses from the
meadow and somebody announces the hor-
ridinformation that Cousin Emma or Jacky
have teen bitten by a snake while search
ing for golf ball in the high grass she is
out of the house and across the lawn in an
instant.
Her whisky flask and length of string
is all she carries TO the scene of the disaster
and Jacky modifies his roars of fear and
pain at the astonishing sight of his sister
putting her tender lips to his wound. II
she arrives but a few seconds after the
snake has struck she knows there are good
chances of drawing the poisoned blood into
her mouth where it can do no harm. The
sharp teeth having made only very small
puncture she sucks out all the blood she
can washes the injured hand or foot in
warm water to increase the bleeding, gives
the boy stiff dose of whisky and ties q
string tightly an inch or two above and
below tie wound against the doctors ar
rival with superior treatment.
IL the bite is more severe, by O poiS-
onou snake, and number of precious min
utes elapse before she can reach him, she
rakeS blood from the wound as fast as she
can draw it and eject it from her mouth.
Promptly frightened strings cut off ciTcula-
ton of the poisoned fluid, and If the poor
victim, after the first two or three big doses
OF whiskey, still sbowas tendency to faint
ing and drowsiness, she empties her flask
down his throat and calls for more and
more to administer till the doctor appears.
The action of the heart must be stimulated
to counteract the poison's heavy grip, and
so long as the patient raves and plunges in
feverish intoxication the spark Of life burns.
But if on the other hand one OF the chill
dren tumbles into G Fourth OF July bonfire,
or the cook or lauDdress are badly burned
about their stoves, she hastens to the rescue
with her cream and rapidly lays a coating
of it over the raw flesh.
She remembered the doctor said not to
touch such hurt with water. Exclude air
from the skin with any good unSalted grease
and lightly folded linen bandage. In cases
wsere the cream is not at hand she uses
sweet oil or lard, and when physician
comes the regular dressings and autiseptic
washes viii be applied.
TREATING S SYNCOPE.
The notebook and steady little brain OF
the first aid graduate are sure to be well
filled with Information on the treatment OF
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Mhnf IL Was.

The fair girl sat in her boudoir at her
ebony escretoirc writing a letter She
showed every sign of suppressed emotion
and her pen raced over the aper as If it
would win by a dozen lengths. She NUT
tered to herself at times, as if her anger
was too much for silence, and her face
was flushed as IL Che were burning with
fever. At last the letter was finished, and
when shG had sealed ii she slapped il down
on the desk with such force that the mag.
nificent ink stand of bronze and silver fell
to the floor with a crash, shivered into a
hundred fragments.
The girls mother in the room below
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HERPARAPHERNALIA.

travelling satchel, or keeps handy on her
dressing table, her own special medicine
case. It's nice leather square, that rolls
and straps up and holds the following all
important materials for her cases:
Two rolls az prepared bandages.
An envelope of court plaster.
A quantity of flexible collodion.
A fiat flask full OF the lest whisky.
A bottle of cold cream.
A bottle OF aromatic spirits of ammonia.
A bottle of antiseptic gauZe.
a p3frot EclSs OTs.
skein of twine
With this paraphernalia and hasty peep
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A Thougi,tfuI Guide.

Guide in the Aips-Yonder is where the
celebrated Marquis dun lost his life by
falling into the stream.
English Tourist twho is accompanied by
his daugllterl--Why, no: the scene ofthatac-
eident is two hours ride from here.
Guide-Right sou are, sir; but thought it
was too far for your daughter to traYel.-Ls
Petit Journal
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The Word ana 1ho Decd.

slothful Snawley-Didn't tell yer that
whisky at old Kernel Bluegrass house
you'd get 'er? Great stuff, tool
Saturated Sam tmusingly)-Yes da'
was fine Ticker; but L don't jes' know wha
TO make OF his words Wen axed him fer it
Slothful Snawley-Why, wot did 'e say
aturatred Sam-He looked at me 9
ml unit and said dat ifit was request dat
hecould not refuse, ashe always b'lieyedd dat
whisky was good for both man and beast
New York World.
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4 New York physician says that women
seem more subject to writer's cranp then
men; that they get it frequently when
the work they are doing is surprisingly
small 10 produce that result. He thinks the
trouble must be the habit of using Slenderer
penhoideTs. Large cork penholdeTs, nearly
an inch in diameter, and very light, are the
best guard against the cTamp, but they are
worth much more as preventative than as
q cure
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A sin OF omissinn.

In pretty lines he praised her ways,
lie praised her virtues many times,
He praised her voice in dainty lays,
He praised her gloves in suudry rhymes.
In sweetest songs he vowed he priced
Her gown her shawl, her hat, her shoes
In south he swoTe he idolized
The very streets size sauntersd through.
No wonder that she loved him hot
The thought to him did not occur
That he in all his rhymes forgot
To say one word IN praise Of her.
Judge
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The MeaneetManan Pennsysvania.

The meanest man on record is said to live
in Centre county, Pennsylvania. BE sold
his son-inlaw one-haif interest in a COW
and then refused to divide the milk, main
tanning that lac sold only the front half
Recently the cow hooked the old man and
he is suing the son-iuIay for damages.-0I
City Blizzard
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heard the noise. and ran frightened into
the hail.
"oh, Imogene,' she called in breath
less eagerness, what was tbat?''
Nothing, mamma replied the girl,
going to the door.
But / heard terrific crash" the
mother ins listed. Didn't you break
something?''
Eyes, mamma. 1t was only my engage
ment with Mr. Hackenberry," and the fair
Imogene returned To her escretoire and
stuck stamp Oh the fatal letter.-Detroit
Free Press.
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A Hnrd Question.

Modern Maid--.I wish some advice"
is it?"
Modern Maid-'.ShaiI I marry q man
whose tastes are the opposite of mine and
quarrel with him, or shall 1 marry a man
whose tastes are the same as mine and get
tired of him?"-New York Weekly.
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THE KEW WOMAN.

Rardom Sketches of Her Many Moods
and Manners.
Mary p wilkins, the story writer, is
50 shy in general society that it is the
general verdict among the Boston and New
York literary circles that no one feels
acquainted with ber. She scarcely speaks
on social occasions except TO answer when
elioken 10.
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Little bags Of powdered orrris root
are considered among the daintiest de-
vices for perfuming bed linen and under
clothes, and are more popular just now
in luxurious houses than lavender. Orris
root can be renewed in strength by the
simple OF device of summing it well spread
ing il out so that the sun will dry it
thoroughly.
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folds OF the bias girdle, that is sewed at
the left IN the under-arm seam. the other
end meeun" there, after girdling the body,
peasant waist fashion, in puffed shirring
a bodice shGde less partyfied. but none
TIE less ravlshing, is realized in white Chini
SIX scattering with the pale ghosts of Nio-
let's It has a curious collar and long cuffs
that may be noticed in the design; this
unique garBiture is white orga ndie, cut in
swirl panel pieces and edged with yellow
VGlcnclenDeS. Tie pieces overlap at the
throat, continuing over the collar band in
an unbroken line, giving the effect OF a
cape collar separate from the bodice.
SENSIBLE DONT's.
But TO return 20 our -muttons"-The
Book OF Dress, which is an invaluable hand
book for women. Two entire chapters in
il are given up TO dos" and "don'ts," and
both are equally entertaining and Instructive
The dos" are a shade more polite, per-
haps, but the 'don'ts" though sassy" as
Tie old woman ia the cracker story would
say, are more useful reading.
Here are a few "don'ts" taken at random
from the Book OF Dress:
Don't wear Dutch bonnet simply because
il is fashionable. Don't part your hair iu
the middle, unless you have the profile OF
a Sistine Madonna. Don't, if you have a
sallOw skin, comb your hair dow over your
ears until you look like a Bottcelli virgin
painted in the fifteenth century. Don't
wear the new tooth-pick patent leather
shoes; they VIII make you walk like a
lsme peacock and send the blood to your
nose. Don't wear white gloves if your
hands are big. Don't think that because
you can't accomplish atailorgown you can't
codGle up the dainty Frcnchy little frocks
now the rage. Don't wear pink if you are
n dingy brunette, or yelloY il you are a
faded blonde. Don't wear light stockings
ifyou have ethickaDkles.
And, now, the mostmeaning don't of them
all CURLY put, and worthy of the wisdom OF
Solomon hinlself: .-a.sa4
DON'T concludes the Book of Dress
keep all your good clothes for your women
e eInies; wear them sometimes Cor the man
whoioyes yoI." NINA FITCH.
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Mrs Edward Clarence stedman is not
literary in her tastes, and is so avcrse TO
taking up pen that she usually gets her
husbands private secretary To write her
social notes for her.
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Julia Marlowe strikes a novel note in
theatrical marital affairs; she is going TO
play next season under her husbands
name. as Mrs Robert Tabor Taking on ber-
self the task Of remaking her reputation TO
a considerable extent. she seems to commit
berselftO the Tabor marriage with a faith IN
its permanency that is refreshing, partieu-
larry as she has already been married year
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Lady Randolph Churchill has said that
she does not want to give any more letters
Of introduction to English people coming
to this country because she finds it finally
increases the flood OF Americans who de-
scend upon her as a channel to English
high life
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FOR FLEsH WOUNDS.

The antiseptic gauze ana flexible COLO
broken by blows or cuts. A cut, ulat is
only slight wound, she washes and dries,
dra VS. the lips together with bit OF court
plaster and over it all pastes the wonderful
coIlodiou that heals like charm. Where
there is q big cruel flesh wound she very
delicately washes it with clear tepid water,
cuts big strip Of her moist gauze, binds it
about aud then lays over all light linen
bandage
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tinted rOSebuGs on a white ground, q bag
vest or spangled batiste, velvet collar and
belt, and embroidered batiste reYerS, make
appropriate trimmings.
Ecru batiste, 10y the Eay. a'ain ct en-
brOidered, or NAV be sDaaglsd .r iefted is
now the swell GarnituTe for your dress-up
body. There IL Is InOst seen, but a dash
Ing cape lately discovered n Fifth avFuue,
had long scarf fronts in alternate strips OF
black satin ribbon aud em5r DidaI.'d bafiste
This cape, which forms part Il ibe black
satin visiting toilet, illgstrli.ad, begins with
a short ripple flounce sewed 70 a yoke; satin
de Lyons is Tie material, ..ad he .lounce
has tailor finish Of stitching al .pand.
over the yoke fails a second cape Ike
deep flared collar OF black chiffon, c-imped
and scwed on ia puffs
The high throat ruCilc is also black diff
fOn, The coquetiish bow in front being OF
the embroidered bafiste, -Thlch, ii the bot
tom or the scarf, ends in 4 ban fringe
The longer, darker Griugss ETe 90 T.; and
the stylish yisite is hOed tlF3ugauG5 A" it'll
white SIX.
FRENCH GOWNS
The other gowns sho yn .. re- from two late
and elegant models for street I'd ,uting
wear The outing frock, a Rouff confec-
ton that they mag be recognized /. y ilsiaHic
IKE bodice, Is OF dark blue English serge,
with a under WaistOf sage linen perforated
in daisy pattern over pale Art green silk
This may seem bizarre 10 read about, but
IL has an enchanting comb ndsifm.
As can be seen in the design, white stitch
ing forms a scroll outlining for the SCI ge
skirt aud neck and sides II the tunIc por-
lions OF the bodice; the lJig slee g"s are of
the perfara ted linen, which, II he throat,
makes way FOR a chemiseLse effect rf the
dainty green lining here laid IN Tpdnd are
leSs folds. The rolled belt is a Iso OF The
art rrecl silk, and The !larad rkirt is made
10 ruste smaruy with a lining of green
taffeta
A chic rigl and the best part of il is
that Ill could easily be copied al home
The last costume seems to point toward
the coming OF the wicked and much dread
ed hoops, inasmuch as the sllirt is boldly
and rmprudently held out with 30 less than