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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
Mrs w. ". MilIs, Recention.

Mrs. Leila s. Mckee, president of the
Western college at Oxford, Ohio, has
been the guest of Mrs. W. W. Mills for
q couple of days; while in Topeka she
endeavored to reOrganize the Topeka
branch of the college alumni. Yester-
day afternoon Mrs. Mills assisted by
the ex-students of the college gave a
very delightful reception for Mrs. Nc
KEGS friends and the friends of the
college The ladies who assisted her
were Mrs. ". A. Johnson, Mrs. J.. D.
Mcfarland, Mrs Robert Steele, Mrs.
Charles Lowry. Mrs. J. P. Lewis, Mrs.
OgilVey; Miss Jane Clelland and Miss
Lillian Mcfarland.
The rooms were very prettiIy decOra-
ted and there were about so ladies pres
ent. Mrs. Mckee gave a, very interest
ing parlOr talk on the subject, 1.-The Up
TO Date Woman" Mrs. Mckee talked
to the high school students yesterday
morning. She left this morning for OK
ford, Ohio, and will speak in Kansas
City, St. Louis. and several other places
on the way.
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soanstn TIE HonneheIa.

Soda possesses many virtues. 1t is very
valuable to brighten tinware when
briskly rubbed on with a damp cloth;
it preserves the fresh color of green
vegetables when boiled with them in
small quantities; it will clean ceilings
that have been discolored by lamp
smoke if the marks are sPonged with
soda and water; it will clean stained
lamp chimneys if these are boiled in
soda and water, and when this latter is
cold are treated in the usual manner
with a lamp brush; it keeps cut flowers
fresher if ; small bit of soda is put into
each receptacle in which flowers are
djsR0sed.
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The Old Aamital Ke1ented.

''While Admiral Porter was in command
of the Mississippi squadron and at time
when they were most actively engaged, P"
said Captain Lloyd G. Harris of St Louis,
"a young ensign made his appearance on
the flagship and astOunded the admiral by
asking him for leave of absence. Why,
sir, roared Porter, don't you understand
that no officer can leave at this time, no
matter who he is or what his excuse?'
g But, admiral, it is a case of life and
death. I must 60.
g But you can't go. It is impossible
Please hear me, Admiral Porter.
When 1 entered the service, was engaged
to as pretty a girl as there is in northern
Illinois. have just got word that one of
those miserable home guards has been
courting her, and my friend says it looks
as though if I don't come back pretty soon
I viii lose her. Now, admiral, 1 think,
under the circumstances, you might let
me go for week at least
Porter heart melted. The ensign got
leave, went home and married the girl in
triumph. .'-Chicago Times Herald
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Notes and Personal mention.

Special prices on Millinery goods at
the Misses Harding & Eberhardt, sue
sas avenue.
Mrs. Walter Noble has returned
from a visit in Atchison.
Mrs. W. A Lininger entertained Miss
Margaret Mulvane and her guest, Mrs.
BrOgan. of Omaha, at 1 o'clock lunch
con yesterday, at her home on Wood
lawn avenue.
Miss Brown. who has been the guest
of Miss Franc Littledeld, returned to
her home in Kansas City today. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Littlefeld
and daughter, Miss Franc.
Miss Olive Lewis returned to Law
renee this morning.
Miss Maude Buhre spent yesterday
in Kansas City.
The Occidental club met yesterday
afternoon with Miss Lucy Kingnan.
Miss Mabel Hills will enuertalr to-
morrow afternoon at a th1mDIe party
at her home on Topeka. avenue.
The young men of the First AIethO-
dist church viii give a reception Fri
day evening, December 10, in the church
parIors.
Mrs. c. G. WiIlett has issued invita-
tiOns for a party Wednesday evening
November q, in honor of her son,
William.
Mrs. William Spivey of Cameron,
Mo, is visiting her mother, Mrs
Amanda Wilson, at 402 Curtis street,
North Topeka.
Mrs. Harry Horizons Sunday school
class gave a taffy pull last evening at
the home of Miss NanOn Heron, on
East Seventh street.
Miss Virginia Groves went to Chica-
go last week, where she expects to
make her home
Mr.. and Mrs. A F. Anderson and
Master Neal Anderson of St. Louis,
are visiting Mrs. Anderson's parents,
DR.. and Mrs Sample.
Miss Eta Eylar of Kansas City, Mo.
who has been the guest of Miss Pearl
Sample, returned to her home yester-
Hay.
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TWO OLD OCCUPATIONS.
Queer Methods by which Some W0m-
en- Earn a Livelihood.

en- Earn a Livelihood.
When necessity cOmpels woman is i
marvellous inventor. Some of those
who are suddenly left to shift for them
selves resort to queer methods to earn
a livelihood. For some time number
of women in New York have been doing
professional mending. Experiences
with the needle is the only preparation
necessary for this business. The mend
ers are missionaries in a way, for they
seek out bachelors at their boarding
houses, apartments and hotels, and
make a contract to keep buttons on
coats, vests and trousers, to darn hO-
siery and to close up rents in clothing.
The price charged for such service
varies according to the size of mans
wardrobe. This scheme of a peram-
bulating repair shop appeals to the aver
age man, for it means money in his
pocket. Tailors charge good round
sums for odd jobs, and woman fixes
up many things that tailor would not
touch. 1t is easier, too, to have wom-
an drop in while a man is away at busi-
ness and rid him of all the worry about
the condition of his clothes.
A Philadelphia woman has hit on a
novel plan of converting muscle into
LASH w nell 4lCL II 4uSDdAlOs d 4GLOOA III
man, died, leaving her with four small
children, with healthy appetites, she
decided to become professional clean
er of kitchen floors. She has worked
her speciality to advantage and is SO
efficient that her regular customers
would as soon think of allowing a
plumber to tune a grand piano as to
permit anyone else to touch their
kitchen floors. Many kitchen floors
nowadays are made of hard wood or
tiles OF are covered with oiIcloth or
inoIeum. An expert can clean them
with great rapidity, as this woman has
proved. She makes the average floor
as neat as wax in half an hour, and
charges only IS cents for doing so.
She carries her own tools, soaps ana
cloths for getting the dirt off and put
ting the shine on. and leaves things
spick and span behind her. For each
customer she has certain half hour
on a certain day. She is an exact wom-
an, and, knowing this, her customers
have the kitchen ready for her. She
earns from three to four dollars day.
and says she likes the work better than
standing behind counter.
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The Assemble Dance.

A very delightful affair was the dance
given last evening by the Assembly at
HudsOn's hall. Those who danced were
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Pierce, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B. Hayden Mr.. and Mrs E H
Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Crosby
1Ir. and Mrs. Charles Blood Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. c. J. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs G.
". Crane, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Morton,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Neale, Jr.. Mr..
and Mrs. c. R. Hudson, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
F. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wear,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. W n Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. H l.
Hail, Mr.. and Airs. c. S. Eagle, Mr.. and
Mrs II. L. Robinson. Mr.. and Mrs. L.
d. Reel, Mr.. and Mrs. H. V Hinckley
AIr. and Mrs. c. a. Fellows, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. W. F. Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs w
F SchOch, Mr.. and Mrs. H l. P. Hill
Yer. AIr. and Mrs. 3. Z. Pitts and Mr..
and Mrs. p. c. ChamberIafn.
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The Surnrisa of All.

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, COWden, ILL.,, in speaking
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
La Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into HaSty Consumption. HaV-
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery in the
store, and selling lots of it. he took
bottle home, and to the surprise of all
she began to get better from first Dose
and half a dozen dollar bottles cured
her sound and well. DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it. Free trial bottle at
Swift & Holidays Drug Store.
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4 Masouerade Party.

Miss NanOn Heron entertained about
so of her friends at a masquerade party
Monday evening Many unique as we'll
as ludicrOuS costumes were worn and
the most amusing feature of the even
ing was a cake walk in which Miss
Katheryn Graves and Mr.. Otis Dalton
came out victorious. Among the rep
TesentatiOns We're: Flower girl Miss
Gala WellhOuse; queen of hearts, Miss
Elsie Graves; Queen Lorena, Mr. Frank
Smith; Little Lord FauntlerOy, Mr.. Ed
Clark; Indian, Miss Lulu Hardin. 9th
ers present were Mr.. and Mrs. S. J.
HOdgins, Mr.. and Mrs. Van Vechten,
Miss Ruby Roark, Miss Matte Payne,
Miss Name HalIarin, Miss Katheryn
Graves, Miss Roberts; Mr.. viii Rhodes,
Mr.. Arthur Beard, Mr.. Ed Clark, Mr.
Otis Dalton, Mr.. VIII Burgess, Mr..
Gus Mackev
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slip his turner under cake, flip it 5
feet into the air and catch it on the
plate with all the dexterity of a juggler
He fairly kept the air full of cakes and
seemed to like the fun.
If you would know the pancake in all
its poetic perfection, however, you must
visit the mountain districts of Pennsyl
Vania. 1t is there that great quantities
of buckwheat flour are made and there
that the buckwheat cake attains its
crude apotheosis. The mountain farmer
raises brckwheat because it is a never
failing crop and will grow on almost
any kind of soil No field is too stony
or sterile for this hardy cereal. The
first thing he does when he clears a
piece of land is to put in a crop of buck
wheat, and when any Of his fields are
worn out he raises buckwheat on them
for a season or two, getting good crops
and restoring the ground to fertility at
the same time
Buckwheat is an easy crop to handle
too. 1t need not be planted until the
middle of June, at a time when the
farmer is waiting for his other crops to
ripen, and it is not gathered until fall.
A buckwheat field in full flower, show
ing waves of creamy whiteness, is a
sight to arouse all the latent artistic
sense in even the most matter of fact
farmer. When the flowers are ripening
under the mellow September sun, the
air for a long distance to leeward is
filed with a delicious, but somewhat
heavy, fragrance. Sometimes you can
scent a field of buckwheat from dis
tance of nearly a mile when the wind
is right.
AS an adjunct to his buckwheat field
every farmer should keep a few hives
of bees, for the flower of the buckwheat
furnishes favorite foraging place for
bees, and buclzwheat honey is one of
the rare delicacies of life. It is of a
darker color than ordinary clover honey
and has a distinct and pleasing flavor
all its own.
When you combine cakes made from
pure buckwheat -four with buckwheat
honey, you have dish which makes of
breakfast an idyllic matin devotion.
True. pure maple sirup has always been
held to be the appropriate accompani-
ment for buckwheat cakes, but this is
because only a few favored mortals
know of the virtues of buckwheat honey
as a substitute.
Although buckwheat is not a grain to
the production of which great areas are
given, the crop is a considerable one.
In 1895 we raised no less than 10, 3O0,-
900 bushels, and all but small portion
of it was for home consumption. AS the
greater part of this was undoubtedly
made into pancakes, you can imagine
what an immense stack they would
make if piled one on top of the other
that is. perhaps you can imagine. I
confess l couldn t, and, being interest
ed in the subject, 1 got an amateur
statistioian to help me figure it out. He
estimated after some careful research
that there were the possibilities of 4. 900
pancakes in each busheI of buckwheat.
which would give grand total of 69,-
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal
Chica 20. NOV. ID.

CnlcagO- NOV H.
WHEAT-Wheat was firm at the OPEN
ing and a trifie higher, May starting at
S9126DS99sc and selling at once as high
S97sc. Last nights closing price was s91ac.
Continental cables We're strong and high
er, especially Paris, and Liverpool showed
only sd decline. Northwestern receipts.
which have been heavy all week. showed
a great falling off today. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported a total of 769 cars. as
compared with 1.140 cars last week and
sos cars a year ago. The government re-
port showed a rather favorable condition
of affairs as regards South American
crops, but private cables reported insect
damage in Argentine and otherwise were
bullish. St. Louis said receipts there were
falling off and lighter movement at win
ter wheat points is expected The mar
hung around S93z 0SS7sc for a good part of
the morning. Trade, has been the
case all week. was very narrow and prac-
tically featureless and was not influential
enough on either side to sway the mar
ket- except in a very small way
CORN AND OATS-Corn and oats were
duh but steady at a shade improvement
in prices. New York reported cable ac-
ceptances very large for both corn and
oats. May corn opened unchanged at 291z
d295sc and held at 295sc- Receipts We're
% cars May oats opened shade
higher at 217sc. Receipts were 2S6 cars.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17

the material is the finest ecru grass
cloth, each petal is buttonhole stitched
with pink embroidery silk, and the
shadings and veinings delicately indi-
Gated with fine floss. The pattern is
supposed to represent a hollyhock, but
1T will easily be seen by the outlines of
a rose, Pansy and sUnhower how other
flowers may. be adapted to the round
shape that is necessary.
A simple way of obtaining a fat pat
tern of flowers or leaves is to have two
panes of glass of exactly the same size,
and to arrange pattern or simple
flower or leaf between them, pressing
them fat. If the would-be designer
is no draughtswoman, the upper piece
of glass may be of the same transparent
ground glass that is used for chiIdren's
states, and the outline of the flowers
beneath traced on its surface.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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l.: Corn, easy and unchanged

Liverpool: Corn, easy and unchanged
to 1sd lower.
London: Wheat off coast, nothing do
ing; on passage, nOminally unchanged.
on passage, buyers and sellers apart, Sd
lower.
Paris: Wheat, November SC up. Janu-
airy 15c higher French country markets
New York: Exporters took here 112.00O
bushels No. red also 5000 bushels
wheat, 224. 900 bushels corn ana 210,OJO
bushels oats at OutpOrts.
ernment would seem to indicate that Eu-
rope will need all of our surplus wheat
and -four, but seemingly viii not with re-
ports which are favorable both to the
fair sized short interest made here yes
terday. which would lead US to feel as
if any break this morning wheat should
ForecSs st: For Kansas City and vicin-
ity. generally fair and warmer tonight
and Thursday For Missouri and Kansas,
partly cloudy and warmer tonight and
Thursday.
cables from Paris and Antwerp say that
the Argentine wheat crop is being dam
aged by insects:
from 1:30 p. m, making December 1sd,
March and May z d up for the day Corn
quiet. December and March sd higher,
making November. December and Janu-
Chicago: There has been some buying
by pit traders this morning. Some VINO
had wheat puts are selling them
Exports four ports: Wheat, 202 920 bush
els. flour % 525 barrels; corn, 3l4543 push
els: oats, 420 621 bushels; wheat and flour
equal to 284, 965 bushels
Northwestern receipts: This year Mino M
neapOlis sos cars, Duluth PSI cars. total tbS
cars: last year Minneap polls 564 cars, Du-
Iuth 252 cars. total 500 cars.
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to Satisfy the National Appetite-In All
It's Various Forms the F1aPjack Is
FavOrite.
just about this time of year the buck
wheat cake becomes the matutinal dish
of the nation. When the frosty Novem-
ber mornings arrive, the American ap-
petite seems to call for the fragrant,
delicately Drowned disks, and it sell
dom calls in vain The kitchens of q
million suburban and rural homes are
misty with the incense of smoking grid
dies, seas of creamy batter-pasty, bub-
bling, effervescent and indigestible as
glue-await the magic alchemy of the
pan, and the clash of hot plates, accom-
panied by the flop and splutter of the
cooking cakes, makes pleasant music to
the ears of those for whom breakfast
means a genuine meal and not a half
hearted dabbling with coffee and rolls.
The buckwheat cake is as truly
American as the sweet potato pie or the
baked bean. Its home is beneath the
starry flag, and it is just as popular to-
day as it was before the war. Mr.. How
ellis recently lent his pen to the compo-
sition of a prose elegy on the decline
of the doughnut' in which he perpe-
trates not few dignif1ed but none the
less witty quips on the passing of the
Yankee delicacy. Now, the pancake
antedates the doughnut by at least a
generation, yet no such distinguished
hand has contributed to its literature.
Even the poets have neglected it.
The people, however, know the pan
cake thoroughly. They have it in their
we'll, not exactly in their hearts, but
nearly so. It is an urban as well as a
bucolic luxury. The city dweller, it is
true, puts up with a weak imitation of
the real article, but this he can get ev-
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Kansas City: Receipts of wheat, 81
Receipts of hogs: Chicago. % 900 head:
Kansas City, 1900 head; Omaha, 6,O0O
Chicago receipts today: Wheat 127 cars.
grade Il cars; corn 225 cars, grade 14O
cars: oats 286 cars. grade 81 cars
Puts May wheat &1sMoAc; calls May
wheat 917sm92lsc; puts May corn, 291sc;
calls May corn 30Ac; puts December
pork. S7.17; calls December pork, SILL
Chicago: Argentine news was quite
bullish this morning and reported con
sidera Bile damage to the crop. Receipts
in the northwest were lighter than they
have been running and exporters We're re
ported as liberal buyers OF wheat at the
spond and while ruling firmer than yes
terday, has acted sluggish and tired
Wheat in the dumps. neglected by general
speculation. has degenerated into a local
affair BulEshly inclined operators are
growing disguised with the failure of the
market to respond to bull news while
the bears are tirnid when they think OF
the strong statistical position of wheat: :
The result is that wheat keeps IN neutral /
ground. see-sa wing from day to day, but
not gathering enough momentum 70 presk
away from narrow limits. The leglt-
mate situation will tell ultimately put
the market needs the rGlief OF uqulditIlon
Corn. oats and provisions have been ma r
execution of oats. which showed decided
strength toward the close ana gained a
fun cent most of which it held.
St Louis Wheat receipts AZ cars.
Public and private grain stocks at chi
cago are as follows: Public; w heat, T.
ass 0O0 bushels: corn. 10. 10000 bushels; +;
oats I 455 $50 bushels Private; wheat, J.
113 coo bushels: corn, 3,95Z.OO0 bushels OATS
liverpool: Wheat sd lower.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
General Notes of Society and
Personal Items.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

Gan communications to this department
must give the full name and address OF
the writer. Anonymous personals ana
descriptions Of social affairs Will not De
published-l
The Misses Ranney entertained very
pleasantly at tea last evening at their
home on Topeka avenue. Tea was
served on small tables in five courses,
each table being decorated with a diff
ferent kind of flowers. The remainder
of the evening was spent in playing
cards The invited guests were Miss
Mary Thompson, Miss Alice Prescott,
Miss Ollie O'Brien, Miss Franc Little
field, Miss Brown of Kansas City, Miss
Priscilla Alexander, Miss Moon, Miss
Frances Moon. Miss Mary Moon, Miss
Lulu Stevens of Hiawatha, Miss Lillian
Tefft, Miss Susie Wilder, Miss Theresa
Rossington Miss Caro- Penfield; Mr.and
Mrs. Fred Cole, Mr.. VIII Alexander, Mr..
Harry Morgan, Mr.. Joe Morgan, Mr..
julius WELDING, Mr.. Lou Bronson, Mr..
John Waters, Mr.. E. c. Curry, Mr.. Ed
Kellam Mr.. McVicar, Mr.. Walter Gust;
AIr. Ed Mcbride, Mr.. Edward Dennis.
Mr.. Walter Burgess, and Mr.. Willard
Scott
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
Chicago Livegtoek MARKET.

Chicago, Nov. H.
HOGS-Receipts. 30 COO: left over 5000
Market active. 5G Toe higher. Light, 50 30
d3-521a; mixed. S3.35Q3.55; heavy, 5000
CATTLE Receipts. 1900, including 1000
rangers Market quiet but steady Beeves,
$3.906t5.25: cows and heifers. s1-80d4.40:
Texas steers, 81 8003.90: westerns $3.50
Ais; stockers and feeders. $3.10Il44O.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Best grades
steady. others lower. Native sheep, $500;
westerns, $3-40G4S0; lambs, $425Q6-15.
Official yesterday:
HOGS-Receipts. q. .291; shipments. 1890.
CATTLE Receipts, 3,297; shipments, p
40
SHEEP Receipts, 1852; shipments, $50.
Estimated receipts Of hogs tomorrow,
"a 600.
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up into the air and land it neatly in the
pan the other side uD.
The most skillful pancake artist
have ever seen presided over the booth
of a buckwheat -four firm at a food
show. He was cooking cakes to be given
away as samples to the hungry crowd.
He did not use pan, but a hot steel
table. In one hand he held a long ham
died turner and in the other a plate.
When the cakes were done, he would
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
The Bill He Found.

"Kunnel," " said an old Georgia darky,
twill you do me a favor when you's up ter
de legislature
Certainly replied the representative,
'fif it's in my power. What is it?''
Don't dey have lots er bills up dere,
suh?''
"Oh, yes-lots'
can you'll be comm home bout Christ
mus, suh?''
Yes
''Well, sub, do-ef you please, sub
bring me 50 bill. Atlanta Constitu-
ton
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PRovIsIONs-4Provisions

PROVISIONS -&PrOVisions were firm,
though practically stagnant. The market
was helped by firIner prices at the yards.
January pork opened TIC higher at SS.Z71a
and eased off to SS.25. January lard open
ed sc higher at $780, January ribs, PFC
higher at $40.
BARLEY-Cash. No. 3. 25G42c
RYE-Cash, 47c; December, 474c; May,
FLAx-Cash, $10615; cash northwestern,
$1.1012; December. $l-07; May, $1.10.
T4MOTHY-Cash and November. 81, ,65;
March. s.. 80.
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STACK OF PANCAKES 1876, 1868 MILES HIGH.
12O, 900, 900 pancakes for whose disap-
pearance in the winter of 1856 we as
a nation are responsible. He further fig
ured that all these pancakes piled one
ON the other would make pillar which
would tower 1876, 363 miles into the air,
or more than half way to the moon I
also wanted to know how big lump Of
butter such a stack of cakes would re-
quire and the size of the sirup pitcher
which should accompany it, but my
statistician went on strike, and 1 lad
to stop. SEWELL FORD.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
Du1nas, Generosity.

In the days of his affluence some one
went to Dumas pere for 80 sous to help
bury a friend.
''What was he?" Dumas asked.
"a bailifi, sir, - replied the borrower.
Dumas eyes lit with memories. He ran
to his desk and returned with note which
he thrust into the mans hand.
''You say it costs 90 sous? Here are 100.
Bury two of 'em. Exchange.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
no Great Change.

"How fashions change, - remarked the
fluent barber. Time was when the hair
dresser was also blood letter.
''But, - replied the occupant of the chair
of torture as he raised his hand to check
the crimson tide, Il don't see that fashion
has greatly changed. Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-17
Sixty Hours to California,

Daily via Santa, Fe. Pullman palace
and tourist sleepers and free chair cars.
This is the line offering quickest time,
shortest distance and greatest comfort,
every day in the year.