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The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
THE ARMY BILL
Is Taken Up by the Senate Military
Committee.

Washington, April 25.-The senate
committee on military affairs met at 10
o'clock today to consider the army re-
organization bill and also to decide
whether the volunteer army bill re-
quires to be amended.
1t has been complained that the vol
unteer bill contains some defects, but
the authorities of the war department,
where these were first pointed out, diff
fer from these critics in their construc-
ton of the measure.
Senator Hawley, chairman Of the mil
itary committee, has asked the opinion
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25

the United States of America and the
kingdom of Spain.
Second-That the president of the
United States be, and he is hereby, di-
rected and empowered to use the
tire land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States and to call into actual serV-
ice of the United States the militia of
the several states to such extent as
may be necessary to carry this act into
effect,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
TO SAIL TODAY.
Spanish Fleet About to Leave
Cape Verde.

London, April 25.-A special dispatch
from St. Vincent, Cape Verde dated to-
day at a. m, says there is reason to
believe the Spanish fleet sails today.
1t is extremely formidable including
four first class cruisers, six torpedo
boats and two armed transports. Since
the arrival of the transport San Fran
cisco, the latter has transshipped to the
cruisers z, 900 tons of coal
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
CONVICTS CAPTURED.
Two Escaped Prisoners Cauhgt Near
Topeka-One Fatally Wounded.

Rock Creek, April 25.-United States
convicts No. 293 and 438 were captured
at Rock Creek, fourteen miles north
east of Topeka at o'clock today.
They were pursued by citizens with
WinchesterS and surrendered after one
received a possibly fatal wound.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
SPANS FRIENDS.

London, April 25.-There was a meet
ing of the Spaniards here this afternoon
to protest against the meeting in Ira
falgar Square yesterday when Spanish
atrocities in Cuba were denounced
At the meeting several English and
Irish speakers supported Spain.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
TRADE PHILIPPINES.

Bangkok, Siam, April 25.-United States
Minister Barrett suggests that after
America captures the Philippine islands,
she should negotiate with Great Britain
to exchange them for the latter's West
India colonies.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
POPE is PARTIAL.
Bestows His Blessing on the Span
ish Cause.

London, April 25.-The Rome cores
pondent of the Standard says:
1.-The queen regent asked the blessing
of the pope upon Spanish arms His
holiness replied that he sent it from his
heart and hoped to see a vindication of
Spain's rights, which have been tramp
led upon.''
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
SAIL TOMORROW"
Spain's Old Habits Still Cling
to Her.

st. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, April
A.-(6:40 p. m.)-The Spanish fleet is still
here, but it is reported the vessels sail
from these islands tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
Ed Little May be a Major.

Private Secretary Ed Little told the
governor that he did not want the posi-
ton of colonel of one of the Kansas reg
iments, but would like an appointment
in one OF the regiments 1t is now be-
lieved that Governor Leedy will appoint
him a major in command of one of the
battalionS.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
DOUBLE QUICK TIME.

Washington, April 25.-It took the
house one minute and Al seconds to pass
declaration of war.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
Weather Indications.

Chicago, April 25.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Tuesday; warmer in ex-
treme west portion tonight; warmer
Tuesday; variable winds
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
Last StEditiOn

1.-THE State Journal will issue post
script edition still later If the situation
should warrant it'll
The Topeka state journal., 1898-04-25
ARMY BILL PASSES.

Washington, April 25.-The senate
passed the army reorganization bill
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
Study the Furniture.

Did it ever occur TO you what lot of
tale telling the furniture in our houses is
responsible for? Perhaps you have only
regarded the chairs and sofas as simple
mediums to your comfort. You are not
unhappy if a bright green chair happens
to stray into pale blue and gold room so
long as that particularly hideOus abomi-
nation is comfortably upholstered. In
fact, furniture is only furniture TO you,
and there is nothing more to il.
Now, let us advise the study of furni-
ture. Look upon it as the Interpretation
of character, and while you are compelled
to wait for Mime A. or B. while she primps
before the mirror i'm her bedroom you will
be pretty well able TO tell the sort Of indi-
vidual she is really, with all the company
manners and wal paint put aside While
waiting for the door TO DO opened YOU OBJ
serve that the curtains are so disposed and
are of such material that those who are
inside cannot sec outside and those who
are outside cannot see inside When en-
tering the drawing room, you observe that
screens are SO arranged as to prevent any
one from seeing the whole room upon
opening the door. Other screens are also
disposed ms a further guard against sur
prise The lamp Is heavily shaded ergo
the beauty Of the lady is detective The
room is principally decorated with liberty
silk drapings, cheap japanese fans, photo
graphs of prominent beauties and other
Inexpensive ornaments; obviously money
- not plentiful From these trifing cir
cumstances the wise man will conclude
that the lady Is amiablo, that she is expert
encod, that her beauty is not altogether
faultloss and, finally, that she may be
merccnary. Let us, then, elaborate phi
losophy of furniture
Next in a room where the shades are
pulled up So that enough light Is allowed
a. enter 60 show plainly any dust, If any
there be- and yet not enough To fade out
the scrupulously clean carpet, you con
clude that the mistress of the house Is an
excellent housekeeper and does not care
who knows 1t. And thus you can go on
reading curtains, chairs and rugs as read
lily as an open book Of character placed
there for your porusaL Philadelphia
Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
NOT FOR EVERYTHING

But II you have kidney, liver or blad-
der trouble you will find Swamp Root
just the remedy you need. People are
not apt to get anxious about their
health soon enough. II you are "not
quite well' or half sick" have you
ever thought that your didneys may be
the cause OF your sickness?
1t is easy to tell by setting aside
your urine for twenty-four hours; a
sediment or settling indicates an un-
healthy conditions of the kidneys.
When urine stains linen it is evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire
To urinate, scanty supply, pain or dull
ache in the back is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder
need doctoring.
There is satisfaction in knowing that
the great remedy DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, fulfills every wish In relieving
weak or diseased kidneys and all forms
OF bladder and urinary troubles. Not
only does Swamp-Root give new life
and activity to the kldneys-the cause
OF trouble, but by treating the kidneys
1t acts as a tonic for the entire consti-
tuition. II you need medicine you
should have the best Sold by drug
gists, price fifty cents and one dollar,
or by mentioning BELDING BANNER
and sending your address to DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Birmingham, N. Y. you
may have sample bottle OF this great
discovery sent 10 you free by mail.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27

again, her PARENTS may have asked lot
OF people 70 some entertainment, and from
decency, not snobbishness, the men who
have been invited are bound 10 meet and
show her some attention
"In all probability you are just as at
tractive as this particular girl who Is hay
ing the better time, and 10 To the very
men who are showing her attention for
the reasons / have mentioned know IT,
This Is most oonsoling thought II you
happen to be left alone
"The most absolute necessity for being
favorite In every sense Of the word is
sweetness; not surface sweetness, but
that genuine kindness Of heart which
makes us considerable for all about us at
home as well as abroad, and which is just
as sure to make itself evident as the tea
rose Is bound TO exhale its exquisite per-
fume.
"Neyer say mean things about any one.
Your hearers may laugh at the time, but
instinctively they feel they may be the next
to suffer, and one by one they will drop
away from you for there is nothing SO ali.
solutely killing Us ridicule.
"Neyer try to keep man with you
against his will. You may succeed very
well for once or twice, but he is bound to
leel moro OF Tess stuChi anu III inc Gnu
will avoid you. After ALL your belledom
is not for one or two years, but perhaps
for good many, especially in America,
where the girls marry late, and you don't
want to make friends for only one season.
"Accept attention with SO sweet will
ingness that the other will be positively
glad he offered it, and If you have to de-
cline do it as graciously and as kindly rs
you can.
"Never be late at dinner or keep any one
waiting, and make "a point of always
speaking as soon as possible and most def
erentially to the elderly people in a room
"With these small hints as to the man
ner and the greater one as TO sweetness,
which should be in our lives what the
warp is in some beautiful piece of tapestry,
young girl can thoroughly enjoy life and
find warm place in the hearts about her. "
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
Woman and Her Neighbor.

That it takes courage to depart from the
established order of things or to make any
change in social matters, to dare to think
or to act independently, even though
"honor and truth may that way lie, is
the view of the Philadelphia Ledger. How
few of us are brave enough to say, "If |
cannot have all the good things of life, |
will put aside the snowy and expensive
luxuries and dwell in the hidden ways,
where | can at least keep my self respect
unspoiled. will deliberately choose that
which is good for my higher nature and
leave the light and glitter of "A gay world
to those who can profit by it..
This choice is often illustrated in the
matter Of trip abroad We all know peo-
pie who prefer TO remain at home and who
willingly forego all the pleasures and adj
vantages of such travel because, forsooth,
the going must be done on very econom-
ical lines. 1t may even involve a second
class passage across the ocean, and this
would be bitter trial. Not that it would
in itself hold any hardship, but because
none of the traveller particular circle goes
in that way, and so the label is objected
TO and the opportunity missed.
Out Of the frantic desire to be and to do
precisely like our neighbor grows the dis
may with which many a woman looks up
on the label which marks her as behind
the times. TO avoid il every energy il
taxed, each resource is strained. Our
"tea" must be tho counterpart of Mrs
Smith 's-rcgardless of the fact that Mrs
Smith has 500 to every 81 of ours and
consequently has double the number of
servants and ten times the resource.
When fashion DEGREES that cakes shall
be tied with useless therefore, senseless
and inartistic) ribbons we dare not face
our friends without them and do not
dream of putting cakes without bows and
furbelows on our loyeliest china.
If banquet lamps are the mode, it really
seems impossible TO refrain from hiring
them from the caterer and to use instead
our grandmother's beautiful candelabra
on which shades cannot be made to fit
or, even for pressing reasons, TO decide TO
economize on this one item by bringing
our ordinary lamps and gas jets into serv-
ice. Fashion says shades. Mrs Smith
uses shades, and shades it must be for us
If We will not accept our label.
But we might not hesitate so coyly to
acknowledge our description if we realized
what a comfort it is for the blase and
pleasure worn to find here and there those
who dare to be behind the times, when,
as in these days, being "up to date
means unrest and competition.
The simple truths, the genuine hospital
ity of certain homes where the label has
been SO long worn that it is never thought
about or has come to be regarded as a sort
of honorable badge, are rest and refresh
ment To all who enter in
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
Things For Cooks to Know.

Not only drug clerks and scientists
should know chemistry The cook should
know little of it. For instance, she should
know that in 100 pounds of uncooked
cabbage there are but ~ pounds of dry
matter, and of this dry matter from "a
to pounds are lost in the cooking pot.
Experiments with potatoes show that
in order to obtain the highest food value
potatoes should not be peeled before cook
ing; that when potatoes are peeled before
cooking the least loss is sustained by put
ting them directly into hot water and
boiling as rapidly as possible. Even then
the loss Is very considerable. If potatoes
are peeled and soaked in cold water be
fore boiling the loss Of nutrients is very
great, being one-fourth of all the albume-
mold matter. In bushel of potatoes the
loss would BIO equivalent TO a pound of
sirloin steak.
Carrots contain less nitrogen, but rela
lively more albumcnold nitrogen than po-
tatoos, and therefore furnish more matter
available for building muscular tissue In
order to preserve the greatest amount of
nutrients in the cooking of carrots the
pieces should be large rather than small
the boiling should be rapid, so that the
food value of the vegetable shall not be
impaired As little water as possible
should be used, and If the matter extracted
is made available as food along with the
carrots loss of 20 To 80 per cent, or even
more, OF the total food value may be pre-
vented. New York journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
A Photograph Screen.

Nearly every woman has an accumula-
tion Of photographs that she doesn't know
what to do with. There isn't one in the
lot that she could bear TO destroy, and yet
they are very much in the way. She really
can't afford to pack them entirely out of
sight, for many of the originals may APP
pear on the scene at any time. A photo
graph screen solves the problem and makes
the disposition of the pictures an easy
matter. These screens come i'm all sizes,
holding from four to one hundred or more
photographs. They are made of silk, satin
or cedar wood, and the panels fold after
the style of the ordinary screen. One side
is hand painted in water colors and the
other is entirely filed with pockets for
holding the pictures. A folding screen is
"A useful article in bedroom, boudoir or
living room, and one covered with the
faces of ones friends or of interesting per-
sonages is particularly valuable and inter
esting. The beauty about the photograph
screen is that if one gets tired of the faces
all one has to do is to turn them To the
wall and then rest the eye on the pastoral
scenes on the other side Of the screen.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27

brilliant idea struck me. l followed those
drawers into retirement, armed with "a
small saw, hammer and package of short,
smooth nails, called brads. Standing two
of the drawers on end measured distances
carefully for supports for two shelves in
each, and adding screws and screwdriver
to my implements inserted three round
headed, short screws in each of the lines
marked, leaving about half an inch at the
head protruding.
"Thcse provided firm support for the
shelves, which l sawed, not without some
difficulty, | admit, from the smooth, thin
board forming the bottom of one drawer.
then placed the backs NOW become the
sides) of the two together and nailed them
firmly, being careful to hammer the ends
of the brads over into the wood that the
protruding points should not deface the
books. This done, nailed the two, now
one, to third drawer which i stood on
its back, thus leaving one long wide
space, capable of holding magazines, scrap
books and waits and estrays' of newspa-
pers that | might wish to preserve. OF
course had removed all the knobs before
beginning work.
There now remained the mere outline
of one drawer to be utilized the bottom
having been removed for shelves. What
could do with ity Another happy thought
placed it on top Of the two drawers,
nailed it securely and behold an open top
shelf for ornamcntsl Securing a knob on
every corner of the lowest drawer gave
neat little supports that lifted the now
practically complete bookcase about two
inches from the floor, and ] surveyed my
work with pride
THE converting of the merely utilitarian
into the ornamental was the next step.
bought for 20 cents box of oak colored
enameling paint and a small piece of put
ty. Filling the holes where the knobs had
been with putty, covered the entire sur
face with the paint. l then fastened small
brass brackets on the front of the upright
drawers and on the ends of the top shelf,
six i'm all These held slender brass rods,
from which were hung curtains of pretty
art muslin in "a llowery design on blue
ground that harmonzed with the wall pa
per
II also made a cover for the top shelf of
the muslin. sewing narrow ruflie around
the front and ends 10 cover the exposed
edge of the shelf, and my bookcase was
complete. New York Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
Practical Education of Girls.

Little girls in the primary grades could
perfectly well be interested in their cloth
ing-in the questions why dark clothing
is more serviceable than white; why wool
ems are more wholesome for people who
are doing hard bodily work than cottons
why cleanliness is needful for the health
of the skin, especially in the case of babies
and little children, says "a writer in The
Chautauquan. In the fifth grade the chill
dren are already old enough to understand
and take keen interest in the simple
principles of laundry work or even of dye
ing, and their arithmetic might well CON
Germ itself with the cost of foods and the
length of time that garment may be ex-
pected to wear AS factor in determining
the relative prices of goods.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
The Kitchen Sink.

The reason why sinks are stopped so
often is because grease gradually fills the
pipes and hardcns there into cakes, which
must be taken out by the plumber If they
are too hard or too large to resist the ac
ton of I've. There is always danger of this
stoppagc from grease, but the danger Is
less when housewives insist upon two
daily rules: First, all the plates and dishes
must DO scraped with palette knife or
some other flexible blade, so that rs little
grease as possible and certainly no Jumps
of indissoluble matter reach the pipes /.
second, after every dishwashing, and the
last thing at night, pour down a certain
quantity of potash I've dissolved i'm boiling
water and use while hot az possible. This
makes soft soap in the pipe, which melts
away as water comes down, and provided
that there is no foreign substance, like
matches, sticks, bits Of paper, bone, hair
or fruit stones lodged I'm there, leaves Il
clear and free. -Philadelphia Ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
How to nccome a Belle.

An older woman who has been through
that maelstrom called society offers the
following hints to her younger sisters who
are about 10 make their first plunge into
the whirl, says the Baltimore sun:
lit takes some months, in many cases
years of the worlds fine polishing TO
soften the little roughnesses and those
thousand and one incompletenesses that
imbittCr extreme youth and turn every
want Of attention, every slip of other PEG
pies tongues, into n perfect regiment of
Sights.
"In this manner many girls first year
of social life is anything but the unalloyed
happiness Of which she has dreamed.
1.-THE first lesson for debutante to
learn Is that she is not the only debutante
I'm the room and that every eye Is 10y no
means fixed upon her. Remember that
each little debutante is just rs much occu-
pied with herself rs you are and each
mother who sits ranged against the wall
Is thinking very deeply of her own partic-
ular little duckling that has turned so
suddenly into swan. To realize this fact
that is, that every one is not looking at
you--may be shock to the vanity, but
IL will do more to lessen that painful shy.
ness so wisely called by the French faux
honte than anything else In the world.
mo one really knows or remembers
whether you were out i'm certain figure
Of the german or not, and IL you are left
alone there is no use worrying and feeling
mortified until by the time some one does
turn up you have not the spirit left to
make yourself agreeable.
Being belle is often the merest acci
dent. A girl may have lot Of cousins
and brothers, who, with their friends, are
determined to make her a success. Then,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27

pairs OF pillowcases for its square pillows;
two pairs OF sheets, which measure full
yard more than the length Of the mattress,
To insure undisturbed and protected COW
ers; two white spreads, of quality easily
Numbered and light In weight, and two
pairs of large all wool blankets Of which
one pair should be bound separately.
These constitute the sole essentials. To
them may be added homemade quilt and
comfortable.
The table linen must include best cloth
for special occasions, three really good
ones for general use and two dozen nap
kins that will not shed lint OF towels
there Is theoretically no limit to the need
ed variety. Practically, however, there
are only few that are absolutely indis-
pensable One dozen hemstitched huck
for bedroom fuse, one dozen checked linen
for china and one dozen crash for the kit
chen, all made In yard lengths besides
three roller towels 24 yards long, will
easily supply the ordinary demand under
the conditions imposed. OF course sick
ness, lavish hospitality or even delayed
weekly washday would necessitate larger
supply in each case. A maxim profltably
observed 10y successful housekeeper is
worth passing on for consideration in this
connection, Expense for essentials only,
plus remunerative labor, equals thrift. F"
With this in mind one can easily deter
mine how much can or must be added TO
the supply on hand in January, when the
thoughts of thrifty housewives turn to-
ward the linen closet. Usually one pair of
sheets and two pairs of pillowcases are suf-
flcient for the annual replenishing. Two
tablecloths, one dozen napkins and one
third the towel list added each year will
insure ample comfort under ordinary con-
ditions Harper Bazaar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on two %
cent bottles. of BaXter's Mandrake
Bitters, If 1t fails to cure constipation,
biliousness, sick headache, or any of
the diseases for which it is recommend
ed. Also will refund the money on a
so cent bottle OF Downs Elixir. il it
does not cure any cough, cold, Group,
whooping cough, or throat or lung diff
ficulty. We also guarantee one 25-cent
bottle Of either of the above to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
w. |. BENEDICT,
w. a. DUTT,
FISK BANGS,
HOLMES q CONNELL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
White Silk Handkerchief.

The don is for laundering white silk
handkerchiefs are: Don't iron while wet
with very hot iron, or the silk will
shrivel and spoil; don't fail to rinse the
soap thoroughly out of them, or they will
bc coarse and hard; don't rub the soap di-
rectly upon them, or wash them i'm hot
water or they will become yellow to n
certainty. These are the directions, by
negatives, To wash them we'll
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-01-27
MOTHERS FRIEND

allayS Nervousness and so assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way OF
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pains left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of "Mother's Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.