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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
Ameriean GlrIs Belter LO0king.

The rage for outdoor exercise that has
taken possession OF American girls of
late years is already bringing forth its
legitimate fruits, and unbiased ObServ-
ers declare that they are growing in
grace and loneliness every year. says
an exchange. They are taller, straight
er and more healthful looking than were
those of a generation ago. The increas-
and open-air exercise have undOubted-
" brought about this change. Girls are
learning that the first essential to good
looks is good health and that health de-
ponds on plenty of exercise. In England
great attention is paid TO athletic sports
for girls They are brought up 10 take
part in all kinds Of vigorous exercise
ana in pastimes which keep them out
in the fresh air. such as riding, golfing
and boating To many persons cricket
and hockey may seem to be unusual
amusements for girls. Yet al the girls
schools and colleges in England these
games are as popular as basketball IS
in the United States American girls
have arrived gradually at the knowI-
edge Of the delights of outdoor life
Fashion, which has had much to do
with bringing sports into favor, has
really been a blessing in disguise but it
is not probable that the enthusiasm for
athletics VIII be a passing fad when one
considers its accompanying advantages
to health, strength and beauty. Well
developed, symmetrical muscles are
necessary to graceful outlines. round
ness of limb and the ease and supple
ness Of movement which create admira-
ton. Health not only gives bodily beau
", adds a glow TO the cheek and q bril-
haney to the eye. but it animates the
spirits and makes the pOSsesSor happy.
A delicate girl who is entirely unfit TO
ride bicycle or to play tennis may put
herself in good condition TO take up
these pastimes by exercising with light
dumbbells or going through calisthenic
zHnr~-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
To Send Flowers BY Mail.

Flowers may be sent by mail and ar
rive in good condition if picked over
night and kept in pans Of water, not
in vases. nor even in wider necked jars
In the morning they should be dried
and rolled into punches so tightly as
to exclude all air from both stalk and
flowers. Newspaper may be used for
this wrapping. They may then be
packed rather closely in pastebOard
boxes, and will travel reasonable dis
lance without serious detriment-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
The Charm OF Cordially.

There is hardly anythirg-in fact.
honestly believe there is nething-that
can take the place of cordially in the
home. so FAR as the pleasure OF guests
II concerned declares a thoughtful zvo-
man. Fittings ard furnishings may be
elegant the carpets upon which YOU
tread may have been designed and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09

prove traps for those that fly by day
If coffee is spilled On linen the stains
can be removed by soaking the part in
clear cold water, to which a little b0rax
is from tea or fruit. do not put the ar
CicleS in cold water or the stain viii be-
come set Simply pour boiling water over
1t until it disappears. which IT viii II quite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
SKIRTS TO BE DONE UP.
White Pique is the Fad Though
Linen is Still Popular.
Things of Interest to House
keepers and Others.

Wash silk promises to be a popular
fabric for summer wear il comes in
almost all OF the pretty shades and ttnts
but is not so Inexpensive as one would
think as it is so narrow that il takes
several yards more than silk ofOrdinary
width. The prettiest wash silk dresses
are made without Innings. as are any
other wash materials. and the palmer
the more effective They lauder very
nicely but with a little care may be
worn an entire season without needing
it. Wash silk gowns are pretty for
evening wear in the summer ana are
satisfactory to take with one on lew
days visit as they are easily packed
without wrinkung-
New ldias in Hosiery.
The newest thing in hosiery is the
brilliant lace Isle. IL is very open ana
lacey. being made especially for mid
summer wear 1t has soft shiny mn
ish which gives it the appearance OF
silk. and comes only in black
Plain blue and red lace Isle are much
worn but they are neither 50 pretty nor
zine as the black with the brilliant fin
ish The we'll dressed woman Will wear
plain black hosiery almost entirely dur
ing the summer.
Wash Skirts.
Wash skirts are again TO the 'front.';
some of them are exceedingly pretty,
but of the others the least said the bet
ter. White pique skirts are always
pretty when properly made, and fresh
from the laundry. But il is said that
this ummer white wool skirts are 10
take the place of pique. and If TINS
is true the laundry bill of the summer
girl VIII be greatly reduced The wool
skirts are To be- made without Innings so
that they may be easily Numbered when
necessary.
Linen and crash skirts of all kinds
are shown in the stores and viii De
quite popular. Many of them are OF
one material. tucked OF with insertion
set in. but Il few are seen with a broad
strip of a darker material about the
bottom. braided in white. AS rule
these skirts are not SO satisfactory as
q light weight wool skirt for wear with
shirt waists.
Fads aud Faucies.
The millinery fruits which appear on
some Of the latest hats are fearfully
and wonderfully made Of black and col
ured velvets. There is variety, too. in
this counterfeit fruit department, and
the black cherries and grapes are really
quite q success-not as true representa-
tons of their kind perhaps, but as Civ
ing striking effects with green leaves
on the cream straw hats with stylish
bow Of black velvet ribbon, or cream
lace and a buckle
Bows in the hair have become 50
common that they are considered out OF
style by the ultra smart And for even
ing dress, a wreath of leaves. either
green. silver and gold in color. or IN
the gray faded tints Of violet and red
are worn instead Young girls wear q
wreath Of small flowers or one single
real rose
one of the pretty new fringes is made
of satin cords. black. white or colored
combined in some instances with loops
of taffeta ribbon
a fashionable garment which consti-
rures part of racing costume is a mil
itary booking coat reaching to tho
knees. The first NapoleOu's coat is the
model from which it evolved and while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
To Clean Oil Portraits.

IF people knew what an easy task 1t
is to clean portraits and oil paintings
they would never let them hang. black
and cOlOrless. on their walls In nine
cases out Of ten pictures painted by the
last generation Of artists owned by prI-
vate collectors or individuals have al
most entirely lost their beauty by being
coated with dirt and smoke Either Of
the following methods can be used by
any careful person without fear of in
jury TO the picture. and in many cases
can restore its surface TO its original
freshness and brilliancy Of color.
As this is the simplest method it is
Wen to try it first Take the picture
from its frame and lay it on a large ia
bic, face upward Have a bowl of tepId
water and a good sized sponge in readI-
ness Peel a large white potato and cut
il in half. Then. with the sponge and
water. go carefully over the entire sur
face Of the picture In case it is badly
cracked. as so many old paintings are.
let the sponge be fairly dry. for if the
water should OOze under the paint il
might crack more. Now take the pota-
TO- and with the smooth side go over the
entire surface while it is wet Do not
scrub hard. is that is apt to stretch the
canvas and necessitate its being taken
of the stretcher. The potato should
move in a circular motion. which should
be kept up until the canvas is in
lather. The dirt Will soon begin to soft
en- and make the la1her quite black.
tNGep Iubbth5 until al JHe Spots ana
stains disappear. and then wash care
fully and very thoroughly with tepid
water and the sponge.
Unless the dirt has been vanished in
a picture viii usually readily respond to
this treatment. but in case it viii not,
the following method is almost sure to
give -ne desired result
Double a heavy blanket twice and
sprinkle il freely with alcohol; then
turn the picture in its frame. face
downward over it. The fumes of the al
eohol VIII soon begin TO rise and loosen
the dirt; it Will also clarity the varHish
and give it the appearance of having
been just applied The picture should
be kept over the alcohol until all the
spots have disappeared from its sur
/ face and left IL fresh and bright in col
or The portrait should then be spong
ed with tepid water and placed where
I IL VIII dry slowly Never use any soap
on an oil painting It may remove the
( dlrt. but the chemicals in IL are sure 10
do damage, though the immediate re
suit may be very pleasing Many a good
I picture has been ruined by soap and a
/ scruDbing brush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-09
Pretty Favor FOr sumner cOtiIIon.

The cOtill0n as finish to ali dancing
parties has become so popular on ali
occasions that any one who knows how
20 lead it rises Immediately into favor
with all. The pleasure and responsible
ity of engineering the figures should be
shared by a couple. while a third person
decides on the length of the dances by
tapping on his tambourine, and at the
same time sees that the dancers follow
the intentions of the leader, If a figure
demands that the participants cease
dancing after a few turns.
Small faVOrs are prettily arranged in
haring baskets. Between the figures
when the dancers are seated the lead
ers distribute the favOrs-
Canes with large tissue paper flowers
on them are pretty favors- The leaders
distribute them. and after Waiting once
around the room each leader chooses
two persons according to the flowers
they have decided on. so that in a mo
ment those who have poppy flowers, for
example are dancing together When
all the flowers have been matched the
figure ends with a march. Tissue paper
hats for men and becoming bonnets for
ladies are very attractive and, in fact,
bOas, cOllarettes. epaulettes. reticule
bags. aprons and many other pretty
things are made out Of tissue paper for
cotiliOns.
\ target and especially prepared shot
guns are to be had for the cotillOn. \
lady or a gentleman holds the target
up before the face, and two persons of
the opposite sex shoot simultaneously
The one who comes nearest the mark
dances with the one who held the target
Each figure lasts on an average of ten
least ten figures to close q dancing par
~ -11ppazeffI3IE
The Conservative, 1900-11-15

very people among whom Mr.. Bryan
says he sustained the most severe losses.
The implication from Mr.. Bryan's inter-
view is that these, instead of being the
most conscientious, are the most dis
honest of our people. 1t is only in the
large cities, the great centres of popu-
lation, the places where Mr.. Bryan says
he made his gains, that corruption is
possible and "bossism," the source of it,
fourishes. Are we to conclude that Mr..
Bryan reasons from introspection Can
it be that he assigns to large majority
of his fellow citizens base and unworthy
motives upon the theory that such
motives prompt his own political action?
Does he allege that the gains made
among the farmers, by the republicans,
were due to a corrupt use of money
because of conviction that his gains in
the city Of New York were brought
about by liberal expenditures, on the
part of his friend and financial agent,
Mr.. Croker, of the blood money raised
for his campaign from the dives and
brothels or other forms of criminal
revenue?
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
The following
card appeared in
the Chicago Rec
A PICKLED
PROPHECY.
ord Tuesday {:

ord Tuesday
"LINCoLN, NEB., Nov. 4th.-To the
Editor of The Record: The fight has
been made and won. Money and coer-
cion robbed us of victory in 1896, but
believe they will be powerless to change
the result this time. The people are in
earnest, and very few can be bought.
Our organization is much better than it
was in 1896, and therefore there is less
danger of frauds. So far attempts at
intimidation have been rare this year,
where they were very common in 1896 {;
and even where intimidation has been
attempted it has angered the employees
rather than coerced them.
NV. j. BRYAN"
The fight has been made and one
more forecast de-verifed.
Every few can be bought" therefore
Bryan and Croker, j. X. Jones, Till
man, Coin Harvey and old Tombstone
of Missouri, with the long moss locks,
shall enter upon the administration of
the government. Keep this specimen
of canned forecast for use again when
the "peerless prophet" begins to lay
wires for the next upheaval of spontan.
eous adulation by those who seek promi
nence and Office not for honor but for
money.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
Dickie Croker
has sailed for
England, leaving
DICKIE AND
BILLY.

England, leaving
his sons and bull dogs and Billy Bryan
alone and entirely bereft of his affec
tionate care and protection. An enter
prising publisher will soon issue
volume entitled "The Twin Prophets"
or "How to Make Forecast Without a
Fault The predatory line on page one
will read "Great is Tammany and
Croker is it's prophet.
Since the remark of Rev. Burchard in
the Blaine. Cleveland campaign of 1884
relative to ''rum, Romanism and rebel
lion," no orator except "the peerless
one" has turned 80 many votes with so
short speech. It was a hummer. But
what profiteth it prophet if he fool the
whole world and lose his own election,
together with the respect of decent peo.
pie by hob. .nobbing with the prophet of
Tammany-the murderer Croker?
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
Entered at the postoffice at Nebraska City
Neb., as Second Glass matter, July 29th, 1893.

Inc sell
= Z, > = ~ ance of Mr.. Bryan
blinds him as to the real and Immediate
cause of the disastrous outcome of the
"second battle" That he wholly and
completely fails to comprehend the
temper of the American people and the
reasons prompting their political action,
is evident from the statement he gave to
the press few days after his defeat was
known, in which he said:
"The republicans were able to secure
tickets or passes for all their voters who
were away from home, and this gave
them considerable advantage. We
have no way of knowing at this time
how much money was spent in the pur-
chase of votes and in colonization.
Mr.. Bryan here intimates that the
main factor contributing to his defeat
was corruption and bribery No think
ing man will for an instant believe that
so great number of the Ameri-
can people, as repudiated Mr.. Bryan
and the policies he advocates, are as
viciously dishonest as Mr.. Bryan's
charge would imply. Mr.. Bryan him.
self, in the same letter, makes an
admission which destroys his theory,
when he says:
"We seemed to have gained in the
large cities and to have lost in the
smaller cities and in the country"
It is impossible to bribe, colonize or
intimidate an isolated people like those
who live in the
' Wv country or in the
smaller towns. It is fact, acknowledged
by all students Of civics, that the most
capable, independent and conscientious
class of voters are the farmers and the
voting population of our villages. the
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
NO FOURTH OF
JULY IN 1901.

JU1y TN 1901. TIVE is glad that
the Chinese fire.
cracker and the Roman candle is no
longer to emphasize American parox-
ysms of patriotism.
And there will be no more discordant
vocal music during the sweltering and
sweating of citizens on the anniversary
of the independence of the United
States. Because a prophet, even the
peerless w. j. Bryan, in welcoming the
Bryan Home Guards and Travelling
Mems Club on their return from the
national convention, July 7, 1900, said:
1.-The fight this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
so often repeated, My Country, IT'S of
Thee if we lose, our children and our
children's children will not succeed to
the spirit of that song, and celebrations
of the Fourth of July will pass away,
for the spirit of empire will be upon
u.s."
The spirit of empire has arrived. The
Fourth of July is dead, and yet not
deader than Moses and the prophets.
The Conservative, 1900-11-15
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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J. STERLING MORTON, EDITOR.

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The Conservative, 1900-11-15
ENDORSEMENT.

'The kind of
democratic re or
ganization that j. Sterling Morton
would accomplish would receive the un
qualified Endorsement of M. A. Hanna
and j. Pierpont Morgan. "-World-
Herald.
That endorsement among the business
men, the merchants, manufacturers,
mechanics, farmers and bankers of the
United States would be quite as accept
able and creditable as the endorsement
of Coin Harvey, Bert Hitchcock, Dick
Croker, Billy Bryan and Senator Till
man of South Carolina.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10

Fosse Lynched Two of Them and Is
Seeking the Others.

Ripley Tenn. Jan. 9.-Oficers Marvin
turner and ". d. Turner to-day arrested
desperate negro named Gingerly. rve
miles north of here and were escortfue
him to The Ripley jail when two negroes.
brothers of the prisoner shot both off,
GERS in The back, killing them. A large
posse instantly began pursuit Of the mur-
derers 10 lynch them.
The latest reports from the posse are
that two Of the miscreants have been
caught and lynchei. The two negroes
were swung to trees al the roadside at
s.5V o'clock tonight. One of the dead men
Is the prisoner, who was being escorted TO
Jail when the officers were shot by his
brothers.
The searching parties are still out hunt
lns for other participants in the crime
II is reported many negroes in the
neighborhood are arming themselves and
excitement runs high. Negroes are being
run off the streets tonight and are warn
Ell TO remain quiet.
A negro was assaulted at o'clock by a
white man, and is perhaps fatally iniur-
ed. Every incoming train has brought
large numbers of men who have Joined in
pursuit Of other negroes,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10
DU BGNoN ron THE SENATE.
Rumor starts That He VIII Oppose
senator bacon.

Atlanta, Jan. 9.--This years state cleo
tions are already beginning to foreshadow
themselves in an interesting fashion.
Every day now the list of those who want
TO serve the state in one or other Of the
branches Of the general assembly is add
ed to.
Hon. Mel McInnes Of Augusta. Il is said,
has announced for the Senate from the
Eighteenth district composed Of the coun-
ties Of Richmond, jefferson and Glascock.
So far he has the field TO himself
Among the probable early announce
ments are Representative Grlhin Of
Twiggs to represent the Twenty-drst SEN
atorial district and A, NJ. Henderson Of
Ocilla, Irwin county TO represent the Fif-
tcenth.
There are some very interesting rumors
coming up from the Eleventh, which If
they pan out viii greatly interest the
people OF Savannah. An this talk is vague
ana indefinite and yet there appears to
be more ia il than the surface indications
would warrant.
The Eleventh district IS composed of the
counties of Clay, Randolph and Terrell.
II is Randolph's time to name the sena-
tor Sometime back II was stated that
Hon. J. b Bussey would make the race.
To-day prominent state politician an
nounced that ID. D. Stewart of Nernal
would make the race against Bussey.
To tho casual oulooker there would ap-
pear TO be nothing in this simple recital.
but here IS where the wise politicians
wag their heads knowingly and putting
two and two together figure out a very
pretty race for Senator Baoon's seat. Mr..
Bussey is Senator Bacon's private secre-
tary and Mr.. Stewart is the father-in-law
.. oil,
political friendship OF Judge Griggs and
Hon. Fleming 6. duBignon is here re-
called and the conclusion is at once jump
ed at that Mr. sduBignon IS a prospective
candidate for senator against Maj. Ba-
con- and that the forces Of these two are
being lined up for the struggle that IS soon
to be on. This is the rumor that went
floating through the capitol to-day, vague
and intangible. but very interesting never
thAIagg
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10
WHITES SUCCESS DOUBTFUL.
Indicates Remarkable Revolution
in Boer Tactics.


London. Jan. 9-Further news of Gen.
Whites victory is anxiously awaited, as it
is generally realized to day that there was
little warrant for the exultation which fol-
lowed the announcement Of his repulse
of the Beers
This remarkable revolution in Boer tao
ties has been another complete surprise
to the British. who had not recSoned on
the weakened garrison of Ladysmith being
subjected to such a courageous assault,
and It Is realized that Gen. Whites troops
cannot be expected to greatly prolong such
an arduous defense.
In some quarters IL is onsldered unac-
countable that Gen. Butler did not press
his attempt to effect a passage of the
Tugela river while the Beers were en-
gagged northwards and the comments on
his apparent supineness are nowise com
plmentary
From the Boer headquarters 1t Is report
ed that Gen. Butler is constructing a sub
sidiary railroad from the main line to
Colenso westwardly, in the direction OF
Potgieters Drift.
Advices from the Modder river say the
Beers continue to extend their works and
it is estimated that $1,000 men are required
to defend them.
The prisoners captured by the Canadians
and Queenslanders at Sunnyside are GO
ing to Cape Town for trial as rebels
The Canadians expressed intense indig-
nation on learning that the prisoners were
British subjects.
The colonial troops continue to earn
warm praise on all sides.
Casualties at CoIesberg.
The casualties OF the Suffolks near
Colesberg were:
Kned-Col. Watson and Lieuts. wilkins,
Carey and White, and twenty-three men
Missing-Capts. Brett, Thompson and
Brown, and Lieuts. Allen, Wood-Martin
and Butler and 1G men.
Wounded-Twenty-one men.
Cen French further reports that the
casualties of the other regiments TO Jan
4 were twelve men killed and forty-four
wounded.
The queen has telegraphed her congrat-
ulauons and thanks to Gen. White and
his troops at Ladysmith.
A dispatch from Frere Camp last Sun
dav night said all was quiet there. thus
dispelling the widespread hopes that Cen
Butler had followed up his demonstrations
before Colenso with an effective move else
where
TransyanI Gold Accepted.
The London Times correspondent at
Lorenzo Marquee cables that although
there Is no guarantee that the Transvaal
gold is of standard value the Portuguese
government compels the local banks to
ACCEPT il as legal tender, at the same
rate as British sovereigns, thus giving
the republics every facility for extensive
transactions here and renting money
TO Europe"
Continuing, the correspondent says:
1T Is questioned whether the Portu-
guese order is not breach OF neutral-
ity"
The latest news from Bloemfontein says