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y MONS AU GRATIN-Bon three
or four onions for one hour in
two quarts of saIted water.

NNlONS Az NRAIlN.-BO1l three
or four onions for one hour in
two quarts of saIted water.
Pour off the water and then cut up the
onions. Put them in a baking dish and
pour over them half a pint Of cream
sauce and half a cup of grated bread
crumbs dotted with bits of butter.
Place in a quick oven and bake for
twenty minutes.
Escaloped Onions.-Bon the onions
until tender in sailed water to which
has been added a little milk. Drain and
put the onions in a baking dish with
alternate layers of breadcrumbs, salt
pepper and a dash of powdered sage.
Dot each layer of breadcrumbs with
pieces of butter. Pour over the whole
a half cup OF milk Cover the top with
breadcrumbs and small pieces of but
ter. Bake it a light brown and serve hot
Buttered Spanish Onions.-Peel large
Spanish onions carefully so as to re-
move only the outer skin With a
sharp knife cut off the top; make a
hole in the middle of each onion and I'LL
with the following stufing- Cut into
squares some veal kidney and good
bacon. Chop separately a little parsley
and suet and mix all together. adding
salt and pepper to taste. When the
onions are filed the tops are replaced
and secured with a string. Place them
in buttered pan and bake slowly,
basting with melted butter. When per
fectly done remove the string and
serve on thick slices of toast.
Fried Apples and Onions.-Ise twice
as many rather sour apples as onions.
Slice the apples without pairing them,
and also slice the onions fine, and fry
them together in butter, being careful
to keep the pan covered to hold the
steam, which will prevent burning.
While cooking sprinkle slightly with
sugar to give added flavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

such an important part in the summer
wardrobe a word to the home fashioner
of belts as to the correct way of max
ing them may be appreciated.
Not long ago the fashionable ceinture
consisted of a length of ribbon passed
around the waist and tied in a bow at
the left side of the front or in loops
and ends in the back. This was in the
days when a small waist made for
beauty, but now it is no longer modish
to possess an hourglass waist, provided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

a fragment of Nfoore's "LalIa
Rookh' set to music by Schu-
mann, was partially lost owing to the
small size of the NOuveau theater, in
which it was produced. Paris has no
regular music hall like the St James s
IN London, Carnegie in New York and
the Chicago Auditorium, and for lack
of a better place her large concerts are
held in one of the many theaters. This
state of things has been in existence
so long that it is now taken as a matter
of course. Schumann's work lost in
tensity from its environment, the set
ting being too small for the frame; in
other words, the music overpowered
the building, and all the efforts of the
able conductor, NJ. Chevillard, could not
improve matters. Granting that the
music was heard at a disadvantage, it
nevertheless lacks the color and pictur-
sequences which characterize Moores
poetry.
If one feels inclined to cavil with ar
tistic efforts the natural beauty of the
Bots just now will satisfy the most
critical. This lovely avenue is fra
grant with the odor of flowers and
beautified with specimens of the eter-
nal feminine gowned in all the pomps
and vanities of charming spring modes.
Though fashions creations are moth
ing like as exquisite as natures, they
lead that ancient dame, Mother Earth,
a pretty lively race. Certainly this
seasons clothes are decidedly alluring.
CoIors and fabrics are so fine and va
ried that we have begun to look upon
the manufacturer as a species of magi-
clan who can make any weave he
pleases. To meet the special need of
the "fullness of things he is produc-
ing silks and lighter weight materials
which heretofore have been rather mar
row almost twice their width.
Perfectly charming in the wide fab
RIGS is the new silk kim, which pos
sesses the substance of pongee and the
softness of crepe de chine. It is to be
found in all the fashionable shades
Among the multiplicity of voiles in ev
cry weight and color there is a tar
tan plaid which is really newer than
anything yet produced in this material
The plaid is a very small green and
blue check representing the only com
binatiOn of the kind so far attempted
The fact that this new voile is not
cheap obviates for the summer at least
any chance of it's being too much worn
to be desirable. I have seen a stunning
gown of this material made with a
three tered skirt and trimmed with
little Killed frills of blue taffeta, the
bodice becomingly arranged with trim
mings of the killing. Many of the plaid
and striped frocks are made up over a
silk lining of contrasting shades which
when we'll handled give an effect at
once elusive and charming.
The wolfe gowns are trimmed with
the narrow braid, the cuffs and waist
coats often hidden under lines straight
and waved Of three different colors in
hercules braid. Tor instance. a cham
payne frock has a mingling of this
trimming in black and white, gold and
pale blue, repeated on it's. cuffs, gilet
and little fiat turnover collar. A com
bination of lemon and pale green is
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have. been adapted to meet modern re-
quirements.
Rooms treated in new art furnish
ings possess the beauty of the Tudor
age without it's discomforts. In these
apartments there will be fine, rich pan
elings and graceful holdings associated
with a, quaintness of ornament singu-
larIy pleasing. When the true spirit is
found in an interior new art decorative
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risians are wearing a cravat of cerise
or brilliant green appearing beneath
an immaculate turnover linen collar
Red shoes have a great vogue. Though
decidedly bad form except for out Of
town wear, they are very becoming to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

equipped, has a large, graceful leaf
for a foundation, and the upright sup
port is a new art figure of a woman
holding in her outstretched arms
green silk shade trimmed with fringe
and ruchings of the silk. The electric
bulb is concealed beneath this shade
The development CT the new art is
none the less interesting from the fact
that it is another demonstration of the
truth of the time hOnored axiom that
there is nothing new under the sun
There is no doubt that the style has
possibilities undiscovered and that in
time something remarkably good will
be evolved from it. Anyway, the fad is
gaining ground, and its disciples say
that it marks an epoch in decorative
art.
For summer furnishings this style
viii divide honors with Japanese effects
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seen, but it is rather more striking than
beautiful. Some exquisite gowns whose
destination is America have just been
completed by a celebrated couturiere.
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the effect be trim and neat Such a de-
sirabie contamination is wonderfully
helped by the straight fronted corset;
still one has to be particular that the
fit of the belt be unimpeachable. There
are two ways of making these belts.
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of the ensemble was accentuated by a
novel arrangement of coarse embroid-
cry in shades of old blue, puce and viii
low green touched with dark purple
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

So far the worst phases of the new
art have been pointed out, but in clever
hands it can be made to possess a dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

coat. The gown illustrated is Of blue
serge and has a blazer jacket with a
waistcoat of white cloth covered with
Persian embroideries. The skirt is
plated. At the knee the plaits are held
by buttons covered with serge and then
flare out into a pretty foot fullness.
Serge buttons trim the jacket.
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tinct charm and freshness of design in
metal work, furniture and material.
The best examples of furniture are
beautiful both in finish and construc-
ton. Much of the work in wood is
based upon Elizabethan models which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

ARIS. April 16.-The enjoyment
Sunday night of Paradise
and the Peri" that delightful
fragment of Moore's ''Lalla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

)NSPICUOUS among the many |
styles of furniture, bric-a-
brae and jewelry of the pres
ent day that which has come
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
overproduction of Cotton.

The idea among farmers here is to
raise an unusually large crop OF cot
ton this year, and if this idea is adopt
ed by all of the cotton growers OF the
south we may again expect a case OF
overproduction, and a general tum-
bling down of prices next fall. Ten
million bales at Is cents per pound
will be worth more to the country than
100000 bales at ten cents per pound.
Less land, less labor, fewer teams. less
feed and fewer farming implements
and less time would be required to
produce 10000, 900 bales, and that num-
Der of bales would be eagerly taken by
the markets of the world 1t remupera-
tive prices for its production. In fact,
100000 bales would bring the coun-
try more money than would a large
crop that would glut the markets and
paralyze prices. For good prices grow
less cotton and plant enlarged food
crops, and raise hogs and good mules
-Luray (Tenn.) Times.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
NINETY YEARS AGO.
Interesting Talk About What Is Con-
sidered Oldest Working Loco
motive in the World.

The illustration shows what was un-
questionably the Oldest working loco
motive in the world.
In tracing her history we are taken
back to the year 1919, when the owners
of the Hetton colliery, near Durham, de-
cided to change their wagon way into
a steam railroad, and secured for this
purpose the services Of Stephenson, who
had already made his name in connec-
ton with a similar undertaking for the
Killingworth colliery.
' This earlier locomotive was the first
that Stephenson built, and it was placed
on the Killingworth railroad on July rs.
1914 and proved its value by drawing
eight loaded cars, of total weight OF 80
tons. up a grade Of one in 450.
The Hetton railway was eight miles
in length and extended from Hetton col
liery. which is located few miles west
of the city of Durham, to the shipping
point on the River Wear, at Sunder-
land.
AS the line had to be carried directly
across some hilly intervening country, II
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28

Had you ever thought Of the horse
yoke, the chain tying the COW or
steers head down and other such meth
ods of restraining breachy animals, as
instruments of torture unworthy Of a
civilized farmer? 1t may not be so In
your case for you may have gotten
possession of a spoiled animal, but at
the bottom of the trouble, some farmer
was to blame. Some man was too
trifing to keep up his fences, so when
the COW, horse, OK or mule neared that
point of perfection in jumping attained
by practice, he, rather than build a
decent fence to restrain them, decorat-
ed them with the neck piece. Often
they pay dearly for it. have looked
at, with the view Of buying, three head
of work stock, fine individuals but for
the work of the yoke, enlarged knees
and running a name. Sound, they
would have been worth $125 instead
of s75.-New Southerner, in Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
OLDEST WORKING LOCOMOTIVE.

was necessary to introduce no less than
five inclines, on which the full wagons
served to draw the empty wagons up,
and also two inclines worked by two sta
tionary engines of 60-horse-power.
The line was opened November is.
1922, which is nearly three years ear
lier than the opening of the first pub
lie railway" the famous Stockton &
Darlington, and on the dates named five
of Stephenson's locomotives were in ac-
tive service.
The average speed of the trains was
about four miles an hour, and each en-
CINE drew a train Of II wagons, which
weighed in all about "a tons.
AS the main interest of this article
centers in the longevity Of the locomo-
tive we are describing, it is well just
here to note that one Of the stationary
engines at Hetton, which was built in
1922 for hauling the coal wagons up one
of the inclines, continued working until
1876, period Of 54 years of continuous
service.
Our illustration is from photograph
of one of the original Stephenson loco
motives, which commenced service on
the opening of the Hetton road in 1922,
and which, after 80 years of unbroken
service, is still drawing the coal trucks
at Hetton, and incidentally maintaining
its proud distinction of being the Oldest
working locomotive in the world. s
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commercial bales, including lihter5, as
against l. ,275, Jos bales in 1902, natur-
ally sent prices up again. The Sully
wreck depressed the market for few
days, but the fact that the crop last
year was small compared with Some OF
the previous seasons was bound to
keep prices strong.
Texas, it is said, is not only planting
more acres in cotton than ever before,
but is waging a scientific war on the
weevil. That insect is responsible for
the loss of thousands of bales of cot
ton IN 1908. On the larger acreage OF
1904 it would be supposed that the
ravages of the pest would be more de-
structive than it was in the season re-
Gently ended. This assumption, how
ever, may, and probably will, turn out
to be incorrect The cotton region Is
better equipped to night the insect than
it was year ago. There is some hope.
in fact, that methods are now being
| advised which will finally extirpate it.
The south, the United States and the
world needs much larger cotton crop
for 1904 than it had in 1903, and larger
than it had in any year thus far. The
worlds demand is growing much faster
than is the supply. True, the amount OF
cotton produced outside Of the United
States is much greater now than II
ever has been before. and the tendency
will be toward further and further
increase. But there is not the slightest
reason to fear that production will be
overdue The demands Of the Ameri-
cen mills, at a time not very far dis
tant, are likely to absorb the Whole o.
the present American yield. A l2,OOO,
900 or 100000 900 bale crop in the Unit
ed States in 1904 would enrich th'
south, end the embargo in the mills
add to the country's exports and giI'
powerful impetus to general trade
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
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THE WALKING LOCOMOTIVE.
A Curious Type of Traction Engine
for Handling Freight on Streets
and Wharves.

Liverpool has been the scene OF many |
experiments for the hauling of freight |
about the streets and wharves. Some
thing better than teams of horses and
than the ordinary traction engines has
been sought One of the developments
of this movement is machine invented
by Bramah Josph Diplock, OF London,
and called walking locomotive. Prof.
Hele-Shaw, of the engineering depart
ment of the Liverpool university, has
shown much enthusiasm over II, ana
has given illustrated lectures on the ma
chine. The Automotor Journal, OF
London, speaks of it as traction
engine which actually and literally
walks upstairs with thestride and sure
footedness of an elephant, and hauls
loads behind it under circumstances
which would nonplusa an ordinary traction
engine. Ruts, curbstones and powders
1t makes nothing of, and even nine-lnch
balks of timber are stubble before IT.
Like those traction engines which
haul freight on country roads in Eng
land or go from farm to farm in Amer
ica to do thrashing, this invention is
huge steam engine on four things which
look like wheels, with short, stout
derrick attached for the lifting OF loads.
1t may be hitched to a wagon and used
In variety of ways.
The chief novelty in the design is the
substitute for the wheel commonly seen
on traction engines or automobiles
Each is a circular frame which is made
to revolve slowly by the action of the
engine. Sticking out from the periph-
cry are 16 or IS objects that are shaped
like an elephants foot. They are jointed
SO as to swing little. and on the lower
most side of the frame three come
In contact with the road at once. The
surface of these feet is rough, but fiat,
so as to take good hold. Just inside
the circle formed by these feet, and
properly mounted on the revolving
frame, are a number of little wheels or
rollers. Each foot has its own wheel
or roller, and they are so arranged that
their distance from the center OF the
frame can, in emergencies, be slightly
increased by elastic connections.
Within the circular frame, but inde-
pendent of it, is another device, com
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
A Nurseryman's Experience.

Tarlton, Tenn, April lSth.-Mr: E, j.
Morton, proprietor of the Tarlton
Nurseries, has given for, publication some
of his experiences, which, no doubt, will
interest great many people who are try
ing to overcome similar difficulties. Among
other things he says:
Il will answer all inquirers who enclose
stamp for reply and will be pleased to
tell them just how l cured myself of q
serious case of Kidney Urinary and Blad-
der trouble which had tortured me for
over three years. had fearful burning
sensation when urinating and was in very
bad shape till commenced to use medi-
cine called Dodd's Kidney Pills.
I'm very short time l found l was
getting better and ] kept on till l was
completely cured. Every symptom of my
old trouble is gone and, besides being cured
of this particular trouble, my. general
health is better than it has been for years
/ feel like a new man and am ready at all
times to testify to the wonderful curing
powers of Doid's Kidney Pills."
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
Exhausted the Font.

Sir Samuel Sims saw sweet Sara Samp-
son swimming. Suddenly she seemed sink
ing. Sir Samuel stood stunned. Stridlng
seaward, spurning shingle, Sir Samue,
swiftly swan Sarawards. Sir Samuel
skillfully supported swooniDg. Sara. SWIM
ming shorewards Sir Samuel successfully
succored Sara. Seeming somewhat shaky,
Sir Samuel sampled some spirits-special
Scotch. Sara saw Sir Samuel's self-sac-
rificing spirit; Sir Samuel saw Sara's
sweetness. Sir Samuel soon sought Sara.
Striding slowly, Sara sighed softly. Sir
Samuel seemed speechless.
''Say something, Sir Samuel" said Sara.
"Say Sam, Sara, said Sir Samuel
Sara. smiling shyly, softly said "Sam."
"Sara-Sallyi" stammered Sir Samuel.
"Sweet Sara-sweetheart!"
Sara solemnly surrendered.
Pleace ctop thic. We are chort Of eccec'
(Printer) IN. Y. News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
PAPER WHEELS IN ENGLAND
American idea, Slightly Modified,
Growing in Favor with Euro
pean Railroads.

Pals and barrels have been made Of
paper, and now We are told that ii
also used for car wheels to limited ex-
tent. Of course, the tire must be of
steel, but the web and hub can be COM
posed of paper, and yet prove service
able. According to British periodical,
Railway and Locomotive Engineering,
the material employed is calendered
rye straw board, or thick paper made
specially for the purpose at the COM
pany's paper mills.
This is sent to the works in various
sizes suitable for the dimensions Of
the wheel center to be made. The first
operation is for two men standing be-
side a pile of boards to brush over each
sheet a coating Of -four paste, until
dozen are pasted into a layer. A
third man transfers this layer to a hy-
draulic press, where a pressure of 500
tons or more is applied After solidi-
flying under this pressure for two hours,
the 12-sheet layers are kept in drying
room heated to a temperature OF 12O
degrees Fahrenheit. Several of these
| layers are in turn pasted together,
pressed and given another drying. This
is kept up until circular block is
formed containing from 120 to 100
sheets, varying from four and one-half
to five and one-half inches in thickness.
and as compact as seasoned hickory.
The blocks are then turned in lathe
slightly larger than the tire, and the
hole is bored for the cast iron center.
In turning the paper blocks make shaw
ing that resembles strips Of leather
The center and the tire are forced on
under powerful hydraulic press.
The average life of the tire of pa
per wheel is about 100000 miles. That
represents one and one-fourth inches
wear. The centers do not seem to be
affected by service, and they are al
ways good for renewal of tires, unless
some accident happens to them.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
HERE AND THERE.

The indications are that the Ten
nessee peach crop in the immediate VI
c:nity of Chattanooga is killed.
Turkeys are quite good lot OF
trouble to raise; but remember there
is dollar or two in 1t for you next
Thanksgiving day.
There are trains and trains Of
northern hay still coming south. This
can and should be stopped. We can
grow good hay cheaper than they can.
Good hay is now bringing high
prices, and the outlook is for these
prices to remain. 1t is very important,
in planning your crop for this year. to
make room for good supply OF hay.
See that all hens nests are in good
order, SO when your good old hen Is
ready to sit, you will be ready to set
her; that is, if you are not far enough
advanced to have an incubator.
Good roads are ever blessing.
They enhance land values, enable farm
ers to market their products in all
seasons and encourage the establish
ment of rural free delivery routes.
Every farmer should have breed
of cattle that will not only furnish
milk, but will send few good calves
| to the butcher shop, weighing four OF
five hundred pounds at the end of the
| fall season.
"A pure-bred animal always brings
a better price than scrub. A con-
temporary remarks: 'Tt takes some
thing more than pedigree to make 9
good animal" Yes, but pedigree IL
| not to be. derided, as blood will tell.
Farmers should profit by the ex'
periments made at the various STATE
experiment stations. Their conclusions
have a cash value. 1t costs money Il
experiment. Every progressive farmel
should see that his name is one thu
list for the experiment station bul
| letins
AS labor-saving material. try sal
soda in cleansing milk pars, crock
and tins. Many of the cantankerou
notions taken by milk shown in it
foaming and frothing and refusal t
churn are due to the mysterious bac
terra that are left in the cracks AM
seams of the milk vessels after the
have been washed in good hot waite
and riused out.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-05-28
Farm wisdom.

Vegetable nature is very much like
human nature; it will steal from It's
neighbor, and in vegetable life we
must give back to the tree that which
has been taken from it. Lack OF moist
ure may prevent bearing the following
year. The full annual duty OF tree
is to perfect it's fruit and prepare Tor
next years crop. A continuous moist
ure supply is necessary to maintain
activity in the tree, as it will, make a
large draft upon soil moisture, while
making new wood and large fruit, and
If moisture fails then it may be forced
into dormancy before it can furnish
good strong buds for the following
wears bloom