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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

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Euclid Avenue NJ. E. church; Walter
Grant Smith, pastor. Morning wor-
ship, II o'clock; evening worship, 8
o'clock. At the morning hour of wor-
ship the Woman's Home Missionary
society will celebrate its twenty-f1fth
anniversary In the evening there will
be reception of new members.
Kansas Avenue M. E. church. North
Topeka, James w. Reed, pastor. Sun
day school 9:45 a. m. Preaching at II
a. m. by the pastor. Junior league 8
p. m. Senior league at GAS p. m.
Special temperance exercise at D. m
This will be observed as Temperance
day and special workers will be pres
ent at all the services
Quinton Heights school house
church. At p. m. there will be a
rousing gospel service led by Assistant
State Secretary A. G. Pearson of the
Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Payne will sing.
Oakland Presbyterian. The service
at II a. m. will be conducted by Rev.
W. T. Van Horne. Also the evening
service at o'clock.
Grace cathedral (EpiscopaI). corner
Taylor and Eighth streets. Very Rev.
J. P. de B. Kaye, dean. Holy com
munion and sermon at II a. m. Even
song and sermon at 4:30 O'Clock.
Central Park Christian church, cor
ner of Sixteenth and Central Park
avenue. Preaching at II by the pas
tor r. Y. Lesson. Communion at
close of sermon. Evening address by
the pastor, subject, Divine Provi-
dence."
Second Wesleyan church. corner
Fifth and Leland streets. Special
services and quarterly meeting this
evening at o'clock; preaching by
Rev. Ira E. Bradley. Sabbath serv-
ices at II a. m. and 8 p m; preach
ing by Rev. Ira E. Bradley, conference
evangelist; sacrament at II m. T. S.
Walter, pastor.
Central Congregational church, cor
ner Huntoon and Buchanan; Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon, pastor. The serv-
ices at II o'clock will be in anniver-
sary of the adoption of the Kansas
prohibition law The pastor will
preach on the subject, 1.-The Divine
Law in Human Life" Junior En-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Presbyterian church, Harrison
street, opposite state house; Rev. Ste
phen S. Estey, Phi. d. pastor. Services
at II a. m. and p. m; sermons by
the pastor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Baptist tabernacle, Seward avenue
and Emmett street. Preaching at 1880
p. m. by Rev. J. G. Maver. Music by
the quartette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Cumberland Presbyterian
church, Potwin; A. H. Kelso, pastor
Preaching at II a. m. and p. M
Morning subject, "Our Citizenship"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

pastor. Services at II and o'clock.
Morning subject, THE Enforcement Of
Law" evening subject, God in Ma
ture." Note change in hour of evening
services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Lutheran church, corner Fifth
and Harrison streets, Rev. H. A. OFT,
pastor Services with sermon at IL a.
m. and p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First United Presbyterian church,
corner Eighth and Topeka avenue,
Rev. J. a. Renwick, pastor. Preach
ing II a. m. and 8 .. m. by the pastor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Sriritualist church. Security
hall, Seventh and Kansas avenue. Ser
vices Sunday evening at 8 O'Clock. Ser
mon by the pastor, Mrs. Eta S. Bled-
soc. Messages by Mrs. Wagner. Good
music. Seats free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

western Passenger Agent Wabash r.
r.. 903 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Congregational, Seventh and
Harrison. Francis L. Hayes, D. D.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

First Unitarian church, 912 Topeka
avenue Services at IL conducted by
the minister, Rev. Abram Wyman.
Sermon subject, Some Corner Stones
of the Unitarian Faith: the Leadership
of Jesus Sunday school at 10, lesson
topic. "Peacema king" Religious study
class at noon. Young Peoples union at
5. subject, rs Conflict Necessary Be
tween Labor and Capital" Mr.. Charles
Robinson, leader.
First Congregational, Seventh and
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and didn't know anything but
French and fancy work, and Bob
undertook to show her. What she
lacked in practical education she
made up in spunk, and inside of two
weeks she was back at her mothers,
and Bob was down on his knees ask
ing for forgiveness. 1t was a case
of genuine love, and they fixed it up.
Today she is one of the best house
keepers and one of the most faithful
and devoted wives in America, but
she wouldn't have been If Bob hadn't
changed his tactics. AS have point
ed out TO you before, you can't break
one OF our girls to harness with an
ox-goad. If you drive her at all it
must be with blind bride and
cluck that suggests encouragement,
but never force. Hold the reins il
you must, but when you find 1t neces-
The Washington times., 1905-10-22

annoyances and difficulties which
confront every good housewife, and,
not knowing, how can he place a
proper value on results? The wife
lives at home. The greater part of
her duties and responsibilities are
bounded by its four walls. Here she
should have full sway, her only liIni-
tations the size of her husbands
purse and the conditions of his labor.
BY his advice and sympathy he can
do much to relieve her troubles and
make her way more pleasant, but
captious criticism is like spur to a
jaded horse-it does no earthly good
and causes infinite harm The home
instinct is very strong in nearly all
women, and the great majority will
do everything possible TO make home
pleasant if given proper assistGrce
and encouragement. They will mae
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She knows that you are hero, and
she can't find fault with hypocrisy
that is prompted by your love for
her.
Carping criticism is Just as useless
in any other department of house.
hold affairs. Man may be Lord of
Creation, but he wants to hang his
crown and scepter on the hall rack
when he enters the home. That is
woman's realm and it is eminently
right and proper that there he
should play second fiddle. He gets
up in the morning, swallows hasty
breakfast and hustles off to his Office.
He comes back home in the evening,
eats heavy dinner, reads awhile or
goes out to club, and then goes
to bed Home is to him simply a
place TO eat and sleep. What does
he know about the details of house
hold management? What does he
know about the thousand and one
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er only few words. 1t was fashioned
OF crystal TO the well-known shape of
the crux ansata, or the emblem of life
OF the Egyptians: the rod, the cross
and the loop combined in one. From side
to side of this loop ran golden wires,
and on these were strung gems of three
colors. glittering diamonds, sea-blue
sapphires, and blood-red rubies. while
to the fourth wire. that at the top,
hung four little golden bells.
When ! took hold of it first my arm
shook slightly with excitement, and
those bells began 10 sound; sweet,
faint music like to that Of chimes heard
far away at night in the silence of the
ocean. thought. too. but doubtless this
was fancy. that thrill passed from the
haIlowed and beautiful thing into my
body.
On the mystery itself, as II is recorded
In the manuscript. 1 make no comment.
OF II and its inner Specifications every
reader must form his or her own tudg-
ment- One thing alone is clear to me-
on the hypothesis that Mr.. Holly tells
the truth as 10 what he and Leo Vincev
saw and experienced, which l at least
believe-that though sundry interpreta-
tions of that mystery were advanced by
Ayesha and others. none of them are at
all satisfactory.
Indeed. like Mr.. Holly. incline 10
the theory that She. If / may still call
her by that name. although It is not
given 10 her in these pages. put forward
some of them. such as the vague Isis
myth. and the wondrous picture story
OF the mountain fire. as mere veils 10
hide the truth which Il was her purpose
10 reveal in the song she never sang.
The Washington times., 1905-10-22
CHAPTER /.
The Double Sign.

Hard on twenty years have gone by
since that night of LeO's Vision-the
most awful years that were ever en-
dured by men-twenty years of search
and hardship ending in soul-shaking
wonder and amazement
]. Ludwig Horace Holly. have been
very i'll: they carried me. more dead
than alive. down those mountains whose
lowest slopes 1 can see from my win
dow, for / write this on the northern
frontiers Of India. Indeed. any other
man had long since persisted. but des-
tiny kept my breath in me. perhaps that
a record might be made l must bide
here a month or two till am strong
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Mothers Biscuits

ries of mammals pies. Your mother
is a mighty good cook, but she lack
ed whole lot of being one when l
married her thirty years ago, and
your wife will have to be ground
through TIE same mill. Help her
along. No matter if the biscuits are
a little soggy or the steak overdone.
You are young yet and can stand it.
At any rate you won't make matters
better by comparison or criticisms.
There have been about as many
homes broken up by smart Alecky
husbands as there have been from
causes recognized by the law. Your
wife may be lacking IN some of the
qualifications of a housewife, but /
have strong doubts about your abil-
ity to teach her. When my old ehum
Bob Ramsey got married to little
Mollie Peterson he at once assumed
the high and mighty lord protector
air. She was just out of a convent
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got to treat woman If you want to
have home where peace and happi-
ness prevail.
Compliments will accomplish more
in month than criticisms in a life
time. Don't you suppose she knows
as well as you when anything Is
wrong. with the cooking, and do you
imagine that her modification and
disappointment will be relieved by
your measly kicks? Not on your
life! On the other hand, don't you
suppose that she knows you're lying
when you praise the buttercakes you
can hardly swallow? OF course she
does; but nevertheless the load that
you put in your stomach you lift
from her heart, and she inwardly re-
solves TO do better If she has to
break her arm stirring batter. She
realizes that you are hypocrite, but
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Continued from First Page.)

'What Mr.. Holly meant by this com
mand' 1 do not know, for he would
speak no more OF the matter.
Il pass on TO the last scene. One night
about II o'clock, knowing that his end
was near, ] went up to see him, pro-
posing to inject some strychnine TO keep
the heart going a little longer. Before
] reached the house I met the care
tnker coming to seek me In a great
fright, and asked her If her master was
dead. She answered No; but he was
gone'-had got out OF bed. and. just as
he was. barefooted. had left the house,
and was last seen by her grandson
among the very Scotch frs where we
were talking. The lad, who was ter
rifed out of his wits. for he thought
that he beheld a ghost. had told her so.
THE moonlight was very brilliant that
night, especially as fresh snow had
fallen. which reflected its rays. / was
on foot, and began TO search among the
frs, till presently. just outside of them,
i found the track of naked feet in the
snow OF course 1 followed. calling TO
the housekeeper TO go and wake her
husband. for no one else lives near by.
The spoor proved very easy 10 trace
across the clean sheet of snow. It ran
up the slope OF hill behind the house.
NOW, on the crest of this hill is an
ancient monument of upright monoliths
set there by some primeval people.
known locally as the Devils Ring-a
sort OF miniature Stonehenge. IN fact. /
had seen II several times. and happened
TO have been present not long ago at
q meeting of an archaeological society
when its origin and purpose were dis
cussed. / remember that one learned
but somewhat eccentric gentleman read
a short paper upon a rude and hoo6ed
bust and head which is cut within the
chamber OF a tall. fat-topped cromlech,
or dolmen. which stands alone in the
center of the ring.
HE said that Il was n representation
of the Egyptian goddess Isis. and that
this place had once been sacred TO some
form on her worship. a suggestion that
the other learned gentlemen treated as
absurd They declared that Isis had
never travelled into Britain. though for
my part do not see why the Phoeni-
cians. or even the Romans. who adopted
her cult, more or less. should not have
brought II here. But I know nothing
OF such matters. and will not discuss
them
Il remember also that Mr. Holly
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housewife knows a little-usually a
very Httle-about cooking, and yet
the average man expects her to have
the culinary skill Of a $4,000 chef or
of a woman who has been superin-
tending kitchen for a generation.
What they ought to do-and you
ought TO dds to forget that you
ever had a mother when you come
to the table, and if you can't help
making comparisons, for heavens
sake keep 'em to yourself Give her
a chance. She'll learn. and with
little encouragement she'll soon be
making pies as good as mammals
best You won't be able to enjoy
them quite so well, because you have
lost some of your capacity for en-
joyment, and you can't appreciate
their equal excellence because you
have placed halo around the memo
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was acquainted with this place, for he
had mentioned II to NJ. n the previous
day, asking * the stones were still un-
injured as they used to be when he was
young. He added, also. and the remark
struck me. that yonder was where he
would Ike to die. When I answered
that 1 feared he would never take so
long a walk again. 1 noted that he
smiled a little.
We'll, this conversation gave me a
clue. and without troubling more about
the footprints I went on as fast as /
could TO the ring. half a mile or so
away. Presently 1 reached IT, and there
yes, there-standir~ by the cromIech.
bareheaded. and clothed in his night
things only, stood Mr. Holly IN the
snow. the strangest figure, 1 think, that
ever I beheld.
Indeed. never shall forget that wild
scene. The circle of rough, single
stones pointing upward TO the star
strewn sky. intensely lonely and in
tensely solemn; the tall trilithon tower
ing above them in the center, its
shadow. thrown by the bright moon
behind IT. lying long and black upon
the dazzling sheet OF snow, and there
standing clear of the shadow so that I
SOAhA AASNAilbulS MS every motion, ana
even the rapt look upon his dying face,
the white-draped figure of Mr.. Holly.
He appeared TO be uttering some invo-
cation-in Arabic, 1 think-for long be-
fore I reached him 1 could catch the
tones OF his full sonorous voice and
see his waving outstretched arms. In
his right hand he held the l0oped scepter
which by bis express wish. I send to
you with the drawings. ] could catch
the flash OF the jewels strung upon the
wires. in the stiffness hear the tinkling
of it's golden bells.
Presently. too. 1 seemed 10 become
aware OF another presence, and now
you will understand why ] desire and
must ask that my identity should be
suppressed. Naturally enough, / do not
wish to be mixed up with superstitious
tale which is. on the face OF il. impos-
sible and absurd. Yet under all the cir
cumstances / think 1t right to tell you
that 1 saw. or thought I saw. something
gather in the shadow Of the central dol
men, or emerge from its rude chamber
i know not which for certain-some-
thing bright and glorious that gradually
took the form or woman upon whosa
forehead burned a starlilke fire.
AT any rate. the vision or reflection.
or whatever it was. startled me so much
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enough to travel homeward, for I have
a fancy to die in the place where 1 was
born So while / have strength 1 will
put the story down. or at least those
parts Of 1t that are most essential, for
much can. or at any rate must, be omit
ted.
1 will begin with the Vision.
After Leo Vincey and L came back
from America in 1856, desiring solitude.
which indeed We needed sorely TO re-
c9ver from the fearful shock we had
experienced, and to give us time ard
opportunity to think, we went TO an old
house upon the shores OF Cumberland
that has belonged to my family for
many generations. This house, unless
somebody has taken IL. believing me TO
be dead, is still my property and thither
l travel TO die.
Those whose eyes read the words 1
write. IL any should ever read them,
may ask. What shock?
Well. am Horace Holly, and my
companion. my beloved friend. my son
in the spirit whom I reared from in
fancy was-nay is-Leo Vincey
We are those men who. following an
ancient clue. Travelled 10 the Caves Of
Kor IN Central Africa, and there dis
(.
mortal She-Who- Must -Be-Obeyed In
Leo she found her love, that reborn
Kallikrates. the Grecian priest OF Isis
whom some two thousand years before
she had slain in her jealous rage. In
her also 1 found the divinity whom
was doomed 70 worship from afar. not
with the flesh, for that Is all lost and
Sone from me. but, what is sorer stil.
because its burden is undyinS. with the
Will and soul which animate a man
throughout the countless aeons Of his
being. The flesh dies, or at least II
changes, and its passions pass. but that
other passion of the spirt-that longing
for oneness-is undying as itself
1t win be remembered that in Kor
we found the immortal woman There
before the flashing rays and vapors Of
the Pillar of Life she declared her love.
and then In our very sight was swept
to death so horrible that even now, af-
ter all which has been and gone 1 shiver
at its recollection. Yet what were her
last words? Forget me rot have
pity on my shame. l de not I shall
come again and shall once more be
beautiful I swear it-it is true"
In that house upon the desolate sea-
shore of Cumberland, we dwelt a year,
mourning the lost, seeking an avenue
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mistakes OF course. ! have yet to
see the man who doesn't. But in
most cases they can see them as
quickly as the creatures in trousers
who assume to know it all, and will
do much more to correct them than
he can possibly ask, if they are let
alone. There are times, win admit,
when It becomes advisable, nay alb
solutely necessary, for man to call
his wife's attention to errors she has
overlooked or willfully made. He
should arrays remember, however,
that IL is his wife and not his Office
boy he is dealing with, and that
diplomacy will do more with a wo-
man than big stick, no matter how
vigorously used. Some men will tell
you that a big stick is the proper
weapon for the maintenance of dis
cipline and peace in the household,
but | want to inform you with all
the emphasis that can put into il
that the one important thing to
maintain In the home is love. It
will not always bring peace but it is
the only foundation of happiness
and you can't keep it alive with a
horsewhip.
The most effective instrument for
use in husbands hands, or a wife's
either. for that matter, is compli-
ment, yet 1t is one that is less used
than any other The beauty and
graces that, in our courtship days,
drew forth the most extravagant
praise are suffered to pass unnoticed
or unmentioned in later years. The
little attentions that once so de-
lighted us become mere matters of
daily routine and we accept them as
our right and without comment Yet
all the time that dear little woman
hungers for the recognition that is
her due; longs with the Logging that
man cannot understand, for the lit
tie word that expresses your contin-
ued admiration: for the little acts
that are proof of your undiminished
affection, for the evidences of your
appreciation Of her efforts to make
you comfortable and happy. She
hungers, but all too often her love
is allowed to slowly perish from
starvation. The heart dries up from
lack of nourishment and the blind
man wonders at the change. No
matter how strong your love may be,
no matter how much you appreciate
her iabors and her personal atten-
tions TO you, all this has little value
TO her unless it Is expressed in some
form. Still waters run deep, you
have heard. but the very uncertainty
of its depth, the possibilities of dan
gerous undercurrents, the monsters
with which the imagination may
people it. make it much less attrac-
tive than the babbling brook where
clear waters conceal nothing, which
pnrsues its cheerful way between
fiower-strewn banks, catching and
throwing back the sunshine as it
passes. The brook is Just as con-
slant as the ocean-and it has no
secrets.
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-Y DEAR JOHN: Your
S3A mother requests me to
k(1S enclose her recipe for
%SSR making biscuits for
which you asked her.
She is too tired to
write tonight, but in this connection
che has made few remarks, and,
as you have reason to know, there's
always more good hoss sense in what
she says than you can find in a days
search through the writings Of the
philosophers, from Plato to Tom
Lawson. / have few thoughts OF
my own on the subject and / am
going to mix them up with those OF
your mother and send 'em along
for your edification-sort OF an ad-
monitory sandwich in which the
meat is from her and the crusts
from your dad.
The joke about mothers biscuits
is SO old that these scientific fellows
who chase the painting syllable
back to Noah's Ark" have found
traces of it in the ruins Of Nineveh
and it is apparent that it had lost
its youthful freshness even then.
But the fact that 1t survives the cen
turies proves that it is an illustra-
ton of an immortal crisis in family
affairs. The gustatory sense is most
acute in youth. AS boys our chief
characteristic Is an internal and un-
appeasable hunger. Everything we
put into our little insides, from bat
ter cakes to ice cream soda. gives US
enjoyment that is animal in its
ferocity. Naturally the person who
provides US with the pleasures of the
table during this period becomes the
culinary ideal of our lives. You
never taste such mince pies as
mother used to make Mother makes
the same pies now, uses the same In
gradients and mixes them with the
same consummate skill, but they
wouldn't give you the supreme salts
faction they once did. The trouble
isn't with the pies, my boy. 1t is
that you have changed.
So for this reason, and some
others. It is not fair to compare your
wife's cooking with that upon which
you fed in your growing days. In
these times Of really practical
cooking schools It is possible to find
young women who can give the most
experienced housewives handicap
and beat 'em by length Under
stand me, / say it is possible, but