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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

look for them to eat thistIes, or hay.
When a woman of your age will believe
such stuff and nonsense it's no wonder
/ find clothes pins scattered all over the
place and have to figure on Gov long
[ can keep out of the poor house. Cat
nip! Catnipf III catnip that old cat if
he gives another yell"
Mrs. Bowser realized that argument
would be of no avail and she had read
a page or two in q magazine when Mr..
Bowser returned to the attack. He
wanted that catnip question settled then
and there, and he wanted it settled in
his favor.
You have made certain statements
about cats and catnip.' he continued,
land 1 want you together back them UP
or admit that you were guylng me. l
want your authority for saying that
catnip is grown for cats
There may be other uses for it as
well, but everybody knows that cats
love catnip. If a cat is sick it is bet
ter after eating of the plant.
'That won't do, Mrs. Bowser-that
don't do at all. have only your IN
supported word I must have more
ssThen 90 over and ask the druggist
the butcher-ask people on the street
It's a funny thing. You were born on a
farm and lived on one until you We're
Is years old, and you must have been
as familiar with catnip as with bur
docks or Adayweed. Don't you ever see
a cat eating catnip2
''I may have, but that proves nothing:
I have also seen cats eating hay and
corn and oats and tish-bones: 1 meyer Ils;y,s
make a positive statement TO you with
out being able to back It up can you
ind in the Encyclopedia that eats cats must must
have catnip or perish? Is there any
thing bearing on the supJect IN the ms
tory of America? Did Columbus. dis
cover cats eating catnip when ne land
ed on these shores? Did the Pilgrim
Fathers bring their cats and catnip
along to Plymouth Rock? Woman, an
syEer me. or admit that you were trying
to beIittle your own husband IN MS
own house?"
nip" she replied.
siYou make that as a plain state
ment OF fact. do you ?!
'.Then will prove that you don't
know what you are talking about and
need a guardian
Mr.. Bowser clapped on his. hat and
took a walk. He knew his family
butcher to be an ex-farmer, and he
called at his shop and looked around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24
A Living
Monument.

If we, were to assemble all
those who have been cured of
heart disease by DR.. Miles
Heart Cure, and who would
to-day be in their graves had
not DR.. Miles been successful
IN perfecting this wonderful
heart specific, they would pop
ulate a large city.
What a remarkable record
a breathing, thinking, moving
monument, composed of human
lives,-that for which every
other earthly possession is sac
rifced.
The Miles Medical Co. re-
ceive thousands of letters from
these people like the following:
~ feel indebted to the Dr.. Niles
Heart Cure for my life desire to call
did to this remarla bic remedy for the
heart. For a long time had suffered
from shortness Of breath after any
little exertion. palPitation Of the heart;
and at times terrible pain in the region
OF the heart so serious that I feared
that would some time drop dead upon
the street One day read one of your
circulars, and Immediately went to
my druggist and purchased two bot
ties of the Heart Cure. and took it
according to directions, with the
result that I am entirely cured. Since
then 1 never miss an opportunity to
recommend this remedy to my friends
who have heart trouble; in fact I am
a travelling advertisement, for I am
widely known in this locality"
J. II. BOWMAN
Manager Of Lebanon Democrat,
Nashville, Tenn.
Or. Miles, Heart Cure is sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the 6rsk bottle VIII benefit ~ u fails
he VIII refund your money.
Miles Medical Co.. Elkharts Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

perhaps. or at least a compensation,
skirts are trimmed hardly at all ex-
cept those of elaborate costumes. The
hem finish appears on nearly all the
new tailor made and denai-toilet skirts.
The popularity of taffeta is again at
its height. Not only the dark shades
for street and travelling are in demand,
but the pale and bright shades are be-
ing worn for dressiest functions. These
brilliant gowns seem to accord perfectly
with the flower trimmed. tip tilted hats
SO much affected. The fashionab bly,
goWned woman is a dainty object this
summer, with her taffetas, flowers, ana
her lace guimpes and sleeves, not to
mention her much decorated parasoL
More and more popular among So
ciety papas grows the custom of a hus-
band giving a present to his wife as
a souvenir of the birth of a child to
them. say New York society CORE
spondent. It is said a titled English wo-
man of the type that did not favor race
suicide started this fad many years
ago. Her husband gave her a locket
when their first child was born, and
kept it up on every similar occasion.
In the later years of her life this Ouch
ess always wore in public a neck
chain from which were suspended four
teen locketS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

lists devoted to men of letters. Black
more left with his representatives d.
rections which forbid access to his pa
pers, and such a book undertaken
by outsiders would naturally have no
value. The noveIist's life was so Sc
cluded and uneventful that an account
of it could not be made interesting
without the letters and other personal
documents which are beyond the reach
of the literary s'grabber.'
Life's dramatic critic, James S. Met
cafe, who is being kept out of the
New York theaters by the theatrical
trust, has been delivering lectures in
some of the larger cities with 1.-THE
Critic and the American Theater" as a
subject.
Madame Waddington tells good
story about Madame de Stael in her
book Italian Letters of a Diplomats
Wife" MY travelling maid" she
says, 'has an extraordinary faculty for
getting all she WantS-an excellent
trait in a travelling maid. AS you
know, she is very pretty, which again
carries out my theory that beauty is
the most important gift for a woman.
I dare say it won't bear discussion,
experience points the other way. /
have so often heard father quote
Madame de Stael (Who was very kind
to him when he was a young man in
L ,
her triumph. as the great woman's in
telligence of her time, said to him one
evening at a big party in Paris, look
ing at Madame Recamier. who was
beautiful, and surrounded by all that
was most distinguished and brilliant
in the room. I would give all my
brains for her beauty
1.-THE Poet in Politics" may be Tom
Masson's next book of general verse.
His first attempt was entitled, I'm
Merry Measure but it was written be-
fore he was elected a school trustee in
Glen Ridge. New Jersey.
The recent additions to the Macmil-
Ian paper novel series are: THE Four
Features" by A. E. W. Mason: THE
History of David Grieve'' by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward; The Fat Of the
Land by DR.. John W. Streeter; 1.-THE
Wheels of Chance by H. G. Wells and
1.-The Garden of a Commuters Wife. -
1.-THE American Family Magazine" is
the title of a new publication which
emanates from st. Louis. It contains
high class fiction as we'll as a good
supply of miscellaneous matter and is
tastefully illustrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

Albert Bigelow Paine, the formerly
OF Kansas author. has appeared In q
new role. The Altemus company has
Just published a book from his pen
under the title "a Little Garden Cal
endar" which, as may be guessed, is
8 delightful treatise on gardening. It
is profusely illustrated by half tones
from photographs.
Mrs. Myra Williams farrell of To-
peka, author Of the refreshing little
book, Meg of Valencia" promises to
have a new volume out for the holt
days.
Mr.. James Huneker's new book,
'IconOclasts," which is a collection OF
critical studies of a number of the
more revolutionary modern dramat-
lists, has gone into the second edition.
A voluminous study of the Congo
Free State by Henry Wellington Waclc
has just been published by the Put
mans. 1t is prOfusely illustrated and
contains excellent maps Of the Congo
county.
Writing Of the, forgery of literary
relics, Mr.. Shooter says that he has
often been consulted as to the anthem
ITCHY of letters purporting to be by
Charlotte BrOnte. Her letters, he
adds, have been frequently forged. A
very considerable number of forged
42ApAlLe letters appeared IN the book
shops of the SOS; that is. when the
Bronte cult was at its height. Many
of these letters We're written on the
fy-leaves of books purporting to ebe
presentation copies I have seen one
such letter protesting to be written
from Paris, a city that Miss Bronte
never visited. Another letter purport-
ed. as many do, to be written to
Thackeray; the handwriting was an
obvious imitation of the tiny writing
that Miss BrOnte affected when a child
and the letter opened, Dear Mr.
Thackeray, whereas she never got
beyond My dear sir" to her London
correspondents.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the negro
poet who long ago made a reputation
for himself in literature is the author
of new book recently published by
Dodd, Mead & Co. It is called
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow and
is a collection of tuneful airs, includ-
ing more Of his well known plantation
melodies.
Nobody knows when there will be
found any authoritative biography of
the author of Lorna Doone" in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

Whenever hear a woman say: That
hat doesn't look just like me, re-
marked a well groomed woman, Il
know that she has given thought and
attention to an individual style.
There isn't anything so distressing
as this insane manner in which a wo-
man goes shopping for her clothes as if
she were grabbing prizes from grab
bag at a picnic Anything that comes
to the surface is hers. Observe, If you
please, the various styles of girls and
types Of women who are parading
around in Tommy Atkins hats. Fat
girls, lean girls, girls who are neither
fat nor lean, little girls big girls. tall
girls. girls with pompadours and girls
without them, the lady with the Ma
donna profile and the little Dutch girl
with the dougbnut facets all the
same to them. They wear Tommy At
kins hats and think they are quite the
thing.
Il saw a pudgy woman the other
day in one of these round little hats,
and upon my word, she looked like a
n1oIasses jug and her hat like biscuit.
It is not necessarily a. rule that be-
cause a woman is fat and little, she
should wear q fat little hat But how
often you find that to be the case.
There's the tall angular woman who
beams under a hat like a steeple. It
only carries out the elongated scheme
and makes her that much taller, that
much leaner. that much more like a
telegraph pole.
considering how much time most
woman put in wearing out the rug in
front of the looking glass, it is remark
able how few of them get acquainted
with themselves. No matter how beau-
tiful ones clothes may be, If they are
not selected with judgment and care,
one will not hit the mark of perfec-
ton. It is brains. my dear, real brains,
that work the miracle. Brains tell you
what is suitable and what is becom-
ing, and your pocketbook tells you
what you can afford. And there you
are, you see. Chicago Record-Herald.
Skirts grow wider and wider. Even
the moderate ones are now at least five
yards around the hem, while eight are
not too many to be considered for
skirts of thin material. Materials have
to be cut in many cores to make this
great width possible. AS a CONSEQUENCE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24


year ago a sweet young Boston
graduate drifted on here and began
hustIing for a job, says Clare Belle in
the New York Chatter for the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. She wore the very
pIainest clothes, with shoes really too
big for her. She parted her pretty hair
and did it in a knob at an unbecoming
place. She wore stiff high collars, and
altogether, felt that she ought to secure
a job easily on her appearance. But
many month she hunted and now, as
realized that she could no longer call
herself a. graduate with sweet attach
ed for she had been out year. Then
of a sudden she got a job in the Office
of a nice. little hotel uptown.
She set her side combs in very tight
put on a plain black tie and spoke her
very best English. Really she felt she
gave the hotel an air. At any rate, she
let three suits and four rooms, accom-
modated one transient, answered $40
house calls on the phone and 413 out
side ones, and only made three switch
mistakes. Then came a, Waterloo. The
Waterloo dashed in, with duster flying
and automobile cap Split-far from
home, all over mud, and goodness only
knew how much his machine was bust
ed. Miss Boston did not like his looks
at all, but an Office person cannot
choose. He spoke huskily-you are apt
bankment, with your chauffeur on top
of you, your machine just behind.
Can you give me room and a
bath?" said he.
Miss Boston paused. It can give you
a room, sir" she said, icily, but you
Will have to battle yourself"
She lost that job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

But you know things rarely turn
out as we plan Five years after Be
linda married she was left a widow.
and an almost penniless widow at
that, and she and her beautiful young
Btapdaughter had to give up the big
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

table and said. 90. I see you keep a
bee.''
But that wasn't so bad as the Wash
burn girl-class of '06-Who, at one Of
the commencement week functions was
talking to a high broWed club woman
prominent in town society. In the midst
of the conversation the woman, who is
long on poetry and all that sort Of
thing, said something about Keats The
Washburn girl had been fussing with
her side comb, smoothing the rolls of
hair on both sides her head and polk
ing at the hair pins in her low Dutch
coils. Now she turned to the woman
and asked, What are Keats?'
This year. as last the white linen
shirtwaist and hyaway jacket, good for
any quantity of tubing are in the lead.
Where the bank account of the wearer
is in a fine healthy condition hand en-
broidery to suit her fancy may embel-
fish the coats and skirts; in the east
this year they are wearing white
linen embroidered in one or in
several colors, with the shoes
and parasol of the predominating
color. White embroidered one piece
gowns, otherwise princess effects, are
also visible at the country weddings
in fact any tub gown made in one
piece is smart A Chicago women, a
brilliant blonde, wore a short princess
gown of blue silk null, blue shoes, par
asol and hat with striking effect recent
"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

A Topeka girl who rather overdoes
the city broke pose recently went over
to Wabaunsee county to visit some
country friends. The first night when
she sat down to the old-fashioned 6
o'clock supper she noticed honey on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

1.-THE Poet in Politics" may be Tom
Aasson's next book of general verse.
His first attempt was entitled, I'm
Merry Measure but it was written be-
fore he was elected a school trustee in
Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

Mrs. Myra williams farrell of To-
peka, author Of the refreshing little
book, Meg of Valencia" promises to
have a new volume out for the holi-
DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

Mr.. James Huneker's new book,
''IconOclasts. which is a collection OF
critical studies of a number of the
more revolutionary modern dramat-
lists, has gone into the second edition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-24

Nobody knows when there will be
found any authoritative biography OF
the author of Lorna Doone" in the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17

When the Empress Eugenic arrived
on Tuesday night from the Hotel Con
unental and stepped from the electric
coupe which had been seat 70 tho sta,
ton to meet her, a tail and soldlerly
old man OF some seventy years stood
with barred head and saluted IN mill.
tary fashion
In the brilliant days OF the second
empire the old soldier formed part OF
the empress bodyguard. and Il ls said
that he conceived a strong platoa.e
love for his sovereign, which made
him the butt OF his comrades
The empress frequently visits the
city over which she ouca reiened SO
brilliantly, but even the newspapers
hardly notice her comings and goings.
The old soldier however. never falls
10 his ddelty. and stands in one Of
the corridors through which the EN-,
pTesf is bound 70 pass. 30 that he may
salute his former sosereign a. she
Dassde al the Hotel Continental He
inFarRbly brings magnificent bou-
Quet A viOlets Or roses. which are
placed n the empress drawing roon.
-Paris sster 70 !hs Lonaon Exprssa
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17

Between the blood oi men and apes
there are many points oil similarity
and evidence OF distinct relation
snip. but the blood OF monkeys can
readily be distinguished from that OF
men. The difference is more or less
marked according to the species. the
greatest resemblance being seen in
the case OF the gorilla and the least
with the lemurs, 4 small species
about the size OF cat and having a
face somewhat like fox. a singu
lar fact Is. judged by the blood. there
IS less evidence OF relationship found
in the American families OF apes then
those OF the old world.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17

\ Japanese student OF medicine was
showing a group OF Americans what
he could do in the way OF top spinning
He took up a big yellow top, shaped
Ike chrysanthemum. wrapped a
silk cord about it and threw It down.
It spun beautifully. this huge hover.
and out OF Il. all Of sudden. a half
dozen smaller flowers leaped and spun
10 their turn about the roor.
"A chrysanthemum top said ths
young man. Here is a bird top
He corded aud threw down Up
that reseilbled a gorgeous bird The
top. as is spun. opened and closed its
wings. and made long leaps to left and
right In imitation Of a birds flight.
The japanese student wound np q
rel top ~ big as his head and hurled
it violently straight at one OF his
gassts. 1t shot through the air till II
was within few inches Of the flight
cred young mans face. and then. as
II by magic It turned and darted back
again, and the student caugh. e. on
the palm and held 1t there, stlll spin
ming
This is a boomerang top" he said
ngain he threw it across the room. and
again it shot back. stin spinning. to
his hand.
The young man now set going sim
ulianeously a dozen small tops Of red
and yellow and green paper They
locked plain and commonplace as they
spun. but suddenly they began to open
out and one became a ladder. another
a lantern. a third ship, fourth a
branch of cherry blossoms. fifth a
dancing girl aud so on.
"The Chinese" said the student,
"sre noted for their kites. Why is il
tEat we japanese are not equally not.
ed for our tops7 All over our country
we spin tops and my little exhibition
here would seem poor and mean be
eide the one that a really expert spin
ner could give you Ia Japan. st
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17
wRoNo lN als RscKoNlNo.
Night Was No Time for Coming Of the
Last Day.

Last Day.
Prof Hiram Corsop OF Cornell is
not only a great shakespearean critic.
but also a person who upon occasion
knows how TO meet an emergency with
true Shakeapcarean elevation Of soul.
It is told Of him-and all good stories
In that neiglbcrhood are told OF him--
that be was once aroused from his
nightly slumhers by his wife who had
become frightened at thunderstorm.
Wake up Hiram" she cried. The
professor TUNED uneasily on his
couch. but was sound asleep again in
two seconds. A binding fash. fol-
lowed almost instantaneously by a ter
rife peal OF thunder caused his terri
ied spouse to again cry: wake up;
oh, do wake up. Fl ami" No response
came beyond an inarticulate gurg.s
from the professor. succeeded prompt
ly by the regular Breathing OF deep
sleep.
Another fash more vivid than its
predecessor 1T up the room, while the
wind, tearing some bricks from the
chimney brought them rafting and
banging do upon ths roof. accom-
panied by the sharp detonation Of the
thunder.
Hiram. wake up the last great
day has con 80 shrieked Mrs. Corson.
"Wha-a-a-t. in the night7" querled
the professor New York Times.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17

fhe Southwestern Business University.
OF Oklahoma City, has. on account OF It's
increased attendance been forced 10 move
recently into new quarters, ii6.l2a North
broadway. Tits mstitutioa has under
iis present management grown very rap-
icly. until at the present time It's en-
roiimert during the year runs up into
hundreds. Anyone wishing 20 prepare
himself Tor the hest position offered by
the commercial world can make no mise
take by entering this institution. Its
equipn,ent Is second 70 none IN the ooua-
ny and is surpassed by none Ia the
Southwest This institution Is oneriug
a special rate during the summer months
Anyone wishing information concernins
a commercial education should write 20
The Southwestern Business University
Of Okianoma City
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17
Dying Of samlns

is, In It's torments. like dying Of con-
sumption. T--s progress Of consump-
tlon. from the beginning to the very end.
Is a long torture, both TO victim and
friends. when had consumption in
lis first stage" writes VIM. Myers. OF
cearfoss, Md. after trying different
medicines and q good dtcfir IN WIN. ,
az last took Dr. Kings Now Discovery
which quickly and perfectly cured me"
Prompt relief and sure cure for coughs,
colds, sore throat. bronchitis, etc. Pos
tuvely prevents pneumonia. Guaran-
teed az an druggists. price oOc and slO0
a bottle. Trial bottle free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-17
NO Moas RAILROAD COLLISIONS.
System in New Zealand Most Perfect
Safety Device.

system In New Zealand Most Perfect
Safety Device.
Railway managers in New Zealand
believe that they have succeeded IN
finding a new method Of signaling
that will make collisions absolutely
impossible II has recently been put
into operation there.
The block system OF signaling has
been in general use in New Zealand
hitherto; but the new system. called
the tablet" has now been introduced
Its essential feature is that no engine
driver is allowed TO leave station
withoat tablet in his possession, and
the element Of safety rests on the fact
that the machines are 80 made tnat
II is impossible for two OF the tablets
10 be out al the same time
II driver leaves Auckland for
Newmarket with a tablet. that tablet
has 10 be dc?osited in the machine at
Newmarket before another tablet is
issued for Auckland. and the elec.
tricol connection between the two
stations ma'es it impossible to ex-
tract a tablet from the Auckland ma.
chine until the tablet has been pu
into the machine at Newmarket, Rail
way experts are quoted as saying that
under this system two trains cannot
be on the same section at once, there
fore all danger OF collisions Is Pre-
v0Eted.-The World To Oay.