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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

REAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP
Cut off the heads of the aspara-
gus, put them aside and then cut
the stalks in pieces and put them in q
stewpan with one pint of boiling water.
Simmer fifteen minutes In a small
pan put two tablespoonfuls OF butter
and add to it when hot two tablespoon
fuls of -four. Stir until smooth, but not
brown: then add one slice of onion and
let this mixture cook on the back of the
range for five minutes. Add this to the
water arr asparagus and stir until
boiling. Season with one teaspoonfCl
of salt, a little pepper and a teaspoon
full of sugar. Take of the stove. rub
through a sieve and return to the soup
kettle to heat. Just before taking OF
the fire add cup of cream and the
heads of the asparagus.
Birds Nest Salad.-Take little spin
ach that has been cooked and drained
and while still hot press with a spoon
to extract the green coloring matter.
Rub enough of this liquor with some
black pepper into Philadelphia. cheese
to give it delicate green color. Shape
| into balls the size of robins eggs. With
clear, sharp scissors cut crisp lettuce
leaves into shreds and arrange them in
nests on a pretty plate. Place Eve eggs
| in each nest and cover with little
| mayOnna1Se or french DRESSING. ScEFS
cheese straws with the salad
Veal and Parsnip Stew.-Scrape and
| cut into dice two medium sized pars-
nips, four roots of satisfy, one root of
celery and one slice of onion Slice q
| quarter of pound of fat salt pork and
| lay in the bottom OF a stewpan. Over
| it place a pound and a half Of lean
veal; add the vegetables and cover
with boiling water. Simmer gently for
| two hours or until the meat is tender.
/ Take up the meat on hot platter, ar
range the vegetables around it, thicken
/ the gravy and pour it over the meat,
together with the juice of a lemon
/ Cheese Fritters. Mix four table
spoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese
with two tablespoonfnIs of bread
crumbs. Beat four eggs until light and
add them to the cheese and bread Sea-
son with salt and pepper, stir lightly
and drop from the tip Of spoon II
small cakes on the blazer. which should
be hot and well buttered Brown Cd
one side, then on the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

and spread it on declicately cut halves
of bread. Before closing the sandwich
sprinkle over the cucumber just a suS-
picion of salt and pepper.
The question of drinks for the picnic
is a matter of conscience. Where wine
of all kinds is tabooed coffee and tea
form the principal beverages. If the
lighting of a spirit lamp on the picnic
grounds is thought too troublesome a
fruit punch may be made at home and
carried in bottles. To make the punch
the following is a reliable recipe: A
pint bottle of soda water and a half
pint of cold water. Mix into this the
juice of three lemons, two oranges and
crushed fruit of any kind. Put in
enough sugar. to sweeten. A cup of
claret wine is a great Improvement
This drink, especially when iced, is de-
licious. Nothing is more refreshing on
thirsty day than cold tea, but it must
be made rather strong and poured off
Immediately from the grounds. It is
incest served in Russian fashion-with
sugar and lemon juice.
Small cakes are much better to take
on the picnic than large ones, which,
besides being difficult to carry, are
equally hard to cut and serve. When
there is a day to prepare the luncheon
nothing will be found more appreciated
| than lemon cream cakes. Cream to-
gether half a pound of butter with an
equal quantity of powdered sugar and
| the grated rind Of two lemons. After
beating these ingredients for ten min
utes mix in the yolks of four eggs
beating each separately into the butter
and sugar before adding another egg
| Whfsk the whites of the eggs to a stiff
tfroth and add them, a dessertspoonfu
at time, alternately with a table.
spoonful of sifted -four to the other In
gradients until a pound of flour is used
Then stir in a teaspoonful of yeas
| powder. Pour the mixture into a fat
shallow pan which has been butteret
and lightly busted with -four and pow
dered sugar in equal parts and bake a
once in a moderate oven. The cak'
mixture should be a quarter of an incl
thick before it is baked. When tn
cake is ready to turn out and is sufn
GENTLY cool stamp it with a small dia
mond shaped cutter and with sharl
knife cut each little cake through tn
middle and remove a portion of the sof
inner batter. Spread over the inside 0
the cakes a mixture of pounded aim
onds and cream, put the pieces int
their original shape and cover then
with icing which has been favore'
with lemon.
FLORENCE WHEREBY,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

NE of the most delightful
phases of summer life is the
days outing in the country
or at the seaside. Almost
any kind of work can be endured pa
tiently if throughout the week there is
an anticipation of escape for a few
hours into the free air of fields and
trees.
=. During the summer holidays, when
the boys and girls are home from
school. eager for fun and frolic, what
mother, sister or aunt in charge of
these young people cannot be bullied
after this fashion: 81 say, mother, let's
go somewhere today for a picnic. It's
a dandy day for an outing. and can't
you be ready to start at 10 o'clock?"
Very likely this request is made at the
breakfast table. Mother, to whom the
amiable bully is perfection, groans in
q good natured way, puts aside her
own plans and consents to be dragged
off. The meal over, she goes off to
make preparations for the luncheon,
but with many misgivings as to what
the larder may contain suitable for the
al fresco feast.
Now, the good natured relative is not
always the most systematic of house
keepers, and if she does not shine in
this capacity the munitions of war are
not likely to be at hand. If she is a
hne manager paper dishes and doilies
are sure to be found in a corner of the
pantry, and boxes have been put away
awaiting just such an occasion. The
picnic basket is ready for use. and
sandwich paper is sure to be on the
same shelf.
have been told by a gracious mother
of my acquaintance that her picnic
shelf is as regular part of the prepa-
ration for the summer holiday season
as the making of the childrens clothes
In her storeroom there are always sar-
dimes, potted meat, cakes and biscuits
land If her larder contains some cold
meat or chicken and a cheese it is as
easy as rolling off a log to prepare and
pack a dainty meal in half hour
One family noted for its successful
outing Iuncheons has a basket called
by the young people mothers en- tout
cas-" It is really invaluable, for it is
always ready, and its somewhat heter-
ogsneous contents make for the dainti-
ness of many picnic meal.
The contents OF the basket are a dns
linen cloth about yard square, paper
dishes. japanese serviettes and q few
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04
Tea TabIofds.

The craze for Concentration" has
reached the ''cup that cheers" and it is
rumored that q company is being form
ed to introduce a highly concentrated
essence of tea leaves in the form Of
pellets. Thus the teapot is threatened
with extinction, and its place may be
taken by a small silver box resembling
a pill box. in which the pellets win be
kant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04
sneciaI excursions 1905

via Grand Trunk Railway System to
Toronto, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, AS
bury Park, Philadelphia and Balti-
more. at greatly reduced fares. Dou-
BILE track Chicago to Montreal and to
New York via Grand Trunk-Lehigh
Valley Route.
Fares, train service and other par
ticulars- will be furnished on applica-
ton to Geo. w. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A,
135 Adams St Chicago.
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B. F. Leek, of Concord. KY, says: For
20 years L suffered agonieS with a sore on
my upper lip, so painful sometimes that
1 could not eat. After vainly trying
everything else, cured it with Buckle1's
Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts
and wounds. At Arnold Drug Co., S21 n.
Kansas avenue. Only 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

paper ramekin cases. which are more
for style and appearance than for any
thing else. In the outfit are needles,
pins, some black and white sewing cot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

Very quaint trays for ashes OF pins
are shaped like watering troughs and
made of Flemish oak. At one side the
face. of Father Time is suggested II
carving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

WHIT TO PUT IN THE
PICNIC BASKET
THE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. e@eaa@@@@@@@@@@@@@e

ton, a pair of folding scissors, court
plaster, a towel or two, soap box, comb,
brandy flask, corkscrew and matches.
Many a laugh has this basket caused
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

PUT your money where it's safe, avoid
burglaries. We have go shares at 500
each of electric light stock paying Is per
cent annual profit See US. Buy them.
Bennett & Co., brokers, 26 Crawford bldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

How to Answer Advertisements
Advertisements signed in care OF state
state Journal" or Address Owner. care
state Journal" should bs answered IN
mail it care State Journal or leave It at
the State Journal office. Do not ask the
clerks in the State journal Office TO give
you the name of the advertiser: they can
not give this Information
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

WANTED-10O tons heavy cast scrap. 81
per ton. CAPITAL Iron Works.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04


TOPEKA FREE .DISPENSARY. SOUTH
to p. m, except Sundays. conducted By
regular practicing physicians for tho
benefit of persons without means who
need medical attention and trea tment Pa
ueuts are assured of careful and consid-
crate treatment Medicine furnished in
most cases
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-VeaI calves at Porter's, 412 f
4th st. Ind. Tel. $685.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WHEN You want to hire man or COY,
call up 7. M. c. A. telerhone 81 We
nave list of ulen and emf Dental ref.
srences concerning them. z. Ii. G. -
Employment bureau. III E Sth st
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CARPET CLEANING.


}. +. PETRIK & SONS, upholstcrers, new
carpet cleaning works. carpets cleaned
ana secured. rent. sewed and laid: $3.50
Kansas ave Phone. ind 794; Bell So J.
e. Petrik, ST., - v. Petrik, J. F. Petrik. II
WE CLEAN, scour. refit. sew, size and
Jay your carpets In a workman like
manner The Mccormick Carpet Cleanins
Works. 90 Van Buren, St Phones Al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

FOR RENT-Falrnished rooms and board
reasonable price. 90l Madison. Ind. Tel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04
MACHINE SHOPS.
UNDERTAKERs

L. IA PENWELIA funeral director and
embalmer. First class service reasona-
Ole prices. 611 Quincy st. Both phones 1874
GEO B. PALMER, undertaken. Estab-
lished ISL Prices reasonable. Tel office
40 Residence 81. 81 Jackson st,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04
WANTED-AGENTS.

GOOD corn. wheat and alfalfa farms for
sale in Trego Co. Kan, from IS to SIC
per acre, on easy terms. Agents wanted
r. L. Bolts Land Agcy., Wa Keeney, Kan.
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wANTED--MALE HELP.

WANTED--MALE HELP.
WANTED-S or 4 statesmen for Saturdays,
pay. Apply at once to The Fitwell Shoe
Co, 500 Kansas ave.
WANTED-Man and wife cook for hotel,
farm hands, laborers. Cap. Employment
Agency, 7S5 Kansas ave.
WANTED-A pattern maker. Midland
Foundry. 21S West First street.
wANTED-At Hotel Chesterfield, lunch
counter help, at once.
WANTED-Good strong boy over Is years
for chores. pol E. Sth st.
WANTED-Men to ship out R. R. work,
laporers: CAP: Emp. Agency. 735 K. A.
WANTED-FEAIALE HELP.
WANTED-Girl for general homework for
orphans home, cor. Sd and Fillmore st.
WANTED-Dining room girls. women
cooks, house girls, women so mo-, board
and pass. Cap Emp Agency. 7S5 Kan. av.
WANTED-Lady or gentleman of fair ed
ucation, with good references, to repre-
sent a large business firm; good salary for
right party. Address 416 Lane st.
WAZ1TEDl2 nurses for training at Keith
Rhodes hospital, COL Clay st.
wANTED-Girl to help with homework
and children; must go home evenings.
Call 1923 Harrison st.
LEARN dressmaking at home by mail; a
full. complete and scientific course in
dressmaking taught by mail. Send for
booklet describing it. Century Correspon-
dence school, Des Moines. Ia.
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FOR RENTS unfurnished rooms. first
floor; modern conveniences. All East
Ninth street. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

FOR Rents unfurnished upstairs rooms
for housekeeping; no children. S13 Tyler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

FOR RENT-Furnished room, all modern
conveniences. 1912 Harrison st
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

FOR RENT-Mo-ern room house at 716
Taylor st. Inquire kirkpatrick, Security
bldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

FOR Rents room house (modern1 a
Ills Madison street.
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PAVING.

CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED sRICK 9
PAVING CO.. lis W. Sth st Mfgrs- O
building. paving and sidewalk brick
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FOR RENT-F'urnished front room: light
housekeeping; bath. 1900 Jackson street.
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UPHoLsrERNG.

RECANING, repairing. upholsterina. Ind
phone LIT Chairs called for. +. ".
Whittier, 1929 Tyler St
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BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.

>>>~>>->~-------~>~-~>------
TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE
Co. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundrles, hi-
cycles and tandems for rent: repair OF
~ Hlnos.
.. 8. CYCLE CO., us E. 9Th St National
4 Iver-Johnson bicycles- Supplies repairA.
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FOR RENT-Six room house, after July 5.
Inquire at 521 Tyler street.
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FOR RENT-uousrs

100000
FOR Rents room modern fat 116 E
Sth St
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WANTED-To clip horses by electricity
Arthur Massey. lis w. 9Th St
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wANTED-Cisterns to clean END repair
R. c. sQuier. Phone 3S5l ga e. ST., ct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

NE of the most delightful
phases of summer life is the
days outing in the country
or at the seaside. Almost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-04

MISSOURI PACIFIC.
sOUTHBOUND.
Leave.
No 24S-Mixed train ................ 10 40 am
NoRTHB0UND.
No. s4s-afixed trs's :. ............ sSo nrv
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Party to take Il car to Ore
gon or Washington. ]. II, Journal.
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room, 50
Madison.
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RAILROAD TIME rAnI.Rs

ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM TINE TABLE
Topeka, KAN.
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FLORISTS

HOME GROWN CUT FLOWEPA bed
ding plants, floral designs, at Hayes ia
W Sth st. Tel. 81.
J. c RoDMAN. blo0=zing plsntsseut dovs.
erss palms. designs. decorations. Ii ~.
Sth. Phone 81 Greenhouse 18th and Mon
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22

is no uncommon sight to find 100000
lilies in full bloom in single field.
The whole island of Bermuda is con-
verified into a gigantic lily bed. The
odOr which rises from this vast aggre-
cation Of sweets is almost overpower-
ing, especially in the early morning,
when there is no breeze to watt it sea-
ward. Passengers on the steamers
which ply between the various ports
OF the group can easily recognize this
scent several miles out at sea.
The lily plantations retain their
beauty for several weeks. Finally,
however, the stalk withers and dries
up, and all the remaining energy of
the plant is devoted to the formation
of the bulb. During the latter part
of June the digging begins. This is
decidedly reminiscent of the annual po-
tato digging at the north. All the SEN
timent attached to lily culture gives
place to very keen and careful COM
putation as to the probable outcome.
AS the bulbs are taken from the
ground they are sorted into their vari-
GUS classes by expert hands and care
fully packed in boxes, each one wrap
ped in a protective covering of dried
sphagnum. Shipments begin in July
and are continued until the latter part
Of August. Understood bulbs and those
reserved for next seasons planting
stock are packed in sand which has
been dried to prevent termination.
Thus prepared, they are permitted to
rest for two months before the fall
planting begins.
When the lily bulbs reach the great
importing centers they are handled
with great promptness. The importers
forward them in great quantities to
seedsmen and florists, who have placed
advance orders, and they are then re-
tailed to all descriptions Of growers.
The annual lily crop brings the Ber-
mudan farmers at least $25O,OO0, and
the bulbs and flowers retailed III
American cities alone amount to more
than 100000. This seems large sum
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22

sional florists and even by the most
inexperienced amateur.
A marketable lily bulb must measure
at least five inches In circumference.
Propagated from a scale-the technical
name for one Of the external accretiOns
to the parent bulb-at least three years
of growth and cultivation are necessa-
~ before 1t can be marketed as a ma
ture Towering bulb. Commercially the
bulbs are divided into three classes
i've to SevenS, seven to mines and nine
to elevenS. These designations repre-
sent the average circumference Of the
bulbs in inches. A five to seven bulb
should bear five or six perfect bios
SONS. A seven to nine bulb, if given
liberal treatment, will yield seven or
eight flowers. The largest size lily bulb
is expected to furnish from ten to six
teen extra large blossoms. The prices
of bulbs are graded according to their
size.
The stock used to keep up the success
sion Of bulbs is derived from the small
er ones, as a rule. Sometimes, however,
1T becomes necessary to vary the proc
ess and to use only the largest bulbs
for propagating purposes. When that
happens the price of mature lily bulbs
scars upward, and the supply is visibly
diminished. The lily crop is planted in
October, and most Of the labor of pre-
pairing the soil and putting in the bulbs
Is done by the negro farmers, who are
sometimes in the employ Of the great
lily planters and sometimes till their
own freehold fields. After the crop is
in little is required beyond keeping
the growing plants free fGNm weeds.
The warm sun and the humid atmos-
phere are depended upon to do the rest,
and they rarely fail to do their part IA
the interesting process.
Late in February or. very early in
March the Bermudan landscape is
thing once seen to be remembered al
ways. On some of the larger farms 1t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22
IHE lily has long been the resur.
rection flower of the Christian
churches. 1t is distinction
hocn6 nv1+irn1-


rectiOn flower of the Christian
churches. 1t is a distinction
based entirely on it's beauty
u and adaptability. All vegeta-
BILE growth Is symbolic Of the resurrec-
ton. The plant which springs from a
tiny poppy seed is more miraculously
so than that which comes forth from
more promising bulb like the lily.
The stately flower is also the symbol
OF martyrdom and virginity. The early
Christian painters, to whom the world
is indebted for so many Of it's theolog-
ical traditions, are probably response
BILE for that.
One Of the most exquisite Of the
mOnkish legends is to the effect that
the lily is one of the flowers which
changed their color on the morn Of
resurrection day. Is it not true, these
gentle sophists ask, that the Saviour
himself declared that even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one
Of these? Originally erect and re-
splendent with color, it bowed its state
~ head and put aside it's gorgeous raj
ment, retaining only its sweetness.
The flower which Los come to BIZ.
known in the American market as the
Easter lily is variety of the Lilium
longiforum named harrisii, from it's
originator and first cultivator. 1t is
so easily cultivated and may be ship
ped so successfully that it's propagation
has become great industry in certain
favorable locations, notably in Bermu-
da, which seems to be peculiarly adapt
ed to it's production in unlimited guam
titles. Lily growing is now the chief
business in Bermuda, and the frostless
and humid island is level stretch Of
lily fields. There are more than 200
farms on the island which are devoted
to the cultivation of this fragrant crop.
The major part of the industry con-
sists in the raising and exporting Of
bulbs. These are shipped to all parts
OF Europe and America, and they are
easily brought into flower by profess
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22

to be derived from merchandise so
evanescent as lilies, but the trade is
well stablished, and the market is as
stable as is that Of most other luXuries
and many necessities. Occasionally,
however. the bulb market becomes
Overstocked. In that instance the sur
plus of bulbs is returned to Bermuda
and replanted. Most of the large i'm
porting houses in the American cities
have special farms in their patronage
and depend upon them for their an
nual supply. A few American firms
grow their own stocks of bulbs on
plantations leased for term Of years.
An important feature of the lily trade
is the importation Of lily blossoms di-
rect from Bermuda. The possibility of
doing this successfully was demon
strated about twenty years ago. but
little was made of it until within the
past decade. This branch of the bust
ness has developed recently, and it is
now estimated that 10000 boxes of this
commodity are shipped to New York.
The lilies are shipped in the form of
partly developed buds, each wrapped
carefully in tissue paper and packed in
small boxes lined with moistened
sphagnum. The cutting and packing
are done Immediately before the sailing
Of the steamer, and the arrival is so
timed that no delay occurs in the final
distribution. These imported flowers
are used to supply advance orders
from churches and societies and are
mostly for decorative purposes.
There are several peculiar features
incident to lily culture in Bermuda.
One OF them is the fact that the indus
try owes its present fiourishing con-
dirion to the efforts of an American
long resident there. The popularity of
the flower was promoted greatly in
New York by Chinese florist, the late
ME. Lee. Most satisfactory of all, it
Is practically an American industry
developed on British soil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by "New
Great South American Kidney Cure"
1t is a great surprise on account of
it's exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in bladder, kidney and back, in
male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. Sold by J. T. Bennett, Lam
caster, Wis. 98.mo