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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
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ILLUSTRATIONS

Costume de visite in Chiffon velvet
The coat and skirt fashion In velvet IL
one that maintains IN spite OF the limo
yations that have crept into outdoor dress
in other materials. In the Partisan model
of the picture the little coat Is fashioned
after the chasuble order, and with q
very deep girdle that clings closely to
the figure. The front Is relieved with
a vest Of white cloth exquisiteiy embroid-
cred In pastel colorings; and this same
touch also appears as cuffs upon the dou-
ble-punied sleeves. The skirt displays the
extreme of the circular cut, the top deity
fitted by means Of hand-run tucks over the
hips, and a deep tuck heads the hem,
making for some stability In the sheer
fabric around the feet. The original Is 10
a dull shade Of grayish green, one of those
Understandable tints that leads the cata-
logue OF colors In the richest fabrics.
Frtnceaue Dinner Gown.
While the regulation prlncesse cut Is
followed In this gown Of double chiffon.
or chiffon cloth. as It is perhaps mere
often called. the application Of lace is 50
managed that bolero effect is produced.
The yoke OF lace over the shoulders is
backed with the faintest shade Of pink
gown. Lengthwlse tuckings nre eleverly
managed, so that they make for the
requisite close fit at the valstline. Lns
lace being prettily inset. so that It falls
loosely over the tucks. The chiffon Is
carried down to the knee. where a null
fiounce is introduced. lace being deity
used to conceal the joining and add at
the same time to the light and rich ef-
feet. Little boulIlonne bands Of the chif-
fon are used to cover the seams. ana ueep
tucks serve to weight the himsy material
a the hem. The sleeve is quite eiab-
crate creation. extending In a series OF
PUTS and ruffies from the shoulder to well
below the bend of the elbow. The fast
ening, as is usual in this mode. Is in the
back.
A Novel Fastening for Underwear.
with the closely fitting gowns that
Dame Fashion dictates for the newer
mode the question Of underwear and it's
fastening becomes Of quite some I'M
portance The corset, too. setting more
snugly to the figure makes the location
of buttons u matter Of comforE. for II the
old-time fashion be followed the row Of
buttons down the middle of a combina
tion suit is likely to prove exceedingly
uncomfortable In wear. The fasten-aeross-
the-chcst kind is what the best dress
makers are advocating. and the corset
ieres, too, are fully aware OF the ad.
vantages OF this mode For the womas
who wears It. IT speaks for itseH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

dinner from the dancing frock. the former
usually employing the transparent yoke
and the latter displaying the required de-
gree of decolletage that viii stamp It as
the most formal of evening gowns
All of the sheer chiffonlike materials
are in the highest vogue. Lace Is used
with an extravaganza that adds nightly
to the cost of the gown, and 1t Is invari-
ably lace of a goodly quality and a price
to correspond. There is a vast liking for
douncings of irregular edge. deeply in
dented, and oftentimes insettings Of those
are defined with a ribbon ruche or
pleating, or some one or another example
of the bordure richelieu which Dame
Fashion has recently resurrected TO a
marked decree of favor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

view 1t, for OF and odd shades Of color
ing. There are some charming ones of
such indeterminate hue that it were hard,
indeed. TO tell just how to classify them.
Some Of the grayish greens and the green
ish grays are charming, especially when
relieved with touch Of old white. There
are some smoke tints that it is hard to
classify as either gray or brown. and
some of the purple-reds aud purple blues
are equally dif1cult to define
These in velvet or in cloth. velvet trim
med are In the highest vogue abroad;
and braiding and embroidery are about
equally used to their adornment There is
almost invariably a three-piece costume.
a coat. skirt and waist Of chiffon or lace
that has been dyed to match. velvet
hat, too of the same coloring. with a
long and fluffy ostrich plume or two in
a vivid color contrast, oftentimes com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

pletes the toilette. Small furs are intended
to be worn with those; and there is a
marked difference between those intended
for the debutante and for the dowager.
The latter claim sabIes, mink and other
dark furs. while the younger sections of
society are revelling in Iceland fox, err
mine. chinchilla and the lighter tones in
peltry Of expensive origin.
Evening gowns are being cut far more
decollete than those which have prevailed
for many seasons. Even the debutantes
who heretofore have been contented with
a lace yoke. transparent or chiffon backed
at most, are taking TO this new mode as
the duck to water. 1t is this decolletage
that is relied upon to dlfferentlate the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

presented
For the very slender girl. and espe-
cially for the debutante, there are some
clever effects being carried out with the
aid Of the boiero. In the hands of
clever dressmaker there is simply no end
to the smart and becoming effects that
this little item can be made to yield
when properly devised. Where the figure
is immature or undeveloped this can be
made a bouffantry that will conceal the
defect cleverly, and then the swathed
girdle that encircIes the waistiine will
make that part Of the figure conform
better to present fashions and seem all
the more rounded and slender for the
fulness above it.
Carriage and visiting toilettes are con
structed IN velvets and veIveteens OF
varying coIorings. There is a perfect fad
or furore, whichever way one chooses to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21

simply not the least little bit Of use in
the dressmaker, no matter how clever
and talented she may be, in trying to tit
the latest cut over any but the latest
corset. The new lines are all SO con-
structed that the smallness OF the waist
is emphasized, the bust is held well up
and the line from under the arm TO the
hip is cleverly heightened, and that with
out the least hint of tightness or of un-
due laeing. The gently sloping hip is
still maintained, and while the straight
front effect Is still In vogue it is very
far, indeed. from being the box front
that held sway last season. The later
corsets have the sloping dart lines
brought much nearer to the front fasten-
ing. this assisting materially In the illu-
sion Of rounded ana more slender
waist. which is what the fashionable cut
and figure Of the moment declare shall be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-21
LITTLE FRILLS OF FASHION,

to get at the top drawers. It is IN black
Irish oas. handmade and hand-carved
throughout. The wood was imported. but
every chisel and hammer touch was pot
on in New York. and New York may we'll
be proud OF the piece. Another similar
one. but with extremely deep drawers. IS
Of Bermuda cedar, and mate to this Is
in California redwood, the wood in both
instances being first carved ana thea
highly polished by hand, no varnish what
soe7er being employed, the natural graia
Of the wood being deemed beauty enough
and to spare.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01

benefited as she was. Miss Goode is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club of Chicago. She writes;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 tried many different remedies to
build up my system, which had become run
down from loss of proper rest and unreason-
able hours, but nothing seemed to help me.
Mother Is a great advocate of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for female trou-
bles, having used it herself some years ago
with great success. So l began to take it,
and in less than q month / was able to be out
of bed and cut of doors, and in three months
l was entirely well. Really / have never felt
so strong and well as I have since.
No other medicine has such a record
of cures of female troubles as has Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating (or f~atulence), displacement
of organs, Inflammation or liberation,
can be restored to perfect health
and strength by taking Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Her experience
is very great, and she gives the benefit
of it to all who stand in need of wise
counsel. She is the daughter-in-law of
Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
A COSTLY LESSON.

A large farm can be worked more
economically, proportionately, than a
small one. as machinery can be made
more effective on the large farm, but
the smaller the area the more thor
oughly can the cultivation be given
and crops derived will be larger per
acre. The small farm admits of OBJ
tanning more valuable crops and the
use of hand implements, by which
the soil is better worked. Fertilizers
can also be used to the best advan-
tage on small farms and the manure
is a valuable item, while on a large
farm the manur must be applied
over a large surface, thus providing
but a limited amount of plant food.
Recently a farmer told the editor
that four years ago, he rented for
cash, 800 acres of land. At the end
of two years he had $1,000 in the
bank, besides teams and tools. The
third year was a drouth and it took
all he had to pay his Indebtedness.
He then decided to concentrate his
work and rented eighty acres for two
fifths in the bin and crib. He added,
81 should have bought an eighty when
I had 81, 200 in the bank" Yes a
forty would have been a more profit
able purchase. But what a price for
the lesson! We need more small
farms we'll titled by the owners them
selves, less extensive and more inten-
sive methods of cultivation.-The
Epitomist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
MILK CONTAMINATION.

A portion of Bulletin No. 81, issued
by the Nebraska station, deals with
a test to determine the amount OF
contamination of milk that takes
place during milking, and its control.
The four methods tested were as FOL
lows: % Sponging the cows udder
with water before milking, (2) using
five per cent solution of carbollc
acid, CD rubbing with vaseline, n
(4) simply brushing with the hand
A bacterial test was made OF the
above methods and the results Cd
tanned brought forth the How
conclusions: Some means OF pre-
venting milk contamination during
milking should be employed. Inc
work required to sponge an animal
flank and udder is but a trlhe ana
great improvements a be made on
the milk and its products. The car
bolic acid solution costs two Genus
per gallon, which is enough to treat
ten COWS. The only objections to this
method are the disagreeable odor
and the bother of mixing. The vase
line costs about the same as the car
bolic acid, and serves as a good pre-
ventive for chapped or sore treats.
1t is also to be recommended for
COWS with short teats which have TO
be MIXED by the stripping method.
This treatment will not answer Wnen
the COWS have dirty udders. The wat
er treatment is to be recommended
fer general use above the other
three as it is cheaper and does the
W rk practically as we'll. This meth
O. can be used on any farm, with
Isle or no inconvenience, and the
results obtained would more thar
compensate for the extra time re-
quired.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01

No convict has been guillotined In
Paris for ten years, and the sentenc s
of those condemned f. death have
been connuted to imprisonment for
life. The reason for this lies in the
fact that the law provides that all
capital execution: shall be held in
4olic, and since the guillotine was
removed from the Place de la Ro-
quette ten years ago no other place
has been found for it. The residents
in the neighborhood of every place
suggested FOR it object to its erection
near them. The authorities were
lately put in a quandcry when a con
demned MAI refused to ask for a
Communication Of sentence, and de-
cleared that they must put him to
death.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
FARM TOPICS.

Feed brood sows but little corn.
Good slop is best for sucking
sows.
Sour swill should never be fed at
any time.
Nothing is more detrimental to a
litter of young pigs than a dam ]
nest.
There is no surer step, in over
stocking than a struggling tarroW'
ing season.
Hot salt brine, very hot and very
strong, is a good d~isinfectant for
houses in which contagious ailments
have pestered fowls.
Moulting hens will have a better
coat of feathers where they are not
annoyed by the attentions of the
male while the feathers are young
and tender.
Keep the premises and the houses
as clean as possible and you will
seldom be troubled with diseases
whose origin and treatment are I'M
known to you.
Breeding males will live together
in harmony when AAs females are
absent, and market males need diff.
ferent treatment from those used for
breeding purposes.
A poultryman suggests that some
careless feeders try Sitting in the
sun a few hours and drink warm
water that they may know how their
chickens feel when they have no
shade and no fresh water.
Keep the hens at work during the
entire day. This is absolutely essen
tial for success. When the hens run
after you, it is a sure sign they are
fed too much, and are too lazy to
work at scratching.
While summer rains are not so
harmful as the cold winter rains, pro-
visions should be made so that the
fowls can get under shelter during
a heavy storm.
It has been said that common bak-
ing soda, mixed in water, using plen-
ty of it, is an excellent remedy for
severe dysentery or cholera in fowls.
The dose is a tablespoonful three
times a day until the fowl RECEIVERS.
From three to six doses should ef-
feet a cure.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
The farmers Wife

Is very careful about her chufr. She
scalds it thoroughly after using. and gives
it a sun bath to sweeten 1t. She knows
that if her churn is SOU 1t will faint the
butter that is made In it. The stomach Is
o churn. In the stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are performed pro-
cesses which are almost exactly like the
churning of butter. Is it not apparent
then that ii this stomach-churn Is foul 1t
makes foul all which is put into It?
The evil of q foul stomach Is not alone
the bad taste in the mouth and the foul
breath caused by it, but the corruption Of
the pure current of blood and the dissem-
nation of disease throughout the body.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
1t does for the stomach what the washing
and sun bath do for the churn-absolutely
emoves every tainting or c%orrupting ele-
ment. In this way it cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous ~swellings,
sores, or open eating ulcers and all
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste in
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and respondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks, gnawing or distress in Stom-
ach, constipated or irregular bowels, our
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number of them, indicate that you are
suffering from biliousness, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying indi-
gestion, or dyspepsia and their attendant
arrangements.
b best agents kpQYn u medical SCI
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
Or. DOUGLASS Hyde. who spent ne

Or. Douglass Hyde, who spent sew.
eral months in tn country recently
to encourage the study Of Gaelic, has
returned to Ireland convinced that
there is no prospect for spreading
the Gaelic language either in the
United States or in Canada. He says
that no language but English will
live on this continent, and that Ger!
man, although it is spoken widely.
will become extinct here in the next
generation. Americans need not
trouble themselves over this, for the
English language is mere widely spol
ken than any other, and a man who
knows no other tongue can travel in
comfort round ne world. So long
IS he keeps n the beaten paths of
travel he will find people who can
understand MIN.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
STORING COAL UNDER WATER.
Captain Beehler Reports Advantages
of Using Submerging Cisterns.

In a report to the Bureau of Equip
ment of the Navy, Washington, D. c.,
and also in a paper printed in the
proceedings of the Naval Institute,
Captain w. H. Beehler, commaudant
of the naval station at Key West,
Fla, urges the advisability, if not
necessity, of storing coal for the use
BILE of being filled with salt or sea
water. He particularly calls atten-
ton to the appropriation made by
Congress for new storage sheds at
Key West, and asks that these be
constructed in accordance with his
ideas.
After relating his experience with
fires in coal piles at his station, " 4
he attributes to the fact that tn Il
is in heaps from twenty-five to tn. ~
five feet high, and that the c0Ds4-
quent pressure generates heat, setting
FIRE to the escaping gases, he gres
the following as the advantages OF a
Watertight concrete coal shed:
THE submerged storage of coal
Will Theoretically seal the gases 4
that coal. Small pockets of c
bustion cannot be formed with
,0al under water. The gases ca
be formed with the coal under va
The pressure upon the partic4es ii
coal at different depths will not DO SC
great. The pressure at the bottom
will not develop heat, because the
pressure in a reservoir of water fly
feet deep does not generate any heat
at the bottom of that reservoir by
the weight of the superintendent
mass of water. Fires in coal stored
under water are impossible.
"The of fighting fires during the
last ten months at Key West would
more than defray the cost Of convert.
ing that shed into a concrete water.
tight cistern as proposed.
Goal SO stored will be delivered
damp, and there will be no loss OF
coal dust carried away by the wind.
In fighting resatpresent, streams
salt water are poured in upon the
fires. and this salt water has a very
NSsSICliOuS cHeCt- upon tu6 Steel
framework of the shed, which would
foS be the case when no fires are
~snerated."
The suggestions made by Captain
! Beehler are being considered at the
Navy Department, and it is said thai
It is possible experiments will be
made to demonstrate the truth OF his
theory.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01

the best bog pastures include clover,
rape and rye. Other pastures are
,ot necessary. Winter rye will come
Sst in order and when eaten down
osely will be much relished by hogs.
siter winter rye will come clover of
Ee medium variety. Then early
Sown rape will come in just after the
first growth of clover has been eaten
down. Later the second growth of
medium clover will be on hand and
still later, a late sown crop of rape
will carry the hogs right on until the
approach of winter. Where these two
crops will grow in good form, the
ing about for any other. OF course
other pastures may be grown, but
usually there is not very great need
for growing them.
Where clover will not grow, the
chief pasture may be rye, barley and
oats, rape sorghum and rape, grown
in the order named. Instead of sorg-
hum, peas and also sweet corr may
be grown. 1t is not necessary to grow
all of these in one season. For in
stance, winter rye and rape, when
sown in proper season, may be made
to answer the purpose without any
other crops. 1t is fortunate, how
ever, to have such a variety, for there
is opportunity for a choice. 1t is
a good country for producing swine
where pastures can be thus grown
for them in such variety and it may
be also added in such abundance as
characterizes the production of
prairie land.-The Epitomist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
SKIN ERUPIlONS IS YEARS.
Suffered Severely With Eczema All Over
Body-AThousand Thanks to
Cuticura Remedies.

"For ,ver thirty-fve years | was a Sc
we're sufferer from eczema. The eruption
was net confined to any one place. 1t
was all over my body, limbs, and ever on
ny head. | am sixty years old n an
old solder, and have been examined by
The Government Board over fifteen times,
and they SAID there was no cure for me. l
have taken all kinds of medicine and have
spent large sums of none for doctors,
without avail. A short time ago L decided
to try the Cuticura Remedies, and after
lsing two cakes Of Cuticura Soap, two
,oxes e uticrra Ointment, and two bot
les of Cuticura Resoivent, two treatments
in all, | am now well and completely
cured. A thousand thanks to Cu.icura. l
cannot speak too highly of the Cutieura
f.cmcdies. John T. Reach, R~ichmondaie,
Ross Co., Ohio. July II, 1905"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-11-01
WHAT THE TEETH INDICATE.

WHAT The IEEIH lNOlCAl
At the Smithfield and BirminghsT'
shows in England the following ru
govern the judgment of the age
animals:
Cattle having their central perma
nent incisors cut will be considered
as exceeding one year and six montns.
Cattle having their central perma-
nent incisors fully UP will be ON
sldered as exceeding two years and
nine months.
Cattle having their second pair o
permanent incisors full up VIII De
considered as exceeding two years
and three months.
Cattle having their third pair u
permanent incisors cut will be con-
sidered as exceeding two years ana
eight months.
Cattle having their fourth pair
Corner permanent incisors FULLY up
ard their anterior molars showing
SIGNS of wear will be considered as
exceeding three years.
Sheep having their central perma-
nent incisors cut will be CONSIDERED
as exceeding ten months.
Sheep having their central perma-
nent incisors fully up will be CONSUL
cred as exceeding twelve months.
Sheep having their third pair OF
permanent incisors cut will be coh-
sidered as exceeding nine months.
Sheep having their third pair OF
permanent incisors fully up and the
temporary molars shed Will be con-
sidored as exceeding twenty-four
months.
Sheep having their corner perma-
nent incisors well up and W
marks of wear will be considered as
exceeding three years.
Pigs having their corner perma-
nent incisors cut will be considered
as exceeding six months.
Pigs having their permanent TASKS
more than half up will be CONSIDERED
as exceeding nine months.
Pigs having their central perma-
nent incisors UP and any of the first
three permanent molars cut Will be
considered as exceeding twelve
months.
Pigs having their lateral temporary
incisors shed and the permanents ap-
pearing will be considered as exceed
ing fifteen months.
Pigs having their lateral permanent
incisors fully up will be CONSIDERED
az exceeding eighteen months.