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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

The Beta sorority of Washburn col
lege will give a party at the Countr.
club Saturday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

Repairing, cleaning and pressing, first
class work. suits TO order. SIS Is. 4th 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24
MACHINE SHOPS.

MOWERS ground, factory process. 75c
Tel SOB. Harry B. Howard. 10 Kan. ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

crowd of Washburn students were
invited to spend an evening informal
ly' with young matron, who was for
meriy Washburn girl. Understand
ing that this sort of invitation means
ginger ale and a wafer or at the most
ice cream and angel food. the hollow,
dormitory< fed girls and boys decided
on a scheme, which they believe will
insure generous and substantial "eats'
at the party. They give the S. RS
items to the effect that the hostess
would give a banquet and this state
ment has been in all the papers three
or four times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

MONROE ST. FREE DISPENSARY.
BOZ Monroe St Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
Zeal service free. Medicine free in some
cases Office hours to 5 d. m. Calls
answered night or day. Ind. phone s4I3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24
CARPENrERs AND BUILDERS.
sANITARIUNIs.
BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.

U. s. CYCLE co, lis S. Eighth. National
& Iver-Johnson bicycles. Supplies, repairs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

A Topeka man whose friends complain
because he doesn't work heard of their
dissatisfaction and as a concession to
them got busy and helped a girl make a
batch of fudge the other day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

Mrs. Norman S. Wear gave an after
noon bridge today for Mrs. T. G. Wear
OF Pittsburg and Mrs. Paul Hudson OF
the City OF Mexico. The others asked
w--e Mrs William H. Eastman. Mrs.
Joseph Morgan. Mrs Don Mulvane, Mrs.
]. - Mohler. Mrs. John Baird Nichol-
son, Mrs B. F. Akers, Mrs Ralph E.
Valentine, Mrs. J. Roland Histed, Mrs
George Letter of Kansas City, Mrs.
hester Woodward. Mrs. Earle c. Will
hams and Miss Mary B. Moore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kemper will
entertain the following guests at din
ner this evening: Mr.. and Mrs n. B.
Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. James Chap
pelle. Mr.. and Mrs. P J. CleVenger'
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w Wetherton. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred A. Snow, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Morton and Mrs. Ethel Hays
Warner Of Kansas City. - =,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-24

One of the most important of the
spring weddings will take place to-
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs o.
J. Wood, whose daughter, Miss Vida
Wood. is to be married to Mr.. Law
renee R. Cartwright of INDIANAPOLIS
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
Dry Earth as a Disinfectant.

1t is well known that fine, dry dirt is
one Of the best of absorbents and dis
infectants. 1t is also plentiful, and
costs nothing but the labor of han
ding. 1t makes excellent bedding, if
covered over with a few inches Of
straw, and it really keeps the COWS
clean, even when used in the stalls
without straw, as it is easily removed
from the hair with q brush. A stall
bedded with dry earth can be cleaned
out in a much shorter time than when
the earth is not used, and as dirt alb
serbs the liquids and gases, quite
saving is effected in that manner. It's
use goes beyond the stall. AS the sta
BILE should be cleaned daily, quite a
large quantity Of dry earth will be
used in the course Of a year, and it
will necessarily be added to the heap
itself, yet its presence therein will
double the value Of the manure by pre-
venting loss Of fertilizing material. It
is better absorbent than straw or
corn stalks, and is easily handled when
the manure is hauled to the fields.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
WHALEBONE AT $3.50 A TON.
It Might Pay Now to Look Up Those Old
Whalebone Ribbed Umbrellas.

I see by the papers," said Mr. Grill
hnby, that the last quotation for Whale
bone III England was E1750 or. say.
about $500 4 ton. making whalebone
worth now somewhere i'll the neighbour
hood of $3.50 Il pounl-a pretty costly
commodity.
Il can remember time when whale
bone was cheap, very cheap: when we
used TO burn whale oil in lamps and use
wha!S5one for umbrella ribs. Those old
time whalebone ribbed umbrellas were
not much like the present steel ribbed
close rollers.
NO. They We're of the buggy out sort
of gingham umbrellas that you see now
sometimes reproduced after fashion
on the comic stage but which are now
never actually used by anybody. though
once they We're used by everybody. UNI
brellas with whalebone ribs. And what
L was going to say was this:
People are out all the time looking
through the country for old furniture.
quaint old colonial. and that sort of
stuff. Why couldn't we hunt up those UNI
brellas-there must be millions of them
lying around in country garrets-why
couldn't we look up those old whalebone
ribbed Bingham umbrellas. for the whale
bone there is in them? Don't you think
there may be an idea here for making
money:
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
RAILROAD AND WESTERN CAM
ADA.
viii Open Up Immense Area of Free
HOm estead Lnnds.

VIII open Up Immense Area of Free
Homestead Lands.
The railway facilities of Western
Canada have been taxed to the utter
1nost in recent years to transfer the
surplus grain crop to the eastern mar
kets and the seaboard. The large IN
fiux OF settlers and the additional area
put under crop have added largely TO
the grain product, and Notwithstanding
the increased railway facilities that
have been placed at the disposal OF the
public, the question Of transportation
has proved to be a serious one.
1t will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested In Western Can
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by Mr.. Z.
NJ. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, that that railway will
do its share towards moving the crop
OF 1907 from Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba to tidewater, and thus
assist in removing a serious obstacle
which has faced the settler during re-
cent years. Mr.. Hays, who has just
completed trip from Portage la Prai-
RE to Edmonton in a prairie schooner,
distance of 80 miles, which was Gov
cred in eighteen days, is enthusiastic
about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers in
the Canadian West even If Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to a time limit
with the eXactitude OF a stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
IN a position to take part in the trans
portatiOn OF the crop of 1907, and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers in
that country when the harvest Is gar
nered
The wheat crop OF 1905 in Western
Canada was about 9O0OO,OOC bushels
and with the increased acreage which
is confidently expected to be put under
crop next year it is safely calculated
that fully 125,OOO,OOO bushels viii be
harvested in 1907. The necessity for
increased transportation facilities are,
therefore, apparent, and the statement
made by Mr.. Hays will bring encour-
agement to the farmers OF the Cana
dian West, new and old. The opening
up of additional thousands of free
homesteads is thus assured by the
agent of the Canadian government,
whose address appears elsewhere.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
The M0desty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment Of diseases of
women. Yet, if help can be had, it is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoeS all
the Annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands women who have been
cured BX DR.. Rierce'S Favoritc Prescrip-
Jion writS in depreciation Of the cure
which disp eh9es>wlsA the examinations
and local treatments>S There is no other
mcdlclne- SO sure and safe for delicate
women as "Favorite Prescription" 1t
cures debilitating drains. irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures. 1t is strictly nom
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper con-
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
of these numerous and strongest of pro-
feSsional endorsements of its ingredients.
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in q booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, n. Y. These professional en-
dorsementS should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
non-professonal testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
Il lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. HFavorite Pre-
scription" is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing ORtH Send to DR.. Z. Y. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
If sick consult the Doctor. free of charge
by letter. All such communica tiOns are
held sacredly confidential
DR.. Pierce'S Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18

Grand total .............. $195, 100000
Such an immense sum being well
worth the saving, the department has
in its employ a large staff of men who
are studying the life history of the
pernlcious insects to find out where
they are vulnerable.
The work has been going on for some
years and much progress has already
been made. The cotton worm which
formerly levied an annual tax of $780,
100000 on the cotton crop, is now con-
trolled by sprays; it has been proven
that the ravages of the Russian fly
which sometimes have reduced the
wheat acreage in Ohio 40 per cent and
in Indiana 60 per cent besides greatly
impairing the yield of the remaining
acreage, can be considerably checked
by planting wheat at seasons when the
fly is not so rapaciOuS; the cOddling
moth is controlled by arsenicaI sprays
and $20,OO0,O00 worth Of apples saved
as a result.
The orange and lemon orchards of
California have been relieved Of the
white scale which threatened to de-
stroy them, By the Importation from
Australia of the ladybird, natural
enemy of the scale. Many other in
stances could be given of the wisdom
of watching the insects.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
PARIS WOMEN'S HOTEL.
Fc~ Employees of the Postofice, Tele-
graph and Telephone Services.

There has just been opened in Paris a
hotel with Ill rooms for the sole use Of
girls and women employed in the post
office, telegraph and telephone services,
who are without family or home in the
city. 1t is handsome six story struc-
ture, built by an association of women.
The smallest rooms measure about
9x12 feet and rent at $3.50 a month {;
the most expensive is 81. They are
lighted by electricity and steam heated
On every floor there are bath rooms
and wash rooms with hot and cold wa
ter, wardrobes and rooms for brushing
and cleaning clothes.
The restaurant is open to any work
ing woman. The kitchens are strictly
hygienic and wholesome and sufficient
meals are guaranteed at very low prices
A regular dinner is served for II cents
The employees of the postofice teIe-
graph and telephone offices not living in
the house can enjoy the use of the read
ing and garden for 10 cents a month
The book shelves are being filled up by
gifts from Paris publishers, women in
terested in the enterprise and by the
girls themselves.-New York Sun.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18

Doctors and Remedies Fruitle~s-
Suffered 10 Years-CoE2p ietely
Cured by Three Boxes of Cuticura.

Doctors and Remedies FruitIeSs-
Suffered 10 Nears-Cor2pieteIy
Cured by Three Boxes of Cuticura.
when | was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs. l scratched them with
brass pin and shortly afterward both
of those limbs became so sore that |
could scarcely walk. When / had
been suffering for about a month the
sores began to heal. but small scaly
eruptions appeared where the sores
had been From that time onward l
was troubled by such severe itching
that, until / became accustomed to 1t,
| would scratch the sores until the
blood began to flow This would stop
the itching for few days, but scaly
places would appear again and the
itching would accompany them. After
| suffered about ten years | made q
renewed effort to effect a cure. The
eruptiOnS by this time had appeared on
every part of my body except my face
and hands The best doctors in my ma
tive country advised me to use arsenic
in small doses and a salve. l then
used to battle the sores IN a mixture
which gave almost intOlerable pain. IN
addition | used other remedies, such
as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, IS
Salve, -- Ointment, and in fact l
was continually giving some remedy
fair trial, never usil.g less than one
or two boxes or bottles. All this was
fruitless Finally my hair began to
fall out and l was rapidly becoming
bald. | used IS -, but it did no
good. A few months after, having used
almost everything else, l thought |
would try Cuticura Ointment, having
previously used Cuticura Soap and be-
ing pleased with it. After using three
boxes L was completely cured, and my
hair was restored, after fourteen years
of suffering and an expenditure of at
least $50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring
to find cure. l shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Yer
million. S. Oak. Aug. IL. 1906"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
Cider-Makin&.

The Apple Specialist, in answer to
an inquiry. gives the following instruc-
tons how to make cider and keep it
sweet:
In order to make cider the juice
must be extracted from the apples.
This is done by grinding the apples
into a pumice and thus pressing the
Juice out The pumice is laid up in
hoops and held in place by old sacking
made by ripping gunny sacks. 1t is
laid up in cheese form, one above the
other and pressure applied at the top.
The cider works out through the sack
ing and is caught in tub. Hand eli
der mills are made that are excellent
for the work and sweet cider may be
had at any time. Their is no way to
keep cider sweet without racking it off,
drawing it from one barrel to another
several times, letting it run through
several thicknesses of flannel to take
out the sediment. 1t must be allowed to
run very slowly so as to keep all sedi-
ment in the bottom of the barrel. When
thoroughly purified the barrel must be
plugged tight and kept in a cool place.
BY boiling and skimming the cider it
will keep sweet, but has slight cook
ed taste. We have made thousands Of
barrels of cider and have tried all
kinds of schemes to keep it sweet and
have found nothing equal to racking
off. 1t is slow process. however. and
unless we'll done will not prove effect
uaI."
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
Alfalfa as a Weed Killer.

Probably no other crop, without a
single exception, presents S, many
characteristics of value. AS it is stud
led more and more, and as new expert
ments are made with it in different
capacities, its wonderful capacities be-
come more and more manifest. 4 very
eminent authority has discovered that
it is a weed eradicator of unfailing
power. This will seem like contradic-
ton to readers who have been eau
toned about weeds, and which will
prove more destructive to alfalfa than
any combatable influence. Neverthe-
less it is strictly true that the plant is
the greatest destroyer of weeds known.
This comes not so much from any quail
ity contained in the alfalfa plant, but
from the inability of the weeds to en-
dure having their heads cut off so
many times in summer close to their
feet The most strenuous weed soon
will succumb to this harsh treatment,
while the alfalfa plant will thrive all
the better the more it is cut. If weeds
can be kept back from choking the
young alfalfa plants until they, the al
falfa plants, are tall enough to be
moved, the question of weeds in the
particular parcel of ground is settled.
Therefore, it is wise to select a weedy
piece of ground for the alfalfa field,
but before sowing the seed every pre-
caution should be taken to kill as many
weeds as possible. This can best be
done by simply following the oft-re-
peated injunction to thoroughly pre-
pare the seed bed before sowing the
seed. If this be done. and the tract
narrowed and rolled after blowing at
time when the tiny weeds begin to
show green over the field, and again
just before time to SOW, there will be
the cleanest field on the farm before
the year is out. There are many weed
infected farms and many farmers who
have despaired of ever getting rid of
the weeds. Alfalfa suggests the means
of riddance.-C. NJ Ginther in Agricul-
tural Epitomist.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
Always TO Be Depended I-po,

When person gets up in the morning
with a dull headache and q tired. stretchy
feeling, lC is an almost certain indication
that the liver, or bowels, or both, are de
cidedly out of order.
At such times Nature, the wisest and
best of all doctors. takes this means to
give warning that she needs the help and
gentle assistance which can best be OBJ
tanned from that old family remedy.
Brandreth's Pills, which has been in use
for oTer century.
They are the same fine laxative tonic
pill your grandparents used when doctors
were few and FAR between and when peo-
pie had to have remedy that could abb
solutely be depended upon.
Brandreth'S Pills can be depended upon
and are sold in every drug and medicine
store. either plain or sugar-coated.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
THE FIRST TW|NGE
Of rheumatism Calls for DR.. Williams
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured

Mr. Frank Little, q well known citi-
zen Of Portland, Ionia Co, Mich, was
cured of a severe case of rheumatism
by Dr.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
ing about it recently, he said: My
body was run down and in no condi-
ton to withstand disease and about
five years ago | began to feel rheu-
matte pains in my arms and across
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle in every joint so that l could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. / was unable to
sleep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly could hardly stand
it. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
SO bad that | had Inflammation of
the stomach l was extremely nerv-
Gus and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
of my body became paralyzed.
AS | said before, | had been stuff
ering about five years and seemed to
be able to get no relief from my
doctors, when a friend here in Port
land told me how DR.. Williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia in
the face, even after the pain had
drawn it to one side | decided to
try the pills and began to see some
improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
/ was entirely cured I have never
had a return of the rheumatism or Of
the paralysis
The pills are for sale by all drug
gists or sent, postpaid, on receipt of
price, SO cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
COmDanY Schenectady N Y
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18

A circular by the Illinois Station en-
phasizfng the Importance of studying
the production of individual cows con-
tains records for one year of eighteen
dairy herds in Illinois, including 221
cows. The average production was s.
G16.90 pounds of milk and 226.63
pounds of butter fat The best herd
averaged 35O.17 pounds of butter fat
and the poorest 1905 pounds. The
best ten cows averaged 3SS.75 pounds
of butter fat and the poorest 10,1O9.42
pounds. 1t is believed that at least
one-third Of the cows in the ordinary
herds are practically unproftable A
marked improvement was observed in
herds where grading had been prac-
ticed. 1t was found possible to remove
five COWS from a herd of ten and there
by increase the profit S7.62 per head.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
LYDIA f. PlNKHAM

No other medicine
hosts OF grateful friends has Lydia r. inhnns Vegetable Compound
and Weakness
remedy 1t doe expes early of development
Irregularities Weakness the Stomach
oatng Nervous Prostraton Headache General Debility quickly yield
Under all circumstances it in harmony With the female system
feeling lassude, don't
want be eftaone feeling eNciabit rrabi dir
Female
anything hundred
thousand times Sold Druggists
q
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
WEEKLY PAPER FOR BLIND.
London Daily Mail to Issue Edition
Much Attention Is Paid

The announcement that the London
Daily Mail is about to issue weekly
edition for the blind draws attention
to the other British journals published
in Braille type, which have had long
and useful career, though they have
seldom been seen by the general public
The first weekly newspaper for the blind
was published on June 1, 1892. and
called the Weekly Summary. 1t has
always been issued below cost price,
and its promoters derive no benefit from
its publication. Another was started
only last year, called the Braille Weekly,
and issued from Edinburg.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
Discreet.

There is q Chicago lawyer who, his
colleagues aver, has a positive genius
for malapropos suggestion to his wit
nesses OH the stand.
Recently this lawyer was counsel in a
suit for divorce, wherein he was examin-
ing a woman who had taken the stand in
behalf of the plaintiff.
Now, madam" began the attorney
who is always saying the wrong thing
repeat the slanderous statements made
by the defendant on this OCCASION
"Oh, they are unfit for any respectable
person to hear"' gasped the witness.
Then, madam said the attorney.
coaXimgly, suppose you just whisper
them to his honor, the judge. "-Harper' 5
Weekly,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-18
HOW'S This 4?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
&. ]. CHENEY e CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last ID years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c per bottle Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.