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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25
Electric Light Plant Paws.

Emporia, Jan. 25.-During the six
months just past the city electric
light plant has earned above ex-
penses, $4,793.33. OF this amount
s2,16S.1S was expended for perman-
ent extensions and Improvements,
which are figured as profits. Accord
ing to a report of the city electrician
the quarter ending January 1 was
the heaviest three months business
which the plant has ever handled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25

rent traffic and the moderate revival
in iron and steel from what Is adj
mitted to have reached a stage of
practical paralysis. are facts con-
sidered in the conservative mood
which has developed in the securities
markets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25
He Died of Gout.

Charlottesville, Va, Jan. 25.-Francis
Trevelyan, one of the best known wrf-
ters on racing in the country. and for
some years racing judge at the western
racks and at New Orleans, died last
hight at Forest Lodge" near Char
lottesville. of govt after an illness of
several months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25
Barton County Pioneer Dead

Great Bend. Jan. 25.-R. shute
one of the pioneer settlers of this
part Of the state, died at his home in
this city Friday morning from heart
disease. He was a retired farmer and
very wealthy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25

laid alongside the dredge until the
canal was opened. Congress has ex-
pended 1886, 500 on this canal. 1t is Is
miles long, connecting the Sabine and
Neches rivers. Dredging began Janu-
ary IL. 1906.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

thing?" he demanded Indignantly.
Il never heard of anything like 1t in
my life! Eight hours indeed! Why,
you won't find self respecting foot
man in the whole town to support
such a movement" How many
hours do you work." asked the as
tonished delegates. Two or three
at the most. l spend most of my
time on this sofa, reading the news
papers, which are very interesting,
just now. I'm not fool enough to
follow your example, gentlemen"
Then give us some money for the
committee" the deputation urged.
Never! l should be acting against
all my principles If l gave as much
as kopeck toward supporting an or
ganization which is in favor of do
nestle servants working eight hours
day!"-New Haven Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
commandments
! Hints for Housekeepers !
**&********+*+*****

Do not keep the family skeleton in
closet; give 1t Christian burial.
The family Jars" which OCCASION
ally disturb every household are
those which don't contain jam.
When the woman's club fails to re-
lieve ennui, try twins.
The proper place to hang the
cuckoo clock is In Switzerland.
Be patient with the quarrelsome
neighbor; but when patience is ex-
hausted, get phonograph.
With some women housekeeping Is
but question of doilles and scents.
The most difficult thing for the
young housekeeper to comprehend is
that cigar ashes are good for the car
pet.
When paregoric fails to put the
baby to sleep try blowing out the
gas.
1t is advisable to clean house just
as often as you wish your husband to
leave town.
To give the library a more "book-
ish" appearence-put more books in
It..
No sensible woman will require
long hours. for her help; all hours
should be limited to sixty minutes.
In arranging cozy corner 1t does
mt matter what materials are used,
so long as you catch the market
right.
When purchasing the sofa, remem-
ber that the cost may range any
where from twenty-five dollars up to
a suit for breach of promise or d.
vorce.
Too many cooks may spoil the
broth, but they can't hurt the break
fast food.
The day of tackled down rugs and
carpets is gone; nothing is now tack
ed down but the mortgage.
Practice little economies; even the
sweepings may be taken to tobac-
conist's and made into cigars for faith
er's birthday.
1t is not we'll to hang the portraits
of ancestors where they will be likely
to give offense to strangers; but by
all means hang them, II the originals
/. be unavailable.
Polished hardwood floors, with
rugs of varying size and texture, are
now the preference, not only for aes-
thetic and sanitary reasons, but be-
cause they develop the agility, and
the "hard finish" is revivfylng to
persons of unsteady habits.-Thomas
Speed Mosby, in the Bohemian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
2S2NlZ{7z9Ez|!21 |seiS]!' Hl

Florence Guersney, Mrs. c. A. j.
@. Berner, Miss Mary G. Hay, Mrs.
John G. Coleman, Mrs. Robert H,
Rucker, Mrs. c. c. Ruthrauff and
Mrs. Gabriel s. Mulliner, all of New
York; Mrs. ]. Heron Crossman, of
New Rochelle, and Mrs. Joseph 8.
Wood, of Mount Vernon.
The Educational Theatre of New
York City, formed Ito provide moral
training and inculcate in the minds
of children and young people the
ideal of life and conduct by the pre-
sentation of plays and entertainments
of ennobling character and to main
tain reading and class rooms, lecture
and music rooms" also has filed a
certificate of incorporation. The d.
rectors are Samuel L. Clemens, the
Rev. Percy s. Grant, Otto H. Hahn,
Robert ]. Collier, Miss A. M. Herts
and Charles e. Miner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
NINE. MAETERLINCK's WIT.

Georgette Leblanc, the actress and
singer, who in private life is Nine
Maeterlinck, has a strong sense OF
humor and a pretty natural wit. In
Paris they are reciting with enjoy
ment her latest bit of repartee.
She was on tour lately in a pro-
vincfal town where a local company
was engaged to support her in one
Of Maeterlinck' plays. But the local
support was weak and hating and
tie poets lines were mangled, some
of the actors apparently not in the
least understanding what they we're
saying.
Nine. Maeterlinck, whose admir-
alton for her husband is public his
tory, Indignantly sought out her
manager.
"A writer like Maurice Maeter-
linck should be treated with more re-
spect," she said Indignantly.
Madame" he answered, IN. Mae
terlinck is not the first to suffer.
Sophocles, Moliere and Racine are
daily murdered in the same way"
Possibly" quickly replied Nine.
Maeterlinck, "but they are not MUIR
dered alive, at any rate!"-Philadel
phia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
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Velvet wraps are worn with linen
gowns.
A beautiful taffeta gown is covered
by batiste redingote.
The colors of ribbon should be gov
erned by the gowns one has.
This season all the best gowns
have sleeves that are no sleeves at all.
Petticoats of different material
from the tunic are conspicuous on
gowns.
The square dot is very effective
design for decorating collars, waists,
belts, etc.
Short boas of feathers are worn
and tied at the back with bow of
black velvet.
The new skirt hugs close to the
limbs and lies in wad on the ground
around the feet.
Hats of the lightest description are
needed to complete the picture during
the present season.
Ruches just long enough to go
about the neck are tied in the middle
in way that suggests Elizabethan
ruche.
The inexpensive striped lawns
make cool and delightful morning
waists and frocks for the house and
veranda.
Old rose is color that is coming
very much into fashion at the present
moment, and 1t can be used for an
all-white gown.
1t is always good to have a band
and a bow of black. and one of black
and white striped ribbon, as these
go with every costume.
Sweet peas represent modistic tri-
umph just now, the manufacturers
having surpassed themselves in the
beauty of the colorings.
Add a dainty touch to the simple
white lawn waist you are embroider-
ing with soutache by putting the
seams together with the tiny French
beading.
The ideal skirt for clinging, grace
full lines is made of one of those soft
materials like chiffon cloth with a
band of satin about the lower edge
to drag 1t down.
There was a question whether the
the fashionable American woman
would adopt the sheath style; but the
sale of satin knickerbockers to match
gowns and the falling off of petit
coat sales tells the story.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
Wages in Samoa.

A memorandum drawn up by the
German Colonial Office and attached
to the estimates for the information
of the members Of the Reichstag, con-
tains a statement of the present con-
dition of the labor question in Samoa.
in which 1t was stated that the white
population was formerly entirely de-
pendent upon Samoan workmen,
while now the major part OF the
work at most of the plantations is
done by Chinese imported for this
labor. Each Chinese laborer receives
in wages s2.S6 a month. The total
cost of each to the employer. the re-
port states. including wages, main
tenance, passage money and medical
treatment, is calculated at from $S.93
to s11.90 per month.-Daily Consular
Reports.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
LABOR BUT FOUR HOURS.

Many of the upper servants in Rus
sian households lead very easy lives.
During a period when walters and
chambermaids employed at large es-
adjustments, hotels and restaurants
in Warsaw decided to strike, many
servants in private houses refused to
support them, and some soon re-
turned to their employers.
A servant in the employ of one old
nobleman who does not exact much
work from his household received the
men who had come to persuade him
to join them. What do you gentle-
men want?" he asked languidly from
the sofa on which he was reclining.
ITO join the general strike for an
eight hour day." was the reply. The
servant sprang from his sofa.
"How dare you even suggest such
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Washington was visited during
June by 2400 newly married couples
from all over the country.
Mrs. John B. Stetson was married
in Philadelphia to Count Santa Eula-
liza, Portuguese Consul at Chicago.
DR.. w. T. Power, of New York, and
Miss Esther Redmond, daughter of
John E. Redmond, were married in
London.
IN filing her petition of bankrupt
cy Miss Sophia Kluber. of Trenton, N.
j., included in her list of property
lone gold engagement ring on the
finger of her petitioner. value $5."
Because she thinks that defective
plumbing in the apartment house
caused the roses in her cheeks to
fade out and make her sallow, Mrs.
Albertina Isaacson, of Chicago. has
brought an action for $1,000 damages.
Queen Victoria of Spain, who
frankly dislikes bull fighting. is be-
lieved to be responsible for King AL
fonso's decree prohibiting women
toreadors from participating in per-
formances.
DR.. Martha Hughes Cannon, for
merly State Senator in Utah. has
moved to California. and the women
of that State are counting on her be-
ing of great assistance to them in
their fight for woman suffrage.
Miss Eliza Nash, who died at Nor
we'll, Mass, recently, was a real"
Daughter of the Revolution, and in
two months more would have been
century old. She had lived under
every Presidency excepting those of
Washington and John Adams, having
been born September 2, 1908.
Miss Gurid Laate, Norwegian girl
who is working her way through the
University of Minnesota. can make
her own clothes in their entirety,
from the spinning of the thread to
the cutting and putting together OF
the materials. She learned spinning
and weaving in her native country
and dressmaking In the United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
Combs Made of Old Shoes.

A mountain of old boots and shoes.
indescribably ugly, indescribably
filthy, lay in the factory yard.
We'll make combs out of them, ="
said the chemist, combs that will
pass through the ,perfumed and lus-
trous locks of the most beautiful
girls. Seems strange, doesn't it,"
Very"
"Yet It's fact. That is what be-
comes of the worlds old shoes; they
are turned into combs. The leather
is first cut into small pieces and i'm
mersed two days in chloride of sui
phur bath; then it Is washed, dried
and ground to powder; then IT. is
mixed with glue or gum and pressed
into comb molds." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
How to Get Poor ouick.

Do not try to save your loose
change. 1t is too small an amount to
put in the savings bank. 1t would
not amount to much, anyway, and
there is great comfort in spending it.
Just wait until you get sufficient
worth while before you deposit it.
Do not try to economize. 1t is an
Internal nuisance to always try to
save few cents here and there. Be-
sides, you will get the reputation of
being mean and stingy. You want
everybody to think yoa are generous.
Just look out for to-day. Have a
good time as you go along. Just use
your money yourself. Don't deprive
yourself for the sake of laying up
something for other people to fight
over. Besides, you are sure of to-
day. You might not be alive to-
morrow.-Success Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

Iron ore production in the United
States in 1907, according to the Uni
ted States Geological Survey. prob
ably reached total of from $4,000
GEO to 54.000.000 long tons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
WALTZ NEVER OUT OF FASHION
SUFFRAGE IN DENMARK.

The women of Denmark are re-
joicing over the granting Of COM
munal and municipal suffrage to
them. A delegation from the Danish
National Suffrage Association waited
upon the Prime Minister and the Min
lister of the Interior to present me-
MORALS thanking them for their ef-
forts in behalf of their country
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

women. At the public celebration
both ministers delivered short
speeches congratulating the women
on their victory. During the jubilee
banquet that night telegram was
sent to the King, who returned an
answer expressing his good wishes for
the results of the reform.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
TO SWIM THE CHANNEL.

Miss Lillian Smith, captain of the
Ladies' Perseverance Swimming Club,
of England, has declared her inten-
tion of trying to swim the English
Channel during the present season.
Though she is only eighteen, she has
already performed some remarkable
feats as a swimmer. She accom-
panied Jabez Wolfe in one of his at
tempts to swim the Channel and re-
mained In the water four and half
hours. She is not the first woman to
make the attempt. Last year Annette
Kellerman, of Australia. made val
liant effort to reach Calais, but failed,
WALTZ NEVER OUT OF FASHION.
Dances may come and dances may
go, but the waltz, which this year
attains its centenary, never loses its
popularity. 1t is the most graceful
dance left to us now that the, days Of
the minuet are over, and 1t has in
spired some of the most delightful
strains in the world of melody.
Where every other dance nowadays is
q waltz 1t is necessary to accomplish
this really we'll, and the girl who
gains reputation as a graceful
waltzer rarely suffers from the ago.
nies Of "wallflowerdom," If we may
coin such a word.-Woman's Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
WISE WORDS.
No government is safe unless 1t be
fortified by good will.-Nepos.

No government is safe unless 1t be
fortified by good will.-Nepos.
The burden of my song must be
praise, and the teaching of every les
son has been trust.-Bishop Han
nington.
Great results usually arise from
great dangers.
This ought to be our endeavor, to
conquer ourselves, and daily wax
stronger, and to make a further
growth in holiness. ss.-Thomas Kem-
pis.
What ripens fast does not last
Shakespeare.
Wiles and deceit are female quail
ties.-Aeschylus.
Poverty, like a lamp, shows every
thing bad and annoying.-Aristo-
phanes.
Between bridge and stream the
Lords mercy may be found.-St. Au-
gustine.
To fear death is very great folly,
for 1t is fated to all men to de-
Antiphanes.
In some good time, His good time,
I shall arrive; He guides me and the
bird.-Browning.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

Lake Morat. in Switzerland, turns
red every ten years, owing to the
presence of tiny plant which is visi-
BILE only through microscope.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

French Salad DressingThe bowl in which the dressing
is to be made should be rubbed with garlic half onion
will adhere the bowl to flavor the dressing
Now put in teaspoonfu of salt, half teaspoonul OF
pepper and pour slowly this few drops at time half
cupful of olive OIL Stir we'll all the time and when the
salt is dissolved add two tabespoonuls of vinegar This
should be well blended with the other ingredients and the
dressing should be used once.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
FOOD FOR HUSBANDS.

A woman, discussing how to feed
q husband, said she soon cured her
husband of fussiness and faddishness
about his food. He said that he had
to take what he could get. Now, why
should he? His work and money
buy every scrap of food which enter
the home. It is the husbands right
that he should have the food that ho
likes best, properly cooked and served
on the table he bought, in the house
whose rent he pays, by the wife to
whom he gives housekeeping allow
ance as a'trust fund. He strives his
very best to support his family in
comfort and some degree of luxury.
His wife should strive her very best
to lay out the money he intrusts her
with so as to secure health, happiness
and content in the home. 1t is a very
clear bargain between husband and
wife. If man Is grumpy" at meals
there's usually something the matter
with the meals. The sourest-tem-
pered male begins to smile when the
savory scent of an appetizing dish
rises like incense before the altar of
his appetite. Kisses and sentiment
do not compensate a man for poor
cooking and monotonous catering
New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12
WILL TEACH LOVE OF FLAG.

WILL TEACH LOVE OF FLAG.
Moved by desire to do "active
patriotic work." which shall include
teaching the true meaning of the
American Flag to immigrants and
their children" women of New York
City and nearby places have formed
the National Society of Patriotic
Women of America, and they filed
with the Secretary of State at Albany,
a certificate of Incorporation. The
directors are Mrs. William T. Hell
muth, Mrs. William r. Stewart, Mrs.
N. T. Phillips, Mrs. John F. Yawger,
Miss Mary Van v. Vanderpoel. Mrs.
Oliver L. Jones, Mrs. William c.
Story. Mrs. Benjamin s. Crurch, Miss
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

400 pounds.
William ]. Bryan killed two bears
on his last hunting trip in the San
Bernard bottoms, two or three years
ago. Mr.. Martin had everything in
readiness for Mr.. Bryan's visit. He
had the pack of bear dogs out for
several days before the entry of Mr..
Bryan to the hunting grounds and
the bears had been driven over to a
particular locality of the bottoms
where they awaited Bryan's coming.
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied by a
guide and the two men saw many
more bears than the distinguished
Nebraskan killed. Ex-Governor ]. 8.
Hogg, who took great pleasure in
bear hunting, accompanied Mr.. Bryan
on that trip to the San Bernard bot
toms.
Exciting experiences of bear hunt
ers have not been lacking since the
present season opened. G. v. Smell,
who lives near Delma. Texas, over on
the Sabine River, came down to Col
umbia, Texas, several days ago, and
went overland from that place to San
Bernard bottoms, where he estab-
lished a camp. He had a pack of
bear dogs with him. He said that he
had hunted bear in the canebrakes
along the Sabine River for many
years and that his dogs were un-
eQualled when 1t came to rounding up
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-08-12

Great results usually arise from
great dangers
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07
ing Window. and devoid of a front


porch. or slightest attempt at shade
TO render its uncomely front less unat'
tractive Had the matter been left at
that moment 10 his own decision. this
glimpse of the house would have
turned them both back, but the girl
Vnhesitatingly pressed forward and
turned defantly in through the gate
along the narrow foot-path bordered
by weeds, and stood back while she
stepped boldly up on the rude stone
slab and raped sharply against the
warped and sagging door. A moment
they stood thus waiting with no re-
Spouse from within. Once she glanced
suspiciously around at him, only TO
wheel back instantly and once more
apply her knuckles to the wood. Be
fore he had conjured up something
worth saying the door was partially
opened. and a rounded dumping OF a
woman, having rosy cheeks. her hair
iron gray. her blue eyes half smiling
in uncertain welcome, looked out upon
them questioningly.
i've come to live here" announced
the girl, sullenly. That Is. If like it."
The woman continued to gaze at her
as If tempted TO laugh outright, then
the pleasant blue eyes hardened as
their vision swept beyond toward
Hampton.
1T is extremely kind Of you, I'm
sure she said at last why is 1t |
am to be thus honored?"
The girl backed partially on the
doorstep. her hair Tapping in the wind.
her cheeks flushed
"Oh. you needn't put on so much
style about it," she blurted out. You're
Mrs. Herndon. amt you? Well, then.
this is the place where was sent; hut
| reckon you amt no more particular
about 1t than | am. There's others
who sent you to me?' and Mrs.
Herndon came forth into the sunshine.
The preacher"
"Oh, Mr.. Wynkoop; then you must
be the homeless girl whom Lieut..
Isrant brought in the other day. Why
did you not say so at first? You may
come in. my child"
There was a sympathetic tenderness
apparent now in the tones OF her
voice, which the girl was swift to per
ceive and respond 20. yet she held
back. her independence mistaken.
With the quick intuition Of woman.
Mrs. Herndon bent down, placing one
hand on the defiant shoulder.
Il did not understand. at first. my
dear" she said, soothlngly, 'or l
should never have spoken as l did.
Some very strange callers come here.
But you are truly welcome. | had a
daughter once; she must have been
nearly your age when God took her.
Won't you come iny"
While thus speaking she never once
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07
CHAPTER WI.
"l've Coma Here 70 Live"

Widely as these two companions
differed in temperament and expert
ence. it would be impossible 10 decide
which felt the greater uncasiness at
the prospect Immediately before them.
The girl openly rebellious, the man
extremely doubtful, with reluctant
steps they approached that tall. home
ly, yellow house-outwardly the most
pretentious in Glencaid.
They were so completely opposite,
these two. that more than one chance
passer-by glanced curiously toward
them as they picked their way onward
through the red dust. Hampton. slen-
der yet firmly knit, his body held erect
as though trained to the profession of
arms. his features finely chiselled. with
threads of gray hair beginning to show
conspicuously about the temples. His
attire of fashionable cut black cloth.
and his immaculate linen, while neat
and unobtrusivc. yet appeared ex-
tremely unusual in that careless land
of clay-baked overalls and dingy
woolens. Beside him, in vivid con-
trast, the girl trudged In her heavy
shoes and bedraggled skirts. her sullen
eyes fastened doggedly on the road,
her hair showing ragged and disrep-
utable in the brilliant sunshine.
Hampton himself could not remain al
together indifferent to the contrast.
You look little rough. Kid. for a
society call" he said. IF there was
any shebang in this mud-holc of a
town that kept any women's things on
sale fit to look at. I'd be tempted to fix
you up a bit"
We'll I'm glad OF IT," she respond.
ed, grimly. Il hope / look so blame
tough that woman won't say a civil
word to us. You can bet / amt going
to strain myself to please the likes OF
her."
You certainly exhibit no symptoms
Of doing so" he admitted. frankly.