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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24
LEGAL.
First published in The Topeka State
journal Feb. q 1861

At meeting Of the city council of tn
city OF Topeka, Kansas, held February 90
lsoS. the following resolution was present.
ed and adopted:
Resolved, That the Mayor and Council
for the best interests of said CITY maj the
alley from Eth st. north to 18th St, ana
bounded on the east by Tyler st. and on
twenty co, feet wide with v.trafied brick
on sand foundation.
c. z. JORDAN.
1, G B. Burge, city clerk Of the city OF
topeka. Kansas. do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is q true and cor
on file in my Office
LseaL] G. B. BUURGE. Crty Clerk.
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Train TumbIes Into Ditch.

F1ovilla, Ca. Feb. 24.-The Jack
sonviIle and Chicago limited, known as
train No. IA. On the Southern railway,
wae derailed about five and a half
miles south Of here early today. The
engine, baggage, mail. combination
and one Pullman car were thrown into
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,sTRAYED or STOLEN.

STRAYEDE1 yearling dark brown heifer
from my farm mile southwest of Vine
wood park If any information call Ind.
phone $685. Don Coffman. box 1S6. Topeka.
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WAN I s
and MISCELLANEOUS ADS.
>>-~-~-~~-~-~~-----~~~~-
0sH5sssD
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

W. Schuetz and wife to J. Fakes,
lots 352-4-6-S and 60 Seward ave..
Heery's sub-div. 81. 400
The Orchard Place Lot Co. to L. F.
Clearinghouse, part lots 578 and $50
Topeka ave-, Orchard Place add. $40
A. D. Washburn and wife to r. NJ
Harris. lot Is and S. 1-S lot 16 Locust
ST., Mulvane & Chase's 1st add. IS
M s. McElvain to A A. Miller, lots
1s9 and 191 Navarro St, McAdams' =
add to Rosville Observation-Disclosures. 70
G. A Elmore to A C. Townsend. part
N. w Il BILLS ..........-......--..:- 500
@. D. Lyle and wife to w. p. Speel-
Westlawn ~ ........ 90 49, 100
N. Milliken and wife to j. Q. Wilson,
G. B. Pierce to ]. E. and A. Policy.
lot 100 and S. "A 11S Madison st..... 1900
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the ditch. Four mail clerks were
seriously though not fatally injured.
None of the passengers was hurt.
The cause of the wreck is not known.
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Portland. Oregon.

Every night at 7:35 a Pullman tour
list sleeping car leaves Topeka via the
Union Pacific r. r. which goes
through TO Portland. Oregon, without
change. There is no better way to
reach all of the great Pacific north
west.
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE
c~-~-~~~-~~~~-~~~-~~~~-~-~-
MERCHANTS TRANSFER g. STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods. Tel. 1856 Clarence Skinner. gu
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Watch for free bicycle ad Tuesday.
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BANK STATEMENTS.
Published IN The Topeka State Journal
Feb. %. 1851
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of the
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF
Topeka,

TOPEKA,
in the State of Kansas at the close of
business Feb. IA, 1908.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. .......S $50, :6s
Overdrafts secured and unse-
U. s. bonds ii:i' to secure circuia-
posits ...... - . ................ 100000
posits ...... - So. =. 100000
rants ....................... 7s4A.es
Due from approved
reserve agents .--.- 800, 3oS.32
Due from National
banks. not reserve
Due u e from State banks -
and bankers $3.50 1O,soe24
cash items ....... 9.4ooos
house - ......... 8,44415
tional banks -. 5o,550o0
Fractional currency,
e olshs and as Silver eTne Coin. 17s.7s7iS
Legal tender notes.. "a, 300 667, s42 IS
Redemption fund with U. s..
Treasurer ..-....-..... o,UUW
s1-sn, ose. 10
Capital stock paid in.............$ 100 600 90
Surplus fund ...................... 100000
penses and taxes paid......-... ss!ns
Reserved for taxes ......-,-....... 1889
National Bank notes outstand-
ing -. .........,............ 100000
Due to other National
Due ueh to Trust compa-
banks 49,. .......... 1o.s2z5e
and bankers -. Us, sss.7s
Individual deposits
| subject to check. Il, 166. 1888. AZ
D of DEPOSIT ........... I7,572s7
Certified checks out
standing S,OUW
sfapdine 40s239
| u 8. deposits Sl4sS
Deposits, u. 8. dis
| bursting officers 37,7oo.49-S1. 6So. S72o6
s1,S21 ,Oss 10
| State of Kansas, Shawnee County. S..
| I +. M Bonebrake, cashier of the above
I named band, do solemnly swear that the
/ above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
list day of February. 1908.
WARD d. SPEELMAN,
] fSeal1 Notary Public.
/ my commission expires Jan. 10. 1900
r. p DILLON,
W A. 4 THOMPSON sR.
Directors.
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FREE DIsPENsARY.

2 1115H
QUINCY STREET FREE DISPENSARy
81 Quincy st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons Med
Teal service free Medicine free in some
cases Office hours TO p. IN. Calls
answered night or day. Ind. phone 17e7.
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WANTED-Experien engineer, S12 per
week; references required. Topeka Laun-
dry Co.
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SANTTARTUMS.

CHRISTS HOSPITAL COTTAGES FOR
the care and treatment OF nervous inva-
lids, alcohol and drug habits and mild
Lindsay. N. D.. s9 K. A. Topeka Kan.
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wANTED--MALE am4P.

WANTFID-Man to run gasoline engine,
farm hands dairy couple, farm couple,
men, cooks, so men for brick paving Mar.
It'll. wood choppers. Capital Employment
Agency. 81 Kansas ave.
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Items for the North Topeka column may
be left ut the Petro & Woodford drug
store, $50 North Kansas avenue, or call
the North Side reported at her home,
Ind. phone GILL
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ADVERTISEMENTS ALMOST ANY
THING CAN BE SOLD OR SECURED
BY A MISCELLANEOUS JOURNAL AID
THE REASON is 90 PER CENT MORE
PAID LOCAL CIRCULATION THAN
ANY OTHER TOPEKA NEWSPAPER
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

porarily wilted by this dampness It re-
gains its fiuffiness Immediately after hRv-
ing been thoroughly shaken out and dried.
Crown Bands Feature.
The broadcast OF satin and velvet rio
bons are employed for banding hat
crowns They are so arranged as to en-
plastic the narrow effect of the shape,
and the scheme of trimming Is Immensely
smart on the moderately wide brimmed
Gainsboroughs, which have little supple
mentary decoration beyond their ostrich
clusters towering above the right brow
or the club feather pompous which
stand stifly erect, entrenched behind the
looped rosette termination of the ribbon
band.
Plain Gauze Wells.
Lighter designs are seen on some OF the
recently imported veillngs, especially
those to be worn with one-tone hats trim
med with net. Sometimes absolutely plain
gauze wells of the lightest quality are
drawn over the entire hat, but so loosely
that from a short distance the face Gov
erlng canuot be discerned. This manner
of yelling the face is immensely becom
ing to the wearers Of picture hats and to
women with fresh and wildly tinted com
pexions.
Crepe de Chine VeiIinEs.
Automobile veillngs of crepe de chine
are among the newest of the seasons
fads, and are wonderfully extravagant in
size, coloring and price For about $50
one can buy a veil measuring yard and
n half by three yards, with double Dor
ders hand-palnted in vivid or pale tints.
To arrange an automobile veil In the
latest mode Is an art to be patiently
learned by practice, as 1t should fall low
over the hat and bag all round 1t. This
arrangement is managed by running one
hem with ribbon, thus shirring II Mt the
bottom. The ribbon Is tied in huge bow
having long ends reaching, or rather flow
ing over the wearer's back. The veil Ia
shaped to the hat brim by means OF
cord in the upper hem.
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and pansy bed. Still more unique is n
pure white swan with a weIl-developed
breast frankly revealing its candy hold
ing mission at anchor amidst sprays Of
dark faced pansies. Ducks are used in
the same manner. but these are less eff
fective.
To compliment a friend with a floral
offering one should learn her favorite
color and then endeavor TO send exotics
entirely Of that hue. Puppies and piuks
are to be found in uyac!nths, which. be
cause Of their bulk, should be sent In
profusiou, for iEsfaEce, h the form of
pyramid table. which is merely q gold
wicker stand of medium height. supported
by slender legs, with Il series OF small
tops raised one above the other upon
which the tiny pots Of growing hyacinths
are placed. On the highest story is a
single jardiniere planted with line vines,
which fall gracefully about the plants
a larger number of orchids will carry
JOY to the heart Of the woman who goes
in for mauve tiuts. although the orchid al
ways spells a large bank account or an
extTayagant speuder. Or the lady may
prefer white, in which event should
order far in advance of Easter the stately
white lily, which, regarded az suitable
church decoration, nevertheless Is most
effective In drawing t. arranged
In thick clusters standing In high, slen-
der floor vases OF great price. such as
those of cutglass, Sevres and Cloisonne
which sometimes accompany lily and rose
offerings
Many OF the beautifully uxuriant ara
leas now in the market are immigrants
from Belgium and Holland. which arrived
last autumn when just In leaf. IL costs
considerable money and care TO carry
these foreign products through the win
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Tales OF tied-up securities apparently
have not aGrighted florists to the fash
ionabie" who are sending far aheld for
exotics with which to ill their orders
for after Easter festivities and employ
Ing home artists to evolve from their
fertile and imaginative brains novelties
in floral offerings. Fancy baskets. of
course, are still largely employed for cut
flowers, such as viulets, roses, CameIias
carnations. Enthusiastically and hya-
cinths Long after the blooms have
withere6. these baskets will make charm
ing ornaments in the home Of the re
ceiver, as many of them are gilded. sill
vered aud 6ronzed aud Of the most at
tractiye shapes representing covered
wells with the top for the handle and
the lower portion for flowers; gypsy ket-
ties with vines clinging to the tripods
and inverted deep-crowned. broad-brim
med hats similar go those used as CO.
tinon favors. these provided with strings
OF broad satin ribbon, quite handsome
enough TO be made up into doval hat
bows.
Ribbon bows in fact, play an impor-
tant part in the decoration Of floral Of
ferings, for they hll up the vacant spaces
between tall and sQuat-stemmed flowers
far more artisticaily than do ferns
vines and better emphasize the color
scheme TO be developed. This ides is
charmingly brought out in the instance
of a round rustic wooden basket, with
twig-crossed legs and extensions, Oiled
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
Extravaganza of Present-Day Floral Gifts

with huge closely set bunch of pink
roses and buds hacked with clusters OF
iIies-ef-t he-vaIley set amid their dark
green leaves Wreaths of fine white flow
ers eucIrclng the baskets outer surface
are looped with white satin ribbon bows
attached to the lily leaves. aud winding
among them Irvine about the rustic ex-
tensions and terminate in u large bow
below the rose bunch
Roses wis lead amongst the cut flower
orders this year. bat will be frequently
mixed with vioetS, OF which there is
said to be . phenomenaIly large crop.
Consequently 40 man who wishes TO i'm
press the object of his alteration with
the idea that he is spending money upon
her unStntingly will consent 10 allow
florist, oyercrowded with orders, TO use
such a makeshift the man should order
one Of the rose boxes" which are about
10 inches wide aud deep and long enough
10 accommodate an American Beautys
stem without cruelty twisting it. At
least a dozen roses should go into one
OF these boxes itself work of art. being
covered with pale satin, the padded lid
bearing an appropriate inscription in sill
yer lettering
Niolets, however, are not TO be despised,
for with little daily care the modest
dover will endure for ~ days and re-
tain its odor to the last They are placed
in boxes OF heart and diamond shape.
with satin-coyered lbs sewn thickly with
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to be tailored and come in colors which
a few years ago would have seemed to
conservative dressmakers as too conspicu-
Gus for the races, not to mention after
noon visiting and churchgoing.
Silk Buttons and Soutache.
The self-covered silk button and the
soutache outlined buttonhole are the lead
ing decorative scheme of some of the
smartest of the imported suits, and the
simplicity of their arrangement is not
the least of their charm. Frequently the
rows of buttons and buttonholes edge the
entire fronts of the coats. which usually
gap over ornately trimmed waistcoats;
they invariably trim the sleeves from
waist to elbow: if the under-arm seams
of the garment are slashed. rows of but
tons draw the attention of the public to
that interesting fact: and no woman can
possibly lose her coat pocket. for its
flap is certain 10 have buttons. Another
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

scheme of button trimming which is GER
tain to win popularity is the white china
variety, which, is attached to the gown
by means of heavy embroidery silk, COM
plimenting the costume color, the four
thick strands of silk converging toward
a common center perforation. These are
used with soutache outlined buttonholes,
with fancy braid or satin band trim
mings.
English MOhafrs are MOdish.
Mohairs of every grade are largely en-
ployed for street suits. and among the
more elaborate experimenting those hav-
ing demitrains and fancy ,coats-the Eng
lish weaves are very prominent. In color
they are exquisite ranging through the
fashionable smoke, brown and blue
shades, in those delightful dull pinks and
green's, Oriental reds and the various
white-ivory, cream and lait-which, made
up into coat and skirt costumes, are the
piece de resistance of many a woman's
spring and summer outfit. remarkably
chic looking white mohair tsilOr-made Of
English weave, has a demitratned gored
skirt, finished with q broad hem, a pr1n-
cesse girdIe, pointed deeply at the front
center, and in the back absorbing the
wide flowing folds which form the train,
the sides and front Of the skirt, being
sheath-ftting about the hips. The coat
reveals the same straight line effect
which distinguishes so many OF the
French costumes and is as loose as the
familiar box, though quite longer. 1t is
of even length all round and finished
with a narrow hem. Like the skirt, 1t
is over a white taffeta lining, and its
feature is the broad mohair collar edged
and trimmed with fancy self-colored braid,
which covers the shoulders and defines
the fronts half way to the waist, rolling
in wide revers from throat to bust The
under-arm seams are slashed to the waist
line, are braid and button trimmed, and
the rather small sleeves. buttoning from
elbow to wrist, are mittaine-shaped and
braid-fnished.
Refers Are Revived.
Refer coats accompany some of the
smartest of the mohair and pongee skirts
of the utility type. and are certain to win
favor with Slight women who gaze en-
viously after those to whom the natty
cutaways are so becoming. Some OF the
REFERS are finished with inch-wide bias
bands of suit material and others with
silk Hercules braid. They are coIIarIess,
but the three quarters puff sleeves are
of the medium-sized bell shape, with
straight edges. braid or band finished.
Taneta and Cloth.
The combination of tafeta and cloth is
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TToto1a Coo-b. by OPuihle

the draped sleeves and the embroidered
waistcoat. which, although not classical,
carries sufficient suggestion of color to
save somberly tinted gown from the
stigma of dulneSS.
Plain skirts aud Trimmed Goats.
Time was. in fact year ago when
skirts and coats of tailored costumes were
both trimmed, but with the appearance
of the ripping and draped tunics which,
'cInginS 10 ard defining the hips, fall
about and below the knees in gracefully
flowing folds, aud those which show no
break from waist TO hem plain skirts
have been more and more in evidence,
with coats enriched with various kinds
Of silk braids buttons. chenille and
passementerie. This idea is marked in
the case Of the sarin-surtaced cloths. the
fine scrges. lightweight woods. lustrous
silky mohairS, sutinS and silks. all of
|hich are now claSsed among materials
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

not a novelty, but nevertheless 1t forms
a most exclusive type of costume, and
notably so in black or a subdued color
An expression of this idea by a noted
French mOdiste has a sheath fitting cen
ter-frOnt scanned skirt, absolutely plain
save for a hem bordering of soutache
edged beneath broadcloth battlements
Like the train of the skirt, the back of
the taffeta coat is long and pointed,
as well as semiftting, while the loose,
single-breasted fronts. closing with two
enormously large silver buttons, slant
sharply and sufficiently trim the pointed,
collarless neck and the loose wrists of
the seVen-eighths sacque sleeves.
Chiffon BroadcIOfh Velvet Trimmed
A decidedly novel trimming scheme is
to use velvet battlements and bias bands
on chiffon broadcloth. One gown so
treated has a glrdled poIonaise, long
shoulders cut in one, with flowing sleeves
of elbow-length and guimpe neck. There
is, by the way, great diversity in the
form of guimpes used in connection with
semitailor- Many of them are tuck
er-shaped, with attached stock collars; a
few are Vd, but the latest are square.
Separate Chemisettes.
Despite the long continued popularity
of the separate chemisette or the yoke
of thinner material than the gown proper,
there Is no hint of It's disappearance.
This, of course. is due to the general be-
comingness of some soft, thin fabric
next to the face, and because a new
white yoke of a transparent material so
wonderfully refreshes a half-worn frock.
Many of the latest chemisettes and their
accompanying stocks of chiffon cloth,
chiffon net and malinette are entirely of
and show not a scrap of lace nor sug-
gestion of embroidery.
Pongee Utility Coats.
With the approach of summer there Is
every indication that pongee and fine
coat materials and that buttons will trim
them, so far as is commensurate with
their outlines. Save in the case of motor
ing garments intended for long, hard runs,
the coats are decidedly shorter. in some
instances extending scarcely below the
knees. Although by means tight-ft-
ting, they are so cut as to distinctly out
line the shape of the bust. waist and
hips, the fulness about the skirts ema-
mating from inverted box pl8its which
above the waistline in front become high
darts, merging into shaped shoulder
bands having pointed ends buttoning at
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23
New Neckwear Novelty

Even those women who are prone 10 fob
low the very latest fads of fashion and were
somewhat astonished at the new black
ribbon neck-bow with long streamer ends.
which extend almost to the bottom Of the
skirt, will experience even greater sur
prise at the new pierrot ruff which has
just come out as the latest neckwenr
novelty. 1t is a small ruff of malinette,
not more than three inches deep, and
only long enough tC, completely encirCie
the neck The ends are finished with
medium width ribbon. small loops and
long ends, the ends being tied either at
the back Of the neck or under the left
ear and allowed to fall free over the
shoulder. The dark colors. such as black,
navy blue and the fashionable grays. are
just now the most fashionable. but as
summer draws near and the lighter tone
toIettes appear, white, delicate pinks and
blues and such pastel tints will doubt
less come into favor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

ter and consequently they are expensive
to purchase. but. then, people who make
practice Of floral gifts do not baIk at
matter OF So or SO difference In price,
so tong as they are getting what they
think they want.
Many women have a fad for Holland
grown tulips, and certainly their colors
are gorgeous and their markings har-
mouious and unlike the house grown va
rieties. In some respects these Dutch
flowers are more effective for decorative
purposes than are long -stemmed lilies and
roses. they tone in with almost any
color scheme and are stunning when set
against cartridge papered walls. To be
thoroughly acceptable Holland tulip Of
ferlngs should be packed in huge paper
and cloth boxes with tulip painted lids,
for 30 broad and deep are some of these
artistic receptacles that they ultimately
answer perfectly as ornamental miniature
trunks for shrtwaists. Another method
Of sending tulips IS 10 place them In Delft
jars, and If woman Is known to be a
collector of old Canton ware graceful
manher of presenting her with piece Is
to send her a s2panese lily in one Of
those tall blue and white vases which are
so difficult to find and SO hard to part
with when attained.
Wise women who do not have too
many clothes take care to provide them
selves with a separate white skirt TO ac-
company fancy blouses One Of tie most
serviceable materials for this purpose ls
white popl.nette, skirt Ct which cut in
many cores fits perfectly aGout the hips
and rippies gracefully about the feet
where IL should be finished with a deep
and obvious hem. pupctuated with q row
of soutache or Hercules braid.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

artificial violets. cleverly scented.
Flower confectionery boxes perfectly
satisfy the feminine longing for sweet
tastes and sweet scents. They are square.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

lively dyed outspread plumage, silvered
legs and neck and jeweled eyes, has
breast garnished with llly-of- the-valley
tendrils. and his feet buried in a fern
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-04-23

obong or oval. with hand-painted silk
or satin-covered lids, sometimes deco
rated uniquely with wild or domestic
birds miniature ostrich with attrac-
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Feather Clusters.

Quantities OF marabout are employed as
a trimming for elaborate hats, and, al
though rather more costly than wings and
flowers, it is far more practical than os
trich plumes for seaside wear, for if tenn