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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20

a Frances Willard memorial meeting
at the home of Mrs. S. A.-'Thompson,
211 The Drive. tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Harry French entertained the
Ceramic high five Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Harrison street. The
other guests were Mrs. J. 8. Ensminger,
Mrs. Herman Crow, Mrs. Stevenson,
Mrs. q. G. Hopkins, Mrs. Mcclellan, Mrs.
Cochrane, Mrs I-oK. Faken, Mrs. Viii
lis, Mrs Walter Boles, Mrs. James Har-
vey, Mrs. WyliessMrs. Will Cote, Mrs
Gozen, Mrs. Jetmore, Mrs. Hebber, Mrs
Ransom. go 49,
The Priscilla club will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. M t. Kelsey, In
Oakland. - i.
Miss Annette Begley and Mrs. Ed
Rosenthal leave tomorrow for Sauna
to visit relatives
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to be the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Thompson and family.
The v. A. G. club will be entertained
this evening by Miss Blanche Jones and
Mrs. Mary Wellnan at the home of
Miss Jones, 1910 North Van Buren,
street.
Mr.. S. K. Burroughs of Granville was
in town today.
Mr. NJ J. Thompson of Havensville is
here attending the Masonic lodge and
is the guest Of his brother, Mr.. c. w.
Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. shornburg who
have been visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Frank Smith, 1911 North Kansas ave-
nue., started for Moravia, Iowa, where
Mr.. Thornburg and son will engage in
the. bakery business.
Taxpayers who are interested in the
election Of the drainage board for the
North side drainage district, will meet
at fire station No. 1 on Friday night at
7:30 to talk over matters before the
meeting of the Civic club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
7. M. Q. A. ATHLETICS
An Interesting Contest at the Rooms
Last Night.


A dual gymnastic meet between the
Senior A and Senior B classes of the
Central Young Mems Christian asso-
citation gymnasium was held last night
before the regular Wednesday even
ing contests
and consisted Of one set exercise and
one individual exercises upon each
piece of apparatus. Five men repre-
scented each class on each piece.
In the horizontal bar work the A
class started out to clean up their
rivals to the tune of 166 to 158.
However, on the parallel bars the
men were able to stem the tide and
succeeded in bringing the score
around with 26 " points in their favor
and even on the side horse succeeded
In gathering in most points, so that
the final score stood Senior A 512 and
Senior B SAG ".
The event was one Of the most in
teresting that has been held in the
gymnasium this year. ]. wallace
Terrain, Lynn Keys. and Fl. I. Alien
acted as judges.
evening the individual competitor
was postponed one week.
| In the group games Team 1 took
the potato relay while Team Sc
cured the / lap relay and basketball
game.
Next Wednesday evening the Bust
ness Men and Senior B classes VIII
| clash at vol1ey ball. me individual
Foundation will be the high dive and
mo. Teams Will compete in a shotput,
! two lap relay and basketball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
EskWS

General Manager j. e. Hurley is in
Guthrie today where he Is attending the
nearing before the corporation of Ok
1ahoma regarding the recent reduction
Fan train service on the Santa Fe.
B. A Woodruff, wheel inspector for
the Santa Fe. has gone to Kansas City
on business trip.
Rev. Homer Foltz addressed a large
meeting in the machine shop this noon.
Mrs. FoItz sang.
The entertainment at the R. r. z
M. c. A. Friday night will be under
auspices Of Miss Nellie Lincoln The
senior class of the high school Will pre-
sent the play, when Morning Glory
Wins" There will be special violin and
piano music.
Rev. E. s. Paddock will address the
noon meeting in the new planning mill
tomorrow. ~..4---~.s-
The arithmetic classes will meet to-
night in the class rooms at the r. r.
Y. M. C. A. II
/ Engineers E. D. Webb and A. L.
Burrell were on No. 4 last night from
Newton to Kansas City
Engineer G. s. bruce has returned to
work on runs Nos. II and Is between
Topeka and Newton after having been
off for several days.
Engineer Irving Botkin is running on
mos. 81 and 81 between Topeka and Ar
lgentine in the place of Engineer Nc
IGinnis who is laying off.
Engineer Ed Ash, who has been work
iang in temporary passenger service, has
returned to work on the extra board
= A L. Mayer, assistant secretary of
the R. R. 7. NJ. c.. A., has returned
from an extended eastern trip
The trains are again running nearly
on time after having been badly delay
led yesterday on account of the storms
all over the line.
General Superintendent F. C. Fox has
returned from business trip to Kan
Eeas City.
2. F. Baker, of the motive power de-
partment, went to Cleburne on a bust
mess trip today.
r. II. Mack. stenographer to H W.
Jacobs, assistant superintendent of mo-
tive power, returned today from San
lBernardino where he was called a week
ago by the death of his grandfather.
The meeting of the motive power &C.
icountants of the system adjourned yes
tferday afternoon after having been in
session in Topeka all week. The visit
E3ng accountants were entertained last
might at the home of B. r. Payne on
Clay street.
w. A. Powers, chief chemist of the
Santa Fe, has returned from a short
business trip to Chanute.
]. D. Pickard, of the test department
fwent yesterday to Chicago on a bust.
ness triD.
Conductor Bankhead is laying off or
account of sickness, and Conductor II
"A. Verlln is plotting engines on tria
trips.
Engineer H. Decker brought in No
As from Newton this morning.
Conductor Minturn is running tenn.
fporarily on No. 10 between Kansas Cit,
and Arkansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20

Items for the North Topeka column may
be left at the Petro & Woodford drug
store, $50 North Kansas avenue. or call
the North Side reported at her home.
Ind. phone 621.]
Misses Ruth and Margaret Murphey
have gone to Stafford, Kansas, to spend
a week the guests of relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Libbie Carter of Altoona came
today to visit her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Younger.
Mr.. and Mrs John Williams are the
parents Of baby son, born yesterday
morning.
Mr.. Martin Boyer of Soldier City was
here today visiting friends.
Mr.. Frank Henry Of Willard, Kansas,
was in. town today looking after his
property interests.
Mr.. Jack Ludwell of Abilene is
spending a few days here the guest of
his sister, Mrs. Carrie Jackson.
Miss Pearl Zarcher of Lawrence is
here visiting relatives and friends for
few days.
Miss Vida Carlson of Lecompton came
up last evening to remain until SUNDAY
with her brother Jo-
Mrs. Jessie Anderson of North
Quincy is improving after being III
few weeks with an attack of rheuma-
tism.
Miss Mary Miller Of Tonganoxie is
spending few days here with ner
brother Henry Miller, and will go to
Kansas City Sunday to remain per-
manently.
Mrs. Chas Gardner Of Mayetta, Kan
sas. came last night to be the guest OF
friends for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs Harley Johnson OF
Smith Center, Kansas, are the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. q. Harmon.
Little Joe Gleming Of Hoyt who has
been very i'll with an attack of pneu-
monia is reported better.
Miss Ethel Guild went to Scranton to-
day to stay until Sunday with rela-
tives.
Miss Sadie Tucker is visiting her par
ents in Richland this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Johnston went &c
Parsons, Kansas, today where they will
make their future home.
Miss Lula Mason went to Emporia,
Kansas, today on a short business trip
Mr. Frank Guilbert of Silver Lake
and Mr.. L. flaming of Granville We're
among the North side visitors today.
Mr.. and Mrs L. D. Hagan and two
children of Newton will come tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
Dress Goods

The largest and chosen line of dress goods
offered for your selection than have ever shown
at this season Many handsome spring cloths
among them. Plenty of good stripes checks and IN
distinct plads that make up SO smartly in the
STYLES shown in all the desirable colors soc to
$500 yard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
Nail Orders Filled

Customers Of town can benefit by this skirt
sale Write for samples of cloths stating colors
wanted. and about the price you wish pay by the
yard will send you measurement blanks, and
cuts showing skirts the making of which will cost
you but $3.50 Express paid in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20

variety and if there is no real cause
for it pretext must be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
Three Blocks Burned

North Woodstock, N H, Feb. 20
Three business blocks, a hotel and a
l1fvery stable. which comprised the
s1eeger part of the business section of
this town, were destroyed by fire early
today at an aggregate damage of
approximately 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20
L. the Joy of the household, for without
1t no happiness can be complete. How
sweet the picture of mother and babe.

and without PAIN. Sold &C SI.co per
bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless
value to all women sent free. Address
aaAaexszD REGULATOR 60. Aaaafa. "a.
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(SSSoCiietl)

delightful event of the week was
Mrs. Nd. w. Van Valkenburg's lunch-
con at the tea room Tuesday followed
by five hundred at the Copeland for
Mrs. Helena Fay. of Brooklyn. N z.
guest OF her niece, Mrs. Alfred B.
Quinton. There were twenty guests
who were seated at one long luncheon
table decorated with red carnations
In the Copeland parlor where five
hundred was played after the lunch
nations were combined effectively in
decorating. Mrs. W. A Johnston won
the first gift, completely equipped
modern housewife and there was
favor for Mrs. Fay.
abroad this summer is being impor-
tuned to write a book on his travels.
Among the titles suggested are Pink
Sunsets and Mauve and Blue Days
on Green Waters.
Mrs. J. D. M. Hamilton entertained
few friends informally at bridge
this afternoon for Mrs. Ira ]. Mix of
Chicago.
Follow Topeka girl to the towns
where she has been visiting and you
will hear that she is an heiress and
that her father has Nothing But
Money. Reflect upon this fact for
awhile and you will not be so envious,
mayhap. of the heiresses who visit
here.
Miss Gala CutteIl entertained the
Tell club yesterday. Mrs. W. q.
Drechsel will be the next hostess.
- u
The hat illustrated is a most attrac-
tive model both for day and evening
wear. The model was a very large
mushroom Of plain lustrous black
satin, the crown being tam
o'shanter extending quite far out
over the hat brim. It was encircled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20

Style No. O42-Circular flare skirt
One of the newest and smartest mod
els. Four very deep inverted pleats
front and back. Two rows of seven
self-covered buttons each at top of
skirt where the pleats meet, front and
back. Wide bias fold with pointed
ends around sides of skirt above the
hem.
Style No. O21-One of the newest
and prettiest flare skirts. Two very
deep, box pleats front and back mar
row in gracefully at the waist. Three
widely spaced bias folds around skirt
from back to front pleats. the lower
fold very wide, graduating to two
inch fold high up on the skirt On
hips, from the belt down, extends
narrow bias strap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-20

pliabIe all the parts, and
assists nature in its sublime
work. BY its aid thousands
of women have passed this
great crisis in perfect safety
and without pain. Sold
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
A PEAcEABLE BEE.

This Immigrant Can sting, bat Hs
Does Not Care To.
A stlngless bee is known, but he Is
also a lazy bee. He won't work reg
ular hours and he won't live In a wax.
celled home. So he Is allowed to re
main In South America, and be good
and useless to his hearts content.
His bad but useful brother of the
north has consequently earned a share
OF mans gratitude far beyond what his
moral qualities have entitled him to.
The ever vigllant Department OF Agri-
culture Is trying, however, to punish
him for his sins by introducing a com
petitor with a much better temper.
This competitor, the Caucasian bee.
from Asia Minor. has, 1t Is true, a sting
which he will use In an extreme emer-
gency. but so long has he been domes-
ticated that usually he is quite con-
tent to endure the ordinary comings
and golngs of man without protest.
The beekeeper with our ordinary bee Is
bound to get stung now and then, do
the best he can to guard himself. But
the keeper of Caucasian bees may go
along for years, II he Is prudent, with
never a sting.
1t is a wonder that with all the bees
that are now kept in large cities, espe-
cially on house roofs, or even on the
tops OF skyscrapers, so few persons get
INTO trouble with them. That Is prob
ably because the bees do not come
down to the street to seek honey IL
cutters. but. instead. head straight fc
the pleasant fields In the suburbs. The
Caucasian bee will, however, be better
fitted for life In a large city, and II he
aourlshes here, MS the experts OF the
Department OF Agriculture hope. city
b~eekecping may have q boom.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
ABOUT TOWN

"A strong wind and heavy rain
prevailed in this portion Wednes-
day night, but did no damage,
A Neighbors Social will be Civ
en- by the St. Wenceslaus lodge at
HVodnany, at the event Of the
opening of the lodge hall, on
Sunday, May "a, 1908. Music by
Bohemian band. All kinds of re-
freshments will be served and a
cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend
The T4-year old son of John
Vanec-k was kicked by a horse
in the face last Sunday and his
cheek. eyelid and forehead badly
cut by the blow. The boy imme-
diately after the accident was
taken to the office Of DR.. Blezek
who sewed the flesh together and
dressed the wound.
Charlie Rokusek received a
broken thumb on his right hand
while playing ball Sunday. He
had been catching behind the bat
when a tip foul occurred, the ball
striking him on the tip OF his
thumb dislocating it in the first
joint and breaking the flesh as to
expose the bones. DIR. Blezek
dressed it.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

Catholic Workman, Lodge No. SO,
nold meetings every second Sunday Of
eacn month. in the Catholic Society
Hall. j. f. Wagner, Pres, John
Hyruvatka, Sec.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
Fnm.x chine.e pwelnng..

Dwellings In China are generally
primitive and not berry durable, accord
ing to the report of United States Con.
sui Gracey at Tsingtau. The Chinese,
he says, do not understand the build.
ing Of arches. The most they attempt
Is a simple arch In bridges or doors,
but even here 1t is necessary for them
to first erect a mud-brick support for
the arch, the former being torn away
when the latter Is completed. The great
mistake made In walls is the poor bind
ing between the outside layers, there
often being hollow spaces in the middle
which are only filed with loose dirt or
rushed rock II they are filled Mt all.
When Ii rains this interior filling gets
act, Ii settles, and the wall is wedged
apart at the bottom. 1t thus often hap
pens that the outer walls Of a house
ollapse, while the inner ones, which
AVE not been wet remain standing
he usual preventive for ~collapsiag
houses Is to rest the beams and roof
lmbers on wooden posts, which are
QUILT into the walls ard completely sur
rounded by the masonry. Thus when
he walls give way these pillars hold
up from coming down on the occupants.
in the case of two-story buildings these
wooden ~frameworks are always built
before the masonry work Is started.
In the great plains the f~armhouses
are built entirely of mud and have fiat
roofs, They are built so that they can
be used to defend the farms, the walls
being three feet higher than the roof,
so in times Of need the men can go on
tn them armed, and thus fight from a
sort Of parapet. Many Of these fat
rooted mud houses are destroyed dur
ing every rain, and whenever the rivers
overflow the valleys practically every
house is ruined. There are NJ bud
ing laws or police regulations In China
tending to better the class Of houses
now constructed and thus make living
In them more safe.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

N Egypt There Are Many and New
Ones Are welcome.

Ones Are we1come.
There is no race suicide In Egypt
rom Alexandria to Assuan the coun
ry is filed with babies, round-faced
nd solemn-expressioned little tykes
Who look out upon the world with great
yes that are painted with kola, max,
ng their tiny faces appear top-heavyr
o large do they seem. AS In all Orr.
ntal countries, children In Egypt are
welcomed. The more the merrier. The
wife is not even considered a true wife
I'LL she becomes a mother. The esti,
nation I'm which she Is held, not only
by her husband, but also by her
friends, depends. In a great degree
Upon her fr~uitfulness and upon the
preservation Of he children; for, ~
men end women, rich, and poor, bar.
renness is considered a curse and a re
proach. So highly are babies e: TEEN.
ed In that strange country Of the Nile
that In the days before slavery was
abolished a slave who contributed q
child to her masters family circle and
which he acknowledged as his own
thereby earned her freedom, according
to the law; and In the majority of In.
stances she was further honored by be
Ing taken as her masters wife, or one
Of them. and becoming entitled to the
luxurles OF the harem. So frequently
do babies come, and so numerous arc
their deaths, that the Egyptian govern
ment has never been able to procure Q
census that was at all satisfactory
and even the recent attempt made last
year cannot be accepted as an official
statement Of the country's population
In Egypt births IN deaths are not re
corded, except In the memories OF
those Immediately concerned.
Three characteristics Of Egyptian ba
bies impress themselves upon the tour
list. The first Is their beauty for, al
though many of them are blind, OF
nearly so, from uncleanliness and OPP
thalmia, they are all round-faced and
exquisitely modelled, and their features
are classically beautiful and their colol
is exactly like bronze. s~elf-control Il
the next most impressive feature about
these little folk, for 1t Is a most un
usual thing to hear an Egyptian baby
cry. Noticeable, also, is these little
folks usefulness. 1t would take a very
Indifferent person, indeed, to fail t.
notice the infant toilers OF Egypt.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
what II was.

Young BERTHE courted pretty Ann
and asked her for his wife.
Said she: Il love no other man, SC
will be yours for life!'
Then gently round her taper waist
his arm in rapture went, and on those
ruby lips so chaste the first long kisses
spent.
! what is It," cried he In his Joy,
that draws this heart to mine? What
makes those cheeks SO bright and coy,
those eyes like stars to sinner What
is 1t proves the world so fair when thy
sweet form is nigh that permeates the
ambient air, the trees, the lowers, The
sky? oh, say, what is 1t that enthralls
the kiss | hold 80 dearT
She gently on his bosom falls. Its
onions, love, | fear"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
HeyI-kOupaI Wedding.

Joseph IIeyl the son of MI. and
Mrs. Joseph Heyl and Miss Rosy
Koupal, the daughter of MI. and
Mrs. Matt Koupal, we're married
Tuesday morning at the St. Wen
ceslaus Catholic church, Rev. E
A. Bouska officiating. A we'd
ding feast was given by the brides
parents at their home north OF
town to which a large number of
relatives and friends were invited.
In the evening a wedding dance
was held in the Society hall, same
being attended by many friends
of the happy couple.
Both bride and groom have
been born and bred in this COM
munity. They ale held in high
esteem among all who know them
and enjoy the friendship of all
acquaintance. They will make
their home on the farm OF the
groom south of town. They be-
gin life under very favorable cir
cumstances and the good wishes
of their many friends accompany
them in matrimonial life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
Tornado At TYndaII.

Word is received at this place
that the grand stand at Tyndall
was blown over and shattered to
pieces by the strong wind that
ragged Wednesday night. Several
other small buildings we're moro
or less damaged by the gale.
Nothing in Tabor has been dam.
aged by the wind as far as we are
able to learn
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14
cuRE FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

western Scientist Used Fenugreck
With Marked Success.
If you would become fat and there
by avoid or dismiss tuberculosis, eat
little brown beans called fenugreek.
These beans were held up to public
esteem In a recent government report
as fat makers In certain cases. And
now DIR. A. s. Won Mansfelde, OF Ash
land, Neb., comes forward with the
statement that f~enugreek is death to
tuberculosis.
Certain ladies OF Jewish extraction
who inhabit parts OF northern Africa,
and who are much given to the masti
cation of the little brown beans In
order that they may attain to the
standard Of beauty in their country
somewhere around $50 and 300 pounds
have unwittingly given the cure to
the world. DIR. Won Mansfelde is the
man who discovered the connection. He
vas reading a magazine last year when
he came upon an article by DIR. David
Fairchild, of the Department OF Agrl-
culture at Washington, in which the
eminent botanist described the seeds
Of the plant eaten by the Jewish wo.
men Of Tunis In order to make them
fat. That started DIR. Won Mansfelde
thinking along direct channels. Here
was what he had long sought-some-
thing that would build up fat faster
than tuberculosis could remove It and
thus provide sufficient strength to the
victim Of disease to fight 1t and finally
to throw 1t of.
Tt Nebraskan scientist ground the
seed TO the consistency Of -four and
mixed 1t with cream. An analysis
showed that 1t contained only T.12 per
cent OF fat oil. so that 1t was clear
that 1t could not be the amount of fat
taken into the system with fenugreek
which produced such results, but some
property or chemical possessed by the
seed which forced the blood to take up
and assimilate all the fat taken into
the stomach In other food. The taste
of fenugreek is not a thing of Joy. IL
10 DllLcT-SO DUCT that LII. fOH MdHS'
felde added sugar to make the doses
palatable. He learned that the Jewish
maidens consumed half a t~easpoonful
each morning. BY degrees they In
creased the dose to a tablespoonful
each day. That was the size of the
dose he decided upon administering.
BY this time he had got a supply Of
the seed direct from Tunis, 80 be start
ed actual experiments. His first pa
tient was an Irish american, 80 years
old. lie had contracted consumption
In Ireland and had gone to Nebraska
In the hope Of regaining his health.
When he came under DR.. Won Mans
felde's care he was wasted to a skele-
ton and In a desperate condition. The
doctor began to administer fenugreek.
half a teaspoonful each morning in
a small quantity of sweet cream, and
then In a week the dose was Increased.
Within 30 days Of the first dose OF
the magic plant the young mans limbs
had rounded, his sunken chest had fll-
ed out and he had caught up his lost
weight.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-14

There will be a dahce given by
the Tabor base ball team in the
Michel Brewing Co.'S hall next
S lturIay, May 10, for which the
Tabor band Of eight pieces will
furnish music. Everyone is cor
daily invited to come to this af-
fair and have a good time.