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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

Miss Nellie Milspaugh was the guest
of honor at a bridge luncheon this
afternoon given by Miss Edna Herbst.
The following guests were asked:
Miss Millspaugh, Miss Eva Smith,
Miss Maude Grimes, Miss Frances
Connell, Miss Alice Lakin, Miss Dor
othy Wilson, Miss Helen McClintock,
Miss Floyd Robinson, Miss Mary
Moore, Miss Julia Larimer, Mrs. Geo.
Thompson, Mrs. Charles Mitchell and
Mrs. Walter Hayes. Miss Mary Moore
will entertain Friday afternoon for
Miss Millspaugh and Miss Helen Nc
Clintock has asked guests for a
luncheon Saturday.
x x
Mrs. Lee Monroe and Miss Lenore
Monroe have asked the following
friends to assist them at their recep-
ton Thursday afternoon: Mrs. F. D.
Coburn, Mrs. c. z. Foote, Mrs. w. r.
Stubs. Mrs. w. E. McVey. Mrs. J..
u Mcfarland, Mrs. Frank G. Kelley,
Mrs. Rousseau A. Burch, Mrs. F. w.
Watson, Miss Effie Graham, Mrs. S. S.
Estey, Mrs: W. F. Schoch, Mrs. Geo.
w. Crane, Mrs. w. A. McCarter, Miss
Grace WEIGH, Mrs. S. E. Barber, Mrs.
Ralph Skinner, Miss Helen Estey,
Miss Josephine Lynch, Miss Wilhel-
nina Marburg, Miss Marcia Williams,
Miss Lenora Stubs, Miss Grace Page
and Miss Effie Page The hours of
the reception are from three to six.
The Priscilla club will meet Friday
Sfternoon with Mrs. Oscar Neil. 1852
Fillmore street.
Miss Elinor Hinshaw of Emporia.
and Mr.. c. B. Ladd of Topeka, were
married December 18th at Holton,
Kansas. Mr.. Ladd has been connect
ed with the Lux Commission COM
and Mrs. Ladd will live at 1872 East
Sixth street, where they are now at
home to their friends.
y y
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Koepke, 202
Fillmore street. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Flora
Mary Pauline, to Mr.. Walter Nash
of ST. Joseph. Mo-. formerly of To-
peka. The wedding will take place
December 23rd.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Quinton will
entertain their bridge club next Fri
day night. The members are Mr.. and
Mrs. Quinton, Mr.. and Mrs. T. D.
Hammatt, Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Mer-
RAM, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Chase, DR..
and Mrs w. N. West and Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Capper.
X
The Informal Bridge club met Tues
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Dickie. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wolf
were substitutes.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. B. Merriam will
give q family dinner party on Christ
mas at their home on Fillmore street
X X X
The new bouquets of artificial flowers
are being worn a good deal on the
street. They are especially pretty with
furs and brighten a street costume
beautifully. There is an excellent
variety OF these bouquets at Pickens'
store.
X X
Who originated the festival OF Christ
mas? ALI Christian nations claim its
origin, but one can travel far back into
the past and find traces of fir trees,
mistletoe. and evergreens without any
sign of the Christian signification All
the customs are typical of birth, resur-
rection, renewed life. 1t has been writ
ten that a German once saw a fir tree
forest covered with snow over which
sparkled myriads of stars, and that this
peasant-a poet and artist at heart-cut
down one of the trees and carried it
into his house, Illuminating it with
candles.
The Romans kept the feast of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

and slip over the indoor hooks, pin
the clothes in place securely, take
down the rope, clothes and all, and
fold down in a clothesbasket. To take
the basket out of doors and slip the
loops over the outdoor hooks is a
brief bit of work. and can be done
with RIoyed hands. Several short
lines are better than one long one. as
the long one will make too heavy
load to carry when filled with wet
clothes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

gold embroidery separating waist and
skirt at the sides. This embroidery is
also used to bind apparently the full
ness of the skirt near the bottom and
crosses the center panel at the feet.
An effective sleeve is produced by lay
irg the outer portion in horizontal
tucks about two inches in length, then
allowing the fullness to escape, thus
forming a sort of puff at either side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

Portable gas end electric lamps at
the III. B. Howard Supply company are
inst the thing for Christmaus present.
Walters Clay-wood. Topeka Spice
Mills. 100 East Eighth street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

paste it on a good stiff cardboard and
you will find that after they have used
it month or so your family will tell
GU that they enjoy it quite as much
as any of the more expensive gifts they
received.
One of the latest and to me one of
The most worthwhile acts of the Gen
tral Federation of Women's ClubsEan
5, rganization including most of the
Women's Clubs in the United States
was to institute $1,000 scholarship
LOT a years graduate work at Oxford
or Cambridge to be awarded to an
American girl.
Does your woman's club do anything
Ike that?
OF course I don't mean anything as
big as that, but does it do anything
-milar, such as making possible
year of college work for some bright
his help, might not be able to have
deserves.
Se1f-cu1ture is a very fine thing, of
course, but it is possible for people,
even when they are seeking such fine
hing, to became too Self-centered,
and an outside interest such as this
might serve to keep an organization
tL a higher level
A costume of golden brown velvet
frock IS very simple, but the rich
ness of material and trimming COM
bined to make stunning gown. The
design is semi princess. center panel
oe the velvet running the entire length
of the dress, with a belt of silk and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
At 1855 smithers Snapped His Watch
and Mentally Writhed.

As he stood at the door of the ap-
pointed lunching place, tapping his
foot impatiently, he wondered if Burt
had changed. He could see the old
time Burt as plainly as if he we're
then in tront.of him. He remembered
the old, chatting smile and bantering
tone which hid very Intellectually a
heart full of genuine friendship.
Had Burt changed?s Many Of the
men he once liked so well, and whom
he had afterward rushed gladly to
meet, had been sore disappointments.
They had changed so-or, rather, per-
haps it was that they had not changed.
They were the same they had once
been ,5sard1 Smathers had grown. Once
their thoughts and feelings-even
their whole lives, when they lived
near each ,otherrliad had %concentric
orbits with his own, touching at every
essential point, and congeniality was
inevitable. But things had interviewed
to widensa breach that separation had
started unfit, when they met later in
.life,,s they: had nothing in common but
foggy memories.
!: At &1s.55 .,Smathers snapped his
watch and mentally writhed. There
was no use in such dilly-dallying. An
appointment was an appointment,
wagnaf s*shyi ii. THE name Of
sense didn't Burt come, or at least
send some word to account for him.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
LESSON NO.
JUGGLING For CATFISH.

~ MH-N HEH
Hilarity is the birthmark Of this
sport. A flock of hungry catfish can
give a nan or boy the time of his
life, and the procedure is simple. You
first carefully select a dozen sleek
whisky jugs from behind the old
mans bedroom window and tie a six
foot section of window cord to the
handle of each. To the free end of
the cord a large wicked-looking hook
is securely fixed and then, after firm
~ corking the jugs, you are ready for
business.
The jugs are next piled into a boat
and you row the entire aggregation
about nine miles up Tadpole creek,
till you smell the tlowery zephyrs that
mark the location of the slaughter
house. This is where the catfish live
and have their being. By the time you
reach their abode the inside Of your
hands will look like a big red Mis-
souri, apple and feel like a prairie
fire.
The hooks are then baited and you
wipe the extra bait OFF onto your
pants. The jugs. are then planted by
lifting them steadily above the head
and heaving them several yards from
the boat. This wakes the catfish up
and makes them bat their eyes and
untangle their whiskers from the sea
weed on the creek bottom.
Snatching up one oar and making a
dive half overheard for the other you
start off again after the jug. At this
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
Trad Biglow's Aerial Finish.
BY U G ~PENDExTER.

1t was the third time within five
minutes that Cousin Edgar had con-
suited his watch, and his aged kins-
man. Trad Biglow, knew that he was
impatient for the hired man to bring
the wagon to the, veranda. On the
veranda was Jrad's old trunk and I'M
brella; but while Irad's. welcome a
exhausted in n home it was not re-
newed in any other. Hence his dis
Quietude.
Il hold with men of science that in
ancient times men not only cast their
lines into the sea, but also tished
in the heavens" he at last observed,
as the horses head bobbed in the
barn door and Edgar made to rise.
with hook and line man can catch
much besides fish," added Trad, des-
perately. "a turkey will swallow a
hook if it is baited with corn. A hen
Will swallow any thing; SOIL a crow.
The bounty on crows is ten cents a
head. All right. I'll send up a dozen
kites, a hundred feet apart, connected
with lines, each line containing many
hooks, each hook baited." And he
sighed in relief and paused for breath
as Edgar slowly sank back in his
chair, seemingly having lost his impa,
tience in a large degree.
Edgar called for the hired man to
return the horse, While to his kinsman
he said, Just hold on a bit. I don't
quite understand this kite fishing.
Well go to Freeman's first thing in the
morning. Now this kite business-it
amt no good if only crows is what
you're after, as we wouldn't catch
enough to pay for the string we used.
Amt it good for nothing
Land of Liberty" gasped Trad. ITO
think you don't grasp the POSSIBLE.
ties! Wild duck worth three. dollars a
brace in any quantities. Wild turkey
worth 40 cents a pound anywhere!
And think Of wild pigeons! Just two
dollars a pair we'd ask and gitsfor 'em.
We'd fish the high heavens with more
profit. than they can fish the seas. And
no danger to US; mind you. Now, out.
l.side of these game birds, s'pose we
caught a American eagle. He'd be
worth a cool hundred in any mu,
seum-"
He'd kill hisself on the hook, OF
break the strkg," objected Edgar.
Trad winked rapidly for a few sec
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
SOMETHING LOOSE.

L
Say you" said the policeman, as he
crossed the street to head off a tramp
that had just been driven away from
a basement door. whats up around
here?"
II can't tell you" was the reply.
There's something loose around here,
but what it is I don't sknow."
Were you asking for something to
eat back there?'
Il was. + braced up to the cook and
asked for a hand-me-out, and after
looking me over she says:
edo you keep Easter Sunday, sir?'
81 surely does says IT,
why do We have Easter Sunday?
aAh, j. see" said the officer. You
couldn't tell her that"
"ButsI did, your honor"
What did you tell her?:'
]" Why, what Should | say except
that II wass because christopher
Columbus discovered America. she
went for the broom and then went
for me, and II you can tell me where
the joke comes IN I'd like to hear 1t
Isdon't wanttsssogo around having ny
feelings hurt this way.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10

onds and then smiled. 81 was speak
ing of netting him. YOU don't have to
do all your fishing with hoops, eh? No,
you can use nets in the air as you do
in the sea. You can also troll for a
bird as you can for a pickerel. Say
you wanted a hawk; then you'd plug,
or still fish, just as you 90 for bull
heads. Say you wanted a gull; put on
a butterfly hook and hitch it to a fat
kite.
What's that? A tug? No, only the
wind. But now, Jeminey Christmas!
Do you feel that? One on each of the
hooks-I forgot to say there is two
hooks-and how they pull! | guess it
amt nerve-tingling sport, Ell? Think
OF fighting to pull two 50-pound birds
from their native lair to your domes-
tic larder! Now there begins to be
danger, just a spice, just enough to
tickle a sportsman. The two birds
may drag We from the ground. No;
they begin to yield and come down"
Can we try It this afternoon?" Gag,
erly asked Edgar.
"H'm!" unused Trad, combing his
beard, II was thinking of waiting till
the wild ducks come back in the fall.
It's now June, or else to wait for the
wild pigeons to return. You couldn't
catch anything to-day, v en # we had
our kites and specially made alumni
mum hooks, with carborundum barbs,
overlaid in double-triplex brass veneer.
ing, all ready. OF course you might git
a English sparrow
Dye expect me to wait till fall for
] wild geese?" cried Edgar
NO" said Trad, "for it would be
time lost. Wild geese and ducks fly
SO high and are SO scarce it would be
useless"
wild turkey" choked Edgar.
! 'The last wild turkey seen east OF
the Mississippi river was 20 years
Trad was beginning, lazily, when Ed
gar angrily broke in:
What about wild pigeons?"
They last visited New England in
1884, if history is correct" unused
Trad. But wait till git my rigging
fixed and we'll have some frl with
hen-hawks."
"Twenty-four hours from now be
ready!" growled Edgar.
J Copyright. 1909, by w. C. chapman1
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x Il = ss.b -.
4HEy~. FEHvERslTY OF MAN.

He would not walk a half a mile, IL he
could. get a cars
The distance fffrom his office to his home
is much too far:
And going shopping with his wife Is
more thap ,he.can do.
He's always swearied from the jaunt be-
fore the day is through:
But he will wade a running stream for
mtless and never pout, 1
No distance is too far for aim when he
is after trout.
He would not a q parcel home, a pun
die he detests,
He says that wives who make their hus-
81 bands. carry things are pests;
And should he buy q shirt or two, a hat,
or brush and comb.
The dealer, must deliver them, he would
55no take them home;
But. he will lug a heavy creel and va
I. ders'' all about,
A lunch boz. rod and landing net. when
he is after trout.
mLA 80 ~ o.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body a Mass Of Raw, Bleeding.
Torturing Humor-Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering.
in Despair; Cured by cuticura.

Us . ID. NHH-
Words cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. 1t broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
it covered my whole body. I
was almost a solid mass of sores from
head to foot. / looked more like a
piece of raw beef than a human be-
ing. The pain and agony endured
seemed more than l could bear. Blood
and pus oozed from the great sore on
my scalp, from under my finger nails,
and nearly all over my body. My
ears were SO crusted and swollen I
was afraid they would break of.
Every hair in my head fell out. I
could not sit down, for my clothes
would stick to the raw and bleeding
hesh, making me cry out from the
pain. My family doctor did all he
could, but / got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. 1 did not think
1 could live, and wanted death to
come and end my frightful sufferings.
In this condition my motherin-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
.edies. l said ! would, but had no hope
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re-
lief ! experienced after applying Cuti-
cura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
drst real sleep I had had in weeks. It
was as grateful as fee to a burning
tongue. I would battle with warm
water and Cuticura Soap. then apply
the Ointment freely. / also took Cuti-
cura Resolvent for the blood. In a
short time the sores stopped running,
the flesh began to heal, and / knew I
was to get well again. Then the hair
on my head began to grow, and IN a
short time I was completely cured.
! wish I could tell everybody who has
eczema TO y Cuticura. Mrs. VIM.
Hunt, 1875 Thomas St. Newark N. u,
Sept, 2s. 1907
Our mistakes Of yesterday are re-
sponsible for our worries Of today
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GOT HIM!
be a genius.
Bertie-Thank heaven we have met!
Your Salary,

Your Salary.
The universe pays every man in his
own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon
you in return; if you frown, you will
be frowned at; il you sing, you will
be invited into gay company; if you
think, you will be entertained by
thinkers; and if you love the world
and earnestly seek for the good that
is therein, you will be surrounded by
loving friends, and nature will pour
into your lap the treasures of the
earth. Censure, criticise and hate, and
You will be %censured, criticised and
hated by your fellow men.-N. W.
Zimmerman.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
The Newer WAY,

Many ideas in regard to women
have entirely changed, and among
the better and wiser changes is that
old thought that the women who
were given to good works must needs
be dowdy. 1t is undeniable that
'good'a women used to wear dowdi.
ness as a sort of hall mark of viz
tue. AS a matter of fact, dowdiness
is merely a mark of bad taste and a
sign of some lack in the mind. Won
en- are no longer lacking in the wis:
dom that chooses pretty rather than
ugly clothing, and those who do not
make the best Of their appearance are
losing a golden opportunity of giving
pleasure.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
Some Of the Best
Things Written
BY the AcknowL-
edged Masters.
NQNQMNMQD

you sneak up to it and watt your dell
cate mudhooks in its direction. 1t
dives just a moment too soon, no =
ever. and you almost weep for Joy.
Selling the a you give it one her
culean yank, sink TO your knees and
lean out owe the side like a red shirt
hanging from a boarding house win
dow. You touch the jug-barely feel
it-and it slips away. Again you
clutch at its eXasperating contour.
your eager hand glides swiftly and
surely toward it's neck, when-gIug!
You don't quite fall into the water
this time. but it is close-very close.
| When you get balanced again YOU no.
tice the first jug sizzling away down
stream under a full head of COM
pressed air, and just when you decide
to chase it yon hear a mysterious
thump under the boat and you guess
the truth. Some monster has swal-
lowed a hook and is trying to dodge
you by hiding under the boat. You
crawl up front nimbly and lunge your
arm right jntoEhe damp liquid. Won
der of wonders-you clutch something
and 1t pulls like a four-horse porous
plaster with its dander up.
You are getting black in the face
with the strain, when suddenly-with-
out asking your permission-it gives
way and YOU throw the jug so feet
high and nearly take a header into
the creek.
But you manage to stick by using
your kneecaps to good advantage and
escape with only a minor wetting.
This continues till shutdown, or un-
til the fisherman falls into u dead
faint from exhaustion.
You enjoy it-yes? Well. maybe
not sc much, but you certainly did
have a great day for catfish.
Copyright. 1909, by w. G. Chapman.)
of Smathers. He chucked his magazine
into his side-pocket, pulled his hat
brim lower and caught a car for
home.
When he arrived his wife asked
him:
did you meet your old friend,
What's-His-Name? And had he
%changed?"
NO." said Smathefs, II didn't meet
him. He hasn't changed a bit"
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman)
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
Severe.

Samuel Gompers was talking in the
smokeroom of the Baltic about a re.
cent newspaper attack on a rich cor
poration.
st was a cruel attack" Mr.. Com
pers chuckled. ut was as cruel as
the Jonesville .Clarion's paragraph
about old Deacon Hiram Ludlow.
This paragraph header the Clar-
ions obituary column. 1t said:
deacon Hiram Ludlow Of Frisble
township, aged SO, passed peacefully
away on Thursday last from single
blessedness. to- matrimonial bliss after
a short but severe attack by Maria
Higgins, a blooming widow Of 81 sum
mers.' Detroit Journal.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
Aid Fight Against Tuberculosi.

AT the recent meeting of the Ma
tional Association Of Bill Posters, held
in Atlanta. Ga. it was decided to do
nate to the campaign against tubercu-
losis $1,000. 900 worth of publicity.
The bill posters in all parts of the
United States and Canada will fill
the vacant spaces on their $500 bill
boards with large posters Illustrating
the ways to prevent and cure con.
sumption. The Poster Printers asso.
citation has also granted $780, 900
worth Of printing and paper for this
work. This entire campaign of bill
board publicity will be conducted UNI
der the direction Of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton Of tuberculosis in cooperation
with the National Bill Posters asso.
ciation.3
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
BAD DREAMS
Caused. by Coffee.

arL, 1aaa o,#aa d,;r7,o,, nov,
{, 80 3D. ~, MI { nce + An ran,a,nf i an.
~ = 60 nnnths ago = hhcan,a more
snd .,oSa : a.go,,s ond rar;tahSai IA
ana,iIs aa,,,d Mt s,aan 81 nigbt for
i was horr;h1v Sistarhed ~ Srea ms
of All ssos4a and . snactes of Distress.
mo n~;eb+mara
sFina1,r .stor baor;no .bo, ovner,.
anca ~ ~ friends who had
nuit coffee and were drinking postum
And learning ~ the great henefts thew
had derived 7 concluded offsaTTmnst
he tho capse az mn trn'ihShss a. n .gSt
some Postum and had r. made strictlv
ACCORDING TO 0irectlons. ss
II was astonished atsthe favour and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10

Smathers had had a phone call
from Burt at 1880. He hadn't see
Burt in ten years. so he was heartily
glad to hear the wellremembered
voice and to know that his once-dear
friend was in town, Burt couldn't take
the time to run out to Mortgagehurst,
where Smathers lived, so they made
appointment to lunch together near
where Burt was to be busy until an
hour later on.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
LOOK at Ink Names.

In 4 a. d. Observation-Disclosures
was an Irish king, a most just and
good prince who was slain by his
successor, Fiachadh-Fion, who was
treated to a similar fate by Finchadh-
Fionohudh, the prince with the white
cows" who died at the hands of "the
Irish plebeians of Connaught." Eoch-
irh,Moidmeodhain: was one of the
half dozen who died of natural causes,
and Flaithheartagh was n of the
two to resign the monarch's scepter
for the monks cowl.-New York
Press.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10

w 1HIeI1t. I SUt WUTSe ana
doctors failed to help. l was d%iscour-
aged. Doan's. Kidney Pills brought
quick relief and a final cure and now I
am in the best of health"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents a box. Eos.
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
peiiqhtfuly So.

II never liked SHAKESPEARE .unt1I !
sawIyou play Hamlet" ),
"And you like it now?s'
you bet l do"
"And why do you like Shakespeare
after seeing me in 'HamletH'"
Shakespeare is SO different!"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
Merry Moments
With Hulmorists
"A Primer of Sports.
BY NORMAN cRowELL

interesting period YOU happen TO see
another jug jump three feet high and
you know at one that a whale is at
'tached to it. You steer for the whale
and heave on the "a till you rip
your vest up the back and break your