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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
Confederate Money Bait to Robbers.

Gaffney, Oct. 27.-A bold attempt
to rob and possibly murder Will J..
Francis, superintendent of the public
schools of this city, was made to-
night. Mr.. Francis was sitting in his
room at his home alone, counting over
a big roll of Confederate money. The
blinds in the room were turned, af-
fording a clear view to any one who
might be passing. 1t is evident that
some person or persons were outside
the window and saw the money. They
went to the back of the house and
knocked on the door. Mr.. Francis,
with his pistol in his hand, walked
to the rear and opened the door,
stepping out on the steps. When he
did so, some one hit him on the
head, knocking him to the ground.
He was knocked unconscious and
he heard the party climbing over a
back fence. He shot at them three
times and arose, going over to the
residence of R. A. Jones, next door.
When the door was opened he fell
into the house.
He has now almost recovered and
is able to walk, although his head is
badly lacerated and bruised. Officers
were summoned from town and
bloodhounds were secured and now
strenuous search is being made by the
officers and a posse of citizens.
Mr.. Francis is unable to state
whether there was more than one as
sailant or not. He can not say what
he was struck with.
The bloodhounds have caught the
trail and the miscreants may be
caught
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
Not Sorry for Blunder.

''If my friends hadn't blundered in
thinking l was a doomed victim Of
consumption, 1 might not be alive
now" writes D. T. Sanders, of Har-
rodsburg, KY, "but for years they
saw every attempt to cure lung
racking cough fail. At last I tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery. The ef-
feet was wonderful. 1t soon stopped
the cough and 1 am now in better
health than 1 have had for years.
This wonderful life-saver is an un-
rivaled remedy for coughs, colds, Ia
grippe. asthma, Group, hemorrhages,
whooping cough or weak lungs. SOC,
800. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg,
6 c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
Shall Women Vote?

If they did, millions would vote
Dr.. Kings New Life Pills the true
remedy for women. For banishing
dull, tagged feelings, backache or
headache, constipation, dispelling
colds, imparting appetite and toning
up the system, they're unequaled.
Easy, safe, sure. Csc. at Peoples
Drug Co., Bamberg, S. G.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-11-03
Will Promote Beauty.

Women desiring beauty get won
derful help from Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. 1t banishes pimples, skin
eruptions, sores and boils. 1t makes
the skin soft and velvety. 1t glorl-
fes the face. Cures sore eyes, cold
sores, cracked lips, chapped hands.
Best for burns, scalds, fever sores,
cuts, bruises and piles. 25c. at
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
NEWNESS IN SUMNER CUSHIONS

WHEN looking around for summer
cushions for hammock and porch
use the first consideration should be
given to suitability and the next to
laundering. Simplicity of line and cool
colorings are also necessary requisites.
To achieve the first purchase only
materials that will stand hard wear
and that will wash without fading
Don't sew the covering securely on the
pillow, but rather make cases that but
ton on. This is done in several ways.
across the middle of the back. faced
back like q dress placket and provided
with buttons or patent fasteners.
For those who can afford 1t and
where there are no children nothing
equals in GOODNESS and attractiveness
cushions of white fabrics relieved by a
few Of sage or gray green. But don't
go to the other extreme-unless your
home is in a very sooty town or you
are making pillows for seashore or a
woody bungalow-and patronize bright
red materials. They are too hot look
ing to rest any tired head upon. When
hard service has to be provided for
nothing is better for a covering than
huckaback with a bold conventional
design outlined upon it in three colors,
the darkest on the outside and the
background darned in a fourth tone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
HINTS ON LETTER WRITING.

When writing letters woman should
keep in mind the following rules:
Business letters should be concise
and clear, because business people are
supposed to be busy
No letter is complete without the
date.
In writing to solicit employment of
any kind, on no account should per-
sonal perplexities or needs be men
toned. The world is full of unfortu-
nate persons, and to a stranger the
troubles of one are no more than those
of a host of others.
Letters of Introduction are left open
when written.
deliberately ornamented note paper
and highly perfumed notes are vulgar.
When answering letters remember:
That written words stand as everlast-
ing witnesses.
That an ambiguous sentence Is likely
to be nisinterpreted.
That q friendly word never harms
That a written word of sympathy can
sometimes do much good.
That a letter written in kindly spir-
It should be answered in the same way,
even though the message is disliked.
That business letters and invitations
must be answered at once.
That lady acknowledges any friend
~ offer of hospitality. even though 1t
be not by acceptance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
AMUSING The BABY.

A baby will be attracted for a short
time by some fine toy that he can
simply look at, but he will be amused
ten times as long in putting pegs into
holes contrived for the purpose or in
taking out, one by one. from a well
filed basket articles, no matter what
-spools, blocks, anything-so that
they are sometimes changed. and he
does not tire of the monotony. Then
the task of putting them all back
again keeps him busy for still
longer time AS baby becomes more
discerning and his fingers more nirnble
a pleasing device for his amusement is
a board with variously shaped holes
round, square, triangular, etc, with
blocks and spheres to fit into the vari-
Gus places. Should these be in bright
co1ors his love for color may be graft
fed, and he will soon learn to distin
guish one shade from another.
Little tasks of carrying articles from
one part Of the room to the other or
from room to room will often keep a
child busy and interested for hours. A
small hammer and tacks, with good
soft board into which to drive them,
is a delight to any child old enough
not to put the tacks into his mouth
So simple are the employments that
will satisfy the little tot that almost
any mother will find them constantly
suggesting themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

lighter yet. These are good looking In
green or old blue on white or browns
and yellows on a butter colored back
ground. Chambray in dainty colorings,
with borders or designs in coronation
or soutache braid or both combined,
makes smart cushion
For porch use linen crash, with a
bold pattern outlined in chain or twist
ed outline stitch In rope silk, is effec-
tive, and the work is very rapidly done.
1t never pays to put elaborate stitchery
on summer cushions
A new touch to pillows made from
barred tea toweling or crash is to
stitch to them a border of linen to
match the line in the bar design. This
border is put on the outer edge, is two
inches wide, set in from the edge it's
own width or it can form a circle or
diamond in the center of the cushion
Several narrow bands of color crossing
at the corners give a good effect or
quite narrow bands may be applied to
form a scroll When the border is set
in from the edge it is finished in white
or colored cord or white cotton fringe
For raffia workers there are to be
found in the shops square pillow tops
to be made up in colored raff1a pat
terms. One end of the pillow Is begun
to show the stitch and the shading
These pillows may be bought ready
made, but they are rather expensive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
GOWNS MADE FOR ENGLAND'S
WIDOWED QUEEN.

The Paris dressmakers who were put
to work making the mourning gar
ments for Englands widowed queen
were much puzzled by the orders
brought to them by special messenger.
woods, cloth and Grape, the fair Alexan-
dra ordered taffeta, crepe de chine,
messaline, surah, wolfe and nuns veil
ing and not an inch of Grape on any
thing. Even her Widows veil is of thin
nuns yelling, and the bonnet is on the
coquettish Marie Stuart order.
One can picture the bewilderment of
the Partisan mourning workers as they
fashioned the sable garments, for no.
where in the world is mourning deeper,
blacker or more uncompromising than
in gay hearted. laughing France.
Mourning letter paper 1aunts such deep
borders-an inch and a half frequently
that there is barely space for the
words Whole families fare forth
swathed in Grape, from papa, with a
woefuI scarf on his hat, to the smallest
child. In most cases black wreaths are
placed on the grave-wreaths of glass
beads whose ugliness would make even
a saint dread to die.
The chattering girls at work on Alex
andra's black silks and soft stuffs nod
less queens mourn differently from
good republicans. But, parbleu, i'm
agine to yourself Lisette a widow in
this shining silk! 1t shimmers more
like smiles than tears, nest ce pass"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
TO CLEAN CHAMOIS AND SILK GLOVES

THE season for silk gloves is at hand.
Chamois gloves have been a favor
lite hand covering all winter, but there
are many women who in summer are
obliged to eschew kid giants, and the
alternative is silk, Isle or channels.
Chamois gloves in good quality are
very smart, and they may be easily
washed and look well If properly done.
They must be dipped into warm suds
of some pure white soap (never use
hot water or strong soap) and gently
giving especial attention to the finger
tips. Rinse in several clear waters and
never dry them by trying to wiring
them as one does a handkerchief. This
method will almost ruin the gloves, for
places will be stretched thin, If not into
holes, by the severe treatment.
Instead, squeeze or press the water
out of them by rolling them in a dry
towel. Hang them up in the sun and
air for few minutes. then put them
on the hands and gently rub them I'M
til dry. This will leave the gloves just
the right size for the wearer and as
good as new.
White silk or cotton gloves must be
washed with care or they will soon
turn yellowish. This can be prevented,
however. by observing several precau-
lions.
Never wash silk gloves in hot water,
but in lukewarm, and rinse in cold wa
ter with touch of bluing in it. Do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

machine should learn to sit straight.
A slouchy position at work is re-
sponsible for much fatigue, headache
and even other more serious illnesses.
Think of the position of your vital or
gans as you loll over your desk.
You cannot breathe properly with
cramped lungs. Your heart is pressed
upon, and your digestive organs have
not a chance of working efficiently.
Learn to sit up with the shoulders
braced and every now and again
change your position slightly to pre-
vent straining any one set of muscles.
You will find it too great help to
take few deep breatks right from the
pit of your stomach occasionally. Deep
breathing insures a good supply of
oxygen to the lungs and provides exer-
else for q great many muscles.
1t should be practiced systematically
by all women who have to lead seden-
tary office lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
HOW TO MEND TINWARE

THERE is much talk among house
wives of the little leaks" in
kitchen economy which make the big
hole" in household expenses. One of
these little things is the mending of
the numerous articles of tinware in use
in the kitchen, a simple process that
is attended with much Inconvenience
when the article must be sent from
home to be repaired, but which the
cook or housekeeper can easily mend
with a little practice.
Get a few cents worth Of muriatic
acid and put into 1t all the zinc it will
dissolve. Scraps of zinc may prob
ably be secured from a nearby shop
Then buy a few cents worth Of hard
solder. Whenever a leak makes it's
appearance in the tinware scrape off
any rust that may be round 1t, cut off
a piece of the soldering and place it
upon the hole and hold the vessel over
a burning lamp or any flame where
the leak may be exposed to heat until
the solder melts and spreads enough
to cover the hole. Then remove and
hold in position until the solder cools
enough to harden.
If it is necessary to mend any part
of tinware that cannot be exposed to
the fame or stove heat, have an iron
spoon in which to melt the solder,
treat the leak in the same manner as
to cleaning and apply the acid, have
a poker made hot and hold It on the
leak until the parts around are heated
and then pour the solder on.
In the olden times housekeepers used
to prevent the wearing of the bottom
Of pans and kettles by putting legs of
pewter on them, and the present day
tinware would last much longer by
putting legs of solder on all pieces that
are not used on the stove. All that is
necessary is to clean a place with the
acid, melt some solder in a spoon and
pour it on slowly, letting it harden I'M
til the little knobs or legs are large
enough to be serviceable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

suffer a. wen as yourself. and inno-
Gently. They can't help it II you win
overtax your strength.
1T is all for them" Yes, but look at
the price they have to payl You can't
be yourself when you are looking cross.
and husband and children are depress-
ed by the spectacle. When q man
comes home from his work he wants
to see something more cheerful than a
washed out woman. For goodness
sake go to bed!" he has sometimes
said In despair. you look like a dy-
ing duck in a thunderstorm" And the
woman feels badly used. After she has
been shaving ali day for him he cannot
be even sympathetic. She forgets that
he doesn't want her to slave, and she
doesn't know that her appearance is a
reproach. The woman who is tired
cannot help looking like a martyr, and
the man feels she is tired on his ac-
count
And she soon tells him so If he dares
to make any remark, for she has lost
control of her nerves in fatigue of mind
and body
If there are children to dance upon
those nerves, woe betide the childreni
And all this because she is tired.
Women don't know how selfish they
are In inflicting this threefold misery
upon husband and children.
What is the matter with mother7"
said a schoolboy anxiously. 81 haven't
heard her speak a pleasant word for q
week" That is just the point-women
keep their tiredness and crossness for
the time when husband and children
are at home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
YOU'LL BE KNOWN BY YOUR
WALK

There is a new science appearing on
the horizon. 1t has as yet no name,
but 1t claims to surpass graphology
and chiromancy in delineation of char
acter. 1t is based solely on the man
ner of walking. People who take short
quick steps and whose feet hardly
touch the ground are superficial and
inconstant. On the other hand, those
of us who take long, regular strides
have well ordered minds. Thanks to
the fashion of 1910, which cuts off more
and more of skirt widths and perches
us on high heels. most of us will have
to be classed in the first category.
One is obliged to take short, tottering
steps, and SO the new science will con-
clude that we are inconstant and SUI
pericial.
Let us make the best of 1t and pray
that our feet may be as light as our
mentality is supposed to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
LINGERIE DRESSES IN PEASANT
STYLE

To have your lingerie dress strictly
up to date it must be made in peasant
style and be trimmed with Russian en-
broidery. Although consisting of the
sheerest English eyelet embroidery,
with buttons Of wonderful metal en-
broideries, the frock is distinctive for
its simplicity. The skirt, of the new
straight full order, is caught in at the
feet with a deep band of all over en-
broidery extending up either side and
forming panels. The fullness of the
simple bodice is drawn into the normal
waist line and the seams of the shirring
covered by a peasant braid of red
and white cotton From the seamless
shoulder the sleeve extends the entire
length of the arm, the lower half being
of the all over embroidery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

place in a bowl one shredded pineap-
pie, a quart of ritted oxheart cherries,
three peeled and diced bananas and
two quarts of large red raspberries.
Sprinkle the fruit with powdered sugar
and place directly on the ice to chill
At serving time add a very little or
ange ice and a pint of shaved ice.
Serve in tall crystal sherbet glasses
and garnish with Maraschino cherries.
Liberty salad is another patriotic
dainty suitable for the days menu. 1t
is made by lightly mixing together six
chopped hard boiled eggs, a cupful of
cold cooked peas, six pitted olives.
three very ripe tomatoes and two Gu
cumbers cut into dice, one cupful of
cooked string beans sliced, two heads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
TIP GENEROUSLY AND MAYBE
VOIpII GET A BARGAIN
YOU'LL GET

A word to those who may be plan
ming for the first time to go to some
famous Paris house for their gowns.
The assistant must be tipped; other
wise one might sit unnoticed for a long
time with every one seemingly too
busy to heed. An assistant must be
seized as she passes and embraced, aft
er which miracles will occur. A very
good tip will even at the end, after one
or two frocks have been purchased,
bring forth from some remote recess a
bargain" and 1T will be one in verify
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
NECKWEAR FOR
THE SUMMER GIRL

I F you have a pretty foot, the old soma
goes, show it. A modern ditty
might be written anent the pretty
throat, and a word or two about when
not to show it would not come amiss.
Well, the girl who knows herself and
what she should and should not wear
is conversant with her limitations in
regard to the low collarless gown.
Don't wear it If your neck is scrawny,
and don't, if you are a business girl,
wear such q frock to the office. But
at home, when dainty clothes are suita-
BILE, put on a lawn frock with a low eff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1T is

Leguminotherapy is the name of it.
You should not be appalled, by that
Like many other words of modern jar
gon, 1t will annoy the scholar quite as
much as the ignorant. for its construc-
ton is not happy. What it means is
healing by vegetables" The theory of
it is that all the ills flesh and spirit are
heir to can be cured by judicious APP
plication to the greengrocer. The ply
stefan who believes in leguninotherapy
will prescribe not drugs, but turnips or
caulinower or spinach or something
of that kind. AS you justly observe,
physicians often do now. 1t is not ex-
actly a new discovery that vegetables
have a medicinal value. Like many
other brand new names, leguminothera-
by merely conceals something as old as
the hills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
TAKE 1T ON YOUR SUM
MER TRAVELS

THE girl who will travel this summer
= should take with her an electric
heating pad. This is light and soft, with
a covering of muslin and another OF
eiderdown. 1t will heat in about If
teen minutes and can be SO manipulate
ed that it keeps at any given heat.
Why bother with a hot water bottle.
steamed hannels. baked bricks. hop
bags or any of the old methods for ap-
plying heat to the body when you can
have an electric pad that can even be
used as foot warmer in the automo-
bile in a pinch?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

chalk mark is made on the floor at
about ten feet from the bell, and each
player in turn rolls ball, aiming to
ring the bell. Every one who succeeds
is decorated with a tiny loop of red,
white and blue ribbon.
Telling fortunes at Fourth Of July
entertainment always creates a lot Of
fun. To test the fates draw a magic
line on the ground, lighting firecrack-
ers and placing them on the line. The
fortunes are told by the way the fire.
crackers burn. jump. go out or break
when exploding. A person with some
imagination can make endless mean
ings apply to the different firecrackers
thrown by different tempters Of fate.
DAPHNE DEAN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

not rub soap on the silk gloves, as is
usually done, but dip them into suds
made from some good white soap and
hang them in the air to dry quickly
Silk gloves of delicate colors should al
ways be dried in the shade, as the sun
fades them. Borax or ammonia in the
water in small quantities is sometimes
good, but If used too often it will yell
low the gloves.
After they are dry press with mod
erately hot iron or merely straighten
the fingers out nicely with your hands.
Put them away, folded between sheets
of blue cambria or paper if they are to
be left any time. The blue color pre-
vents anything white, as dresses, os-
trich plumes. etc, from turning yellow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

ingredients with a silver spoon to q
smooth paste and spread between thin
slices Of buttered whole wheat bread
pressing the sandwiches firmly togeth-
er, and stamp with a fancy cutter into
the shape of diminutive liberty bells.
In connection with the liberty bell
there is a fine game that will not per-
haps meet with approval from anti
noise" followers. Still, most of us like
to work off some of our enthusiasm
audibly. For these jewellers I recon-
mend liberty bell as a lawn or porch
game. A large bell is suspended from
the ceiling by red, white and blue
cord or ribbon at about two inches
from the floor. The bell should be a
facsimile of the old Liberty bell. A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
For STAINED FINGERS.

With preserving days come stained
fingers. Have you ever tried using a
weak solution of oxalic acid after pre-
pairing berries or discoloring vegeta-
bles? 1t is quick stain remover.
AS the acid is poison, label the bot
tie plainly and keep 1t away from the
children. Where stains are under the
finger nails wrap a bit of absorbent
cotton on the end of an orange stick
and dip in the solution.
For lesser stains lemon juice is help
full Run the ends Of the fingers into
half cut lemon.
Tomatoes will also remove stains,
especially those of pairing potatoes or
other slight discolorations. A tomato
is whitener and softens the hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

young radishes that have been washed
and CHOPPED. Have the ingredients
very cold and when ready to serve ar
range in individual portions moistened
with mayonnaise dressing in nests of
heart lettuce leaves garnished with
stars of mayonnaise, capers and grated
egg yolk.
Most guests will hail with delight
the Columbia sandwiches. which are
made by running through a meat chop
per can of OK tongue, adding a bunch
of minced watercress, a few drops of
Worcestershire sauce a pinch of black
pepper, four tab1espoonfuls of melted
butter and a quarter of a pound of
finely chopped nut meats. Blend the