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WOMEN RULE A BIG FACTORY. T-"10ND DU LAG (Wis.) women H have demonstrated tlio futt that woiiiun Is not out of her sphere lu the manufacturing world, and that she is Blile to hold her own lu a field In which heretofore the sierucr sex has hold full sway. Last wiring twelve Fond du Lac young women conceived the Idea of osinbllshlng a shirt and overall factory, aud lifter a few pre liminary meetings they finally incor porated themselves under the name of the Fond dn Lac Shirt and Overall Company, with a capital tttock of $1,200 divided Into twelve shares of $100 each. Subsequently the stock was luereused to 72,000, and the company now has twenty shareholder .all of whom are employed hi the factory, erected for the Industry hy Samuel Level. The women were given encourage ment and every assistance by W. XV. 51 in. Anna Meiklejohn. Miss E-li'lle Hrown. Miss Carrie Ilt'rscy. .Miss Anna Strnup, Foreludy. Collins, a local merchant, who rendered coiiHlderahle nor vice In the dlsjosu of the goodsat the start. The capital tttock wan Invested lu sewing machines and spcclul machinery for making button holes, sewiug on buttons nud for fancy sewing, the machinery being of the latest patterns. The power Is furnished by a gasoline engine. The only man employed in the factory Is the cutter. The young women now turn out twenty-five do.eus of shirts dally, the prod uct being entirely neglige shirts, which retail at from 50 cunts to $1 each. The outlook is that the capacity of the plant will soon 1h doubled. There are orders now on hand which will take the entire output of the plant for over two months iilitvul. Marshall Field & Co., of Chi cago, are llic largest purchasers of the goods. Miss Anna St roup Is forewoman und has entire charge of the factory. The Incorporation guarantees Its shareholders 7 percent, on their Invest ment, which Is put In the expense ne count. A piece scale has ben establish ed, and the wages earned vary from to $11 and $12 n week, according to tho skill possessed by the operator, the work being done by the piece. Thus far there has been u balance each month atxive the expenses and wages, which Is turned Into) he treasury to be apportion ed out In dlvidcuds. (lire of the Ilnir. To assume n new coiffure In these days requires no little thought. Now that the inevitable "part" Is bidding farewell one ventures to ask, "What next?" for there seems no really new and Incoming arrangement of the t reuses which can so readily be ac quired as that of the now dying fash Ion. For evening wear a pretty style, and one which may be adopted by young aud old, Is that of drawing the hair high on tlie head and arranging In soft puffs, the front to be slightly waved a ltt iKimpndiiur, though showing a slight part. In each side of the hair use one of the new pompadour combs, pushing the teeth toward the face. This will so catch the hair as to make a small puff behind the ear, which lends charm to a thin face. In using a curling Iron care tthould be takeu that no signs of Its use should be noticeable. For waves It Is far better to braid the hair over night In tight and moistened plaits, allowing the hair at the mime time to grow, for nature demands the freedom from hair pins at times to relieve the roots of the luil r from an all day task of being twist ed and pinned to suit the possessor's taste. The fashion now demands that Bide comltg and elaborate plus shall be worn by milady of fashion and of these Ktylc for the day wear must be simple, while those for evening must possess rare Jewels and plenty of thein. Hprlnn Wulklng Gowns. Why Women Lire Longer. The Boston Globe baa been Investiga ting this subject and ha discovered from statistics that the percentage of feeble-mlndednesa la much greater among wen than among women. Dr. Jflmt Oglo of tho English reglstar general's department reports that out of every 1,000,000 persons 225 females and only eighty-two males, are nine at the age of KH). Generally speaking, the cen tenarians among the females outnum ber the maleg nearly two to one. How arc these facts to be accounted for? Some assert that the propensity of wo men to talk and gossip, being conducive to tho active circulation of the blood. Is a source of health. Other statisticians say that women have less wear and tear of their nervous systems than men, as well as less toll und trouble. Yet many of these long-lived women are hard tollers from the poorer classes and mothers of largo fumllles. It would not be very easy to show that women live longer thnn men because the latter think harder and work harder. The more evident explanation Is that wo men live longer because they are not so addicted to certain habits as are men, and that It comes as a reward for be ing less worldly and less fierce In the struggle for wealth and fame. Fhoe Don't. Don't fall to rub patent leather shoos, particularly new ones, with the palm of the hand until quite warm before putting on, and It will prevent splitting and'crucklng. Don't wear overgaiters unless to pro tect the upper part of your shoes from the swish of your wet skirts In stormy weather. This fashion In out of date. looks mannish ami makes the feet look much larger. Don't have fancy jmlnted tips on your shoes these days they ore quite passe. Don't polish calfskin with liquid dressing ; It will crack them. The paste that men use Is the thing, and don't put too much of this on. Don't forget to turn the uppers of shoos down and put them by an open wludow for an hour or two to air after wearing. Don't wear a shoe run down at the heel. Don't wear a low-priced shoe; they are not cheap. Economize on some thing else. Shoes made to sell at a bar gain are seldom good shaped, therefore not as comfortable, and certainly do not wear as long. Don't fall to take good care of good shoes. Ilnokcaso and Lamp Stand. Good for Iticm. It Is not always a bud sign when ba bies cry, and unless the walls are drawn, from rheni by physical suffering Is good, for them for their lungs, their diges tion and their eyesight. The model Im bles who never cry are unnatural spec!-. mens. Crying is the only exercise a 'young baby guts; It expands the lungs, causes a better circulation of the blood and helps on muscular growth. Of course, fretting when there Is discom fort Is to be promptly attended to; and screaming (which might cause rupture) mutnotbeallowed;buta really healthy little cry, when nothing particular Is the matter save that baby.ueeds that mode of expression for his pent-up feel ings this Is not the thing to make ev erybody run and try to divert the lltitle one's atentlon or to stop him, or get out of the way as If there was a fire, or a runaway locomotive coming. Where Daughters Dress Alike. In Yucatan, Central America, sisters dress precisely alike, even to the ty ing of a bow, the turn of a button or the flower In the hair. In the tropics large families are the rule, and any day you may see In that country girls In groups of from three to a baker's doz en who belong to the same family, as their clothes will show. It Is thus easy to distinguish the members of a family anywhere, and not Infrequently listers are called by their favorite flower or color. In Annam men and women wear their hair In the same way, hnd dress almost alike; ear rings and finger rings are worn by women only. Lapp men and women dress alike. The men and women of the Cree tribe of Ameri ca dress alike, but can be distinguished by the ornamentation of their leggings, that of the men being vertical and that of the women horizontal. It Is not generally known that the word "dollar" appears In Shakspeare's works, being used In "Measure for Measure," written In 1003, in act L. scene 2, "To $3,000 year; In Mac beth, written In 1006. act I, scene 2, where burial Is refused to Sweno's men until "Ten thousand dollars to onr gen eral use" have been paid. When a woman la first married aha wonders what takes the place of mar riage In heaven. After she Is married a few years she isn't particular what It ls.-New York Press. Ifjll TO A SOUTHERN GIRL. Her eyes Would match the Southern ikies When Southern ikies were bluest Hep heart Will always take Its part Where Southern hearts are truest; Bright pearls The gems of Southern girls, Her winning smile discloses Her chevks When admiration speaks, Were only Southern roses. Her voice By nature and by choice, IC'en those who know her slightest Will find As soft as Southern wind When Southern winds are lightest. Her laugh , As light as wine or chaff, Breaks clear at witty sallies, Aa brooks Itun bubbling through the nooks Of all her Southern valleys. Such youth, With all Its charms, forsooth Alas, too well I kaow It! Will eluiin ' A song of love ond fame Sung hy some Southern poet; But she In future years maybe These verses will discover, Some time May rend this little rhyme Sung by a Northern lover. Buffalo Commercial. BY MUTUAL CONSENT. She was seated on the grass, with bet shoulders propped up against a camp stool; there were two or three garden benches standing about, but she said she preferred to sit on the grass !t made her feel more "country. To intensify this feeling she had clothed her fresh young beauty in a marvelous organdy, so sheer that her arms gleamed through It like alabaster, aud had pluued on her bright head a great hat drooping with roses. By her side leaned a white parasol edged with lace. Her companion, a young man In ten nis flannels, who was stretched at her feet, had commented sarcastically upon her "rustic attire," aud a hot discussion had ensued, a discussion happily inter rupted by the arrival of a servant with a tray of Iced lemonade. "Ah," said Miss Gresham, helping herself to one of the frosted glasses, "If there Is one person for whom I en tertalu an undying affection It is Betty! I know we are Indebted to her for this. She Is one of those rare people who always do the correct thing." "Betty," repeated Marklund, lazily, sipping his lemouade, "and who Is Betty?" "He has forgotten Betty!" cried the girl, "and has no more shame than to confess It! Betty, who was always his sworn champion and who has helped him out of I do not know how many scrapes. This Is the effect, 1 suppose, of college travel and society." "Betty!" again repeated Markland. "Ah!" a sudden light springing to his eyes "your old nurse, of couose. Why, certainly I remember her dear com panion of my youth! But I did not rec ognize her by so common a title. To me she always seemed a beneficent genius, a good angel, rabher than an ordinary mortal." He lifted his glass "To Betty," he said; "may her shadow never grow less." "Borty was asking me about you the other day," said the girl; "she wanted to kuow If you still rode and boated and swam like you used to do. I told her you had given up dancing because of the exertion." She looked at him Innocently. "Did she ask you anything about your own life?" said Markland, sitting up "a resume of how you put In your time during the winter season In towu might be Interesting to her, and cer tainly profitable." "Anything I do is interesting to ber," she responded, coldly. "Do you know," he said, "I have been marveling over you ever since I came. 1 cannot quite realize that you have been ten days lu the country without being bored. How have you accomplished It? I thought that the day of miracles was past." "My good Tony," remarked Miss Gresham, patronizingly, "you must not Judge other people by yourself; It Is a very foolish and narrow-minded way of doing. Because you cannot exist h,pplly without your clubs and thea ters Is no reason why I can't." "I never knew you belonged to a club," observed Markland, mildly. "Have ybu developed Into that wonder, a new woman?" "Oh, nonsense! You know I was speaking figuratively! I mean that I am not wedded to any particular state of things that I can adapt myself to circumstances and enjoy whatever comes." "Can you? How delightful! But, Jestlug aside, has It not been rather slow for you here, without any girls for you to see through and scorn and be amused by nor men to analyze and draw you out and get Interested In?" "How do you know there have been no men?" "I have your own word for It I heard you refuse four of your best friends permission to visit you down here, and I Inferred that the common herd had beeu no better treated." "Yes," she said, "you are right My solitude has been unlnvaded. I have been resting and enjoying myself thor oughly. By the way" suddenly "who told you that you could come?" "No one, but I had to run down to my place on business, and I thought It would look unueighborly not to drop In and find out bow you were getting on." "Very thoughtful Indeed I So yon have remembered your old home at last! How long baa It been since you were here?" "Five years" pondering "Ave years this June." "I It much changed r "A good deal; the old willow by the pond Is down; fell In the August storm, Buston tells me," "Oh, am so sorry! We used to" she paused, blushing. "Yes," he responded, "so we did." And be glanced at her laughingly. "And the house?" she hurried on; "how does It look?" "Awfully everything gone to pieces; dust, cobwebs and mold everywhere; the family portraits white with mil dew." "Oh, Tony," she cried, "how dreadful! You really ought to do something about them." "I shall," he said. "I was fond of the place as a hid, and the trip down here has awakened all the old feeling. Iam tired to death of society, the exertion of dancing" smiling "and the bother of jelug agreeable to people that one doesn't care a rap about; so I have half made up my mind to marry and settle down In the country; that Is," slowly "If I can persuade the girl I love to consent to bury herself for my sake." Miss Gresham looked down; her face had lost a little of Its bright color, but the pallor was In no way unbecoming. "I thought the best thing to do was to come and tulk over the matter with you," he said, after a somewhat awk ward pause; "you always help a fellow so with your advice." "I Imagine," she replied, 'that If a woman cared for a man she would go with him anywhere." "Exactly, but that Is the question does she care for me? You see" gaz ing at her steadily" she Is a society girl, used to a good deal of gayety and movement and excitement, and It does not seem quite fair to ask her to come down here, does It? It looks conceited and selfish, as If one thought a good deal of oneself, don't you know!" She looked at him gravely. "Do I know her?" she asked. "Is she some one you have kuown a long time?" "Oh, yes, since I was quite a boy." "Is she pretty?" "Of course, you ought to know that." "And clever?" "I suppose" slowly "she never says unkind things or sees through other people as as some of your other friends do." "Unkind things? No. But as to see ing through people" breaking Into a laugh "I am obliged to admit that she does. You see, she has been out a lot, and the rosy bondage Is a bit out of place; natural enough, don't you think?" "I suppose so" doubtfully "one can not go through life with one's eyes shut; that Is, if anyone has any brains, aud yet, somehow or other, I don't quite like the description. You are such a good fellow, Tony, for all your affec tation, that you ought to marry some body very much above the average." And so I shall." You always said," she went on, "that I might choose a wife for you. Don't you remember Just before you went to college that last ride we took?" "Assuredly." "How we agreed to atsk each other's advice about the people we should mar ry, and how we promised that neither of us would get engaged without the other's consent?" "Of course I remember. I am quite willing to abide by the old contract. I shall never marry without your per mission." "Oh, Tony, really?" "Really." ' She gazed at him with parted lips and shining eyes. "You are very trusting how do you know that I shall not take a base ad vantage of your Implicit confidence and refuse my consent altogether? You don't know how lonesome it will be going out next winter without you. I have got so used to having you around that I don't believe I'll enjoy myself in the least unless you are there." She pondered a moment. "Come," she said. "I will compro mise. I won't forbid the bunns alto gether, but you must not think of mar rying until I am tired of society and ready to take the fatal step myself. How will that suit you?" Perfectly, if you don't put it off too long." "Oh, well, that I don't know. I have about decided to be a spinster." "Come, now, that Isn't fair. Suppose we agreed to be married the same day? That meets with your approval? Well, to keep that promise fresh In your memory" reaching over and taking her hand "wear this for my sake." He drew her glove off very gently and sllped a loop of diamonds on her linger. The blood flashed to her cheeks. "Tony," she cried, the full meaning of his action breaking over her, "Tony, I don't understand. I " "Oh, yes, you do," he answered, drawing a reassuring arm about her, "but for fear you might make a mis take and go off and marry another fel low, I will make my meaning clearer. I love you 1 have always loved you. I have never dreamed of asking anyone else to marry me. I would hare told you so before, but you are such a dreadful little flirt that I was afraid to test my fate. What say you, sweet heart? Shall we marry and settle down at the old place?" "And It was I all the time," she mur mured, "and I thought you meant " "Who?" asked Markland, curiously. "Oh, never mind" hastily "I see now what an absurd Idea it was. So you always loved me, ever since I was a child? Well, really, Tony, It was only fair, for I never cared for anyone as I cared for you. Come, let us go In and tell Betty." New Orleans Times. Tbe Kliht Place. I "I shall apply for a divorce. He Is 1 treating me like a dog and be makes I me work like a horse." "Well, then yon should make your complaint to the Society for the Pro tection of Animals and not to ths court." L'lllustre de Poena. . 1 WSfBm Wsi Raisins Turkey. Some years ago, says a correspondent of Farm and Fireside, I took a great fancy to raising turkeys. Undoubted ly the turkey Is a most Interesting bird, a most Interesting study, and under favorable conditions can be made a profitable crop. I had unlimited range, and groves of chestnut and beech trees close by, so that the birds could obtain a good share of their living from the woods, however at the risk of some losses by the attacks of foxes, skunks, hawks and owls. The turkey Is a natural-born tramp, and when hunting for food or for a gdod nesting-place will wander off a mile or more as easily as a hundred rods,. He Is hardly the bird for any one to keep who hns only a Ife m mm BL'If FOB YOUNO TURRETS. small place in a somewhat crowded vicinity. Under such conditions one has to confine his flock by means of surrounding their run with a high fence at high cost, or of. adjusting a so-called turkey-shingle to each bird so as to hamper their movements, and keep them confined by an ordinary fence; for If the birds are left at large, there Is apt to be trouble before long with the neighbors. Hnnd older. The simple, Inexpensive article for holding hogs. Illustrated herewith, rec ommends Itself to any one who has many hogs to ring. It will save time and labor enough In ringing twenty hogs to pay for itself the first time. The hogs should be confined in a close pen so that the one who handles the holder, can walk up behind them and reach over and slip the larger stirrup' shaped end over the snout and into the mouth. The hog will back up and the operator standing in front can very easily hold any hog perfectly still. It Is easily adjusted, easily taken out, and when in use gives a leverage upon the upper Jaw which secures perfect con trol of the animal In ringing. Farm and Home. Advice About Strawberries. Strawberries do weil on almost any well drained soil, which Is free from frost, reasonably fertile, and not In fested with white grubs. There Is little danger of making the soil too rich, but there Is a possibility of injur ing the plants with commercial ferti lizers. The best fertilizers are well rotted manure, bone meal and wood ashes. The best method of preparing the soil is to plow In the fall, mulch with manure, and fit the ground in the spring with cultivator and harrow. The best time to set strawberry plants is In early spring. For matted rows the plants should be set eighteen Inches by four feet apart, and for hills, one foot by three. In hill culture the run ners are all removed, and for the best results In matted rows a part should be cut off, or some of the plants dug out. Generally, It Is better to keep a bed only one season, but If kept longer the best treatment is burning soon after fruiting. Winter protection should be given by mulching, and the best mate rial Is swamp hay. Ohio Experiment Station Report. Per Cent, of Moisture in Foil. It is estimated that an acre of soil to the depth of one foot will weigh about 1.800 tons, and that If It contains 25 per cent, of moisture the proportion will be 450 tons of water per acre. An acre of land eight inches deep (which Is deeper than the average of plowing) weighs 1,200 tons, and would thus hold 300 tons of water. As low as 5 per cent of water will sustain plants, but they thrive best when the moisture is about 12 to 25 per cent. H edges. Hedges are useful or detrimental ac cording to the way they are kept A well-trimmed hedge Is ornamental and becomes better every year, but If neg lected, and allowed to grow without RINGING THE HOG MADE EAST. ISrV 1'ijdlra-n attention, It Is very unsightly. The first year Is the most Important In managing a hedge, and In three years It should be In a condition to demand but llttlo trimming. An osage orange hedge Is better than a fence when once estab lished, and can be so mnuuged the first three years as to become Impenetrable to small animals. Swoet v. Field Corn, It Is a prevailing Idea that sweet corn has more virtue than Held corn. 'There Is no difference except that the former Is less hardy and more difficult to grow. The sweet corn has Its nutrli.ient In tbe form of sugar or saccharine matter, while lu the field corn It Is In tbe form of starch, which Is changed Into sugar In the stomach of animals. The human stomach likes Its carbon aceous fowls In their most complete form, so, as a rule, we prefer sweet corn to field corn, ond sweet potatoes to the tuber now worth ten cents per bushel; but there Is no evidence to show that these are any better foods, though they are obtained at greater cost. But the animal kingdom Is bet ter prepared to transform the starchy foods into fnt thnn Is the human stom ach. The same line of reasoning that leads to a preference of sweet corn for fodder would compel the raising of sweet corn for swine feeding. Con necticut Farmer. Action of Hoots In th) Poll. The action of roots lu tbe soil is not fully known, but that they can alter the substances presented aud change the Insoluble matter Into plant food Is admitted. Silica enters Into the composition of plants in many of them largely yet it is a substance that Is not readily made soluble. The glas sy appearance of the blades of corn, the edges of which are sharp enough to cut the hand. Is due to silica, a ad It may bo termed vegetable glass. Silica really provides the bony structure of plants, and the roots have the power to appropriate It In unlimited quantity, especially If the soil abounds In potash. It also exists abundantly in the soil, and is not included In the list of fer tilizers that are usually applied as plant food. Black Cnrrnnta. Many are the virtues of black currant jam and jelly. It was used by our grandmothers ns gruel; It was given the children to eat when they had sore throats. A pltcherful of black currant tea, maue oy pouring uouing water over two or three tablesponfuls of the Jam sweetened or not, according to taste, was always kept on hand In fever cases, and made a delightfully cool and thirst-allaying drink. The Jam was made by using three-quarters of a pound of fruit, and boiling over a slow fire till a llttlo poured on a plate would set American Agriculturist. CnltiTatlnvr Wheat. Raising wheat by the Campbell meth odthat is, by drilling, and cultiva tionsaves a bushel or more per acre In seed, as one pock plants the acre, and five pecks or more are used when sown broadcast. A farmer of Austin County, says an exchange, planted an acre in tbe Brazos bottom drilled, and old wheat growers who saw it when well headed out said It was the finest they had ever seen, and that it would make sixty bushels of grain. It was never harvested except ns green feed, for there were no mills there to grind It. Plant Them Early. Carrots, beets and parsnips should be planted early, so as to allow the crops a full season In which to grow. They will also escape the late weeds. The practice of planting such crops after corn is put In Is to double the labor of fighting weeds, which becomes labo rious with crops grown from small seeds. The land must be plowed and made loose as soon as possible, so as to give tbe first weeds a chance to grow, when the cultivator and harrow should work the land fine. It Is useless to at tempt to grow such crops unless the seed bed Is made exceedingly fine. To Exercise the Poultry. On almost every farm there Is a shed that Is fairly dry all through the win-. ter. In this shed throw dry leaves or cut straw to the depth of ten or twelve Inches. Nail a board at tbe front of the shed so as to keep tbe leaves or straw from being scratched out, and In this litter scatter the whole grain you intend to feed your chickens. They will scratch for It the whole day long, and in this way secure exercise while getting their feed. Utilizing; Unproductive Land. There are on almost all farms some bits of land naturally as good as the rest that remain unproductive for lack of capital. It may not be more profita ble tp bring these Into productiveness than it Is to put tbe bulk of the ma nure and labor on the best land, but It makes the farm look better and sail better. Quite often when these places are too stony for cropping trees plant ed there will prove the best use unrh places can be made to serve. One million standard eold rtMip. weleh 1 9-10 short tons, while th .t. dard silver dollars weighs 29 3-7 short tons per 11,000,000. One million dollars of the silver 10c piece weizh M k.t short tons; of the 6c nickeU 110 1-5 short tons; of the lc bronze piece, 342 6-7 short tons, and of the "old" copper cent 1.SS5 5-7 short tons.