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the
Celia Fram ley had dropped in to
have a chat— a "next to the last
word," she alw ays called It— with her
friend, Marcia Leslie. At last, having
G l v p f i l e ( i l r l it Miiuiiri* I l e a l .
salt, a dash of ammonia or a piece with emery paper and a polishing with talked with all her usual eager vivaci
ty, she sat leisurely back, strring her
The very best pout-grad :ate course of charcoal. One in\et< rate lover of chamois.
cup of tea.
that any girl could he given, says a flowers, however, says that If you are
When running brass rods through
“ I ’ll have another lump, Marcia,”
■writer In the Philadelphia
Bulletin, going to put anything into the water window curtains put an old glove fin
would he a year In her father's office, In which they are kept the most effec ger over the end that is being pushed she said, with mock reproach. “ You’re
I I o r N e * I i i « * r t * u » l i i t f In \ n i n e .
always forgetting that I haven't just
and If every girl could have that edu tive thing is a lump of sugar.
A table has been compiled from the
through the hem. Unles- this Is done
one
sweet
tooth,
but
a
whole
set
of
cation we should not have to shed so
statistics of the Census Bureau and
the material Is apt to tear.
them.
Now tell me, what have you
m any tears over the misfortune of I
T w o F u ll lin t«.
the Department of Agriculture, which
Gas burners, like other things, are been doing?”
middle-aged women who have been I
shows that the rise in the market
likely to get dirty. Often there Is quite
" A very useful thing, my dear,” an
robbed of their all by men who be- ,
value of horses has been out of all
a little collection of rubbish on them swered her friend, slowly. “ I've been
Kulle them Into Investing In schemes j
proportion In the last fifteen years to
and if this Is cleared away the Im Interesting myself in M yrtle’s read
that should not have taken In a baby.
the Increase in their number In the
provement In the light Is noticeable.
ing.”
United States. From 1893 to 1908 the
The son of a family Is safeguarded
If your furniture has grown dull and
Miss Fram ley gave a little shriek of
horse population so to speak, in
against want by being taunght some
streaked try rubbing up with a flannel amusement.
"W h at, 'The Duchess’
suit of a trade by which he can sup-
creased 3,785,000, or 23 per cent.
In
dipped In equal parts of turpentine and ‘Laura Jean Libbey?’ ‘Oh, what
B lig h t o f P o ta toes.
the same period the gain in the num
port himself.
The majority of girls
and coal oil. It polishes quickly and a falling off is t h e re !'” she quoted
Early blight is a potato disease ber of human Inhabitants was 21.979,-
ate not. We take a long shot at their
much more cheaply than expensive pol with genial sarcasm, for Immediately which causes more or less damage to
m arrying.
Sometimes they do and
000, or 33 per cent. But the Increase
ishes.
her mind made a vivid picture of M yr the crop every year. The trouble Is in the value of the horses in this coun
sometimes they don't, but even if they
If furniture looks smeary after pol tle, a half-pretty, wholly pathetic little most marked In unusually dry sea try was no less than $875,300,000, or
do marry it is no guaranty against
ishing you may be pretty certain that figure, who plodded patiently through sons and Is caused by a fungus which 88 per cent.
want. Not every man who marries is
too much polish was used. Very lit her cleaning cares, apparently unfitted grows and spreads rapidly. The spores
capable of supporting a wife, and even
These facts will astonish many per
of this fungus when seen through a
tle, indeed, is really needed; only Just for any others.
If he Is, men fall sick, or die, and often
sons who have supposed that the
enough to smear quite thinly over the
But Marcia had already broken out microscope have the appearance of growth of the automobile interest has
lilft.M L o v e riMiNorshlp.
a woman Is suddenly confronted with
clubs. They enter the vines and the
in ardent defense of her protege.
Stepmothers— Indeed, any mother at surface.
the necessity of not only earning bread
been very adverse to the horse breed
“No, not trash at all, and you’ll nev first thing one notices Is that the ers and to the market demand for
and butter for herself, but for the In all must not Interfere with the love-
er believe me, but it's poetry,” she leaves are turning yellow. The disease horses.
T e a c l i I t >1 n w C h i l d r e n .
v alid husband and a houseful of chil making of their sons and daughters,
On the contrary, the prices
On the basis of recent investigations said. “ I threw away an old B row n Is likely to come during the first or obtained for good horses, especially
dren, when she has been taught no according to Mayor Cooper, of Head
second
week
In
July.
It
may
be
easily
ing, a suburb of Cincinnati, who fined the National Association for the Study ing text Bob had in college, and M yr
w a y on earth of making a penny.
for heavy draft animals of blood and
Even If a girl does marry, her moth a mother because she had visited the and Prevention ot Tuberculosis de tle found it and asked me if she might prevented by spraying with Bordeaux stamina, have risen far beyond the
I gave it to her— and I mixture before the disease gets a hold hopes of horse dealers a few years
e r seldom takes the trouble to prepare home of her son’s sweetheart at 10 clare, in a statement Just Issued, that have It.
h e r for it. Yet every woman knows o’clock one night and had brought the the 1’nlted States is paying annually laughed; and I hate myself whenever on the crop. After it has a start It Is ago.
Horses are worth about 50 per
that, happiness and success In matri hoy home by the ear.
Incidentally, $7,000,000 for the education of more I think of it. Do you know, she’s read of no use to spray, because the spores cent more In proportion to their num
mony depend mainly upon the wife the Mayor read a lecture to all moth than 1,000,000 children who will die It all, with such intelligent apprecia are already Inside the vines.
ber than they were in 1S93.
In order to kill the potato beetle at
before they reach tion!
know ing her business, being a good ers, in which he held that they had from tuberculosis
at
the
same
time,
one-fourth
of
a
m anager, a good housekeeper, a good no right to pry into the love affairs the age of 18. To offset this waste
“Why, the other night she looked at
T o C ure K ic k in g C o w ».
pound of Paris green may be added to
the west, and said, ’Miss Marcia, l
To cure a kicking cow Is often a dif
suppose that’s what Browning means
TWO NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYLES.
ficult and tedious task, and
unless
when he says, ’’W here the quiet col
some method of restraining them
ored end of evening smiles.” ’ And
from kicking Is adopted more
loss
for her birthday, last week, I gave her
than profit may result through spilt
Palgrave’s ’Golden Treasury’ — before
milk.
The person m ilking also runs
this I've alw ays given her silly bows
considerable risk of injury in some
and collars— and she’s read It all aloud
form or other.
to her mother, and they loved it. Poor
When the cause of kicking can be
little thing! She has so few books!”
assigned to vice or an acquired bad
All through Marcia's speech Celia
habit, the following little arrangement
had put In little fluttering " A h s !” and
will be found useful, and, at the same
"O h s!” of excitement and Interest, and
time, simple, harmless, effective, Inex
when her friend stopped speaking, she
pensive and easily applied.
A strap
was sitting quite on the edge of her
about one Inch wide should be buckled
chair.
around each hind leg a little above the
“ I'm a beast, and a stupid one, too.
hock sufficiently tight to compress the
to misjudge Myrtle s o !” she declared,
hamstring.
warmly, for she loved and admired
The animal cannot kick, and if flies
with eager intelligence all good litera the barrel of Bordeaux mixture. The are troublesome and cause her to
ture. “And as a penance I'm going to spraying can be done quite cheaply. switch her tail, the best plan is to
The cost of four sprayings is estimated
give her some of my treasures.”
either strap it to her leg or secure it
at $1.85 per acre. This includes the
But In the common light of the next
to one of the straps with a piece of
cost of labor also. In Vermont a trial
day her generous impulse was harder
cord. Use the straps every time the
was conducted by one hundred farm
to carry out.
She stood before her
animal Is milked, and after three
ers to test the value of this spray. The
bookcase, fingering the volumes, and
weeks or so omit, to ascertain wheth
period covered five years, and the re
wondering how she could ever bear
sult was the increase of 70 per cent er a cure has been effected or not.—
parting with them. A country doctor's
Irish Farm ing World.
in yield. The high value of Bordeaux
daughter, books were her luxury. The
mixture as a preventive of early blight
Thackeray she had earned by endless
M o l e » D e s t r o y C r o p E n e m ie s .
has been proved many times, and
copying of manuscripts for her father;
A distinguished naturalist carefully
should not be overlooked by anyone
the beautiful edition of Tennyson
examined
the stomachs of fifteen
who expects to raise a good crop of
meant that she had worn
shabby
moles caught in different localities,
potatoes.
gloves for a winter; the set of Jane
but failed
to discover therein the
Austen a w illingly renounced party
slightest vestige of plants or roots.
O a t s ns a P o u l t r y F o o d ,
frock.
On the contrary, they were filled with
Oats make an excellent food for the
the remains of earth worms. Not sat
Her beloved books! Now. half-heart
poultry, providing they are of the right
isfied by this fact, he shut off several
edly, she built her sacrificial pile.
kind. The long, slim oat, with plenty
moles in a box containing sods of
Then a sudden thought made her
of husk or hull Is poor feed for any
earth, on which fresh grass was grow
throat tighten and ache a little. Books
thing, but the plump, meaty oat Is a
ing, and a small cage of grubs and
had always seemed very real to her,
good feed for all stock, Including poul
earth worms. In nine days two moles
their authors living friends.
Would
try.
devou'red 349 white worms, 193 earth
her Idols feel that she loved them less
Hulled oats for young chickens after
well, cherished them less tenderly, If they are three or four weeks old will worms. 25 caterpillars and a mouse
she gave them away? She picked up help them to make bone and muscle (skin and bones) which had been alive
In the box
He next gave them noth
her copy of Lowell, and it fell open
faster than any other one feed, and
In
twenty-four
easily to "T h e Vision of Sir Launfal,” this is the most desirable element at ing but vegetables.
hours two moles died from starvation.
almost her dearest poem. And out of this period of growth.
Another naturalist calculates that two
the whole page these two lines seemed
For grown or feeding fowls we have
moles destroyed 20,000 white worms or
to spring;
at most seasons of the year fed one
“W ho glveth himself with his alm3 feed of oats daily with most satisfac grubs in a single year. If this is cor
rect, it is a strong argument in favor
feeds three.
tory results. W e have fed some oats
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and after boiling them for fall and winter of multiplying rather than destroying
the moles.
M e!”
feeding, but they were of poor quality,
A \ ii r I n 1 1 o n o f t h e A p r i i l l T u n i c .
T l i e \e>T S u r p l l o e F r o n t Coat.
“That settles It!” she said, aloud and the boiling was to soften the hulls
Many of the new overskirts arc exactly like little
A winter garment with but one fastening, and that
A p p l e S t o r a g e flo tia e.
“Celia, you're a selfish pig! The best rather than because the boiling added
aprons with bib at the top and the sides drawn around,
well below the waist, seems a rather preposterous no
This apple storage house is built In
way to love the masters is to share any other value to the oats feed itself.
pinafore fashion, to the hack. An apron frock Is illus
tion, but many of the smartest tailored models for fall
a hillside. The roof is covered with
their glory with some one else.” She Boiling Is not necessary with good
trated here, the material being a pernio fabric In cham
brush and earth. A ventilator is ar
are made in tbis way. The right front of the coat
caught up a generous arm ful and ran, oats except by way of variety in feed
pagne color. The mohair and worsted weave with u
crosses the left In a surplice effect, the fastening being
hatless, impetuous, to Marcia’s door.
ing. The best way is to feed them tn
rllky pernio finish Is light, soft a.nl entirely suitable for
arranged at the hip. These loose coats, held together
“Give these books to Myrtle— and I the litter, scattered well and deeply so
«r a -e fu l, draped effect: of this kind, and the apron tunic
only at the hip, require a master hand in the cutting in
want her to keep them — with my the fowls w ill have to do considerable
with its bib and shoulder straps. Is delightfully girlish
order to hold their position correctly on the figure seat
love!” she panted, and she thrust out scratching.— Agricultural Epitomist.
and graceful In type
The hat Is a nut brown velvet
ed or standing. This princess model with the surplice
the pile. Then she turned and walked In the country.
model with creamy yellow ostrich tips.
front and single fastening shows the new style in a very
quickly away. She had given herself
pleasing mnnnet.
with her alms.— Youth's Companion.
W retlliii«
cook.
No father sets his son out to of their sons and daughters. He de
practice law or medicine without hav clared he would punish severely any
in g studied the science of It, yet a one brought before him on such a
mother will let her daughter m arry charge.
without having taught her the first
thing about how to run a home.
It Isn't fair. It Isn't Just. It Isn’t kind
to send a poor, little, helpless girl out
Into the world to ruin her chances of
happiness and success through Ignor
«nee. She needs all the help she can
Itet. and It's up to her parents to give
A crust of bread helps to clean out
It to her. Give the daughter a square
a sticky bread pan.
deni.
Salt added to starch Is responsible
I l t t u ' W o m e n Art*
lu ilU il.
for the gloss on linen when it is iron
A Chicago paper gives the list of
ed.
Women In different cities of tffie coun
Apply the white of an egg with a
try who are known to be fond of edi
camel’s hair brush to fly speoks on gilt
tions de luxe and are often cajoled
frames and they w ill disappear.
out of large sums of
money.
One
To clean pewter, wash It well with
wom an Is said to have made $150.000
out of her 40 per cent commissions hot wafer, rub it with flue sand and,
on such books
A Chicago woman paid when dry. polish It with leather.
rGlye WO R K jH A T f
i he
chlldn n are being ediu a ted about
the dangers o f tuberculosis.
During
the school year just closed more than
3..700.000 o f the ............... school chil
dren hud received such training.
M U S IC IA N A M A S T E R OF W IT .
Illou rraph y
of
E duard
M a u D o irell
Ilr v o n ln M a »t e r * » ( n u b ile H u m o r.
In a biography of Edw ard MacDow-
ell by I-awrenoe Gilman, the writer
quotes some of the famous musician's
witticisms.
On one occasion he had
been told of a performance of hls
ompoaltlon, “To a W ild Rose.” played
by a high-school girl on a hlgh-school
piano at a hlgh-school graduation fes
tivity.
"W e ll,” MacDowell remarked,
'I suppose she pulled It up by the
O n e 1 n|>roA tu hle C o w .
Dairy farms are continually advanc
ing in value, which should be regard
ed as the part of the profits.
Grain
farm ing is hard on the land.
Many
hard run grain
farms
have '» e n
brought back to a good state of fertili
ty by changing to cows.
W ith the case in test It will be pos
sible to weed out the poor cheese cows
on the same principle that we have
used the Babcock butter test to weed
out the poor butter cows. Instead of
keeping cows for cheese which aver-
I age 70 pounds of casein per 100
pounds of fat. we may breed cows that
will produce milk containing close to
! 10 pounds of casein for 100 pounds of
fat. W e need to specialize In cheese
Just as intelligently and carefully is
In butter production.
I « mi «*lit*«, M «»men Fn rut I ii if.
Mrs. \ Ictorln \\ ulhull Martin, the
American widow of an English banker,
h is a large English estate, which she
has divided Into plots and Is trying
to Induce the village women to enter
into agriculture. A clubhouse for the
women and Oredon Norton College, roots!
where they may study the subject, are
Some one sent him. about this time,
also established by her to Improve the relates Mr. Humlston, a program of
condition of the village women.
an organ recital at which this same
'W ild Rose" was to be played.
T h e C o r r e c t P r .ip n r t lim i.
“H e was not pleased with the idea,
The follo wing are the correct meas thinking doubtless of a style of per
urements o f a woman weighing 130 formance which
T o Tan a H ide.
plays Schumann's
pounds, uncorseted, a. ordlng to the 'Träum erei' on the great or^an dia
Take the hide green and salt well.
standard of the Greeks
Waist, 27 pasons.
He remarked simply that it Let It stand for thirty-six hours; then
$22,000 for a set of books that cost
It's a good Idea to save all
soap Inches; bust. 34 Inches, upper arm. 13 reminded him of a hippopotamus wear take hair off with lime In the usual
$f>00, certain additions having
been wrappers.
Smooth hot flatirons by Inches: thigh, 27> Inches; calf, 14u,
way.
After taking off hair let hide
ing a clover leaf In his mouth."
made to the books In the way of Illus- rubbing them over the soapy paper.
Inches;
ankle, 8 inches;
hips. 38
A member of one of hls classes at soak for seven or eight days in clear
‘ rations and different fly leaves.
Unbleached calico shrinks In
the Inches.
Columbia, finding
more
unoccupied running water; then scrape and clean
wash.
Allow an extra Inch to each
space
on
the
page
of
hls
book,
after off. For a hide of ordinary size dis
To
K «••*!» I T t m r r a
Frrah.
Mfiidl nig.
yard in making it up, to allow for this.
finishing the exercise, filled up the va- solve three pounds of alum and five of
T h e pleasure of receiving a gift of
Vend
clothes, especially starched t oancy with rests. W hen hls book was salt In enough warm (not hot) water
After washing the lamp
chimney
flowers Is often eclipsed by the pain
ones, before sending them to the laun
■'returned the page was covered with to cover It. Put in hide and leave five
polish
It
with
dry
salt.
It
makes
the
o f seeing them wither, and those who
dry, so that when they are returned
days, stirring every day. At the end
remain In town during the warm glass bright and will prevent Its break- d ean and nicely folded there will be corrections— all except these bars of
of that time take out and put In vessel
in*.
rests,
which
were
Inclosed
In
a
red
weather are sometimes greatly exer
no need to disarrange and crumple
with enough clear water to cover;
line and marked;
If you accidentally spill Ice cream
clsed as to the best way of preserving
them for mending purpeaeo.
"T his Is the only correct passage In then add flve pounds of clean bruised
the flowers sent them by their more on a silk waist try using alcohol to
red oak bark. Let this stand till de
the exercise."— Youth's Companion.
fortunate friends In the country There remove the grease blemish. It also re
K n a m .l W a r*.
sired color Is g o t; then take out, wash
» r e some who content themselves with move* a candy or gutn blemish.
Egg shells, roughly crushed In the
In clear water and hang up.
When
W a l t t a t t i •Oat o t t h a W o e , . '
faithfully clipping the stalks every
Ivory knife handlee that have be hands, are the best things for clean
When thou hast not crossed the half dry begin working and work till
«lay, while other* add to the suste
come yellowed by constant
washing ing enameled pans in conjunction with river, take care not to Insult the croco-. dry.
Small hidee In proportion.—
nance of their treasures a pinch of may usually be whitened by a rubbing soap and water.
Southern Cultivator.
dlle.— Hawaiian Proverb.
j
HOl'SE BUILT IN
HILLSIDE.
ranged in the top and a tile drain at
the lower side to carry off water and
admit cool air.
Font
Brood
In
Bees.
The worst enemies of the bee are
the foul brood and black brood. One
or the other of these diseases are In
some parts of the State, and black
brood have been very bad In New
York State.
These diseases of bees
have been carefully studied by the de
partment in Washington, and we have
some pretty definite Information on the
matter.
The treatment
for both Is
that of removing all the combs and
starting the bees fresh without any
contaminated honey in a new hive, and
the use of the old combs for wax.
F eed in g
W h o l e G ra in.
Bulletin No. 242 of the Michigan E x
periment Station, offers some exact
data upon the subject of feeding whole
grain to cows, heifers and calves.
When whole grain was fed to cows, 23
per cent was unmasticated; when fed
to heifers, 10 per cent; when fed to
calves. 8 per cent. Chemical analysis
showed no change in competition of
the unmasttcated parts, so it Is a safe
assumption that the animal derlrea
no benefit from
grain
that
passe«
through the dlgettlvo tract unaltered.