Lincoln County leader., July 23, 1909, Image 2

Threat of the 9affraa;ette.
If you don't take our cause up when
your wife
It'll be the greatest plague in all your
life!
Twill be no use tranquillity to seek;
I'll have a washing (lay six times a week I
Upon your shirts I'll never sew a button,
And for your supper you shall have cold
mutton.
Or if on pastry you should set your heart
I'll never make you pudding, pie or tart!
If you come home and bring a friend to
dine
I'll go out after locking up the wine 1
If to your club at nights you choose to
roam
I'll fetch you ignominiously home !
Whene'er you make a joke I'll never
laugh ;
Refore you die I'll write your epitaph !
When wearied out, the day's work being
o'er.
If you woo slumber, heavens, how I'll
f nore !
Or if I'm wakeful, how you'll curse those
nights !
I'll lecture you I will on woman's
rights.
New York Sun.
Right Vse of Mirror.
The women who are perpetually
funning after new hats and new
frocks, dissatisfied with what they
have got, and draining their purses,
do not make a right use of their mir
rors. She who has sufficiently studied her
complexion, her features, her hair,
etc., won't make a mistake la the buy
ing of a new hat; she'll spot her
quarry In the "twinkling of an eye,"
and having got Just the right thing,
she won't be in a desperate hurry to
change It for something new. There
Isn't any doubt about it that sacred
little moments with Miss Mirror are
an Immense aid to economy. If one
only had more time one would save
many dollars, not to mention time and
temper, for this Is the sort of thing
which happens. Every hat one pos
sesses seems suddenly to have gone
wrong nothing will sit right on one's
and net yokes of the color of the
gown.
New model gowns show a slight
flare at the hem, otherwise they vary
little from past styles.
The fan Is more fashionable than
for many seasons and usually echoes
the color of the gown.
Plain cloth, combined with brocaded
or embroidered velvet, is to be Been
on new reception gowns.
For the later season the gown of
old-fashioned flowered muslin Is her
alded as the top of fashion.
Collars must now meet In front In
a straight up and down line; flaring
corners are no longer permitted.
The value of clothes specially chos
en with a view to hiding defects opens
up a wide field of thought, for just
as there are certain clothes to bo
avoided by tall women, and others to
be adopted by short ones, so also can
obesity or scragglness be hidden by
properly-selected clothes.
Stout women will do well to avoid
anything approaching ever-elaboratlou
of design or trimming, all materials
bearing horizontal bars or big checks;'
vivid colors must also be avoided, and
trimming. In short, there are few, It
any, defects of the body that cannot
be coped with and improved by a re
ally capable dressmaker.
Asking the Doctor.
A story Is told of a lady, who,
though quite comfortably off, hated to
pay doctors their hard-earned fees.
When her friends were 111 she gener
ally managed to get a copy of the In
valid's prescription, and accumulated
In time quite a respectable colleotlon
of unfailing cures. The lady caught
a heavy cold, which none of her stored
up remedies would relieve, so' she de
cided to visit a friend whose husband
was a doctor. Arriving at the house,
she found the doctor In his wife's
drawing-room. "My dear doctor," she
said, In her most Insinuating manner,
"what do you do when you have an ob
stinate cough?" The doctor seemed
for a moment or two lost In thought;
then; suddenly looking full at his visit
or, he replied, tersely: "I cough."
Place to Keep Pastry Board.
The pastry board hauging on the
wall does not give things a neat ap
pearance. A convenient and out of
the way place, may be had by nailing
two slats the thickness of the pastry
board "underneath the kitchen table,
the distance apart being as far as the
pastry board Is long; over these slata
nail two wider Blats, a half an Inch
wider will do, the extra width extend
ing over on one side of each slat; the
pastry board can then be easily slid
in and out
tap
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Toothache Remedy.
A good remedy for toothache when
the pulp (the soft nerve substanca
in the middle of the tooth) Is exposed
Is a disk of cocaine. These disks can
be bought ready for use. One or two
should be taken up on the point of a
needle, be carefully inserted In to the
hollow of the tooth, and kept in posi
tion with a tiny plug of wadding. It
Inoculation of t'loTer.
Clovers do not always grow as read
ily or as vigorously as might be ex
pected from the richness of the soli. In
recent years It has been discovered
by scientists that the growth of plants
of this class (clovers, peas and beans)
Is dependent to some extent on the
presence of small nodules or bunches
on the roots. Those nodules contain
bacteria which In some mysterious way
assist the roots In taking up food from
the soil. If these bacteria are not
present in the soli the clovers will be
likely to innke poor growth Indeed,
alfalfa may not make any growth. If
the proper kind of bacteria are sup
plied and the Inoculation of soli ana
root Is successful the plants will show
extra vitality.
Cultures containing these bacteria
have been sent out to farmers from
the Ontario Agricultural College for
the past four years, with directions
INOCULATED
ALFALFA.
UNTREATED
ALFALFA.
SUMMER CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN.
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head and off we go to scour the
milliners for something more satis
fying.
Well, we get the satisfying thing,
and go home quite happy and smooth
tempered, yet perhaps very soon after
take up one of these rejected mis
creants, and, perhaps, with compas
sion, pop It on to see how it looks,
when lo and behold! the flaw Is found,
that there was something wrong
with the twist of the brim, or the
angle of this wing, or that flower. We
right the wrong, and suddenly the
scene Is changed, and the miscreant la
every bit as becominR as, or more so,
than the new purchase.
j&ds.anci fimcics
'JUfiC
East Indian hats are among the new
articles of headdress.
Close, clinging Btylea have not yet
received the expected setback.
The directoire sash Is an effective
feature of the majority of the narrow,
clinging skirts. 1
The single psyche knot Is In In
creasing favor for the coiffure as the
party season advances.
Of late there has been a turning
from the long-used white yoke to. lace
It la an excellent Idea to have skirts
cut In long, graceful panels, If one
would hide the effects of corpulence.
Another precaution Is to wear loose
rather than tight-fitting clothes, and
to keep the lines of the bodice as long
as possible.
Scragglness is even easier to hide
by means of properly-cut dresses trim
med with a profusion of frills, ruches,
soft quillings of lace, etc.
Too thin arms can be hidden by
adopting elbow sleeves made into
drooping arrangements of lace, rather
(hnn Bhort puff sleeves. In cases where
the skin of the arms Is red and coarse,
it is an excellent plan to line a!l
sleeves with a creamy tint of mous- J
fienne 0.9 soie over an inner lining 01
fine white net.
A big waist can be frequently re
duced by a Bklllful dressmaker who
avoids anything like a contrast at the
watst, or by skilirul folds, and care
ful fitting and boning reduce the ap
pearance of a waist several Inches.
Too great prominence of the bust
may also be hidden by well-arranged
bodices made on a fitted lining, and
arranged so that the fullness Is lost
sight of. Prominent hips may be re
duced and disguised by a well-cut cor
set and a skirt cut and designed with
the Idea of remedying Iho defect.
Round shoulders, which have not be
come too pronounced, may be hid
den by a little careful arrangement
and the skillful drapery of a flchu-like
Is a good plan to get the chemist
from whom they are purchased to ap
ply them.
A little nmmonla In tepid water will
soften and cleanae the skin.
Callous places upon the feet may
be kept smooth by the use of the pum
ice stone.
Celery Is a good nerve tonic. It
also contains sulphur and helps to
ward off rheumatism.
To take the soreness out of a soft,
painful corn, try binding It up each
night with baking soda, moistened
with a little water.
An excellent home remedy for burns
Is pure vaseline. Olive oil will servo
the same purpose. The point Is to ex
clude air and dirt from the burned
surface, and this either oily substance
will do.
Perspiring hands are an evidence of
nervousness. It Is good to bathe them
often with white wine vinegar, after
ward dusting thera with powder of
orris root. Persons suffering with
such annoyance should dust their
gloves with powdered chalk.
tor applying to the fields that are be
ing seeded with clover. Last season
309 farmers reported that their alfalfa
:rops had been benefited by the appli
cation while 140 reported that there
was no gain. With alslke clover the
reports were equally favorable over
BO per cent of the experiments finding
that the culture had Improved the
:rop. With red clover the results were
not so favorable, only 53 per cent hav
ing noted a gain. Peas and beans
howed still less benefit from the ap
plication. As the work Is still In Its
Infancy It Is probable that better re
mits will be obtained as the methods
f application are better understood.
The Illustration shows the comparative
growths of Inoculated and uninoculatcd
alfalfa plants. In a bulletin Just Is
sued It Is stated that the cultures will
again be distributed for 1009 at a price
f 25 cents for each bottle containing
enough for CO pounds of seed. Mon
treal Star.
oil Temperature and Seed Germina
tion. Scientists have discovered that the
lowest soli temperature at which the
process of growth begins In most cul
tivated crops Is 45 to 4S degrees Fah
renheit, but the maximum results are
attained only after the soli has reach
ed a temperature of 08 to 70 degrees.
The germination of wheat, rye, oats
and flax go forward most rapidly at
77 to 87.8, and corn and pumpkins ger
minate best at 92 to 101. Corn will
grow at' a temperature of 51, requiring
eleven days to come through, while it
will germinate In three days at C5.3
degrees. Oats require seven days to
germinate at 41, whereas they will ger
minate In two days at G5 degrees.
These facts emphasize the Import
ance of so cultivating the soil as to
develop heat at the earliest possible
period. Our seep soils where Irriga
tion baa played hob can not warm up
because they must first evaporate the
water. Sandy soils warm more quick
ly than adobe for reasons which every
body understands. The depth of plant
ing also has a great deal to do with
the germination, and we are hoping
that this spring will not linger long in
the lap of winter as was the case with
the last two or three seasons. Denver
Field and Farm.
Swill Farm Profits.
There has been recently made an In
teresting report of Investigations car
ried on co-operatively between the De
partment of Agriculture and farmers
In Switzerland as to the gross and net
returns derived from farms operated
under different systems of manage
ment In 1906, the returns being com
pared with those secured during the
.yicucuiub mo jcaiD. luo average
'profits as ascertained from 230 hold
ings were: On farms Up to. 12 Va acres
(ln size, $21 per acre; from 124 to 25
( acres, $21.60: from 25 to 87 acres,
l$lTt from J7V4 to 75 acres, $18, and
from farms of more than 75 acres.
$10.25 per acre. Nearly 80 per cent
of the products raised on Swiss farms
consisted of animal, dairy and poultry
products, an enormous quantity of
such products being annually export
ed. This shows the result of culti
vating a small amount of land well.
Early Plowing.
The value of early plowing as a
means of destroying weeds, especially
rag weed, wild oats, artichokes, etc., I
not appreciated fully by farmers. Sim
ilar weeds grow in a most discouraging
manner, especially ou low, moist land,
during the summer, and In many In
stances take posHession of the fields.
They will appear on the scene next
year, in multiplied numbers, If an ef
fort Is not made to destroy them this
summer, which can best be done by
early plowing.
The plow should be started In these
weedy patches Just as soon as the fields
are cleared. Rag weeds are rank
growing soli robbers which should not
be permitted to ripen seed on any
farm, but are now seen In corn fields,
pastures and small grains In many sec
tions. They are a special pest on some
farms where careless methods of han
dling the soil have been employed. If
such fields are plowed as early as pos
sible the plants will be prevented from
going to seed. Klnglieads are now In
possession of some very productive
fields, and we believe this Is due to
spring plowing or no plowing, as such
fields are often disked Instead of
plowed.
New Method of Keeping- Potatoes.
A German publication, the Practical
Adviser In Fruit Raising and Garden
ing, states that a new method for keep
ing potatoes and preventing , sprouting
consists in placing them on a layer of
coke. Dr. Schiller, of Brunswick, who
has published the method. Is of the
opinion that the Improved ventilation
by means of coke Is not alone responsi
ble for the result, but believes that It
Is due to the oxidation of the coke,
which, however, Is n very slow one.'
Coke always contains sulphur, and It
Is very possible that the minute quan
tities of oxides of carbon and sulphur,
which result from the oxidation, mix
ing with the air and penetrating among
the potatoes are sufficient to greatly
retard sprouting. Potatoes so treated
are said to keep In good condition unMl
the following July.
Balancing Ration.
When one has corn, corn fodder, en
silage and clover hay, it Is considered
the best practice for one to procure a
food rich In protein, such as bran, cotton-seed
meal or linseed meal,1 with
which to balance the ration. If one
mixes bran, coru and cotton-seed meal
In the proportion of 5 parts bran, 3
parts comment, 2 parts cotton-seed
meal, and feeds 10 pounds of the mix
ture each day, with 80 pounds of en
sllnge and 10 pounds of clover hay, hi
will get very good results. Molasses Is
ordinarily fed by sprinkling over the
hay or ensilage. Country Gentleman
General Age of Tree.
Inquiry as to the general age ot
trees being put to an authority at
Washington, It was found that the
pine trees attained 700 years as a max
imum length or life; 423 years was the
allotted span of the silver fir : the lnrch
lived 275 years, the red beech 245, the
aspen 210, the birch 200, the ash 170,
the elder 145, the elm 130.. The heart
of the oak begins to rot nt about the
age of 300 years. Of the holly, It la
said thnt there Is a sneclmen 410 vnr.
old near Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Wormi In Colts.
For Intestinal worms in colts tha
following mixture Is used by some
veterinarians: Mix together as a base
1 pound each of salt and granulated
sugar; In this mix pound of tobac
co dust of fine cut tobacco, 4 ounces
of sulphate of Iron powder. 6 ounces
of powdered worm seed. Give a heap
ing teaspoonful In the feed at first
unm n ilnv then tnHna a A n .
keep up for three weeks
Guinea Fowls.
The flesh of guineas is generally
dark colored, tender, Juicy and In fla
vor equal to the ring-neck English
pheasant. Many think It more palata
ble, for the flavor Is not so pronounced,
and there Is considerably more of It.
The flesh of the whjte guinea is light
In color, and if they are crossed with
the pearl variety the meat of the latter
will become nearly as light.
Qoeen Bees.
It Is said that bees usually super
sede their queens before they are too
old for service; and when an apiary la
once stocked with a good grade of
queens the bees can, as a rule, be de
pended upon to supersede their queens
at the proper tuna,