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WHY NOT RA<3E MORE .LIVE STOCK?
THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER IN POLK COUNTY
the polk county itemizer
With cowboy and his lariat rapidly disappearing from the
western plains and the steer market at Chicago rising steadily,
Admitted as Second Class Mail Matter.
I with the prospects of a general European war to increase the de-
i mand for beef, is it not timely that the fanners of this and other
Oregon communities should recognize the fact that there is much
THURSDAY. AUG UST J3 1914
I money to be made In growing live stock fop market? Since the
high cost of living became such a vital topic for discussion and
BOYO & BLOOM, Lessees.
the price of beef one of the items showing the largest per cent in
J. E. BLOOM, Bus. Manager
M. L. BOYD, Editor
crease in price, the Chicago packers have been maintaining that
In de
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'S Wi itb Weekly Oregonian or Semi-weeiny Journal............ 2 00] fense of their statements the packers point out that no longer
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are the western plains the grazing grounds for thousands of heads
o f cattle, which, as soon as fattened, were shipped to Chicago,
Office,
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Kansas City or some other packing center. They say that recla
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mation projects and the cutting of the prairie states into small
tracts
for farming have driven the cowboy and his lariat out of a
Patronize One Another for the Upbuilding of Town and County.
job, and that the beef of the future must be grown by the soil
tiller and not the cattle baron, who is rapidly passing away.
Whether the packers are right or not in the diagnosis of the
high cost of living, what they say of beef for future consumption
is true. Even Texas, the once great home of the long-horned
steer and the cowboy, is undergoing such a transformation that
Some delvers into the mysteries of the evolution of man now the old-time “ cow-puncher” would not recognire it. The small
claim that the human race originally began life in the form of farm is doing away with the round-up in the Lone Star state, and
what is true in Texas is also true of several of the northern states.
trees. There are enough “ sticks” left to bear out the theory.
Every live stock expert will say that the under-production of
cattle is to blame for the high standard o f living costs. Agricul
The St. Paul man who started on a 40-day fast in an attempt
tural college experts recognize that the packers are presenting
to prove that his mind was superior to his body lost out. A man
facts and are urging the farmers of the middle west and west to
who would attempt such an experiment hasn’t any mind to start
buy more feeders and go into the cattle raising business on a
witb.
larger scale. It is said the average farmer markets not more than
one or two steers a year, when he could just as easily feed a dozen
Of course Uncle Sam must pause long enough to say that he’s or so and make as much money as in any other way of disposing
strictly neutral, but he’s too busy harvesting his crops right now of the crops he raises. One of the best posted live stock growers
to give very much attention to the excitement over there except in the west recently said: "The production of live stock is going
during the brief period between supper and bedtime.
to grow, instead of going back, as the last few years have shown,
because the farmer and the small ranchman finally have realized
If they all get into the fight they must ull be fed, and it looks the profit there is in raising livestock— especially as contrasted
pretty much like that is just what is going to happen. This will against truck farming. The generous price paid for stock in the
leave United States the one big world’s commissary from which open market, combined with the work of the agricultural colleges
to draw the army bacon and hardtack, and if our supply doesn’t toward this end, have helped convince the farmer he would better
change his tactics and reap the profit in the field of growing more
grow popular in demand it will be a very strange thing.
live stock.”
What this expert says is a mighty good tip to the farmers of this
There is no use of any one complaining these days about not community. Grow more live stock and you will make more
being able to get work. There is more work than there are men m
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—and wages are high. One hundred and fifty men were shipped
attendance o f 00 per cent. A good de
out of Portland Saturday on railroad work, and several hundred
gree team Is also a feature.
are wanted who cannot be gotten. The railroads have distributed
Little Beaver grange, locuted at Enon
circulars saying that a total of 27,740 men are wanted in the
Valley, purchased a church building
harvest fields of North Dakota and Minnesota. More than that
with
over two sen's of ground attach
Conducted by
number are wanted in other sections to harvest the crop. When
ed for 6003. the alterations on each cost
J. W. DARKOW, Chatham, N. Y..
ing $50. The tncmbeiishlp list Includes
Editor of the New York ¡State G ra n ge
you hear a man complaining about not being able to get work,
lltvie 10
155, und everybody Is much alive.
Just set it down that that man wouldn’t work if he had the chance.
THE GRANGE
LIVE WESTERN GRANGE.
With the present war clouding nearly all o f Europe, the policy
of President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan to do all pos
sible, with honor, to avoid any such lamentable consequences
for this country, comes out in a different light before the Ameri
can people, especially so when their products are so likely to be
in extraordinary demand at unlimited prices. It is always best
to let the other fellow do the fighting, whether it be by words or
deeds. The United States now has the chance to take her right
ful place as the first nation of the world, both on sea and on land,
commercially and industrially, and if carping, disloyal citizens
will let the head of our government alone, these conditions will
be utilized and the prestigage gained.
Voters will do well to bear in mind that the Dunniway now at
tacking Judge Webster Holmes is the same Dunniway who for
so long held up the Portland bridge bonds, keeping that city out
of a needed improvement and putting it to many thousands of
dollars of needless expense. Judge Holmes took one share of
stock in the Tillamook Hotel Company, the concern over which
controversary has been waging, as any loyal citizen would to
help along a needed public enterprise, and disposed of that share
as soon as he could find some one to take it off his hands. If that
can designate him as an interested party, we fail to see it. lie
surely was not interested to the extent o f financial gain for him-
Belf, as was probably Dunniway In the bridge matter.
Its
Committee Establishes
Publio
Free MarkeL
In the discussions o f the advan
tages of marketing direct to the con
turner, In order to reduce the high cost
of living and to give the farmer a little
better price for his produce, only
rarely do we And granges or other
farmers' organizations that combine
talk with notion. In Washington state
there Is a Pomona grange that Is dif
ferent In this respect At a meeting
of that grange It was decided that
something should be done about estab
lishing a grange free market A com
mittee was appointed In the forenoon,
and while the rest were eating their
lunch, presumably, tills committee
went out and reuted a vacant lot In
the central part of the city and re
ported to the grange. On the follow
ing Saturday six fanners’ teams ap
peared at that market placo with loads
of fresh garden stuff, eggs, butter, etc.
They offered their goods for aboHt 23
tier cent less than the merchants were
getting.
For a long tlmo the mer
chants tried to combat tile fnrmers'
market by reducing their prices for the
mnrket days. But this did not last
long. The fnrmers kept at It. and
when fall came they leased an old
building In the center of the city, as
the city would not build n suitable
innrket building, and In It construct«!
seventeen stalls or booths, and this
structure was by no means large
enough. Another mnrket will be es j
tabllshed If it has not been already.
The scheme has been a notable suc
cess. Two mnrket days a week were
established, and there many house
keepers o f the city go with their
market baskets mid replenish their
larders, for nliout everything can there
be found that Is raised on tlio farm.
There are hundreds of small cities
where the same Idea can lie worked
out just os successfully, and there are
granges that can do It If only they go
about I t
It Is a simple matter to
eolvo this problem o f eliminating the
middleman. In numerous Instances,
when It Is gone about In the right way.
The only way to do some things Is to
do them.
In spite of the criticisms continually hurled at Senator Chamber
lain in an endeavor to defeat him, notice that when some public
improvement is needed, Chamberlain Is the one requested to se
cure it. Why are not the services of Hepresentative Hawley
asked for once in awhile? Simply for the good and sufficient rea
son that Chamberlain is known as a man who will deliver the
gooils, if it is possible for any one to do so, while it is also well
known that Hawley has no influence and cannot bring anything
o f a public good to a successful issue for the benefit of those in
terested. The greatest folly that our section could commit Just
now would be to send an inexperienced, untrained and unac
quainted man to take George Chamberlain’s place in Washington.
He is recognized as one of Oregon's most prominent men; he has
made for himself a national fame and has achieved for Oregon
and the northwest more than any other one senator. For the
work he has done he has been honored exceptionally by the
senate, by national bodies and by many big eastern states and
civic societies. In justice for what he has done for us, he should
be returned by and overwhelming majority, showing that Oregon
recognizes and appreciates good work well done and is not blind
and dominated by party ride to such an extent as to refuse to
A GOOD PROGRAM.
further profit by the same. With Chamberlain once more a
senator and a good, pushing man in Hawley’s seat, Oregon will An Outline For Papers and Diecue*
profit by the chunges to be made in our national plans In the near
eions on "The Soil.1*
future.
FlrsL—ltomauces of the soil. Its hi»
Hemlock grange, at Buck Hun, Co
lumbia county, reorganized last No
vember with sixty members, has
bought a lot. upon which It is erecting
a two story hall with busement under
neath.
W. !•'. Hill, a past master of the
state grange, has announced his can
didacy fur senatorial nomination In
the Blair Huntington district
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee held In Harrisburg the commit
tee after considering the places pro
posed for bolding the next state grange
meeting decided to hold It In the city
of Meadvllle, Crawford county, at the
regular time In December next In
connection with the Meadvllle meeting
there will he a big exhibit of labor
saving machinery and devices for the
housekeepers.
North Ghent grange, Ulster, Pa., has
a debating team composed o f Miss
Edna Panel, Veru Struble and Ira Hol
comb.
The Lockport (N. Y.) grange Institut
ed a membership contest last year, of
fering n trip to-Ithaca with expenses
paid for farmers' week. During the
year the membership was more than
doubled. Lorkport grange is only a
two-year-old. hut It has won first prize
at the Niagara county fair both years
at Its entry.
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW. Chatham, N. Y..
Editor of the New York State Grange
R e v it*
BAY STATE
GRANGES.
Massachusetts Patrons Arrange For
Bird Field C ’ y and Confsrsncs.
The lecturer o f the Massachusetts
state grange, Mrs. George S. Ladd, has
announced a bird field day for July
28 at the farm of J. H. Noble. Pitts
field, Mass. The State Audubon so
ciety and the state ornithologist will
co-operate with the state grange lec
turer In the program for this meeting.
All kinds of bin) houses will l>e on ex
hibition. aud there will be, either at
tills meeting or one to be held In Wor
cester or possibly both, a bird pageant
Si'cakera for the day will tell ninny
things about the birds that every mein-
lier of the grange and others ss well
should know. In July there will tie
held st the Msssucliilsetta Agricultural
college a New Kuglam) lecturers’ con
ference. when It Is exp«'ted that the
tory and wbat it rneuua to man.
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Secoml.—Plant food in the soil; wbat national lecturer. Hon. George W. F.
MBS. WOODROW WILSON.
It Is; how it becomes available; mak Gaunt o f New Jersey, aud Miss Jennie
ing It eatable for tlie plant Warmth, Buell, lecturer o f the Michigan state
The mother is gone. Her gentle spirit has departed, her tired sunshine, moisture, chemical actiua grange, will be present. All suberdl-
nate and Pomona lecturers of New
body is at reat.
The pain-wrinkled face is smoothed with (he What we mean by unlocking anil ter England will be Invited to be St the
Ullty.
touch o f death, the delicate hands are folded over the stilled
Third.—IIow can nrnllnble plant food cobfereuci' ns well ns the state lectur
heart and the stiffened form has been lowered to its last r°|K)se. In tlie soil be moat cheaply provided ers from the New England states.
The conference will be held on July
She is gone, but to those who called her mother her memorjvis re for use of crop? Belatlre Importance
30; July 31 will be known ss borne-
vivified by a thousand tender recollections. Her heavenly mission of Ullage and fertilizers lu making makers' day. and Aug. I will be a state
is being perpetuated on earth where bereaved hearts heat painfully plant food available. Conserving mois grange field day. On May 20 a degree
and huniua and saving homemude
rally took place at Faueull ball, Bos
In their desolution, where her influence for good is the antithesis ture
manures from waste and loss.
ton, when four states and sixty-eight
of the sorrow that prevails because of iter laying down the burden
Fourth.—To wbat are our different
granges were represented. Tw o de
of mortality and taking up the robes of Immortality.
I noils heat adapted, and what. In view
grees were exemplified by a men’ll de
! of markets. can be moet profitably
gree staff o f Waltham. Mass., and one
She was a womanly woman. She was a motherly mother, a , grown, aud why?
by the ladles' degree staff of Shrew,
wifely wife and a burden bearer for those she loved. There
There was
was _____
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Fifth.—Nuture
and treatment of onr
bury grange, comprising fifty-one peo-
no sacrifice so great she would not make that her family might clays, aanda and ion ms
(Ue, all the degrees being Illustrated by
be comfortable and happy. She was the "first lady of the land ” 1 Sixth.—How should each he tilled In appropriate tableaux. The subordinate
order to secure beat crops aud preserve
granges of Massachusetts are many of
but she was a mother in all that the term Implies, she was a
and Improve the fertility? When and them entering heurtlly Into the comps-
woman in every sense of the word.
how p low «l and prepared for a crop. i tltlon for prlxee offered by the state
She was sympathetic In her life and Godlike in her mlnlstra- How treated while the crop grows. grange tor beet community service dur
What are your most efficient aud im ing the year. Much vslnsble construc
tlons. She had no ambitions but to promote the happiness and portant
tools for toll working?
tive work Is being done this see win by
well-being of her husband and daughters, and the less fortunate
Seventh.—Chemical, mechanical and the Bay Suta granges under the lead
In Ufe. She was for the home first and society afterward. She bacterial agencies In the soil.
ership of the efficient state lecturer.
believed that society was safe-guarded in the home, and not the'
home in society.
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P e n n s y lv a n ia G r a n g e N o te*.
Oxford grange la very much site*
It recently initiated a class of eighteen
* nd
■ building which wui
She is gone in the body, but her spirit will ever dwell and abide
in the hearts of those she loved an d cherished. No higher tribute
can be paid her than by saying that she was only a mother__only, ** Conv*r,od 10,0 * «range home.
a w om an
"l
Lawsvllla grange. Susquehanna coun
ty. with 1U members, has an avrngs
t
Prayer Beads.
Judging from tlie number o f strings
of orieutal prayer heeds seen In the dis
plays there Is a decided vogue for
them. They are gorgeous affairs, with
beads o f translucent rich colors sad a
gay silk tassel OuUh
LINED GOWNS.
Mad« With Stripes Running
In Many Different Directions.
C h ild re n Cry for Fletcher’s
Good
form
MOKNIJCO DRESS.
Fourth of July Entertaining.
For reasons seasonable as well as
patriotic Independence day is the holi
day par excellence of the ceuntry house
and the one to which the summer time
hostess brings her very heat effort
The weather may be too warm for
active sports, hut plenty of charming
ones o f the quieter sort may be In
augurated to make the occasion all It
should be, with cooling temperance
beverages, flowers In abundance, and
the stars and stripes everywhere In
evidence.
Dinner will probably he enjoyed at
a specially decorated table, and for this
feast the military suggestion Is well
worth thinking about. The centerpiece
might be a toy cannon arranged upon
a bed o f red, white and blue flowers,
having bostdo It u little heap of spe
cially prepared cannon balls which con
tain glfta for the diners.
Or secure a small toy drum, paint on
each drumhead the date of our out
break for liberty's cause and place the
drum In the center of the table on Its
side, allowing the drumheads to show.
From the top rise three or four pretty
silk flags. The favors are little baskets
containing candy firecrackers, the han
dle of each basket decorated with very
tiny flags. Now all nlong the edge of
the table, whether square or round.
Just below the line marked by the fall
o f the cloth, sew a border of flags ei
ther o f silk, paper or cotton, as desired,
and on every alternating one of these
write the name o f the guest who will
occupy that particular seat.
Dress designers have a remarkable
penchant for muktug the lines o f the
fabric diverge at eccentric angles. The j
little morning costume pictured here
Includes a hemstitched batiste blouse
and skirt of white pique. The skirt
bus two tunics, with the lines running
Agreeing With Everybody.
In opposite directions, while on the
Many people have nowadays the
skirt they take still a third direction.
habit of agreeing with everything one
says. I t doesn't matter on what yon
give an opinion, a book, a play, an
MONOGRAMMED TOWELS.
event o f current interest, they appear
to agree with you In everything. Prob
Those of Turkish Toweling Conven
ably when somebody else gives a quite
ient For tho Fastidious Bather.
opposite opinion they affect to agret
Bath towels adorned with the mono with them too.
gram of the owner and with a wash
It may be politeness on their part.
rag to match are shown In the shops.
I but one hates to meet people who seem
They are of Turkish toweling, and
| to have no minds o f their own. And
they are convenient for use at the sea
It mnkes sane. Intelligent conversa
shore, where the towels found In the
tion next door to Impossible.
People who frankly differ from one.
who, without being bumptious or argu
mentative, have opinions of their own
about things and are not nfraid to say
so, are much more interesting.
It Is so much more stimulating to
meet them, and one can enjoy a talk
with them so much better than with
people who are too ready to agree.
M O N O O RAAIU ED TO W E LS.
Tlie Kind Yuu Have Always Bought, and which has been
lu use iur over HO years, has borne the signature of
_/?
- and has been made under his per-
/W
sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
A ll C o u n t e r f e i t s , Imitations and “ .lust-us-good ” are but
Experiments t h a t trille with and emlunger the health of
J niants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTO RIA
Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor OU, P a re»
gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleuaunt. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narco tie
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
nml allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
lias been In constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, uU Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea.
It regulates the Htomaeh and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural (deep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend,
GENUINE
CASTORIA
(
ALWAYS
J Bears the S ig n a tu re o f
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In
Use For O ver
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30
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BATISTE FROCK.
Quaint Design Suitable For ths
Small Girl's Summer Wardrobe.
The Pnrialennes are wearing these
high combs Instead of giant aigrettes
or ospreys. They arrange them co-
quettisbly at the side o f the head. Jut
ting out beyoud the colls of hair, aud
In some eases the carved designs are
outlined with delicate silver filigree
Apropos of evening headdress natural
hair Is once more coming into fashion.
Powder und (latches may continue to
be worn, but only by the less conserv
ative women.
How to Eat Asparagus.
How to eat asparagus. This Is •
problem as tremendous as bow to eat
an orange. Ivan Heald In tbe London
Express, gives some advice on the
point
•Beat one elbow,” he says, “on the
cloth and wrap one leg around tbe leg
of tbe table so as to prevent overbal
ancing. Grip the asparagus and rub
Its neck In tbe melted butter. Before
It has time to make up Its mind which
way It will wobble swing tho asparagus
off Its feet and wuggle It In the air to
test Its pliability. Then open your
mouth and make a feint at biting your
stalk In the small uf the back.
“Ten to one the asparagus will try to
dodge by doubling up. You get him as
his head cou.es down, nnd there you
are.
“ Never In the excitement o f the strug
gle be tempted Into biting tbe aspsra-
gus below the belt. It's not playing
tbe game, and. besides. It gives the
stalk a fine opportunity to whip around
with a left hook to the eur."
Managing a Surprise Party.
A young correspondent wants sugges
tions for a surprise party. Often sur
prises are far from welcome, but If
some one of the family Is taken Into
confidence the affair can generally be
managed with satisfaction to all. I.et
each girl prepare a basket or box of
luncheon for twu. Just as dulntlly as
possible. On arriving pile their boxes
lu one place. After tlie surprise Is
over try some good games, then blind
fold one boy at a time and let him
select a basket or box and stand In
line with his trensure unopened. After
all are supplied each one Is to hnve
three guesses to determine which girl
prepared the refreshment. When part
ners are found go to the dining room,
where doubtless some willing member
o f tbe family will have arranged a
pretty table.
ordinary bathhouses are Dot to be con
That Girlish Hat.
sidered by fastidious women.
The
Re sure that your clothes salt not
monograms are stumiied on one end of only your style, but your age. Seeing
the towel. Embroidered monograms a stout, florkl and elderly materfamll-
are out of place on Turkish toweling, las, quite oblivious of the fitness of
and a stenciled monogram may be sub things, wearing one of those girlish
stituted by the woman who likes to Watteau bats liberally decked with
decorate her own towels.
pink roses, a man who was engaged In
mending the streets along which she
The Age Test.
was passing paused—It was doubtless
All sorts of tests are given for de one o f the many pauses that go to
termining the age and quality of a make up tbe day’s work—and after re
fowl. Dark looking birds are not garding her flx «lly drew n fellow toil
apt to be freshly killed ones. Freshly er’s attention to the entrancing vision
k ill«! poultry has full, bright eyes and with the words, “ W ot oh, Bill” —be
moist, pliable fe e t
I f the eyes are really didn’ t mean to make n pun—
dry and sunken and the feet and legs “ wot price Is mutton dressed as lamb
are stiff It Is evidence that the fowl this spring, eh?”
is not so fresh as It might be. The
neck Is the first part of the fowl to
A Homemade Toy.
discolor. A young fowl will have pin
Did you ever see boys walk on stilts?
feathers, and the eud o f tlie breast
bone will bend when pressed with tbs It looks like dangerous sport, but it Is
Anger. Old fowls have long hairs and not after you have a little practice. In
a bard breastbone. The skin on the fact, you can take rapid strides with
legs will he scaly aud thick und tough. them, as do the shepherds In the des
Old fowls are suitable only for ert o f Laudes. In the south o f France.
boiling. The cold meat from the boil They can run. Jump, hop and dance on
ed fowl may be made up Into many them with ease and security. When
tempUng forms. Tbe ancient bird. It they stand on the stilts they can watch
tbelr flock, their feet being protected
subjected to the boiling process fot
from the water during the winter nnd
awhile before It is put Into the oven,
tbe hot sands In summer. In addition
may often be roasted with fairly satg
to the stilts, they use a long staff,
fnctory results.
which they carry In their hands. This
forms the third leg when they require
New York Grange News.
rest
Rev. Charles A. Pusey addressed a
To make stilts procure two poles
large meeting of grangers at Canandai
about six or seven feet long and nail
gua ou “The Modern llural Communi
on a strap of leather about one-third
ty and Its Development’
from the bottom of eech. Into these
Degrees were conferred on a class ad •
the feet are placed, the poles being
sixty six on May 10 at Victor grange
kept In a proper position by the bands
by the degree teem of Newark, consist
and moved forward by the action of
ing o f twenty-six members. An Inter
the legs. Some Amerlcnn boys nnll on
esting exhibition drill was also given
wooden supports for tlie feet to rest
by tbe team.
upon Instead of the leather straps.
The Wyoming grange has started an
agricultural, poultry and flower con
Growing Things.
test among Its young people, with B.
Oh. I am a child of the country, and 1 love
D. Jones, district superintendent of
not the cities srlm!
schools, as chairman o f tbe committee M y h e e rt la s k in to th e wild th in gs and
th e w o o d lan d s v a s t and dim.
In charge.
th e w inde and th e brook m a k e m u
Eureka grange, at Lyons, celebrated W h e re
ele and. fa in t fro m hla cool retreat.
Its fortieth tnnlverasry on Jane 3.
Com ee the v o ice o f th e th ru sh at even In
a m ad rig al w ild and s w e e t
Cohocton grange hie remodeled Its
ball. On tbe eecood floor ta tbe aseem
Oh. I am a child o f th e co u n try , and th e
My room, and tbe lower floor Is fitted
o rch ard kn o w s m y tread
tor entertainments, baring stage room W hen th e h o u gh s shine w h ite w ith b lo s
som s end th e buds lie pink an d red!
and other equipment.
And hand In hand In th e m oonlight go m y
Webster grange celebrated Its thirty-
so u l's beloved and I.
ton rtb anniversary recently. 460 people A nd w e need no w ords to question, no
attending.
w ord s 10 m ak e reply
Tbe members o f Lyndon vine grange O k. I am a ch ild o f th e co u n try, t a ) I lo r e
have purchased 123 tona of fertiliser
th e fields a t morn.
this spring.
W h e re th e a ir com es fresh and fr a g r a n t
s
o d th e )oy o f th e d a / Is horn.
Tbe next state grange meeting will
carola th e ch eerfu l robin Is th e lin
be held In Oswego In tbe month of Feb- Leud net
o v e r th e w ay.
reery, 101 &
And th e tr o w in g thin gs and the birds and
1 wwlcom s tb s d aw n o f d ay
Examinations for tho state grange
N leb etas
-B t Nicholas.
scholarships take place June 20 l
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B A T IS T E FROCK.
Quaint and old fashioned are the
Hues of the frock In figured batiste.
Valenciennes and net footing whlcB la
Illustrated here. Such a gown would
be charming for church and for occa
sional Informal parties. There Is no
reason why the small girl should not
have many replicas o f It In printed
crape or voile and In sheer flowered
muslins or linens, for It Is easily made.
Just a kimono cut upper portion. In
cluding bell elbow sleeves banded with
Valenciennes nnd edged with footing.
Tbe square neck is defined with two
bands o f lace Insertion, and so Is the
footing edged high waist line simula
tion. She wears socks, bows on her
sandals, and loops of ribbon hold back
her locks above the brow. Care, how
ever, must be tuken not to have the
loops too large for the face below
them.
VOGUE FOR COLORS.
Rainbow Tints Combined In Necklaces
of tho Season.
All the colors o f tbe rainbow are to
be found In beads nowadays — ptnk,
purple, green, yellow, lavender, red,
orange and bine.
A quaint conceit In necklaces Is the
“tango.” which Is a combination o f
satin ribbon and bend a Tbe ribbon,
about half an Inch In width, la '.ong
enough to be drawn around the collar,
tied In a small bow with long ends
hanging. These ends are festooned In
harmonizing or contrasting glass beads
The effect Is very chic, and still an
other recommendation Is that tbe tie
ts very cheap.
Most o f the pearls seen nowadays
are very excellent Imitations of tbe
real thing, so excellent that only an
expert can tell tbe difference. Shops
which make a specialty of these gems
hare so perfected tbelr work that many
women who can well afford real pearls
prefer to purchase a string of these
Imitation Jewels so that they may
wear them every day without fear of
forfeiting a small fortune should tbs
pearls become lost
His Majesty’s Fault.
In tlie reign of Francis I. o f France
quickness of wit was often more
promptly rewarded than actual m erit
The monk. Regnier Mnlnus. did not
lack m erit hut he owed hla first ad
vancement nevertheless to a clever re
tort
Francis, who was very fond of the
game o f tennis, wus playing a match
one dny with Mnlnus The monk Dual
ly ended tbe hard fought game with a
brilliant stroke.
Tlie king wus somewhat out o f hu
mor on account o f his d efeat “ Re
markable." be exclaim «! sarcastically,
“ to think that such a stroke should be
made by a mere monk!”
“ But sire,” replied the monk, who
wag as quick with bis wtt as be was
with his racket “ It ts your majesty's
own fault thnt tbe stroke was Dot
made by an abbot”
A week later Malnus received his ap
pointment as abbot o f Bean lieu. —
Youth's Companion.
Rais and ths Telsphons.
While Bell Invented tbe telephone
and Edison, Berliner, Marconi and
many others have Improved I t tbs
true Inventor aDd discoverer of ths
principles of telephony was a German
sciential to whom too little cradlt has
been glven -Ph lllp ReU. In 1901 Rela
exhibited a partially articulate electric
telegraph at Frankfort and showed
that variations In an electric current
caused by a vibrating membrane could
reproduce tbs necessary vibrations.
ReU trarsmltted musical sounds sod
even words. ElUht Gray, whose ap
plication for s patent on tbs telephone
was Died In Washington only a fair
hours after Professor Bed's applica
tion. Improved ReU’ telephone, hot It
U said that neither ReU nor Gray,
reaped say financial reward from their
inventions-N ew York World.
Mount Etna Gives lea as Wail as Firs.
Mount Etna can be kind aa well CTO* I
eL For half tbe year the great mountain
U covered with snow, and supplies of
coolness are drawn from thU source In
summer by tbe half baked Inhabitants
of tbs plains below. A curious dis
covery arUlng out o f tbe extreme boat!
of 1829 was mads In that yaar. A
search being made on the slopes o f the
mountain for an additional supply o f
snow. It was found that s bugs Held
of Ice had been blanketed by lara ta
some remote age and thus prevented
from melting. It was so greeted by an
Spanish Combs.
eminent geologist o f ths time that the
We have SpsnLsh capes and SpanUb Ice had been formed from a mass o t
toques; now * e find tbe high Spanish drift snow, afterward coveted by aa
comb the most fashionable hair orna enormous thickness o f Uva, the beat
ment of tbe season. Three big combs 1 of which was kept from the snow by
ar t wonderfully decoratlv»
____ aa Intervening layer o f mlcaatc hand.