AGAUT TITS GmXOTISX.
rp Htck-Hr4r4 Sfcaea. j
High beeis on sVa and slippers kst ;
their tot !:h the women simply be
cause they f.-tmd they coal d nt wear
then ltbt; It pay every housekeeper. If only to
spraining or kjur-1 spare herself family grumbling, to put
i tue ackie. Sh-e- mure th;Migbt than she d.e Into order
maker know that ; inr ta meals. If systematized It take
the htf-hpeied shoe j i;rtle time, even In a busy life, to pro
Is muck preferred , vide more varied roofclnr. and the trou-
to the lw heel In
fail, the Usher the
heel the more It to
em. attachment uted. A Virginia
woman Halms that any bigb-heeied
shoe or slipper. especially, can be made
perfectly safe for the wearer by the
Introduction of a small supporting
plate placed Inside the shoe, cicse to
the beet This plate Is of metal and
etrrred to conform to the hee! of the
foot of the wearer. It Is placed In
the shoe tn eomilr.arioo with the sole,
the plate lying under the beei and ex
tending upward at each side, ending In
a T. wfcivh engage the side of the foot
mmed-ate!y below the ankle.
ta TkrwIiM.
Mr. John M. Coulter, head of the
deportment of totacy of the Chicago
fniversity. vb with his wiJe and chil
dren wa on the lll-faled Eepublic.
says that the heroic conduct of the
women was sniethir.g that can never
be forgotten. When the order came
to put on life preservers the women
pot them on as el!y as If they were
shirt waists. There was no fainting,
no panic ard they even joked anion;:
themselves to crweal any fear they j
mirht have as tbev allusted the un-!
usual preservers. They conducted
themse?vfs. he says. In a manner to
make one forever proud of American
womanhood. It gave one an under
standing of the nobility of woman's
nature, be declared, that does not pre
sent Itself often in an ordinary life
time. Bnlmr alteram Casta
Chiffon broadcloth. In a delightful
hade of brown, was used for a cos-
tame suitable far informal luncheons.
matinee, etc, and fmm which our
ketch was made. It employs the pop
ular tunic effect in front with long
trained skirt. The short-walsted
bodice Is elaborately trimmed with
navy Russian lace, and the entire
tight long sleeves are made from all
over lace, mnb'hing in design that used
on the bodke. The finish at hand is
band of sable. A white-faced brown
satin bat and oabie muff complete the
tume.
A Caadjr Pall.
A nice party to have Is a candy pull.
When Inviting the guests ask each
to bring an apron.
Boll the candy for an hour. It had
better be put on before the guests come.
While waiting for the candy to cook
a lively game of cards may be played,
su" as "pit" or -oid maid."
When the candy is all pulkd put It
on a marble slab to harden.
Refreshments may now be served.
After this a game or two of charades
may be played.
Pmm mt EhkIm.
Exercise should be taken to increase
the circulation and tissue change: to
stimulate the elimination of waste prod
wets; to develop the ms-ies: to prw
niote healthy action of the digestive
organs, and to clear the brain and
head, thus fitting us to do more work
and better work than we would other
wise be able to perform.
Pat Taoaarfct lata Kaala.
One mother of growing sons learned
almost too late the folly of so catering
to an individual peculiarity. The hus
band and father liked neither sonpa,
dessert, fish nor salad, and the family
xoeais consisted of a dreary round of
meat coffee and a vegetable. Then the
mother found that ber boys, disss tis-
ylj 1
Will
tied with wh plain fere, were seeking '
a more vrkd menu in rv:urii: and i
gy h.ueU, with none too desirable cum-
J 1. 1. Its.
Me pays from an ethical as well as
health standpoint
Shot velvets In wonderful two-toned
are high in favor.
Wide tulle etrlnzs finish the hat de
signed for the picturesque girl.
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Corded silks are making up waists i
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! for street coat and skirt suits.
Jet butterfly buckles are the latest
ruu oainuest imngs lor s:ippers.
ith the black tailored costumes '
gold embroidery 1 In great favor. i
The popularity of suede Is waning
and richer colors are In evidence.
Embroidery in heavy worsted or silk
is employed on many new cloth gowns.
The butter bow! shape hat Is still
hw-n and threatens to stay another
year.
Women, young and old. are wearing
jet jewelry with gnrns black and
-hite.
Nowadays nur!y all women wear Ja
bots and anions the prettiest is the
grandfather frllL
Open-meshed stockings are now llt-
Ke favored. Blet net In lisie and silk
being the rage.
Hoya! blue, golden brown, mulberry
And maize are fashionable colors In
h'gh-class eosrumes.
Embroidery dots of various sixes are
used In dainty ties. The dots may be
white or a color.
.e:ir:y un or me hats are
maoe
worn
without bandeau, and must be
with the fiat hair dressing.
Thin woo!, which make up into
charming bouse pwns. are found in
all the fashionable shades and tones.
Braceiets are being worn again In
quantities and this year they need not
mstL-h in design, sixe or material.
There is nothing newer In veils than
the directolre vll and ruff combined.
The veil Is drawn Into a band of, rib
bon around the throat or ends In a
thick ruff made of the veiling.
The breakfast cap is a dainty fad
of fashionable women. It Is of lace
of the finest quality, hand embroider-
ed, and is ornamented with a nosegay !
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of old-fashioned Cowers made of rib
bons.
raata Lcm ta F-a w
In a small Philadelphia restaurant
that caters to persons on economy bent
the biE of fare Is beaded by this no
tice: "Ueguiar dinner Men, 25 cents;
women. 13 cents." "How Is this?"
asked a chaiK-e customer belonging to
the sex nxt heavy taxed. "Vou
charge us fellows 10 cents more than
you do the women. What have we
done that we should tie so discriminat
ed against-" "You eat more." was the
plain rejoinder. "It doesn't cost near
ly so much to feed women as men,
but we are the first concern In this
part of town that has been brave
enough to say so in plain print Many
foreign restaurants have recognlxed
that fact and have regulated their
charges accordingly."
Sardua-a Oalalaa af Wtan.
"I have the highest opinion of the
fair sex. I consider women superior
to men in almost everything; they pos
sess the intuitive 'acuity to an extra
ordinary tVgtve. and may almost al
ways be trusted M do the right thing
in tue rssut place. They are full of!
nooie instmft. aud. tbongfa beavi'v
haudiipped by fate, come well out of
every onleaL You have but to turn to
history to realize the truth of what I
say." The Strand Magazine.
Keeping the feet warm and dry will
aid in making the cheeks red. Cold
feet will bleach out the skin and brine
color to the wrong place, namely the
nose.
A glass of hot water before break
fast is a cleanser and tonic for the en
tire system. For an oily, greasy skin,
squeeze half a lemon into the water,
drink without adding sugar.
Spirits of camphor dries up fever
blisters when they are just commenc
ing. It is well, however, to cover the
lips lightly with grease, to keep the
camphor from irritating the surround
ing flesh.
Wans and wens are sometimes cured
by rubbing them two or three times
daily with an Irish potato. Cut off one
end of the potato and rub tbe turn-
with the pared surras. After eai-h
operation remove a slice of the potato.
If the rurk-ie about your nails semis
tough and there is a tendency to -hang
nails." rub'ln a little vaseline or cold
cream every night before retiring. Soon
yon will see a marked Improvement In
the condition of the nails.
The worried housekeeper should go
out on the veranda for a few moments,
take several full breaths of fresh air.
shake the stiffness from fingers, wrists,
elbows and all other Joints of the body,
stretch, yawn, smile and laugh tf pos
sible a good, deep, muscular laugh.
TmkM rmm laatatsa Tlew.
Prof. Ilagerty. of the University ot
Ohio, said at the meeting of the So
ciological Society In Washington re
cently that educated women did not
marrv as ear'v In !if aa mrnmn iiwl
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to. that they had fewer children ard
tbe --Tring are not as strong. Ttw
SlB,e h". takra "" of lb vducatlm
iu uue tuiiu. ine tiicnen is praCtlcai.v
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the only survival of the old Industrial
j aspect of the home, children being thus ;
relieved of household duties. The re ,
gut. along with the tendency to
live
in boarding houses and fiats, tends to
destroy the solidarity of the borne with-
out any apparent advantage.
Ckarali
CaaiMaar Jacket.
Kather longer in the body than the
usual run of such garments Is this fas
cinating combiug Jacket, made from
embroidered crepe de chine. There is
no trimming save two silk frogs for
closing purposes. China silk, challis or
silk muslin with lining, would also
serve for this piece of daintiness.
Pratevt the Flasrer.
Every woman who sews or embrold-
objects to the roughened first finger
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of the left band, which seems impos
sible not to prkfc. Xot only is the
roughened edge unsightly, but it catches
on the work, especially whea doing
silk embroidery, and is almiwt impos
sible to keep clean. There Is a new
protector for this finger that seems to
protect without getting in the way of
the sewer. It is made In a specially
prepared glass that d not blunt the 1 kePl "n accurate account of the ex
needle, comes In several sizes aud, best ! penne of feeding for one year from Its
of all. is cheap enough fur every sewer
to own.
Reaaeiaa- Fleaa.
Whatever eise fashion hints there is
not the slightest rumor that flesh is to
be r-vlifh In the near future. There
fore women who are not thin are keep
ing up all kinds of methods to make
tbenv so. LJve on noodles, is the cry.
Consequently this diet is strictly kept
by women who are willing to sacrifice
anything to be thin. The latest remedy,
however, is to drink camomile tea with
out sugar, an hour after eating. This
is said to cure the most rebellious case
and turn one of barrel shaped propor
tions Into sylpbllke lines.
Ta fleaa Shielda.
Many think It b iaip.s.ibie to wash
dress shields iu other than co'd water.
They should first he damitent-d with
.old water aud covered with . while
soap rubbed into the covering. Put
them into a basin and pour very warm
water over them and let tbem stand
until the water begins to cool, then
scrub with a stiff brush. Rinse In cold
water and let tbem gradually dry away
from artificial heat Io not attempt
to press them.
Dry ftvala Caaaea Cray Hair.
Nothing will so qnickly cause the
bair to turn gray as an absence of
nourishing oils, and It is for this rea
son that tonics containing such Ingred
rctiU are lutaiuabie. When there Is a
decided tendency to whiteness a formu
la that has been found useful, if mas-
sagu o:uu uiiu toe Deao, is one
dram each of terebone. borax and sul
phur and six ounces of lavender water
Haateataae lot he Haaser.
Excellent shirt waist and coat hang -
ers can be made It cutting small barrel
hoops in two. Half -barrel hoops are'
the best Wrap the boop with cambric !
and fasten In the center of same a loop!
or wire to bang it up with. The ad
vantage of these over the wire ones Is
that they do not crease the garments.
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A Fubct Eaterartaa.
An Iowa farmer has succeeded In
opening up a big field for bis enter
prise by applying an old method to a
new service. Be has gone Into the
business of furnishing fresh eggs dally
to a regular list of customers, after
the fashion of the milkmen and bakers.
This farmer Is a man who raises many
chickens and markets a large number
of eggs. These be had been selling to
dealers, who In rum sent them to cold
storage warehouses or to wholesalers.
Finally they got to the consumers, usu
ally pretty stale and much the worse
for handling, through the retail grocer
or huckster. When eggs were plenti
ful and the wholesalers were well
stocked tip. the farmer got little ror
' them. When aro wore few and prices
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to consumers were very, very high.
the fantier found that his eggs In the
warehouses were still In competition
with the producer. This mans egg
route isn't an esg route exclusively.
He sells dressed chickens and other
farm produce, too. and when bis egg
wagon is going about the driver takes
orders for other things which are raised
on the farm. Springfield Journal
Starttaa- Early Celery.
Celery growing on a commercial
icale has received most attention In
:he "muck-bed" areas of Michigan and
Sew Tork. where thousands of acres
ire devoted to this crop. California
and Florida have taken up the Indus
try and during the winter and spring
nonths provide Northern cities with
arse amounts of celery.
To secure an early crop the best
plan for the amateur grower Is to fill
l wooden tray 16 Inches by 24 Inches
.n size with fine soil three Inches deep.
This soil should be pressed down and
:he seeds scattered either In rows or
iroadcast. Cover the seeds by sprlnk-
CtElUXATING BOX FOB CZXEKT.
ling through a fine sieve a small quan
tity of leaf mold or sand. The win
low of a moderately warm room with
Trequent sprinkling will - provide the
londitions necessary for germination.
When the seedlings appear after two
yc three weeks turn the boxes dally
to keep the growth even. The Illus
tration shows the form of box used
'or starting the plants.
Caat at Balalaa; a CaU.
In an experiment to ascertain the
eost of raising a calf Prof. Shaw of
Michigan station took a dairy calf and
f birth. The amounts of feeds used in
that time were 3S1 pounds of whole
milk. ZXS pounds of skim milk. 1.2G2
pounds or silage, 219 pounds of beet
pulp, 1.234 pounds of hay. 1.24" pounds
of grain. 14" pounds of roots. 14 pounds
f alralfa meal and 30 pounds of green
rorn. The grain ration consisted of
three parts each of corn and oats and
one part of bran and oIlmeaL At the
end of the year the calf weighed 800
pounds at a cost of $2S-53 for feed. The
-alf was a Holstein.
Orearaa Apple for Kiaa; Erf ward.
What are considered the finest apples
nev grown .in tue Lulled States or
any other country passed through Bos
ton recently on their way to the table
of King Edward of England. They are
known as winter banana apples, and
are two and a half times the size of
the ordinary apple to which one Is ac
customed. These apples are grown at
the Beulah land orchards. Hood Kiver,
Ore, by Oscar VanderbCt an expert
orchard ist. and they are considered the
highest development in the cultivation
of this fruit Their color Is perfect
the rosy blush blends with the green
In the most luscious manner Imagin
able. In flavor and texture they are
good as they look.
alt Wale ta Kill Wtefa.
Salt water for killing weeds has
been extensively used during the past
season on the Oregon Short Line rail
way, and very satisfactory results have
been reported. Water for the purpose
is taken directly from Great Salt Lake,
which is approximately 22 per cent salt
and Is merely pumped Into tank cars
and bauied over the line.
I Ta Revalac Slate La a as.
! That all the homestead lands In
; Michigan have been withdrawn from
the market Is announced by State Land
Commisioner Huntley KusselL The
lands will be kept out until they have
been reappraised, as provided by a res
olution recently Introduced In the lower
bouse of the state legislature.
Tmaraaaaa Caat at r-vaina '-
In the state of Texas alone prairie
dogs eat annually enough grass to sup
port lCiSOO cows. Utterly useless. io
little snimal to a pest so dreaded that
the forestry service has undertaken bis
extermination, rolson Is killing him.
wherever be now flourishes and another
resource of the farmer Is safeguarded.
Who would think that the prairie dog,
the shy and amusing little rodent that
we like to watch before the door of
bis burrow at the Zoo, would ever be
come the subject of the government In
tervention or endanger the success of
stock raising? Tet such Is the fact
says the Technical World Magazine.
Out on the national forests which CnHe
Sam Is guarding for the use of the pub
lic, expert hunters have gone after the
prairie dog with seal. Ingenuity and
poison and literally exterminated tbem
in great numbers, because some of their
choicest bottom lands have had the
grazing ruined for stock by the Indus
trious burrowing of the "dogs."
A Gate That Xever Sac.
I have used this gate for many years
and never spent five minutes repairing
It. Countersink two pieces nnd IH"
them together. Then set up two 2x4
pieces 2 ft. higher than the gate so It
can be raised In winter. Mortice and
set In between the crosspleces, wMcb
WOU-COVEKED GATE THAT BALANCES.
are 12 In. apart, the board, a, and
fasten a cap to the top of the frame.
The gate Is 16 ft long. 12 ft being Tor
the gateway and 4 ft for the weightB
to balance it The frame Is of 2x4's.
Cover the 4-ft. end with boards and fill
with enough stones to balance It when
hung. Cover the gate with wire fenc
ing and hang by a chain. Put a bolt
through the lower part of the frame
Into the cresspleee, a. A. J. Fraser, In
Farm and Home.
How ta Graw Patatoea.
Director Woods of the Maine agricul
tural experiment station summarizes
bis suggestions as to succesful potato
growing as follows. What be says
about thorough preparation of the soil
Is applicable to that to be used for any
crop ,
Select highly fertile land, so situated
that it will suffer as little as possible
from either excessive rain or from
droughts.
Thoroughly prepare the soil and fer
tilize liberally.
Keep the crop free from weeds and
the surface of the soil loose during the
whole season.
Do not let anything prevent the po
tato field from receiving constant care.
Vastly more failures In potato grow
ing can be traced to neglect of crop
than to lack of knowledge.
Haw Maay Heaa.
Have you pondered the fact that It
requires very little more labor to keep
a flock of 100 birds than a flock of 20?
There Is a hint there as to getting
the proper return for your labor.
Also the expense of housing and yard
ing the larger flock is but little more
than for the smaller.
These are the two important outgoes,
aside trom feed.
ii iouows tnat your profit will be
greatly increased by the enlarged flock
witnout a corresponding Increase of
expense.
By all means. If It will pay yon at
all to keep chickens. It will pay yon
to seep not less than seventy-five.
aaa Haw ta Prut.
It is very Important that the healing
process should start soon after the
wound is made, otherwise the cambium
win tie killed back quite a distance
from the exposed surface, and healing
win tie greatly retarded. For this rea
son winter pruning should be avoided.
particularly in troaty weather. In the
early fall or late spring the cambium
Is active and wounds made at this time
start to heal at once, and there Is lit-
tie or no dying back of the cambium.
racial Farai Iaaleaeat.
0
A useful but much neglected
implement the sharing horse.
farm
Orekara Sasaeatlaaa.
As a rule apples' from orchards that
are In sod culture are better and more
highly colored than those from tilled
orcnaras. but this Is not necessarily so.
The peach requires good culture, hnt
this culture should not be continued too
late In the season or the wood will not
harden by the time winter seta in mn
toe tree wm m injured.
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iTTmn.imiiiifnffFil
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mm Baa RmaH the Pakl"
Beaeaalac t Ciataa.
After keeping the guillotine loct
out of 6ight for three years bem
President FalUeres opposed caiii
punishment and preferred to rVrA,
iCTSons condemned to death. FraB
hus again brought the d res. led machia
into use and hss resumed the public k.
t-eading of criminals. Parisians bar
thronged the places of execution mj
have shown such disposition t
make a merry spectacle of the deati
of a criminal that the feeling is grmr
l?ig that the authorities will soon de
cide that It Is better to limit th
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number of spectators or make the exe
cutions altogether private.
A man named Danrers was the last
victim. He was executed for the cold
blooded murder of a farmer and hit
wire, who had befriended him. The
scones were extraordinary. Men and
tromen masked and in fancy dress pa
raded the streets, halting in front of
the jail where the condemned man vu
lying, ignorant of his Impending death,
to sing comic songs with uproarious
choruses. M. Deibler. the executioner,
was the object of frenzied ovations
whenever he left the privacy of his ho
tel, and the cafes, restaurants and ho
tels irf( an packed. On the night be
fore the execution no one seemed to go
to bed, but remained on the streea
awaiting the execution, and once the
crowd of masquerade mockingly
sang "De Profundls" right under Dan
vers' cell.
New York City
has 200 women's
clubs.
The United States consumes 80.000,-
000 pounds of tea annually.
The world's demand of robber
amounts to 123,000.000 pounds annually.
The death record of the railroads In
New South Wales Is one in serca
years.
The water of the tropical oceans con
tain more salt than that In other lati
tudes.
Less than 1 per cent of the publle
has occasion to make use of the world's
cubles.
In spite of the political worker Jin
Harriet Paul has been appointed clerk
of the committee on corporations and
railroads In the Colorado Assembly.
The only objection offered by the po
litical workers to ber was that the of
fice represented part of the spoils and
should by rights go to a man.
There are 8540 trees In Paris, and
each tree has lot number, age, history
and condition recorded In the books at
the Hotel de Vllle. The appropriation
for this department Is 450.0 francs a
year. The work could not be done for
any such sum had it not been so thor
oughly done In the beginning in the
reign of Napoleon III. Technical
World Magazine.
A contributor has had the curiosity
to look up J. B. Reld'a "Burns Con
cordance" and measure the amount of
space devoted to certain words. I
the result he found that Burns uses
the word "heart" more than any other,
the quotations under this word filling
no fewer than six of the closely print
ed columns. "La." "friend" wwl
heaven" come next each having about
two columns. Glasgow News.
"Stalwart" originally allied by Mr.
Blaine In 1877 to Republicans wb
stuck to the "bloody shirt," was later
appropriated to the Republicans wbo
were In favor of tbe nomination of
General Grant in 1830. and to Mr.
ConkUng's friends In New York
against Mr. Btoine's and General Gar
field's, who were called 'half-breeds.
"Mugwump" In Its political sense des
ignated the Republicans who refuted
o vote for Mr. Blaine In 1884.
Oatcrawlaa? Thlaca-
Yes, we outgrow everything1?
little pink or blue dresses, friendsblf
loves, and Ideals, and It is well that
we do, says a writer In Home Not
Wt may occasionally regret some
of them ; but If they were always our
bow monotonous life would
be-
hardly would be worth tbe living, J"
now.'
Iaercaalaa; Her I at porta a ea.
"I see that Sweden has adopted
universal suffrage law."
"Gee ! I hope our Swedish cook woct
hear of It!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ton may .not hope to be unpreju
diced. The next beat chance then
to have creditable prejudlcea.