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Hoat-Hila Marcel.
For a long time the professional hair
dresser had a monopoly of the marcel
wave business. The fashionable coiffure
I required a profes
sional touch which,
it seems, could not
be secured at the
hands of the ama
teur. Many a girl,
In the privacy of
ber bedroom, has
wasted hour after
hour In the endeav
or to "marcel" her
own hair only to
fob mabcel WAVING succeed In making
a mass of burned or tangled tresses not
ito be likened, for a moment, to the
fceautlful undulation of the ocean's
iwaves, but rather to a knotted bunch
of seaweed thrown up on the shore.
The Inventor has come to her relief
In the presentation of a tool by which,
iso It Is claimed, she can herself give
iher hair a "marcel" which will put the
professional dresser to blush. At first
glance this device looks like something
which might be found in the doctor's
kit, but Its mission Is entirely harmless
land It can do no more danger than
possibly burn a lock of hair If handled
too carelessly. The teeth shown are
tending In a groove, and after the thing
lias been heated the hair Is wound
Around one of the arms of the tongs,
and when tbe hair has been drawn
light, by pulling the teeth along the
telot, the other Jaw of the tong Is
closed down and Its heat gives the
Lair the desired curl.
Chic Seaahore Frock,
A delightful design for a morning
frock for seashore wear Is shown In
above sketch. It Is white serge and
the wide sailor collar and turned cuffs
are prettily trimmed with write sou
tache braid. Three deep tucks finish
the bottom of Bklrt which Is In walk
ing length.
Worn with this Is a large blenched
leghorn hat, the crown of which Is en
circled with a scarf or brown taffeta.
A huge pink rose Is fetchlngly arrang
ed on right side near front.
Health and Beauty Illnta.
After using borax and rosewater for
the removal of tan and freckles, a lit
tle cold cream should be applied, as
borax makes the skin dry.
Large pores on tbe nose and chin
may be reduced by applying several
times a day a lotion made of lemon
juice and glycerin, or one of alum and
water. . v i ; -. -
5 Lemon sirup, made by baking a
lemon twenty minutes and then squeez
ing the Juice upon half a cupful of
sugar, Is excellent for hoarseness and
to break up a cold.
A cure for hiccoughs Is to Inhale as
much air as the lungs will hold and
retain It as long as possible. If one
Inhalation Is not enough repeat as often
as necessary.
Should anything get Into the eyes one
drop of sweet oil should be dropped In
the corner of It, but if it be mortar or
lime bathe with a weak solutlou of
water and vinegar.
A simple mixture of equal parts of
lemon juice, honey and cologne Is an
excellent lotion for whitening the hands
If they are abnormally red. Apply at
night, rubbing well Into the skin.
For an ordinary sore throat, with
loss of voice or husklness, dip a folded
hundkerehlef In cold water. Encircle
the neck with the wet handkerchief and
cover It with several folds of old flan
nel. One night's application Is usually
sufficient to relieve slight cases.
Vae Ilata aa Table Ornaments.
What's the use of harping on the ex
travagance of women when new ami
attractive millinery confronts their vis
ion? One might as well take It philo
sophically and feel the worst Is yet to
come. It is said, In fact, that not
only will hats be used In their proper
place, but the tyrant behind the 'bon
net counter is handing them out to
serve as decorations and to masquerade
as table ornaments. At a luncheon the
ether day the center of the table bcre
flat bat of Tuscan straw as large
as tbe great hat through whlcb Mrs.
John Jacob Aster talked to the Kiag at
lAscot, and which made society forget
tbe Derby debacle. The tabled hat was
luk and was tied with ribbon In a way
I A. Wl
that made It resemble a basket A bowl
of water stood in tbe upturned crown
and was filled with Lawson pinks.
From it green vines trailed gracefully
over the table.
Tbe fine art of dressing Is to wear
good clothes and be unmindful of them.
To be able to be "unmindful," one must
feel that all her clothes are in order
and becoming. Then, and then only,
can she forget ber appearance entirely.
One Idea to be borne in mind in choos
ing a hat for the hot weather is that it
shall be some protection to the face. It
really is more sensible to keep what
complexion you have than to have to
bother with pastes' and washes. The
absurdly small and tilted hats worn
early in the season are useless for pro
tecting the face. The sailor is still a
favorite and Is being made in lighter
and daintier straws. While it con
tinues to be trimmed simply, with a
band and bow, it Is brought up to date
by a bandeau covered with ribbon bows,
worn in the back under the rim. A
shade hat made of rustic, soft green
straws, and trimmed with wild flowers,
is most attractive.
To Freehen Flower.
It always seems so distressing to see
beautiful cut flowers wither and fade,
and to revive flowers that are not ac
tually dead try this plan: Cut a tiny
piece from each stem and place the
stems in a large glass, or, even better,
Jar of cold water; then submerge the
Jar In a bucket of cold water, allowing
the entire bunch to be almost covered.
Put all In a dark place, cover with a
newspaper to exclude the air ; let them
remain thus over night; in the morning
they will be as fresh as new, even to
the glistening "dew drops."
Roses and carnations respond better
than other flowers treated in this man
ner, but so far there has hot been found
any Way to freshen violets satisfactor
ily. It might not be amiss to add that
wilted green vegetables, such as spin
ach, lettuce and celery, are to be fresh
ened by this same means, and may be
kept for days, changing the water ev
ery morning, of course. However, we
all know that the fresher all vegetables
the better they are.
Care of the Handa.
For well-kept hands the nails are of
prime importance. In the first place
they must be properly cut, following
the outline of the finger tips.
When the hands are washed the skin
at the bnse should be gently pushed
back with a towel or orange stick, so
as to disclose the little white half
moou. When the hand Is held up before the
face with the palm Inward, a tiny rim
of nail should show around' the end of
each finger. , The corners should be cut
round but not too closely, or they will
become sore.
Sharp Instruments should be kept
from the nails, and cutting away the
loose skin should be avoided, as it is
apt to produce soreness. Lemon juice
Is useful in taking off stains. Should
they look dull or rough, a little vase
line or beeswax may be rubbed on and
then polished with a soft cloth.
Toppy Summer Hat.
Summer hats are having their innings
despite the lack of eucouragement In
the weather, and flower trimming Is
rivaling plumes on hats designed for
wear with muslins and other airy sum
mer frocks. Huge roses, exquisite In
coloring, are chief floral favorites.
A charming model in light blue straw
has a band of brown silk around crown
and a cluster of beautifully shaded
roses are artistically arranged on left
side, falling gracefully over the hair
at back.
Relax the Nerrea.
"What many of the human race
need, said an Eugllsb paper. "Is not
stimulants, but a narcotic." This might
be read In regard to Americans what
many American women need is not
stimulants, but a narcotic. We have,
it is true, quite a number of ladies who
take life easy and let the world wag
on, as tbe old song says, as it will, but
they are In the minority. The rest of
us go at high pressure.
Witness the woman who goes on
sprees of housecleaning, the lady who
goes on mad shopping Jamborees, the
frenzied one bent on the' instant
achievement of clothes and hats, the
person who goes in for dogs, tbe one
who dotes on birds, tbe embroidery
fiend each and every specimen of the
variety of the universal feminine who
does not believe in doing things by
halves. She Is so determined not to
do it by half that she does it about
twice too much ; she goes to the other
extreme and oversteps the bounds of
common sense. " . ,
The American woman is intense, she
is generally In a hurry, she is thorough
ly in earnest; life is real, she chants;
life Is earnest, and therewith she pro
ceeds to make it hectic ; if she Is in
society she means to be up at the head
of the procession ; if she is a wife and
mother 'she too often kills herself serv
ing her husband and children and tak
ing care of her home ; if she is ou the
Intellectual order of women she over
studies and reads herself Into nervous
prostration ; If she Is an ambitious busi
ness woman she is so dead In earnest
that balf the time she moves around
In a sort of financial trance.
She certainly does need a narcotic,
something which would force her to re
lax, to take time to laugh and Indulge
now and then in a sweet and whole
some idleness; so she would be a saner
and a less nervous woman, and conse
quently a more healthy one. But this
narcotic has not as yet been discovered ;
only when she comes to the end of her
strength does she give up, and then this
giving up Is a complete prostration.
The sanitariums and health resorts,
both here and In Europe, are largely
recruited from this class. Exchange.
A rich cream voile skirt was made
attractive by a neat trimming around
the bottom. The skirt was plaited In
box plaits about two and one-half
inches wide around the entire breadth.
The bottom of each plait was trimmed
with a narrow pyramid of lace, possibly
seven inches long. The lace was as
wide as each plait, gradually tapering
to a point The effect for a dress skirt
was becoming Indeed, " ;
Ready-made riding clothes are now
offered In great variety and excellent
quality, and many women buy these in
expensive habits for summer swear,
even though they may prefer a made-to-order
habit for park use. The ready
made habits are furnished In paddock,
Beml-fittlng and Norfolk coat styles and
In both cross saddle and side saddle
skirts. It Is possible, too, to buy sep
arate riding skirts of whipcord, cheviot,
khaki and linen for summer wear with
shirt waists.
Sewing-Tloora Novelty.
A convenient thing for the sewing
room is made by suspending a broom
stick from the picture molding by
means of a strong string or wire attach
ed to each end of the stick. Articles
which need to be mended may be bung
over It from time to time through the
week. If suspended near a wail regis
ter in winter, it Is an excellent place to
hang wet leggings, stockings or coats
when the children come in from playing
In the snow.
For Sunken Cheeka.
Sunken cheeks usually denote malnu
trition of the body. Those affected
should follow a few simple rules of
hygiene; eat simple nourishing food,
take a glass of hot milk at bedtime,
take a salt rub every day and Join a
gymnasium class. Every morning, Im
mediately upon arising, bathe the face
with very cold water. Every night rub
Into the hollow places all the skin food
that you can force the pores to absorb.
Popular Shoe Colore.
Pale gray shoes and stockings are
chosen In preference to white by -some
women whose feet do not -need the en
larging effect of white. Dark -smoke
gray is another tone popular In shoes
and stooklngs, which do not necessarily
match the gown with which they are
worn. .
la Air Woman Ileraelft
Life seems to have become a mas
querade for half the girls and woman
one meets at the present day.
NORTHWEST HONORED.
Professor Elliott, of W. S. C, Con
tributes to Cyclopedia.
It is well known that Prof. L. H.
Bailey, oi Cornell university, has been
working for three years past on an ex
tensive publication to be known as The
American Cyclopedia of Agriculture.
This is to be published in several vol
umes and it is expected that it will bo
accepted by tbe reading publio as the
standard reference work on rural affairs.
It bas been many years since such a
work has been attempted and nothing
of such an extensive nature baa ever
been undertaken before in America.
Professor Bailey has called to his aid
the best known writers on agriculture
throughout trie entire country, who
have written up tbe various subjects on
which they were recognized as authori
ties. Tbe entire work may be referred
to as the combined efforts of tbe agri
cultural specialists of America and
when published will no doubt find a
place in the library of most progressive
farmers. " "
' It is significant that when it came to
the very important subject of wheat
that Professor Bailey recognized the
great Northwest and its place as one of
the leading wheat producing regions ,by
calling on Professor E. E. Elliott, head
of the Agricutlural department at tbe
State college of Washington, to prepare
this most important artiole. This has
been done by Prof. Elliott and the mat
ter is now in the hands of the publish
ers. The article in question consists of
about ten thousand words, with numer
ous illustrations, and would be suffi
cient in itself to make quite a book if
published separately. It covers the
entire subject of wheat production in
America and at the same time atten
tion is particularly called to the great
regions of the Northwest where the pro
duction and quality of this cereal have
placed it in the forefront. Our wheat
growers are to be congratulated in the
fact ' that the article in question has
been prepared by cne so familiar with
the subject and who is doing so much
to advance the industry throug the
work being done by his department at
the state experiment station and at the
various cereal stations established in
the state as well as through the wheat
producers organization which was ini
tiated by him.
AID TO "DRY FARMING."
Washington State College Conducting
' Extensive Experiments. -,
The problem of "dry farming" now
before the farmers of the semi-arid re
gions of the Pacific Northwest has been
taken up by the Experiment Station of
Washington, and it is hoped to work
out a method of farming for these re
gions which will increaee their crop
bearing capacity. The present opera
tions of experimentation are largely
relative to the physics of soils, and are
in charge of Professor H. B. Berry, soil
physicist of the State college. Dis
cussing this problem, Mr. Berry stated:
"Among the questions which we
must answer are:, What is the best
method of conserving soil moisture?
What is the value of disking the sum
mer fallow early in the spring before it
can be plowed? What is the value of
the sub-surface packer? If the crop
suffers from drouth, is it because there
is not sufficient moisture in the soil, or
is it because the plants cannot take the
moisture from the soil?
In the former case we must eqdeavoi
to devise a cultural method to conserve
moisture; and in the latter case, we
must develop a strain of plants that
can take moisture from the soil, which
is a plant breeding problem."
Figs Thrive in Polk County.
Figs as large and perfectly developed
as those raised in the most favored por
tion of California are grown at the town
home of Mrs. E. F. Lucas, in Mon
mouth. Specimens of the fruit were
brought to Dallas by Mrs. Martha Cos
per, who had been visiting in the nor
mal school town. The figs were of de
licious flavor and were far superior to
the California fruit4 usually found in
the Oregon markets.
Mrs. Lucas' tree is seven years old,
the cutting having been brought from
California In 1900. The tree is making
a luxuriant growth and has already
reached a height of 12 feet. Three
crops of fruit are borne each year. The
specimens brought to Dallas by Mrs.
Cosper included ripe and green fruit
of the second crop and half grown fruit
of the third crop. The tree has been
in bearing four years. . s
Good Money in Peach Crop.
Shipments of early Crawford peaches
from Roseburg this year will aggregate
a total of nearly 20,000 boxes. , This is
the estimate given by E. P. Drew, who
is handling the shipments of the local
fruitgrowers' association, whose mem
bership embraces' nearly all of the
peach growers in that vicinity.
Growers have realized good prices for
their product. Peaches of average size
and quality brought fom 65 to 85 certs
per box, while those of higher grade
Drought as high as $1.25 per box.
After deducting transportation charges,
these prices left the growers a neat
margin of profit. Most of j the fruit
was marketed In Portland.
Here Heard of Hint.
Sunday School Teacher Gerald, you
know one of Bunyan'e characters ia
"Heart's Eaae, don't you?
Little Boy No, ma'am, but If be had
bunions . he couldn't have
bad muck
heart's east.
, Cemepteaeae Araatage.
"Johnny." aaid his grandfather, "you
Itaier too long at the table. I don't
hurry with my meals, and yet I finleh my
dinner before you are half through with
your."
"Huh!" exclaimed Johnny, with hii
mouth full. "You're had sixty yean'
more practloe la eatia' than X hare,"
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Smoking Meat.
In the home smoking of meat I have
learned something by experimenting
that is a great saver of work and of
much more consequence keeps the
meat In better shape during tbe smok
ing process. used a low smokehouse,
and, handle tbe little necessary fire as
best I could, it would sometimes beat
the meat more than was good for it.
I had the fire covered in a little pit
In the center of the smokehouse. Then
I tried a pit outside several feet from
the building with an underground flue,
but all the heat generated in that went
into the smokehouse, so It was unsat
isfactory. I placed an old heating stove, with
the legs taken off, on the ground about
eight feet from the side of the smoke
house, put an elbow on the stove and
ran a pipe in through the side of the
smokehouse. Then I started a little
fire In the stove, and as the smoke
poured from the funnel It occurred to
me to turn the smoke down, so I put on
an elbow with mouth pointing down,
and ns that worked all right I put a
length of pipe on that and watched to
see what the smoke would do. In a
moment It poured from the pipe right
down near the ground. The end of tbe
pipe is four or five Inches from the
ground and nearly on a level with the
bottom of the stove. It works finely.
Tbe cooled smoke rising from the
ground conveys no heat to tbe meat,
though quite a little fire Is kept in the
stove. The fire needs but little atten
tion, as the stove is kept about closed
all the time. It is very satslfactory.
Kansas Farmer.
Feed Com Their Own Milk.
An endless chain arrangement that
on Its face appears to be the most
economical scheme ever devised has
been started by Prof. Erf, of the Kan
sas 8tate Agricultural College. Prof.
Erf takes the milk secured from cows
on the college farm, converts it into
a powder and feeds it to the cows, mak
ing what is declared to be the cheap
est of all the cow foods.
The food Invented by Prof. Erf Is
made of buttermilk. He has perfected
a system of drying buttermilk and
then converting it into a powder. This
dried buttermilk contains about 70 per
cent of protein, twice as much as cot
ton seed meal oontainns, and can be
manufactured for one and a half cents
a pound. Thus a food twice as rich as
cotton seed can be manufactured at
approxlmatelly the cost of the latter.
One hundred pounds of buttermilk
will make from nine to ten pounds of
the finished product and as the esti
mated waste of buttermilk in , the
creameries of Kansas Is 600,000
pounds dally, it is figured that by the
adoption of this progress a saving of
$400,000 can be made yearly In Kan
sas alone.
The American Carriage HOrae.
The development of the American
arriage horse at the Colorado Agri
cultural College and Experiment Sta
tion Is progressing very favorably, says
Prof. W. L. Carlyle of tbe Colorado
Agricultural College, In the Twentieth
Century Farmer. At the present time
twenty-two brood mares are to , be
found on the farm, and of these nine
teen are expected to foal this year.
Fourteen very high-class yearling colts,
by the stallion Carmon, are exemplify
lng the success of tbe work undertaken.
At the present time seven very fine
foals have come to hand this year and
the indications are that they are supe
rior to their brothers and sisters of last
year. The Btatlon and college, In co
operation with the government, will In
crease the' brood mares to thirty-five
head during the summer, and only
those of the very highest class will be
secured. -' ?,')" . '. ', :
How to See Plaata Grow.
To observe plants growing under the
microscope the American Monthly Mi
croscopical Journal " says : "Procure ia
tittle collomla seed. Take one of tbe
seeds, and with a razor cut off a very
tiny slice, cover with a cover glass and
place under the microscope. The In
strument must be In a vertical position.
When It Is well focused and lighted,
moisten It with a drop of water. The
seed will absorb the moisture and
throw out a very large number of
spiral fibers, giving the appearance of
veritable germination. Beginners 'will
find it easier If one applies the mois
ture while the other looks through the
instrument
NO HEAT, NO DANGEB OF FIBE.
Bow to Grew Celery.
Dr. S. B. Partridge of East Bloom
field, N. Y., is raising celery on a large
scale on tbe bed of a reclaimed swamp.
He set 125,000 plants last year,' of, the
dwarf golden self-balancing, and pro
duces from 1,500 to 1,800 . dozen
branches of celery per acre; marketable
at from 20 to 30 cents per dozen. His
celery kept for winter market is placed
In trenches made by means of a crib,
16 feet' long and 14 Inches wide, which
is placed in the row and filled with cel
ery. Then a deep bank of earth Is
thrown up on either side to the cefery,
after which the crib Is taken np and
moved forward its length," and .the
same process is repeated. The trenches
are left open at the top until the ap
proach of cold weather, when they are
covered, with straw and earth. New
England Farmer.
Mnat Ralae Many Crepe, i -
J Twenty years ago hundreds of North
Dakota farmers bought butter, eggs
and even potatoes and cabbages at the
village stores, but they were not real
farmers, merely wheat raisers. They
depended entirely upon one crop, and
when that failed, distress followed.
James J. Hill quickly taught them the
folly of that kind of farming, and to-day
the State's diversified crops are equal
to those of any other Northern ' State,
The educational movement was not
that Mr. Hill had any love for the
farmers then, nor has now, but he had
a big railway to feed and was forced
to teach the farmer how to produce the
freight Now the experiment stations
are carrying on the education com
menced by Mr. Hill and are doing it
better.
How to Apply Fertlllaera.
Should fertilizer be applied In the
hills or broadcast? It may not be a
mistake to apply very little over each
hill as a "starter," but it is better to
broadcast All fertilizer must be dis
solved before it can be utilized, and
the greater the surface over which It
is spread the more water It .will re
ceive. The roots of nearly all plant
spread and grow near the surface, and
have as great feeding capacity off from
the plants as! near them.: To apply fer
tilizer In the hills Is to concentrate it'
and much of it will be unused or lost
The. best results are obtained when It
Is distributed over the Burface and har
rowed in to be carried down by the
ralns. . . , -
Managing the Workere. '
Managing the workers on a farm lav
a science In itself. It is a science that
few have studied sufficiently. Plan
ning out the work so that it may be-'
done In the best manner and In the
least time is equivalent to a saving ia:
dollars and cents. Not only should the-'
work be properly done and at the right
time, but the time between ' different
pieces of work should be as small as
possible. Here is" a point at' which;
great waste occurs. I is like a maa
forgetting: somethine at the store and
having to drive back miles to get It No
man can properly manage a; set of
workers without putting some thought
on it Thinking is not so easy as It
seems. To think in a logical manner;
requires effort.
Effectlre Wagon Jack,
A is of oak 2x4x33 Inches; B Is 2x4
14 Inches ;. O Is 12 Inches long, and
lever D is 5 feet long, the short end
being 1 foot The drawing explains
Itself. -.
Experlmenta ta Cultivation
Deep cultivation of some crops 1
equivalent to pruning the roots. This
is especially the case with corn, whlca'
sends Its roots in every direction, close
to the surface of the . soiL ExnerW
ments In cultivating Bhow that when
the roots were cut 2 Inches, 4 inches'
and 6 Inches below the surface the in
crease of crops was greatesrwben the
cultivation was shallow, the greatest
harm being done by deep cultivation at
the last stages of growth of the plants.
The object should be to simply loosen
the top soil when cultivating corn and
to avoid cutting the roots as much as
possible. .. , -1 . w
Donta" Concerning the Cow.
- Don't be unkind to tbe milk cow. ; v
Don't allow cows to sleep la a muddy"
bed. :?' y ''' '':' Z Vil L ' ' ;
Don't permit the cow to drrnk im
pure water.
Don't una a dnh. Imt Wnd nml. -.
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stead, . - - -
Do not feed the milk cow "rotten
or decayed corn.
Don't allow vonr flnmr natla
long If you are dally milker, ;; .-, ; ; I
Don't allow any loafers around when.'
milking, such as dogs, children or cats.!
Don't fall, to keep some sort of salt'
handy so the cow may have free acce&s
to it r
ra.x.