Pleaaant Voire la Low.
If you stop to realize Hint the most
glorious music ever written loses Its
beauty when played upon a hn-wh and
tuneless Instrument, then you can ap
preciate how your best phrases, when
spoken In a nasal, undisciplined voice
actually hurt the ears of your hearer.
No less famous person that Demos
thenes appreciated that his Ideas could
never hold the attention of any au
dlence If he expressed them In sharp
and strident tonea. Consequently that
greatest of all orators gave the most
earnest and patient attention to the
mastery of his naturally unmusical
voice before he attempted to sp:tik to
the Athenian people, and, in a small
way, It Is quite easy for any one to do
Just what Demosthenes did. The way
to give smoothness and sweetness to
a high, harsh voice is to use the sliu
pie device of persistently. speaking one
whole octave lower than that which Is
ordinarily and carelessly employed,
This brings the voice under control
and this Is what gives to the voice of
nearly every southern woman that nice
distinction that enables us to tell In
an instant from what part of this big
continent she comes, no matter when
or where we may njeet her.
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For the newly born Infant, the first
garment should be a yielding bandage
In the form of a wristlet made of stock
lnette or some elastic material, to be
slipped on and off as desired. No pins
are required, but two little straps to
go over the shoulders and button In
front This Is sufficient to support the
usual dressing, and also allows the nec
essary expansion and contraction of
the body. The outer garments should
be short, and made without waists,
that there may be no compression. Few
articles are required to dress baby;
five or six are all that are needed
the bandage, diaper, a vest, one or two
skirts and the outer slip.
Regularity Is the keynote to health
In a baby. Whatever Is done for him
must always be done at the same hour
He should have his bath at the same
time, always be fed In the same way,
at the stated hour; the time of being
put to bed, either for a nap or for the
night, should not vary five minutes,
and his airing must not be interfered
with. Baby Is distinctly a creature of
habit as well as of Instinct, and unless
he Is allowed to do the same things day
after day he will have Indigestion, in
somnia, bad temper, cold, etc.
The daily bath Is not only cleansing,
but helps him to bo a well-developed
child. It is for this that he should
have a tub big enough to splash and
kick In, and be given time for this
amusement. There never was a healthy
boy who did not love this If tho tem
perature of tho water Is as It should
be. The exercise is most beneficial.
For M Girl's Bedroom.
For a girl who takes pride In hav
ing a pretty bedroom, a bedroom set
painted soft French gray, with Louis
wreaths In white, with trimmings of
French gilt design, Is very dainty. Tho
chiffonier, dressing table and bureau
tops are of pale blue moire 'under a
heavy French plate glass covering. A
swinging full length mirror la one of
tho necessary accessories. White gal
atea with a border of floral designed
cretonne makes very effective curtains.
When Joining a bias plecs f mate
rial to a straight piece always leop tho
bias piece underneath, as this invents
It from stretching.
Prepared dyes are used at &me
with complete success and they Mke
possible a wonderful amount of dtiing
over. Everything will dye black that
will dye at all, aud a black dress Is
always useful aud unobtrusive.
Most of the walking skirts are now
finished with braid bindings, so as to
protect the bottom of the skirt, and
tht I Jld should be allowed to exteui
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one-quarter of an Inch beyond the edge
of the skirt
For the decoration of the tailor
made, braid, embroidery, buttons and
tinsels have lost not a whit of popu
larity. Many of the most Itecouiing
hats worn with morning tailor-mades
are trimmed with frayed ruches of soft
silk. Fur Is very much used by the
milliner for the present season. One
of the smar'xhlt and most becoming
hats in one of the millinery salons
here is a w'de-brlm shape with high
crown and the entire top covered plain
ly with bioadtail. It Is trimmed with
a wide crushed band of the broadtail
and with black feathers. A good many
turban crowns are composed of mink,
arid such hats are brightened often
with flowers of soft pastel tones. The
"dead" shades are very suitable for
such hats in both flowers and ribbons.
furling: Plume.
The cheaper variety of ostrich
plumes are never in a very presentable
condition after once losing their orig
inal flulliness. And seldom can they
be made dainty In the manner which
freshens plumes. The curling Iron can
be used to great advantage In giving
cheap plumes a fresh appearance. The
curler must not be too warm, aud care
must be taken In catching the feathers
to have the sheath side of the curlers
on the upper side, or the tip ends will
be reversed. Take only a few feathers
at a time, curl toward the stem and
HATS OF THE SEASON.
gently pull apart with a hairpin. They
will stay in curl until worn on a damp
day.
Ileulta nud ISeuuty Hint.
Every lover of a hot batli should ac
custom herself to rinsing with water as
cold as can be borne without shock.
Lemon Is an excellent shampoo for
white hair, giving It a lovely, silvery
luster and keeping it soft and pliable.
Deep breathing exercises besides ton
ing up the general health are the best
possible means of speedily getting the
rounded slender wnlst Hue that Is so
much to be desired.
To rinse the hair after a shampoo
one of the rubber-tubed sprays sold In
any of the drug or department stores
will be found to give the best service
and to save time as well.
The girl with a receding chin should
be careful to have her hair knotted on
a level with her chin or below it, well
down on the neck. -Arranged in the
middle of the head it accentuates her
defect
The sufferer from neuralgia can
often get relief by putting a hot-water
bottle over the afflicted part. Rubbing
It with equal portions and benzoin and
peppermint oil has also been known to
give relief.
A simple lotton thnt should be rub
bed on the face before going out of
doors during cold weather Is made of
one ounce of glycerin, one pint of elder-
flower water and two drams of powder
ed borax. Mix well and use freely.
When Buying Glove.
When buying kid gloves be sure to
test the kid by stretching It. Full the
side seams between the thumbs aud
fingers. If the kid Is soft and pliable
and the pores small and the glove Im
mediately takes on Its original shape
It Is sure to be of a good quality and
elastic. Heavy walking gloves should
be tried In the same manner, but a
sure test Is In smelling them. If the
ode is a fragrant one resembling Rus
llan leather, they should be all right
Care oC Braaa Bedatead.
There Is a vw.v eood nollsh on thn
tl.nrket' for keeping?, brass In perfect
eoil33 but this only holds good as
long "as the brass Is not worn off tbi
bedstead. Once this takes place ther
is nothing to be done but to send the
metal and have It reburuished, and,
as a firing process is involved In tht
method, this cannot be attempted a'
home, of course. The cost of relacquer
Ing, as it is called, a full-sized bedstead
Is about $0.
Adjustable cuffs can be purchased &
desired lengths to wear with short
sleeved lingerie waists.
Many sashes are being worn, , bal
they are all broad, ample in width ami
none of Jthe "stingy" order. '
No matter what color your wlntei
frock may be, the braiding must b
black and a touch of some black, flat
fur will give It all the chic of an im
ported gown.
Lace berthas, fichus and capelike col
lars are to be abundantly worn, bul
with the pretty addition of a half-Inch
velvet fold around the neck and down
the front edges,
The heavy brocades Intended princi
pally for costume trimming have been
found so serviceable and attractive foi
belts and girdles that the pieces are be
ing matched in rich cameo slides and
buckles for that purpose.
The Jauuty tailored girl Is buying
one-button yellow chamois gloves. Ol
course, their color would not 'be prao
tlcal for general wear were it not foi
the fact that the gloves are ensilj
washed with soap and water and car
be quickly cleaned and made to loo
new.
Golden Broni Cloth,
Close-fitting coat, skirt out In thir
teen gores, stitched at the top, thea'
flaring. "j
To Teat Floor. I
If flour is white with a yellowish
straw color It is good, while If It has
a bluish ast, or black specks In, It
Is the opposite. i
Flour can only be tested by Its ad-J
hesiveness wet and knead a little of it
between the fingers. If it works soft
and sticky It is poor.
If a little flour is thrown against a
dry, smooth surface and it falls like
powder, you may know, that it is not
of the best quality.
If flour squeezed In the hand retains
the shape given It when the hand "
relaxt!, It is a good sign.
Portable Cot for Hoa-a.
Following is the description given by
the Wisconsin Agricultural Station of
a valuable portable hog cot which will
be found of use on the farm. The cot
Is six feet wide, eight feet long, six
. feet two Inches high In front and three
feet High In the rear.
TM floor is built first, with 2x4s
as stringers, and the frame is held on
the floor by blocks at each corner. The
large sized house Is provided with two
doors in front and a temporary mov
able partition and a temporary mov
able partition in the middle so that the
cot can easily be adjusted to aecora
modate two lots of swine at the same
time. On a level with the glass win
dows, there Is also a drop window,
preferably hung on hinges, fastened at
the top for ventilation and sunlight.
The lumber required for the house
Is as follows: Twelve pieces, two
Inches by four Inches, sixteen feet long,
for frame. Four pieces, one Inch by
twelve Inches, sixteen feet long
(rough), for floor. Thirteen pieces, one
Inch by twelve Inches, sixteen feet
I long, for roof and ends. Ten 0. G.
SMALL SIZE BOO COT.
battens, sixteen feet long, for sealing
cracks between boards.
The total cost of material to build
the cot with floor, door, and window
complete amounts to about $12.50. For
neatness, economy, durability, and
comfort to animals, this type of cot Is
excellent. Where It is desirable to
keep a number of hogs In one lot the
large size is preferable. The cot will
accommodate from three to five mature
animals and the large cot from seven
tonine. Although the Wisconsin sta
tion has a large hoghouse with feed
room, scales, etc., the cots have been
found a convenient means of enlarg
ng the facilities of the piggery.
To Feed the Horae.
A common way of feeding dray
horses and other street teams In the
city is Illustrated here. A sack is
made out of good
strong ducking of a
circumference that
will allow of Its
being pulled over
horse's nose and
leaving sufficient
room for him to
work his Jaws eas
ily. This sack is
anywhere from a
foot to fourteen
The bottom Is made
. NOSE BAG.
inches In length.
of a good stiff piece of harness leather
cut out aud sewed firmly into the hem
of the ducking. A leather strap Is
riveted Into one side of the mouth of
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'the other, so that the whole may be
j strapped on to the horse's head, as
; shown. In order to feed a horse must
ibe unchecked, and he soon learns to
! place the sack on the ground, where he
can push his nose to the bottom of it to
!lean out the last of the food.
For the farmer who takes a day to
go to town these sacks will be found
very handy, as a horse can be fed with
them without any waste of grain pro
viding he Is unchecked. A little cau
tion should be used In placing the sack
on a horse not accustomed to It, as it
may cause him to Jerk back. How
ever, after he has once eaten a meal
from It he can be considered well
broken In. Iowa SJoruestead.
Cowiiea Hay.
II. M. Cottreil, after years of expe
rience and observation, says that cow
pea hay Is nearly equal to alfalfa in
feeding value, and contains nearly one
half more flesh and milk makln&.ma
terlal than clover hay. It is rich in the
mineral matter that is needed in form
ing bone, blood, flesh and milk. These
qualities make It especially valuable
for feeding growlug cattle and pigs,
dairy cows and fattening steers and
hogs. The cowpea enriches the land
on which It-grows, the same as alfalfa,
clover and soy beans. It makes hard
soils mellow and aids in holding loose
soils together, and stands dry weather
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Breeding Tip (or Basra.
The Maine experiment station has
discovered a hen that laid 230 eggs In
one year. In fact, she laid 251 eggs In
a year, counting from Thanksgiving
day to Thanksgiving day. This hen
came from a selected family of 200
egg layers as the original foundation.
In the same family there were a num
ber of hens that laid over 240 eggs in
a year.
Condiment for Hoara,
The most valuable "condiments" for
nogs are ashes, salt and copperas. A
big breeder says he once a week rakes
up the cobs in the feeding yard and
burnB then, thus giving the swine some
charcoal; occasionally he -hauls In a
load of coal ashes, and salt and cop
peras are mixed with wood ashes ifed
kept 111 a trough where the hogs can
at them at any tune.
For Lvr it Stock.
Dip or wash the animals with a 1 or
2 per cent water tolutlon at a tar dis
Infectant such as kreso. A convenient
way to apply the remedy In the larger
animals Is with a spray pump, and In
sheep or hogs by dipping. Whatever
method Is used, tho coat and skin must
be thoroughly wet with the solution.
After treating the he-4, the stables,
sheds or sleeping quaters should be
6prayed with about a !, per cent water
solution of the dislnferant. or white
wash may be used Instead. This is
necessary In order to prevent reinfect
ing the herd from the surroundings.
If there is much litter around the yards
It is advisable to mo: the herd to
other corals. .. Tar dlslii'ectants In 1
or 2 rr cent solutions do not destroy
the egis or nits, hence it is necessary
to treat the animal again In ten days
or two weeks. Stockmen sometimes
ask if the feeding of sulphur to lousy
animals will not drive away or de
stroy the lice. The feeding of small
doses of sulphur will do no harm, nor
will It .help In getting rid 'of the lice,
and It cannot be considered a remedy
for this clnss of disorders when used
In this way. Sulphur is effective, how
ever, when used externally, and the
addition of four ounces to every gallon
of tar disinfectant solution used great
ly Increases the effectiveness of the
remedy. Field and Farm.
Foxtail and Plgnveed.
Both these weeds are annuals; that
Is, they grow from seeds each year or
season and the plants die after ripen
ing seeds. The way to keep them down
Is to prevent the plants from ripening
seed and making sure that are no seeds
In the grain sown upon the farm. Fox
tail Is troublesome, because It springs
up In cultivated fields after the crops
are laid by, and then It comes up In
stubble and In meadows and pastures.
Late cultivation of corn fields, and
mowing the stubble, meadows and pas
tures to keep seeds from forming, Is
the way to attack this weed. Judging
from the way these weeds spring up,
whenever . conditions are favorable,
there must be great stores of them in
cultivated fields showing the seeds are
long-lived. Figweed quickly springs up
In corn or potato fields, after culti
vation has ceased. These seeds ripen
from August 13 to November 1, so it
will take vigorous measures to get rid
of them. In fact the nly Wfly t0 8et
rid of these weeds is to cut them down
before seeds mature. If a crop of
them Is left to mature In corn fields,
and then the seeds plowed under the
coming season, you have stored away
enough seeds to bother you for the
next ten years.
Farm Management,
Economy Is wealth. Extra and un
necessary expense is a millstone around
the neck of many who otherwise would
succeed. Discharge the unprofitable
employe. Stop every leak of unneces
sary expense. Money saved is money
made. Money invested in Improved
machinery Is economy. Money invested
in the best seeds and appliances Is
economy. Time wasted, labor wasted,
Is extravagance. . '
A successful farmer says he does not
have to Inspect a farm to see whether
it pays or not "Just give me a
chance to look into the barn. The con
dition things are kept In is all the go-:
by I want" The barn Is a telltale on
the careless or wasteful farmer. In
fact, economy In farming begins at the
barn In the proper handling of food,
caring for the manure, care of tools
and harness and the care given to the
live stock stabled there. There is al
ways a best way to do things, and the
best way is generally the paying one.
Money In Peannt Raising:.
Texas farmers are getting 00 cents a
bushel for peanuts, and with a yield
of from fifty to sixty bushels to the
acre are calling it "big money."
The acreage in peanuts for another
year will be large, as this price will
bring more than cotton at 10 cents per
pound. .
The farmers of Burmah have recog
nized the commercial value of the-peanut,
and have this year increased the
area planted to 78,743 from 37,110
acres last year, and it Is reported that
a much larger area will be planted to
this tuber next season. Thus far most
of the peanut planting is done In the
provinces of Magwe and Mylngyan.
Barn Door Prop.
I have a few large barn doors that
are hung on hinges, and when I open
them I have always had to get a stick
OPEN
CONVKXIEXT BARN DOOB PBOP.
or something to keep them open; so I
thought of this little thing. I took t
2x4 scantling and put a hinge on tht
end as shown in the cut. Then it it
always with the door. Exchange.
Sawdnat and Soil.
Prof. W. S. Masey says sawdust from
resinous pine decays slowly In the soil,
and will sour the land when decayed.
Even Irhen used for bedding In stables
the manure Is not worth half as much
as that with ordinary bedding. Look
about the remains of sawdust accumu
lated about abandoned mill sites that
are cfmmon In the piney woods, and
you vill see that it takes a long time
for ajy egetatlon to start where sav
dust fej eea scattered.
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The Longfellow house at Portland
Me., has been closed for the winter with
a registration of nearly 10,000 visitors
this year.
Major General O. O. Howard will
contribute a series of true stories oa
"Famous Indian Chiefs" to St Nich
olas during 190a
The title of Jack London's bddk daU
ing with his experiences as a, "tramp
will be "The Road" Instead of "My Life
In the Underworld," as previously ' an
nounced. Frederick Harrison's - book i entitled
"The Philosophy, of Common r Sense"
has -Just appeared. It seems,to con
sist largely of critical essays? dealing
with the work of Spencer, K Huxley,
Lewes, Balfour and other contempora
ries of Mr. Harrison. The Philosophy
of Commofi Sense" supplement "The
Creed of a Layman."
The press censor of the United
States, working through the Postofflce
Department, has barred from the ;malls
Jurcnd, the German weekly renowned
for Its Incomparable plain and colored
Illustrations, and the Hamburger Na
chrlchten, the Blsmarckian weekly. In
the second case the lottery laws pro
tect the Itching palm. It is not known
whether the embargo is momentary or
sempiternal. v
In a 6ult for 10 per cent royalty oh
her work, "The New Metropolis," one
Mrs. Zelslof t forced D. Appleton St
co. to aamu mat many copies or tne
book were sold as Junk. The publish
ers very naturally decline to pay roy
alty on Junk. . But a heavy history
must nring a fair sum bartered by the
pound. Think of the gold mine In
selling a German pedagogue's polysylla
blc treatise on mare's nests 1 1
We learn that Miss May Sinclair, atv
thor of "The Helpmate," writes of Kate
Douglas Wlggin's "New Chronicles of
Itebecca:" 'The new Rebncca book Is
even better than the first onje. Grown
up geniuses are hard to 'do,' but the
child genius is only 'done' by the grace
of God, and that has certainly been
with Mrs. Wiggin In the writing of
these stories." The grace of God is
denied by many to the author of 'The
Helpmate." WThat, one wonders, does
Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin think?
Mrs. Elinor Glyn's remarks th.
American men are dears, that they are
polite, that they are not superficial and
that In Intelligence they are -millions
of miles ahead of the Englishman has
been repeated back to England. Also,
her surmise that the source of Ameri-
nnn Oil m'irir la Ml Ktinbnrtiant nnlrA A
....... Al7 ' irui.aiTuca, vanu. A
Londan daily says in comment that the
American editorial columns strike a
"universal note of Joy." 'The Amer
ican men are satisfied that Mrs. Glyn
has wonderful Insight." Mrs. Glyn Is
surely mistaken In the matter of buck
wheat cakes. Far from being the
source of energy, they are the great
sedative and soporific. America eats
buckwheat cakes on the Sabbath to
stay Its gnawing conscience for the
rest of the week. As for the rest
American minds and manners Mrs.
Glyn has exquisite perception. Mrs.
Glyn is profound.- Mrs. Glyn Is a ge
nius. The Paper Told the Tale.
A certain Greek adventurer soma
years ago undertook to palm off upon
the Dubllc some false conies of the
gospel manuscripts. Many learned men
were aeceivedi out not Dr. Coxe, libra
rian of the Bodleian library at, Oxford.
. - ' " .i - ..... . i.v. ,ma iciRiCT
'n his own words In the Spectator :
I never really opened the book, but
r hpiri It- In mxr ti n rwT n n ,1 fnnb- nn nnm
XT . -wo. uuv yaftCT
of it between my finger iand thumb
while I listened to the rascal's account
of how he found this most Interesting
antiquity. At the end of three or four
minutes I handed it back to him with
the short comment "Nineteenth cen
tury paper, my dear sir," and he took
it away In a hurry and did not come
again. Yes, I was pleased, but I have
handled several ancient manuscripts
In my time, and I know the feel of old
paper.
Effect of Whtatle on Rattlesnake.
"Should you ever encounter a rattle
snake and he shows fight Just begin to
whistle softly and the reptile will un
coil and lay wlthhis eyes closed and
body quivering," said a Tennesseean.
"On more than one occasion I have
run across -rattlesnakes and have al
ways taken the fight out of them by
whistllns. The snnke seems to heccms
absolutely helpless when he hears a
soft whistle and you make noattempt
to spring upon you. This whistle ap
pears to soothe his anger and robs
him of fighting power. I saved my
life on one occasion In this manner.
Try It and you'll find that I tell the
truth." Nashville Tennesseean.
A. Good Point. .
Prospective Purchaser I like the
looks of this automobile, but suppose X
should run over some one and
Salesman The springs are so easy,
I sir, you'd scarcely be Jarred at alL
cieveiana nain. ieaier.
The longer we live, the more "re
become lmnrcfoed with the fact that
where you find one person a5le to do
'something fairly well, there are twen
, ty who frivol, and believe their worth-
'pAsrtpsu la ffeniiisL
Everyone knows something he cast
tell