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Hin Hope of Woman.
"If It were not for the fickleness of
man every woman would be a hopeless
frump," says an Englishwoman who
ought to know. Though her utter
ance Is rather sweeping. It Is certain
many women If left to themselve«
Mem to delight In downright dowdi
nees. If the stories of her enemies are
to be credited, the Duchess of Nor
folk Illustrates what has been writ
ton about the Englishwoman's ability
to abuse the art of dressing. Just
now she Is talking against extrava
gance In dress and It Is rumored a
boycott Is to be declared In Norfolk
Bouse against "smart" folk. "That
•uggestlon Is likely to cause a good
deal of unholy mirth," says a social
leader. "Norfolk House never has
been the resort of really fashionable
persons and a duchcss hardly can shut
the door on those who never are found
upon her steps. If the Duchess of
Norfolk ever entertained the notion at
tributed to her of inquiring Into the
antecedents of her guests she might
well be deterred by the fate of her
grandmother, Marcla, Lady Herrles.
She, too, started a crusade against
what she called extravagance In dress
among Roman Catholic women, but,
though the Pope wrote her a letter of
approval, the dowdy went on In their
dowdlness and the finely dressed
women were as gay butterflies as ever.
Women Bores.
It Is an eusler matter than most
women realize to become a thorough
going bore. We have all met such a
woman. She will recite for hours at
a stretch the troubles—real and Imag
inary—which she experiences with her
busband, children and servants. She
will expound upon her own ailments,
and bore you with a long story of her
pains and aches. She also usually
complains of being a bundle of nerves,
and yet takes a keen delight In telling
you the most sensational and harrow
ing news which she has read, until she
makes your flesh creep. And If you
plead an engagement In order to es
cape her, she not only offers, but ac
tually Insists, In a manner not to be
denied, on accompanying you until she
lias exhausted her fountain of talk.
The grievances which such a woman
bas to tell you are Inexhaustible. No
matter how earnestly she may work
for the good ot others, she Is always
eure that no one appreciates her ef
forts. The truth of the matter Is that
■he really does nothing at all without
largely advertising the fact, and no
body can appreciate self-praise.
The woman who would avoid becom
ing n bore must remember that her
personal affairs and petty domestic
troubles are of no particular Interest
to nny one except, perhaps, to spite
ful neighbors, to whom they form food
fur gossip.
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Baby should be fed by the clock, and
nothing should be allowed to Interfere
with this rule. A good plan Is at first
to write out the hours of feeding on
a paper and pin It to the wall to serve
•s a reminder; but a baby that Is fed
punctually very soon serves as a clock
Itself.
When a child's shoes are seen to
wear down at one side Immediate at
tention is needed, for this Is always a
sign that the ligaments of the ankles
are not as strong as they ought to be.
If Its feet and general health are neg
lected It Is very probable ttiat what Is
called "flat foot" will result
Haklng Work Baajr.
Women bring ,upon themselves much
suffering for which they alone are to
blame. To the average housekeeper,
the mere fact of getting breakfast
without first taking some nourishing
food herself. Is enough to cause in her
continual weakness, and to some It
may prove a source of almost complete
exhaustion.
After the toilet Is made In the
moçnlng, a woman would eat perhaps
a banana or apple, and sip a glass of
milk or other nourishing drink, she
would And it did much toward keep
ing up be* strength through the day.
To "stay the stomach" before exercise
In the morning is all that la necee
•ary.
When breakfast is over there should
be no rush to do the dishes—they can
wait now better than papa and baby
can wait at a future date, while mam
ma recovers. Allow the stomach to
commence on Its process of digestion
without the physical rushing. Then,
again, after the disbes have been wip
ed, mach of the work may be done
fitting, Inetead of standing, thus r *at
Ing the back and saving the abdominal
organs from a continuous strain.
Do not lift heavy kettles or tubs,
stand In wet places on the floor wberf
the water has been spilled, nor reach
higher thac you can easily. All of
these are the originators of many ail
ments. Even If precaution takes a
little does It not pay7
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Won id our grandmothers have
dream>>d that the plain gingham gowns
their little daughters wore so demurely
would ever be "evoluted' Into the dainty
and artistic frocks that the small maids
of to-day know by that name? The
qualities and colorings are so exquisite
this year that mothers have been fresh
ly Inspired to look for pretty designs for
them, to combine with the fine laces and
embroideries. Here is a little French
model of soft blue gingham that Is
charmingly simple and dainty. The lit
tle box plaited skirt Is trimmed with
tabs edged with blue and white braid.
The blouse, double-breasted In effect,
really closes In the back. Tabs and
braid are used with novel effect here,
but there Is a trimming band provided
in the pattern that can be made of lace
or embroidery and arranged under them
If a more dressy effect Is liked. Also,
the short sleeves, coming above the dim
pled elbows, are very comfortable.
The Unwelcome Go eat.
She requires the exclusive attention
of her hostess' maid.
She monopolizes the daily newspa
pers.
She is never ready for any plan sug
gested.
She Is always late for meals, for
church, for parties and expeditions.
She accepts Invitations without In
forming her hostess.
She Invites other guests without her
hostess' knowledge.
She drums on the piano until oth
ers are driven frantic.
She chips Into private family con
ferences.
She borrows hairpins, wrappers,
stamps or anything else of her hostess,
She keeps the servants on the Jump
continually to serve her.
She takes no pains to make herself
agreeable, either to the household or
its other guests, except when It pleases
her fancy to do so.
Substitute tor Cane Chair Seats.
When the cane Is worn from chairs
and they are not considered sufficient
ly valuable for the expense of new
cane seats, they may be reseated wltb
heavy cord and will wear for a long
time. The old cane should all be
cleared away and the lengths of cord
run In the same holes aud knotted
curelf beneath. Then, says the House
keeper, weave them In and out after
the manner of weaving the cane, al
though it Is not necessary to attempt
any special pattern. After reaching
the opposite side the free ends are
pushed down through the holes and
tied beneath. Give the seat a coat of
paint or stain to match the chair
frame, and a very acceptable chair li
the result
Stenciling Walla.
The walls of a room can be deco
rated with stenciling. The work is done
on heavy wall paper before It Is put
up ; this Is used as a frieze.
If the lower wall is green, different
shades of green on the correct shade of
paper, may be used on the frieze with
a touch of dark red and russet to carry
out the design.
Fresco, or designer's water colors,
and dyes will be the most satisfactory
for this work.
Shade cloth, which Is bought by the
yard, can be used Instead of wall pa
per; this Is tacked In place and the
tacks covered by strips of linen or pa
per
Wtau and Para Foot.
On the ground that It Is their tradl
(lonal business to care for the purity
and whoiesomeness of the- food con
sumed by the family. Miss Jane Ad
dams of Hull House, Chicago, urge«
the mothers of the country to make
frequent appeals to Congress to past
pure food law. "With the excep
tion of China," said Miss Addams, "th«
United States Is the only civilized na
tion that is without pure food legis
latlon. Such a condition Is disgrace
ful, and we must have protection
against the adulterated food products
with which the country Is flooded. No
European government permits a single
food product to be placed on the mar
ket without a statement or label show
ing the contents of the package or the
Ingredients of which the product is
composed. Why cannot we have the
same thing here? The fact is, we
would have had It long ago If th«
women of our country had demanded
It It Is a woman's business to do
Back Stairs.
A woman who found her steep back
stairs as little ornamental as they were
useful has had them converted Into
two closets, one opening out of her
dining room, the other on the second
floor. The steps were removed bodily
and a glass door opened into the din
ing room from where they had been.
The space inside she had paneled and
rows of shelves were built in, well up
to the celling. The lower ones were
used for china and the upper ones for
preserves. A small window cut into
the side yard admitted light Into what
was really a small shelf-lined room.
The whole cost little. Upstairs a ca
pacious linen closet filled In the vacant
space.
Another woman who did not wish
to have the stairs actually taken out
had the upper landing converted Into a
closet but left the stairs underneath
using them from the first floor as a
store closet for brooms, buckets and
the like.
Table Decorations.
One of the prettiest decorations for
a dinner table Is made by dropping the
electric bulb into the center of a col
ored glass bowl.
Fill the bowl with flowers, matching
It In color, mixed with asparagus and
ferns, and twine Smllax around the
cord that connects the bulb with the
chandelier.
Another charming decoration is made
with maidenhair ferns, which are
ironed out and laid in a circle in the
center of the table.
A fern bail Is suspended from the
chandelier, hanging so low that It seems
almost part of the leaves on the table.
Calla lilies that have the centers re
moved and replaced by small yellow
candles may be fitted Into wire flower
holders over yellow Jardinieres for
yellow luncheon.
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Always shrink a new braid before
sewing to a skirt. In shortening
skirt pattern, too, always fold a plait
across the middle of the pattern. Never
shorten from the top or bottom of the
skirt, or the shape will be spoiled.
Never hold the skirt off your lap
while lasting—remember that It Is
most Important to keep It flat—so lay
It on a table and baste from top to
bottom with small, even stitches ; keep
your seams level and straight
In making up any material with -
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nap remember that the nap should al
ways run downward ; .this fact should
not be forgotten when sponging and
pressing, otherwise you will make a
shiny streak on the surface of your
material.
For an elderly woman, and also for
the woman whose back Is not perfect
ly flat and straight, the shoulder seam
should have more of a tendency toward
the back of the armhole. A young,
stralghter figure may have the shoui-
der seams on perfectly straight lines
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Woman'« Pin Money.
Why Is a woman's allowance called
pin money? Because at the beginning !
of the fifteenth century pins were con- j
stdered a very ««eptable present by
women, who, up to that time, had used
wooden skewers. Sometimes money
was given with or Instead of pins, and
was called "pin money." I
A Uood Furniture Polish. |
Take equal parts of beeswax and
white wax and shave up fine ; then
cover wax with spirits of turpentine;
let stand a while, then mix to a pasta'
Rub on furniture with a small woolen
cloth, then polish with large woolen
cloth. This Is fine ; try It ; nice for
floor* also.
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Turbine Windmill.
In parts of the country subject to
high winds there is risk of mills on
high towers being overthrown, espe
cially If the diameter of the wheel is
Increased above ten or twelve feet. To
jvercome this difficulty It is eipeâ'mt
to build a mill Inside of Iti tower
rather than upon It The turbine
shown In the Illustration has a diam
eter of twenty feet and Is used to
drive a feed grinder and other ma
hinery. Its chief office, however. Is
to operate two pumps which irrigate
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THE TUBBINE WINDMILL.
sixteen acres of land. The expense of
erecting this mill was about one hun
dred dollars. There Is no particular
difficulty about Its construction and a
considerable part of the work could be
done with ordinary tools and a little
mechanical knowledge.
Lack of Mechanical Knowledge,
The full benefits of farm machinery
are not realized because the average
farmer has not the mechanical training
or the requisite skill to get the best re
sults out of these complex Implements.
We are the greatest makers and users
of farm machinery In the world, and
It is owing to this fact more than any
other single cause that we have been
able to maintain our agricultural su
premacy In the markets of the world.
The cost of this machinery to the farm
ers Is greater to-day than ever before.
The character of this machinery every
year becomes more complicated, requir
ing increased knowledge of engineer
ing principles on the part of users.
The traction engine, the steam' plow,
the combined harvester and thresher
operated by steam power, the automo
bile, the growing use of electricity as a
motive power on the farm, the machin
ery now required in dairies, in the
growing of sugar beets and manufac
ture of beet sugar, are all Illustrations
of the momentous changes in the char
acter of farm machines which have
taken place In the last fifty years. The
Increase In skill and mechanical know!
edge required by farmers to operate
these complex and costly machines com
pared to what was needed to operate
the primitive tools of half a century
ago cannot be given In percentages.
Elwood Mead, in Field and Farm.
Good Hoi Trough Feeder.
The best hog trough I ever saw It
made as shown in cut A Is a fence be
tween man and pigs, 3 feet high; B,
back board, 18 Inches ; C, bottom width
to suit size of pigs ; D, sticks to keep
them from crowding; E, front to suit
size of pigs also. You see, the pigs
can't crowd each other or you as you
feed them. They can't get their feet In
the mush and must stand up and eat
like horses In the stalls. A nice sight
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Cut tins Silo Corn.
„ „ of prlmar7 , mportanee to know
at whftt 8tage 8hould be cut t0 ge .
HOG FEEDER.
to see thirty or forty side by side, eat
ing quietly and cleanly.—Farm Prog
cure the best results. It is also neces
sary, It is pointed out In Farming, that
a careful study be made as to how rap
Idly nutriment Is stored up In th* corn
plant and when the maximum amount
la reached. When corn is fully tasseled
It contains but eight-tenths of a ton of
dry matter an acre, or one-fifth of what
| t contains when fully ripe. When In
it contains nearly three time*
much dry matter as when fully tas
seled. Only seventeen days were oc
cupied In passing from the milk to
the glazing stage, yet In this time there
ta "tü m~atter7f
i g toM an acre . Thu ghows the
Vantage of letting the corn stand
on m;the kernels are glazed. After this
p^fiod the Increase In dry matter Is but
a u^|t.
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Melons In the Corn Shock.
If when cutting corn you will place
In one of your largest shocks about
dozen of your choicest watermelons, at
Christmas, when the snow Is on "the
ground and the frost is -on the ■ pane.
you can sit by the roaring flre and eat
one of your melons, which bas kept all
that time in the shock of corn.—Farm
Journal.
Harvesting Potatoes.
More or less Judgment Is required In
doing any kind of work, and the dig
ging of potatoes is no exception to the
rule. In the first place, so many should
not be dug out at one time that they
cannot be bandied readily. A good way
is to dig during the fore part of each
half day and then gather the tubers
before quitting. . As soon as dry they
should always be picked up, and If the
weather Is reasonably dry the length of
time necessary for drying depends al
most entirely upon the nature of the
soli. If sandy, an hour may be long
enough, but If a moist clay it may take
several hours. Potatoes, once dug,
should certainly not be left out on the
ground over night If they are, the
frost has every chance to get at them,
and only a little freezing is required to
spoil a good many bushels for mar
ket It is a poor practice, too, to pick
up potatoes without any regard to grad
ing. Two classes, anyway, should be
made of them ; all those of good mar
ketable size should be gathered first
and the undersized ones left till later.
It also pays to have crates or bushel
measures In which to pick them up.
Easy to distribute about the field, these,
after being filled, can readily be placed
on a wagon and drawn off. Further
more, they prevent the tubers from be
ing Jammed and marred. Thirty or
forty of them, or even a less number,
may profitably be owned by eveîy farm
er who makes a business of raising po
tatoes and similar crops.—Fred O. Sib
ley, In Agricultural Epltomlst
India's Largest Wheat Crop.
The wheat crop of India this yeai
Is a large one. The area sown amount«
to 26,220,200 acres, and the yield Is es
timated at 8,560,000 tons, as against
7,582,000 tons last year, the lncreas«
being 13 per cent The Indian Trad«
Journal, which makes this statement
says that the government is taking a
deep Interest In the complaint of th«
admixture of dirt In the wheat export
ed. The government has consulted th«
chambers of commerce, some of whom
however, indicate a reluctance to de
part from the present customs of th«
trade ; but the chamber of com mere«
at Karachi, from which 70 per cent ol
Indian wheat exports are now shipped,
strongly supports the government's pro
posal for 98 per cent pure wheat
Pulling Stumps.
A writer In Home aud Farm gives
this description of an implement foi
pulling stumps: Cut a good, strong
pole about twenty feet long, of whit«
ash ; trim and peel it nicely, bitch a
strong rope to the top—a chain will do,
but it Is heavier to handle. Set the
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FOB PULLING THE STUMPS.
pole against the stump to be pulled,
letting the lower end rest between two
roots. Then put a strong chain around
the top of the stump, passing It around
the pole. A team hitched *o the rope
will pull out most, any stump. Plac«
the pole close to the stump and cut th«
roots opposite the pole. Two men can
best do the work — one to tend th«
horse, the other to cut roots as th«
stump is being turned out
Selecting Seed Corn.
The proper time In which to select
seeds Is late in the fall or winter. Th«
reason for requiring this portion of tb<
year for so doing is because there It
then no hurry, and the work can b«
done better. The common practice ol
laying the seed corn aside to remain
until spring has done great damage to
the corn crop, as very often the ex
cess of Imperfect grains Is such as to
cause a failure of germination over th«
whole field. Every ear of corn should
be examined and the Inferior grain
shelled off. Vegetable seeds also re
quire examination, for insects, damp
ness and other causes interfere wltb
their safe-keeping. Of course, every
farmer is supposed to be careful with
bis seeds, but very few farmers know
tbe condition of -their seeds until the
time comes when they are required for
planting, and then the farmers are
too much hurried to do anything with
them.
Shelter (or Stoek.
The piles of stalks and straw which
go to waste can be made to do good
service in providing shelter If It is not
considered fit for feeding. With a few
posts and poles the stalks and straw
will furnish a warm place of refuge
for animals that cannot be accommo
dated in the barn or stable. With plen
ty of straw on tbe ground under tbe
covering so formed, no better place
could be arranged for theep, and wltb
care In making the roof only a heavy
storm will cause It to leak.
Sowing Wheat.
One bushel and a half of whe^i Is
ample to sow an acre, and five pecks
will answer If sown early and given
time before cold weather stops
growth, says Farm Journal. As soon
as the wheat Is sown, If the land Is not
underdralned, It Is advisable to plow
some furrows where they will carry
off any water that might collect In de
pression* Wheat cannot grow In
ter.
THE WEEK LY I
■BRIAN
+N
1499—Yasco de Gama returned to Lisbon
from his voyage of discovery.
1515—French victorious at battle of
Marignano, Italy.
1609—Henry Hudson began his voyage
up the river which bears his name.
161C—Lady Arabella Stuart, victim of
the jealousy of James I., died in the
Tower.
1683—Turkish army routed before
Vienna by allies under command of
John Sobieski and Duke of Lorraine.
1753—First playhouse opened in New
York City, located in Nassau street.
1759—Gen. Wolfe killed in assault on
Quebec.
1776—New York City captured by the
British... .Washington and his army
entered Philadelphia after the defeat
at Brandywine.
1777—Stars and Stripes first carried into
battle at battle of the Brandywine...
Burgoyne crossed the Hudson and en
camped on Saratoga heights.
1795—Capt. Vancouver returned from
his four years' voyage of discovery.
1804—Aaron Burr and his second ar
rived at St. Simonds, Ga., on visit ta
Gen. Butler... .Troops ordered out
to quell riot among oyster strikers al
Amboy, N. B.
1812—Gen. Harrison compelled the In
dians to raise the siege of Fori
Wayne.
1814—Americans and British engage in
battle of Plattsburg and Lake Chain
plain... .British repulsed in attack
on Fort Bower, at entrance to Mobil*
bay... .Successful sortie made from
Fort Erie. Gen. Drummond retired
to Fort George.
1829—Gold fever which had struck ths
Carolinas extended to Georgia....
Spanish army surrendered to ths
Mexicans under Santa Ana at Tam
pico.
1831—Albany and Schenectady railroad,
first in State of New York, opened to
traffic.
1847—American army, In command ol
Gen. Scott, entered City of Mexico.
1850—Fugitive Slave bill passed by
House of Representatives.
1854—English and French forces landed
in tbe Crimea.
1861—President Lincoln modified Gen.
Fremont's emancipation proclama
tion.
1862—Union forces under McClellan en
gaged Confederates at South Moun
tain, Md.... Unions and Confeder
ates engaged in fight at Middletown,
Md. Confederates opened fire on
Harper's Ferry.... Battle of Antie
tam, Md... .Surrender of Harper's
Ferry, after two days' fighting.
1863—-President Lincoln suspended the
habeas corpus act.
1872—Geneva tribunal of arbitration on
Alabama claims awarded $16,250,000
to the United States.
1873— Gen. E. S. McCook assassinated by
P. P. Wlntermate at Yankton, Da.
kota.
1874—Fatal riots In New Orleans ovei
demand for abdication of Gov. Kel
logg.
1875—Perry's flagship Lawrence raised in
Erie harbor and removed to Phila
delphia for exhibition at the Centen
nial.
1878—Cleopatra's Needle set up on the
Thames Embankment.
1884—Antagonism between clericals and
liberals in Belgium threatened to re
sult in civil war.
1885—Jumbo, famous show elephant,
killed in railway collision at St
Thomas, Ontario.
1888—Parnell commission first met
1894—Japanese defeated Chinese at bat
tle of Yalu river.
1897—Owing to strike riots martial law
declared at Hazleton, Pa.
1901— McKinley state funeral at Wash
ington.
1902—United States warships sent to
Panama.
1903—United States cruiser Maryland
launched at Newport News, Va....
Colombian Senate voted to negotiate
new canal treaty with United States.
1905—Car fell from New York elevated
railroad Into street ; 12 killed, 40 In
jured... .Admiral Togo's flagship de
stroyed by explosion ; 599 lives lost
A letter has been received from Prof.
Garner, who Is now living In his stool
barred cabin in the African jungle for
the purpose of studying the comparative
Intelligence of animals. Ile says that not
an hour passes during the day that ho
does not hear the monkeys and chim
panzés talking In the forest and that they
reply to his calls.
Steam Plowing by Night.
Out on the big prairie ranches of west
ern Kansas and Nebraska fanners are
now in such haste to get their fall plow
ing finished that they aro running big
steam plows at night, with headlights ea
the motor engines. Thus they are able to
turn over sixty acres of land In twenty
four hours with only two men, working
In shifts. Two men working in the old
way could only plow about six acres a
day. Within the past year 250 steam
plows have been sold.