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Show J TO ENHANCE BEAUTY THE NUMEROUS METHODS FEMININE ADORNMENT. OF Civilized Women Not Alone In Their Disregard of Comfort in the Requirements of Style Dictates of Fashion in the More Savage Lands. IGHT lacing is no longer good style. A comfortable, substantia) waist line Is now demanded by fashion as well common as by sense Therefore, hour-glas- s the figure has at last been relegated to its proper place, among the curious disfigurements of the body practised by savage ones all races and by the world over from tlnie Immemorial. It has been left to the most civilized women ou earth to squeeze the vital semi-cultivate- d The Hour Glass Figure, organs out of their natural position and to consider the result graceful and elegant, while the gentle savage pays her tribute to fashion with her cars, nose Hps, teeth and skin. Perhaps at the very head of the list of fashionable mutilators is the habit of boring holes in the Hps, nose and ears in which to display ornaments. The car is obviously the most tempting member for this purpose, and surprisingly large and heavy objects which stretch the lobe out of all natural shape are a joy to the savage heart. About twenty-fivyears ago nlghly civilized women wore such long and heavy earrings that the lobe oftfn torn anite JhJsJWLever-- 7 A tOTeft, she who had line Jewels to display, with true savage fortitude, calmly bad her ears pierced In a new place. The variety in ear decoration Is prodigious, but the woman of the Queen Charlotte islands justly may be said to be a creator of style, as she wears three large hanks of yarn drawn through holes in ber ears and fastened with a she!l clamp. Next in favor among 'savage ladies Is the fashion of piercing the lips, and by inserting bone, quartz, ivory or wooden cylinders of gradually increasing sl7o i f extending them to hideous pniMi-i- ' 'us. Sometimes it Is the upper lip. mnictimes the lower, sometimes both. Often the lower lip is further enhanced with a long polished quartz cone. The fa rib women thrust a long piece of one through a hole in the lower lip. which It is proper to waggle with the tonguo in what Is no doubt considered a very fascinating . manner. ' The nose Is favorite place from which to hang ornaments, generally rings, large and small. The civilized woman of Hindustan wears dainty little jeweled studs In each nostril which are regarded as quite fascinating. Perhaps Ihe oddest instance of this fined almost entirely to the women and in others to tue wen. Anion the Tgorrotes of the Philippines there is hardly a man or woman who l.cj not n the a figure of the sun taltoona hack of the hand. The women as a role are less far vored than the men !n the matter of skin embroidery, having merely some dots across the forehead, a design on the cheek or chin, the hands or feet, across the breast and upper part of the arms. Girls are often not tattooed until they have reached a marriageable age. It Is. in fact, their social debut. Among the Papuans they are tattooed all over the body, but toe face is reserved tu finish off on the wedding day. Curious scar tattooing Is practiced by some negroes. The effect la hideous enough to satisfy the most ardent votary of fashion. It is usual among Africans to file the teeth to sharp points, to snap off certain teeth and to make Interstices in all four front teeth large enough to hold a oizable toothpick. There are two sing'ilar mutilations which are not commonly known. The Tinninane women of the 1'hllipplnes wear a sort of plaited floor sheath, ornamented with beads, on the forearm. This stroi:gly compresses the muscles, and being put on when they are little girls, prevents the development of the forearm and causes the wrist, and hand to swell In a manner which is considered quite beautiful. The idea is similar to the Carlb fashion of fastening a stout band about the ankle and just below the knee of each girl child. This Is never removed, with the result that the muscles of the calf swell out enormously, while the bound parts remain hardly thicker than the bone. The custom of changing the shape of the head is of venerable antiquity and seems never to have produced any evil effects upon the health or the intellect. Among the Indian tribes of the Northwest where the custom Is practiced, the babies, swathed in spruce bark, have cedar bark cushions bound on their heads so as to exert pressure enough to lengthen the soft skull. It is easy to imagine the motherly and grandmotherly anxiety that each succeeding head should take, on the required elegance of shape. The Chinese custom of footbindlng, with Its attendant evils, is too well known to need comment, says a writ-- Through Holy Russia Places of Interest in the Territory of the Czar Beautiful Buildings Erected in An dent City of Moscow, (Special Correspondence.! were certainly remarkable-lookinHE Grand Duke porchief of the ters, clad in indescribable costumes, fleet of Russian Black principally rags, but always with a ,S Sea merchant and pas hood or rag of some kind to answer aa senger ships, makes such thrown over their heads. They during the four days be- were of many races Turks, Caucaa-antween Odessa and Jews, Armenians, Russians, and four stops only Persians. All chattered at the top of voices in Russian, making a their lalta, Sebastopol, Kertch and Novorls- slsk. All of them we thought rather uninteresting places, except lalta, as the country to flat or with low hills and no vegetation. Some very interesting Russians, a professor In some big school and his came aboard at Kertch. The younger man was a physician who had broken down from overwork and was taking r holiday. He had 900 eases of cholera in his district in the interior during the last two months, and said It was almost impossible to keep the disease down. When asked the cause of It he shrugged his shoulders and said: HA little thin cabbage soup and stale bread once a day is not a nourishing diet; but this Is a hard world to Ave In!" A Russian doctor and German merchant agreed perfectly In regard to the Cathedral 'f the Archangel. Jew In Russia, who Is looked upon (Moscow.) with great dislike and aversion; but and all' carried tremendous noise, they both declared that the Armenian was far worse than the Jew. and heavy loads, which rested on straw that It was a pity that all the Ar- cushions on their backs, which were menians had not been killed during bent nearly double. When we name on deck the next the Turkish slaughter of them. "It takes two Jews to make an Armen- morning we were overjoyed to see the ian," said the German merchant, and mountains the Caucasus, magnificent the other agreed with him. They said range that it Is with the highest peak that the Armenian was so mean a crea- (Elbrous) 18,520 feet, snowcapped and ture that he did not hesitate to pay swathed half way up in a garment of the servants of a hotel to read private mist. Nothing can exceed the beauty Con-stantin- e, g s, Ba-tur- n , sun-drie- d' son-ln-la- Cooking Food for Farm Stock. Every farmer that wishes to cars for his animals In the best way should have utensils for the heating of water and cooking feed for stock. By this we do not mean to say that It will pay to cook all kinds of Teed or any one kind for all purposes, but there are many times and conditions when such apparatus can be used. We cook food for human beings for sever al reasons. One of these objects la to kill disease germs In the food. Cook ing food for animals has a tendency In the same direction. It costs something for fuel, but this cost Is very largely offset by the benefits derived from conveying heat to the animal bodies and thus saving the expense of carbonaceous materials. It Is cheaper to provide heat out of coal or wood than make it out of the tissues of the animal body. The comfort of the animals In the coldest days of winter Is greatly Increased by the wanning of the drinking water and the cooking of part of the feed. The comfort of our farm animals has a commercial value to us. It has something to do with thriftlness In the stock, and this Increases the possibilities of profitable feeding. One of the great advantages In the cooking of feed for stock is In being able to use for feed some classes of farm products that could not otherwise be so used. Some farmers find It advisable to cook their potatoes for stock, mixing them with meal and ground oats. The boiling of sugar beets for dairy cows precipitates the bitter principle that sometimes affects the milk. Too often the argument for and against the cooking of food for stock has been based on the Increased or decreased digestibility of the feed and It has been asserted that the Increased digestibility does not pay the cost of cooking. To some extent that is true, especially with certain classes of feed, but there are other advantages to be gained that certainly do make It advisable to cook some of the feed during a consider able part of the year. e JS -- three-eighth- Some More Earrings, er In the New York Sun. In Its seri- ous Injury to health this fashion Is a close second to what might be called the European custom of waist squeezing. Simultaneously with the advent of the straight-fron- t corset' among Caucasians there are being formed in many parts of China societies for the suppression of foUbiuding. As the Book Clerk Understood It "I don't blame people for getting out of patience with some of our salespeople," said the head of the book department. "Only yesterday a girl who, to do hep justice, has only been here a short time, came to me and said: 'Have we a book called "The Strength of a Bootblack"?' I replied that I had never heard of such a book, and asked her if she was positive about the title. 'Yes. that's what the lady asked for,' she replied. 'Lead me to tho lady.' I said. I expected to And her nmoiij; the juveniles, but Instead she was looking over the religious works. I .ip)roach"d her and was in search of. asked what book And what do you think it was! 'Culture and SiivusM!." by Munh Black."--l'hilai!clil- :i:i Hccord. KREMLIN AT MOSCOW. letters in which he was Interested, and of the Caucasus as one sees them from tell him their contents. the ship, peak rising beyond peak, We heard a funny story concerning masses piled up against each other. the Jews. It seems tnat the last gov- Unlike other high mountains, they ernor of Odes a a despotic being ap- are green, covered with deep grass to parentlymade a law that the Jews their very tops. who came from the interior and wore Beyond and ahead of us rose the one oily curl hanging over each ear mountains of Asia Minor, which at should cut off their curls before entering the city. As no Jew is allowed to stop longer than twenty-fou- r hours In any town except his own, they all objected to changing the style of their hair fur that short time. When asked his reason the governor said that it looked and he did not like it. So much fur being the governor of Odessa! Every one s ouis to agree that the C'aiiiasans arc- a very tine race of men; tall ami well built, and with good features. They say that at Tiflis they art- ;iil Princes, which sounds rather unusual. We were told a funny tale of an KriKlish widow, very rich, who went to Tiflis and was much attracted by the appearance of the waiter at her table. When she found that he was a Prince, not appreciating how little that means In Russia she sent word to him that she would like to meet blm. He haughtily replied that he would not meet her unless she was prepared to marry him at once; to which she actually agreed, and they were married. Novorlssisk Is the last stopping place before Hatoum. Here, aa soon as our gangplank was put out, the osnal rush of porters began. They al war have the right of way, and they :i!-y- We Have White Oranges. r:u white oranfs may jiiarv the .m.riian dirnor table or r. tu ii J: tilt waaon. One of the the explorers of tic Agricultural Departthin freak of nature ment in his ra.'iiiilos a'or. the shores of the McdiieriaiM'Hn mmiic months ago, and brought xenie cii. t!r:s from the tree to th 1'ntted Spates. These were carefully grafted on an ordinary stock at the department grounds, and are now three feet high. A cutting of this plant was sent to Santa Ana, Cal.. to be tried in that climate. A couple of years will see the first fruit If it proves of fine flavor cuttings will be widely scattered, and in time the white orange will be as plentiful as the seedless orange. May In a ft .v 1 1 (i'xi-ovr'n-- inch-!loo- g one-hal- three-eight- h I How They Are Lengthened, kind of adornment Is furnished by the African lady, whose lips, nose and ears are delicately fringed with straws thrust through tiny holes. 'Dr. Bchwelnfurth makes the statement that the bodies of many West African women are pierced In a hundred places to permit this straw decoration, and It is easy to Imagine the feminine delight they take In Inventing new and striking combinations. Tattooing Is an ancient and widespread custom. In some tribes con Methods of Drenching Animals. the Bureau of Animal Industry, says: The popular method of drenching Is with a hot- cte. The --ns of a drenching t'ibe A however, far more satisfactory. drenching tube may be made by taking an ordinary tin funnel, which may be purchased for five or ten cents, and Inserting the narrow end into one end of a rubber tube or hose, say three s f feet long and or Inch In diameter; Into the other end of the rubber tube is inserted a piece of brass or Iron tubC 4 about to inches long. The ing metal tube is placed between the animal's back teeth, and the sheep or calf is allowed to bite upon it The water or drench Is poured Into the funnel, which may be held by an assistant or fastened to a post at a convenient height The man who holds the metal tube between the animal's teeth can control the animal's head with the left hand, and by holding the tube in the right hand, near the point of union of the rubber and metal tubes, he can easily control the flow of the fluid by pinching the rubber hose. Care must be taken not to hold the patient's nostrils closed, otherwise the dose will enter the lungs. D. E. Salmon, chief of When a man barely misses the last train h experiences a feeling of What constitutes one man's may be another's misery. happt-dm- s '.f,7T''1,-'''- i . Loss on Half Fat Steers. Bulletin 76, Mississippi Experiment Station: Even the best MisblssippJ cattle are sent to market only half fat Usually they are only fed from 90 to 120 days and this will not finish a steer, unless he is fat to begin with. It takes too much feed to make a pound of beef for it to be profitable to feed animals that when sent to market will not bring more than three or four cents a pound. In finishing animals for the market the gains made rarely ever pay for the feed consumed, and In consequence the increased value of the entire carcass, after being fed, over what it was .uen tho ar.lmal was put on feed. r.:..6t rcprespat the profits, If any, in finishing for th block. Insects generally must lead a jovial life. Think what It must be to lodge in a lily, fancy the fun of tucking one's self up In the folds of a rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs of the summer air, nothing to do when you awake but to wash yourself in a dewdrop and fall to eating your bed clothes. Leigh Hunt - Priests' Houses. that point seemed almost equally Im- posing. The scenery was wonderfully fine as we approached Ratoum, for coast range, the the closes In around the bay and Ratoum. ad makes u one of the prettiest ports Imaginable. well-woode- d Th rise In price of farm lands makes Intensive farming a necessity. When land was low In price, slipshod farming would come nearer to paving a profit on it than It will now. Ad-jare- a. Women can't drive nails, but when It comes to driving bargalca she has the sterner sex beat a block. m |