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Show FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Current Note ot the Modes Removable Gulmpes for ItIUty Gowns Costumes for Many Occasions Three Different Shanes of Skirts. Roma 100 men that they To a Lady. IKE a target for the arrow's aim. Like snow beneath the sunny Sh Preached Tha; Day. heats. The Boston Like wax before the Transcript says: The members of the Methodist Episcopal slowing tiame. Like cloud before society in Agawam were somewhat the wind surprised Sunday morning to see confleets. I am 'tis love that ducting services in place of the regumade me so, lar pastor, the Rev. Charles J. Hatch, And. lady, still thou the latter's daughter Mame no. sayst bel. The same day she also filled the The wound's inflicted by thine eyes. pulpit at the Central church, near The mortal wound to hope and me. Wareham Center. Miss Hatchs exWhich naught, alas, can cicatrize, planation was that her father was takNor time, nor absence, far from thee. en suddenly ill, which prevented him Thou art the sun, the fire, the wind, That make me such; ah, then be kind! occupying the pulpit or arranging for a substitute. His daughters offer to My thoughts are darts, my soul to smite Thy charms the sun, to blind my sense. take his place was readily accepted by Mr. Hatch. My wishes neer did passion light A flame more pure or more intense. Love all these arms at once employs, New Skirt. And wounds, and dazzles, and destroys. The new walk and mode of carrying The Modern Grandmother. one's self has developed a number of Times have changed since the days new skirts, so that every one ought to when the traditional grandmother sat be satisfied. Gored skirts have entirely In the chimney corner knitting socks gone out, because it Is impossible to seand mittens. Women who have mar- cure with them that flat effect which ried early in life have no more inclinis considered so essential to the front ation at forty years of age for subsid- The circular skirt with a bias seam ing into arm chairs and giving up all down the center is popular, especially Interests in life except such as center for bayadere striped materials. Yet it in their grandchildren than have the will not be as well liked as the three-piec- e young mothers themselves. There are skirt, made with a shaped front artists, musicians, and writers among gore and circular sides. This latter the grandmothers of today, women shape is much less likely to sag than who are doing their part of the the skirt, which has Been world's work and women who have found so objectionable in other seasons chosen careers for themselves while for that reason. A new skirt has a cirthey were taking care of their own cular top and a circular flounce put on children, and who keep steadily on with as much love in their hearts for the little, toddlers who have just come that on the stage as if their lives were Eiven over entirely to pickling, darning and knitting. Fifty years ago all the grandmothers, except in a few rare instances, were fashioned after much the same tvpe, whose outward expression was a handkerchief folded smoothly about the neck, a cap with a wide border and a pair of spectacles. Today they keep their own individual- ity, dress as fashionably as their purse will permit, travel in their own country and abroad, entertain, are delightful companions and friends in a word something besides a grandma. TtlTlty Gown. The girl who is wise has In her wardrobe this season a waist made with a removable guimpe. For instance, one girl has a gown of Blue cloth. The bodice is bloused and cut with a round decolletage. With this gown she has half a dozen guimpes. One, of black silk, puts the gown In condition for ordinary business wear; another is of pale yellow satin covered with guipure and transforms the costume into one suitable for more dressy occasions; still another is of white chiffon picked out with tiny gilt paillettes and appropriate for theater wear. The last guimpe is well worth special description. It has a dog collar of yellow velvet, sprinkled with the yellow paillettes. On this collar the chiffon is fulled and spreads Out in soft fold3 to the top of the bodice proper, where a full double flounce of chiffon is gathered. The flounce falls over sleeves and bodice, almost entirely concealing them. A simple house gown for a cloth. young girl is made of pearl-gra- y The skirt is striped with white lace Insertion bands, extending from waist to hem. The bodice is a girlish, round waist with a square yoke outlined with flounces of white silk. Other flounces FART AM) GARDEN. ouid remove their hats in the house of worship if the men in question would attend church at least once every Sun- MATTERS OF INTEREST TO day. The men not only accepted, tut AGRICULTURALIST. they stipulated in addition that they would be generously disposed whea the Hint About CultlT-tlo- n deacons passed around the contribu- Some of lh Soil autl Thereof tion baskets. Of course every castor in town is interested in Horticulture. Viticulture and floriseeing the culture. treaty rigidly observed. They will see that the women will sit bareheaded if possible, and the latter will do their Ked Clover in the South. best to make the men act up to the Farmers Bulletin IS: Until recentagreement. ly it has been thought that red clover at the knee, under a bias fold. The skirt itself has a bias seam down the could not he grown in the Southern states, hut our experience has been that on suitable soils and with proper management it will grow fully as well here as in any of the Northern states, and that, while it does not last as long here, its yield Is heaier, and on account of its more rapid growth, the In North quality of hay is better. Carolina it has succeeded well and has maintained a full stand longer than in most other sections; while on the sandy white soil of the Florida station it has done but little. At the Louisiana station it has made a vigorous growth, affording two large cuttings during the first season, but it soon succumbs to the encroachments of native grasses. At the Mississippi station on rich creek bottom and on black prairie .oils it has given excellent results, making 2 tons of hay per acre in May, another ton in June, and In favorable Reasons another ton in September, though the last cutting has been unreliable on account of summer drouths. Where such yields can be made It is one of the best crops which can be grown, but there are many localities in the South where It has not been found profitable. It requires a soil which i3 rich and in fairly good condition to Recure a catch of the seed, and on many soils where it makes a promising start and yields two or three cuttings it soon becomes overrun with the native grasses and is choked out. Ordinarily it will not pay to grow it more than two years on the same ground, as by the end of that time it will have done Its best work In fertilizing the soli, and the land will give better returns i the last crop of clover is plowed under and the field planted to some other crop. As the plants produce seed abundantly here and are not infested with the insects which have recently done so much damage to the crop in the Northern states, there seems to he no reason why the seed crop should not become of considerable Importance. Red clover Is a universally recognized standard in estimating the values of all other crops, when grown either tor hay or as a green manure, and we have made special efforts to test It on as great a variety of soils as possible, and do not hesitate to recommend it for all rich soils which are in good mechanical condition; but it is useless to bow it on barren fields, or on rough and poorly prepared lands of any kind. It seems best suited for growth on alluvial and black prairie soils, and has never been satisfactory on sandy or white lime lands. August sowings have as the given the best satisfaction, plants from such sowings are sufficiently strong to keep down any growth of wild grasses and weeds the next spring, and will give a heavy cutting of hay In May. If sown in February, the more common time, the first cutting will be principally of volunteer grasses, but the clover will give two good cut-:inlater. Sowing with oats in Feb-uar- y is often successful, but the clov-s- r is often injured by cutting the oats, ihus removing the shade just at the aeginning o the hot weather. Sow 1 bushel of the seed to each 5 acres. center of the front. This style is suitable for none but tall, slim persons. All skirts are made with separate foundation skirts, of silk, if possible. These foundation skirts are cut from eight to ten inches short, and have the length filled out with accordion-plaite- d Bouncings of taffeta. The brightest colors may be selected for the linings. Velvet gowns are by far the most elegant of the season. One of very simple lines makes a delightful costume for a young girl. Dark green is the color of the velvet. The skirt is of three h pieces, plain and stiffened with a band of canvas about the bottom. The blouse jacket is made over a halfIln Plant in the Garden, fitting lining of deep orange satin, and No vegetable responds more readily has straight revers of ermine down the to a minimum amount of cultivation front. The Latest. than rhubarb, and as it makes a first-clasubstitute for fruit, it should be German Matrimonial Advertisement.. much more extensively grown, espeThe Italian professor Ferreros views cially in a country like this, where our about the Teutonic moderation in love fruit resources are extremely limited, matters get some information from the lays Northwestern Farmer. Two methmatrimonial advertisements which are ods of starting a bed of rhubarb may constantly appearing in the German be adopted, either by sowing the seed daily press. A singular feature of these r planting roots, but the latter is much advertisements is the intervention of preferable, for, except in rare inthe third party, who in such matters stances, rhubarb will not come true to is popularly supposed to be de trop. type from seed; in fact, retrogression Usually it is an appreciative friend of in every feature is very apparent in ' the would-bbridegroom, who eulo- seedling rhubarb. If a few old roots and eligibility. But can be obtained so much the better, virtues his gizes in a recent number of the Neue Fre'e and these may be divided with a sharp Presse the parent of the damsel steps spade into as many pieces as there are in and appraises the charms and at- eyes. Care must be taken to ensure She is twenty the fact of there being an eye or bud tractions of Grctehen: to each root, as they will not grow if years of age, of rare beauty, can speak several languages, is an accomplished this is missing, no matter how large musician and trained in domestic the root may be. Rhubarb is a parTo add to these allurements ticularly heavy feeder, and this fact ways. must be taken into consideration when there is a dot of 10,000 florins and a the land for planting. An preparing One trousseau. have would complete old piece of which has been thought that the beauty and the florins manured for agarden, few years, will make an would have needed no advertisement to excellent situation, if plowed deeply bring wooers to the maidens feet in and heavily manured before planting. embarrassing profusion. But the prize Do not he afraid of putting on too The as- much i3 not to be won so easily. manure, for in this point li- -s the pirant to the rare beauty, and the main secret of successful rhubarb florins and the fully equipped The plants should he set out before growing. bride must pass a rigid In rows five feet apart each way, care house admitted even into the he can be being taken not to bury the crowns, one lives which should be about where the level with the London Westminster Gazette. surface. Fall planting gives the most satisfactory results, and a coating of well rotted manure spread on the bed An Kmlarraect Gupt to the depth of six inches every fall forto be awkward a in It is rather will materially assist development. If eign country and not know the lan- the above instructions are followed out in but of its natives; ingenuity guage will be surprised at the marvelous you re sounds and suggestive gesture of your plot of rhubarb. Never sometimes sufficient to secure the com- growth allow the munication of thought. Some officers the first plants to run to seed, but on appearance of flower spikes of a British ship were dining with a remove them, as thpy greatly tend to mandarin in a Chinese town. One cl lessen the vigor, besides causing the the guests wished for a second helping whole plant to become tough and inof a savory stew, which he thought was ictoria and Linnaeus are pop-ala- r sipid. some sort of a duck. Not knowing a varieties on account of their bright word of Chinese, he held his plate tc color and excellent quality. his host, saying, with smiling approval: Quack, quack, quack! His counSalicylic In Food. tenance fell when the host, pointing tc It Is well known y that Balieylie the dish, responded, Bow, wow. cid is a powerful antiseptic, says the wow? Sanitarian. As such it retards the Daily Picayune. n of organized ferments like the two-inc- ss e 10,-0- encircle the lower part of the bodice, entirely concealing it. The arms are 6heathed with cloth, banded with insertion. The Latest. Treaty with the Men. For years past it has been a constant source of regret to the women of Hutchinson, Kan., that their husbands, brothers and sweethearts fathers, showed deplorable lack of interest in church affairs. One matron who reminded her husband of his remissness In this regard received in reply a declaration that it would not do him any good to go to church the women's hats were so big he couldnt see the minister. This set his wife to thinking, and the result has been a treaty between the saints and the sinners of Hutchinson, which, if faithfully observed by the parties thereto, will gladden the hearts of preachers. A committee of women, composed of delegates from very church, made the proposition to to-da- ac-Jo- yeast plant and utrefactive bacteria It hinders and prevents fermentation the souring of milk and the putrefao tion of milk. Its action upon unorgan Led ferments is even more powerful It completely arrests the conversion o starch into grape sugar by disease am pancreatic extracts. This action is di reetly opposed to the process of dig-ttion, and. were there no other reason the use of salicylic acid should be uni versaliy condemned. These facts ii connection with salicylic acid havt been recognized very thoroughly ii legislation. The use of the acid hai been condemned by most of the Euro pean countries having pure food laws In France it is forbidden by law. It Austria, Italy and Spain it cannot bi used withuut the danger of incurring t heavy penalty, and all South Arner ican states having pure food laws havi absolutely forbidden its sale. The law: of many of the states fotbid its use. B; a decision of Mr. Wells, the dairy an food commissioner, the use of salieylii acid in food is prohibited in Pennsyl vania. I wish to call attention here ti another fact in connection with the us of salicylic acid which is of extrenn importance, viz., the sale of preserva lines, preservatives, etc., under varlou; names, intended for ust in private families. A number of these claimed to he perfectly harmless, an on the market, but actually contaii salicylic acid as the main ingredient The conscientious and careful house keeper Bhould put an absolute veto up on the use of any such compounds There is rarely any need for them since, when pure fruits and vegetable; are used and the proper directions fo sterilizing by heat, etc., are carried out canned or preserved goods of all de scriptions can be prepared that will re main in good condition for years with out the aid of any preservative. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How SuccesHtfal Farmer Operate Thi Depanmoul of the Farm A Few lliut a to th Care o Live Stock aotl Poultry. s high-soundi- Cotton Seed a Cattle Food The Texas experiment station ha been making some tests with the abov. food, and gives the following sum mary: First Roasted cotton seed do no have the laxative qualities of raw seed and are more palatable. Second Faster gains are made b; feeding the boiled seed, but at a greate cost per pound gain. Third The advantages to be gainet In the use of roasted seed hardly jus titles its general use. Fourth Boiled seed are more pal atable than raw seed, less laxative am make faster gain. May continue to b used with profit. Fifth Steers fed on raw seed, eatini a less quantity of seed, ate slightl; more hay in consequence. Sixth Cotton 6eed, a usual prices Is a good and cheap addition to a con and hay ration. Seventh The best beef ration fount by previous experiments cotton seed meal, hulls and Rilage is not here prov en the best, when calculated at forme prices raw seed, corn and hay beini better. Eighth When value of raw seed 1; raised to near market present prices $10 per ton, the meal, hulls and silagi is again the best ration, raw seed, con and hay being next best. Ninth The average cost of gain pe pound in all lots at present price o foods was 3.64 cents. Tenth The cheapest feed per pouni gained for all steers fed, when rav cotton seed U valued at $10 per toD was raw seed, corn and hay. A Mistake, j Dreolnt and Shipping Poultry. Price & Keith, commission merchants, send us the following arueie on dressing and shipping poultry for the Chicago market: In the first place, poultry should he hours; kept without food twenty-fou- r full crops injure the appearance and are liable to sour, and w hen this does lower prices occur, correspondingly must he accepted than obtainable for choice stock. Never hill poultry by wringing the neck. To Dress Chickens. Kill by bleeding in the mouth or opening the veins of the neck; hang by the feet until propLeave head and feet on, erly bled. and do not remove intestines nor crop. Scalded chickens sell best to home trade, and dry picked best to shippers, so that either manner of dressing will do if properly executed, but as there are but very few outside orders received for chickens until after the first of the year, we would advise shippers to scald their chickens until after the holidays. For scalding chickens, the water should be as near boiling point as possible, without boiling; pick the legs dry before scalding; hold hy the head and legs and Immerse and lift up and down three times; if the head is Immersed it turns the color of the comb and gives the eyes a shrunken appearance, which leads buyers to think the fowl has been sick; the feathers and pin feathers should then he removed very cleanly, and without breaking the skin; then plump. by dipping ten seconds in water nearly or quite boiling hot, and then Immediately into cold water; hang in a cool place until the animal heat Is entirely out of the body. To dry pick chickens properly, the work should be done while the chickens are bleeding; do not wait and let the bodies get cold. Dry picking is much more easily done while the bodies are warm. lie careful and do not break and tear the skin. To Dress Turkeys. Observe the same Instructions as given for picking chickens, but always dry pick. Dressed turkeys, when dry picked, always sell best and command better prices than scalded lots, as the appearance is brighter and more attractive. Endeavor to market all old aud heavy gobblers before January 1, as after the holidays the demand Is for small fat hen turkeys only, old toms being sold at a discount to canners. Ducks and Geese, should be scalded In the same temparature of water as for other kinds of poultry, but it requires more time for the water to penetrate aud loosen the feathers. Some parties advise, after scalding, to wrap them In a blanket for the purpose of steaming, but they must not he left in this condition long enough to cook the flesh. Do not undertake to dry pick geese and ducks just before killing, for the purpose of saving the feathers, as it causes them to become very much inflamed, and is a great inDo not pick the jury to the sale. feathers off the head; leave the feathers on for two or three inches on the neck. Do not singe the bodies for the purpose of removing any down or hair, as the heat from the flame will give them an oily and unsightly appearance. After they are picked clean they should be held in scalding water about ten seconds for the purpose of plumping, and then rinsed off in clean cold water. Fat heavy stock is always preferred. Before packing and shipping, poultry should be thoroughly dry and cold, but not frozen; the animal heat should be entirely out of the body; pack in boxes or barrels; boxes holding 100 to 200 pounds are preferable, and pack snugly; straighten out the body and legs, so that they will not arrive very mush bent and twisted out of shape; fill the packages full as possible to prevent moving about on the way; barrels answer better for chickens and ducks than for turkeys or geese; when convenient, avoid putting more than one kind In a package; mark kind and weight of each description on the package and mark shipping directions plainly on the cover. Farmers Re- Farmers frequently make the mlstak. of buying land adjoining and loadini themselves with a debt which burden; them all the best years of their lives says Drainage Journal. When the pur chase was made they had a few hun dred dollars at command to make thi first payment, and from the day of thi purchase the deferred payments drav interest, and, like an eating moth night and day it draws upon the lit; and energy of those who burden them selves in this way. If they had taker the money with which they made thi first payment and applied it in the un derdrainage of the land which the owned, the result would have been fa: more gratifying. By tile draining tin crop product could have been lncreset from 50 to 100 per cent, which woul have added much each year to their in come, so that in a few years the might have had the money in hand ti buy the land desired, and at the sami time been free from the burdens o debt, and in every way better off. view. Flavor Demanded. It is my impression that butter making is on the vergi of a great change, for it is our duty tc study the wants of the American peopli and those abroad, and there is no question but what they are very rapidly cul tivating a taste for fine flavored buttei and are looking upon it more and more as a necessary article of food. To become able to make such a fine flavored article and overcome the defects whlcb our conventions and state fairs point us to hy returning our score cards marked perfect on everything but flavor, anc thjt scored off from one to five points, should be our study and must event-ua.lThe be our accomplishment. most difficult task in making butter ie to get a perfect flavor. F. C. Oltiogge Drainage of Orchards. One of the drawbacks to many of the Willamelte prune orchards is a lack of good drain-ageThe result is immature wood, abnormal conditions and stagnation oi sap, followed by fungous diseases, especially during such seasons as the one just past. No doubt it will be necessary to use the blue vitriol and lime to keep the brown rot from spreading where it destroyed considerable fruit this year, but an important preventive of decaying crops and to insure healthfulness of the trees is that ol well drained orchard soils. Ex. . Popcorn contains more nitrogen and phosphates than the regular Indian corn. Split the carrots in halves and let the hens pick at them at will. The tuff subjects are discussed, and his treatment, individuality and culling the herd by its record, accommodations for the herd, health of the h cows most profitable, herd, drying off cows and calving time, abortion and milk fever, care of calves and young stock, attendance and milking, the pasture season and soiling, tne stabling season, feeding the herd, and general notes. Butter-Makin- g on the Farm. (Farmers Bulletin No. 57, 15 pages,) Most of the butter of this country is made on farms, in comparatively small quantities. It is susceptible of great improvement in quality; and by the practice of more economical methods of making, much waste can be saved and turned to profit. Farmers Bulletin No. 57 describes the most approved method of making butter in the farm dairy, under the following heads: Creaming , the milk, deep the farm separator, ripening cream, the churn, churning, white specks in butter, coloring butter, salting and working butter to suit the customer. Care of Milk on the Farm. (Farmers' Bulletin No. 63, 39 pages.) This bulletin has been prepared in answer to many requests for a publication on the production of milk and its care while on the farm. A few pages are given to the explanation of the causes of changes in milk; these are followed by references to the chief ways in which milk is contaminated aud a description of the methods by which such contamination may be avoided. The herd, the employes, the stable and its disinfection, the dairy house, utensils, and water are discussed. Different Bteps in dairy work milking, straining, aerating, cooling, storing, hauling are discussed in turn. Fifty rules for the dairy are given, arranged under the following heads: The owner and his helpers, the stable, the cows, milking, care of milk, and the utensils. Illustrations show the appearance of bacteria in milk, some objectionable features and some model features of dairy barns, and improved strainers and coolers. fall-fres- In a note to the editor the secretary says: These bulletins present the subjects in a practical, popular way, and will be easily understood by any Interested reader. As long as the supply lasts they will be sent free to all addresses forwarded for them. Managers of creameries and cheese factories and milk buyers desiring their patrons to receive the publications named should forward a list of the patrons addresses and state which bulletins they wish to be sent to them. Address Dairy Division, Bureau ot Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Write plainly the name and address of your creamery, cheese factory or place of business, and the name ot the person in charge. Nlok Fowls A farm paper advises having a sick room in connection with every hennery. It is the belief of the Farmers Review that the place for the sick hen is under the sod, her head havifig been carefully removed previously. Whoever gained anything by doctoring fowls, except it be for indigestion, which can be cured hy proper feeding? If the hen has indigestion merely she does not need to he separated from the rest of the flock. But even with bad eases of that trouble the cheapest thing to do will be to terminate the existence of the fowl. Doctoring sick fowls puts the whole flock in jeopardy. We have known cases when a whole large flock was practically lost hy the owner attempting to doctor the roup. More than that, if the room suggested be used for bad diseases it will sooner or later act as a point of contagion for the whole fits it. It will bo a pest house to scalter the seeds of it inmates far and wide. Fowls are too cheap to be made the subject of extensive operations in tlie doctoring line. Preventing Itonp. is something not very easily done, as the fowls are affected by the weather. In cold, dry seasons, the roup does not prevail as much as in the fall, when the rains are frequent, the ground wet, and discomfort exists in tne poultry house. To guard against the disease, the windows should be so arranged as to permit plenty of sunshine in order that the floors and Walls may be warmed, and moisture evaporated. While the pure air may be admitted when desired Fanners llulletln on Dairying. The department of agriculture at through the doors and windows, it not be overlooked that draughts Washington will send free to farmers should on the birds are liable to hasten of air bullethe upon application following of tlie disease. By keepoutbreak an tins: ing tbe floor well dusted with fine Facts About Milk. (Farmers Bullelime, the disease may be checktin No. 42, 29 pages. This bulletin Is ed in the beginning and the room made Intended especially for milk consumers and those who purchase and have dry. Ioultry Keeper. the care of milk in small quantities. It Drivers. Kentucky Good Stock treats of the composition, changes and Farm says that the best type of care of milk and cream; the difficulties carriage horses In the counof obtaining pure milk; changes of try is trotting-brehaving in almost milk by adulteration and preserva- - every instance outshown and at aucof tives; the detection impure milk by tion sales has out-sol- d horsps of the various methods; and the handling of English type. Yet such a horse is rare milk for town and city supply. Imsimply because the country is deficient provements in the present system of in trotting-breanimals that combine selling milk are suggested, and the size and speed, lofty carriage, symgrading of milk according to its richmetry in form and stylish, graceful ness is recommended. Illustrations movement. Such horses, because of of different the show appearance grades their rarity and splendid qualities, of milk under the microscope, propor- - have always commanded high tions of the component parts, a dairy frequently having been sold for prices, $3,000. thermometer, creamometer, lactometer, The American trotter of the perfect pasteurizing apparatus, glassware for type is indeed a valuable horse. the Babcock fat test, and milk jar for retail trade. Preserving Eggs. The principle inThe Dairy Herd; Its Formation and volved in preserving eggs is, to close Management. (Farmers Bulletin No. the pores of the shell so as to prevent The dairymens stock in the entrance of air. This may be ac55, 24 pages.) trade, that upon which his success de-- 1 complished by smearing the eggs with pends, is considered in this bulletin. lard, or coating them with linseed or Some of the most Important things to cottonseed oil, or other materials. The observe In the formation of a dairy most common method is to lime them; herd are given. The cow that is best that is, to place the eggs in milk of adapted to the dairy is described and lime or whitewash. In either case the the differences between pure bred and eggs must be perfectly fresh when graiie cattle are noted. Under the packed, and must he kept in a cool management of the herd the following place. Ex. To prevent roup air-slak- ed high-steppi- d, d |