ieote, An attractive new flounce for a ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI- NINE TOPICS. Ladies’ Norfolk Jacket:—*Audubonne is’ Mrs. Rose Hints on Coming Styles--Etc., Etc. “AUDUBONNETS.” The Pennsylvania Audubon Soclety for the Protection of Birds has just bonnets which were trimmed without the use of birds’ plumage. “The Record,” which says that the bonnets were beautiful, calls them “Audubon- nets.” LADIES’ NORFOLK JACKET. What garment can take the place of the Norfolk jacket for comfort and con. venience? The one we lllustyate Is made of dun colored corduroy, one of the most satisfactory colors and ma- terials to wear at any season of the year. This has a blofise effect in the front and an added basque. It is belt- ed down with one of the belts so pop- ular this season, set in bright It has the usual 1 and the iining and closes stones, nieces seams in sn tro CeOLrd front; which over closes left side site way outside, shoulder i waist is cut sep means of a seam, Black vot the decorati plaits. The « r, stripes of the velv basque and sleeves, worn, is one of the ve. in velvet and 314 ed to make medinm gam month A ones shown are ly straws, in all the f Finely sewn Panama, laited color Leghorn, strawa equally fashionable ever, be chosen and summer wear, straws will and fancy hats signed for spring for hats ¢ character, ularly for the provide the dressy toc partic whereas co more eéspeciaily and early summer, YELLOW of IN VOGT RE fa shion much the pale shades, but in t A «hronicler Paris that not only | deeper ones, cloge to orange, and more of it milliners of a reddish oran -white is veiled writes from 4 it ” fa Yellow is now, worn n he yn le re Son is prom pring. are craet t is lovely cream { gray. A theater toque by g.ay gauze, and trimming placed on one side, a little to the front. consists of a single black plume and some loose gray flowers with black centers. At a well-known Rue de la Paix place, where they design and work oaly for chil- dren, they are showing a poke bonnet of shirred gray velvet on which thers is a touch of this yellow. THE EMPRESS SKIRT. Which way the skirt tending? Toward expansion, if we are to take seriously the new foundation petti- coats made and sold to wear under our spring suits. Thia petticoat is called an empress skirt, is not very full, composed of colored sateen, ru’. fled scantily around the foot and liter- ally boned from hem to waist. The bones are really a piliable composition, - 1 1 steel-dotted the is hon and meant to distend the folds of t%2 dress skirt which it supports. One or | to us with three reeds encased in (} back breadths, and every second wom- sn wears a tuft of haireloth inalde her placket hole. If all these deta’ld are straws, then the wind is setting in an ominous quarter, Tomorrow, however can take care of a | then at intervals of two inches on the flounce are set narrow bias flutings. { Another interesting gingham costume, in blue check, had its entire glint | adorned with narrow folds of solid blue i i i i i back from points described on the front width. It is a popular practice thut trimming a figured cotton with tight Detroit I'ree Press, FASHIONABLE STATIONERY. In fashionable stationery, regimental gray paper holds {ts own. Perhaps all this war talk has helped its long con- tinued popularity; a better explana- tion is that the paper is so pretty | In color it is a bluish gray, and in quality is heavy, with just enough ten- dency to roughness to make the writ- ing appear its Stamped with monogram, crest or address, in blue or silver, this paper the lady A pale yellow paper is al ionable describes it, nt best, dark dainty wish is as as daintiest could for fash- + 80 very Straw it at present, color 1 much ad mired by these who go in for colore The sway for by cone broad, and fastened and is square envelope whi h 30 long ha slightly longer with fv ‘5g Qi Quart jar pointed that the extreme almost to the bottom PGULT F.ere jover tha ley osg 5 1-4 yds. of 30 in. material is re quired to make this waist for a lady 4G on haw, This pattern is out in sizes 3%, and 40 ina, bust measure. i, a6, FOR WIVES AND MOTHERS. The mothers, wives and gisters who look after the wardrobe of the male members of their family will appreciate the following informagjon: The store- keepers say that double and singie | breasted gkeleton coats of blue and! black serge are to be prominent in spring fashions for men and boys. Collars will be worn high and turned | down at the corners. Round-cornered | and turnover collars will be in style also, ! Small boys will wear checks, A fa! vorite style of dress will be short | trousers, buckied at the knees, a veat! buttoned up to the throat, and a short, | rounded jacket with sailor collar. They and the trousers and sleeves will be enthralled with the best suggestions The width in men's and boys’ belts | vorite leathers, and the old fashiones buck!e will again prevafl, Béx coats will be fashionable, will made of covert cloth, either lap or strap seams A novelty in bathing will be the Roman striped sult, made of silk and wool. and with be FASHION NOTES. Sleeves ball evening tollettes | than seen, to dresses and are suspected rhadamette, and very fine h whipcord are great. used for tailor Armurette | weaves in Frenc tly favored materials costumes, Changeable effects still appear among silks, satins, velvets and fancy dress goods in silk and wool mixtures, ed lease of favor, The pretty znd pleturesque neck and effects, and the t fronts, render dreas of beautiful shoulder new way of the of Beason, he pri attractive adiusting very nes one tha the fashionable 84 most models new and tiny Some evening ilks have turquoise green and light rose colored In Childish Eyes. ¥ ¢ 1 1) OR the 3 which would they vatem by a 8% attain the ingen: sought boy in his traditi Faq 1 r only on China's Armor Clad Soldiery board of works, a The Peking patch, has lateiy been hundreds of steel force. These of much shir ds shields the native heavier, eld ctdinary not about the size war shield shield, and each shield which can be made to protrude in front of the shield by sim- ply touching a spring. Armed with and within sword bavonet, alleged, could “charge” with impunity an opposing enemy and put the latter to the sword without any harm to the former. This shield is said to be the invention of an officer of the imperial guards, who has declared that “the new weapon will be more effacacious in the field than the usual bayonet charge.” ~~North China Herald. Electric Light Baths. Electric light baths are becoming to popular at a Vienna institute that bun. for lack of accommodations. They are said to be good for the cure of rheuma- tism, asthma, anaemia, nervousness, corpulence and gout. The use of aluminum has been ex- panding enormously, and the produc. tion rose from 1.300.000 pounds in 1800 to over 4.000.000 pounds in 1807, val- ued at $1,542,240, FARM AND GARDEN ors, | ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. About Milk and Creame-~Car: of Cactus | and Begonia--<Dahlias from Cuttings. log Cholera Preventive-~Etc., Etc. ABOUT MILK AND CREAM, To produce one pound of cream re quires a little over seven pounds of The percentage of fat in cream Rich cream, but it is richer in butt These are the average results of | many reliable tests, CARE OF CACTUS AND BEGONTA The cactus requires little fertilizing also the begonia Remember the arid plains on which the former thrive and you will get an of its re quirements, The begonia will peptic, turn vellow if the much stimulant made to judiciously than goo 80 idea gat | ¥ 14 iy and drop its leaves ri Avy soil is too h, or under too f ertilizing appli he mist wiil do mu cation plants used it re harm DAHLIAS FROM Dahlias may be well a CUTTINGS grown from cutting 1 tubers if as cut they at the vy ft} ial va 5 for & : ¢1 ’ : and hard The ich the tuber will plump sprout. eye wh on the tubers have ing at tubsr or cl favorit insures to him filled reforming were lost completely ym along the once were ented fr by pres IMDS willows slough jere the dams FERTILIZERS FOR FARMS Mi SMALL $ Feel 2d y much than nf the grown berries, f cage on woul Hzer #oil fort ture nF taal i polasa uth of 1gredient sup Caro cotton plying a rath 8 r yield of to » Erow # plants requ nitrogsn lants as they blackberry be by the an spherery re li'tle or no nitrogen ap- wth ol the cane The is light, or slow sate formula as and in addition, the 100 pounds of muriate of potash and 200 of dissolved rock shonid be applied should be applied broadesst, and when ths plants are well cultivated wi'l answer all reauirements. When nitrate of soda and muriate of potash are ussd on small fruit plantations, the former is best applied in the autumn and the murate in the spring About 2m pounds of nitrate of soda and 100 pounds of muriate of potash per acre are the proper proportions. SELECTION OF VARIETIES. During the session of a rec nt ment. | ing of a farmers’ Institute when the subject of fruits was under discussion there were twelve different op nions as| to the best varieties of strawberries, | ten as to the best apple, six a= to the best pear, and 80 on through the lis. | These opinions were from experienced and successful growers and given from | These fartilizers eral different varieties under discus sion, Here is further proof of the actual necessity for testing on one's own ground and” in one’s own climate the) several vurieties, and planting those proved © te if sctual orl! frog the) tests made, With orchard fruits this plan is more or less difficult, but it 1s safe to. be guided to some extent by the successes or fallures of growers you or by the advice of your experiment station managers. If neighbor Bmith, whose farm adjoins and the so!l of which is simila; made a fallure growing Anjou example, you should variety unless it is clearly that Smith's fallure was mismanagement or lack of proper methods of cuit Test ull the new varieties possible, but reasonably certain that they are what your mar- demands and that they can be successfully grown on your own soil, ner Htate YOUTs has pear for not this due ure be net EHRUBS FOR FARM GROUNDS, As a rule the farmer and the hers of his familly are too busy during thy spring and summer give much atientfon to flowering plants, requiring ey do almost dally attention. Ag farm grounds are Lo d of floral decorations of An remedy may be flower that at a which ardy mien to ti a i a4 colsequence often any found devol sort Cany ng Ow in shrubs may be bought price when care and once i little 1g and enriching of the usually f desirable shrubs of late fall Deauty iety bloom and the herbaceous ORSON the ts of the garden Most 1 for two mont; of each of ¢ ill give a magn the entire aovering De Bought at nol exces ssima bloom of beantiful ye da grandifiora prunit wreath sins} pau Yl anes of yellow itiful white flowers July the 1eve1} mitted @ y around thers r and Keep it running a summer week or ten days and always after a rain as wi do. That helps to conserve the mois- ture in the « 8 well as 1 0 Keep will much fOwWa It pays to Root -cutting Plants are vastly superi taken from an planta- tion that perhaps has become rxhaust- The first year the should pinched off when about feet high and after that when about three feet high The object of pinching off the top is to force the cane to throw out strong laterals and make them more stocky, Just the tip end of the cane should be pinched off. Do not wait until you have to nee a knife and off six inches or a foot, because that cripples the plant for the time be. ing and several dave are recuired to recover from the shock and start grow. ing again. Cultivation must be fre. quent enough to keep the ground loose on the surface. Every fall or winter all the old canes should be cut out, the and only enouch left to bear a good crop. All shade the you may be planted I usually = the WwW beans or « set very best to suckers oid od canes be two cu injurious insects and lessen the danger of disease, In the early part of winter a heavy mulch of straw or any other material that may be available and not full of weed seed should be put along the rows, and if the patch ie small may be put all over the ground, but in a large field the space between the rows should be left without a mulch and be cultivated as usual. In northern locali- tins where the plants are liable to win. terkill ther should be laid down and coversd. * The number of families in the Uni- tad Kingdom is just over 7,700,000, % sae— “dscly to Be Made la the Money Order System. That feature of the money order system which permits to walve ldentification will very likely bot changed within a ghort time. It is be-~ Heved by some that this feature Is con- trary to law, understood an investigaation being made of the law letermine the question, If it is, the ht of pron 10 waive identification will be immediately de- nied. If, on the other hand, it is found there is ample warrant of law for such a practice, a bill will be introduced in Congress which will abolish the pract- ire Those who have this subject directly under consideration agree that this ele- ment of fraud s! removed, It was the recently frauds in connection with spoiled money orders that matter was fairly be- fore ities, Jad the thief not bean & Change the sender it is now and 10 rig % a iouid be to developed this Ls the author able to waive identification it would have been mu harder for him to obtain the money The department in now is engaged COSINE the as tress who got into this feature of » Byster it appears drunk- her that bree her father nad such an ¥ 16 practically in- Some Lost Dizsmonds his he allied ed, but Didn't ever ag'in.’ he said ut I reckon IONE mighter heartily "them there si kids, er a keepsake. 1 was en months mong hadn't it they wad you was t iny home been some ¢ iar thes fost 4d 3 a - ’ * 3 goin ] em a ew and una i then ‘stribute Mn ry the neigh children if you showed up hain’t no When 1 slipped ing int into his though : a EE ae thought 1 ever needed Know.” «Detroit Was Craz} money Press % # Lie LO “ Free by X Rays The method testing by X rays is being employed by many mann who state that It makes considerable difference in their fuel bills. It is found that by turning the rays onto the coal they can tell ho much of it will remain as ashes afte it ia burned, and how much will ed cape as gags, This isa manifestly of t first importance to all users of steam power The lowest-priced coal is nod necessarily the cheapest The perd centage of ash is one of the best indi cations of the steam-making qualitie of coal. A roa! which leaves a larg amount of ash has, ol course, a rela tively small amount of combustibl constituents, and vice versa. Th shadow produced upon the fluorosco® by a piece of coal of a given size and thickness iz apparently dependent fof jts relative density upon the amoun of ash-producing material in the ples of coal. A number of samples of nal form thickness of various kinds o coz! having known percentages of a: are propared The density of the shad ow cast by these In ths fluoroscope § ~smpared with that of the coal to b tested, and the quantity of ash/per ta in the sample under considefation i immediately shown with confsiderabl accuracy. ~8t, Louis Globe-Démocrat Testing Coal of coal facturers
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