NEWS FOR THE FAIR SES. ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI. NINE TOPICS. Everybody Wears Coat Talls—A Compliment to a Princess — Trifles That Tell—A Mother Goose Party —Etc., Etc. EVERYBODY WEARS TAILS, We will all havs to wear coat talls this winter. That fact is indisputa- | ble. A coat or a bodice to be correct must be quite short in front and then slope away in long curving %ines from the middle to the back, like a man's ordinary cutaway coat, only the talls can be elongated to any desired length. COAT COMPLIMENT TO Newfoundland has just paid the Princess of Wales a pretty compli ment by issuing a new three-cent post- | age stamp which bears a portrait of | the graceful woman. As this 13 the | first time the Princess of Wales has ever been portrayed in this way, ev. ery collector of stamps in the British | Empire will naturally be anxious secure a specimen of the new stamp. This is the third of n series of royal | portraits to appear on the stamps of | Néwfoundland. The first two, the! one-cent with Queen Victoria's trait, and the two-cent with that the Prince of Wales, have been issued. A PRINCESS, i i i 10} por- | of | LADIES WAIST. (Hints by Clara Lloyd) This dainty waist is developed In! lilac colored silk with the figure of a deener shade of lilac. The only de- corstion the frill of lace at the! wrist, the lace and stripes of dark | lilac velvet on the full epaunlettes. A crushed collar and a girdle of the | is olis, and would not be entered, even by men, without some justifiable mis. givings, Nevertheless, the Queen con- stantly penetrates fearlessly and un- guarded into the most dangerous of these quarters, which even a French policeman would hesitate to enter alone, One day it will be to visit some poor Neapolitan child dying of consumption -a terpible scourge among these half starved southerners In the rigorous Paris winters—whom she compels the padrone to let her send home to Italy: or a dying workman, whese wife and children she not less with kind and graclous words of sympathy than with the material help she reu- ders, “Poor boy, we eannot save his life,” sald her Majesty to the writer last win. ter, speaking of one of her numerous proteges, whom she was thus seuding back to Naples—*Poor child, he is go- ing home to die. but,” she added, as consoles “he will at least see the sun, and feel the warm air of Naples once again!” ~Philadelphia Press, DISLIKE OF Wheeler Wilcox in Home Companion Limitations” when to discourse on the She says: COSMETICS. the Wo. discusses | at secrets of Ella man's he tempts beauty, “To the average man the word ‘cos has effect of a red rag of a bull. Yet the word does not mean palut or pigment, it back and will find It a preparation to restore This is the age of special the mee you In days gone by whatever evil the human body family physician expected relieve, Now we have the dentist, the surgeon, the the pedicure, others in the treat A good com: | of a wo the was to oculist, aurist, and still skilled ment of scalp and skin. plexion is the background man's beauty. Nature's beautd ful grouping of feature is ruined if hackground its toue or be To avoid | most loses seamed or spolited, i i } aml patience. | inthis line who | expert as the dentist or| No man is indignant or | disgusted If his wife consults the den tist. He does pot tell her that a cheer. ful disposition will preserve her teeth Yet the complexion feels the ravages | of Indigestion. time and inheritance | much the or i and needs quite skillful treatment ktep because of the of man knowledge are specialists just ocullst, as as as teeth CYes, ns the majority of ladies must thelr methods a intolerance and sotret uureason i same «olor when worn with a skirt of deep velvet makes the suit one of delicate harmony. The waist has a full back and front placed over a fitted a lining of the usual seams and pieces. The outside closing at the left side and the lining in the center front, | The sleeves have two pieces in the ining; the outside developed in any transparent goods to be worn over | silk as an evening or Louse waist. | Four yards of 30-inch material are | sequired to make this waist for a lady | ff medivm size, ! No. 361 is cut in sizes from 32 to 40 Inches bust measure, mci i TRIFLES THAT TELL. i the trifles that tell in a wo-| man's makeap, observes Madame! Millet, im The Household. Be sure and buy good gloves. Suede or un- | firest gloves make the band look | smaller than a glace kid. When you take off your gloves pull them into shape, straightening each finger, fold them, and lay them in a box. See that your shoes fit nicely and comfortably when you buy them, and keep the buttons sewed on; never be guilty of putting on a boot that has ‘a button off. When your boots are somewhat shabby. apply a boot dressing, or if you ean do no better—and it is really the best thing. and preserves the leather better than a liquid dressing use your husband's, father's. or broth. er's blacking, only do not strive for quite as high polish as they do, If new boots get muddy and you have to wash them. apply vaselin on a cloth and rub well, Never buy a flimsy, cheap vel. A good net will outwear three or four cheap ones, and nothing looks more shabby than a cheap veil If you tie it onee and then pin it with a long black-headed pin, or one more costly if you have It, it will last long. er than to tie it in a double knot. as many do. When you remove it fold it and place in a veilease, or lay it in a box with your hat. ‘THE LUXURY OF DOING GOOD.” Upon no member of the late Em- press of Austria's family has the grief snd horror of her assassination fallen with more crushing weight than upon her sister, the Queen of Naples, Living in the most complete retire. ment in Paris for the greater part of the vear, the name of the Queen of Naples is never seen in eonnection with any court or social festivities I'ie luxury of a court has been denied to the Queen, it is true, but pot what 8 for her “the luxury of delng good.” Day after day a large packet of let. ters Is Inid before her. find each econ tains a pitiftpl appeal for aid from some poor Neapolitan, Every letter is read by the Queen herself apd every gpplicant is aided in some way from her own private means, unless it can be clearly proved that the demand for help is a fictitious one, The quarters where the Neapolitan poor reside are regarded as among the It is most dangerous in the French metrop- ble rouge rouge on her chooks, powder on her | on her on her| nose, or pencil marks under her eyes, | has a right to utter a jut he never at that. He immediately ceeds to alr his ancient theories about a cheerful ition and and water as the only cosmetic proper for Mean. | time the deadly scented soap-eake has ravaged more than any | pigment on the cheeks, powder pro- | i ispos sonp a respectable woman to use, complexions rey 1 at ** marse:t. GIRLS BLOUSE COSTUME {Hints by Clara Lloyd.) ——— This practical and pretty dress for a girl is developed in a woollen goods, the main color of which i= red and the raised threads of dark blue. The col and vest are made of red broad cloth, The suit is trimmed with dark blue braid and suggests the military | effect so popular for children. The suit is formed of a sleeveless waist to which may be attached the full por. tion of the skirt. If a very warm dress be required this waist may be made of broadeloth, otherwise only a shield shaped plece may be used to cover the lining where the opening will reveal it. The blouse consists of a seamless back and front closing through a box plait in the center, the sailor collar and the sleeve having a neat cuff at the wrist. An elastic run through a casing nt the bottom of the blouse adjusts the fulness snugly to the figure, ’ Three and onewighth yards of 44. Inch material are required to make this dress for a miss of ten years, No. 4056 is cut in sizes from six to fourteen years, A. A MOTHER GOOSE PARTY. A Mother Goose party for children has endless possibilities, It should be a delight to the few favored grown folks whose good fortune finds them present, amd a charming “make-be. Hteve” to the happy little ones, from the Initial march to the final adieu, A pleasant Muston Is created for the arriving guests if the hostess is cos. * the goose's heaa on until ell the !ttie folks have arrived and the march has been completed, The papleranache heads ean be obtained at any toy-shop, and can easily be ventilated xo that they are not too uncomfortable. The Mother Goose costume is made of a very soft white cashmere, with five narrow tucks at the top of the wide hem. A broad sash of the same ma- terial Is shirred around the waist, and hangs in long bows and ends behind, The walst fits closely to the figure in the back, and hangs in a full blouse effect in front. The sleeves should be made with a fullness falling back of the arms, suggesting the appear ance of wings, A very full wide ruche of white organdie stands up to hide the joining of the head with the shoulders, and the grotesque head should be surmounted by a small nointed can of yellow satin, with a fall of white lace around the edge and broad yellow satin ribbon strings tied under the chin, The web feet of the goofe are the finishing touch to the figure. They should carefully cut out of vellow leather and stitched Inte the proper shape. fastensd to yellow stockings, and drawn up over the low heeled slippers of the Har- per's Bazar, Lr hostess, FASHION NOTES, Fallle and all varieties of corded silk will be In great vogue during the sea son before us, Tucking, milliner's folds and row of galloon or ribbon trim many of the for new light-wool wear, SOWHS The grays are graduated in tone and known as platine, aluminum, nickel and silver, t popular. Black “good” white HE nore Le paler shades be white are Black becoming and this Lierasis exceedingly bats with to almost Reus. are one and very styiish wr decorales it ' C001 A shaped fioun est long ulster ceal. lar, and in point promises to oust its own so long has of tan, which tarbaric-looking chains of colored beads are shown among the novelties, Fans and lorgnettes are supposed to be attached to these, and while they ant are jew they the sfrong of gold af elled chains and within reach which many, ¢ Means some measure of snecess walking suit has the The A stylish dark garment the same whiclt ran the full length of the skirt which has the effect of an opening. We an inundation thing to and descriptions are promised the next of cut jet, all the super wieel], beads Specially e are cut jets, than gant which no more tu Jt and queen was ever made, i= becoming to almost Every one = when f 8: ir approp: intely used is the immings for style and effectivencss funterial of likely ®OBRROH Wool Iu ngnline is a and very and silky fess that i= to this refinement populs sof in appearance graceful folds it is foe al the for dur- Host aud delicate same time it in effect is recommended while Straps of brald terminate, on many or fans in buckles buttons, and the latter trimming oessary bition = tins The really winall thie for ornament only ix rather large bit one in and Jewell ber all others. desigos outhnm Patterns for any styles shown in this coinmn (including past and foture is sues; gent on receipt of ten ceuts, Up to-Date Pattern Company, 153 West 234 Street, New York City Ao Disiantecting Ships. European medical authorities speak in eunlogistic terms of the United States steamship Protector, which i= the first vessel in the world to be equipped solely for the purpose of dis infection, On the deck of the vessol, which is about eighty feet long. Is a structure fitted for bath rooms. The soldiers, on coming on board. will {ake a bath and give up their old clothing, receiving new clothes a exchang.. After the old clothing Las been taken below and thorougly sterilized. 1 will be returned to its owner. The steril. izing apparatus consisis of a cylinder, a chamber, and an exhauster. The chamber ix of iron. and can be Ler. metically sealed. The air is removed from the chamber by an exhausting steam jet. The generator 's a copper eylinder divided vertically Into two parts, a steam coll being placed in each part. The clothes to be steril fzed are placed in the chamber, and the air is exhausted, Formaline iy placed in part of the generator. amd steam admitted to the coil. When a sufficient quantity of formaldehyde gas is generated by the heat, It is passed into the chamber. In half an hour am- monia, placed in the other part of the generator and similarly heated, is also admitted. This serves to newtralize the formaldehyde, and the clothes, now thoroughly purified. are removed and taken on deck for restoration to their owners, Rt, Louis Globe-Demo- erat, a A Candid Opinion. One knows the sentiments and in terests against on war with the mighty English race, England is the refuge of Wberty fn the universal reactionary movement. A war with England would mean a entastrophe for humans | ity; It would mean utter ruin tg France.~Daris L'Aurore. | § ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. How to Kill Kice on green Branches Dying Oute-Green Tor matoes Saleble—A Portable Pig House Honey Crops for Bees--Etc., Etc. Hogs—-Low Ever HOW TO KILL LICE ON HOGS. If they pecially when troubled with lice, the animals have wallow should be provided. accomplish, fill with water and the hogs will the restt When the wallow is form uo of wallow. The mud and on hogs. EVERGREEN DYING OUT. Where any of our native or foreign evergreens are planted in yards or lawns complsint is made that their branches die out after the trees ac quire a height of ten or fifteen feet. This destroys their symmetry, end to some extent injures their effectiveness n* windbreaks. All our evergreens, LOW est, will make large trees. What the lawn maker complains of as a defect is an advantage in the forest tree. If the row of evergreens is used as a windbreak plant younger evergreens ina row behind the keep off the cold winds from houses GREEN TOMATOES SALABLE. The tomato differs from other vegse- tables in the fact that while early in the season only well ripened fruit will sell, yet later, when frost has cat the vines, there is always a sharp demand for green tomatoes for pickling use. It is, therefore. no loss to have some late ripening vines, which will not be ready for the early market. There are, besides. ou all vines that have borne an carly crop some i{owmatoes that are yet green and ean be sold for pickles. What money the farmer gets for these is 80 much clear gain, as in most cases the vines have more than paid for all the labor gives them by profits from previous sales, A TORTABLE PIG HOUSE. Experienced bog raisers nre deci dedly against the use of large build ings erected with the idea of shelter ing the entire herd under one roof inclined to the use of some small that they may be properly termed portable houses. The main objection to the is the houses, Bo titne necessary to destruction of the disease once get among them Ihe small house ha« much to commend it Build it six feet square, with either a shed roof or a sharp peak roof. For the rills ure 2x6 staff, and for the rafters 2x4 ma latter five feet long, should All the other Inmber nsed should to keep out cold and wet. Planks may be used for the roof, covered with roofing paper. The door may be made to swing both ways. but if the house is set so that the opening for the door does not face the wind, a heavy bag stretched neross it will an- swer for a door except in extreme weather. In cold climates corn stalis may be laid on the roof and against he sides for additional warmth, On high, dry ground no floor will be readily ing. TREES AT TRANS PLANTING. A correspondent of Green's Fruit Grower says: ‘‘l have planted, per- haps, a million of tree s in my life time. I have met with but few fail ures, and cannot remember having watered any of these trees. soil is made thoroughly fine before planting: if the soil about the roots is pressed in very firm, as firm as a fence post; if the soil is left loose on the top, snd kept continuously loose by cultivation, the trees will live even thovgh the season may be dry.” Iu connection with this paragraph it may be noted that. on one oceasion within the experience of the writer, a WATERING planted in the spring, and had grown tolerably well, showed signs during the following dry summer of wilting their leaves for want of water. An examination seemed to show that al- though the trees had been well plant- ed in the common acceptation of the term, yet the earth in many cases was not packed closely about the roots. It was not convenient to water them. ‘The owner was recommended to pound the earth around the trees with a heavy paving rammer. This was done. It is almost impossibm to convey an idea of the force used on this occasion. A force was exerted fully equal te that employed by the regular rammers in paving the street. The earth being very dry was reduced to fine powder by this process, and moisture drawn up by capillary attrac. tion, In a couple o # afterwards there was not the slightest sign of although no water nad been applied, and they fotitined to grow ” a Had not the soil been heavily beaten in this way their death would have been absolutely certain. HONEY CROP FOR BEES, failures in bee culture are due to the careless manuer with which the bees honey, len furnished bythe blossoms of what- ever trees, shrubs and plauts there i may be in the neighborhood is far i from intelligent cultare. joes bee ey-yielding plants, not apparent until the time | plants in the neighborhood is over There are 80 many trees and plants of | value in addition to their use for bees { that there is no excuse for being short of bee food, Filberts. where they can ba raised, autumn sown. brood © rearing. most of orchard fruits, yield pollen iu their blossoms from April till July from April to July. and furnish j0l len in June and July, as do the soms of the chestnut, Lind«n and Ca [talpa. In the west. Alfafa | a vast amonnt of honey in June and July. Cncumbers, squashes, melons and pumpkins farnish honey in July and August. Then the al ways valuable buckwheat, blooming a i month or so after seeding and making the best of honey honey-producing summer and the gain, { Rape, summer and { ¥ields pollen for | Small fruits, aud Clover blossoms Dios furnishes there is Plan to have some pliant in all vioom EWES IN THE WINTER A vigorous, healthy breeding time, usually in Uctober and November, is favorable to a large per centage of lambs, and the ewes much more liable to remain free from disease during the winter aud early spring. It is certain that the can be gotten into this rosition much more cheaply and easily in early fall than at any time later. will naturally be thio as the bre Beason approaches it coudition at EWen As the ewes ling is advisa io Lead daily. Keep some fresh pasturage for fall feeding. Exercise in fall is pro ductive of thrift in winter and spring Professor J. A. Craig thinks that in northern climates sheep are housed too much. (Farmers' Bulletin 49 The ewes may obtain more food than would be supposed from a field of fresh blue grass pasture that has been in part retained for them. Most shep herds do not advise putting ewes in clover aftermath, as they are more difficult to get with lamb, and in ad dition the sheep may bloat on it. The best plan is to save the second crop of clover for the lambs To prevent bloat in the lambs, pasture them part of the day on blue grass pasture and after their appetites have been satisfi some extent, change t the clover. Inte i a. ed to them During the winter give sufficient food to keep the ewes in first class condition, but do not allow them to become very fat. Bright corn stover is au excellent rough feed. Clover Try to make oats a part of the grain ration, and give some succulent feed as turnips. In shedding the animals the animals avoid erowding and rough handling at any time. Each animal the feeding rack. fifty pound ewe requires about one- half pound grain, two pounds of sue corn fodder. prosches give twice the above amount | of grain, —New England Homestead. a THE GRAIN WEEVIL. Numerous inquiries have recently | com® to the Experiment Station don- { cerning & small insect which is de- | seribed as doing great damage to the | the wheat in granaries. With one | exception no specimens have accom- panied the letters, but from the de- | seriptions given it is very evident | the insect is one of the grain weevils | which commonly infest wheat stored { in bins. i One of the most common of these tittle beetles is Calandria Granaria, a emall, dark reddish snout beetle which { deposits its eggs upon the grain. These eggs soon hatch into small, foot. lees little larvea, that eat ont the sub- stance of the kernels, and become full grown in a few weeks. Then thsy change to puyae and soon after again transform to adult beetles There are several broods each sesson, so | during the summer and autumn, While there are several species of there grain weevils, the same remedy will do for all. As these insects pen- etrate all through the entire bulk of grain, it is necessary to apply some substance that is equally penetrating in ite nature. This is found in carbon bisulphide, which may be had at any drug store. The vapor of this sub. stance is very poisonons and will de. stroy all insect life with which it comen in contact, This material 12 also very explosive when brought in contact with fire, Keeping these two points in mind it may be handied with per. tect safety. In applying the material it is well to keep in mind the fact that igs very volatile and quickly passes into vapor, which diffuses it. if throughout the entire mass of hain, and as the is heavier than air it will have a tendency to set- : But in order to secure ey gas pipe with a screen over the lover end, which will prevent the wheat fil. ling the pips. aud through which the poison may be poured. The pipe is then withdrawn, One pound of the bisulphide is suf- ficient for fifty bushels of grain, Ope when a second application may be necessary. The material does no with the air ont- Purdue University Agricaltu- ral Experiment Station PURSUED BY BILLOWS OF WHEAT, Flood of Grain. bushels and went the unsacked on a tear. warehouse of F. C. Ayers Mercantile Company at Denver, Col. The scenes that follow ed were something similar to those de scribed by Victor Hugo loose from its fa and rolled and end of the until number of Six thousand of wheat got loose It happened t Hise 7 il when a can non got sienlugs on board reared deck to ano! disabled and a Hed, Only nobody was killed by the wheat In the rear of the Ayers warehouse are four great bins, built up from the floor capable of holding twenty-five wheat at affairs, gets into stay there, until its it out ship none her sun $ Lip ils ore the = was wi ground and carloads of a time, They antial and are Onoe it from rats them safe IS pretty and ready to 1.6768 OWHers ge shovel agin About 3 o'rlock company s fiice at the more * ripping. the Ire Be. his by grumbling. roar- noise, like coming or He an office main floor of the ware He paused for breath and threw . building from the bins “>t or 1 y y earring, whole splintering the torn out by a monster he had time 1 air this sopud WHE SUCes a moving sound, as if end of warehon was Land, to i: out of «ded another, rumbiing ing. the down of the t lLodore, rricane. » box of a . y approach 4 Lu hod fa ueG Irom the rus out into the housa up What he sav as a glant flow vers had Ww ho wave of whent 1 looking fryer at the heels of a dozen laborers near the bins cing for their a foam crest a great pursued. whisk brush who been at and fives, work fis d fr fal heads of were The wave fi now Ligh, its nu 3 ihe 3 of wheat snapping and then on t m now and spray he Afterwards brooms down the their tickly wheat out The * 4 score of men ran backs to the wheat foet down ocean of moved onward or more and then suddenly as ben spread on im The bookkeeper nen to flop down calmed fiw of oll had waves io 100% breath whistled of this and the boo n could didn’t tage beams hd burden on its A hundred beams had followed suit nothing left the im tc do but to make a confined resting place. There were 6,000 bushels of it in the bin, and wonder that its moving caused consternation. After the dozen laboring men had and Bry and by t had arisen ad had happened One of weak from cloud dust awn he drifted the laboring me It |10on1 the the stout There was prisoned for wheat rush for a less i it was no the little bookkeeper in the front office sald the damage done would not exceed $50. All that was Necessary do to save the wheat was to sweep it up off the floor ana put it in sacks, to A Famous Battle. A traveler in England asked a cer tain walter if he could direct him to the field where the great Tewksbury battle was fought “Certainly, sin,” said the waiter, “and as business is slack 1 will show you myself” As they crossed the bridge the vis itor expressed his surprise and peas. ure to find his companion so familiar with such a battle, “for.” said he, “the battle was fought four hundred years ago.” “Four hundred years ago, sir!” sald the walter, “Bless you, mo! 1 don’t be lieve it's ten” “1 think you'll find I'm right.” said the traveler. “1 reckon I ought to kvow, for 1 was there,” was the reply. “You were there!” “Yes, sir. T were! There's only one battle of Tewksbury as ever I heard on, and that's the great fight between Conky Jim and Porky Pete” Detroit Free Press, Historic House a Restaurant. The hous in which Corneille was bora (at Rouen on June 6, 1608), wrote hix best plays, an entertained Mollere and Pascal, which has been recently used as a small restaurant, is now for sale, and will probably be brought by the authorities of Paris and set apart as a literary shrine. The only thing which marked it as the birthplace of Corneille was a bust of the poet over the enrauce. . A Rich Church Corporation. The Trinity Church corporation in New York City has been 201 years In existence It malorains nine churches and a hospital, and contributes
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