R THE LADIES USE FOR WORN OUT WATCH. It often happens that people have gold or silver watches which are quite past work, and which thelr owner val ues for the sake of association. It is little use to sell a watch of this kina, for the case is generally thin, worn and very light, and as that is the only part which is of value to the jeweler the price he gives for it is probably faconsiderable. Instead of selling the watch, ask the jeweller to take out its works for you, and then cut off and fiil in the | hole left by the thumb-plece. The | round metal case is then ready to hold | a little velvet pincushion, which | should be neatly fitted to it, and will convert it into an ornamental and | useful addition to the knick-knacks of | aither drawing room or study. i OLD CHIFFON MADE NEW. Don't throw away chiffon, as 80 | many do, when it becomes goiled. | Quantities of this expensive and love- ly material are wasted each year that | could be saved, and brought to do duty again, almost as good as new, says Good Housekeeping. It requires care and a little extra trouble, but it is | certainly worth both of thege. Make a lather of good white soap, and let | ft stand until nearly cold. Put the chiffon in it and let it soak a while. Then shake it gently around in the water, passing it between the fingers but not rubbing it. Now shake it out jn clean water, changing the baths until there is no trace of cloudiness in the water. Fill a cup half fuil of | water; drop in a morsel of pure gum arabic and let this dissolve. Add to it a few drops of white vinegar. Dip in the chiffon. Don’t squeeze wring ft dry, but lay it between very soft white muslin and gently pat it with the hand. Have an iron moderately hot and iron the fabric on the wrong side. having tissue paper between it and the iron. Embroidered mousse line and can be renovated or de sole other filmy tissues by the same process. TDELWEISS ON NEW HATS. One of the most for trimming millinery London is the edelwe made soft flannelly of mater lating exactly the texture « al flowers. The prett) is mixed with light greet shade, @ fur to fashionable flowers at present in iss, i sort on like a turban chine entwined wit floubls at the ty of yeliow dahlias raised dahlias was introduced alternate rows ol ed velvet and rucked t color are among the smartest A BUSY NOBLEWOMAN. The Countess of Wa must rank among hard-working women. Recent ly she began the day by £¢ tting up at five o'clock, and ver slippers pre- pared a speech she «} at the Goldsmith's Institute t ve prize-win pers and students of t thirty-eight evening continuation 3 of Green- wich, England. Then she worked during the day at her own agricultural at Reading, hurrying thence at teatime to catch a train for Lon- don. Across London she flitted, ar riving at the place of meeting between eight and nine o'clock. Her labors did | pot end with nearly 300 prizes, The ¢ two appointments on that IWICK hard college istributing had day. ountess more SILK. LACE AND FURS. Silk coats with a plentitde of chif- fon frills round neck and frouts, and undersleeves of the same soft texture are shown in the stores, and gable is cream lace. Even the plainest gown {s glorified by a sable coat with plen- ble marmot will be more expensive this season, but the stiff imitation sa- ly in this age of clever and skilitul im- itations. fn imitation of the real cushion lace better kinds. LUXURIOUS AGE. Simplicity is little known, elaboration fs the koynote of the season and makes itself apparent in all things, from the exquisitely dainty underwear that is displayed on every side, to the costly gowns that are often far less beautiful than would be the case were the expenditure less lavish. Real beauty is often difficult to find. Ex elusive women demand exclusive workmanship and abundance thereof. in their desire to separate their gowns and wraps from the multitude, made ready to wear, the fact that over elsb pration is apt to kill effect is frequent. ly overlooked. While there are real- ly exquisite creations to be seen, many pf'the most cosfly gowns seem design: od with a view to making a big hit rather than to obtaining any grace ful, elegant result, Tucks and lace stitches are almost a mania. In themselves they are charming and on the truly better gowns make most satisfactory trim- ming, but in many instances are car ried to an extreme. There exists, and always must exist, a definite law as to fitness. When one sees outre com- binations and extraordinary efforts to produce the unusual, which result only in destroying good "lines and many graceful folds, the pity of its being overlooked prescots itsell with keen. ness and force. Ugly splendor is far from uncommon in these days. Just I or —-——— how soon the tide will turn cannot be predicted, but turn it will, and even now the really best dressed women are those who recognize the fmport- ance of seeking genuine beauty-—not bizarre effects.—Ohio State Journal. THE WOMAN WHO DRESSED IN VAIN. Men are not invariably impressed favorably by the good ¢lothes of an applicant for work or favors. A posi tion much coveted on account of its substantial salary was vacant not long gince. The applicants for the place had to be well recommended as well as well qualified by ability and train- ing. The most competent person ap- parently was a woman who corre- sponded with the firm and furnished undeniably assuring credentials. The firm made an appointment for a per- sonal interview. The woman bore every outward sign of prosperity and had a confident manner. But she wore jewelry, a hat with nodding plumes, a jingling chatelaine depended from She did not get the position. The president of the firm was a stick- ler for certain things, and he simply asserted that he didn’t approve of the lady. When pressed for a reason he my work—not cockatoos.”-——New York Commercial-Advertiser. CHILDREN'S NERVES. Remember that children are reason- abie beings and many of them, especi- ally delicate ones, are very much trou- bled with nerves. imaginative chil- dren are frequently afraid of the dark, and such fear should never be ignored or laughed at. If a child cannot be reasoned out of its fear, a sufficient amount of light should be left in the room until the little one is asleep, 80 that the furniture shall not assume ghostly shapes, and some one should sit in the next room until the little one is fast asleep. If necessary to soothe the child's mind and prove without doubt that there is nothing really in the room before the little one is tucked into bed, open closets and hunt under the bed with it and jeave it with its mind at rest, with a light near and with the assurance that is close at hand ready to to it if it is really frightened. and serious ills some one very careful that a child s or b Be no foolish d wolves or bears or it. Be care 1 rest more quiet id bath : HOW TO WEAR GLOVES. Many : it is spoiled an otherwise faultless by the wearer's {lLfitting or very generally fail to give the requisite at tention to these small but most im portant additions to the costume, The fact is that women, as a rule, realize how atiractive—or otherwise— badly chosen gloves, for women not trouble to heighten or conceal the want of them by pretty and daintily fitting gloves. There are many “don'ts” to be re to be well gloved. Don't buy cheap gloves. not afford to have new If you can are well cut, but much mended rather Don't squeeze your hand into gloves uncomfortably small. By aoing this you will be sure to make very probably make them red and un comfortable after the gloves have been taken off. Choose gloves that are long enough in the fingers and which button ngat ly at the wrist. Take care, however, that they are not too large, for baggy backs, slouchy wrists and wrinkled fin. gers have a slovenly look. Don't wear a glove with a button off or a hole in it, thinking it will not be noticed. It is almost sure to be observed, and it will stamp you &s careless in the eyes of the beholder. Don’t put on a new glove carelessly The first molding of the glove to the hand decides its future shape, and therefore it is most important that it should not be put on anyhow, but in the best possible manner. Turn back the wrist part of the glove and then carefully work on the fingers, seeing that the seams are straight, When all the fingers are well in gmooth down the hand part of the glove and insert the thumb. When this is properly in, with the seam go ing down the centre of the nail, and when the seam at the side of the hand is even and smooth, then the glove may ba buttoned or clasped, Don't forget to sprinkle some pow: der into your gloves before putting them on if your hands are given tec perspiring, Don't rumple up your gloves in @ ball when you take them off, bul gmooth out each carefully, lay one on the other and put them both away in a case of drawer till wanted again~—~ Washington Star. LJ COWS THAT YIELD MUCH MILK. The cows which give large yields of milk are not such as might be classed among the “easy keepers.” Cows will often eat seventy-pounds of green food in a day, as well as a ration of hay and grain. They have good appetites, | and are often expensive, so far as | the other side, they convert the large | amounts of food into milk and butter, | glving larger profits than cows that | eat much less and which also produce | smaller quantities of milk. i KEEPING FOWLS IN WINTER. The keeping of a flock of fowls in the winter season in a manner to have the hens lay depends more on | how often they are fed than upon the kind of food. It is important, how- | ever, that the hens have a variety, as they cannot produce eggs when noth- ing but corn or wheat is given. One of the essentials is a warm place where they can scratch. Cut straw or leaves can be thrown on the poultry house floor and a gill of millet seed geattered therein. The hens will work each one will find but few, but they will be kept busy, be hungry and in good condition when the meal time arrives. The hens that lay the most eggs in winter are those that scratc h and work. The idle and lazy hens be. come very fat and lay but few eggs in proportion to food consumed. INCREASING SOIL'S FERTILITY. No farm should become poor by pro- ducing crops, for every time a crop is removed from the land something should be applied as compensation, There may be an insufficiency of ma- pure, but in such case the farmer | not hesitate to fertilizers On every farm upon which live stock iz kept the soil should be fertility each year, and if then there is management of farmer should consider one of his necessary should rely upon that form food as essential to hi nse increased In is not fault in manure fertilizer eX] such gome the STRAW A VALUABLE PRODUCT Straw take giraw and § any that it was durable alm day there is no rubber for the far 8 requl weathers, as boots, would 1 weather iron. i money day. almost and other man 3 to be out n all had rub ber boots, le oat, and ally a rubber cap with cape that kept the rain from driving down our neck Even also rubber mittens when we had to drive in a hard protected the hands gings and « usu because they from cold winds, If w { we wanted wool socks and gloves under for the cold than for getting our gar ments watersoaked when we could not change them at once. We not how many attacks rheumatism, and fevers these rubber gar ents saved us, nor were we entirely selfish with what we thought such a | good thing, for the horses had rubber | KNOW of take them out in a cold storm. Even | now, when we do not spend much time out of doors, we have rubber heels from the wet pavements, and to take off some of the jar in walking. Do | not forget then that rubber garments | are as much necessary to the farmer | in winter as furs to the Arctic explor- | er.~The Cultivator. SILAGE FOR BEEF CATTLE. If the silage has been found a desir able and profitable feed for dairy cat tle, is there any reason why it should | not be suited for beef cattle? None at | all. The silo has not been used by beef producers from indifference, lack of progress, etc. Essentially no evi dence of importance has been brought forward to show that ensilage is un- desirable for beef cattle, A number of times during the last dozen years I have found it necessary to employ stockmen for Purdue Uni- versity that were especially skilled as feeders. In every Instance these men, prior to coming to Purdue, had had no experience in feeding silage to beef cattle, and yet, as I recall it, every one of these feeders has learned to appreciate and value silage as a food for the beef cattle, and some of these men have said they would not lke to feed again without it. And these were men raised in the beef feeding camp. in 1802 the writer conducted an ex- periment at the Indiana station, feed ing eight steers of Shorthorn type, not pure bred. These steers were divided into two lots of four each, and one lot was fed corn silage and the other clov. er hay. The experiment was brief, be but steers fed ing only for six weeks, these forty-two days the age of 1.57 pounds a head each day, while those given clover hay gained 234 pounds, or an average of one and two-fifths pounds a head a day. Each lot ate the same amount and kind of grain, the difference being in the coarse foods. A study of the cost of foods and tie gains in weight, showed that aflage fed steers in forty-two days gave a profit of $19.20, while those fed clover hay gave a profit of $16.96, a balance in favor of the silage lot of $2.50. —Professor C. 8. Plumb, In Farmer's Guide. MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY. A comfortable building is very sential before any considerable degree of and in order to end the the south. with plenty of windows for the admission of sunlight. It must also be dry; dryness is very essential, and al though warmth is desirable, stil] where ventilation is good and the building dry and free from draft, the birds will lay very well, even in the coldest weather. It is our aim mn caring for fowls during the winter to provide hem with a variety of feed and plenty of exercise in securing it. Our meth qd of feeding is as follows: Morning mash (warm preferably) composed f boiled beef scraps, milk, vegetables ud a little pepper and salt. This is raade dry and crumbly by tlie addition of bran or oat-chop and is fed as soon the birds are off “the roost. It is very important to feed but very little of this mash, for if the birds eat their fill they will stand around and not ex- on the other hand if their fast partly broken they will busy seratching in the litter. goft feed a little grain is and they receive This when gecure this os ercise; just After this thrown into the straw a mangold or a head of cabbage feed keeps them busy until noon a ilttle more grain is thrown in, with some clover chaff and a little ground green ne apiece) {about ofl b The wheat or bone an ounce evening whole grain, outs, al litter CXere the in this way we keej ising almost health evil habits of feather an Lerit constantly, insuring BOA and freedom from the | eg eating and dust are also plenty Of water, practice rm are do this the may be tot only that a costl « what he wanted wd geod anim produce exces Hent necessarily a high strung. hothouse animal that could show well at exhibitions, but not thrive well on the farm. There is a wide difference between animals rais ed for show and exhibition and those needed for practical farm work. There is just as much difference beiween these as there between a high- strung racing norse and a heavy, prac tical plow animal, capable of moder ate speed, great endurance nd strength, Probably the ideal farm horse best illustrates the kind of animals needed for the farm. A good plow horse or farm horse is a heavy, but not clumsy animal. and one capable of exerting great power and endurance in plow. ing or hauung. At the same time the animal must be a fair road horse, not a trotter, bait one that cin get ACross the country roads at a moderate pace. The animak should also be a fast walk- er. and not a slow, clumsy, mulelike creature. Such ideal farm horses are bred now, and to bs found on thous ands of farms. No farmer of any progressivenéss would think of walk. ing behind some of the old slow-walk- ing farm horses of a dozen years ago. Such an animal performs about one half the work that a model farm horse does in a day. The ideal farm cow, sheep or pig should likewise be a medium between the high-bred animal and the old gorub. That is each one should pos sess some of the hardiness of the lat. ter, and be able to hustle a little for a living without suffering therefrom, and yet be able to do good work, make beef or milk in good quantities, or produce, pork or wool that will pay. These animals show a degree of suc cess on the average farm which makes them of great value. They are suited to a little rough, practical life, and yot when kindly treated, they respond quickly to the fmproved environments, wd, W. Knox, in American Cultiva. tor. g0 situated bred ¥ animal might not at all. He w those which woul results, but not ould n d is PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. ai Condensed Dispaiches Many Points, Special From PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED. Removal Follows Dynamite Plots— Bogus Priest May Be a Murderer— New “Oleo” Test Case ~(iift May Cost Hi: Life— Bullets Fired at Cars Made Gifts nod Then Dizd— Walch. man Drowned. Patents granted Pennsylvanians: Rudolph Berg, Pittsburg, air ing and cooling appara on, McDonald, packing and string el; Lucien Castin, Point Marion, tallic railway tie, also car fender; James H. Curry, W ikinsburg and g, Richard J. Sharpesburg, animal trap; (ibbs Pittshs hose Has McKe COMpPress- 11s; Bur Amos combined stand mir D reel ; sel, of utont Allegheny, $: Patrick % 1 Meehan, box; ] Willi am tae Scranton bureau of police, was noved from office by Director of Pub- lic Safety Wormser, by request of Re W. 1. Connell. Mr. Wormser refuses to make any statement concern- ing the reasons for the removal, further than to say it is for the good of the police department. It is understood that the removal is due to the failure of the police department to put an end to the dynamite outrages that have occurred in that city since the beginning of the street car strike, or to catch any of the perpe- trators. James MacGregor, acting for the State Dairy Commissioner, has begun a civil action to collect $100 penalty and costs for violation of the oleomargarine law against O. H. Shoemaker, who owns stores in Uniontown and Connellsville If this test case is successful, other suits of a similar character will be insti- tuted, instead of criminal proceedings. While patrolling his beat, John Gor- ham. a watchman at Roach’s ship yard, Chester, attempted to cross over a sliuce- way by means of a plank, when he slip ped and fell into the water. When Gor- fam failed to appear at the ship-yurd search was made and his lifeless body was found in the sluiceway. He had been connected with the yard for twenty. SIX years. Anthony Sockaloski was held up in Williamsport by four men, who beat him into insensibility and robbed him. The same highwaymen attacked William Bar- anewsky on the road from Middleport to Lewistown and slashed him with a knife and then robbed him. Edward Emerick was held up and robbed in (ie southern suburbs of Pottsville. Charles Britton, of Girardville, was shot while riding on a Schuylkill traction car at Connor's patch. The bullet pene sated the car window and lodged in the man's back, inflicting a severe wound, Another car was fired upon earlier in the evening, but no one was injured. coraer cr COMMERCIAL REVIEW, General Trade “Conditions. Bradstreets says: Reports of a record- breaking holiday trade, of seasonable quiet in leading wholesale lines, of ex- ceptional activity at top prices in iron and J, of sustained activity in other industries, continued complaint of car and motive power shortages, and a gen- eral hardening of speculative makets for food products, are the features of trade advices this The year closes with a cheerfulness of feeling never ex- ceeded even of late years, and with ex- pectations of the new year as bright as any that have gone before I including flour, exports for the week aggregate 4,201,543 bushels, as against 4.332.832 week, and 3, 868.165 in this week last year. Wheat exports, July 1 to date (twenty-six weeks), aggregate 144.028,000 bushels, as against 92,052,244 last season Corn exports aggregate 424,330 bushels, as against 330.041 week, and 4011, 105 last year. to date, corn ex- ports 20,350, bushels, against 93,178,344 last Failures for in the Unites year, and 23 year. werk. 1: ast are CAS0OT $ the ibered States, a Canada, against 18 LATEST QUOTATIONS. $4.75; Minnesota High Baker's, Flour lest Patent, Grade Extra, $4.25; $3,204.40. Se Nheat York No. 2, 89%; , Bg'4aBsc; Baltimore York, ral deiphia N " GREEN FRUYI LES. — Apples - ART S10.00a11.00 r pet ape { od, { bri. $7.0028.00 4 per dozen per $7 4X per ooa to kens— Young, head ajo: do, mixed, to medium, on, good poor { seese i i leet — {Creamery 26a27c; gathered cream, 22a23C; cream- a P10 separator, 1 1054 % Eastern and Virginia), per ginia, per dozen, —a rinia, do. 24a25¢c; West- 25C ; do., 22a23¢C; guinea do. —a-—