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-—<C. cold storage, choice
at mark, do. 1Baigc; do, do., Joss off,
do. zoaz0lic. Jobbing prices 33 to 1
cent higher
Cheese.— New cheese, large, 60 pounds,
1o¥iatic; do. flats, 37 pounds, 1ratidac;
picnics, 23 pounds, 11iga115¢
Live Stock.
Chicago.—Cattle—Good to prime, $6.40
ay.5s; poor to medium, $1750.00;
stockers and feeders, $224.25; cows, £1a
465; heifers, $1.50a3.25; canners, $ia
2.20: bulls, $1.7534.20; calves, $2 coab.00;
Texas fed steers, $3.12%a4.12%5. Hogs—
Receipts today, $06,000 head ; tomorrow,
Rooo: left over, 2,500; active and 10c.
higher ; mixed and butchers, $580a06.35;
ood to choice, heavy, $6.25a6.00; rough,
BY. $5.00a6.15 ; light, $5.25a5.90; bulk
of sales, $%.00a0.35. Sheep—(ood to
choice wethers, $3.70a3.00; Western
sheep, $300a4.25; native jambs, $250
8s. ¢
"East Liberty. —Caftle steady; choice, $
a6.30; prime, $5705.90; good. $5.20.5.50
Hogs higher ; prime heavies, $0.45a6.50
mediums, $6150.30; light do.,
$s.098ab.00; heavy Yorkers, $5.80a500;
light do., $5.40a8.70; roughs, $4.50u8.78.
Sheep active: best wethers, $3.75a4.00;
culls and common, $ta2; yearlings, $3a
4.10; veal calves, £4 soabyo.
AAS
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
fowa has a young woman bill poster.
Michigan supplies half the countrys
celery.
q has labor
sylvania, per dozen,
Shore (Marv!
ern do, Southern
heavy
Leadville twenty-two
wiiions, Two years ago one organiza
tion existed. ; aie
The New York Aquarium possesses,
the only fish hospital in the world
In the United States 4,000,000 {ct
pine lumber is used every Yea
matches. ; .
idaho has a mountain—-a big
tain—which is 85 per cent. pw