THE WOMER OP CHINA.
Maaaara Caatoaaa DIBTor
lilcly trmm Tfcoae la Vaarae
la Oar Onnntrr-
At the present moment, when It may
to iald. without fear of contradiction,
(but In the whole of the virilized world
,1,,,,-e is uo woman who la attracting
ri. universal attention and interest
than the downier empress of China
iin favor of whom the emperor has re
Med. and '"h0 ' described as being
woman in her slaty-fourth year.
wh0 has not yet lost her love of pow
er"), a few notes about the manners
aml customs of Chinese women may
be general interest.
Somehow it is difficult for us to credit
any ChlnsM woman with the "love of
power," when, for years we have been
accustomed to think of the female pop
ulation of the celestial empire as be
gg rcmnrkable only for their tiny feet,
deformed from infancy by tight ban
daecs to' the simple reason that in nf t
r Ufa the women may be easily de
tained as prisoners. liut. although the
chief pal f a Chinese lady's costume
raav ' ,,ur eJ'es he her shoes, embroid
ered chiefly by her own hand and of
such small dimensions that they would
n tit the Infants of other nations,
there will remain a great deal of inter
est in the other articles of her ward
rolx'. which consists of beautifully em
broidered silk robes and satin tunics,
lined in winter with the softest fur.
Kvon the peasant women wear orna
mental garments, especially the better-class
ones, who affect bright-colored
tunics, such as bright blue ones
worn over bright red trousers, or light
blue over pink trousers.
Perhaps at the theatrical perform
ances, which play so prominent a part
in China in connection w ith all re
ligious rites, are to be seen the most
rorgeoui costumes. The Chinese Indies
mare no paint in arraying themselves
at such times, and arrive in their best
silks and satins, ornamented with many
pearls and much jewelry, often going
as far as wearing two sets of ear-rings
atone time. Their hair is wonderfully
GIULS OF CANTON.
dressed and heavily gummed, and dec
orated with all manner of gaudy arti
ficial flowers; while their clu cks and
lips are profusely colored with rouge.
The average height of a Chinese
woman is about four feet six inches,
but in their trousers and tunics, which
are the most common article! of female
dress, they look even shorter. As a
nation, they are extrc::ic!y supersti
tious, particularly the lower classes;
and men and women alilce are much
(fiven to gambling. It is no uncommon
thing to see a woman burning joss
sticks and offering up petition! and
prayers for good luck to attend her
(rambling speculations to Fu Ti, the
God of Earth, who is believed by the
loner classes to favor all gambling.
liefore a Chinese woman is married,
she sends with great pomp and state to
her future home her entire trousseau,
which is packed in large boxes, the
keys of which she brings with her when
she comes, and on no account is the
bridegroom ever supposed to be al
lowed to sec what Is contained in these
precious trunks until after the wed
ding is over, when they are shown to
him with much pride and ceremony.
In a number of ways the Chinese dif
fer totally In custom from Kuropenns.
1'or instance, it is considered the great
est mark of distinction to remove one's
bat in company; and the greatest com
pliment it is possible to pay a Chinese
man or woman is to tell them they
look older than they are. Again, no
Chinaman or woman would, on any ac
count, ever dream of eating off a white
cloth, looking upon it with great horror
and superstitious distaste, much in the
rarae way as we would regard a wind
ing shee.
Another peculiarity of the lower
class of women is their slnvish fear
and regard for their mot hcrs-in-law, who
take advantage of their position of
being dependent on their daughters-in-law,
to whom they often behave most
cruelly, and whom the law places with
in their power. To their children the
Chinese are devoted, and to all
(rangers, if kindly treated by them,
exceedingly faithful and polite. St.
I'aul's.
Monoa-ramed tiloven.
The nionogrameu glove is the wry
latest thing and, of course, it is worn
only by the extremists of fashion. To
make the monogramed gloves you gel
pair of plain kid gloves with as little
Hitching tfpou the back as possible,
lilack and white nre the best colors.
Xow mark upon the back of the gloves
.Tour monogram, or get it stamped
, 'here. With silk the color of your
talking suit you now embroider the
monogram. After it is completed it is
shout as large as a silver quarter. 'ou
1ill And that it is very becoming to the
band and the custom of wearing the em
broidered glove will grow upon you un
til y ou will want no other.
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STORAGE OF ROOTS.
Illnatrated Description of Two Meth
od! Tried with Sorcm In Wla
coaala and Nebraska.
The time of the yeur is here when
the farmer must prepare to store his
roots for winter use. While of course,
a cold storage house is the desirable
thing, yet to many farmers this is an
impossible opportunity, for the rea
son that most farms are so far
from a cold storage plant that it
would not pay to haul the roots there.
Besides, the farmer frequently wants
to store roots that he intends to use
THE NKliKASKA METHOD,
himself in feeding stock or for house
hold consumption later on, lilt lie stor
age of sugar beets for factory use. va
rious ways have been tried. In our
first illustration we give a method used
in Nebraska for the purpose men
tioned. In this case the pile of beets is
about four feet wido and the pilu of
dirt over then is six Inchon in thick
ness. Above the lirst layer of earth is
a layer of six inches of straw, and be
fore cold weather optavas on two Inches
more of dirt are put on. The hole
shown at V is a ventilating holn one
foot in diameter. This kind of a pit
is reported to do very well in Ne-
A WISCONSIN WAV.
braaka. Whether it will he found equal
ly serviceable in some other parts of the
country can only lie told by experience.
In our second illustration is shown
the method as followed In some parts
of Wisconsin. Notico is taken of the
fact that greater cold and more adverse
conditions must bo faced. The cut
shows a cross section only as the beets
! are really placed in a deep and wide
furrow and may be any number ot feet,
in length. The pile here shown is about
six feet wide and three feet high. On
top of it is 18 inches of earth with ven
tilating tile every six feet. This tile
is left open while the roots nre sweat
ing, but can be closed after that proc
ess is completed. Farmers' Review.
PITTING POTATOES.
After All Baa lleen Done or Said. Thin
la the tafeat Way of Keep
Ins the Tnbern.
Potatoes keep better In a pit than
anywhere else, hut they must be well
protected to prevent zero weather from
catching them. They should never be
covered deeply enough to allow them to
become at all heated or they will start
to grow. The first covering should be
not more than aix Inches deep and this
should not he increased until the
ground has frozen enough to bear up a
man. Then put on a covering of straw,
ever the soil already on, and put on
more soil, patting it down to make i
shed rain. Leave the pit until actual
winter has come and the ground is well
frozen and then over all put a foot of
ftesh manure from the stables. Don't
be afraid of driving ihe frost in, for this
will not happen. Keep the manure on
until the potatoes are needed in the
spring, for the covered pit will not
thaw out nor will the manure allow It to
freeze any more, and the potatoes will
not Sprout Until time forpiantingin the
spring if left in the pit.
Potatoes that are to be used tor seen
should be placed in a pit by themselves
so as to leave them undisturbed until
taken out to plant. Farmers Voice.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
The plum is more difficult to graft
than the apple, we would say to an In
quirer. Fruning con be done ot anytime that
the trees are not frozen. Cions may
nlsobecut for grafting and stored aw ay
l'or use later.
Grape vines will stand more pruning
than mot any other kind of fruit and
they will make greater returns for the
work if it ia intelligently done.
Blackberries do beat on naturally fer
tile soil that has not beensmanured, as
manure causes them to grow too much
wood. The same la true of red rasp
berries. Western Plowman.
White Wornta In (he Soil.
If plants are troubled with whits
worms in tbi soil an easy method of ex
termination is said to be sulphur
matches stuck well down into the soil,
sulphur end down. A few drops of car
bolic acid in a dipper of water is also
good, and lime water in the proportion
of a cupful of unslacked lime to pail of
water is the old standby. Put a cork in
drainage hole of pot and saturate the
soil thoroughly with the clear lime
water before allowing it to run away.
National Stockman.
AJIONQ Tin: PARTOIDGI
"You'd better 'urry up into line, sir,
or you'll bag sonic big game." St.
PuuVs.
A l'reiiient Bnltaph,
No more he'll ever greet us.
He now fs with the blest;
lie got appendicitis,
Ancl the doctors did the rest.
Judge.
Pointing Onl 111 Plan err.
Aslicm Where's the rich heiress
you're engaged to?
Telluai You see Unit lovely ;;irl in
pink ut the oilier side uf the room 7
Aaltem Yes; 1 say, old man, what a
superb
Telluni Well, it isn't ihe. It's that
grand old ruin in yellow sitting next
her. Tit-Hits.
Implacable,
Attorney You can sue him for
breach of promise, nudum, but il seems
to me preposterous to claim $j(),(x)3
damages.
Fair Client I want to got so heavy a
judgment ugtiinst him that he'll just
have to marry me the scoundrel!
Chicago Tribune.
Laoltr She Mentioned II.
Lady (engaging cook) Anil 1 su
posc you will want, me to Bud you in
drink'.'
Irish Applicant (misunderstanding)
Faith. 1 hope you won't, muni; I usu
ally goes straigfit to bed and sleeps it
olT when I've taken n drop too much.
Ally Slope?.
Hp Kent Ilia Job.
Boss See here, William, this is the
twentieth time you've been late, and
unless you've got a good excuse you're
pol ng to be fired.
William (the porter) I stopped into
clmrch on my way downtown and
prayed for the Improvement of your
business. N. Y. World.
Inillcnl tnjr CalmneftN.
Wife Look here, Kmil, if your col
league's wife gels a new hat I must
have one too.
Husband Keep calm about It. Wc
have come to an agreement that neither
of you is to have one. Fligendc Illaet
ter. ?e Miffiinburg
Steam Laundry . . .
Is fitted out with the luteal and
very bes machinery. The pure
Mountain water from the uew
borough plant is now in use. If
yon were pi. -used with the Work,
better give Ibe laundry a trial
d w, aud note bow clean mid
white your shirts ami collars
buve become,
All Work Guaranteed
To be First-Class.
Will call for foundry and deliver
ut your door without nny extra
charges. Give us a trial.
Wesley Kleckner,
Proprietor.
G. A. Gutelins, Agt.,
Middleburph, Pa.
A SUMMER SAIL
in ladies1 shoes is a pleasant
voyage afoot, For the pleas
ure it gives, there's no sail
like our sale. Crowds are
enjoying it, and securing the
prettiest, coolestand best tit
ting Summer shoes now man
ufactured, at prires which
burets Hltd it a pleasure to
pay. Foi house or street
wear, pleasure or every-day
practical purposes, walking,
riding, or driving, we supply
the ideal shoes demanded by
fashion and the dictates ol
individual taste. Ladies,
whoever claims your hands,
by all means surrender your
feet to these shoes.
6. E GIBSON, HUT
THE MOTHER-IH-LAW.
Thin Authority Snjrn Taat Haikaaia
Are Jealous of Her and Thai
Makes the Trouble.
Those of us who arc in the way of
reading the comic papers have regarded
tie slleged aversion of men to motbers-In-law
os merely a kind of stock-in-trade
joke that was a conveiiiency to
cheap wits. It seems, however, that
the feeling is recognized as such in law,
as in a recent case w here n man sued bis
mother-in-law to recover home property
the jury were closely questioned us to
whether they entertained a prejudice,
either generally or specifically against
motherM-in-law that Would prevent
their rendering a just verdict. At !nt
twelve good men and true, presumably
bachelors, were frond who testified to
having no feolit:;: OH the mother-in-law
qirition. and the case proceeded.
Probably very few men would admit
j to being Influenced by the stale and
silly gibes at nicthers in-law . but that
thev have greot weight is proven by the
attitude that LlUtOtl every infill takes
I toward his wife's mother. Be haa
liern warned by the comic papers thai
Rhe will attempt to mnnwre him .itu
j run his house; that she will incite his
j wife to acts of Independence. and "put
her up" to defying his opinion So he
Is on his guard lie looks upon her
i with suspicion, and is apt to think that
the most harmless suggestion Is un
warranted Interfering.
To a certain degree this feeling may
be traced to a not unnatural jealousy.
The young husband is always very
olMmportaut. He expects to be all
In all to his wife. He is determined lo
bo the arbiter of her destiny, the oracle
who knows it all. the supreme court
that lays down the law, innocent at.d
unsophisticated little brides do not.
as a rule, see this at first, They blun
der out with "Mother thinks you ought
to do so and so." or "Mot hersays some
thing else," and out of the blow thev
deal their busbatld'a vanity Springs
much of the dislikes to mothers-in-law.
Then men s Idom understand a
woman' affection for her own people,
They do not realize how deep the flower
of love strikes lis roots Into the home
where one was born and that no mat
ter how tender the hand thnt trans
plants it some of the heart libers must
still cling to the old soil. If a woman
COttld sunder the old ties without re
gret, If sho could forget tin- faithful
love that has cherished her and guarded
her and sacrificed itself rbrberat every
step, what a poor, disloyal creature ahi
would lie! How worthless nny affec
tion that one so shallow-hearted could
give! Let the man who complains of
bis wife wanting to sec her mother
think of that. Philadelphia Times.
HONEYMOON CIIITCHAT.
The I.ovIiik Couple lln n I. title Spnr
Over lite Orirnlnit of Thrlr
Letters.
"A happy couple were honeymooning
In the country when the ftrafrpacket
;f letters from home arrived, and the
husband proposed to open one m!
drt'Wi'il to Ms wife.
"Certainly r.ot," lie ;ui, firmly.
"Dut, Philippa," he remonstrated,
"Surely yon ore not going to have any
cecrete from me, now that we nre innr
riel?" "I shall not have nny secrets from
you, but Phyllis might," his wife said.
"Tf;nt letter Is hers, not mine. I shall
probably let yon read it after I hnve,
luit not till I am sure Phyllis has told
me nothing but what she would be ill -Inp
for yon to know."
"Still, doesn't it imply a lack of ran
ftdence when a wife won'l show her let
ters to her husband?"
"Not at all. The Iiek of confidence
Is shown by the husband when he 1 !
manda to see his wife's letters."
Tliis wn.i unanswerable, nnd Mr.
Grant sank back In his chair with
amused delight in his wife's perfect
unconsciousness of having yiid a good
thing,
Presently she added:
"I told ou so! Here is something
Phyllis wouldn't want you i know."
Then are you not jroinp; to tell me?"
"I'm not fjoiiif,' to tell you what it is.
You are only to know there is some
thing you can't know at present."
"Phyllis is engaged," Mr. ('runt re
marked. "And what if she is? Von are not to
know to whom."
"To RaJCliffe," hazarded her 1ms
band. "I didn't Bay so."
"Put you don't say she isn't."
"How could I say she Isn't when
she "
"Is? I really think, my dear, yon
might ius well have let me read the let
ter." Philadelphia Press.
I'rolectlon Aciiln-t Collin.
While everyone admits the necessity
that exists for guarding against e
posuro, especially when there nre sud
den changes from heat to cold, there
are very few persons who take tliesoiin
peratirc precautions in the proper wny.
They nre chilly when the weather
changes and immediately seek out an
overcoat, a jacket, n scarf or a mufllcr.
The shoulder cape conies into use nml
the festher boa or wrap that is pulled
up close about the neck nnd covers the
chest. This is precisely the region
that needs the least protection in these
changes. If, instead of. this thicker
shoes and warmer hose were put on and
a warmer covering for the ilinbs were
afforded, the trunk of the body could
take much better care of itself. Cold
and exposed extremities nnd too nmeh
wrapping around the body creates con
gestion and paves the way for disease.
The hygienic and sensible method is to
give the tiiroat. chest and nrms a dash
of cold salt end water every morning
wpon rising. An entire sponge bath of
this sort is of great advantage, but this
treatment of the throat nnd chest Is
almost absolutely necessary if one
would avoid a multitude of ills that af
fect this portion of the system- N. T.
ledger.
GRAPE HARVEST IN PORTUGAL.
THE PORT (t RAPES CARRIED TO TUB TREADIKO VATS.
Scene at the VineyaTds of Boa Viito, ralley of the Douro: Women
cut the bunches of gTapes into small baskets, carry them a short dis
tance and fill larjje baskets holding near too pounds. Then men with
sheepskins thrown over their backs, and plaited straw knots on their
heads, shoulder the baskets and move off in single file down the rug
ged winding paths and flights of steps to large vats, where the grapes,
are mashed fur wine. The soil containing a large amount of iron.
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Bpeer'a Port Grape and Burgundy Wines
are made from the same grapes grown on an eastern mountain si;pt
in Passaic valley, New Jersey, the soil also abounding in iron produces
the real Bloodmaking. Lifepreerving Wines if the World
the old, original Port wine grape of Portugal. No other wines
equal these for invalids, weaklv persons y.nd the aged. None put io
market until tune vears old. Fok Sam-, by Druggists and Grocers.
Also the P. J. Sherry, Burgundy, S icialite. Claret vin. 18S1, and
Climax Brandv vin. 1878, all used extensively in Hospitals and among
the Medical faculty as the best to be obtained, The unfermentea
Grape Juice is extensively used in New York churches for communion
service.
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I felt better from the vory first on." I took. T had taken them for abonta
month, and was feeling so much better Uiat I bad forgotten about the bad fi-.i-iiis
I used to have. The doctors nailed my trouble dyspejieia I had it f i ;iihii
seven years, and had never in all my lif. been able t eat rich food or ; vory
hearty meal. I often wondered why I should luivo ho iniieh dvKpsia. I would
have what I oall waterbrash sometimcx four or liTc times a day. when c lean
water that seemed hot would run out f my mouth and the pain was something
terrible for a minute, or else I would have pains at times in my stomach that
would fairly double me up or pains In my shouldi rs and legs and all over n
tii it I would wish I was dead. I would Vm! for the doctor, and when bo came
in be would my: "'Well what is the matter now?" The best way to describe
how I felt was just to say that everything was the matter with me and I feU ti:i
everywhere, I think everybody who is troubled with ilieir stomach ought to just
Sry Ripans Tabules and thev will wain know how valuable they are. My ae it
Afty -One years.
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St. 10 SnrnM StnU, Nw York, for I'l Minn J. kfvl I."'
r. nr-, h lu"l Ol all ilruiTKlAt. who rs wll'lu
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Look ! Look Z 2
Look at. youpself wbeti you buy
elotbiQffatmy Htore, 1 keep con
stantly in Htcck the bt-st nnd fim-st
line of Hats nnd Gentw' Clolbiufr.
Furniabiaa Qoods, TJnclerwear atra
CnpF. Call to see my stock.
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envelope, ilerbcrt K. Iline, Preet., Hept M,
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