V "Wife' m Mm "SUB f Keeping Pearls. One way o keeping pearls bright iBd preserving the natural. lustre Is to temove thera when the skin perspires and take care that they are never put la places where grease or oily sub stances touch them, for they seem to at or grind into the surface. They should not be put away In a velvet case or wrapped In wool, but when not In use should be laldway In a soft linen or silk kerchief. . If carefully cleaned and cared foi earls should retain their lustre and brightness for years. New York Even log Telegram. Plaids. earls. The prettiest part or the cere aonles takes place one evening, when Ibe girl friends of the youthful bride entertain her family. Each takes a Mghted candle, and, forming a proces sion with the bride as a leader, march bout the grounds among the (lower beds, through the trec3. AH are In bright colored dresses and their hair bangs over their Khojilders. Sonjs are ung, sweet musical chants are heard, and the scene suggests nothing so sauch as a bit out of fairyland itself. ArtiGt Dressmakers of Paris. Eleanor Hoyt Bralnenl, writing of ' "The Artist Dressmakers of Paris," In for Woman's lienef.t, s;"s: "Attractive young men stand at the heal of many of the most famous dresssaaklng houses. "Doeuillel is one of the most typical lit the group, lie Is housed in one of Ibe historic places of the Place Ven ome, where lie lias the most superb stabllsuments In Paris. The work turned out harmonizes with the set ting. Elaborate confections ere Dueuil let'S specialty, his prices are monumen tal, and Ills clientele Is made up from what one of his rivals lias called 'the swell mob,' meaning the rich nnd ex travagant as distinguished from the exclusive chic. "But If one speaks of Doenil'.et to ne of his patrons, It Is not of his tracks one Is likely to hear, but of his beaux ycux 'An Adonis, ma ciiere. Buch a manner, such a figure, such yes! Ah!' "Francis Is another of the charmers and like the others be backs up his harms by ability. The French ver sion of the tailor-made Is his province. "Armand Is tlio baby In point of pro fessional carocr, the most-recent ad dition to the new school. It Is now several years since he rose above the business horizon, but It took him less than One year to climb to giddy beights. He wa3 an unimportant sales man. Nine months later he was pro prietor ot a famous dressmaking estab lishment occupying the old Saye pal ace on the Place Vendome, the palace tn which Napoleon the Little and Eu genia first met. Once more a triumph ant combination of business ability and beaux yeux." t Turkish Girl's Debut. Until a Turkish girl Is eight years Id she Is free to run about and play t same m her brother. After that time, says the Washington Star, she Is Regarded as a grown-up. She Is for bidden to run about. No man except ber father or husband Is allowed to - look upon her face, and she Is not per mitted to go into her father's part of the house. Her parents begin to arrange for her marriage she has nothing to say to tb matter. She must be married by the time she is eleven, and her hus band will probably be about 17. In Turkey an unmarried man or woman Is nknown. Such a state la looked upon , as disgraceful. When the wedding arrives the cere monies last a week. The wedding dress bi a most gorgeous a.Talr often costing 11.000, being embroidered in gold and Just what Is to be done with the lalds no one seems to know. Paris bas accepted very startling plaids, un usually large, and expressed not only ' tn subdued shaded tones, but In sharp er ooBtrasting colorings. The tartans appear, but there are too many color ings of which the Scotch clans never ren dreamed. Even the popular blue and green combinations so familiar In tartans -take on new color schemes, In some In stances a turquoise or vivid peacock r kingfisher blue being substituted for the more quiet shades used In the tartans. Americans have never taken kindly to pronounced plaids, and it remains to be seen what they will do about the plaids launched this season; bot It seems safe to predict that the vogue of the striking plaid will not be great here, no matter how earnestly K may be urged In Paris. Some of the French models In plaids deserve recognition both for their beauty of coloring and for the clever ness with which the difficult materials ljave been bandied. One frock, for ex ample, was in a moderately large plaid shaded through turquoise blues, grays, black and white, says the Philadelphia Telegraph. It was made with a very simple cir cular skirt cut with broad flare and with a bias seam down the front. The bolero was drapeJ In big soft plaits and its revers turned back, showing at ton and bottom of the fronts a little 'waistcoat made of turquoise blue vel . ret There was a postilion back to this tolero. and the buttons, large and amall, which trimmed the bolero were particularly effectivo, being shaded tur quoise of rough, wavelike surface, set in narrow rims of dull gold. Other noticeable plaids are used for skirts, with which are worn short coats of broadcloth or of velvet In plain color, made with waistcoat or collar and cuffs of another color represented in the plaid. Manchester Union. The Girl on the Form. How to keep the boys on the farm has been exhaustively discussed In books, magazines and newspapers, but seldom has a word been said about the girls. 'While the boys are universally regarded as the mainstays of the futil ity nnd their departure from the old home an Irreparable calamity; the fact remnlns that the girls are Just as es sential to the prosperity and happiness of the farm home an are the boys, and farm life Is just as necessary to their full and evenly balanced development of both mind and body as It Is to the boys, and If they are not contented nnd happy In their farm home something In that home life Is radically wrong. If the father Is continually growling about the mud, the heat, the cold, the tariff, low prices, poor crops; the mother nbout the farm drudgery, de privations, and lack of congenial so ciety, need we wonder that the chil dren, growing tip la such an atmos phere will long for a chnnge of sur roundings nnd conditions, to know and bo known, to meet people of note, to find amusement and excitement in the great centers of population are anxious to flee from evils they know, to them they know not.? In such a home I ho very joys of life are dashed aside and the children look hopefully into the dim future with distorted vision and Imagine they see In the great world away from their home, only honor, success and hn,pplness. It would bo wrong to discourage nny laudable ambition, but It Is sad Indeed to hear any girl lament the alleged narrowness of farm life and express a desire for the presumed advantages ot city or town and n determination to sock employment there. Where one girl has left the farm to better her condition has succeeded, scores have failed, and many without sufficient for titude to return to the farm home and begin where they left off have drifted to ruin. If the home of the farmer girl Is a baippy cheerful one, she la needed there to keep It so. If it is a cheerless unhappy place her duty Is to make a model home, to rise superior to her surroundings and with the sub lime heroism peculiar nnd singular to ber sex, by calm, steady and determin ed persistency transform it into a place of rest, comfort and peape. Farm life is not narrow; neither need our lives be narrow on the farm. In no other place In all this world docs nature deal out her glories with bo lavish a hand, nnd in no other placo are the evils of life so completely excluded. During the long winter evenings, between the lids of books or magazines the noted writer, the scientist or the eloquent preacher can be met and heard and from the pages Qf newspnpers can be gathered the news of the entire world. The petty frivolities that mar the beauty of so many lives are not there but In their place are unequalled op portunities for study and for Belf puri fication and ennoblement by com munion with the truest and noblest minds of the day. Let the farmer girl cling to her home and drive away her discontent with plans for brightening and beautifying it and then put her plans Into action. However distasteful It may be, there is no duty that can not be made a pleasure if one choses to make it so, and the farmer girl Is no exception to the rule. If she will be come interested In everything around her she will inspire others with In terest; it she will look for beauty she will see It all around her, and if she will work for happiness she will find it in her farm homo as nowhere else on earth. Agricultural Epltonlst. Fashion Hints. New fall sweaters have collars and cuffs of knitted plaid. It has become almost a necessity that dress accessories should match. Sleeves hesitate to declare themselves openly, but It Is at least ordained that all fullness must be above the elbow. Young girls are wearing the daintiest of soft white and mull frocks simply tucked and capped by white mull hats. Drown has bad a strenuom run In millinery, and will not play a large part in the composition of the autumn hat. , Yellow linens have a little vogue, but the color Is too trying to take well, and It not nearly so popular as pink or blue. Hunt up all your odds and ends ot velvet, for this material is to be more extensively used than ever In adorning the winter gown. A good many women now wear all white instead of black for mourning, and long, heavy veils' are slowly but surely being abandoned. One of the prettiest flower fans con tains an oval mirror on the reverse side, while attached to its ribbon loops are three tiny bags holding sachet, puff and powder. The openwork stocking Is numerous and various, but fashion agrees that there Is nothing really daintier than the plain silk hoee molding the Instep to perfect curves. Celery Vinegar. Celery tlnegnr Is often useful for sauces. Put half a pound of celery seed and a teas'puonful of salt Into a pint of good vinegar, bottle and cork the bottle; and let stand for about a month. At the end of that time the vinegar may be poured off and will be ready for use. Harper's llubar. Bayberry Candles. Bayberry candles find a ready mar ket at nny woman's exchange, and commnnd CO cents a pair, says Har per's l!a:;ur. The berries should be pounded and boiled, and then the wux may be skimmed off and mado into candles. Tlieso nro n translucent green, and give off a delicious frag rance when burning. A Kid Glove Hint. Plaek kid gloves generally wear out at the finger tips, and then assume a rusty brown tint, which Is anything but pleasing, although the other part of the glove mny bo perfectly good. When this happens Jake a little black Ink, mix It with a small quantity of olive oil, nnd apply It to the finger lips. l.eave It until dry, and the gloves will be very much Improved In appearance. Mud Stains in White Clothing. Soak n plug of chewing tobacco In five gallons ot cold water until the tobacco Is soft enough to be pulled in to pieces, tear the plug In bits and place In bottom of thu tub. Put the mud-stained garment In tho tobacco water without soap, let stand all night. In the morning the mud stains will wash out. The tobacco stalu Is easily removed by washing the gar ment In warm soapy water. L. L. Meadows in the Epltomlst. Protecting tho Furniture. To protect the highly-polished tops of tables, desks and other articles of furniture, which are liable to be scratched or spotted, nothing Is so good as a sheet of clear glass. This should be cut the exact size of the area to be covered, and should be fastened down at each corner with a tiny brad or screw. Being transpar ent, only a close Inspection will reveal Its presence, and It can be cleaned as readily as a pane of glass. Sealing Fruit Cans. When cannlns fruit It Is difficult to tell when the top fits the can air tight. After the top Is screwed on as tlEht as you think proper, then test your job by turning the can top end down. If there are any air holes around the top, the Juice of the fruit will force its way out there. When the top is found to fit improperly, pro ceed to remedy it by putting on an ex tra rubber, securing another top and test again as above directed. J. E. Parrlsh in the Epltomlst. Recipes. Pnnnnrmlni Ttrnns Utltl one and one-fourth pounds of sugar with a pint of water; add three drops of oil of peppermint, and after five min utes remove the mixture from the fire and stir until It turns white, when It must be quickly poured out on out- lored tins. Quince Marmalade Put the cooked nnln thrnneh 11 nure sieve, measured and allow three-fourths of a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit. Boll, stirring almost constantly until smooth and firm. Put In jars, cover with parafnne, and keep in a cool, dark place. White Sponge Cake Beat the whites of eight eggs to a very stiff, feathery froth. Sift a little baking powder, with one aial a half cups of sugar and one cup of flour which has been previously sifted four or six times. Add a pinch of salt and bit ter almonds flavoring. Bake slowly. Peach Cream Put into a double boiler a pint and a half of milk. When at the boiling point stir in one-half pound of sugar and a tablespoonful of arrowroot dissolved In a little cold milk. When thickened take from the Are and set away to cool. When thoroughly cold add a pint of cream and a pint of peaches mashed and sweetened and freeze. To produce a smooth velvety cream, crush the Ice fine, use plenty of rock salt and turn the crank slowly and evenly. Pie Crust Pudding When ple-mak-lng, there Is very often a piece of crust left not large enough for even a one sided pie, or else you are tired of making pies, yet do not want to throw awav tho extra piece of-pastry. A nice and quick way to dispose of it Is to make it into a fruit pudding. Fill a baking dish partly full of any nice fruit, and pull the crust Into shape to cover it. Sprinkle with sugar, grate nutmeg over this and scatter a few bits of butter among the sugar and spices. Bnko In a quick oven. A sauce may be had L" thickening milk or clear fruit Juice, If canned fruit Is used, with a trifle of cornstarch. Serve either warm or cold, as such a pudding is good either way. M. M. F. In the Epltomlst. Because of the dust raised by au tomobiles, It is getting to be difficult In England to rent houses oa toads used by raotnr cars. New York City. The tourist coat makes one of the most satisfactory wraps for young girls, nnd It Is prom ised great vogue during the coming autumn and winter. This one Is novel In many of lis features, while It retulns Ibe essential anil desirable characteris tics a ml Is adapted to n wide range of materials. As Illustrated, It matches to. ho skirt and Is iiiIMi; of u mixed home spun with the collar ami pipings of velvet, but It Is also suited to the clonk lugs used for the separate and general ivrnp, anil will lie found one of the most useful possible garments a girl can own. . The coat Is made with the fronts and hack and Is fitted by means of shoulder a iid tinder-arm seams. The fronts are & LATS PSSISH faced and turned back to form the lapels, the finish being stitching with beldlng silk. The sleeves are In the favorite coat style, but generously full at the shoulder, and are finished with the pointed cuffs that are both novel and becoming. There are also gener ous patch pockets, which contribute lnrgely to the comfort of the wearer. The quantity of material required for the medium size (fourteen yeurs) is four and three-eighth yards twenty seven, two and three-fourth yards forty-four or two and three-eighth yards fifty-two Inches wide, with one-eighth yard of bias velvet for the collar. In Oil (Ion Cnrilnroy. A latest In a velvet weave, chiffon corduroy, Is seen in duck blue, a dark, changing, glistening tone. At first glance it looks to consist of a blouse cout with long skirts. But not so. It Is a blouse sure enough, but the blouse ends with the wrinkled girdle. What looks to be the skirts of the blouse Is the skirt proper, or rather It is on the same binding, reaching to within three inches of .the edge of the foundation skirt. It is divided, like coat-tails, and lined with black satin, the corners being turned back In re vers. It, as well as the blouse, Is pleat ed. And It falls over n sham skirt of fine taffeta, which Is finished around with a shaped flounce of the corduroy Hnd-Knbrolderd, Speaking of velvet, there's a superb princess dress in deep, brilliant blue. The corsage is finished with elbow draperies and a bertha, which has stole ends, of rare lace. The dress Is em broidered in silk of the self-color in a branching floral design, and at sight of It one caunot but think just bow charming It would be for some nimble flu gered maiden to embroider one for her mamma. Of course, though, many women make It a point of honor to have and covered at tho oenlre front and back with a gore of the corduroy. The blouse opens over n vest of II let lace, which Is adorned with- rows of gold sequins. This promenade costume (not a suit, in I tul you) Is in walking length. II tin oil of Oil-In. Though the day of the giving of locks of lift li- Is happily past (fancy the plight Into which it must have thrust fair s with scanty lucks), we yet have the curl with us. More pe culiar, yet, we don't get it at the hair doner's. No; the milliner bus a whole lot of piquancies In the way of curls. Home are quite lung, three Inches, nnd come In little clusters. Others nr shorter and biitichlcr. It Is whispered that some women use one of each, the shorter ones to start the longer. They are Htlniiied lo some hats. One hut In roseibi showed a tuft of nudum curls. A fair iiiniileii (nil Innocent, to be sure), remarked: "Oh, I see; that's how u woman knows which color to stain her hair lo look best In (he bat." Tnrkftil Shlrl Wlllnf. In spite of the number anil variety of the shirt walsls already rainlllar, new ami attractive ones are constantly lip peiuing. Here Is a notable example, which Is admirably well sillied to the season end appropriately can be miiile from silk, wool : the many washable waitings, which In these days are worn throughout the year. As lllus tnileil, however, the material is talTetu, stitched witli holding silk, and tiny gold buttons nuike an attractive finish. The model is particularly well suited to wear with tho coat suit, but also Is well adapted to the simple homo gown liiinlo with waist and skirt to match. Tho waist consists of tho fitted lin ing, wbjch Is optional, the fronts and the back. The tucks at the back are so arranged as to give tapering linos to the figure, while those at the front are stitched to yoke depth only at the BY WAY WAKTOK. shoulders but to the waist line at the edges, the two meeting at the centre and concealing the closing. The sleeves are the regulation ones, gathered Into cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and one-fourth yards twenty-one, three and one-half yards twenty-seven or two yards forty. four Inches wide. such work done by skilled needlewom en, who need the work that they may live. Cnuanntlj Hnitome. An unusually handsome wTap recent ly seen- bore tho stamp of artistic workmanship in every line and detail. The material to begin with was of softest chiffon velvet of a deep cream tint. This hung In graceful folds, si moat to the bottom of the skirt, entirely concealing the outline of the figure. LIGHT AND. HEAVY HOOS. It Is very well-known that the mar ket demands and prices vary for the different weights of hogs. Explain ing this a commission man who bas long handled fat hogs In the market says that beginning In September the heavy hog comes more Into evidence and commands a premium over light er ones. The height of the demand for fat-backs is reached In Decem ber, January and February, for In those months the great slaughter houses at every market center are llucklng thousands of hogs every day. The time was when nearly all hogs were marketed as heavy-weights, but now even In the winter months, tho demand for extreme weights is not so groat, as formerly. This can be largely attributed to an Increasing consumption of fresh pork and most of the fresh meat cuts can only be ob tained from the lighter grades of hogs. Beginning about April 1st tho light' hog sells on a par with the grades nnd a month or so later the light weights command a premium at every market. There Is one system of hog man agement quite prevalent among far mers that seems to be In direct op position to these market demands. Many hog raisers, and good ones at that, sell their eight-months-old pi a In the winter at a weight of 2V pounds and then dispose of the old sows In tho summer when thoy weigh around 400 pounds, thus bringing their light hogs on a heavy hog mar ket and vice versi. However, tha loss In such a sy.-tem Is rapidly be coming less as the demand for th'i extremely heavy hops grow smaller. A prime, well-finished hog weigh ing about 250 pounds will generally land nearer the !op and this may be SBld to be somewhere near the ideal market weight. We don't mean that this weight of hogs will top the mar ket every day of the year, but prices on that class will average the best during a whole year. Indiana Farmer. LARGE RETURNS FROM POUL TRY. Upon a recent visit to Innrtlana our attention was called very forcibly to the immense sums received by th? Indiana farmers for their poultry product. One establishment at Waterloo handles about three-fourths of the poultry and eggs marketed by the farms fn De Kalb County. Tho establishment Is taking In eggs at tho rate of 1,000 cases per week, gathered from the various stores throughout the country. Last Fall It bought and packed over fifty carloads of dressed poultry, averaging 18,000 pounds to the car. The poultry Is picked and dressed before shipment to the E-ist-e'rn markets. More than $200,000 dol lars Is paid through this one estab lishment to the farmers of one coun ty for their poultry products every yea r. Wisconsin Is practically as well looted for poultry raising as any portion of Indiana, particularly this section of It. It Is a business which requires no little time and attention, but It yields large returns. When Jackson county farmers raise as many chickens and market as many egg3 as the farmers of De Kalb County are now doing they will receive a lar ger sum from their poultry product than they now receive for their dairy product. The Jackson County farmer can well afford to go more ex tensively Into poultry raising. No branch of farming offers better In ducements. Blac'c River Falls Jour nal. THE RICHEST MILK. The rule Is that the richer milk is given at the milking that occurs aft-r the shorter number of hour between mllklngs. If the milking Is done In the winter at 7 In the morning and 5 in the evening, the evening's milk will be the richer, fcr the e U only ten hours between the morning and even ing milking. In the summer when the hours of milking are reversed, the morning milk will be richer. After allowance has been made for ail the above mentioned causes, there is still a daily and weekly fluctuation In the richness of tte milk due to causes as yet unknown. But the fact of this variation Is cer tain. I have found it In s!nzl cows and In large herds, when there was no assignable cause. I have UoLitad a fine, healthy, vigorous cow and treated her with exceptional care and regularity, and yet she has var ied In a whole per cent in the rich ness of her milk durlns a sirgle week. This phase of the subject needs to be made prominent because a lack of knowledge of th-? fact has led to many a wrangle and much hard feeling at creimerUs tint pay by test. Because your teat one week is dlffeffrent from the week before, do not Jump at once to the conclu sion that the creamery man has made a mistake or Is tryin? to cheat you. Either may be true, but the variation in the test is not proof of either. Prof. W. W. Cooke in the In diana Farmer. THE VALVE OF SAWDUST. A good absorbent to us la the dairy stable Is always desirable, and for this purpose there are few things that excel sawdust. It Is really the only way that It can be profitably utilized, anyhow. II does not contain fertilizing matter tnough to Justify Its application to tho soil, unless mixed with other materials. Applied alone In large qua-titles when fresh and green, Its erred upon the still would, In all prclublllty, be detri mental. Spread very sparingly, it might occasionally result In srm good, but hardly vi ough so to make it pay. And as to using It. for mulch around fruit trees, ltr.it Is simply out of the question. 1; makes excellent bedding for cows, tince, owing to. Its absorbent qualities, It keeps them almost, perfectly clean. Dry sawdust. In fact, will absorb about three times Its weight of lhuld manure, and when fhus enrlchei 'x oonstltu'es, along with the solid, a first-class fer tilizer, being easily shovele.l and readily spread wleu hiuled to the field. Horse mamro, on the other hand, needs complete saturation and compactness to keen well, and for this reason very little siwdust should bo mixed with it. Another reason why horses should not be bedded with sawdust Is that It. Is llaole to mako their hoofs dry and brittle. F. O. S., in the Epltomlst. MANAGEMENT OF OUR HOUSES. Firmness, klndm ss and patience are three of the essential elements In the make-up of any enq who Is a success In handling horses. Without the first, a man woul 1 naturally be a failure. The condition of the horse when tinder the subjoctlon of man Is unnatural, although no domestic an imal submits to its surroundings more cheerfully and gracefully. To control a horse perrectly, the one do ing It must be master of the situa tion under all circumstances; a firm man will prevent risaste.-s whpre faint one would fall. When a horse is to be brought under subjection it must be done by conqu ring his will and not his strength. It would In deed be a dismal failure If the re verse were true; now as to kindness, the more of this the better, no horse or any animal was ever spoiled or In jured by kind treatment. There Is no animal upon the mind of which kindness will make a greater Impres sion than upon that of the horse. Now In regard to patienc?; no man with out patience can hipe for success in handling horses. The man who can patiently davelop the good traits ot an animal and discourage the vicious ones has It within his power to change the horse of bad habits Into one that will be valuable. These points are certainly apparent to every thinking man and should be ac quired, If not already possessed, by all who have the management of horses to look after. Louis Campbell in the Epltomlst. DOES NOT DEPEND UPON FEED. That all does not depend upon the feed may be te3te1 by feeding two cows alike, the one cow from a mllk produclng breed an! the otTier cow (bought to replace a dry cow, per haps), and the well-bred cow will give much more on the same allow ance of food, and she will not up more room, will not entail labor and her calves will be valuable. It does not pay the to keep a poor animal when the food required for her support keep a better one. A good should also have a good appetite, the more food she eats the greater her yield of milk. Home and Farm KICKING COWS. Take a snap ring, attach a half inch cord about a dozen feet in length, put the snap In the kicker's nose and draw the cord around her. letting It rest on her gambrel joints or below. Let a person stand at her shoulder and hold the cor 1 just tight enough so that It shall not slip dowa to the floor. Any person can then proceed to milk hr without trouble. E. L. Bates, in the Epltomlst. To Satisfy His Wife. "John," exclaimed the nervous woman, according to an exchange, "there's a burglar In the house. I'm sure of It." John rubbed his eyes and protested mildly that It was imagination. "No, it isn't. I heard a man down stalrs.'' So John took a box of matches and went down To his surprise his wife's suspicions were correct. Seeing that he was unarmed, the burglar covered him with a revolver and became quite sociable. "Isn't it rather late to be out of bed?" he remarked. "A er a little bit," replied John. "You're too late, anyhow, because I've dropped everything out of the window, and my pals have carried them off." "O, that's all right. I'd like to ask one favor of you, though.' "What Is It?" "Stay here until my wife can com down and see you. She has been look ing for you every night for the last twelve years, and I don't want her to b disappointed any longer." a 1 rl a foN. a. Kn1
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