DUCHESS A PHILANTHROPIST. Duchess PhUlp of Wurtemburg has contrived a bandage that Is so scien tifically constructed that manufactur ers have taken out patents covering the right to make It in foreign coun tries. The duchess is said to be the most popular of all the "royal ladles of Germany, and much of her popu larity Is due to the Interest she has always shown In the sick poor. UNMATED. It was In the drawing-room after dinner that they discussed an absent maiden friend's bad points with the usual grim and scathing glee. Having thoroughly dissected her ' personal appearance they next paid attention to her mental shortcom ings. "She Is a very singular girl," pake the one. "Yes, indeed," responded her com panion, "but then that is not her fault, for I never saw a girl so anx ious to be plural." The Scoffer, In ffown Topics. I 1 ' . GIRLS TAUGHT LIFE-SAVING. A course In life-saving has been Instituted among the women students of Columbia University for the pur pose of making them as ad'ept as men In rescuing drowning persons. They receive the regular life-saving drill, Including the grips and breaks, tow ing to shore and artificial respiration. 'A fully dressed girl is thrown into the water at one end of the swimming-tank, and other girls are obliged to rescue her from the op posite end and .take her back, which is already done In fifty-seven seconds. This new departure In co-education has become Immensely popular. Popular Mechanics. , THE CAUSE OF POVERTY," I attribute much married misery to too expensive wedding outfits and .wedding trips; setting up In a style too expensive, and wanting too many things; buying on the credit and in stalment plan; too many luxuries; too much entertaining; no self-de- Chicken Cutlets in Aspic. Prepare a- chicken souffle; when Bteamed and cold, cut it Into slices a quarter of an inch thick, and stamp out some cutlets by means of a cutlet cutter. Mask some cutlet molds with a thick layer of aspic jelly, dec orate with cooked green peas, truffles and hard cooked white of egg. When, Jhe, garnistj Js eet, place a chicken cutjet in each of the molds, fill up with "aspic jelly, and set them in the refrigerator until required for the table. Unmold the cutlets, arrange them neatly on a cold dish in the form of a "border, fill the centre of the dish with a cooked macedoine of vegetables seasoned with mayonnaise sauce, and garnish round with small watercress. Boston Cooking School Magazine. ; , o as OS 4 3 8 nlal; trying to keep pace with .wealthy people and going in debt for things they could do without; too much theatre-going; expensive dress. Toung people begin now in the same etyle their parents live and forget bow many years it took to establish a borne like their parents. The world is crazy on style and good eating. We need to go back to a simple life. Mrs. H. V. P., of Waldo, Fla., In the Christian Herald. , BUSINESS GIRLS. ' When a business girl Is a failure the reason often is that she regards the work she has taken up as only a temporary thing something to fill tip the years that lie between leav ing school and the husband and home that she hopes sooner or later will fall to her lot. That is an utterly wrong principle. Even if the chances are that the girl will marry, she must work hard and gain all the knowledge she can of her calling, so that, should marriage not come her way, she may, instead -of developing into a complaining old maid,' become an interesting and charming woman, leading a busy life too busy very often to think much of self, but never too busy to do a kind action or help on younger wo men beginning life. Grit. ; PROUD OF THE DAUGHTERS. 1 Altogether the Daughters of the American Revolution is an organiza tion of which every American may feel proud. Wealth and social posi tion are no open sesame to its ranks, although it speaks well for the qual ity of the brains bequeathed by the forefathers .of America that most of their descendants are prosperous and vaTI nlnrpd. T fllnn Knanlra wall ftr the intelligence of the Daughters that they have always chosen the heads both of "the national society and of the various chapters with such dis crimination. Every cne of the presi dents general has been a woman to whom her countrymen and country women could point with pride as the Ideal American woman, women culti- '-VAted find Tanned, fnrtd nf hnma and family and friends, yet with a wider outlook, capable of taking an interest In the great world that Is making his tory, and with gratification at the part their country now plays, and Jealously guarding its past from ob livion. Mary Dale, in Sabbath Read ing. .... ' MARY GARDEN AN AMERICAN. Adelina Patti was born In Spain, tut her parents were Italians, and they brought her to New York at so early an age that, to cite her own words, she "learned of all languages English first." Olive Fremstad was born in Norway, but came to the United States as a child and grew here. Mary Garden was born Id Scotland, but came to Chicago at the age of six, and remained in this country till she was nineteen, when she returned to Europe. Perhaps we cannot claim these three singers as Americans with the Bame right that we claim Emma Eames, who hap pened to see the light of the world first in Shanghai; yet the fact that all of them lived with us during the most ImDresslonable. educational pe riod of life prevents us from looking 1 on them as foreigners. Mary Garden, I at any rate, looks on herself as being ' an American, and we have reason to be proud of it, for she is an artist of unusual gifts "and attractive in dividuality. From Henry T. Finck's "Mary Garden," in the Century. SIOUX WOMEN. Among the Sioux It was no cMsgrace to the chief's daughter to work with her hands. Indeed, says Mr. Charles A. Eastman In "Old Indian Days," their standard of worth was their i willingness to work, but not for the sake of accumulation, only in order to give. Generosity is a trait that Is highly developed In the Sioux woman. She makes many moccasins and other ar ticles of clothing for her male rela tives, or for any who are not well provided. She loves to see her brother the best dressed among the young men, and the moccasins, espe cially of a young brave, are the pride of his womankind. Her own moccasins are plain, her leggings close-fitting and not as high as her brother's. She parts her smooth, jet-black hair in the middle and plaits It in two braids. Her or naments, sparingly worn, are beads, elks' teeth, and a touch of red paint. No feathers are worn by the woman, unless in a sacred dance. She is supposed to be always occu pied with some feminine pursuit or engaged in some social affair, which, is also strictly feminine as a rule. Even her language is peculiar to her sex, some words being used by wo men only, and others have a feminine termination. There is an etiquette of Bitting and standing, which is strictly observed. The woman muBt never raise her knees or cross her feet when seated. She seats herself on the ground side wise, with both feet under her. Nearly all her games are different from those of the men. She has a sport of wand-throwing which devel ops fine muscles of the shoulder and back. The wands are about eight feet long, and taper gradually from an inch and a half to half an inch in diameter. Some of them are artisti cally made, with heads of bone or horn, and it is remarkable to what a distance they may be made to slide over the ground. In the feminine game of hall, which is something like "shinny," the ball is driven with curved sticks between two goals. It is played with from two to three hundred on a side, and a game between two bands or villages is a picturesque event. A WOMAN ON WOMEN. Mrs. Anna Rogers, in a recent Is sue of the Atlantic Monthly, asserts that the American woman has mega lomania; that her attitude towards marriage is apt to be either supercil ious or sentimental; that she falls to realize that she owes a duty to so ciety in general to the same extent that the American man does; that her training as a girl does not fit her for matrimony, and that the Increas ing tendency towards divorce in this country is largely due to the Amer ican woman's failure so thoroughly to forget her Individualistic ideas as to make a success of her end of the matrimonial game. In short, Mrs. Rogers says a great deal which no mere man would be quite bold enough to say; and already there is a war of words arisen. There Is Just one trouble concerning generaliza tions of this sort that is, that they are generalizations. When yon say "the American woman," Just whom do you meanT Out of, lee. us say, twenty million women, how many have had a chance to develop mega lomania, how many have been encour aged to foster the delusion that they are superior to all the world else? How many have had the opportunity to indulge themselves in, to riot in, the individualistic ideas which are asserted to be making them unfit for the desperate adventure of matri mony? The fact Is that nature, and economic conditions, will always keep the overwhelming majority of the women of any nation from any very marked deviation from the feminine form. Uncle Remus's Magazine. Work of the Teacher. To help the young soul; to add energy, to Inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to re deem defeat bv a new thoneht Arm action; that Is not easy, that is the worn of eivlne men. Emerson. Midnight Murderers. By W. T. HORNADAY. The desire to murder for the sake ftf killing is born in some carnivorous animals, and by others it is achieved. Among the largest and finest of the felines, the lions and tigers, midnight murders are very rare. Individual dis like Is shown boldly and openly, and we are given a fair chance to prevent fatalities. Among the lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and pumas of the New York Zoological Park, twenty eight In number, there has been but ont ihurder. That was the crime of Lopez, the big jaguar, who deserved Instant death as punishment. It was one of tho most cunning crimes I have ever seen among wild animals, and Is now historic. For a year Lopez pretended osten tatiously to be a good natured anl- mal. Twenty times at least he acted the part of n playful pet, Inviting me to reach him and stroke him. At ( last We decided to glvo him a cage mate, and a fine adult female jaguar was purchased. The animals actually tried to caress each other through the bars, and the big male completely deceived us all. At the end of two days It was con sidered safe to permit the female jaguar to enter the cage of Lopez. She was Just as much deceived as we were. An animal that Is afraid always I leaves its traveling cage slowly and unwillingly, or not at all. When the two sets of doors were opeued, the female Joyously walked Into the cage of her treacherous admirer. In an Instant, Lopez rushed upon her, seized her whole neck in his powerful jaws, and crushed her cervical verte brae by his awful bite. We beat him over the head; we spiked him; we even tried to brain him; but he held her, as a bulldog would hold a kitten, until she was dead. He was deter mined to murder her, but had cun ningly concealed his purpose until his victim was fully in his power. From McClure's Magazine. Milk and Butter in Japan. There was a time when milk was regarded In Japan with the same ab horrence as cheese is in China, es pecially the pungent and strong smelling variety. Recent statistics, however, according to Consul Wil bur T. Gracey, show that time has worked a great change in this respect and milk and butter are now in great favor In Japan. Whereas twenty-five years ago not more than one or two per cent, of the persons visiting a European restaurant, or eating a European meal at a friend's house, would have thought of touching but ter, fully forty or fifty per cent, now eat it wjth a relish. They are, how ever, quite content to do without. As o dairy farms, they have In creased notamy In recent year's. But ter, however, Is a byproduct at these places. It is to milk thai they Took for their profit. Milk has a curious J Vllatnpv In iMa nmmf iv TMrfv rtn forty years ago it was abhorred. The average Japanese could not induce himself to drink it. But to-day many a household consumes one or two bottles of milk daily, partly because doctors have recommended it as a unique and wholesome beverage. "Milk halls," too, are now quite num erous. Butter will probably take much longer to come widely into Togue, because of its expensiveness. A pound of fresh butter costs at least one yen (49.8 cents gold) In Toklo to-day, an extremely high price for Japan, How Old is Niagara? This question, always interesting for the light it throws on the past history of the earth, has had 'many answers. The latest is that of Dr. J, W. Spencer, who, from recent studies on the spot, finds that the mean rate of recession of the falls at present is 4.2 feet per year, and that this has been the rate for approximately 227 years. But owing to the fact that originally the waters of Lake Erie only were discharged over the falls, giving but one-fifteenth of the pres ent water supply, the rate of reces sion was at first much lower. A sud den widening of the gorge above Foster's Flat indicates the position ot the falls when the other great lakes began to discharge Into Lake Erie. From his data, Dr. Spencer calcu lates the entire age of the falls at 39,000 years. The cutting, with the full power ot the four lakes, Is esti mated to have lasted 3500 years. Youth's Companion. .. , Take Your Choice. Have you ever almost run Into some one on the street and then dodged from side to side for half a minute, vainly endeavoring to pass, while the other person by some strange fatality blocked your every move by trying to pass you in the same way? Such was the recent experience of a young man In Portland, Maine. He and a strange young woman had been going through this performance for several seconds, when his unwilling vis-a-vis staggered him by saying: . "Well, hurry up! Which Is it to be a waltz or a two-step?" Woman's Home Companion. . i Demand For Telephones in Pekln. ' Advices received at Washington state that In Pekin there are now about seventeen hundred subscribers to the telephone system, and. that the demand for connections Is more than the administration can keep pace with. Reduction in Second Class Matter. It has been officially stated that the new postal regulations have resulted in cutting or 6,000,000 pieces of sec ond class matter. GERANIUMS. A Geraniums bloom most satisfac torily when grown in comparatively small pots and soil which is termed rich, but is not rank with excessive manure. Florist. BEST ANNUALS. " For covering rough ground and waste places, nothing better . than Shirley poppies, tulip popples,, phlox Drummondii, California . popples, sweet alyssum, nasturtiums, scarlet salvias, and above all for lasting ef fect, petunias. The latter will bloom all summer, on Into actual freezing weather a perfect sheet of bloom. If the ground be rocky, the single portulaca (rose-moss) will fairly mat It with Its succulent growth and vivid bloom. Give these sunshine. La dles' World. RENEWING OLD PEACH TREES. The peach tree Is a rapid grower under ordinarily favorable conditions. It bears fruit only on wood of the previous season's growth. But even with careful annual pruning th( peach tree will eventually get out o' Tree After Cutting Back. proportion and out ot reasonable bounds. It is at this time that a complete renewal becomes advisable. This can be accompllsed without the loss of a crop, providing the work be done early in the spring ot a season in which the fruit buds have been de stroyed by the rigors of winter, as Is often the case. Jn ajl se,ctipn of. Ohio other than those bordering' on Lake Erie. Where annual crops, are theTule the fortunate 'orchardist'may' cut back of a few ot the branches of each tree each season, thereby keeping an adequate supply of new fruiting wood coming on, low down where pruning and spraying may be easily done and where the crop may be safely supported by the superior strength ot the short, sturdy, well knit branches. Thus gradually the trees will become renewed, there will be no material loss in fruit produc tion and the fruit will be of larger size because ot the decreased number ot specimens to be developed. Weekly Witness, - SPRAYING 13 ESSENTIAL. Spraying Is now recognized as an essential in profitable fruit growing, says Drovers' Journal. , But to be successful It must be done at the right time and in the right way. There are many different kinds of insects and plant diseases which attack fruit trees, consequently there are a great many kinds of spraying solutions, each .with Its own peculiar use and time of application. It may be con fusing to the beginner to understand each of these sprays, but the experi ment stations in each State have pub lished what is called a spraying cal endar, which it will be advisable for every farmer and orchard owner to send and get. This calendar tells how to make each of the spraying so lutions, for -what particular insect they are best adapted and when to use for the bett results. Each experi ment station sends out these bulletins free of charge to farmers ot the State in which they are located. FLOWERS FROM FROST TO FROST March Crocuses. " " - ' April English daisies, forget-me-nots, narcissi. May Iris, lily of the valley, china pinks, violets, wisteria and bleeding heart. June Bellflowers, perennial core opsis, larkspur, foxgloves, phlox, hardy perpetual roses and sweet Wil liams. July Clematis, day Ullles, golden glow, hollyhocks and Ullles. August Phlox. September Chrysanthemums. Home and Farm. PLANS FOR THE CARDEN. I find the best way to lay out the garden Is to have the rows as long and straight as possible. This saves lots of time in cultivation. We see many gardens laid out In small square beds with walks all around them. This is all needless labor to prepare them, and then it takes much more work to keep them clean. If the rows run straight across the garden one can run the wheel hoe through so quickly and easily that it becomes a real pleasure to keep the weeds down, and it pays any one that has a garden to have a wheel. hoe. J. A. Saunders, in the Amtrlcaa Cultivator. fff Farm Topics, flf " PROTEIN IN ORCHARD GRASS. Orchard grass is richest in protein, being 4.9 to 100 pounds, almost double that of timothy. STUDY YOUR COWS. Study your cows. They will teach you more than lots of books. Read dairy and stock papers and books. Talk. to scientific men and your mind will broaden. I would add two or three pounds ot white . clover seed per acre for permanent mowings, as it makes a thick, rich bottom, writes W. A. Ford of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. - THE BEST COW. 1 As a rule farmers generally give the cow that is giving the most milk the credit for being the best cow in the stable. This is not always bo, for in some cases the milk from such a cow when tested by the Babcock test will show that while the quantity might be all right the quality Is away off. There 'are a great many cows in this country that are fooling their owners In this manner, and such cows should be tested and thus shown in their true light. Weekly Witness. THE FAMILY HORSE AND COW. Watch the horse's hoofs carefully during the spring months. The mud should not be allowed to cake on them, and, If one has been driving over wet roads, the animal's legs Bhould be thoroughly dried off. It is a wise plan to get the manure pile away from the stable as soon as possible In the spring. Nowadays many people with country places have manure drawn direct to the fields throughout the winter, but if this practice Is not followed It should' now be carted to the ground where It Is to be used and spread. Be careful to see that the horse and cow are never without a piece ot rock salt. It Is a good plan to have a email box fastened to the stall manger to keep it In. The cow should be out of doors every fair day for exercise, but be sure that she is not allowed to stray on the soft and wet turf, which is easily cut up and damaged at this time of year. Suburban Life. THE BROWN LEGHORNS. They lay at all seasons, if well cared for, excepting during moulting, a white egg, and seldom want to sit, but if left alone will sit and make good mothers. The chicks are hardy and grow fast. Some prefer them for early broilers. They say they early get the size of oneand a half or two pounds, and at that age are as jopd as Jhe chicks' of the" large? "breeds. They get their growth at the age of five months, and are good fall and winter layers, as I have said, it well handled. In color the head, back and ex posed parts of the wings of the cock are a bright bay, while the breast, flight feathers of the wing and tail are black. The neck hackle and sad dle is bay laced with black. There must no white appear In any part ot the plumage. The hen Is of a salmon brown, formed by the alternate lacing of light and dark brown. J. M. John son, In the American Cultivator. A TIME SAVER. To open and close gates that stock may be kept within bounds the year round is one thing which uses up a great deal ot time, and makes no return. Every gate should be so made that it will fall into place of Its own weight and stay closed and open without hitch or bother. The V 'A Handy Farm Gate. cut illustrates a convenient thing that Bhould be in larger use on farms. It la always open and always closed against stock. Put up and well painted, says Farm and Home, it will last for many years. , , . -1 ' s- DEAD SHOT FOR INSECTS. When Insects, mice or other creat ures Infest grain bins, burrow out ot Bight or attempt to make their places secure against ordinary methods ot attack; the best remedy is bisulphide of carbon, a very volatile liquid, which becomes rapidly converted into gas, penetrating Into every hole, crack or other harboring place. As this gas is heavier than air it sinks down to the lowest points, hence goes wherever the creature can go. Poured Into a rat hole (about a tablespoon ful) and the hole covered with dirt, the rat must come out or perish. To destroy weevil in wheat It may be used with advantage. Being very volatile and also highly explosive, no flame or light of any kind must be brought near it, not even a lighted pipe or cigar. It has given excellent satisfaction when used at the roots ot trees, after removing the earth for that purpose, in destroying root lice and other insects at work near the roots. T'ae Epltomlst. BUSINESS CURDS. KNEFF ' JUSTICE OP TflK PEACE, Pension Attorney and RcalEstate Agent. RAYMOND E. BROWN, attorney at law, Brookvillk, Pa. J, M. MCDONALD, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Rb&I estate agent, patents secured, col lections made promptly. OtHce In Syndicate .ulldiug, Keynoldsvllle, P. SMITH M. MuCREIGHT, - ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate agent. Col lections will roce ve prompt attention, OSot , In the Keynoldsvllle Hardware Co. building, Lain street Uuynoldsvllle, Pa. QR. B. E. HOOVER, DENTIST, Resident dentist. In the Hoover building Main street. Oentleness In operating. DR. L. L. MEANS, " DENTIST; OfnVe on second floor of tlie First National bank building, Main street. )R. R, DEVEUEKINQ, DENTIST, office on second floor of tho Syndicate ball! Ing, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa. JIENUY PRIESTER UNDERTAKER. Black and white funeral can. Main street, Ueynoldsvllle, Pa. O, H, YOUNG, ARCHITECT Corner Qrant and Flftn ita., Baynoldtw f llle, Pa. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wheat No. S red f 8V 90 Rye-No. J , Corn No 2 yellow, ear 80 81 No. yellow, shelled 79 80 ' Mlied ear 77 1i Oats-No. 8 white W M No. 3 white .ffl 11 Flour Winter patent 5 13 5 iO Fancy straight winters nay-No. 1 Timothy 15 03 15 .11 Clover No. 1 HO) 11 so Feed No. 1 white mid. ton S9 00 if y) Brown middlings '0" 7 0.1 Bran,bulk 2't0 27 00 Straw-Wheat 8 '0 9 00 Oat 8 51 too Dairy Products. Batter Elgin creamery I 2H Ohio creamery SO 81 Fancy country roll 17 ID Cheese Ohio, new 11 17 New York, new W 17 Poultry, Etc. Hens-pet- lb f H Chickens dressed ' H Eggs Pa. and Ohio, (resh 17 IS Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes Fancy white per ba.... 85 91 Cabbage per ton JD 1 S Onions per barrel - 50 0 00 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patont t s n 18) Wheat No. a red 10 Corn Mlied 71 71 Eggs 17 18 Butter Ohio creamery Si 81 PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent f J II 75 Wheat No. S red 1 0O Corn No. t mixed 80 K Oats No. white .- 51 5? Butter Creamery 4 Eggs Pennsylvania f.rsts 17 ID NEW YORK. Flour-Patents I 5 M 5 70 Wheav-No.ared 1 00 Corn-No. S "i Oats No. white 51 v Butter -Creamery J Eggs State and Pennsylvania.... 1 18 LIVE STOCK. . t . ( Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Kitra, 1,450 t 1,M1 lbi I 8 75 7 71 Prime, I,I0 to 1,401 lbs 5 81 W Good, to l.H) lbs 8 41 50 Tidy, 4,060 to 1,150 lbs li 8 4 Common, 700 to 9JJ lbs 5 5 0 00 Oxen 4 J) 4 0 Bulls 8 11 5 0) Cows 1 - Holfers. 700 to 1, 100 I J I 8 5S Fresh Cows and Springers U 11 55 Hogs. Trims beary I 5 70 Prime medium weight 6 7J 50 Best heary Yorkers 6 1) 5 50 Oood light Yorkers 5 40 6 8 1 Pigs 5 3) 5 41 Roughs 4 7i III Stags 8 51 01 8heep. . ,-: I-:;!;',' Prime wethers, clipped. I 4 7) 4 Si Good mixed 4 10 4 ii Fair mixed ewes and wethers 4 on 411 Culls and oommon 00 1 Lambs 7 U0 13 01 Calves, Veal calres J 00 7 Heavy and thin oalves CO 1 Ou HOUSEWORK PROPERLY DON& There is more than cleanliness and neatness of the home to fee gained doing .housework, for a woman who Wishes to may turn the daily drudg ery into exercise for physical develop ment, thus improving her figure and complexion. The beauty part of the routine be gins with protection. The hair and hands should be saved from dust, for the latter Is most dertriment.il in its drying effect, quite apart from the soli it makes. Therefore, 'before com mencing the household duties after breakfast, the "head should be cover ed either with a pretty frilled cap that may easily be removed upon emergency or a square of clean uus 11a. Washington Star. Got the Eagle's Tall Feathers. I knew an Indian, Yellow Eagle. Tito, In order to get his coup feather, dug a hole in the ground on the open prairie far from camp or habitation. Over It he fixed a covering of brush( upon which was laid the carcass ot a freshly slain antelope. In this trap he lay for three days awaiting the eagle's coming. When at last, lured by the bait, one did alight, he seized it from be low and despite its flapping and claw ing and pecking plucked the precious leathers' before freein the astonished and terrified bird.-Wmy and Navy Ufa. fi
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