COSTUMES
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
CROP CONDITIONS ARB GOOD
LI aT
,. SUFFRAGISTS DOING WELL.
Women of Belgium were Blow In
jetting interested In the fight for
equal suffrage, but now that they
hare started they are taking steps
that promise a quiet revolution in
political affairs in the little kingdom.
The first big victory has been the pas
ta ge of a bill that not only permits
Women to vote for the election of
municipal officials, but requires that
a certain proportion of the municipal
officials shall be women. This is a
gain more substantial than the noisy
English suffragettes have won in their
long and violent campaign. The Bel
gian women have been careful to
avoid all suggestion of strenuous
methods, relying only on petition
and the forceful presentation of ar
gument. It seems the English suf
fragist might profit by taking a leaf
from the book of her Belgian sister,
and that the American zealot also
might go to Belgium for a good ex
ample. New York Press.
FAD IN FANCY WORK.
Some sorts of embroidery require
practice, no doubt, but there is one
variety that can be done by the ver
iest novice. It Is called darning on
crash, and It ought to be popular,
since crash is so much used now for
curtains, cushion covers, table run
r?rs, work bngs and a thousand and
one articles of service or of ornament.
Darning on crash is Just like darn
ing stockings; you stick your needle
In, and go back and forth, back and
forth. As the threads of the craBh
are so coarse, It is better to have your
stitches run parallel with these, so
that the embroidery will look more j
or less nice a pan 01 me warp ana
woof.
The d'.ign, for a novice at least,
should be stamped, and may be any
thing one pleases conventionalized
tulips across the end of a table run
ner, or, better, one of those old
Egyptian or Assyrian designs. Flow
er patterns should be much conven
tionalized. Nothing is so painful as
an attempt to represent flowers on
tome fabric especially a coarse fab
ric. The embroidered flowers don't
look like real flowers; they don't look
SI
Cheese Fondu. One
cheese, two tablespoons butter, one egg (well beaten), one
cup of soft bread crumbs, one-fourth of a teaspoon of Bait,
one-eighth of a teaspoon of pepper. Put the cheese and
butter Into the hot milk, add the egg, seasoning and bread
crumbs. Spread on crackers or toast, and bake until the
cheese is melted and the top slightly browned (about fifteen
minutes).
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like anything but embroidery. ' Much
more truly artistic is a set design,
which may suggest flowers, but does
not attempt to reproduce them. New
York Tribune.
f WRAPS LIKE DOMINOS.
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To see-a group of fashionable girls
In their outer wraps one would think
a domino party was in progress.
Black, white and gray are the only
hues now permitted for the modish
evening wrap. Big roomy affairs,
easy to slip on without damaging the
tulle ball gown, Is what the up-to-date
girl wants in an evening wrap.
Grace of outline or dantlness of de
tail is ruled out for comfort and
room. The most popular evening
wrap of the season is made of heavy
cloth, frequently beaver, with a soft
silk or satin interlining. Countess
Alexandra von Bernstorf, daughter of
the German Ambassador in Wash
ington, wears an evening coat that
looks like a military cape with sleeves
and a hood. It Is of eider down, lined
with blue and looks warm. . Mrs.
Payne Whitney wears an evening
wrap that resembles a man's bath
robe, only that the cord around the
waist is of gold and there Is gold
etltchllng on the collar. New York
Press.
HER REAL SUSPENDERS.
Might have known It. When,
years ago, women began wearing
mock suspenders in the form of cloth
straps sewn to their shirt waists It
was a foregone conclusion that soon
or late they'd come to the real arti
cle. And now It's come. Suspend
ers, of silk of course, are Indispensa
ble to the late summer wardrobe of
the fashionable girl. They are not
visible, as were the straps that pre
ceded them, save through the liber
ality of the peekaboo waist. They
are worn under the waistband and,
by an ingenious contrivance fastened
to the waistband of the skirt. Natu
rally, being of the eternal feminine,
they come In a myriad designs, and
all are dainty. They range the scale
of colors and each hue comes In all
Its prettier shades. Gold and silver
buckles are attached to the feminine
suspenders, each with a tiny diamond
or ruby or sapphire set In the exact
centre. Maybe before long the more
daring women will wear them outside
their waists. After the sheath skirt,
- anything may happen. New York
Press.
GROWING OLD.
! Is there any excuse for women
growing old? Of course, many of
. the readers will answer la the afflrma.
' tire, calling the process ot frfiwing
old a simple course of nature, as logi
cal as the undlsjjntabls (act thai er
arr dav is aucneeded by nlcbi. J
- - - -jwTtr
ad tbejr will also , &onlleM, I
that there Is no use struggling against
faith; that the wisest and most dig'
nlfled thing to do is to bear the af
diction bravely, resigning oseself to
the fact that room must be made for
the younger generation, so that its
members "also are given a chance,
The opinion is not entirely correct.
Is it necessary to surrender with
out struggle, without even the slight,
est attempt to prolong the day of
youth?
If so, what are you doing to keep
young? Do you Indulge in exercise
so as to keep your figure lithe and
your muscles active?
What sort of literature do you In
dulge in? How do you keep your
mind occupied? Do you ever give
way to moods, or allow yourself to
feel glum and "blue," without ha v.
lng the slightest reason for doing
so?
I am certain there is not one
among my readers whose conscience
feels absolutely clear about these
questions.
Now, what are we to do to pre
serve youth, and to bar the ap
proaches of old age? New Haven
Register.
WIVES TO BLAME.
Biographers of famous men of let
ters have lately been unearthing evi
dence that tends to throw the blame
of the shortcomings of certain gifted
ones upon their wives. This has
been repeatedly done in the instances
of Byron and Shelley, and now we
learn, through a three-volume collec
tion of Wordsworth's letters many
of them to and about Coleridge
that the abortive genius of the latter
poet was due not to opium but to
an uncongenial wife. We are told
that during those years when poster
ity has pictured the poet mooning in
his study or monologutng to his
brothers of the pen, he was really
"struggling" to adjust his impossible
domestic relations and giving "the
marvelous powers of his mind to the
foredoomed task of developing in
Mrs. Coleridge qualities of Intellect
and of temperament which nature
had denied her." The stultifying ef
fect of this association accounts
cup of hot milk, one cup of crumbled
it is said for the fragmentary char
acter of Coleridge's productions, this
being proved by the wonder of work
he accomplished during the "miracu
lous year" of bis first association with
the domestically harmonious Words
worths, particularly with Dorothy
Wordsworth, whose letters are by far
the most charming in this collection.
The mills of the gods keep grinding,
and by and by somebody will be giv
ing us Mrs. Coleridge's side of the
matter, as was done In the case of
Jennie Carlyle and another light
will be flashed upon the question of
blame. Home Magazine.
ATTITUDE IN HOUSEWORK.
Housework should be regarded as
a means of making one a broader,
healthier, nobler woman. Work of
any kind, if approached in the right
spirit and performed to the best of
one's ability, gives enjoyment and
culture, says Table Talk.
The wrong attitude produces a
cramped condition. By resisting and
complaining one becomes narrow and
inferior. How many say: "I hate
housework," "I dislike cooking," "I
despise washing dishes," "I detest
sweeping and dusting." If house-
! work, cooking, dishwashing, sweep
ing and dusting have to be done why
grumble and complain? The work
only seems more difficult, more hater
ful and takes longer to do. Why not
then do the necessary things cheer
fully and thereforeeasllyandqulckly?
As an aid to acquiring the right
mental attitude bring science and art
into household tasks and thus lift
them above drudgery. ' Surround
yourself with labor-saving devices.
Try new ways of doing things. Be
original. Because your mother or
neighbor does a thing in a certain
way It does not follow that there Is
not an easier and better. There are
continual advances in domestic
science as well as in astronomy, elec
tricity and philosophy. Combine
beauty with use. A useful thing Is
not of necessity homely, even if it is
a bowl, a pot or a pan.
Find out the essentials and non
essentials. Let such things as can be
slighted be slighted a little. Don't
think that because it is Friday you
must sweep the house from top to
bottom whether it really needs it or
not. Dont neglect the new book or
the concert simply because you must
put a tew extra tucks In Susie's new
dress. To quote: "What's the use ot
making discord In our family by
working every minute when we can
not be 'worked to death' and keep
our tempera, too,"
Rio de Janeiro Is to have a gov
ernment sootechnlcal and agronomi
cal Institute dedicated to the study of
stock; railing and agricultural expert-
beats. . -
New York City. Such a simple
little dress as this one Is needed by
every child. It can be made from
lawn or batiste, from plain white or
from prettily figured materials, from
embroidered muslin If something
Tery dainty is wanted, and It can be
made from gingham and other Inex
pensive wash fabrics for the hours of
play and hard usage. Also it is quite
correct for cashmere, albatross, chai
ns and the other simple wool ma
terials that many mothers use for the
cold weather frocks of the girls who
have reached the mature age of six.
The dress Itself is tucked to form the
yoke, and consequently making Is a
very simple matter and the sleeves
can be in full or elbow length, while
the dress can be trimmed with band
ing or left plain, as liked.
The dress is cut with front and
back portions and is finished at the
neck with a straight standing collar.
Whether the sleeves are cut to the
wrists or the elbows they are gath
ered Into bands.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (four years) is
three and one-fourth yards twenty
four, two and one-fourth yards thirty-two
or two and one-eighth yards
forty-four Inches wide, with three
yards of insertion, one and three
eighth yards of edging to trim as Il
lustrated. New Crepe Blouses.
Fine white Chinese crepe is lead
ing all materials for wash waists.
One can pay almost any price for
such a blouse, according to the quali
ty of the crepe, the name ot the
maker, and the weave of lace or em
broidery used on It.
Define the Figure.
All coats are cut so as to more
clearly define the figure, though the
bos coat has by no means bsea given
P.
Wheat Pattern fashionable.
Everybody who designs Is making
use of the wheat pattern.
Yellow Linen Suit.
It you can find a pretty shade ot
yellow in a linen, you will have a suit
that is considered very smart this
season.
Four-Pleco Skirt.
The skirt that provides slight flare
at the lower edge is one ot the very
latest to have appeared, and this
model shows that feature at Its best.
It is slightly high walsted and close
fitting over the hips, and the pleated
panels give long, becoming lines at
the same time that they provide ad'
dltlonal fulness. Pongee with trim'
mlng of buttons kju finish of stitch
ing is the material Illustrated. When
made in round length the skirt is
adapted to afternoon dress, when
made in walking length for general
morning and street wear.
The skirt Is made in four gores
with four additional panels. The side
gores are lapped over onto the front
and the back and the panels are
Joined to their edges. The closing Is
made invisibly. When walking length
is desired both the gores and the
panels are to be cut off on indicated
lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is nine and one-
half yards twenty-four or twenty-
seven, five and three-fourth yards for-
ty-four or fifty-two Inches wide,
width of skirt at lower edge four and
three-fourth yards, including pleats.
i Jeweled Clasps For Stays.
When all the usual luxuries are
provided for women of extravagant
taste, some original and totally un
necessary excess will be seized upon
by them. The new clasps tor corsets
answer to this description admirably,
for of all luxuries they are the most
luxurious.
Embroidered Gloves.
Long gloves must be elaborately
embroidered to meet the require
ments of fashion.
DUAL PURPOSE COW. .
The difference between the dual
purpose cow and the dairy cow Is Just
the difference between a machine thai
is made for Us purpose and one that
is not. What would you think of a
man who would go out to his field to
cut grass with a sewing machine?
Ex-Governor W. D. Hoard, ot Wisconsin.
VALUE OF BIRDS.
The all Important value of bird life
Is graphically described by a bird
lover, as follows:
"Kill bird life, and then insect, ro
dent, reptilian and other animal life
will absorb the last vestige of support
for man on this earth, and he in his
turn will give way to starvation or
the maws of more powerful than his
own species." Indiana Farmer.
CARE OF SHEEP.
Great care should be taken to have
everything about the sheep barns In
proper shape for lambs.
It is best that the feeding racks
should be movable so that the floor
can be kept even.
If the manure is allowed to pile
up and pack unevenly, the ewes are
liable to get cast.
Every ewe should be put In a place
by herself until the lamb Is about
eight days old.
Care should be taken that there
are no places where the lamb can
creep away from its mother.
A young lamb will soon become
chilled it it gets away from Its dam,
and often she will not own it when
It Is put back. Farmers' Home Jour
nal
COW RATIONS.
Hoard's Dairyman, referring to cow
rations, says, feed cows weighing 1000
pounds thirty-five pounds ot silage
per day and all the timothy and clo
ver hay they will consume. Then
make a mixture of 400 pounds of
bran, 400 pounds of ground oats, 200
pounds of cottonseed meal and 100
pounds of oil meal. As a rule one
pound of this combination would be
about right for each three pounds of
milk produced, but to feed fifteen to
eighteen pounds of this mixture per
day, the amount required for a cow
giving sixty pounds ot milk would be
an exceedingly large allowance of
concentrates, and but few animals will
handle this amount to advantage,
When more than twelve pounds of
grain are fed per day to an individual,
care must be exercised, or there is
danger of injuring the animal by over
feeding.
HANDLING HORSES.
When handling a horse, self con
trol is essential. Don't get out of
patience and kick and fume If the
animal does not do Just as you wish
Try again for probably the dumb
brute' did not quite understand what
you expected It to do, and then give
the horse the order; don't expect the
animal to guess what you want done.
It you have horses-keep a close
watch on your teamster. If he ban
dies the horses brutally, or with poor
judgment, pay him off at once and
get another man. It is easier to get
another teamster than it is to get
another team. Don't fail to keep an
eye on mischievous boys, for they will
tease and torment a horse Just for
the fun of It. This may result in the
horse developing the habit of kick
ing, striking or biting.
Some horses develop Into the habit
of kicking while standing in the sta
ble. It Is always dangerous to enter
the stall of a kicker, so the sooner
the animal is broken of the mean
trait the safer becomes the lives of
those who find ocaslon to have any
thing to do with it. Tie the horse
short, so as not to give any slack rope
to allow Its backing up. Fill a bag
with hay, straw or sawdust and sus
pend It from the ceiling by a rope
directly behind the horse's hocks.
Now make It believe that you Intend
to enter the stall. Up come the heels,
striking the bag; K rebounds and
strikes the horse. Again, pretend
you Intend to enter. The same thing
is repeated. The horse becomes
afraid and quivers as it attempts to
crowd into the forward corners of the
stall.
When only one horse Is kept in a
stable It seldom kicks the sides of its
stall. Turning the stall kicker into
a box stall has frequently broken up
tha habit, but when that convenience
is not at hand, other measures are re
sorted to. A club or two or three
Inches in diameter, and about eigh
teen Inches long, bo as not to make a
bruise, will do the job. Fasten the
club to .the leg at the hock joint by
one of its ends, thus making a loose,
swinging club. As the horse kicks
the side of the stall the club strikes
the leg sharply. The horse soon
learns that when it keeps its feet
quiet the club inflicts no pain.
Halter pulling is very common
among horses that are Improperly
handled. Fortunately the remedy Is
simple and effective, breaking up the
habit In a very short time. Fasten a
long rope to the baiter, slipping 'the
loose end through the ring. Pass the
unengaged end of the rope between
the forelocks and then over the buck,
bringing it over on the other side and
fastening it to the rope, between the
forelegs, In a slip knot. When the
horse pulls on the halter the large
noose tightens up on Its body, and it
soou gives up the pulling. Another
good way to fasten the rope Is to tie it
to one of the hind legs. If the horse
pulls, It simply pulls itself off Its feet.
Amrlca Cultivator. .
Indications of Activity Generally All
Depending on Tariff Outcome,
"Weather conditions continue flrreg
ular, but a change for the better has
occurred in staple crop conditions,
and retail business Is slightly Improv
ed, though disappointing and showing
evidences of the repression hereto
fore evident. Reorder business from
jobbers and wholesalers has been
rather quiet, but there Is, If any
thing, a more assured optimism per
meating the reports as to the outlook
for next fall and winter's trade. Best
reports are to retail trade come from
the upper part of the great central
valley and tits tributaries. Colder
wet weather has Interfered with busi
ness In parts of New England and the
middle Atlantic States, and trade
seoins slow to Improve in San Fran
cisco and In parts of the Pacific North
west. At wholesale, preparations
for a good trade later on are found
in a number of lines. The leather
situation as a whole Is very strong.
Reductions In prices of printed cot
ton goods have induced the booking
of large orders. Building is active,
though lumber demand seems to drag.
All these Indications of activity have
to do with future trade, the expecta
tion being that the removal of tariff
uncertainty will give an impetus to
general business. Retadl trade, though
better than a year ago, has been on
the whole disappointing, causes as
signed for this being weather condi
tions and the high prices asked for
goods when compared with the re
duced purchasing power of the gener
r public.
"Domestic wool has been strong
and active this week. Western mar
kets being excited and higher grades
being advanced 1 cent. Shoe manu
facturers have been forced to charge
higher prices for their product, and
this tends to retard buying, which is
a little freer, but not up to expecta
tions, either here or at Western man
ufacturing centers.
"Business failures in the United
Sta tes for the week were 219, against
234 last week. 284 in the like week
of 1908, 1C5 In 1907, 170 In 190G and
179 in 1905. Canadian failures for
the week were 25, against 30 last
week and 39 in same week last year.
Bradstreets.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. I red I
Bye No. 2
Cora Ho. 2 yellow, ear 88 81
No. allow, shelled 71 78
Mixed ear 88 69
Oat No. t white , 91 51
No. S white 59 51
Flour Winter patent 5 75 6 80
Fane? etraliht winters
Bar-No. 1 Timothy 1409 14 M
Clover No, 1 1800 12 SO
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton MM 80 00
Brown middlings 2701 98 00
Bran, bulk 9700 88 00
Straw wheat 8 00 8 50
Hat 809 8 SJ
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin creamery S 59 81
Ohio oreamery 24 80
Fancy country roll 19 Hi
Cheese Ohio, new II 18
New York, new II U
Poultry, Etc
Hern per lb I 17 19
Chicken dressed 90 22
Bg ga Pa. and Ohio, Jresh. 21 2 J
Fruits and Vegetable.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.. 1 00 1 OS
Sabbage per ton .. 55 0 1 80 00
nlon per barrel id l p
BALTIMORE.
Vtn,. TXT. n a- B.,.nl M At
Wheat No. 8 red 1 84
Corn Mixed 70 . 71
Bugs 87 2)
Butter Ohio creamery tl 88
rniLftucLrniA.
Flour Winter Patent I 1 93 (00
Wheat No. 8 red 18
Corn No. 9 mixed 78 7ti
Oats No. 8 white 61 81
Butter Creamery 28 'A
Egg Pennsylvania first i t&
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patent Jt l 0
Wheat-No. 9 red HI
Corn No. 9 80 j
Oats No. 9 Triltn 6 7 M
Butter-Creamery 28 29
Egg State and Pennsylvania....
LIVE 8TOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
C1TTLS
Extra, 1450 to 1800 pounds 8 91 7 10
Prime, laoo to H'X) pounds 8 7 i J 85
Oood, 1200 to 1)0 pounds 6 65 4 8 no
Tidy, 1060 to 1150 pound. 641 4 875
Fair, 900 to 1100 pounds 585 4 30
Common, 700 to 900 pound. 6 10 4 6 7-
BUSINESS CARDS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real'.Estat Agaat,
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brooscvtllm, Pa.
& m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, patent secured, ool-
ectlnns mud promptly. Office la IradleaM
fciUdlng, KeynoldsTlUe, Pa.
5MIIH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Col
lection will rece ve prompt attention. OSes
la the Keynoldsrllle Hardware Oo. building,
Main atreet Reyuoldsvllle, Pa.
QR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dsn 1 1st In the Hoover bnlldlaf
Main atreet. Oentlenes In operating.
OR. L. L. MEAtiS, '
DENTIST;
Office on second Boor of tha Fin Halloa at
sank building. Mala street.
DR. R- DeVERE kino,
DENTIST,
Offlc on second Soar of the Syndic .
ng. Main street, KeynoldavUIa, Pa.
HENRY PRI ESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and whlta ttineralean. afaia8tow
Re jnoldsvlll, Pa. . .