'HBEBP!
; BEFORE SHE DIED.
"Mamma, how long nre you going
to live?" very sweetly Inquired a four-year-old
of her mother tho other day.
"How loug nra I going to live?"
echoed her mother. "Why, my child,
why do you ask such a question as
that?"
"Well, 'cause you said when you
died I might have that little brass
tea kettle, and I want It now," re
turned the child.
She got It without further delay.
New York Sua.
VIOLETS NOT POPULAH.
Violets are hy no means so popu
lar with New York women as .they
formerly were. For many years every
woman who could rake, scrape or
Otherwise gather together the where
withal sported a big bunch of violets,
but now they are conspicuous by their
absence. A single orchid, It one can't
afford more, or a cluster, If the pock
tbook is gold lined, Is the most
fashionable floral decoration for any
function, either public or private.
New York Sun.
, EVERYTHING OLD.
' vith the rage for everything old H
would not be surprising If another
eason brought forth the old fash
ioned work boxes In vogue during our
grandmothers' time, when It was con
sidered quite as Important for every
well regulated young girl .to own her
work box as to make a sampler. The
hops are showing a near approach
to the old fashioned sewing kit in the
Shape of boxes of leather, partitioned
and arranged with a tray filled with
pools of silk and thread, and be
neath It sclssiors, bodkin and all the
Other accessories for doing fine work.
Some of the old boxes were of fine
cabinet work, constructed frequently
of mahogany and Inlaid with woods
Fruit llron Cookies. My family did not care for plain
bran cookies. The formula for the plain cookies calls for
one-half cup of butter creamed with one cup of brown sugar,
two tablespoons of cream (or milk), two well-beaten eggs
nnd two and one-half oups of bran, two teaspoons of baking
powder sifted In flour enough to roll out. To this mixture
I add one cup or more of coarsely chopped figs, and now
find that my family eat the cookies with enjoyment, while
the beneficial results are rather Increased than otherwise.
Also, instead of sprinkling the .tops with nutmeg (as sug
gested), I add a trifle of cinnamon and clove to the cooky
mixture, sprinkling the tops with white sugar and adding
a raisin to make them more sightly. Dried prunes, soaked
overnight, pitted and chopped, are also good; while dates or
raisins might be substituted. M. H., in Good Housekeeping.
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of a different color. Usually they
were velvet lined. As to their advan
tages from the point of convenience
over the modern basket there is very
little to be said in their favor. New
York Sun.
.! OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN.
It any proof were needed that
ueens, like their subjects, have sub
mitted to the laws of evolution, It
would be In the curious exhibition of
work by reigning queens which Brus
sels has been holding. Time was
when an embroidery framo was con
'aldered the only suitable occupation
for royalty's fingers, but Queen Wll
helmlna is occupying her leisure il
lustrating "The Arabian Nights."
Queen Victoria of Spain has gone In
for painting bird and flower pieces,
and Queen Helena of Italy has made
a specialty of sea pieces. The Dow
ager Queen ot Italy, Margherlta, is
clever with the pencil, while the
Queen ot Portugal paints landscapes,
and Queen Carmen Sylvia in her
pare minutes makes ivory statuettes,
In which she has successfully repro
duced the Hmeaments of men like
Ibsen, Maeterlinck, Lotl and Bourger.
-New York Tribune.
; LADY COLEBROOKE LIKES US.
Lady Colebrooke, one of the most
popular hostesses In London, finds re
laxation In wood carving and carpen
try. She has a complete carpenter's
hop at her country home in Ablng
ton, Lanarkshire. She Is a skilled
worker on a lathe, and has turned
many pieces for her friends. She in
structs a large class ot youths from
her husband's estate in the use of
hammer and chisel, and she is teach
ing several village girls to model in
clay. Lady Colebrooke and her hus
band are intensely Interested In all
the arts. She has painted a little,
and a marble bust by her has been
exhibited in the Paris Salon. Her
many Interests make her one ot the
busiest woman in England. She is an
expert whip, and rides to hounds. She
is partial to American women, and
many have bean assisted .to a footing
In London society by her. New York
Press.
' SPANISH OLD-FASHIONED.
English women have recently been
agitating for the right to vote and
all that that entails. Spanish women,
on the other hand, will have none of
It. A literary countrywoman o"t King
Alfonso not long ago organized a
referendum of her sisters on the sub
ject, with this result that by 3640
votes to 922 the women declared that
they did not want a vote. This will
surprise only those who do not know
tho English woman and the woman
of the Latin countries. The differ
ence between them is fundamental.
The French woman and the Spanish
woman especially take little Interest
in politics, and they will certainly
give themselves no trouble to under
stand It. Those who by tholr merit
or their beauty have succeeded in
gaining a position of comfort nre gen
erally quite willing to leave to their
husbands all the worries and the
cares of lire. To leave their cool
villas In summer or their warm apart
ments In winter, dress In a hurry and
run out to deposit a piece of paper
with a name scribbled on it In a bal
lot box that does not suit the taste
of our women. And as for attending
public meetings, that is worse still.
There Is too much of a crowd, one Is
pushed about and one's clothes are
crushed and torn. It is Impossible to
remain ever so little "coquette."
And what an odor tobarco and alec,
hoi! Our women are too refined, too
"splrltuel" not to feel that In such
company gallantry loses lis rights,
and that they have little chance of
shining by the side of masculine ora
tors. Parliamentary assemblies are not a
salon where one engages In conver
sation. You must have lungs like a
forge and a certain manner, only ac
quired after much practice. The
Latin woman, In a word, knows her
ascendency over man; and she un
derstands, without requiring a rote
for herself, how to get him to vote as
she wishes. Why, then, should she
take the trouble of going to the poll
ing booth in person? The Anglo
Saxon woman, on the other hand, has
none of these motives of coquetry, of
Indolence and of Influence over men
for abstaining from. her chic duties.
She wraps herself in nn umbrella
cover, walks about all riny, taking
strides like a grenadier, nnd, It called
upon, knows bow to use her fists. As
to her Influence over the men, one
fact will suffice to establish Us na
ture: If by any chance a woman of
the Anglo-Saxon race happens to ba
left the only one of her sex in a rail
way carriage, all the men take to
their heels lest one of them should be 1
seized, hnled before a clergyman and
compelled to marry her. It is there
fore easy to understand why they
should desire to make their own laws.
Gil Bias.
The coming season Is heralded as
a season of color.
Some of the new parasols have long
Dlrectolre handles.
Jet chains are popular with lockets
of tho Bnmo material.
Many corduroy walking suits are
seen in the new Bhades.
There are waists ot colored linen
to match the cloth skirt.
Many of the attractive trimmings
show a touch of gold or silver.
The black satin slipper is becoming
very popular tor evening wear.
Sonle of the new lingerie has slight
touches of colored embroidery.
Fringe ot every description Is to
be worn a great deal upon the new
hats.
Blouses for day wear are being
made in fine, soft material, woven
with silk stripes.
For dressy frocks chiffon cloth is
very nice. It washes and wears much
better than chiffon.
The sleeves of new blouses are gen
erally gathered leg-o'-mutton, made
to fit close to the arm.
Coarse cotton nets that showed
signs of popularity last season are
largely In evidence again.
Hair ornaments which are strongly
suggestive of conch shells are among
the novelties. They are worn over
either ear.
In the dainty tints there comes
flannel weave of silk and wool blend
that makes up the loveliest waists
and negligees.
For evening dresses there is a
sparkling fringe. It is carried out In
crystals and silver, in rhlnestones and
mother-of-pearl.
It is decreed that lines must be
straight up and down, and that neith
er skirt nor jacket Buall show the
slightest coquetry.
Colored sash ribbons and gauze
and tinsel ribbons are to be reckoned
with as an Important and not inex
pensive item ot the wardrobe.
The revival ot ribbon trimming has
brought out many new and attractive
ways of using the garnitures, but
none more popular than the sashes
and girdles.
New York City. Embroidery
worked onto the material Is being ex
tensively used on lingerie blouses this
season, and It Is always charming in
effect. This blouse Includes a yoke
which Is especially adapted to such
treatment, and which can be made
either with the square Dutch or the
high neck. In the illustration the
material is handkerchief lawn and
the trimming Is lace insertion, while
the sleeves are cut off to three-quarter
length.
The blouse Is made with the yoke
and the full front and back portions,
which are tucked and joined to its
lower edge. The sleeves are In one
piece each, with the seams so ar
ranged as to be nearly invisible, and
can be made either long or in three
quarter length. When the high neck
Is used a regulation stock collar
makes the finish.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and five
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three yards thirty-two or two
and three-eighth yards forty-four
Inches wide with three yards of hand
ing and two yards ot edging.
Wide Belts.
What extremely wide belts are seen
among the new models! Some of
them assume the proportion of a bod
ice, and most ot them are beautiful.
Slits in Sleeves.
The exaggeratedly-long sleeve has
a slit at one side of the part over the
hand to allow the thumb to pass
through.
Larger Kntton.
Buttons grow larger and dressier
day by day.
Stenciled fililrt Waists.
Instead of being embroidered, the
new shirt waists are stenciled in the
most charming designs and colors.
White Tulle Strings.
It is said that white tulle or mulle
strings will be seen on many of the
spring hats for youngor women.
Color Everywhere.
It Is as nearly certain as styles
ever are that the coming season will
not be an all-white one. Touches of
color are everywhere.
Nine Gored Skirt.
The simple gored skirt Is always a
desirable one and always In demand.
This one Is novel In that the side
gores are lapped over onto the front
gore, but otherwise It is plain. The
lines, howover, tend to the fashion
able slender effect, and, as the skirt
can be made either long for the house
or short for the street, it is adapted
to every seasonable material.
The Rklrt Is made In nine gores and
the fulness at the back can be laid In
Inverted pleats or the skirt can be
cut off nnd finished In habit style.
The qunntlty of material required
for tho medium size Is one and three
qunrter yards twenty-four, eight
yards thirty-two, five end three
eighth ynrds forty-four or four and a
quarter yards fifty-two inches wide
when material has figure or nap;
seven yards twenty-four, six and
three-quarter yards thirty-two, four
and three-eighth yards forty-four or
three and a quarter yards fifty-two
Inches wide when material has neith
er figure nor nan.
Farm Topics !
Vs MM ff ttW
PROFIT IN SHEEP.
Evory good lamb should sell for ft
to to. Many ewes bear two a year,
making them worth $10 to $12 each
to you. The wool they bear should
sell for' $1.25 per fleece more, mak
ing, say, $11 for every ewe Farm
ers' Home Journal.
WATER THE HORSE.
Watering often is far better than
waiting till a horso Is almost choked
and then letting him have all he can
drink. Many horses are spoiled by
the latter method, while no one ever
hurt a horse by frequent watering.
Farmers' Home Journal.
ABOUT SILOS.
Sometimes wooden stay silos are
not hooped close enough. After be
ing filled the silage will settle any
where from six to ten feet. This
makes a heavy pressure on the staves.
If the hoops are not close together
tho staves will spring enough to ad
mit air at the joints, not enough pos
sibly to rot the silage,' but enough to
injure it. Good, clean corn, thor
oughly well packed In an air-tight
silo, will keep perfectly good for a
year. Epltomlst.
SCALE RAVAGES.
A very great loss to the fruit In
dustry results from the ravages of
the San Jose scale, a small para
site which sucks tho life juices from
the tree's inner bark. "This Insect,"
says Professor Qualntance, "Is the
worst foe of the fruit tree. It does
more damage to American fruit trees
than all other insects together." Yet
this scale can be controlled absolute
ly by spraying lime sulphur mixture.
The samo outfit for spraying against
the coddling moth, blights and rusts
will put a quietus on this or other
scale pests whether they bo on apple,
pear or plum tree."
WATCH COLTS IN PASTURE.
.The youngsters aro capering over
tho pastures these warm sunny days
nt tho sides of their dams. Do you
know there Is much in theso pasture
performances that forecasts tho fut
ure of the animal? Owners should
cast nn eye pastureward frequently
nnd observe closely the result. If a
lot of brood mares are., suddenly!
startled watch closely the movement
ot their foals. If one leads with head
and tall up and with a proud, high
step showing unmistakable signs of
noble spirit, set it down as a show
bird and let no opportunity escape to
further its great ambition to wear
honors in the show ring. Don't per
mit it at any time to lack tor proper
food to give size and stamina. Alt
extra attention given will be doubly
repaid. On the other hand It will
seldom pay to give extra attention to
a colt of low breeding and lacking In
metal and quality. Treat such well,
ot course, but let your expectations
cling about the higher class of ani
mals chiefly, for it Is tho fancy one
among youngsters that comes to tbo
front. Farmers' Home Journal.
ALFALFA HAY CROP.
Time and experience have proved
that alfalfa is an unexcelled all round
stock food. It will make the finest
beef, mutton, pork, and is one of the
best horse feeds known. It is also
excellent for poultry. Chicks and
turkeys thrlvo exceedingly when
turned into a patch of green alfalfa
It Is a most wholesome food for lay
ing hens. Hogs may be both raised
and fattened on it. Nothing makes
better pork than alfalfa, topped with
pumpkins or Egyptian corn. Alfalfa
is being "processed," so to speak,
and made into commercial products,
In which shape it is found to be an
excellent provender.
But one of the best features about
alfalfa as a farm crop is the benefit
it imparts to the soli upon which it is
grown. Alfalfa, by reason of Its
great rooting qualities, is one of
those crops which do not run out
quickly. It not only roots very deep
ly, but it roots profusely, throwing
out into the soli, as it descends, a
myriad of shoots and tendrils that
draw nourishment from regions that
are not touched by other crops that
root less vigorously. Thus its sources
ot growth and sustenance are greatly
enlarged and permit the plant to pro
duce abundantly, season after season,
on the same soil without being re
newed or the soli being fertilized
from outside sources.
So, the land that has been cropped
to alfalfa until it Is thought best that
the crop be changed, the soil, instead
of being impoverished, has been am
azingly enriched. It is always a good
plan, when about to be changed to
another crop, to permit the alfalfa to
attain its full growth and then plow
It under. Then, with the rotting of
the plants that have been plowed un
der and the millions of roots that per
meate the ground, the soil is in splen
did shape for any other crop that may
be put In. In fact, the alfalfa raisers
of this valley have found that it will
not do to sow wheat on alfalfa land
the first year or two after It Is bro
ken up, as the soil is so rich in hu
mus that the grain grows exceeding
ly rank, falls down and rusts before
It is ripe. They, therefore, make a
practice of putting in other crops
that can stand the replenished
strength of the soil, such as root
crops, beans, 'peas, cantaloupes, sweet
potatoes, berries and other fruits.
Fresno Herald.
A new machine automatically
weights or measures a medicine and
fills eight capsules while one la filled
by hand.
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WHEAT EXPORTS SMALLER
Labor Difficulties In Tin Plate Mills
Only Drawback to Progress.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade says:
Aside from labor difficulties at sheet
nnd tlnplate mills, all reurts regard
ing iron nnd steel are most encourag
ing. Evidences of Improved condi
tions constantly multiply, prices ad
vancing on several products, while
manufacturers show more Indepen
dence in accepting business. This In
Indicated by their reluctance to take
orders for distant delivery at current
quotations, and specifications in many
Instances aro confined to nearby ship
ment. Activity in sensonublo fabrics and
mado-up garments among retailers
marks conditions In thn dry goods
trado. Wholosalo departments are
enlivened by tho semi-annual clear
ance sales at which the buying Is
steady enough to clean up most open
stocks of staples and many lines ot
seml-fanriles. Knit goods and hosiery
are in better request for spring de
livery and duplicating for fall showed
on Inerense. Cotton goods remain
very firm with some further advances
noted.
The largest sellers of woolens and
worsteds are doing an active business
for future delivery on the lines for
spring that are opened. Staple taf
fetas lin silks are being ordered freely
from some large mills for next
spring's delivery, but there Is not suf
ficient nearby trade to keep all silk
looms busy. Tho advance business
already booked for fall offsels in a
large degree the disappointment felt
at tho quiet jobbing business of May
and Juno.
Wheat, Including flour, exports from
the Visited states and Canada for the
week ending July 1. aggregate 1,;I19,
849 bushels, against 1 ,000.842 last
week, nnd 2,008, RfiS this week last
year. For tho 5;t weeks ending July
1 exports are 108,875,901 bushels,
against 20,872,8:10 In the correspond
ing period last year. Corn exports
for the week are 78,551 bushels
n?nlnt. El.IT:! Inst week, nnd 18,519
In 1908. For the f,:j weeks ending
July 1 corn exports nre 29,103,509
bushcM, ngalnst 45.29G.924 last year.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURC.
Wheat No. S rod
Kyo-No.2
Corn No 2 yellow, ear SI
No. 2 yellow, shollod T 71
Mixed i-Hr M '.'
Oatn-No. II white 51 r,i
No. 3 white ve r,l
Flour Wlirtor patnnt 8 7J 5 HO
Fancy ntraljrht winters
Day No. 1 Timothy 1101 II .V)
CloTor No. 1 120 I J 50
Foed-No. ) whlto mid. ton !M VI m it)
Drown middlings 2701 01
Bran, Milk 2701 2H 00
Straw Wheat A 00 i M
Uat 8 0J 4 1)
Dairy Products. ,
Butter Eltrln oreamery $ 2 '31
Ohio creamery 21
Fancy country roll 10 2'!
Cheo Onto, now II
Now York, new... It U
Poultry, Etc.
Hon per lb 17 wtl
Chicken dressed 21 .. 22.
Kk Fa. and Ohio, frosn 21 21
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white porbu... 0D fOS
Cahhaiie por ton ... M 61 DO
Onions per barrel ,. i 19 I i
BALTIMORE.
Flour Wlntor Patent I .1 71 i 51
What-No. 2 red 1 :M
Corn Mlied ,,. 70 71
Ekks 27 U
Butter Ohio creamery... ll M
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I J J) 01
Wheat No. a red 1
Corn No. 2 mixed 7 W
;iata No. 2 white til 8!
Butter Creamery 2i
Euga Pennsylvania firsts 4! a
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents I H'
Wheat No. rod I 41
Corn-No. "
Oat No. white "7 M
Butter -Creamery 2
Hugs State and Pennsylvania,....
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
CATTI.I
Eitra, 14S0 to 1600 pound All 7 Is
Prime, lano to IW pound 69) ) f t
Uood, 1200 to 1W ound 1 4
Tidy, 1060 to 1160 pound B75 4 il
Fair, DO'j to 1100 pound jot 4 nun
Common, 7U to 900 pounds. s 0(1 4 lltio
Bull SO). 4 J.O
Cows 25 i) &!hui
BUSINESS CMRDS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Per.alon Attorney and RoalHUtat Attest,
RAYMOND. E. BHOWN,
attorney at law,
Brookvillh, Pa.
q7 m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
Ral etate agent, patent secured, coW
cUn made promptly. OlBceln Syndicate
iiUUug, KeyuoldgvUle, Pa.
MITfT fl. 5IOCREIGHT,
ATTORXEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real eatat en. Ool
lection will rece t prompt attention. Ofuo
In the Kvynoldovlue Hardware Co. bulldlag.
II mm street ltxynoldmrllle, Pa.
B. E. HOOVES,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover buildlag
n street. Uentlenxss Id operating.
)U. L,. L. MEANS, "
DENTIST;
Office on second floor of the First Ratios as
dank buildinit, Malu street.
rjn. It DeV EKE KINO,
DENTIST,
offl'- on second Boor of the Syndicate Bulls
nn. Main street, Keyuoldsvll!, Pa.
fXENKY PRI ESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and wblte funeral can. Main street.
KuynoldsvlUe, Pa,
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