FADS IN JEWELRY. Karrings Are Popular, aud a Revival erf Bracelets is Prophesied. Among tho new things to be found In jewelry this season are gold pins, suited to the low dressing of the hair in vogue at the present time. These pins rccnll the big bald headed ones, L which were worn on either side of the A big waterfall long ago, and which are familiar to most people from engrav ings at least. These new pins have heads of more a modest size, and are connected by a slender ehnin. They are to be insert ' ed into each side of the knot. To se cure them one of the pins is tubular, while the other is sharp, tho latter penetrating the first as it goes through the hair. The heads are in plain gold, enamelled effects or set with small jewels. Baroque pearls continue in favor, nnd are used In various ways, among which are flower shaped heads for hat nnd stickpins. These appear in dais ies, chrysanthemums, roses, edelweiss and.the like, the irregular form of the pearls being made an advantage in fashioning the petals of the flowers. Large baroque pearls set in rose and antique gold for hat pins are also novel. Pins, cuff buttons, etc., of the sport ing variety nre made of rock crystal underlaid with intaglios filled in with enamel. They represent hunting and fishing scenes and animals' heads, and i the workmanship is most exquisite. * Inlorgnettechaius forfans, watches, purses and vinaigrettes there are many attractive designs to he found. One of the new ones should insure good luck unless all the signs and omens fall. It Is set at intervals with jade, onyx, opal, sard and matrix stones all carved in different forms, copied from Egyp tian art. There arc the winged asp, the head of Isis, the Nile key, lotus leaf, tlie scarab, etc. Another chain, has pendent gems set in clusters at in tervals throughout Its length. A charming chain is Interspersed with leaflike designs formed of network of gold tilled in with enamel. The dressiest scarfpln is a single pearl. Few belt buckles are used, all sorts and kinds of pins, the quainter the better, taking their place. A good assortment is always shown, however. One of the daintiest Is a coiled ser pent of enamel and gold. More earrings have been sold this season than for many seasons. All, of course, nre of the screw kind, or nre L set close to the ear. Occasionally, a * woman, fond of speetnculnr effect, wears a stone of a different color in each ear. A yellow diamond and a white diamond and n white pearl nnd n black one are the usual choice for this use. There are indications that bracelets may have a revival, more being seen this season than for some years.—New York Tribune. A Girl or Spirit. An eighteen-year-old college girl was one of the contributors to the receipts ■of the Kansas City live stock market a few days ago. Miss Mabel Whiting, of Hording, Neb., wus represented by a load containing nineteen light weight steers of her own feeding, which sold for 55.25 per hundred weight, making her a profit of more than S3OO. She is the daughter of L. P. Whiting, a feeder and farmer of Hard ing. It had been her ambition to go to college independent of any help from him. She had planned to tench school last year, but, following her I father's advice, she bought a load of cattle and handled them herself. The" result of her experiment is that she is about twice as well off financially as if she had taught school. Her father, who was at the stock yards when liis daughter's cattle were sold, was de lighted. "It Isn't that she had to do it," ho said, "or really needed to earn the money, hut it's the idea that she is capable of enrning her owu living if it should ever become necessary. The work was not drudgery, and she speut 110 more than an hour a day atteudlug the cattle. She had the rest of the time to herself. In the winter she she went to a neighboring town three times a week and took lessons In dress making. "In the spring 1 bought a piano for j our home," said her father, "and she 1 lias been taking music lessons all 'm su.uruer. If she laid taught school ' ns she had intended at first she could not have made more than 530 a month, nearly all her time would have been occupied, and she would havo been awny from home." Miss Whiting has entered the Wes ■ lc-yau University at Lincoln, Neb., as a freshman. She started her college i course Independent of any help from her family, nnd intends to pay her way ns long as she remains there. Individuality In Ilnlrdreßglnß. So far as clothes go there Js infinite b" variety, which heightens the mystery of the fact that when you have soon | one modish woman you have seen ail. I Coiffures are a large factor in this de- I plorable reiteration. And, not content I with having during the past few years S worked the high note to the point of weariness, we are now preparing our- L selves to patiently nnd rigorously rc ■kmeat the operation with the recently jgfcvsuscitnted low dressing. Now, a /üßittle hit of both would he so much IM more pleasing and really only reason (B able, since different shapes of heads and contours demand different coif fures. Or there is a midway dressing, n more or less classical arrangement eminently becoming to a certain typo of woman possessed of a pretty, round ed head and hair preferably with a natural wave in It and worn with a parting. Now that is how nature has constructed many of us who during the past half decade have deliberately violated all these good Intentions by a ruthless scraping up of our hair to the summit of our heads and so deliberate ly courted failure. Inevitably, and rightly so, is there much weeping and wailing and gnash ing of white teeth among those some what short of stature over the pre scribed knot in the nape of the neck. There is no denying that a high knot adds several cubits to a curtailed height, and at the same time imparts an importance and presence perhaps otherwise lacking. Indeed, this is a case in point in reference to more choice and freedom in these toilet de tails of in mode, ever lenient before a presentment that is becoming.—Wash ington Star. Two College Graduates' Ranndry. A successful laundry run on scien tific and economical principles is that taken in hand by two college women at Brookline, in this State. The clothes are dried in the open air whenever possible, on a large sunny grass plot over against the park. The washing and ironing is carried on in a large, well-ventilated and clean-kept build ing, built by the owners of the laun dry, the Misses White, and that is not only well aired, but filled with sunshine. One of the reasons why clothes from common laundries are so disagreeable to the sense of smell is because they nre either steam-dried in ill-kept rooms or on lines in back yards hemmed in by other buildings, when the clothes lose the whitening and sweetening effects of the sun. The work in this model laundry Is di vided between men and women. The foreman carefully experiments to find just what chemicals and how much of them can be used in the removal of stains without injury to fabrics. Near ly all the ironing is done by hand, and hand-work shows to as much ad vantage In Ironing as in other pro cesses. There are many varieties of helps in ironing, special boards for bosoms, cuffs, sleeves, cte„ and here, to, the preferences of patrons as to high or low finish on collars, etc., heavy or light starching for various fabrics, and for various uses—all these things are taken into consideration. It is evident that the laundry deserves to succeed, and it is doing so, having run now for three years, and gaining a sure foothold.—Springfield (Mass.) Republican. A War Against Wrinkles. Wrinkles are the principal witnesses to Rge. A person may have hair nearly or quite white, but if the skin is fnir and smooth, they will look what they are, prematurely gray. But you do not hear of people being prematurely wrinkled, although mnny truly are; yet they nre spoken of as looking old. Many young people bnve a dlsagree nble habit of frowning nnd scowling, and ns they grow older the creases formed will become fixed. Profound meditation, deep study, worry and anx iety all cause wrinkles, nnd mostly In the upper part of the face. Of course we kuow that a face without any linos would be expressionless, but there is little danger of any effort on our part erasing too many; enough will remain if we do ail we can to obliterate them. The skin in youth is not only firm but elastic, nnd lienee the momentary ex pressions, even if frequently repented, disappear, hut in later years the elas ticity is lost, and expressions oft re peated form permanent folds in the skin.—Woman's Life. fSjOfe MEW EST FASHIOMS Every variety of pompon is seen on the new millinery. Bound ball buttons of gun metal, however, have a very good style. Very slender stripes in white on smooth goods are seen far the tailor made costumes. On simple shirt waists of flannel the most satisfactory buttons, as far as looks are concerned, are thooe covered with the material. A novelty iu velvet ribbon trim mings is the double toned velvet rib bon; the velvet side of one color and the satin of another. There are indications that big sleeves are coming in again. Not alone coats, but maty blouses and tailor-made gowns, show sleeves full from the top of the arm to the cuff. Ornaments for the hair for evening wear are pretty and varied, anil arti ficial flowers are used quite as much as aigrettes, plumes or bows. A single fleur de lis in velvet, studded with bril liants, makes a pretty bit of hair or namentation. The crush belt Is of gray taffeta and a pretty tie is of lemon colored clilf fon. The skirt is made with a tucked flounce, formed of two flounces com ing from the side and very high in the back. The flounces are edged with gray taffeta bands. A smart gown is of red nun's veil ing canvas, having a yoke of Russian lace and narrow revers, and a tie of red velvet with a small gold dot. The skirt Is tucked all over lengthwise and finished at the bottom with nine nar row bands of red velvet with gold dots. firaiilAiDEri One Profit From Shoep. There is one profit from sheep that is not generally considered, which is the increased fertility of tho land oc cupied by them. The farms in Can ada that command tho highest prices are those upon which sheep have been kept for years, the pastures on such farms being free from weeds, while the crops grown thereon have in creased every year, showing a gain in fertility. Winter Care of Poultry. No one who does hot take an interest in poultry can expect many eggs in cold weather or when the ground is covered with snow. My experience is keeping the roosting place clean, good shelter and a varied diet. To promote laying, feed alternately wheat, buck wheat, oats, scalded bran sometimes seasoned with pepper and occasionally a little corn. Onions chopped fine and mixed with their food will promote health, also scraps from the table; and thick sour milk placed where they can get it is also relished. Where milk is not at hand keep clean water within their reach. Crushed oyster shell and gravel and a dust bath are necessary. With this treatment hens will pay well in winter.—Mrs. E. Bates, in tho Epi tomist. A Cltnap Smokehouse. Anyone having a small amount of meat to smoke aud not caring to de pend on the neighbors' smokehouse can build one himself without use of hammer or nails. Simply take an old hogshead and saw a hole near the bottom for a stovepipe to enter. Get an old cast Iron teakettle and cut a hole near the bottom for draft. Now procure at least five lengths of stove pipe, ten better; less than five will burn the meat. Set your hogshead at least two feet above the level of the kettle. Fill the latter with kindlings, Including some hickory wood and cobs, and place the elbow of a pipe over the top of the kettle. Start a fire and hang your hams in the hogshead. The damper should he used when fuel is put in. This will do the work. I have used It for years, aud find it practical. —W. V. N. House, in Orange Judd farmer. Timely Seed-Savin*:. If certain flile specimens of favorite flowers have been allowed to ripen their seed for next season's planting, don't neglect them until late iu the fall, aud then expect to secure them all at once. It should be remembered In gathering the seeds of annuals that It 'is necessary to study the habits of the different varieties, or many of the seeds will he lost. Take the phlox, the pansies and the balsams, for Instance; If we wait until the seeds are fully ripe we will find that there arc none when we are ready to gather them, for they burst their capsules as soon as they are ripe, and throw their seeds as far as posible. By studying the different plants, and learning their natural methods of distributing their seeds, we can anticipate this self-sow ing and capture the seeds as soou as the pods are well formed aud show signs of maturity. Put Yourself In His Place. How would you like to be your own horse? Would you work yourself six or Severn hours without water when the temperature is in the nineties? Would you let the head of a rivet stand twisted in the harness till It tore the skin off? Would you put a bridle on yourself that had a loose blinder which flapped you in the eye every time you made a step? Would you tie yourself up with a lazy or (lower horse which made you pull more than half tho load? Would you give yourself water out of a slimy box, or a mudhole In the creek where the pigs and poultry bathe? Would you feed yourself dry corn seven days In the week, and hay that smelled of rats, in a manger on which the hens roost? Would you stand yourself, at feeding time, ankle deep in your own excre ment, to light a million (lies bred iu your own filth? What would you do if you were your own horse?— Tenne ssee Farmer. WUero Fence l'ostn Decay, In some soils and with some kinds of stakes, there is a tendency for tho stakes to rot off quickly at tho surface of the ground. The alternate wetting and drying at that point seems to cause tills. Repairs can be made without tearing down the fence iu the least. Use a cedar crosspiece at the bottom, - nud two narrow strips for stays, put on as showu in the cut, aud the fence will be well supported for mauy years. A somewhat similar contrivance might be used for making a movable fence. The post, in this case, would not go into the ground at all, but the fence would he supported by the broad base. —New England Homestead. Fall Pruning. A great many persons ere asking whether fall pruning Is proper. Many ef them desire to prune their fruit trees, grape vines aud berry bushes at this time of the year, when there is more time for It and more comfort In doing it than In the spring. In general we are Inclined strongly to discourage tho practice of fall pruuiug, especially for tho Northern States. With many kinds of trees, cherries, for Instance, in cold situations, fall pruning is dan gerous and sometimes disastrous. In extreme cases we have known strong, healthy trees to be killed by it. Iu handling grapevines and berry plants In the North there is also the further objection that, in case any considera ble winter-killing ensues, the hearing wood may be so much diminished in quantity as to spoil next year's crop. If the pruning is delayed till spring the winter-killing can mostly be seen and allowances made for it. The Country Gentleman. Horse Nature Bike Human Nature. I know an old mare who is decidedly shy and viciously tricky for her age. She seems to dread close comradeship and too much caressing from human hands. Yet the other morning, after a vain attempt to smooth her long, lean nose, I moved away and leaned against the stall, oy hand outstretched upon the manger rail. And what do you think she did? She came shyly after me presently, and touched my fingers lightly with her nose. I main tained a discreet passiveness and she grew bolder, mouthing along my hand with her satin soft nostrils In a deli cate, sensitive caress, light as the touch of human motherhood. Aud then she put out her tongue, exquisitely soft and warm It was, and gently lapped oy hand. Oh, you old rogue! When I remem ber that winter day when you gave me a hard spill on tho frozen earth, and tho other day when you viciously bit through the flesh of my arm, what wonder that 1 am amazed at such gen tleness I Yet I've no doubt horse na ture Is very like human nature, in that there is tho good and the not so good in all Its composition, and we love the one by learning to condone the other. —C. Grace Kephart, in tho Horso Re view. Tlio Hessian Fly. Every one who grows wheat under stands pretty thoroughly the ravages of tho Ilesslan tly. The Illustration will give the reader 'some idea of this Insect and its growth at various stages. The plant at the left Is an uninjured stalk, the one at the right shows a stalk Infested with the Ilesslan fly. It will bo noticed that this stalk Is dwarfed, the leaves withered and the stems swollen near tho ground. In tho Illustration A indicates the eggs of the fly; B the larva much en larged; O shows the pupa case; D the chrysalis; E the adult female, natural size; F the adult female much en larged; G the male much enlarged; H THE FLY AND ITS HAVAGES. the pupa In position between the leaf slienth and stalk, and I the parasite. After years of experimenting with dif ferent methods scientists agree tiiat tile only way of successfully lighting the Hessian tly Is to have the soil iu which wheat Is to be sown in the best possible condition, use varieties that are resistant and sow the seed as late as possible in the fall. The soil should | he so well fed and so fertile that n strong healthy growth of wheat will bo secured In the fall even though the seeding is late.—lndianapolis News. Seed Wheat Per Acre. At the Ohio State University and Experiment Station they have for many years been testing different amounts of seed wheat per acre. The first experiments were on rich bottom land. Where they sowed live pecks per acre the yield was thirty-four bush els, and where they put on seven pecks they harvested thirty-seven bushels, a gain of a bushel for each pock of seed. It was repeated the next year on live duplicate plots sowu at each rate. Iu every ease the results were in favor of the seven peeks per acre, it giving enough larger crop to more thau repay the extra cost of the seed. Tests have been made on the same farm several years since with varying quantities, with the result that best crops were obtained when not less than live pecks or more thau seven pecks were sown. Having removed In 1802 to a farm where the soil is less productive thau that first tested, they have found the most profitable harvests from tho use of eight pecks or more of seed. In un favorable reasons tho best results there have been from nine to ten peeks of seed. While we cannot dispute the correctness of their tests, we think some of these who thoroughly lit their ground get better results from less than seven peeks than from more, and It may depend for profit upon the point of the comparative cost of extra seeding or of extra labor In fitting tho soil.—The Cultivator. ||s.oi>|3^JSSS ssesSS The Government and Good Koada. IN a couutry as large as that lu which we live, with the greater purt of its producing regions wide ly separated from the markets which they serve, the matter of trans portation is one of vast importance. This applies particularly to our agri cultural products; for while a great portion both of our manufactured out put and of our farm growth must be moved long distances by rail or water before reaching a market, practically all of the latter must also be trans ported for greater or less distances over the public highways. The ques tion of marketing these agricultural products, amounting in the United States to $1,000,000,000 annually, on terms that the dealer can afford to pay and the grower to accept, often reduces itself to a question of cheap and quick delivery—in other words, to a question of economical transportation. ' As far as the railways and the steam ship lines are concerned, this problem iias been dealt with very intelligently and satisfactorily. Skill and money have been applied without stint to the provision of enlarged means of con veyance, improved ways and increased power. These influences, under the stress of strong competition, have re duced long-distance freight rates to a reasonable level. There is one phase of this transpor tation problem, however, which has approached no satisfactory solution. That Is the matter of wagon road haul. As has already been said, while the greater part of our farm products travel by steamship, canal or railway for a portion of the Journey to mar ket, virtually all of them are conveyed for some distance over the public high ways. It is unfortunate that this is often the most expensive part of their journey. It has been shown by math ematical demonstration that it costs more to move a bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten miles over the average country roads of the United States than to transport the same burden 500 miles by railway or 2000 miles by steamship. It has happened many times in different parts of the country that farmers have let crops go to waste because the cost of hauling them to the nearest market or railway shipping point over wretched and ill kept roads amounted to more than could be real ized for them afterwards; whereas, if good roads on which henvy londs could be hauled had been at hand, the same crops could have been marketed at a small prottt to the producer, while the economic gain resulting from their application to useful purposes would have been very considerable.—Hon. Martin Dodge, in the Forum. People illoit liThem. The International Good Itoads Con vention made a very sensible recom mendation at its last session. It was simply that the office of good roads Inquiries of the Agricultural Depart ment be enlarged into a bureau, and the annual appropriations for its work be increased from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO. The amount suggested is none too great for the Federal Government to expend in encouraging good roads throughout the country, but it is very little the Government can do towards giving to the respective States good highways, beyond teaching, through experiment, the best way to construct and maintain them. The people themselves, if they ever hope to have good roads, must take the matter up and construct them at their own expense, either directly or by special taxation. Neither the State nor the National Government will or can render uny especial assistance. In the matter of good roads, Ohio furnishes the linest and most complete example of any of the Commonwealths of the Union. Thirty years ago the Buckeye State was cursed by the worst roads * that could possibly he found anywhere; now she is pleased by the very best, and what is better, they are universal throughout the State. These roads were constructed through the udoption of a uniform road tax law, which assessed the cost on lands themselves. During the time the roads were being built there was much kicking and "cussing" by the land owners, but the highways were built all the same, and after their comple tion no farmer would have surrendered his road and taken back the money he had paid in the shape of taxes. Bronri Tires Save Street!. An ordinance will soon be prepared whicli will provide for the regulation of the width of tires oil wagons used in the city for heavy hauling. Ordi nances of this kind are enforced in many of the larger cities, and it is claimed that much wear of street pave ment is saved. It is said that one rea son the asphalt streets of St. Joseph wear out so quickly is that many of the heavy drays are, equipped with tires so narrow that they cut into the pavement. It is designed to regulate the tires by the weight of the wagon. —American Asphalt Journal. Part of Paper'* Income For Kmploycs. T. T. Pitman, proprietor of the New port (li. I.) Daily News, announced to his employes the adoption of a profit sharing plan, as an acknowledgement of their services in building up a suc cessful newspaper. He says that a definite proportion of the income oi' the paper will be divided each year among employes who have been on the pay roll for that year. SPIRIT OF ADVERTISING. Remarkably Clever Aitlcln on (be Sab' JecV by a blateen Tear Old Girl. "The spirit of advertising" is th: theme which sixteen-year-old Ruby Brooks dwelt upon at the Commence ment exercises cf the California School, where she was a student, and this is what she said: "To advertise is to make known and to attiy.et public attention to some particular article. That it is, or rath er has, become an art, in fact, a science, no one will question. Not every one has it In his power to con coct something that will attract pub lic attention and at the same time make something known; and these are the two essentials of a good ad vertisement. "It is interesting to notice how the movement of written advertisements commenced. It originated in Amer ica, as so many of the advanced ideas have. In the old Colonial days a man found a cow which did not belong to him in his pasture. "He conceived the idea of going to the editor of their little paper and of having him make a little item that a stray cow had been found. The edit or did so, and in a few days the own er came after his cow. "This man to whom the cow be longed had a ship coming in from England, so he went to the editor and told him he would pay him so much if ho would mnkc a list of the things on the ship, which he, the merchant, would have for sale. "He sold a groat many goods because of this little notice, so others did it. Soon a distinction was made between advertisements and news, and great movements began in this small way. "There are over $200,000,000 spent yearly in the United States alone for advertising. But surely, all this ex pense and trouble Is not taken by some few who wish to make attrac tive signboards and to fill up the mag azines and daily newspapers. No, the parent of It all is competition. As competition is the life of trade, so, too, it is the producer and Instigator of advertising. "There is a constant struggle to make one's goods more acceptable to the general public than the next one's. Did you ever notice that there is scarcely aD advertisement but con tains the adjective in the comparative or superlative degree? It Is always better than that one, the best of all— the best known, and the very best that can be made. "This great competition of rival parties In the form of advertising, while it may cause hard and antag onistic feelings, is the best thing pos sible for the country. With it pro gress cannot stop. "Let me give a simple illustration from school life. A senior said this: 'I never studied so hard as I did when I was a freshman. I never failed in a recitation, simply because I was try ing to get ahend of another pupil.' You see, competition was the life of his study, of his progress. His reci tations were his advertisements. "Besides this competition between rivals, there Is the striving of the new against the old, although It Is hard to overcome a rival, it is even hardbr for the new, the different thing, to over come routine. But it must be done, so that progress can be made, and it is this spirit that permeates America —the land of progress and opportuni ties."—Fourth Estate. Caineru Shots at Wild Animals. In an illustrated article in the World's Work President Roosevelt writes of A. G. Wallihan's remarkable pictures of wild animals. He suggests that the camera is, in a measure, re placing the rifle in the woods. "It will be a real misfortune," he says, "if our wild animals disappear from mountain, plain and forest, to be found only, if at all, in great game preserves. It is to the interest of all of us to see that there is ample and real protection for our game us for our woodlands. A true democracy, really alive to its interests, will insist upon such game preservation, for it is to the interest of our people as a whole. More and more, as it becomes neces sary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle. It is an excellent thing to have a nation proficient in marksman ship, and it is highly undesirable that the rifle should be wholly laid by. But the shot is, after all, only a part of the free life of the wilderness. The chief attractions lie in the physical hardi hood for which the life calls, the sense of limitless freedom which it brings, and the remoteness and wild charm and beauty of primitive nature." V,'\iy Grace Was Omitted. A tiny girl of seven gave a dinner party the other day, for which twelve covers were laid, and that number of small maidens sat down to dine. It was a retil little girls' dinner, and the little hostess herself presided, sitting at the head of the table. She had been very anxious, in looking forward to it, to do everything as it should be done. "Mamma," she asked, "shall we say grace?" "No," said mamma, "it will be a very informal dinner, and I think you need not do that." That meant one ceremony the less to be gone through and was a relief. But the little lady was anxious to have all her guests understand it. So. as they gathered about the table, she ex plained: "Mamma says that this is such an informal dinner that we need not have grace to-day!"— Baltimore Sun. Th© CUenpe.t Fuel. Gas is the cheapest and most easily managed of all fuels, provided cure is given to its use. A good gas stove well managed will, counting In the time for care and lack of dust, cost one-third 'ess than coal.—Ladles' Home JournaL
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