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Lingerie Hats.
Tho llngorlo hats .of cxqulslto ba
llato or mull or flno Swiss embroider
ies and Vnlenclonncn luco aro lovelier
than "over this season, and Innumer
able changOB aro rung upon comblna
, tlons of Inco and flowers. Nets plain
or dotted with largo chonlllo wafers
arc Rhlrrcd and plaited Into nlry.
broadrltumcd shapes and trimmed
with flowers and soft silk scarfs.
"Blinded straws and straws of count
loss new weaves are shown. Linen
hats Inset with laco and picturesque
In shnpo aro among tho now offerings
as well as more scvero linen models
for outing nnd mourning wear.
Oardon bunches and flowor wreaths
divide tho honors and Micro aro many
(lowers and bud fringes which aro
used profusely. Cockades, choux, ro
settes, mercury wings, cupId wings
and quills aro called lnlo scrvlco for
the sailor hats.
(Kitchen
Making starch with soapy wnter Is
tho best way to produce a gloss and
provont tho Iron from sticking.
. Tho best way to mash potatoes Is
to rub thorn through a wlro slovo;
you con then bo sure thero aro no
lumps left.
Never put table linen Into soap
8iid3 until the stains havo been ro
moved by pouring boiling wnter
through tho linen.
When making a pudding don't for
got to make a plait In tho cloth at
the top of your basin, so as to allow
the pudding room to swell.
When boiling green vegetables, add
a piece of sugar to tho water; It Is
quite harmless, and preserves tho
color as well as soda would.
Beforo using a lamp wick soak It
In strong vinegar, then '.dry It thor
oughly, it lid It wilt burn brightly and
without any unpleasant smoko or
smell.
Ink spilled on tho carpot may bo
-taken kip without leaving a stain If
dry tnlt bo applied Immediately. As
the salt becomes discolored brush It
off and apply moro. Wot slightly.
Continuo till tho ink has disappeared.
Tucked Sailor Blouse.
Tho sailor blotiso is over In demand.
It may vary In dotall, but essentially
Is always tho comfortablo favorlto
that Is so IndUpnsablo. This one is
novel, Inasmuch as It includes fronts
box platted and tucked for their entiro
length and sleeves that aro tucked'
abovo tho elbows whllo thoy form full
puffs below, and Is mndo of palo
bluo llnon with collar of whlto and
shield and trimming of embroidery,
but is quite as well suited to a long
list of fabrics. For nchtlng and simi
lar sports It Is admirable made of light
weight sergri or mohair whllo all tho
mnny llnon and cotton fabrics aro
much to bo desired for tho cotton
gowns.
Tho waist Is made with fronts and
back and Is finished al tho neck with
a big sailor collar. Tho back Is plain,
but tho fronts nro laid In a box plait
nteach odgo with threo tucks at
each -side and beneath tho box plaits
the closing Is made. Tho sleeves are
In ono pleco each, tucked nt their up.
per - portions and gathered Into
Btralght, cuffs. Tho shield and stock
"collar aro separato and arranged un-
dor tho waist, bolng buttoned Into
placo benoath tho sailor collar.
Tho quantity ot material required
for tho medium size Is 4 j .rds 21
Inchos wide, 3 yards 27 Inchos wldo
or 2V4 yards 44 inches wldo, with
yards of all over embroidery and 2
yards of appllquo to make as Illus
trated. Strawberry Baskets.
Cream Vi cup butter, add gradually
cup sugar, 1 egg slightly beaten.
2 ounces Hour and teaspoonful
vanilla.
Bake, shapo and fill with whipped
cream, sweetened and flavored, and
with strawberries. Serve at once.
When tho Ingredients nro mixed,
roll out very thin and cut with a
round cutter about four Inches In
diameter. As soon as taken from tho
oven and while yet warm, roll two
sides up so as to form a sort of boat.
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able Adjunct to the Wardrobe
Smart Box Eton Adapted for Girl
ish Figures Some Approved Recipes.
and Hot them closo together In a dish,
to hold them in that shape until they
aro cool and hardonedftthen proparo
tho filling by cutting the strawberries,
sweeten with powdered sugar and
mix with thick whipped cream. Fill
tho baskets, and place a wholo straw
berry on olthcr end. Do not All the
baskets until time to serve, as tho
cream softens tho pastry, If allowed
to stand, and tho baskets Ioso their
shape.
The Millinery of Summer.
Tho largo and tho small hat aro In
equal favor this season. For semi
dress occasions the small or medium
sized turban or sailor Is perhaps In
bettor tasto, but tho vogue of tho
wldo drooping shoulders In costumes
nnd wraps will undoubtedly mnko the
picture hat moro popular than over.
Tho blending of delicate pink and
bluo is a feature of many lints, and In
tho association not only of small
flowers but of ribbons as well is this
discernible. Green also Is a favored
color, and for the hat to complete a
green toilette or to bo worn with a
black or dark blue or a natural-colored
pongco or Shantung gown, It is
a most nttractlvo shade. Green trim
mings plumes, aigrettes, breasts and
ribbon velvet provide this smart
tcuch when tho hat is black, bluo,
ecru or white. Brown and green Is
another popular combination.
No form of headgear Is moro charm
ing than tho dainty llngorlo hnt made
In Blmple "baby" shape out of tho
finest laco or embroidery, with a
largo bow of ribbon as Its only trim
ming. Theso hats havo a girlish ef
fcqt, and to bo successful they should
bo worn only by tho youthful and
with, dnlnty. frocks. From Tho Do
llnontor for July.
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Boudoir'
Fancy stocks aro much simpler
than lastyear.
Turnovers of finest llnon aro de
cidedly dainty. ,
Bons of any sort are not very much
In evidence.
A now heavy pongco has an almost
shaggy surface.
A favorite braid for voile gowns Is
the bright-surfaced horcules.
Wreaths of daintiest small flowers
done In velvet, especially delicately
palo bluo forget-me-nots, trim hats.
Tho latest development of tho
slcovo frill Is tho employment of flno
laco dyod to match tho shade of tho
gown. Chiffon is also largely used
for sleeve frills.
Tho fashionable decollctago lino Is
somewhat higher thjs season, for, al
though tho corsngo Is cut lowor, it is
finished with a dainty tucker of tnous
sollno do solo, chiffon or net.
Pelerlno collars slightly draped In
front and finishing to a point, leav
ing tho throat free, will be much
worn this summer. Another offectlv;o
collar yoko Is a yoke and bertha In
one, fitting closely on tho shoulders
and then falling with n full flare.
Separate Yoke and Collar.
Tho now plan of tho yoko and col
lar being separato from tho rest ot
tho gown Is nn excellent one, ns It
permits of their being easily laun-
A HANDSOME BLOUSE.
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Handsome blouses are ever In, de
mand both for the odd waist and tho
gown. Hero Js ono that suits both
purposes and allows many variations,
but is shown In palo greon messallne
satin, with the yoko of tuckod chiffon,
vest and trimming of Chinese em
broidery, on white edged with silk
dored without tho enttro waist hav
Ing to bo ripped apart, as Is generally
tho enso. In tho simpler styles ot
gown this Is most desirable, but It
Is also carried out In tho more elab
orate ones, nnd for the same reason
that tho laundering of any laco or
embroidery Is a difficult task unless
tho entiro waist Is cleaned at tho
samo time. In many such respects
fashion becomes moro and moro
practical as tlmo goes on; ono rea
son, however, bolng that absolute
cleanliness nnd perfection of detail
aro required in any garment that Is
to bo considered at all smart.
Smartest Facing for Hats.
Dy all odds tho smartest facing for
hats tc be worn with tailored dresses
Is that built from narrow llngorlo
frills. A facing of net Is cut to fit tho
hat, then covered with innumerable
ruffles ot narrow laco, either gathered
or accordion-pleated. Valenciennes
lace lends Itself best to this sort of
facing, and If a vest, collnr and half
sleeves of laco edged flouncing nro
worn with tho linen suit, tho har
monious effect with tho hat Is very
good. -
Mrsses' Box Eton.
Box Etons are essentially smart and
suit girlish flguros to perfection. This
ono Is adapted allko to tho suit and
tho general wrap and to a variety of
materials but, as shown, Is made of
nntural colored pongeo banded with
stitched B(lk and matches tho skirt.
Tho wldo sleovos aro graceful In tho
extremo and allow of wearing over
back and is fitted by monns of shoul
der and under-nrm seams. Tho wldo
sleeves are cut In ono pleco ench and
aro laid In box plaits that nro extend
ed to cover tho shoulder seams. A
shaped band finishes tho neck and
the full ones ot tho season's waists
without danger of rumpling, whllo tho
extended box plaits glvo tho drooping
lino bo essential to present styles.
The Eton Is mado with fronts and
front edges and both the lower edge
and thoso of tho sleeves aro faced to
correspond.
Tho quantity ot material required
for tho medium slzo Is 2 yards 21
Inches wide, 2 yards 27 Inches wldo
or l',6 yards 44 Inches wldo, with 1
yard of silk to trim ns illustrated.
card, tho deep fall below the vect and
those In tho sleeves being of cream
Llorre laco. To make the blouso for
a woman of medium size will bo re
quired -Hi yards of material 21, 4
yards 27 or 2U yards 44 Inches wide
with -H yards of tucking for yoke,
yards of all-ovor lace for cuffs nnd 3
yards of leco for frills.
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Machine That "Magnifies" Time.
Although the stroboscope Is not a
new device, It has been applied re
cently to some Interesting Investiga
tions Into tho naturo of certain rapid
motions. Briefly, the device mechan
ically reproduces at moderate speed
successlvo views of an object moving
so rapidly that It cannot be seen by
tho unaided "vision. In a rapidly re
volving wheel, for instance, tho
spokes aro apparent as a mere blur,
or else are quite invlslblo to tho eye.
By tho stroboscope, a movoment
which takes place In a hundredth pnrt
of a second may be seen drawn out to
a quarter of a second, or even more;
the tlmo of Us movement, Is, as It
were, magnified almost any number of
times.
Like many wonderful results, thl3
Is achieved simply enough. By means
of electric sparks fired at rapidly re
curring Intervals, or a revolving disk
with silts passed In front of a lan
tern, tho moving object Is Illuminated
In a succession of flashes. If tho
flashes aro repeated precisely as rap
Idly as the machine moves, thoy will
show It always In ono position, and It
will seem to be at rest. But, If thoy
movo less rapidly, tho machine under
observation will seem to movo slowly,
because at each rovolutlon It will bo
seen at a slightly later stage.
Thus tho formation of a stitch In a
sowing machine may be watched, or
any other of tho thousands of ma
chine movements where It may bo
Important to sco what Is completed
at almost lightning sneed.
This new ubo of the stroboscope Is
Important because It permits tho
microscopic study of a machine work
ing at Its highest spccil. and tho
noting of strains and vibrations at all
points, tho Imperfections and tho pos
sibilities of Improvement In Its ar
rangement of parts and their relation
to one another.
Automatic Coupling.
Thero is probably no other occupa
tion for men which shows such a largo
list of accidents and deaths In com
parison with tho number of employes
as railroading and If thero Is one
branch of this business which Is moro
dangerous than nnother It Is tho
coupling of cars In tho yards at the
terminals and freight sidings. Of
course, the Introduction of tho auto
matic couplers has reduced greatly
tho number of accidents from this
source, but It Is still necessary for an
employe to station himself at each
Junction of the cars, to manipulato
tho coupler head by means of tho
lever on either car and In this there.
Is chance of a mishap unless ho lb
cautious.
Perhaps tho largest number of
couplings Is made between the switch
ing engine nnd cars It Is to draw and
for this work there has Just been In
troduced an automatic arrangement
which enables the engineer to connect
or disconnect tho englno and cars
without leaving his cab. Within easy
reach of his hand, as shown hero,
Operated from the Cab.
there ore levers which connect direct
ly with tho couplers nt tho front and
rear of the engine and as tho englno
approaches or recedes from a car n
movement of tho proper lever will set
the coupler to engage or release tho
corresponding coupler on tho car.
Tho Inventor is Augustus C. Hono
of Louisville, Ky.
Kitchen Utensil Handle.
Thero aro Innumerable disadvan
tages In having to handle pans of va
rious kinds which aro provided with
permanently attached handles. Burnt
fingers frequently result and when
cloths aro used to lift the pans the
acme of cleanliness Is not always per
missible. Then, too, thero nro flivnb
which are not, In tho nature of things,
provided with handles, and tho house
wife Is left to her own devices to And
means of lifting these from the stove.
A Pennsylvania man, inspired prob
ably by tho admonitions of his wife,
has devised a detachable handle that
will meet tho requirements of tho
situation.' It can be used in lifting
any pan, can bo attached In an Instant
and will hold tho pan as securely as
It it was soldered directly to the cldo
of the utensil. It Is removable as
easily as It is attached 'and ono of
theso .handles will serve for as many
of tho cooking utensils as tho stove
will hold.
' Utility ot Sun Spots.
Sir Norman Lockyer, tho British as
tronomer, has advanced n remarkable
new theory concerning the utility of
sun spots. Sir Norman contends that
the discovery and understanding of
theso phenomena will provo one of
tho most beneficial additions to tho
world In genenil. He believes that
such knowledgo may enable astrono
mers to convert tho sun Into an agent
to enable the nations to cope with
droughts and famines. The spol.i on
tho sun may render it possible tc pre
dict with practical certainty the com
ing of famlno and the exact part of
the world whero It will take le.ee.
In for a Long Rest.
Tho maid Of the men of your ac
quaintance 'who havo married "which
1o you think are the happiest?
TY bachelor The dead.
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CHEAP GATE FOR FARM.
Easy to Make and Satisfactory In
Every Way.
I send you a drawing of a cheap
faisn gato I find to be easily made
an-J satisfactory In overy way. I havo
several such gates on my farm and
ha?o used ono for eight years. Tho
frame Is mado of 2 by 4 Inch scant
Hags, morticed together. Tho braco
Is of the samo material. My gates aro
BttUng with barbed wire, but woven
wlro could bo used equally well. I
inako my own gates. Tho usual length
Is 14 feet. A gato of this length costs
$1.50, Including tho hinges, besides
tho making. Gato posts will not heave
or tip If set four feet In tho ground
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and a pleco ot plank Is spiked on each
sldo as shown In tho drawing. I
always set gato posts and end fence
posts In this way. J. H.
Ox-Eye Daisy.
F. C. I havo a pasture Infested
with Ox-Eye Daisy, and I am now
mowing them all down beforo they
ripen. Do you think this will eradi
cate tho pest? Tho Ox-Eyo Daisy Is
not a native here, but has come, I
nm Informed, from manure from cat
tle fed upon Imported haj.
Mowing tho Ox-Eye Daisy beforo
tho seeds aro ripened will prevent
tho crop of seedlings for that year,
but tho plnnt is a perennial and tho
roots will produco new plants and
now flowers another year. However,
it dops not root deeply. The best
plan for clearing Infested land Is to
break It up and seed down to clover.
In this way the old plants aro de
stroyed and any young plants from
seed which should flower tho second
year, will be cut with both tho first
and Bccond crops of clover beforo tho
seeds are ripe. Then, when tho clo
ver sod Is plowed down, tho Ox-Eye
Daisy plants will bo killed and the
laud be clean.
Ants In a House.
M. It. A. would like to know what
Is good to prevent ants staying
around the place.
When ants appear In a house, the
first effort should bo made to dis
cover where their nest is generally
inside a wall or beneath a floor or
some object close outside the build
ing. If the nest can bo 'found, it
should bo drenched with boiling wa
ter ; out of doors blsulphido of carbon
has been usedi with success, a spoon
ful being thrown Into the hole which
is then plugged with a little clod ot
earth. If tho nest cannot bo located,
as many Insects as posslblo should be
destroyed. For this, small pieces ol
sponge are moistened with watei
containing some sugar and a little
vinegar or borax and placed in the
spots frequented by the nnts. The
ants will collect on tho sponges,
which should bo collected several
times a day and dropped Into scalding
water. v
Coal Ashes for Grass Land.
J. V. B. Are hard or soft coal
ashes a proper fertilizer for grasa
lands? Wood ashes aro frequently
used by farmcis, but no coal ashes are
used.
Ashes from either hard or soft coal
aro of llttlo or no value to grass
land. Unleached wood ashes are
highly useful on grass, land and may
be applied at tho rate of from forty
to eighty bushels per acre. Leached
ashes contain very llttlo fertilizing In
gredients. Thunder and Incubation.
It. E. S. I had a poor hatch from
my Incubator, getting only a 40 per
cent, hatch. A great many chicks
died in the shell after tho eggs were
chipped. Wo had a severe thunder
storm on tho twentieth day. Was
that tho cause?
Unless lightning struck very near
the eggs tho thunder storm was not
likely to causo tho trouble.
Galls on Plum Leaves.
A Sufferer Tho long red objects
on your pluni leaves are galls made
by a very small kind of mite ot tho
same genus. Phytoptus, as tho Insect
which causes the Pear-leaf Bllstergnll.
Tho occurrence of this mlto In largo
numbers naturally does a considerable
amount ot harm, and it Is most prob
able that the falluro of the fruit on
your plum tree to develop promptly
is Indirectly due to It. I am afraid It
Is too lato now for you to make any
application which will Bave your fruit
this season, but next winter and just
at the tlmo when the buds aro burst
ing in spring, if the treas are sprayed
thoroughly with tho lime and sulphur
mixture they will be free of these in
sects next year. A simple formula
for making this wash In small quanti
ties Is ono pound of lime and half a
pound of sulphur, boiled for two hours
in ono and a half gallons of water.
When all tho sulphur is dissolved the
liquid will bo of a bright amber color,
and the quantity above mentioned
must be filled up to three gallons with
hot water at tho time of using. This
will leave a deposit on the trees,
which can be plainly seen and which
will desiroy many kinds of Insects.
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Moisture In Tobacco.
The presence of molsturo in tobacco
I?, tho Lancet believes, of somo Im
portance to public health, since tho
combustion of tobacco containing a
large proportion of molsturo Is Im
peded, wbllo as tho generation of va
per Is Increased, so aro tho chances of
tho poisonous principle- being carried
into tho mouth.
A Syllogism That Proves Much.
Tho famous syllogism of Themisto
cles was that his Infant son ruled tho
wholo world, proved thus: (
My infant son rules his mother.
His mother rules me.
I rule tho Athenians.
Tho Athenians rule tho Greeks.
And the Greeks rulo tho world.
United States Fts-h Catch.
According to the National Geo
graphic Magazine, tho total catch of
food fishes in tho United States and
Alaska, as shown by tho last canvass,
was 1,733,314,324 pounds, valued at
45.631.1G5. Tho number of men em
ployed was 214,056, and the capital In
vested was $72,261,046.
Of Wide Interest.
Breed, Wis., July 18 Special
Charles Y. Peterson, Jnstico of tho
Peace for Oconto Co., has delivered
a Judgment that Is of Interest to tho
whole United States. Put briefly, that
Judgment is, "Dodd's Kidney Pills aro
tho best Kidney medicine on tho mar
ket to-day."
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this Judgment. Ho says: "Last
winter I bad an aching pain In my
back which troubled mo very much.
I the morning I could hardly straight
en my back. I did not know what it
was but an advertisement led mo to
try Dodd'j Kidney Pills. After taking
ono box I can only say they havo done
moro for mo than expected as I feel
as well now as over I did before."
Pain in the back is ono of tho first
Bymptoms of Kidney disease. If not
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may
develop Into Brlght'3 Disease, Dia
betes, Rheumatism or somo of tho
other deadly forms of Kidney Disease.
Ban on American Dentists.
The Supremo Court of Germany has
rendered an opinion that tho title of
doctor conferred by American dental
colleges Is not to bo recognized In
Germany, constituting a violation of
tho German law against unfair compe
tition and is therefore prohibited to bo
used. Three hundred and twenty den
tlsts In Germany, who heretofore held
the JItle of doctor from American col
leges, are affected by this decision.
Youth a Relative Quality.
Youth has nothing to do with years
tho real youth that accepts life and
learns from it the lessons which exalt
and purify. But it is given to few
to carry with them Into old ago tho
splendor of tho dawn, to retain tho
old "unconquerable hope" to tho end.
Those few, however, aro tho salt of
tho earth, whether thoy write, or dig,
or sweep crossings.
Learning Russian at Home.
Swallow a whlto seldlitz powder,
following it with a bluo ono. Then
simultaneously swallow a big drink of
water and Inhale somo finely pow
dered cayenne pepper. Havo a phono
graph handy when tho trouble starts,
and you will havo on record tho city
directory of St. Petersburg. Baltl.
more American.
Keep Most of Products at Home.
In tho city of Smyrna there aro
factories that mako thread yard, cal
ico prints for head wear, boxes, etc.;
there aro flour mills, machine shops,
carriago and cart factories, and a
clgaretto factory. None of tho manu
factured articles, with tho exception
of carpets, Is exported.
Is It Not Worth While
If you travel, on business or pleasure,
to get tho bost service for tho lowest
rates? Ask the Erie Railroad Com
pany, 535 Railway Exchange. Chicago
for full Information. Booklets free de
scribing Summer Tours and tho Beau
tlful Chautauqua Lake Region: also
Cambridge Springs.
New Value of Aluminum.
A German experimenter, Herr
Bernhard. noting the structure of
aluminum, decided to try It for putting
an edge on fine-cutting instruments,
such ns surgical knives, raaors, etc.
He found that it acted exactly like a
razor-hone of the finest quality.
More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re
eults than possible with any othei
brand and one-third more for soma
money.
Oldest Woman In World.
Madrid claims to havo tho oldest
woman In the world Maria Nleto,
who has lived In threo centuries, hav
ing been born in 1781. She was twlco
married and had nineteen children, all
of whom sho siirvlves.
Occasionally a man marries because
ho imagines a divorce suit Is less ex
pensive than a breach of promise suit
Cornu Medals.
An influential committee has been
formed in Paris for tho purpose ot
striking a medal in honor of tha mem
ory of tho late Prof. Cornu. The com
mlttoe Includes many members, for
eign associates and correspondents of
tne Instltuto of France, as well as oth
er leaders in the scientific world. The
medal wilt bo in bronze, silver bronzo
and silver, and the price will be 15
francs, 20 francs and 50 franca re
spectively. Difficulties only Increasa determination.
