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Fashion in White Aprons
White aprons are dressier and are
modeled upon a plan that supplies
j either a band around the waist or
ties for something there must always
be nowadays to keep the fullness from
flying out behind Mother Hubbard
fashion being not at all in favor
Of graceful shape is a white lavn
that is made up with four one inch
box plaits and sets of fine tucks in
front There are four of the sets and
five tucks in each The two middle
plaits join and face one another The
other two alternate with the group of
tucks Forming the shoulder strap
from the shoulder seam to the waist
line in front and from there used as a
waist band for the back is a flower
-band for insertion This also heads
the front of the apron which is round
ed out a little The neck is finished
with a narrow embroidery rufile and
the same in a broad width forms
sleeve caps A six inch hem and two
sets of fine tucks separated by an
inch wide tuck form the bottom of
the apron skirt
Materials for Winter
Etamine voile and canvas are to
be worn all winter and there are
suits that are being made up fresh in
these goods for the material is treat
ed in such a manner that it is as
warm as serge Besides this there
are the long cloaks and as a woman
remarked as she tried on a broad
cloth cloak of three quarter length
I can wear my voile gown all winter
under this cloak And the modistes
are actually counting upon this to
the exclusion of the hitherto neces
sary tailormade suits for cold day
wear
Unique Boudoir Coffee Mill
A coffee mill just suited to table
made coffee or to the chafing dish out
fit which includes coffee making uten
sils is a real Syrian implement The
mill is a brass cylinder about two
inches in diameter and nine or ten
inches long Top and bottom un
screw the top to admit the bean the
bottom to discharge the tiowder A
small arm fitting over the screw at
the top serves as the handle by which
to revolve the interior machinery
When not in use the handle folds out
of the way
Hair Dressing
As the style of dressing the hair is
less pronounced than formerly the
prevailing modes in hats undergo a
similar change The broad effects are
being rapidly done away with and
although the extremely narrow tor
pedo shapes are rather trying there
will be found plenty of pretty models
that will answer the requirements
Nothing is more unattractive than a
broad expanse of brim under which
the hair is not appropriately dressed
One of the New Silk Waists
Fancy silks in plaids stripes and
figures are all greatly in vogue for
odd waists and are exceedingly effec
tive worn with the fashionable skirts
and suits This one is exceptionally
smart and is made of chiffon taffeta
in green and blue combined with col
lar and cuffs of plain green trimmed
with Oriental embroidery At the
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Design by May Manton
neck is a turn over collar of white
which is worn with a harmonizing tie
The model is one of the latest and is
closed invisibly beneath the box plait
at the front and is suited to various
materials and combinations The quan
tity of material required for the me
dium size is AYz yards 21 4 yards 27
or 2 yards 44 inches wide with
yards of silk for collar and cuffs
My Ladys Boudoir
The prevailing popularity of pom
padour styles renders it easy to plan
a most charming sanctum One of
the most attractive seen this season
had for wall paper a gray medallion
design on a cream ground with the
woodwork done in white enamel The
furniture is also of gray picked out
with white the ornate carvings of
the periods of the Louis lending
themselves well to this coloring
To relieve the grayness of the walls
and furniture the upholstering was
done in rose brocade The inner
draperies of the windows the por
tieres and cushions l were the same
The carpet was a plain rose tint with
a flowered border and one or two rich
rugs here and there The dainty
Sevres desk set the clock and orna
ment on the mantel were all chosen
with a regard to the period of the
other furnishings of the apartment
and the whole effect
was most pleas
ing to the observer
Good Complexion Balm
Half a pint of alcohol two ounces
of spirits of camphor two ounces of
spirits of ammounia and five ounces
of seasalt to be added to sufficient
boiling water to make a quart in all
when the mixture should be placed in
a bottle and thoroughly shaken be
fore use This lotion which should be
well rubbed into the skin daily is
said to be especially efficacious in
taking the fatigue out of tired mus
cles
Handsome Under Skirt
Well fitting and handsome petti
coats are among the tasteful features
of dress which every woman desires
to possess This one is carefully
shaped to fit smoothly over the hips
and is made to flare gracefully and
freely at the lower portion so fu
filling all the essential requirements
As illustrated it is made of taffeta
with the under ruffle finely plaited and
is trimmed with a lace frill lace in
sertion and lace medallions The
flounce is circular but so shaped that
its fullness can be made to fall in a
box plait at each point The quanti
ty of material required for the me
dium size is 10 yards 21 8 yards 11
or 4Vi yards 44 inches wide with 3
yards 21 3 yards 27 or 2 vards 44
inches wide for plisse frill 11 yards
of lace ard 6 yards of insertion to
trim as illustrated
All Glitter
Everything in the trimming line this
season glitters Literally it is to be
a brilliant year For ball gowns noth
ing will be more popular than span
gled net in circular flounces and ail
kinds of designs are carried out in
them by means of the colored pail
lettes A pretty pattern shows grad
uated rows of solid circles in gold
and silver spangles with the largest
sizes at the bottom
Having a similar effect but less
challenging and for less ceremonious
occasions is the canvas trimming em
broidered in gold and colored silk
This is treated in gorgeous patterns
of different color combinations and
comes in bands or on edges The for
mer is very well adapted to a waist
coat The other is most effective
when set between pleats One can
scarcely pass the trimming section at
Fields without witnessing the pur
chase of yards of the charming glit
tering stuff
Painted Lace
A great deal of this is being used
and never two patterns alike It is
painted in water colors and generally
floral sometimes emphasized by silver
and gold and a little copper and then
the lace is lined with chiffon Some
very pretty blouses and light colored
silks and muslins have lace medal
lions hand painted inlet which are
very pretty indeed The Americans
are favoring painted nets for hats
They have drawn pink and blue silk
round them and carelessly tied bows
These paintings look very pretty on
champagne tints Linen voile is a
new material for wash dressos trim
med with movable galons painted
generally on a canvas foundation and
sometimes interspersed with French
knots It is pretty to look at and
good to wear
Seasons Color Schemes
It is in the trimming and color
schemes that the clever girl who de
signs her own toilets will make her
most conspicuous triumphs this sea
on Trimmings are to be lavishly
elaborate and color schemes for the
note of color contrast is to be a pro
nounced one must be cleverly
handled lest they prove a pitfall for
the unwary
There is a perfect furore for all the
new burnt tints Indeed a run down
the color card makes the student of
fashions think of a very careless cook
so many tints have got burnt or
scorched There is burnt bread hurt
orange and burnt onion scorched
leather and burnt amber punctuate
the gamut qf tints from the palest
ecru to the deepest brown and the
smoked tints bring up the rea
Silver Fox Edgings
Edgings of j silver fox and of gray
astrachan are seen on some of the
smartest gowns turned out from well
known coutourleres
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Cowpea Bacteria
The cowpea bacteria are already
quite widely distributed in southern
Illinois especially where this crop has
been grown for several years but
they are not common in the soils of
other parts of the state It is doubt
ful however if it is necessary or even
worth while to take the trouble to
inoculate soil for cowpeas Some few
tubercles almost invariably develop
on cowpea roots the first year they
are seeded even where they have
never been grown before and if seed
ed the second year on the same land
the plants are usually abundantly
provided with root tubercles Just
why the cowpea bacteria develop so
rapidly even without special inocula
tion is not definitely known It may
be that the same bacteria also live
on some other leguminous plant which
is more or less widely distributed over
the state but it seems more likely
that the bacteria are brought with the
seed As a matter of fact the cowpea
harvest is usually dirty This is an
annual plant and consequently the
crop is grown on recently plowed land
and is sometimes cultivated during
the season Cowpeas are commonly
harvested with a mowing machine and
then raked up on the loose ground
When they are threshed more or
less dirt remains with the seed Fur
thermore the seed coats are not in
frequently cracked thus providing an
excellent place for the lodgment of
particles of soil
Whether it would be profitable to
inoculate the land for cowpeas would
depend very largely upon the difficulty
or cost of obtaining the infected ma
terial If soil thoroughly infected with
the cowpea bacteria can be scattered
over the land at the rate of about
2000 pounds to the acre at a cost of
1 or less per ton it might prove
profitable It is doubtful if a light
application of 100 or 200 pounds would
produce any very marked effect in
the yield the first season After the
soil becomes well infected the cow
peas then obtain much nitrogen from
the air and the yield of cowpeas is
likely to be largely increased Of
course there is no fixation of atmos
pheric nitrogen if there are no tuber
cles on the roots
In 1902 several plots of cowpeas
were seeded on the soil experiment
field at the university One of these
plots 404 had become thoroughly
infected with the cowpea bacteria be
cause of its being so situated that
more or less surface drainage water
flowed over it from an adjacent field
upon which cowpeas had been grown
for three successive years Another
plot 408 owing to a slightly differ
ent situation had not become in
fected The two plots were seeded
in July after a crop of oats had been
removed from the land Within three
weeks after seeding numerous root
tubercles could be found on the plants
on the infected plot Later on ten
average consecutive plants were taken
up as completely as possible and 412
tubercles were found on the roots
making an average of more than 40
tubercles to the plant On plot 408
only an occasional plant was found in
fected and such plants would usually
have only a single large tubercle on
their roots Professor C G Hopkins
in Bulletin of Illinois Station
Bank Barns
The bank barn is still popular in
the colder sections of the United
States in spite of the fact that it is
sometimes too damp for the best
health of the farm animals Where
the land is hilly there are numerous
opportunities for the building of bank
barns The objections urged against
bank barns are not valid ones for
they can be easily provided against
Some complain that where there is
a bank barn there must of necessity
be a basement and that such a base
ment is always dark damp and gen
erally unhealthful Who says that
such conditions are necessary It re
quires only a little thought to make
the basement as light and cheerful as
any other portion of the barn
For a bank barn a southern slope
should be selected as this makes it
possible to utilize the sun during near
ly all of the short winter day If the
slope is a northern one it will be im
possible to get the amount of light
needed and at the same time take full
advantage of the warmth furnished by
the bank
A bank barn should be provided
with an abundance of doors and win
dows that both light and ventilation
may be easily supplied and that the
basement may be quickly aired out on
warm days
The bank barn is easy to be kept
warm in winter and if cement is free
ly used it can be kept dry at all
times In the properly arranged bank
barn the teams can be driven in on a
level and without the necessity of
climbing a steep ascent in approach
ing the barn floor
There is such a thing as having the
basement too deep in the ground the
surrounding earth coming too far
above the top of the basement This
makes it very difficult to get sufficient
window room
The number of cattle on Illinois
farms January 1 1904 was 2G89193
A saving of 100 per head in the
feeding and management would re
sult in a saving of over two and a
half million dollars per year to the
cattla raisers of Illinois
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Orchards of Non Residents
It has become quite a common say
ing in the North that you can buy
land in such and such a southern
state at 5 or 10 an acre and a resi
dent of that locality will plant an
orchard on it and care for it for
nothing if you furnish the trees The
said resident is supposed to get his
pay by using the ground between the
tree rows A large number of people
in the North1 have been caught by this
argument and have purchased cheap
lands in the South They have by
proxy planted them to fruit trees and
have waited in patience for the har
vests that were to make tnem rich
We have yet to hear of the first man
to get rich in this way It is too
easy
In the South to day will be found
numerous ragged neglected unpro
ductive orchards If you ask about
them you will be told that they be
long to non residents in the North
The writer visited a young peach
orchard of this kind in North Caro
lina The trees were several years
old but the ground was filled with
weeds and brambles After the trees
got so large that the ground could be
no longer cultivated the orchard was
left to itself The trees were in
crusted with masses of the San Jose
scale and it was evident that they
would all be dead in a year or two
They were so far gone that it would
never pay to treat them by any proc
ess The inevitable end of the trees
was to be cut down and burned
Doubtless the owner in the North
fondly imagined that he had a peach
orchard in the South that was rapidly
growing into a fortune
Let no man imagine that he can fall
upon a fortune in this way If he
wants a commercial orchard of any
kind of fruit he Avill have to watch
over it cultivate it and see that in
sect and fungous pests do not devour
it
Every neglected orchard Is a dis
couragement to the men who would
plant orchards No orchard should be
planted unless it is to De under the
eye of the owner or of some represen
tative who has enough interest in it to
see that it is properly cared for
Old Land for Orchards
It is not advisable to locate
orchards on new lands Some of
these lands may be very fertile but
there are good reasons why they
should not be put at once into fruit
The temptation to do so is very great
as it is argued that by so using the
land the new trees will be growing
while the old stumps are rotting If
it were possible to cultivate such land
by the use of the spade and the hoe
one of the main objections would be
done away with But hand work is
too expensive to be applied to a large
commercial orchard in the first years
of its existence Horse work is cheap
and must be utilized That kind Oj
labor cannot be ultilized on new
ground full of stumps and roots If
trees are planted on land that has
been merely cut over the cultivation
is sure to be neglected The trees
will not receive the attention they
would have received on land that is
well cleared well pulverized and that
has been worked by plow and culti
vator for a number of years at least
Usually too insect pests are more
abundant on new land than on old If
new land must be used it is better
to cultivate it for two or three years
in some crop that requires tl orough
stirring of the soil If possible the
last crop before the orchard is set
should be a leguminous one that the
soil may have a good supply of nitro
gen
Preparing the Orchard Ground
The most important work to be
done for the future success of the
orchard is in preparing the soil prop
erly Too often the man going into
orcharding is too hasty and sets his
trees in unprepared soil The result
is short lived trees a feeble growth
easily affected by drouth and extreme
cold and this man at the end of five
years will find if he had taken two
years time to properly prepare his
ground and then plant his trees would
find his trees heathier with a larger
growth than if planted two years soon
er If the soil is worn out get it into
clover use plenty of land plaster on
it then turn under this crop and
thoroughly work it If the soil is new
as we find it north then I advise not
to use any fertilizers but clean it from
stump and stone and plow deep The
danger in the north part of our state
is in having too rich a soil and not
having enough air drainage being
surrounded by timber causing too rap
id growth and blighting but this will
soon be overcome by the timber being
cut and the land cleared J J Menn
Prompt Attack on Insects
The importance of promptness In
the treatment of plants attacked by
insects caij not be too strongly in
sisted upon The remedy often be
comes useless if long deferred the
injury having already been accom
plished or gone beyond repair If by
careful inspection of plants from time
to time the injury can be detected at
the very outset treatment is compara
tively easy and the result much more
satisfactory Preventive work there
fore should be done as much as possi
ble rather than waiting for the reme
dial treatment later the effort being
to forstall any serious Injury rather
than to patch up damage which neg
lect has allowed to become considera
ble Govt Bulletin
Good and Poor Cows
At the Illinois State Fair just
closed the University of Illinois had
an exhibit that should have attracted
attention It was of the two poorest
and the two best cows in the station
herd The two poorest cows are mon
ey losers and the two best cows are
money makers Professor Fraser tried
to make the lesson more impressive
by placing on a scaffold over the
heads of the cows butter tubs repre
senting the amount of butter each
cow made in a year Over the head of
each of the two poorest cows was a
sixty pound tub surmounted by a forty-pound
tub Over the head of each
of the other two cows were placed
three sixty pound tubs surmounted by
three forty pound tubs for the best
cow produced 312 pounds of butter fat
last year the next best 304 pounds of
butter fat one of the poor cows pro
duced 121 pounds of butter fat and
the poorest produced just 100 pounds
of butter fat The two poorest cows
gave together 221 pounds of butter fat
in the year and the two best cows 616
pounds The two best ones gave about
three times as much butter fat as did
the two poorest ones and that on the
same feed and care
It is a pity that our farmers will not
take such an example to heart For
butter making the two best cows
were worth ten thousand times more
than the two poorest cows for the
latter were worth practically nothing
One of these best cows was Rose
She had seven lactations in ten years
counting from her fifth to fifteenth
year of age Each lactation period is
reckoned from calf to calf and in
cludes the dry times The yield of
milk and of butter fat and the lacta
tion periods are given below
Lbs but
Yr Mo Milk lbs ter fat
1 10 14462 704
1 l 14536 762
1 2 11247 507
1 4V2 126S0 637
1 4y2 6018 291
1 5V 10412 511
1 2 9437 470
Total 10 years 76864 3837
Average one year 7686 384
The next cow we will call No 1
Sne has had but two lactation periods
Lt the station as follows
Lbs but
Yr Mo Lbs milk ter fat
1 2Yz 11848 426
1 1 12415 439
No 2
0 11 3471 126
0 10 407S 156
1 4 3S3S 134
1 i 5734 194
Total 4 years 17002 605
One year 4250 151
No 3
1 3 530S 201
1 2 3 4541 168
These figures are worth studying
They show that the same amount of
feed and care may produce a profit or
loss Many a farmer devotes a large
part of his land to the raising of feed
for cows and then gives it to animals
tnat are unable to pay for it In such
a case it would pay better to leave
the land idle
The showing made by these four
cows should have attracted much at
tention but Professor Fraser told
the writer that it was generally ignor
ed Farmers passed it with only a
casual glance and no remark The
most common expression was Oh
what a cute little calf applied to a
newly born bovine in a corner stall
Farmers Review
The Key to the Situation
A bulletin of the Illinois station
says The application of the scales
and the Babcock test to the perform
ance of each cow gives the dairyman
the key to the situation Where for
merly he had to grope in the dark
and trust to judgment now he can
find out the truth for himself With
but little outlay of time and appara
tus he can make each cow render an
accurate account of the food and care
given her This points out the best
individuals from which to select off
spring in building up the herd A
rapid improvement may be brought
about by the introduction and use of
a pure bred sire of good breeding
and approved type The continued
use of the scales and Babcock test
together with good breeding and rigid
selection soon raises the herd to a
plane of greater production and af
fords the owner greater personal sat
isfaction Cows that do not respond
to good treatment should be disposed
of at once In case of doubt the in
dividual may be kept an additional
year but a cow seldom has two off
years in succession
In Prince Edward Island the entire
dairy education and dairy supervision
is under the control of the Provincial
Dairy Association If the factories do
not come up to a proper sanitary
condition the association can close
them up
A cheap and durable whitewash is
made of Portland cement and quick
lime in equal proportions These
should be slaked separately with
water and thinned with skim milk to
the desired consistency
When the cows are allowed to have
their calves run with them they should
be stripped twice a day to keep up
their milking qualities
It is believed that a cow will give
more milk for a milker she likes than
for one she does not like
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and backache
from which I
had experienced
a great deal of
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dark colored and full of sediment
The pills cleared it all up and I have
not had an ache In my back since
taking the last dose My health gen
erally is improved a great deal
FOSTER MILBURN CO Buffalo
N Y For sale by all dealers price 50
cents per box
She was telling the experiences of
Husband Had Presence of Mind
herself and her husband in a railway
accident We were suddenly pitched
clear out of the car John said to
me Are you hurt Not a bit said
I Then he up with his fist and gave
me a black eye and we claimed 500
damages Now I call that real pres
ence of mind
Pennies Bother Car Companies
What to do with the copper pennies
taken in by street raiway companies
is getting to be more and more of a
probem in Engish cities In London
many of these coins are disposed of
In five shilling packages to hotels and
other places where change is needed
but much remains to be dispo3d of
otherwise
Monkey of Brilliant Hues
One of the most brilliant colored of
all monkeys is to be found in Tibet
It is known as the orange snub nosed
monkey It lives in troops among the
taller trees After its color the next
conspicuous feature about this animal
Is its tip tilted nose
Best in the World
Cream Ark Nov 7 Special
After eighteen months suffering from
Epilepsy Backache and Kidney Com
plaint Mr W H Smith of this place
is a well man again and those who
have watched his return to health
unhesitatingly give all the credit to
Dodds Kidney Pills In an interview
regarding his cure Mr Smith says
I had been low for eighteen months
with my back and kidneys and also
Epilepsy I had taken everything I
knew of and nothing seemed to do
me any good till a friend of mine got
me to send for Dodds Kidney Pills
I find that they are the greatest med
icine in the world for now I am able
to work and am in fact as stout and
strong as before I took sick
Dodds Kidney Pills cure the Kid
neys Cured Kidneys cleanse the
blood of all impurities Pure blood
means good health
Trick of Photography
If you are an amateur photographer
and have a negative of some friend
whom you would like to see locked
up for a long term put your printing
frame just inside a wire mosquito net
ting when you print the next picture
from the negative The result will be
a print showing your friend behind
the bars The effect will be almost
startling
Every housekeeper snould know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundrv use they
will save not only time because it
never sticks to the iron but because
each package contains 16 oz one full
pound while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in -pound pack
ages and the price is the same 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12 oz package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures 16 ozs Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking Defiance never sticks
Perhaps He Couldnt
While lunching a few days ago
with a friend said Paul A Bonwit
I mentioned that I understood a mu
tual friend was not drinking any
more to which he repliod No may
be Jack isnt drinking any more but
I guess he is drinking about as much
as he ever did New York Times
Too Much for Ducks Digestion
Recently one of the St James park
London Eng lake keepers found a
duck lying on the bank dead It was
discovered that the bird had swal
lowed a penny toy clock and a small
rubber ball evidently thrown into tho
water by children
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starchr not alone
because they get one third more for
the same money but also because of
superior quality
Manchurian Pagodas
Of the ancient pagodas of Man
churia those of the first class have
seven nine or thirteen stories while
second class ones have from three to
five They are still erected occasion
ally x
Tribute to Tobacco
What a quiet world this would be if
every one would smoke I suspect tho
reason why the fairer sex decry thea
la that thou art the cause of silence
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