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WIFE OF OHIOS GOVERNOR
a dozen years before the
HALF war broke out Dr John
Ludlow kept the best known
rug store in Springfield Ohio He
bad a daughter Ellen an exceptionally
pretty girl who combined with her
beauty a charming personality much
intelligence and that irresistible fem
inine trait a ready wit In short she
was a Springfield belle in every mean
ing of the word Dr Ludlow at the
same time employed as a clerk Asa
Bushnell then about 20 years old The
clerk was not slow to see and appre
ciate the wit and lovely char
acter of his employers daughter She
In turn liked the young man who drew
oda water and sold herbs and medi
cines Loves course did not run smooth
for them at first Dr Ludlow was an
F F O and young Bushnell was a
stranger from York State about whom
kittle was known and worse than that
Whose prospects were not what is call
ed flattering The apothecary didnt
show much of an inclination to
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MRS ASA BUSHNELL
grove what prospects his clerk had
by becoming his son inlaw But the
-clerk and Miss Ellen Ludlow had Cu
pid on their side and as the novel
ist would say so they were married
History is reticent as to how much
young Mr Bushnells salary which
was ludicrously small was raised after
the wedding but it does tell how he
sgrew to be a partner of his father-in-law
in the drug business and that now
lie is a wealthy man and honored by
ibis adopted State in being made the
gubernatorial successor of William Mc
Kinley The Bushnell residence in
Main street Springfield is a massive
structure of blue limestone with a
beautiful lawn and it is furnished with
an artists eye as to beauty and com
fort In the evenings at all times of
the year the house is socially animated
for Mrs Bushnell is a hostess by na
ture who loves to gather round her
her friends that she may give them
an evening of pleasure Her admira
ble domestic qualities and pleasing
manners have endeared her to a large
circle of acquaintances Mrs Bushnell
takes great interest in church work
She also has pronounced Ideas upon
womans suffrage and thinks the right
should be extended to her own sex be
yond a voice in school elections Her
two daughters Mrs J T McGrew and
Mrs H C Dimond live in Springfield
near her Mrs McGrew is the wife of
an attorney and Mrs Dimonds hus
band is a physician Mrs Bushnells
only son John Ludlow Bushnell is now
23 years old and a recent graduate
from Princeton Four children call
Mrs Bushnell grandmamma They
are Asa Bushnell and Douglas Mar
quand Dimond and Misses Ella Lud
low and Fanny McGrew
The Penalty of Publicity
The true woman the true man with
a soul sensitive to the delicate influence
of that higher soul within the soul
shrinks from publicity The personal
ity is more sacred than the person
-both would be shielded from the public
gaze When woman chooses a public
career in whatsoever capacity she is
itoo often compelled to lay bare her very
soil to the idle curious eyes of a jeering
mob to cast her finest sensibilities to
the earth for the rabble to trample It
anay be her duty to make this sacrifice
but it is none the less a sacrifice and
though there is a compensation in add
ed strength there is a loss for which no
amount of strength can make amends
Woman must always pay a penalty for
publicity Man has paid the penalty so
often and for so long a time that soci
ety has ceased to regard it a penalty
and only when we find one of those
rare sweet souls born out of time that
seems like a violet transplanted into
snow do we realize what man has lost
But we seldom fail to see the effects of
the penalty in the life of any public
woman Womankind
Oranges and Lemons
Lemons with their powerful acid
are most helpful frequently in reliev
ing a bilious condition A whole lem
ons juice passed into a glass of hot or
cold water with or without sugar and
taken before one or two meals or at
bedtime will often work wonders foil
a torpid liver Such may be the treat
ment the first day or two in a marked
attack of this nature then for a few
days a half lemon in water will bo
enough at one time Thereafter one
or two oranges each day will have tha
milder effect desired In midwinter
nice little oranges may be had at from
fifteen to twenty cents a dozen which
are especially adapted for such use as
the juice may be easily pressed from
these oranges into the mouth the use
less pulp remaining within the rind
Graina of Gold for the Housewife
Prick a nutmeg with a pin and if it
is fresh and good oil will instantly
spread around the puncture
A little saltpeter added to the water
in which cut flowers are put will keep
the flowers fresh for a long time
To ascertain if an egg is fresh put
it in a pail of water If good it will sink
immediately if it floats it is doubtful
Silver spoons that have become dis
colored by eggs may be cleaned readily
by rubbing with a soft cloth and a lit
tle dry salt
To extract the juice from an onion
cut the onion in half and press it
against and move it slowly over a
grater The juice will run off the point
of the grater
Fresh meat should not be allowed to
remain rolled in paper for the paper
will absorb the juices Remove the
paper and lay the meat on an earthen
plate
To bronze a plaster of Paris figure
cover it with a thick coating of shellac
varnish When this is dry mix some
bronze powder with the varnish and
apply to the figure then cover with
another coat of clear varnish
An excellent cure for hoarseness is to
roast a lemon until it is soft all through
do not allow it to burst While still hot
cut a piece from the end and fill the
lemon with as much granulated sugar
as it will hold Then eat it while hot
Crowding Out the Men
Bourbon and Waubansee Counties
Kansas chose female registrars of
deeds at the last election Miss Stella
L Strait and Miss
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MISS STRAIT
Emma Little being
the respecrlve win
ners The salaries
attached to -these
positions are near
ly as high as those
paid to any other
officers in the coun
ties named and the
precedent establish
ed in the Sunflower State may well en
courage women in the West to cherish
aspiration for office Each of the wom
en named had served as deputy regis
trar Both had shown unusual fitness
for the work so perhaps their success
is not much to be wondered at Miss
Stella L Strait who succeeded to the
office of registrar of deeds of Bourbon
County is 2G years old She was born
at California Mo and is a daughter
of the late Capt O Strait who served
in the Forty first Illinois Volunteer In
fantry from Decatur Her office pays
2000 a year She supports her moth
er and sister Miss
Emma Little who
was chosen regis
trar of Waubansee
County is a typical
Kansas girl She is
26 years old hav
ing been born in the
county which she
is now serving In
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MISS LITTLE
1SSS she finished school and since 1S89
has been deputjr in the office to which
she was elected The question of her
qualification for the office was not
raised in the campaign nor did her sex
militate against her election Her sal
ary is about 3000 in fees
Modish Tailor Made Toilet
Part of Dahomey is to be colonized
with Alsatians and Lorrainers who
have served in the French army
The shortest way to glory is to be
guided by conscience Home
WOMEN WHO WHEEL
PRACTICAL BICYCLE COSTUMES
FOR THEIR WEAR
feminine Riders Getting Out of the
Iow Comedy and Comic Opera Will
This SeaBon Wear Attire that Is
Both Becominc and Suitable
Modes for Cyclers
Now York correspondence
IOYOLES have
pushed closely
after the depart
ing snows of
winter though
women have
been more pa
tient in await
ing good riding
than the men
But it is already
plain that bicy
cle girls are get
ting out of the
realm of low
comedy and
comic opera The promenader Is no
longer delighted at every street corner
with the sight of a furious female all
flying ends and desperation plunging
jnadly down the block nut crackered
ver her front wheel Youve all seen
lhis type of woman bicjclist Her big
lat was blown into crazy curves its
ylumes whipped into ragged streamers
er big sleeves were bulging behind
ler a good sized nor wester in each
f them her knees were apparently
humping her necktie and driving her
breast buttons into her chest at each
stroke of the pedal a flash of dingy tan
stocking showed at the top of button
boots and her hamburg edged white
petticoat made a sorry mess of itself
trying to catch permanently on both
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JERSEY AND SKIRT IN ONE
the buttons of the boots and the netting
of the back wheel This picturesque
creature usually supplemented her at
tractions by wearing a sash around her
pinched in waist and its ends added to
the general radiation of insanities that
attend her progress She breathed
hard her mouth was set her back was
bowed out her chest was bowed in her
knees were spread her neck was crook
ed her wheel rattled and so did her
bones probably Altogether she was a
sight but one of which we are seeing
less and less
While she wobbled her wild cat way
the disapprovers of the wheel felt she
was a circulating sermon bound to win
for them their cause without any help
from themselves and it did seem so
for this nut cracker damsel did appear
to accomplish all the crimes possible
to the wheel She concentrated all the
nueerness to be dreamed of in the night
mare of her rig and she did herself as
much violence as possible in her ap
pearance and effort but she added to
the excitement of life and even in the
midst of our admiration for the trim
athletic Miss Modesty who takes her
place we do sigh for her sometimes
she was such a pleasant distraction for
those who didnt know her
But the first points to be considered
In a bicycle costume by its wearer are
the practical ones After those are set
tled to the comfort of the rider there
may be some thought taken of the on
lookers These years novel get ups are
guided by this order of consideration
and while the picturesque is not neg
lected it is subordinated to the prac
tical One of these new rigs is shown
fife
A DRY LAND YACHTSWOMAN
n the second picture the first small
one being a representation of the dear
fleparted nut cracker girl It is a jer
sey costume and It seems to meet
almost all the requirements and to be
picturesque besides Its especial ad
vantage is that it allow entire free
dom above the waist There Is no
skirt band to TInd no connecting line
between bodice and skirt over which
to worry and no drag from under the
arms to the waist which cannot be
avoided in any fitted and unelastic
bodice This drag becomes a strain in
long riding a strain that is to blame
for many avback ache that has been
laid to the exercise the gown notbe
ing suspected k
The jersey garment is in effect -a
sweater extended into a skirt From
shoulders to over the hips the fit Is in
jersey fashion moulding to the figure
but pulling nowhere It is found that
the jersey skirt clings without stick
ing or drawing and while scant enough
SHE CALLS IIEIi BIKE HER STEED
to do away with all blowing of folds it
yields at the strokes of the pedal so
that there is not the usual pull of the
scant skirt The only folds are two at
the back which fall from the waist
line at either side of the saddle when
the rider is seated and which make
the necessary relief of drapery when
she is dismounted The armholes of
the jersey are very large and the
sleeves fit with almost no fullness and
absolutely no pull over the shoulder
A little zouave jacket with conven
tional sleeves is slipped on over the jer
sey This is cut short at the hips and
hangs without in fitting under the arms
Its open fronts are laced together loose
ly that they may not catch the wind
The jacket is made of any material
that harmonizes with the color and
quality of the jersey garment A be
coming watch cap a little jersey
knit affair clings to the head holding
its place without pins or elastic Jer
sey top shoes and big soft gloves com
plete a costume that in well chosen col
or is not only stunning on a good fig
ure especially so but practical and
modest
The final sketch is of a sort of cos
tume that will be more generally worn
than any other No attempt is made to
attain the picturesque in this model
but the bodice may be altered to suit
individual taste the most important
feature of the rig being its skirt The
front breadth is full and plain but the
back breadth is divided with three full
pleats oh either side It is essential
that this skirt be sufficiently full at
the hips to permit the pleats to fall in
straight lines through their full length
A SKIRT DIVIDED AT TIIE BACK ONLY
It is not difficult to do this and so the
fact that neglecting it brings very bad
results need not coimt against this cut
of skirt When off the wheel there is
no evidence of the skirt being divided
except on the closest examination
Above this there is a Norfolk jacket
held in place by a loosely drawn belt
waist unpinched by corsets being a
characteristic of this costume The
jacket can open at the throat and turn
back to the belt or hang entirely free
from the belt in front the shirt waist
worn beneath then showing or the
jacket can be removed entirety Gaiters
exactly matching the material and
color of the dress reach to the knee
and are met by riding tights A hat of
the tourist shape with a discreet little
cocks feather set at one side and loose
dark gloves go with the rig
If such a rig lacks picturesque dis
tinction that is in the minds of many
only an added recommendation It
suits all ages and all types of -rider
Even the distinctly pretty and dashing
girl takes on an alluring demureness
in so eminently discreet array and the
somewhat elderly Miss Precision
who is out for her health loses no
dignity and in no way commits her
self to the romping possibilities of the
wheel when she mounts it thus equip
ped Even Mile Avoirdupois looks as
well as possible if not even the least
bit better in such a costume
Copyright 1898
When a man has not a good reason
for doing a thing he has one good rea
son for letting It alone Sir Walter
Scott
Every civilized nation of the world
even China and Japan now has a
weather bureau
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BEALBiqsOTiAnrro
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT
TWn Valuable New Varieties of Toma
toes Cheap Breeding House for
Eoultry Convenient Farm Wagon
Trees Tapped More than Once
New Tomatoes
Hardly any other vegetable is as vari
able In its character and form as the
tomato Changes are going on con
stantly new varieties are coming to the
front and old one disappear from the
seed lists Among the most promising
varieties of this years introduction is
the Crimson Cushion introduced by
CRIMSON CUSHION TOMATO THORIJURN
NEW YORK
Peter Henderson Co New York
who consider it the earliest large to
mato It belongs to the Ponderosa
class but is a decided improvement
over its first representative It is more
symmetrical in shape thicker through
from stem to blossom end frequently
almost globular The color is brilliant
scarlet crimson untinged with purple
and ripens up completely to the stem
It is almost seedless flesh firm meaty
and of the best quality Tomato Thor
burn New York introduced by James
M Thorburn Co is a sport of the
Acme As will be seen from our illus
tration it differs in form from all other
varieties being hexagon shaped and
unusually deep Its color is deep red
with a purplish tint and it Is alto
gether handsome and unique
The Height of Grape Trellises
Trellises are built much higher In
this country than they are in Europe
We get our ideas of what the grape
vine needs by seeing the wild vines in
woods climbing to the tops of high
trees and bearing their best fruit at the
highest point American grape vines
require more room than is usually giv
en them In Europe the vineyards are
sot 5n checks like our corn fields with
a vine tied to a stake not more than
four to five feet high and each bearing
only a few bunches of fruit We have
seen many grape vines each of which
covered a large trellis and bore two
to three bushels of fruit every year
Such vines if rightly managed and
pruned keep in better condition than
those that are restricted for room In
most vineyards that we have seen the
owner after a few years wishes that
the vines were twice as far apart as
they are
Breeding House for Poultry
Small breeding houses have come to
be considered almost a necessity upon
the average farm as well as in the
yards of the fancier The farmer has
learned that it is economical and much
more satisfactory to pick from his
flock the most promising pullets and a
well bred male and place them in a
commodious yard with a snug little
house of their own From this yard
will come all the eggs that can be used
for hatching The eggs from hens hav
ing the entire range of the farm may
be disposed of in the general market
and used for household purposes
The accompanying illustration is of
a small breeding house which has
been in use for three years It was
originally a large organ box and has
been made over somewhat Very lit
tle extra material was needed to com
plete it A half sash tar paper hinges
hook and staple and a few boards
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A SMALL BREEDING HOUSE
picked up about the farm were all the
extras needed This house accommo
dates in perfect comfort a pen of eight
or ten hens and a rooster
Patience with Teams
The quality of farm help ds more
nearly tested by its ability to manage a
team without abusing it than by any
other one thing The horse is a sensi
tive nervous animal and if abused
as it often is it soon becomes restless
and finally obstinate and vicious A
great many horses are ruined toy the
poor quality of farm help which is now
so common If hotter help cannot be
procured it may be necessary to do as
is done by Southern farmers breed
mules which will resent ill treatment
so promptly that they will be less like
ly to be abused than is the horse
Loss in Clover Ensilage
One tiling which causes the loss with
clover ensilage is that clover is a rath
er nitrogenous plant says the Indiana
Experiment Station and often heats
in the silo to a high dpgree which caus
es the passing off of a large amount of
fire fanging much the same as occurs
in a pile of horse manure at least that
has been my experience in ensiloing it
If sufficient water be used upon it
the heat is reduced and the ensilage is
preserved It will be necessary for
the person filling the Bllo to watch pret
ty carefully and if the temperature
rise above 135 degrees to keep water
well poured on the surface I do not
think that any injurious results will
arise from the application of water
We have ensilage here and have re
ceived no results other than beneficial
ones
Feeding Corn
Corn Is one of the foods that are too
rich in the heat and fat producing
elements says the Ohio Farmer It
needs something that contains more
of the bone and muscle forming ele
ments to make it a good ration Now
the scientist tells us that the excess of
carbohydrates will be stored up in the
system as fat This is in a measure
true But all of us common hayseeds
know that in practice if an animal
be fed an exclusive corn diet the
process goes right on all right
for a time Then the appetite becomes
clogged there is a discouraging check
in growth and the animal takes an un
thrifty appearance
Something besides corn should be fed
as the grain ration for the sake of
variety if for no other reason Relish
has a great influence on digestion and
an animal will not eat with a good rel
ish when fed on a single food for any
great length of time
Vary the Diet of Cows
Milk is composed of certain solids
and water and to produce it we must
give a cow such foods as contain these
elements that is nitrogenous foods
says the Connecticut Farmer Those
which make fat will not produce milk
nor are they of much value for manur
ial purposes Another point Do not
make the mistake of giving every cow
in the herd the quantity or the same
formulated ration One cow will re
spond in milk another will not one
will digest it all another will not And
still another point Give the cow if you
possibly can a variety She relishes
a change and if it is a proper one will
do better for it None of us want pie
at every meal although the pie be ever
so good so with the cow she likes
an occasional change in her diet Give
it to her
Low Farm Wagons
An enormous amount of force Is wast
ed in loading materjal Into high farm
wagons It is fortunate that this truth
is being discovered and lower gears are
put into use The accompanying sketch
shows a convenient low farm wagon
commodious and light but strong
enough to make loading a very easy
matter The long body has a truss un-
CONYENIENT LOW FARM TRUCK
der it to support the middle the chains
being attached well under the body at
the front to avoid the wheels in turn
ing Side and end pieces can be put
upon such a body and a wagon box
made If needed Let the wheels be not
only low but let them have broad rims
so they will not cut into the land when
hauling loads across the fields
Tapping Trees Twice
When the tapping of maple trees was
done with an axe chopping a gash in
the maple and fixing a spout to con
duct the sap to the bucket a few sea
sons sufficed to so scar the tree as to
greatly injure its future growth and
value And after all less sap was
procured by this method than by those
now used which scarcely make a scar
at all A half inch bit boring into the
tree at a slight angle above horizontal1
will gather the sap best It is not un
common to put two or even three spouts
Into some of the best trees If the
spouts are withdrawn and the holes are
filled a healthy tree will grow over
the wound in a year or two so as to
leave a very small scar
Wheat in Drills
Nearly all winter wheat is now sown
by the drill There are many advan
tages in this method of putting in tho
crop over broadcasting Not the least
of these is that it affords so good op
portunity to drill mineral fertilizers in
contact with the seed where they will
greatly stimulate its early growth
But the most important advantage is
that the drill leaves the wheat in a hol
low where it can be slightly protected
against all but the severest freezes
The ridge each side of it is mellowed by
the frost and when rains come it is
washed down over the wheat roots
This is greatly helped by harrowing the
wheat early in the spring so soon as tha
ground is dry enough
Low Tops for Fruit Trees
The increasing prevalence of high
winds has much to do with making
fruit growers favor the heading out
of fruit trees near the ground There Is
great loss of fruit when the trees are
high headed and it is also much more
difficult to gather without injury As
for the old practice of training the high
head so that teams used in plowing
and cultivating can be driven under the
branches it is very rarely followed
now The orchard ought to be culti
vated only when young After it gets
into bearing seed it and pasture with
sheep or swine also adding mineral fer
tilizers every year
Pampering Young Pigs
The young pig should have enough
feed to maintain thrift but he should
not be fed as if he were being fatten
ed The digestion of young pigs is
weak and if overfed at this time es
pecially with corn they will become
stunted and never prove profitable an
imals The feed for young pigs should
not be concentrated Give them a
small proportion of grain and wheat
middlings with enough milk and dish
water to distend their stomachs and
keep their digestion in good condition
A pig should be eight or nine months
old before it will be safe to feed It
heavily with corn