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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA. Beyond the “Dead Lina” Look around the world to-day, and see what some of the men who have long passed the “dead line” are doing, and what they have accomplished. Look at the young old military lead ers in little Japan who conquered great Russia. Oyama was 20 years past this fatal line when he won his great vic tories, and all of his corps command ers were past 50. Marquis Ito, the Grand Old Man of Japan, her greatest statesman, and the one who has done more than any other to make Japan what it is to-day, says Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine, is still active in the service of his country. Look at Diaz, president of the Mexican republic. Much of his best work has been done since he was 60. The em peror of Austria, one of the greatest statesmen on the continent of Europe, is about 77. Clement Armand Fal lieres, recently elected president of France, is 65. The leaders, the men of the greatest influence in our Unit ed States senate, have worn gray hairs for a quarter of a century. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, 84 years old, re cently made one of the strongest and most vigorous speeches, on the Pana ma canal question, that he has ever made. Joseph Chamberlain, nearly 70 years of age, is still the most bril liant statesman in England. He was 67 when he initiated his plan for fis cal reform. President Eliot, of Harv ard university, everything considered, has, perhaps, been the greatest uni versity president of his day, and near ly all of his greatest work has been done since he crossed the line of the comparatively “useless age.” His mind is still strong, alert and creative. Charles Hazlitt, consulting engineer of the city of New York, over 95 years of age, works in his office every day at drawings and plans—the most intri cate work. He is such an efficient worker that he has been held in office by every administration. Republican and Democratic, alike, for over a quar ter of a century. From Julia Ward Howe, in her eighties, to Sara Bern hardt in her sixties, women workers in all fields of endeavor, might be cited by hundreds who are doing great work in the world, their very best, though they have long passed the "dead line.” Sara Bernhardt, during this season in America achieved as brilliant successes as she did 20 years ago—she positive ly refuses to grow old. Robert C. Og den, at 80, is one of the most active members of the great Wanamaker firm. In fact, judging from the abundance of his ideas, his creative ability and freshness of view, he is one of the youngest men in the whole institution. Marshall Field was really in the prime of his manhood when he was stricken ■with pneumonia at 71. and by far the :most important part of his remarkable career came after he had passed the ■half-century mark. Unique Punishment. Forcing a cigarette smoker to give up for one year the use of cigarettes is the novel sentence a judge in Pennsylvania has passed upon a young man brought before him for obtaining goods under false pretenses. While the course of this court could not be fol lowed exactly in many cases, there is : something in the spirit of its ruling that will appeal to all who condemn indiscriminate punishment. The young man might have gone to prison for a year, but that would have marred his ■ life. Besides there may have been members of his family dependent upon him for support who during his ab sence would have suffered quite as :much as he. Always pursuing con ventional lines of punishment some of the shadow of the punishment falls ■upon innocent persons. This is inev itable. But in this case the offender is the only sufferer, and no one doubts that he will be very unhappy and sin cerely sorry that he ever went wrong. And what other ends can punishment have in view? Probably the most important step that has been taken in this country during the last decade has been in the direction of reclaiming arid and semi arid lands by means of irrigation. Vast tracts in the west and middle west are now richly productive that once were considered worthless tor raising crops. Deserts formerly given over to meager brush and cactus are now wonderfully fruitful Helds and gardens. In this development the de partment of agriculture has been a most potent factor. It has realized the dreams of the pioneers that were considered visionary and impractical. Mrs. Edgar Van Etten, of Boston, has declined the nomination for vice presi dent of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Massachusetts on tha grouted that the duties of the office would intertere too much with her domestic life, in which she says she finds her chief happiness. Acbllle J. Oishei, a New York lawyer, who was born in Italy and was formerly Marquis de Sauria, says that he would “rather be an American citizen than any sort of marquis. Achille, you're all right! According to late information the condition of Helen Keller, whose 1 health broke down some time ago, is much improved, but she is still unable to do any work. She is living at the home of her teacher, Mrs. Sullivan Macy, in Wrentbam, Mass. A Chicago man wants a divorce be cause he found hair in the griddle cakes that his wife made. A large number of men will watch anxiously to learn jflflk whether the courts will regard his plea ? a reasonable one. IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi PRINCE VON BULOW_ OUUltUUlcs a ixi an ia pu/uiiucuw/ public because of successful exploit, sometimes be cause of ill luck, disaster. Of late Prince von Bulow has fared hardly, we read of his illness, his probable resignation as chancellor of the German empire, of alleged diplomatic failure in the Mo rocco conference and miscarriage of colonial af fairs. Of a truth there is nothing so successful as success, nothing so unsuccessful as non-success. Prince von Bulow has had a distinguished ca reer, since 1900 been chancellor of the German empire. The German statesman is by no means an old man yet, was born in 1849, at Klein-Flott beck, Holstein. He studied at Lausanne, Leipzig, and Berlin, when the Franco-Prussian war broke out served his country as a soldier. A Bulow won renown as general, one as military historian; it is as statesman and diplomat the subject of our sketch, Bernard von Bulow, has risen to a leading i i piace. It was in 18i4 ne entered the German foreign office beginning in the diplo matic field as secretary of legation at Rome; served as secretary of legation also at St. Petersburg and Vienna, during the important period of the Russo Turkish war (1877-78) was charge daSaires at Athens, and was appointed sec retary at the Berlin congress. In Europe a man must have had long experience in diplomatic service be fore receiving appointment to an ambassadorship. Von Buloy further enlarged his diplomatic experience, at St. Petersburg and Paris and served as minister to Roumania, ere he was made ambassador to Italy, given this last post in 1893. In 1897 he was appointed foreign secretary, his policy one of imperial expansion. In 1899 Foreign Secretary Bulow concluded with Spain the treaty by which Germany asquired possession of the Caroline, Pelew and Ladrone islands. TO PROTECT BRITISH POLICY HOLDERS Since insurance matters have monopolized at tention we have had several unknowns come to sudden prominence; Investigators, heads of com mittees of investigation, "yellow dog fund” peo ple, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Over in Engjand a gentleman of title has recently taken a step in the insurance tangle which makes us over here look his way, inquire just who is this Earl of Onslow. The gentleman in question made a sug gestion in the house of lords which resulted in the announcement that the government would appoint a special committee to investigate American in surance companies with the view to legislation for protecting the interests of the British policy holder. In England the Earl of Onslow is well known, has held various public offices. In Balfour’s cab inet he was president of the board of agriculture, has served as under secretary for the colonies, I_parliamentary secretary to the ooara oi traae, governor and commander-in-chief of New Zealand, and under secretary for India. The Earl of Onslow is lord of a wide domain, owns 13,500 acres. He suc ceeded to the title and estates in 1870, at the time a youth of but 17 years. He was educated at Oxford. We are apt to think of the English leisure class as a set of very idle folk indeed, but this is by no means the case. An Englishman whose family has had money and social position for years, is born to certain duties, feels their insumbency from his youth, is trained to take them up. Generally he goes in for politics; sometimes from sense of duty, sometimes because it is "the thing." When one glances over so briefly at the manifold public interests of the Earl of Onslow, for instance, one makes silent vow hereafter to get more informa tion before classing men of title as idle pleasure seekers. INTERESTING LABOR LEADER Not Infrequently there comes across the At lantic word concerning James Keir Hardie, now parliamentary labor leader and formerly chairman of the independent labor party. The latest act of Mr. Hardie’s coming to our notice, was the pledg ing of the labor members of the British commons to temperance, inducing them to drink no alco holic liquors while the house is in session. This is interesting from many sides, and to us the thought occurs that if the saying "drunk as a lord” could be backed up by statistics, how great a power a body of united, sober labor members would be. But of course this is but a flight of fancy—all lords are not given to drunkenness any more than all labor members to abstinence. Keir Hardie is the son of working people, himself worked in a mine. His parents were SS5W Yxw r i Scotcn, ne was born in Scotland, some 50 years )J M ago. The little child, Janies, was put to work in _the mines at the tender age of seven and con tinued at this labor until his 24th year. One meditates on the fact that the child miner has become a man who has gardening as a hobby for his hours of leisure; it seems as though the lad of long ago doomed to sodden toil in dark ness underground was now reaping recompense. But let us turn to facts in the career of the labor leader. In his early ef forts in behalf of his fellows we find him selving as secretary to the Miners’ union. Presently he is editing the "Cumnock News,” later labor candidate for Mid-Lanark; in 1892 first elected to parliament, in 1895 defeated. Keir Hardie is owner and editor of the "Labour Leader.” ADMIRAL PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG The British public is very much incensed be cause Prince Louis has been promoted over the heads of many senior officers to be second sea lord of the admiralty. He stands very high in fa vor with King Edward, and is often sent by his majesty on special missions. The prince quite re cently visited Canada and the United States. Prince Louis is a big man in many ways, and connected with numerous of the sovereign houses of Europe. Yet he is the son of a morganatic marriage, his father, Prince Alexander of Hesse, having contracted a morganatic marriage with a mere countess, the Countess von Hauke. But the children of this marriage have done pretty well for themselves in spite of the “lowly” mother; three have married princesses of highest degree; one, Alexander, won fame fighting with the Rus maue> iu cue nussu-1 unusu war, ana was ior a period ruler of Bulgaria. The admiral’s brother, i Prince Henry of Battenberg, wedded Victoria's youngest daughter, tne Princess Beatrice. Though of Austrian birth, Prince Louis is a naturalized Englishman. He became a naval cadet back in 1868, and has advanced through many grades up to his present exalted position. Prior to his appointment as admiral he held the very important post of chief intelligence officer at the admiralty office. While the queen was alive, for a time he was in command of the royal yacht. Prince Louis is doubly related to King Edward; is brother-in-law to Ed wards sister, and the Princess Louise of Battenberg is the daughter of Ed ward’s brother, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Louis’ marriage with a Hesse princess makes him brotber-in-law and cousin of the czar and czarina and of the widowed Grand Duchess Serge of Russia. One brother married the daugh ter of Prince Nikolas of Montenegro, wherefore Louis is closely connected with the kings of Italy and Servia. Surely a personage. ARCHBISHOP IRELAND The Most Reverend John Ireland is widely wnown in this country, but of late his name has been especially to the fore, owing to the Bellamy Storer affair. Archbishop Ireland was born in Ireland, in county Kilkenny, came to this country when a young boy. He attended the Cathedral school in St. Paul, and later went to France to pursue the study of theology, was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 23. To-day he is one of the most distinguished prelates in America. The archbishop is closely identified with the northwest, with the advancement of which region he has long been vitally interested. He was but eleven years old when his parents settled in St. Paul, and after finishing his studies abroad he re turned to that city and was ordained there. In the civil war he served as chaplain with the Fifth Minnesota regiment. While rector of the cathe I I dral parlsn, ne was made coadjutor bishop of St. Paul, and in 1884, when Bishop Grace resigned, became bishop. In 1888 the see was made metropolitan, the title archbishop. Archbishop Ireland is a man of commanding personality, a man of zeal and of accomplishment. He has been identified with many important movements, done notable work for the cause of total abstinence, labored effectively for the colonization of the northwest, and for thp establishment of a Catholic uni veisity at Washington. Boer Claims Awarded, yhe British commission nppolntel to usamine into claims for compensation put forward by noncombatants whose property was injured or destroyed in the Boer war, has finished its labors, after awarding 947,500,000 In damages. Bog in Snake. A New South Wales farmer went out the other day and tied his small do# to a fence. On ^his return he found a large carpet snake attached to the end of the line and no signs of the dog. A STOCK FOUNTAIN. ; Automatic Water Supply for Poultry, Sheep, Hogs or Cattle— Easily Built. The automatic water supply foun tain shown in the picture can be ar ranged to water poultry, sheep, hogs or cattle. The construction is very simple an<k but little material need be bought by any farmer to complete it, say3 the Farm and I1U111C. * Jit? uniiv.. a, may be any com mon barrel that will hold water. The pipe, c, running up from trough, e, ad mits air to the barrel and permits water to run into pipe, d. Any sort of funnel may be used to fill the barrel as shown at b. A close fitting plug is inserted in d, to exclude air. This plug is changed from b to end of pipe, d, when filling barrel, after which plug is returned to b. When the air enters through the pipe, c, the water runs out through pipe d until it reaches the lower opening of pipe c, when it shuts off the air and the water stops running. The trough. c, should be carefully leveled and may be made of such a depth that is suitable for the kind of stock to be watered. PEAS AND OATS MIXTURE. A Combination Which Is Highly Recommended by a Farmer Who Has Tried It. At the Michigan farmers’ institute roundup Peter Voorhees, of Pontiac, gave his experience in growing Can adian peas and oats together on bis farm last season. He sowed 12 bush els peas and one bushel oats. He threshed 46 bushels per acre of the mixture, one-half of which was peas. He favors putting in the peas with a drill and burying them deeply, and a week later putting in the oats less deeply. This helps to clean the ground and gives the crop a chance to grow in balance. If the oats are sown at the same time as the peas there is some danger that they will choke the peas. i ilia experience is just in me line of what I have been advocating for years, says Prof. Thomas Shaw, in Orange Judd Farmer, and it is in deed refreshing to note this instance of its correctness at this time, when men are looking about for protein and balanced foods as they never did before, a yield of 46 bushels per acre of this mixture furnishes a grand lot of food. The man who gets 30 to 40 bushels an acre should be satisfied, for it will weigh about 45 pounds to the bushel and will make a grand grain food for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. It is virtually in balance and even though fed freely is not likely to do harm. It makes grand food for dairy cows fed green, and furnishes a large yield per acre. This crop has eminent adaptation for the northern two-thirds of Michi gan and Wisconsin, and for the northern half of Minnesota and North Dakota. It would also do well in northern Ohio and New York, and in certain areas of the New England states. But nowhere will this mag nificent mixture grow better than in the counties of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, not distant from the lakes. The same is true of Ontario. SERVICEABLE HAND ROLLER Home-Made Tool Which Will Prove Invaluable in Firming Soil After Planting. Anyone who has tried it knows the importance of firming the soil after planting seed. Rolling, in truth, holds the surface moisture by breaking up -- nzy/'Lsr THE BARREL HAND ROLLER. lumps and pressing the soil closer abou: the seed. This applies to gardening, and by passing a steel rod through tha middle of a strong keg, as indicated in the accompanying cut, it is possible to make a hand roller that will meet all the requirements about any home. With a good handle attached, says the Prairie Farmer, it may be easily pushed or pulled over freshly tilled ground, and by means of the box mounted over the center of the keg, weighted to what ever degree necessary to perform the work desired. Even a new-made lawn can thus be “smoothed" with it as well as with a more expensive roller. Only General Farm Accounts Kept. So far as the farmers in this coun ty, writes an Iroquois county (Illi nois) correspondent of the Farmers' Review, are concerned only a very small number keep any accounts. What accounts are kept comprise only the general receipts of the farm and the general expenditures. On my own farm we make a note of each trans action on the date and amount of money involved. I do not believe that it is necessary to keep an ac count of each crop, each field or each department of the farm. If we keep an account of the general transactions of the farm we do all that can be ad vantageously done. It would doubt less be nice if we could have an ac count of the cost of producing each crop, but that is, however, too difficult. Use Good Butter Salt. This is an exceedingly important matter. A good way to test it is to dissolve some in hot water. If the salt has a bad flavor, it will be easily detected. Sometimes a sediment will be seen in the bottom of the vessel. A bad odor in butter many times is caused by the use of poor salt.—Or ange Judd Fanner. \ TALK ON GOOD ROADS. [paying Out the Roadbed and Keep ing It in Repair—Use the King Drag. It Is one thing to build a good road, and It is another to keep it in repair. 0. W. Mapes gives some important sug gestions on the work of building and repairing roads, as follows: The first step is to stake out the work, by making i light furrow on each side of the pro posed work, 12 or 14 feet apart. If any part of these first furrows comes with n the beaten track, where it is hard, it should be done just after a soaking rain, either with a plow or the point of a road machine. Next put the wheel of the road machine in this light furrow, hold the point of the blade firmly down in place, remove every stone which the point strikes and work down and out, until enough dirt is secured to bring a good crown to the center of the road and a good gutter on each side, mak ing suitable outlets from all low points in these gutters. This is only a ques tion of applying sufficient team power and removing all stones that interfere with making a good gutter. On por tions of our road this alone will give us a good road with proper care in honing down after each heavy rain, and rak Ing out all loose stones. Other por tions will need a little gravel or shaU along the crown of the road. There are several hills where this can be se cured requiring only short hauls. A cubic yard hauled on a 12-foot wagon is enough for the worst places by dump ing a full load in a place, and in other places a half or a third of a load in a place will finish the crown of the load. Grading with the machine should not cost more than 925 per mile, nor draw ing the gravel on the crown of the roao more than 40 cents per cubic yard. This makes the cost only 9200 per mile, were a full load of gravel placed on the crown pf the road all the way. How about the after-care of such n' road? Here is the secret of success When the first rain comes, passing teams and vehicles will puddle the ma terial along the crown of the road in the beaten track, forming a hard crust as it dries, which will be somewhat rough and uneven. Before it become. too dry and hard, hone the surface per fectly smooth and true with a ligh! hone, about five or six feet long. On; •- ■ THE KING DRAG. man and team can hone off a bunch o! road In this way, if he understands his business, at slight cost. He shou’d stand on the hone, and guide it by step ping from one end of the hone to tht tther as the occasion requires. This is very inexpensive and should be re peated after every big rain, though i* will never soften much after the firs: puddling. Now rake off any loose stone and you have a beaten track on tht crown of the road, over which a bicyclt or an auto will roll as smoothly as or the best macadam road, and on whict you can drive a clean buggy an houi after a summer shower without having to avoid mud holes. The only othet care needed on such a road will be tt. sprinkle a very little good gravel, shalt or even hardpan, right in the center oi the beaten track, occasionally, accord ing to the amount of wear on the road and keep the gutters from filling, throw ing the stuff scoured out of them away from the road instead of back into it There have been some questions abou: he proper “home” use in fitting such f road. A picture of the King road drag is shown herewith. It was designed by D. Ward King, of Missouri, and hat proved so successful that special train? have been run to enable Mr. King tc carry the “gospel of good roads” tt farmers. Directions for making ano using tbe drag are as follows: “Log, 12 inches in diameter, of some soft wood; oak is too heavy. Slabs sever to nine feet long, to such weight of team Cross sticks hold the slabs 30 inche apart. Platform of inch boards shoulc be laid on cross sticks. Two-by-twelve inch plank can be used instead of log slabs; when planks are used it is bet ter to reenforce the middles with i 2x4 piece lengthwise. The hitching ring should be two or two and one-hal) leet in front of the drag. After eact rain drive up one side of the whee track and back on the other side wit! drag in position to throw the earth tt the center. Ride on the drag. Have ar angle of 45 degrees.” HUMUS IN THE ORCHARD. Fhe Presence of Decaying Vegetable Matter Not Opposed to Clean Culture. With horticulturists in Ohio there if aot the same universal devotion to tht doctrine of clean cultivation in or ’hards as holds true in the neighbor [ng states like Michigan, said A. D Selby before the late meeting of thi 3hio Horticultural society. This it attested by Prof. Green’s report of hif visit to the Michigan Horticulture society in 1904. Continuous, clear yultivation and soil humus are oppo site sides of the same proposition re specting the soil under culture. Th« sort of cultivation named means th< tsing up of humus, not its accumula tion. That is the fatal weakness ot sontinuoub cultivation where no covet •rop is grown; because of the agri cultural importance of soil humus ant herefore its horticultural value, it hai seemed worth while to discuss th« matter briefly. Decayed or decaying or disintegrat ing vegetable matter incorporated ii the soil, is in the one case actually tnd in the other potentially, humus rhe humus of a soil becomes apparent jy the darker color of the humus rict sarth, the extreme example of muck shows that the vegetable matter must tse decomposed and broken down be fore its full benefits are realized. Uut in arable soils the proportion ol minus will wonderfully affect the sot aehavior and the crop returns undei lormal condition of moisture and tern yerature. The exports of lard from the United States in 1905 represented 45 per cent yf the total value of all hog product exported EASILY CROWN FLOWERS. There Is a Wealth to Choose From and a List of Those That Richly Repay. The beginner should try to grow a few varieties of flowers and learn their habits thoroughly, for in thoroughness lies success. He should not construct a garden in fancy out of the highly colored plates in a seed catalogue and expect to produce it in reality. But ’ he should choose his plants with re gard to the place he will grow them and study their needs carefully. | There is a wealth to choose from. For early spring flowers, for instance, there are the bulbs of tulips, jonquils, narcissi, hyacinths, crocuses, snow drops and squills. It is best to plant them in the fall; then as soon as spring begins they begin to bloom, and produce a surprising amount of color. The crocuses, snowdrops and squills may be planted in the lawn, and mowed down, for they flower very early, and will continue to bloom for several years. Jonquils and narcissi may also be left in shrubbery, or in grass, where they are not cut, and they will bloom many years. The bulbs may also be planted in the early spring —any dealer will tell how. wweeet peas are deservedly popular, because of their ease of culture, profu sion of bloom, dainty colors and de lightful fragrance. Plant them in any good garden soil, fertilize well with rich cow manure, in rows preferably running east and west. Keep the flow ers well picked each day to prevent seed pods forming, for. like pansies, the vitality of the plant is impaired by the production of seeds. The seed should be planted very early in the spring, in trenches three or four inches deep, being covered over a lit tle at first and the trenches gradually filled as the plants grow. .Few persons are acquainted with the merits of the gaillardia, or blanket flower, which is a hardy perennial and blooms in the summer in great pro fusion. It is about a foot high and has good stems for eutting. For an old-fashioned garden the new hybrids of French marigolds and zinnias, larkspur and fringed petunias are ex ceedingly beautiful and furnish a wealth of bloom for cutting.—Brook lyn Eagle. A SHOWER FOR THE BRIDE A Novelty Shower with Various Con veniences Are Bestowed Up on the Bride-to-Be. The showers for brides now include nearly every article imaginable, but one of the newest things is to give a "novelty” shower. As Dame Curtsey has said before, only very near and dear friends of the bride-elect should be asked to these affairs, for the bride should not be asked to accept or peo ple to give things that are not prompt ed by a heart full of love. The affair in question was so called because each friend tried to think of some thing that the honored guest would not have and they consulted together, so there were no duplicates There were ten guests and here is a list of what they took: A hag of silk to cover the hat while traveling and a case of postal cards, one addressed to each girl; a pad of paper and a bunch of stamped envelopes; a late maga zine with the especially good articles marked; a new book greatly enjoyed by the giver. Then there was a box of candles (one bride said she wasi all ready to give her first dinner party and dis covered she did not have a candle in the house), a set of dinner cards ready for the names, also a dozen lace mats to go under sherbet glasses and a dozen dainty bonbon and nut hold ers. Then there was a box of assort ed pine, hairpins and a dear little worktasket marked "For your guest room.” And one girl brought a bot tle of library paste, as she said it was something she had wanted and for gotten for a month. The afternoon was the merriest one possible, for these articles were all hidden and the bride-to-be had to hunt and open each package. Tea and cocoa were served in the drawing-room with wafers and tiny biscuit.—Chicago Record-Herald. TO-DAY’S BUTTON FANCIES For a Foulard Gown Use Buttons Cov ered with Plain Satin—The Many Embroidered Ones. The woman who has a pretty French foulard for spring, and there are thou sands who go back to the foulards for the simple reason that they are always in good taste, will find that she can trim it prettily with button: covered with plain blue satin or witt brown satin, or even with black though the colors are best. A button that is covered, say, witt a handsome bit of violet satin, em broidered on top in a Persian de sign, is sure to dress up the costume nicely. And so it is with a button covered with brown which goes so well with many of the foulards. The em broidery can be in Russian key design with long stitches and plenty oi French knots, or it can be a mixture of various schools of embroidery. Thin gives tone to a large button and makes, a nice trimming of itself. The making of the buttons foi spring gowns is something of a worn an should study, for the styles art changing fast and the little old sim ple button worked with a tiny design on top, has given way, in the maret of fashion, to the one with an elabo rate design, mostly conventional ant always artistic. It is a very gooc' thing to purchase two or three but tons of Persian or Indian design in or der that they may serve as copies They will be of much assistance when one is embroidering one’s button tops. - There are some buton hints which it would be well to bear in mind. The latest styles are flat upon the top, si as to permit of a pretty pattern; thej are not pointed nor high, nor yet ir regular, but the big flat top is consid ered the best. Buttons are of all kinds and materials, but if one is mak ing one’s own button would do very well to cling to something distinctive. If the oriental cross-stitch is de sired, then buy a patetrn and exactly copy the design. 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