Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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
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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;
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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. It will be better 1e
the end.—Brooklyn Engle.
Important to Mothers.
SxHfifoe carefully every bottle of CASTOTttA,
a safe and sure remedy for infanta and children,
and see that it
Bear* the
Signature of C
Is Use For Over 30 Tears.
The Kmd Ton Have Always Bought.
Crime Still Went On.
A French writer, in illustrating the
advantages of a representative sys
tem of government, says: “Such is
the respect of the English for their
parliament that, when it is sitting,
crimes are exceedingly rare, but as
soon as it rises the papers are filled
with accounts of the most horrible
atrocities.” He did not know that
when parliament was sitting, the
newspapers had no room for much
of anything but its reports.
To Whom it May Concern.
This is to certify that my wife,
Elizabeth (formerly the Widow Wild),
is too wild to be steered by my com
pass, but one of her own making, and
as she has the devil for her pilot she
has altered her course and steered
away from me. so that I will pay no
debts of her contracting after this
date.—Richard Jenkins.—Clyde (N.
Y.) Times.
Two Kinds of Flying Fishes.
Flying fishes of two distinct kind?
are known to man—namely, the flying
gurnards and the flying herrings, the
latter being what may be called the
typical flying fishes.
W. L. Douglas
*3= & *3 = S H OES««
W. L. Douglas $4.00 Cilt Edge Line
cannot be equalled at any price.
W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES * SELLS MORE
MER’S $3.50 SHOES THAR ARY OTHER
MARUFACTURER IR THE WORLD.
ff 1 n nnn REWARD to anyone who can
v I U|UUU disprove this statement.
If I could take you into my three large factories
at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite
care with which every palrof shoes Is made, you
would realize why W. L. Douglas S3.SO shoes
cost more to make, why they hold their shape,
fit better, wear longer, and are of greater
Intrinsic value than any other S3.50 shoe.
IKjL. Dougtaa Strong Made Shoes tor
Man, S3.SO, $3.00. Boy a’ School *
OroaaShoaa.SS. BO, $3, $1. 7 B. $1.50
CAUTION.—Insist upon having W.jl.Doug
las shoes. Take no snbstitnte. None genuine
without his name and price stamped on bottom.
Fast Color Fuelets used; they mull not wear brasbu.
Write tor Illustrated Catalog.
Vt. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
That Delightful Aid to Health
liaxtme
I Toilet Antiseptic
Whitens the teeth—purifies
mouth and breath—cures nasal
catarrh, sore throat, sore eyes,
and by direct applicr.t'on cures
all inflamed, ulcerated and
catarrhal conditions caused by
feminine ills.
Paxtine possesses extraordinary
cleansing, healing and germi
cidal qualities unlike anything
else. At all druggists. 50 cents
LARGE TRIAL PACKAGE FRBB
The R. Paxton Co., Boston, Mass.
FROM SAME COWS.
Don’t accuse your cows of being
unprotitable. Give them a square deal
and they will pay you well. If you are
_ not usine a cent.rifno-nl
cream separator from 20
per cent, to 50 per cent,
of your cream is thrown
>away with the skimmilk
— just wasted —and the
cows a ccused of not earn
injr their feed. In addi
tion your own time and
labor are being wasted.
t Why not a de
LAVAL cream separator, stop these
leaks, and double your profits. A DE
LAVAL machine may be bought upon
such libera) terms that it will more than
earn its cost while you are paying for
it and still be good for 30 years more
of clear profit use. As compared with
?!£e,rf?P?rators the superiority of the
D“ DA VAL is seen in the fact that over
700,000 DE LAVAL machines, ten times
the number of all others combined, have
been sold to date. You may have ample
trial of a DE LAVAL free of all cost.
Now is the time to get a DE LAVAL
while cows are making the largest
product, and savings count biggest.
V\ rite to-day for free catalogue and
full particulars.
THE DE LAVAL
Randolph & Canal St».
CHICAGO
Separator Co.
I
Big I nterest On Your Money
All profit* paid In dividend*. Others hmve
made one hundred per cent In same”
Sure Income for life—and valuable
family. Real estate deeded tonuSSUte
mist company for protection of lnVe.KrL
Beautifully Illustrated booklet and paperrree
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} Thompson’s Eyo Wator
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