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below the wide belt worn at the waist.
Corduroy plain skirts are worn with
long straight paletots or redingotes that
have no drspery either front or back;
these redingotes are of light drab or tan
colored camers hair or cloth, or else dark
seal brown is chosen. This costume is
very handsome for travelling dresses, and
is liked for its severe style.
Plated skirts are the popular and
universal fashion, while plain skirts are
as yet only worn by leaders of fashion.
These are the regular kits, beginning at
the belt, OF else attached to 8 yolk, and
the preference is for loose looking plaits
suspended from the yoke, without being
mounted on plain round skirt; tapes
at intervals pass around the skirt and
hold it in place, and many thin wooden
kits, such as mousseline de laine and
bunting, are lined throughout with
paper muslin. Large.looking kilt pIaits
are more stylish than small close ones
Sometimes large plat and small one
alternate, while other skirts are box
plated all around. In all these skirts q
wide box plat is in front from the waist
down, and many skirts that are not
plated all around have the front width
laid in a g, eat box plat, with side plaits
turning back from it. This is a great
deal used in the black silk skirts that
women OF small means use with
various over. dresses. The religieuse
plating OF fine small plaits the
whole length OF the front is also much
used. Wooden kilt skirts-and this fash
ion is most appropriate for wool goods
have q border of the trimming three
inches wide placed near the bottom.
Where greater economy is considered,
and the weight of kilt is too great, box
plsits of wool goods, of satin or of silk,
are set at wide intervals down the whole
length of the front of the skirt, and these
are shortened on the sides and back.
The founces most used are shirred
lengthwise, plated and festooned. There
is also fancy for a pyramid of narrow
plaits from the knee down in the middle
of the front breadth, while the fat
striped front of an overskirt or else the
curtain fronts are draped each side o.
this pyramid, Skirts with three wide
plated hounces in the back are also very
fashionable, especially for black cos
tunes; the overdress is then almost con
fined to the front of the skirt. This /:
sometimes reversed, and the founces are
in front only, with long redingote bach
to the overskirt. There are also peplun
polonsises that hang on the sides only
and display the back of the skirt from
the belt down; the skirt then consists o
lengthwise plsits, or else it has three o.
four wide-plsited founces, or perhaps 1
series of small knife-plaitings set OF
horizontally.
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sweet Cnrn 1nr Park

LAST season, for the first time in my
life, raised several acres OF sweet
corn. As soon as the ears were fully
developed l commenced feeding them to
spring pigs. The pigs were kept in a
pasture, and were fed nothing but sweet
corn and kitchen slops. l have never
seen pigs more healthy, or those that
fattened more rapidly. At eight months
old they dressed little over three hun
bred pounds each. The quality of the
pork was extra, it having none of that
sccid, strong taste that pork made with
fsld corn invariably has, The favor
was gamey and peculiarly good. The fat
meat had pearly lustre, was remarked bly,
sOcnd, and made little greese in frying.
The proportion of lean to fat was, how
ever, smaller than in pigs fed in the old
way. 1 think if farmers would raise and
tatten their pigs on sweet corn, we would
near less OF hog cholera. Certainly we
would have far better quality of meat,
and more. acceptable to the general
public. After one seasons trial with
she sweet corn, no one will feed the
feld sort to pigs intended for his own
table. The best variety of sweet corn
will yield more per acre than the field
Sorts Correspondence Country Gem
tleman.
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Bro. Gardeners Lime-kiln Club.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free fTess
Gem'lem, de scum of de circus am
come" remarked the old man, as Sam.
uel Shin devoured his last peanut. Il
heven't seen de illustrious hsnd-bills on
de walls yit, but de horns am tootin'
only few miles away, an in few days
de unbendin' elefant, de musical hyena,
de wrigglin' snaix an de lemonade stan
will be in our midst. Doorin' de pas
week has recepted sev'rsl letters from
different parts of de kentry akin if dis
club favors gwine to de circus, an las
mite two brethren of the church srrove at
nv cabin to ak me to use my inhooence
to prevent de circus from destroyin' de
Sundsy-school bizness. Now, ] has my
own personal opinyun bout desc fngs,
but I'd like to h'sr from de members of
de club in gineral."
There was a pretty solid chunk of
silence after the president sat down,
but Sir Isaac Walpole finally got up and
said:
"Wasl, now, believe kin remember
Of gwine to de fust circus dat struck de
state of ole Virginny, an l reckon none
eber showed up in Detroit an got away
from me. lie bin right dar, frens, an
lie got half dollar laid by or de mex
one. 1 belongs to de church, rings de
bell for prayer>meetin', an lie tryin' to
live so as to reach dat good place above
whar' de weary am at rest, sn' 70 de
Lawd | doan' believe dat gwine to de
circus has eber rubbed de hide off in
one single spot. De man who can't go
to 8 circus with a clean conscience an
cone home de same way had better
set out an diskiver 8 kentry Tor him.
self"
Several other speeches of like character
were made, and the president arose and
said
"Gem'len, let it STAN as de opinyun
of de Lime-Kiln Club dat gwine to de
circus am twice as respectable as sittin'
on de fence, an maxim up faces at de
Bengswl tiger in his cage am a heap
better dan beatin' a woodward man
outen three dollars by movin' in de mite.
We will now impIore de regular bizness
Of de meetin'."
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Unsk1lled WOrkmen.
Railroad Gazette

RAILROAD Ga2etre.
In nearly all railroad shops at the
present time it will be found that large
numbers of unskilled nen-that is, men
who have never learned 8 trade-are
employed at comparatively low wages.
Many of the machine toels and much of
the woodworking machinery are under
the charge Of such men, and, as the
knowledge required to run " such ma,
chimes is easily learned, men of that
class soon become experts in one kind of
work, and if kept at that kind alone
they soon do as much of it as the most
skilled mechanic would. OF course, in
the management Of 8 large establishment
all such men must be under the direc,
ton of some me who has a thorough
comprehension of the whole business,
and who sees clearly what the ultimate
end is which should be accomplished.
There must be, and are, men who may
take all the different parts of locomo-
tive or of a car, and who know just how
these should be made and how to pus
them all together so as to make a COM
plete machine. Thesesmen must have a
great variety of knowledge and skill'
and necessarily are of higher grade than
the mere machine tenders. Over these
are the foremen Of different departments,
and then the chief or master mechanic
who directs, or should direct, all.
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Plain and Plated Skirts, Etc.


Notwithstanding the prevalence of
trimmed skirts in the present styles,
some Of the richest and most elegant
costumes worn on Fifth Avenue have
plain skirts without single Hounce.
These skirts are plain and round in
shape, consisting of FIVE bresdths, viz:
gered front breadth, side gore On
each side, and two straight back bresdths
of single-width goods. They are usu.
ally lined throughout, and are sSfer
than trimmed skirts are, as they need
to be kept firmly in place the edges of
the skirt are TUNED up two inches on
the facing instead of being bound with
braid. Ladies who are weary of the
weight and the expense of Aounced
skirts welcome the revival of this sim.
pie fashion. At present thick, self.
supporting fabrics are most used fer
these walking skirts, such as corduroy,
plain satin, cloth or velvet, but the
same simple cut is also seen in striped
goods, especially silk, with stripes of
satin or of MORE. Both very boufsnt
and very plainly-draped overdresses are
seen with such skirts. For instance, q
black, plain SORT of silk in hslf-inch
stripes alternately of silk and satin is
worn with black camel's hair polonaise,
cut in Marguerite shape behind, while
the fronts slope sharply open from the
waist line to disclose the striped skirt
front its entire length. A gsyer costume
has very dark wine. colored satin skirt,
entirely without founces, above which
are a very short boufant panier over
skirt and basque of the new tan colored
nous cline de lsine. A black broad
cloth suit of the finest luster has plain
skirt with short apron overskirt that is
held high of the sides by s buttoned
loop or strap on the cloth, and has TWO
panier drspings of clustered plaits be.
hind. The edges of this oversISirt are |
simply stitched; the basque is very
short al around, and is single-breasted,
being sleped open sharply below the
waist line. Correspondents who have |
asked how to make cloth travelling suits
and flannel dresses for. yachting and for
the country will do well to use this trim
design. There is no effort to conceal
these plain skirts by long overdresses;
on the contrary they are often worn with /
polonaises that have scarcely any from.
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T Farm and plantation.
Over PlowInx.

4 correspondent of the Farm and
Fireside says: One great trouble with
some farm. ars is the habit of over plow-
ing. They Eresk up piece of land and
plow it Eve or six years in succession,
until it will net produce over three
tourths of an avenAge crop. At the
same time their meadow land deteriorstes
and Is in the same condition. We have
learned by observation and experience
that it is not best to pillow the anne land
more than three years in succession.
Then it should be seeded. The first
year there will be little or no weeds in
the grain; the second yesr weeds will be
more plentiful; the third year the
quantity viii be much greater, and thus
weeds increase every year till some fields
produce as large a quantity of weeds as
grain. The main point in order to secure
good crops is blowing. Farmers should
remember if they only half pillow piece
of land it will produce but half crop.
Flowing should be commenced as esrly
as possible and never should be done in
8 hurry. Take time and do the work
well and see that the weeds and grsss are
plowed under. The seed should be
carefully sown and the ground well hsr.
rowed then the farmer can but expect
S good crop. The seed will sprout sooner
if roller is passed over the ground,
which should be done Immediately after
sowing. This makes the ground more
even and better adapted for cutting the
crop with reaper. will give a brief
description of my method of blowing,
seeding, ETC.: First, we select piece OF
ground that produces the least grass.
We have it well plowed in the fall OF
spring and give it top>dressing of stable
manure, as not much benefit is derived
the first year by manuring green sward
before blowing. If plowed in the fall
we do not top~dress it till spring. The
second year we manure before blowing
The third year we SOW it with barley snt
seed down with grass and clover seed
snd also give it a top-dressing o
manure. We have always obtained the
best results by seeding with barley. W.
do not think it advisable to SOW thu
same crop on the same ground severa
years in succession. We think farmer
would realize greater profits if the,
would adopt the rotation system"
farmers whose grass lands are degene
sting would plow few acres and seed
few each year according to the abov
plan, their land in few years would b
in q productive condition. Never see'
sparingly.
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Snuff-Taking Girls.
Atlanta Ca. } Sunny South.

We are acquainted with daughters
whose snuff-bottles are concealed in their
rooms, where they use the contents con-
stantly, without the knowledge of their
parents. We have seen at boarding
schools, girls 90 into Mysteries when
deprived for day or two of their snuff,
and borrow tobacco from the servants as
substitute, until they could obtain
their usual stimul2nt of Scotch or Maca
boy; and we are well acquainted with
three sisters-beautiful young girls, were
it not for the sallow hue furnishing their
complexion-who are at present under
medical treatment for arrangement of
the nervous system and digestive organs,
arising from the constant use of snuff.
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Reclaiming Land in Louisiana,

An interesting experiment in the line
of land reclamation Is being tried in
Louisiana. A company was organized
to recover from tidal overflow q large
tract OF swamp and marsh land in the
parish of Terrebonne and devote it to
the cultivation OF rice. The work of
dredging and leveeing has been carried
so far that an experimental field of
seventy>five acres of rice is already in
cultivation, and everything indicates
that the enterprise will be entirely sue
cessful. The soil becomes firm and solid
when well drained, and can be drained
at small cost compared with the returns
from the crops. As these crops are ben
Gifted by being flooded from April to
August, the land, when once well
ditched and leveed, would only need to
be drained twice year, for the spring
planting and the fall harvesting, the
water being then again let in during the
winter months for the benefit of the
soil. As there are countless thousands
of acres Of land of this sort in Louisiana,
the success of the experiment opens the
way for a large extension OF the states
agricultural interests.
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The Cattle Disease in Georgia.
Alfalfa Constitution.


Some weeks ago there were rumors OF
new and destructive disease among the
cattle in southwestern Georgis. At first
it was supposed that it was merely some
slight disorder that would prove only
temporary in its nature and local in its
limits Gradually more and more was
heard of the disease until now there
comes reports of its presence in several
sections of the state. 1t is quite pre-
valent in Wilkes, Washington and neigh
boring counties. In Morgan county the
cows and oxen are said to be suffering
and dying from it. In southern and
southwest Georgia it is spreading and
growing more malignant. The farmers
in that section are justly alarmed at
danger which has not harmed them as
yet, but which threatens a terrible de-
struction of valuable property. The dis
ease is said to be new in its symptoms
and effects. Country cow doctors and
veterinary surgeons of better skill have
not as yet given it sufficient study to
find out exactly its causes or its remedy.
DR., Jones, the state commissioner OF
agriculture, has taken the matter in
hand, and has written to all the locali-
ties where it has appeared to find out as
much as possible about this new disease
His correspondents are sending prompt
and intelligent replies, and we hope soon
to give an accurate statement of the
extent. damage and nature of the mslady
which is spreading among the cattle in
Georgia.
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Aristocratic Canada.
Toronto Mail.

Toronto Mail.
The fact that Canada is the most sris>
tocrstic colony in the empire; and the
inherent leve for inequality watch Mr..
Gladstone talks about is as marked here
as in England. Our whole history is
aristocratic. The early history of Canada,
the provincial part of it, is not much
less touched with aristocratic colors. Our
French rulers were mobiles. Our ancient
French population were of the t>udal
class; and are disposed to feudality still
Our English governors we're all aristo.
Gratis of the proudest type. The military
element tinged all the society of Canada
from Toronto to Halifax with aristocrstic
habits, manners and tone, adding much
to the grace of life in consequence
Our chief public men have at all time
and in all the provinces coveted the titulsr
distinctions of the empire with lsudable
ambition. They covet them still. The
whole of the traditions of Canadian
society are aristocratic or tends that
way. With the women OF Canada, dem
ocrscy has no favor-it has not much
favor with women in any country
When, therefore, these wise critics ex-
press fear of the arising of possible
aristocrstic class in Canada, they profess
to fear what exists already, what always
existed, what began with our history, and
will continue part of it, and very in.
fuential part of it, too, tits not too much
aristocrscy that ne have to fear in this
country, L is too much democracy.
We speak in the interests of culture and
intellect. The rough life of our farms,
our forests, our mines, or fisheries. needs
some countervsiling influence that makes
for grace of life and culture of mind and
manners. If the alleged aristocratic in
fuence of titulsr distinctions, and the
greater dignity of manner and grace of
life which these are supposed to carry
with them, supply that countervailing
influence, we ahall welcome without fear
the further development of the class
from which that influence is to spring.
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AMArrER OLE HEALTH.

Never stand when you can do your
work sitting. Every housekeeper, and
especially every mother, should heed
this. Have variety of seats of different
heights, from the low cricket to the
Office stool of moderate height. 1t is q
matter not only of comfort but health
LEMON MARNALABE.
To make lemon marmalsde, squeeze
the lemon, boil the peers in water till
soft, then take out the pith. and pound
the remainder in a mortar till quite fine,
mix with it a little of the juice. Pass i.
all with the rest of the juice, through q
sieve into a preserving pan. To every
pound of pulp add three-quarters OF q
pound of loaf sugar. Boil it for half an
hour or more, so that it sets, when cold,
into Jelly.
JUMBLEs.
One cup of butter, two of sugar beaten
together one cup OF milk, half teaspoon
full of soda stirred into the milk, and four
eggs; beat it well together; add any
kind of spice and six cups OF -four; roll
rather thin, cut it with a tumbler and
with wire glass to form ring; brush
them over with the white of an egg, and
sift on a very little fine sugar before
baking. Bake them fifteen or twenty
minutes.
CALVES LIGHTS AU BLANC.
Scald the lights in boiling water for
fifteen minutes. Cut in small pieces
put in saucepan with piece of butter
about as large as an egg, a pinch of -four,
salt, ground pepper, parsley, thyme and
laurel, the herbs of bouquet add to it
q half pint of bouillen when half done,
put few small onions and mushrooms
into it; thicken when done with the
yolk of an egg, adding half teaspoonful
of vinegar. Let it cook about two hours
"A Nevada tramp applied to a doctor
for some work, and the doctor asked
him what he could do. "Well," said he
/ could dig graves"
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Horrible Story from Mexico.
Logansport Journal.

Logsnsport Journal.
Last week, in chihuahua, q woman
went into shoemaker's shop in front of
his dwelling and was measured for a pair
of shoes. The son of Crispin said to the
woman: =" You have a pretty foot"
I" Do you think SOP" said she. BE re-
piled: " Yes that is the prettiest foot
in Mexico The woman was to come
back next day and leave one dollar,
when the shoes were to be commenced.
The shoemaker's wife, hearing all, said
nothing. The next day the shoemaker
was out when the woman with the pretty
foot cal ed, according to agreement, and
the wife got her into the back room and
stabbed her to death. The wife then
cut steak out of the woman's leg and
packed the body under the bed. The
shoemaker came home and ate his din
ner. The wife asked him how he liked
the meat. He answered that at was
the best he had ever eaten" The wife
then told him he had eaten part of " the
prettiest leg in Mexico" He asked her
what she meant, She showed him the
body under the bed, and made a dash at
him with knife, but he escaped and
ran to the Palacio and told the Judge
what had happened. The judge sum.
moned guard of soldiers and went to
the house. BE asked the wife if she had
the murder, and when she
yes and attempted to justify
the act, he ordered her to be shot on the
spot by the soldiers, and his orders were
obeyed.
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TROTTING STOCK.
ale of Eight Keniueky uC rses In Phila-
det-tfa-


Philadelphia Record.
Last fall Mr.. Barney Crosssn arrived
from Kentucky with number of trot-
ting horses, and, instead of disposing OF
them in his usual way, announced that
he would sell them exactly for what they
were worth under the watch. So Mr.
Crossan took up quarters at Suffolk park
and commenced ts put them in condi-
ton. Yesterday they were exhibited Tor
sale.
Twelve horses were offered and eight
were sold, but the prices would not war
rant Mr.. Crosssn in repeating the ex-
pertinent.
The first horse offered was Pearl,
sorrel mare, driven by Dan. Mace in two
races at Suffolk, Gin which che won
gaining a record of $50, and at Belmont,
in which she won third money after
severe contest of six heats. This mare,
although only being six years old, as
undoubted speed, but only 81 900 were
bid, and she was very quickly W it'll
drawn.
The white mare Belle of Philadelphia
received bid of $3.50, and she, too, was
withdrawn. This commencement was
not very encouraging.
Beauty, bay mare, eight years old
fifteen and three quarter hands high, by
Ashland Chief, son of Mambrino Chief
dam by bennington, was purchased by
Mr.. Ex.councilmsn George Schstfer for
$3.50, after showing mile in 2:S71, and
repeating in 1861.
Tempest, bay mare, five years old, 154
hands high, by American Clay, dam by
Almont, was also purchased by Mr..
George Schaffer, for $500, after a mile
in 2:461.
Ashland Queen, bay mare, five years
old September, l54 hands high, by Ash
land Chief, dam by Peyton's Tranby, by
imp. Trsnby, thoroughbred, was pur-
chased by Mr.. P. F. Gallaher, for $500,
after showing mile in 2.42.
May, bay mate, six years old, fifteen
hands one inch high, by MsmbriDo
Pilot, Jr., dam by blsckburn's Whip,
was knocked down to b. G. ConnelI for
1915, after showing 2:S4t.
Birdie, black mare, seven years old,
fifteen hands high, by Msmbrino Patchen,
dam by Stranger, was purchased by Mr..
P. F. Gallagher for 1275 after showing
two trials in 1881 and 2;95t.
johnson Boy, sorrel gelding, five years
old, fifteen and one-hslf hands high, by
Alcalde, son of Mambrino Chief, dam
Franklin, by Star Denmark, was pur.
chased by William Mcmahon, of New
York, for $3.50, after showing trials in
2:36 and 2:353. This horse won q race
in Washington this spring, and has moi
been in harness since.
The gray gelding Georgetown wsI
: withdrawn at $3.50, after showing q tris
in S:1Ss.
A bay gelding, five years old, sixteer
hands high, by American Clsy, sold fo
1925.
The stallion Messenger Chief, by Alb
dallah Pilot, dam by Msmbrino Messen
ger, showed mile in 2:451, but wa
withdrawn, no bid being received.
The last horse sold was Maude Gilt
, ford, FIVE years old, 154 hands high, b.
, Erickson, by Mambrino Chief. TIL
, mare showed 2:52!, and was sold to Mr.
Pickens for $3.50. The sale realized 81,
SIS.
The noted bay 2elding Wildair, re
, cord 2:23, has been purchased by Mr.. NJ
Murphy, of this city, the owner of tn
black mare Maggie NJ, the price pait
being $4,000. Wildair has been PLACED
10 the hands of Mr.. Mike Goodin.
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The fool and his money gather no
moss Buffalo Express. Which sugs
gests that rolling stone is soon parted.
-LPhiladelphis Bulletin. And when
You seek truth you are likely to fnd s
woman at the bottom.
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