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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

two rude runners, as shown at c G, and
drawn from place to place as needed.
without taking down. The space
above the side-girts, between the raf-
tcrs, is to be left open for air and li& at.
The dotted lines represent a board s sat
placed high enough SO berry crates can
be set beneath, and the dotted lines at
g are berry crates stacked up. Forty
eight bushel crates, or six long, four
high. and two wide. can be stored here,
and six more sundcr the seat, while
about a dozen pickers or more can ind
shelter from a sudden shower at the
same time. This shed can be used in
the berry patch, then in the peach, pear
and apple orchard, and then bc moved
to the dooryard to shelter wood, KIN
dlings, corn or tools, during tho eight
inclement months.-L. IL. Pierce, Oh 10,
in American Gardening.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
PRETTY WORK BASKET.
Something Which an Ingenious Boy Cal
Easily Construct.

Easily Construct.
There arc many home conveniences
that a boy can make in his spare time
which will please his mother, make his
big sisters proud Of his abilities, and
at the same time give him practical
experience in mechanical work. Tho
design submitted gives simple details
for the construction of a basket for
holding feminine work or Photogra phs
that can easily be made with small
SOW and gimlet- The material used
may be holly or any compact nice
looking wood that suits the taste; .
quarter inch board thirty inches long
and twelve inches wide will be sufh-
Gent to construct one of these bas-
kets.
On ono end of the board, with a COM
pass or pencil and string, draw the
dotted cixcle and the included hexa.
gon for bottom to the basket. Any
one can do this easily and accurately
by using the same radius length of
string or spread of compass. To di-
vide off the circumference Of the
dotted circle into six equal parts and
connect these points by the boundary
sides forming the hexagon, with small
eimlet bore holes in the middle OF each
side and one on each side OF the center
for the sides ind middle piece; meas
ure the height on the dotted center
lines, draw tne Paraue1 Top anu DoI
tom lines and lay off the widths on
either side of the center as indicated.
A handle may be made by saving out
an oval place in the middle partition;
bore holes in the corners and one in
the middle of the bottom of each board,
smoothing down the work with fine
sandpaper or glass.
To fasten these parts together five
yards of inch wide satin ribbon will be
plenty. To decorate according to design
given, take a piece of ribbon and draw
one end tn, ough a middle bottom hole
in a side piece; then separate the ends
and carry up an end to each up
per corner, where it meets a similar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
FRUIT FARM SHED.
One That Can He Moved About without
Much Labor.

One That Can He Moved About without
Much Labor.
A shanty or temporary shed is . ne
cessity on any fruit farm where tho
berries are any distance from the house.
and / shall build one this spring that
can DO moved from place to place with
q minimum Of labor. Tho ILLUSTRATION
shows a cross.section Of the pro-
posed shed. 1t is 8 feet wide, feet ut
the caves, and at tho other side. 1t is
to be II feet long, and there will be
four studs on each of the two sides, q
and b. The studs are 2x4 inches, and
three girts will be put into the studs of
either side The girts Will also be 2x4,
but placed broadside to the weather.
boarding. The side girts will project
at either end two inches, to come flush
with the end rafters and sills, which
are outside Of the corner studs. Tho
two middle studs will have a rafter and
sill on each side, to give additional
strength. The rafters and stills will be-
bolted to the studs, SO that they may
be taken apart, and leave the roof.
sides and floor each by itself, and these
will be light enough SO that they can
easily be loaded onto the top of q lum-
Der wagon and moved where wanted
and set up again. The ends will be in
two sections of 8 feet wide. sd the ono
on the side next the caves will hang on
hook hinges so as to open for a door.
This shed can also be furnished with
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
Fancy Jevvelry All tho Rage.

The rage for fancy jewelry is on the
increase. Flower and animal forms
are still highly favored. All sorts of
wild flowers are chosen for lace pins,
hair ornaments and small buckles;
sprays of valley lilies, single blossoms
of hawthorn, pimpernel, chickweed,
speedwen, geranium and heather, in
gold or silver set with gems. A row of
daisies, alternately frosted gold with
q pearl heart, or with diamond chips,
clustered on silver, make pretty
brooches and bangles. Flowers are
also combined with insects; for in
stance, a tiny tulrush in diamonds
perched upon twig OF holly in
enamel; a spider, with an opal-gray
pearl of Labrador stone for his body,
is clinging with his many diamond-set
legs to a golde., leaf. The newest
thing in single flowers is the bee
orchid and the narcissus. The former
may have its purse-like cup covered
with little sapphires, and the petals in
diamonds, or vice versa. The narcissus
is in plain FURNISHED gold with a bril-
liant in it's center. or in diamonds and
tOpazeS.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
1t Depended.

With . view to giving a perform
ancc in the evening the manager of
the travelling dramatic company was
inspecting the building called by the
enterprising Arizona proprietor an
opera house.
Yes, it's large enough" he said,
land the lighting arrangements seem
to be about right, but it hasn't exits
enough In case of a sudden alarm
there would be a crush. Did you ever
try to find out how long it takes to
empty the hall?"
you bet I have!' answered the pro-
prietor. "a dog fight on the outside
will empty the buildin' in twenty
seven seconds by the tch."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
A Few Hints About Churains.

gild edge butter-mal<er says it is
not necessary to the good quality of
butter that the cream be churned every
day. Three times week in summer
and twice in winter will do, provided
tho following points are observed: Not
to let the milk stand longer than TWEEN
ty-four hours in summer, or thirty-six
in winter, without skimming. All the
best cream for butter will rise in that
time: and keep better removed from
milk than on it. Put the cream in a
bright tin bucket. kept for the purpose.
Tin may be cleaned more perfectly
than either wood or earthenware. The
cream, should be we'll stirred each time
an addition is made to it, and should
stand after the last cream Is added. at
least two hours in summer and four in
winter, before churninS, to allow uni
form ripcninR and souring to take
place.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
FAIR ROAD TAXES.
President Bates Offers Some sound Af9u.
ments ON the sahject.

President Bates O66rs Some Sound Af0us
ments ON the sahJect.
I have observed in various papers
complaints by farmers that bicycle men
all advocate better roads, but bicycle
men propose to make the farmers pay
for the roads. Hence some farmers pro-
pose to tax bicycles and apply the pro-
cceos to making better roads.
If roads are to be made by taxing
those who ride over them no bicycle
man viii object. But such q tax must
necessarily be special tax, like the
toll taken on toll roads. And tho only
fair tax of that sort is by taking toll,
30 that the user Of the road pays exact
ly for SO much as he uses. 1t must be a
toll tax on aK vehicles, and all beasts,
and all pedestrians. If one is taxed
for using the road, all road users must
be taxed alike. Beside, the tax ought
to fall heaviest on those who most
damage the road by using it. A BIZ
cycle does not damage the road at all:
a laden wagon does. So does a horses
Further, the law should make fair
distinction in the object and result of
road use. The farmer uses the road
and damages it to make money for him
self. So does every business teamster.
They get benefit in actual money
gain from every good road. The
cyclist> uses the road solely for enjoy
ment. He makes no gain from it, and
it wculd manifestly be unjust to levy a
special tax on him. Now, cyclers do
not desire good roads at the expense of
Ahe farmer. Bicycle advocates of good
roads are generally in favor of the
adoption of the county system of road
taxation and management Under the
county system the whole county is
made one single road district and the
entire prop crty of the county is taxed
equally for the highway fund. This
makes the heaviest cost fall upon cities
and villages and not upon the farmer.
The justitic alton of such law is that
good roads benefit every body who owns
property, whether they all use the road
or not. The merchant of the village,
the man who owns a house or lot in
the city, equally with the farmer-all
have the value of their property and
business increased by good roads In
the orange district, where several mill
lions of doll ars have been spent in the
last ten years making good roads, the
official records of the county show that
the value of the property of the whole
county has more than quadrupled with
in the last eight years owing to these
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

The to:al yearly road tax amounts to more
And these the roads VIC get for our money.
Scene l., the suburbs of Philadelphia in the
spring Ct 1891. Drawn from photograph
road improvements, while the value of
the property directly along the lines Of
the good roads has increased over six
times.
The Office! al records always show the
same cXtrU culinary increase in the val
ucs of property, wherever good roads
have been constructed And this is also
noticed: Farmers always resist and
complain before the good roads are con-
structed; bat, after the roads are made
they arc tile strongest supporters of
the new System. Nothing could induce
them to 80 back to the old conditions;
and the eoriplainers and resisters are
thcreafter confined to city and village
hang oacks. In Michigan we have one
county that, in spite of resistance by
farmers, gut the privilege, by special
act CT the legislature, of spending $780,
900 for store roads. They spent the
money an! the supreme court of
the state pronounced the act unconsti-
tutioual, aad then up rose the farmers,
having be,n convinced by once trying
TIE effect .,E SO much good road, and
join ed in a strong petition to have the
state con ysitut ton amended SO that their
county might be permitted to bond it.
self for more hundred thousand dollar
good road expenditures! Meanwhile
those farmers who got the benefit of
the first hundred thousand dollars
worth of good roads ''cut swells'' and
chucklcd: Don't you wish you could
get it?'' over the farmers not on those
roads.
Well they may, since the official valua-
tons prove that lands along these roads
have enhanced in value more than
double any other farm lands in the
couuty.-President Bates, in Chicago
hearings.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

tom shelf and nail on across the slant
ing front edges of the sides piece of
board 10 by 251a inches. At the top a
cover of the same size is hinged on to
the back board. Imitation panels of
veneer may be glued on as in the cut.
To complete the work bore small
holes in the sides just below the upper
shelf, run a brass rod through and
suspend a curtain across the front
from this rod; the back of the book
shelves may be open against the wall,
to which the case is fastened firmly
with strong screws after it is stained
and varnished.-N. Y. Herald.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

ling upon it through the corner holes
is tied in a bovl<not outside the basket.
A ribbon is passed around the inside
interlooping the corner perforations at
the base, and a knot in the center holds
the partition firmly. A plain holly
wood basket, with violet, pink or
blue ribbons, will look very pretty, as
the panels may be decorated with
painted flower sprays if desira ble.-N.
Y. Herald,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
THE BULL TAKES A WALK.

tened from two convenient points
from the barn to tree as IN the
picture or from one corner OF the barn
yard to another. a pulley runs on this
with a small chain fastened to the bull's
nosc-riny. He can thus walk back and
forth aud is still held securely.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
Whore the Good. Went.

Mrs. Kcrstyle-I gave you more ma
terial to make this dress than ever
used in a garment before and the skirt
is hardly full enough to fit a churn.
How does that happen?
Dressmalxer (shrugging her Shout
ders)-Madame inseestcd on having ze
sleeves in &c height of re fashong.-
DemoreSt'S Margarine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

AIRS. Outsidc-Gracious! How that
drunken man scared ne!
Mrs. Candidde-Thats strange, my
dear, considering that your own hus-
band is TINT way six nights out OF the
sevcn.-Truth.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

Mrs. Meadow Cat city hoteI Oool
There's fly in this soup.
Mr.. Meadow (vho has travelled some)
Hush, Miranda, don't speak SO loud.
No use exposin' our ignorance. This
tarnal bill of fare is in French, and
mebby we ordered fly soup.-Life.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
coNTROLLING A BULL.

A Device That Should Find q Place on
Every Farms
Mr. NJ. H. C. Gardner, of Orange
county, N. Y, sends to the Rural New
Yorker a sketch of the device shown in
cut for exercising a bull SO that he may
take his s'walks abroad with perfect
safety to the other members of the
family. A stout wire is securely fas-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

"Do you think travel broadens the
mind?" asked Barker at the club.
ut depends on the mind" replied
Warren. II think a glove-stretcher
would do quite as well for ChapPie
Bronson's, for instance - Harper's
Bazar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

Good books are very welcome COM
panions in every household, and in or
der to preserve their respectable APP
pearance they should have good care
The sketch given shows a design for =
bookcase, unique in style aud easily
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
Meteoroloeical ltsm.

Mr.. Manhattan Beach-Thero is
something in these weather predictions.
after NIL.
Mr.. Murray Hill-As gener n thing
they are failures.
Mr.. Manhattan Beach Yes, but
windy and clustering weather was
predicted for to-day, and here is q tel
eeram from your mother saying she
will be here on the afternoon train
Texas Siftings.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
RUINOCS.

The Observation-Disclosures smell gas
leaking. Do you suppose it comes from
the hall burner?
Bridget latter a sn:f)-Lal<in', is it?
Bad luck to it! It'll be all over the
new carpet (Hastens for the mop.)-
Pnc1x.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

Mother-Johnnie, your father went
trouting this morning, Go down to
the fish market, and when he arrives
there tell him to get Goldfish instead
of the trout, as tomorrow is Friday.
and I expect company.-N. Y. Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
Reason Enough.

zone thing more,'' said Mrs. Mcbride
to the applicant for place, after other
details had been arranged satisfactory
ly. ''W.ly did you leave your last
placer"
1.-The woman of the house wanted
three evenings out a week." was the
satisfactory reply.-Judge.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
M'kjNLEY'S. MISTAKES.
An Erroneous Statement Concerning the
Gold Reserve.

An Erroneous Statement Concerning tho
Gold Reserve.
Mckinley touched high-water mark
for combined igno rance and effrontery
when he said in his speech at Columbus
that *'Nr Cleveland in his first admin
istration set apart as sacred fund to
redeem the green backs the one hundred
million dollar gold reserve" He
varied the phrase several times, saying
that "N1r. Cleveland fixed that sum-"
"he himself established the hundred
million line ETC. The simple truth
is that the secretary of the treasury
began the practice of maintaining at
least one hundred million dollars, IRE
served for the redemption of United
States notes. under the act of July ID,
1882. It was republican congress
that passed it, and the particular Sec
ton creating the gold reserve was the
subject of special debate when it came
back to the house from the senate.
Messrs- Randall, Holman, Buckner and
other democrats objected to 1t, but the
republicans generally sustained it, and
among those who voted for it was Nc
Kinley himself Congressional Record,
Forty-seventh congress, first session,
volume 3, page 5,SSe). We therefore
trust that the governor will not again
attempt to make this little addition to
his dear old speech which every man,
woman and child in Ohio now knows
by heart.-N. Y. Post.
e 1t is too early to hold the demo
Gratis responsible for the ills of the
country arising under conditions un-
changed since the republicans surren
dered power Leader
lind. Rspl.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
A Blessing in Disguise.

A Blessing In DiSGuiso.
Carrie Lamodc-So we're not going
to have crinoline, after all What q
pity we were all so wrought up about
it!
May Saver-I don't think it's a pity
at all. Papa bought me the material
for two new gowns, and now can
have six made out of it.-Puck.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
What . Pity1

Doctor (vvho had been married to .
widow)-You see, wiley, dear, I have
pulled my patient through, after all; .
very critical case, I can tell you-
Wife-Yes, hubby; but, then, you
are so clever in your profession. All!
if had only known you five years
earlier. 1 feel certain my first hus-
band, my poor Thomas, would have
been saved.-Boston Globe.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

THE boys should be taught carly how
to grow fruis and the girls how to grow
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12
HOMEMADE BOOKCASE.
Follow Directions and tho Result
VIII Be Admirable.

4 Case That Affords Two Ample Shelves
for the Orderly Arrangement OF
Books and . Curtain to Screen
Them from Dust.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-08-12

S 1.-.-i;. 80 = = s ~ 17. !,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

chen window with their green tendrils.
In one hand she held bunch of ivy
trails; from the other the shears
dangled.
Her profile, sharply outlined against
the ruddy carmine of the sunset, was
exquisitely pure and delicate; her
blue eyes were full of dreamy fire.
Old Peggy, from her position in
front of the kitchen table, looked
sharply up.
"Well, said she, briskly setting
aside the pan of baked apples that she
had taken from the oven for tea, 81
can tell you why, Miss Chrssy. 1t
was because you hadn't money enough
to keep on living in the city since the
Barbazon Bank failed, and because
this old stone house that belonged to
your dead-and-gone grand-uncle was
standing empty. House rent is house
rent, and there's lots of nice fruit and
vegetables in the garden, though |
won't say but it's been sadly neglected,
and the air can't be beat. OF course
it's bit dull for you young ladies /;
but beggars can't be choosers, you
know, and Miss Rosamond amuses her
self with the chickens and the ducks,
bless her hearth
The sudden flush rose angrily to
Christine's satin-soft cheek.
"We are not beggars yet, " said she.
"And as for Rosamond, she never had
a soul above a scullery maid. "
whats that you're saying about
Rosamond?" cried gay young voice,
as tall, brown-haired girl came in,
with sparkling hazel eyes, cheeks
Redeemed with exercise, and an apron
full of nuts. "See what picked up
on the hill beyond the stone wall ;
and nice tight had with the squir-
rels and little Tom Evans, for 'em.
The squirrels chartered at me from
every tree in the copse, and Tommy
sat ON the wall and sulked. But the
trees are on our land, and | was de
termined to have our share of the nut
harvest. Only look, Chris ! Aren't
they beauties?"
"Nuts - scornfully uttered Chris
tine, vouchsafing cnly a single glance
at the treasures, and turning away heI
face toward the red sunset glow
"What on earth are you going to dc
with them?"
"Do with emp" echoed Rosamond
"Why, crack 'em, to-be-surel AnC
then pick 'em out, and then 1 shall
make some nut cookies !"
Christine shrugged her shoulders.
81 beg leave to amend my verdict,
said she. 81 should have said tina
Rosamond had the soul of q cook |"
Rosamond glanced toward the celia
steps, down which old Peggy had dis
appeared.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29

gain, and-and pink is my color, you
know, so [ bought dress.
Rosamond's eyes we're still fixed on
Christine's face.
"And how did you pay for it?'
asked she.
81 took the money from the India
cabinet drawer. There was enough.
"My chicken money!" exclaimed
Rosamond, reproachfully.
"Oh, knew you wouldn't mind !
said Christine, nonchalantly. 81 can
easily pay you back when my picture
is sold, and did want 10 go to Bran
blethorpe so much, and how could l
go without a decent dress?"
"Did you ever consider how 1 was
to buy my dress?" slowly uttered
Rosamond.
"Oh, you're the younger sister, you
know, and you can wear anything.
Besides, if only one of us is to go, on
account of the gown, I am the eldest,
and it's my right Everybody knows
that.
Rosamond said nothing, but worked
diligently away. Her lifelong ex-
perience of Christine's varying moods
had taught her that it was best to
swallow her discontinue and make the
best of things; but she could have
burst out into child's passionate
weeping as she thought of all the little
comforts for her mother, the many
conveniences for the house, that that
seven dollars of "chicken money" hal
been destined to procure.
81 wish you wouldn't go on crack
cracking in that sort of way y
querulously spoke Christine, spring
ing down from her aerial perch III the
high window seat. 'It makes me so
nervous !"
Perhaps then" said Rosamond,
curtly, "you had better so up stairs,
inasmuch as this work has to be done,
nerves or no nerves.
81 never saw such girl rs you =
said Christine. ''You are always los
ing your temper"
And she hounced away up Stair,
while Il single crystal bright tear fell
like a diamond spark among the heap
of nutshells at Rosamond's feet.
'Tm a goose !" thought the girl.
"And with all my grand ideas ofhero-
| ism and self-control, too!'
And she compressed her lips and
worked harder than ever.
"Nut cookies /" said old Mrs. Edge
ley, Colonel Bramble's aunt, as she
hobbled into Peggy's kitchen, leaning
on a gold-headed cane, like the fairy
godmother in story. "Well, de
clare How nice they look !"
"Yes'm-nut cookies, complacently
affirmed Peggy, moving forward th'
pan with modest pride, Have one