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but the most effective are the oblong
cushions with a feminine looking frill
Of lace all around them. For service
as well as ornament blue denim, with
initials or a design worked on in
scarlet, is very pretty.
A nice addition to the big rocking
chair is the long, round pillow covered
with velvet or plush and finished with
q puff Of soft silk at each end. This
can be hung by means of a ribbon or a
fancy cord over the back of the chair
and is exceedingly pretty as well as
useful. Green velvet and light blue or
pink silk is q favorite combination,
blue and brown is effective and two
shades of one color always harmonic
we'll. Care should be taken to make
the pillow perfectly round.
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History of the Plano.

No one can tell exactly who made the
first piano for the reason that it has
gradually evolved" from an instru.
ment as much itself as one could well
imagine. In the twelfth century II
appears to have been gigantic dull
elmer, which was merely an oblong
box holding a series Of strings ar.
ranged in triangular form across its
center. In the thirteenth and four.
teenth centuries the "clavichord," !"
another musical monstrosity, had de-
veloped from il, and was used we'll up
in the eighteenth century. About mi
Christofali Of Padua invented q real
piano, but it is said to remind one of q
coal box when compared with the ele-
giant and perfect toned instrument Of
to-day
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Length of q silkworm's Thread.

In recent communication to the So
ciety of Arts and Sciences Miss Henri
eta Rhodes states that the silk un-
wound in single thread from one CO.
coon Of the common silkworm meas
ured four hundred and four yards.
After this bunch Of silk had been thor
oughly dried and reeled it was found
TO weigh exactly three grains. 1t fol-
lows that one pound Of silkworm thread
may be extended into a line five hun
dred and thirty-ave miles long and that
thread long enough to reach around
the entire world would weigh no more
than forty-seven pounds.-St. Louis
Republic.
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Steamed sponge Pudding,

One cup Of bread sponge, one tea
spoonful Of butter Mix thoroughly
and set to rise in warm place. When
very light, roll thin and spread fresh
or canned fruit OF any kind, or jam
jelly or raisins; or dried cherries ART
very good also. Roll it into little
loaf, put on buttered tin, or q small
basin, and set in q warm place unit
light. Steam one and quarter hours
Keep closely covered. Servo with
whipped cream, or any good sauce.
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TIE SQUARE PUZZLE.

in the square each way, equal dis
tances apart. Then write in each
square a figure, from to 40, in such
order that the sum IT'S will be found
by adding those in the row from the
upper right-hand corner to the lower
left, from the upper left to the lower
right, and from side to side along the
middle row, and up and down on the
middle row. No figure is to be writer
twice,
The dotted lines in the drawing shoi
the rows to be added so as to make IT'S
each
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would hardly believe that they were
not alive. One of the groups is of a
big chariot in which boys and girls are
riding, while a big Newfoundland dog
barks at their feet The horse that
draws them is a handsome fellow who
looks as if he would run away if he
had chance. while the children are
laughing merrily.
Another group of dolls looks like a
party of three little girls who have
thrown themselves on the floor, tired
OF their play. They are cunning and
so pretty that you could look at them
all day; and am sure you would never
forget the little town of Sonnebcrg if
you could once have the pleasure of
seeing those dolls at the fair.-N. Y.
Ledger.
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Cows MILK for Infsnts.

The query is sometimes raiset
whether clear cream or part cream ant
part water Is best for very young chill
dren. A mixture Of good milk ant
lime water is found to be very good
one part of lime water to two parts q
milk. The lime water prevents thu
milk from forming large curds in thu
stomach. But be sure that the milk y
nure and healthy.
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AS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1898.

She knew better than farmer or poet
that there were other virtues than
verse and curse in this little creation OF
God 1t stopped our night-sweats inn
mediately, and in our builded-up
strength we have thought possibly it
were better to have two daisies grow
where but one grew before.
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FUNNY TEAM OF GEESE.

How q Virginia Gentlcmsn Rides Through
the Air.
Isn't this funny team Of geese? It
belongs to man down in Orange, Va,
named DR.. Mcbride, who caught five
wild geese and "broke" or trained
them to drive in harness. He says they
pull little boat which he has built
for himself through the water very
rapidly, and that he is going to make o
balloon like that shown in the picture.
But perhaps that won't work,
DR.. Mcbride writes to O Louisville
paper:
Last winter l made Of light, we'll
seasoned wood little frame with steel
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war was revealed in her true char.
acter, her decks crowded with me,1 and
her armament unveiled. Her com.
manders invitation to dinner for that
evening was not refused by the cap.
tam OF the blockade runner.-Boston
Transcript.
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runners-a tricycle. sleigh-and made
mile and quarter per minute on the
ice, riding in circle. The feeling OF
going at that rate through the open
air is something grand and wonderful
The wind whistling by your ears likes
tornado, causing the tears to How
thick and fast, made 1t necessary for
me to use glass over my face to keep
from freezing"
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CHAT ABOUT DAISIES.
They We're Not Made Alone for Poets,
Maitens or Farmers.

Maldens or Farmers.
Scores of adulatory verse have been
written by poets Of 'the fields white
decked with nodding daisies" Gross
dozens of earthen fower-holdcrs have
been filed, by blooming maidens, with
daisies for conspicuous ornalnentation.
The more practical husbandman, how
ever, utters imprecations till the atmos-
phere takes on ceruloan hue as he
speaks OF those pests OF his field, them
common daisies"
A very uncommon one, however, is
the subject of our illustration. Not
for its economic or pictorial aspect do
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The Equality Of Woman.

PROFESSIONALISM is the subject for
your essay this evening, Miss Brain
waves?
Miss Brainwaves-"The Independ-
ence and Equality of Woman With
Man"
Professionalism why don't you come
mence?
Miss Brainwaves--Because notioa
that there are several ladies in the
audience standing, while all the men
have seats. Brooklyn Lite ~
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PRETTY HEAD RESTS.
Useful Sofa Fillows Of Velvet,
Satin and Denim.
AnyOne with q Taste for Color CombIna-
tion Can Make Thom-A Nice Thing
for tho Back of . Chair
Square Pillows.

There is nothing, with the exception
possibly Of charity, which makes up
for SO many deficiencies as pillows do.
The oldest, shabbiest sofa, and the
dullest, most old d-fashioned room can be
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sho Didn't Ask Daddy to Duy Him.

Hollow do you like Lord Popping
ton, Miss Barrow?
Miss Barrow-Not at all. He can't
pronounce his rs and do detest being
addressed as Miss Bow-wow.-lioston
Globe
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
THE CITY OF DOLLS
name frequently Applied to sor,
Derg, u Germau Tnxv1

applied to SOnne-
perg' German Town.
lne little town of sonneberg, Ger
many makes more dolls and chill.
arens toys than all the other
cues IN the world, all put to.
gether' 1t is especially famous for its
uolis' ana 1t can produce the noblest
ladies' the most lifelike men and the
prettiest baby dolls you ever saw. At
.he worlds fair there is very large
and beautiful exhibit called the "Son.
neoerg doll exhibit in which there is
collection of the most interesting
dolls in the world. The dolls are in
groups, and, from distance, Won
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Might Call 1t That.

eThis, l suppose" said the stranger
in the city, ''is one Of your club
houses?"
"Well, you might call it one. 1t is
ps!;ce station. ."--Washington Star.
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HARD NUT TO CRACK.
How Many OF Our Young Readers Can
So,Ye This Problem?

Here is an interesting puzzle which
Samuel Zcluff, of West Brighten,
Staten Island, sends to the New York
Recorder. How many of the little men
and women can solve it?
Draw square, and divide it into 40
small squares by ruling six lines with
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North Carolina's s Dead in Battle.
Wilmington Messenger.l

North Carolina voted but 1850
when doing its best in 1860. 1t sent
to war in four years certainly more
than 10000 men-more in fact than
any other State sent. 1t is no wonder
then that its dead are scattered from
Gettysburg to the Gulf of Mexico.
That more North Carollnians fell at
Chicamauga and Missionary Ridge
than from any other State but Ala
bama is very remarkable and confirms
all previous reports as to the number
and excellence of its soldiers. They
lie there in unmarked graves in
neglected cemetery of heroes. Will
North Carolina permit this to con-
tinue? Shall her faithful and gallant
syldiers who fell on that bloody field
lie uncared for? We hope our people
of 1898, will say that this shall not be.
If all the States had done their part in
the great conflict Of 1S61-65, as we'll
as North Carolina performed her part,
the independence OF the South would
have been secure and the pains and
penalties Of the last twenty-eight years
would have been avoided.
Let the North Carolina of the gen.
erations shows of gratitude, admiration
and patriotism to mark suitably the
the graves of North Cardinals fallen
heroes.
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cashmere, goods soft and beautiful
and inconspicuously suitable for COM
bination with crepe. Let the skirt be
simply made trained slightly in tie
back, reaching the floor all around,
and finished with a quilting Of silk.
This quilting can turn under the hem
OF the dress, and is thus binding and
finish as we'll. The bodice can be a
half length jacket, oren down the
front. The jacket opens over loose
vest front of silk caught at the waist
by couple OF ornaments of jet, and
extending little below the waist line.
The collar is round and finished by
the ornaments of jet. The sleeves of
the jacket are g-o-mutton, made
with enough fullness at the shoulder
and elbow to conform to the present
mode. Such a gown is in no way
aggressively Gin mourning" indeed
the crepe revers may be dispensed with
if desired. The simplicity Of cut, the
soberness of outline, and the uniformity
of color will suffice to make the dress
one that can neither offend yourself,
nor convey any but the desired impress
sion to your friends. For the rest ol
the world, your only wish is to escape
their notice entirely. EsTELLE.
New York, May %, 1898.
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How to Place the Bed.
TSt. Louis Globe-Democrat. |


"The first thing do when get to
hotel is to see how my bed stands in
regard to the points Of the compass -
said Fredrick Wilbur, who is at the
Laclede. alt is usual in fixing up a
room to put the bed where most con-
venient, without regard to the direc-
ton in which the head points, and
this is the principal reason why travel
ers sleep 5oundly in one town and lie
awake grumbling all night in the next.
TO obviate this | take my bearings
with little pocket compass, and if
my bed is not arranged with the head
either North or South, swing it
around right away and make it face
the North if possible, accepting the
South as a compromise. Some people
think it all nonsense to talk about a
current of magnetism passing steadily
from pole to pole, but any telephone
operator or hxer will show you in a
few minutes that this is actually the
case. If you sleep with your head to
the East or West you don't get the
benefit of this electric current, while if
you lie in proper position through the
body during the night and has a
soothing, recuperative effect. Try the
experiment, and you will laugh al
those who take opiates with view to
wooing refreshing sleep"
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Will They be Happy.
[CalifOrnian.I |

{" 1t would be delightful to set my
heart upon things, as do most girls of
my age, to thoroughly enjoy them
when l obtain them, and to cry about
them when | do not.'
81 wish you could be persuaded to
set your heart upon me- he said,
"because- | love you ~
81 do not believe you care for me
at ALL" she answered in her Indifferent
voice. "And yet," more thought
fully, " it may be you do for you are
the only man who has discovered that
| have no heart
81 do indeed" he persisted, while
you give me scarcely thought.
She regarded him for a moment
with her cool, speculative gaze. He
was blushing hotly.
"Jack," she announced, 81 like
you. l find you most companionable.
But love you-no, l do not.'
"Could you not marry me, Lenore?
Is there any other man whom you
could marry?'
"There is no other man on earth
with whom l wish to wed, and l do
not think could accept even you"
=" was afraid there might be some
one else," he said more hopefully.
"Have you ever observed upon my
part a tendency to hang about the
neck OF any of my acquaintances?'
"No," he answered. "But though
it might be bore to have wife who
expected constant rain of pet names
and kisses whatever might be the
weather, l would give the world to be
sure you love me as fervently as love
you" His voice broke a little, and
Lenore watched him in deep surprise.
81 may seem conceited fool to say
it, but l cannot help feeling | could
compel your love. Lenore, if | take
the risk, will you marry me?"
"If you will take the risk, Jack, I'll
marry you."
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Sure Cure for Hog Cholera.

Ii. A. Dodge, in Live Stock Journal
1t is not often that l attembt to
write anything for the papers, and it
is only a philanthropic spirit that moves
me to write this. Every editor in the
United States should copy it, and every
farmer cut it out and preserve it. Why?
because it is a sure cure for hog cholera.
| have never known or heard of it
failing. 1t is very simple, cheap and
easily done. Directions: Put one
half teaspoonful of pure carbolic acid
in gill of sweet milk and pour it down
the hog. When the farmer sees any
symptoms of cholera among his hogs,
especially when one or two have died,
drive every hog and pig into a very
close pen. Let one man catch the ears
and sit the hog up with his back be-
tween his legs, while another man
opens his mouth with stick, and the
medicine, being in long necked heavy
bottle, is easily poured down. Care
should be taken not to dose one twice.
Twice the amount will kill, and every
hog, sick or we'll on the surrounding
farms. should be dosed.
Now, brother editor and farmers, if
you do not use all reasonable means,
especially when it costs you nothing,
to let every farmer in the United States
know this, you ought to die Just little
bit with the cholera Yourself.
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A TWILIGHT REVERE.
Washington News.1

l sit in my garden at twilight, sit
in my garden alone; and the sob Of
the breeze and the sigh of the trees
in murmurous moan. The
wheels of the city are quiet, the gold
has died out of the West and the
silence is deep and the world is asleep,
and its birds and its children at rest
l sit in my garden at twilight, l sit in
my garden alone and wait for the
tread of a foot that is dead, and a
form that lies under the stone. Strange
voices | hear in the silence, strange
eyes peer at me in the gloom ; but the
voice l would hear never comes to my
ear, it is stilled by the door of tomb.
Strange hands beckon me in the
cleaning, they'd lure me away from
my woe; but my garden is thronged
with the forms that belonged to the
days of dead Long Ago they come
from the region of Stiffness, they come
from the land of Despair they each
bear a sign from that lost love of mine,
and melt in intangible air. My love,
she has sat in this garden, my love,
she has sat by my side together we
were when she died. Twas here in
this ghost haunted garden, we ate of a
melon too young; the doctors in vain
gave her stuff to cure pain, and her
flight to the whenceness she wung.
sit with the ghosts in my garden, and
dream as l pull at my pipe and
VOW at the feet of the shades that L Il
eat no melons until they are ripe.
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Horticultural Bulletin. |


1t is generally conceeded-indeed,
| have never heard it contradicted-
that five million bale crop of cotton
will bring as much money as a ten
million bale crop. If this is so, and |
believe it 10 be true, then there is
decidedly more money to the pro-
ducers in the small crop than the full
one for the full crop will cost at
least double as much to produce and
fully double as much to gather. The
100000 bale crop will cost at
least SIoo, 100000 more money than
the 100000 bale crop, and the
latter crop will bring as much money
as the full crop. In other words, in
growing a full crop of cotton the pro-
ducers will throw away at least
sIoo,ooo,ooo in money, and in grow
ing the small crop they will save at
least SIoo, 900 from the fact that
it will have cost them much less than
the other, and the producers will
receive as much money for it as for the
full crop, and more, for there will be
SIoo, 100000 in excess in hands Of
producers, and it will really be better
for them to make the five million bale
crop and do nothing after, than to
make ten million bale crop, for they
will be more than SIoo, ,ooo,o 900 better
off with the small crop and not labor
more than halt as much. | don't
believe l have overdrawn the picture
if | have not, will it not be the ut
most folly in the cotton growers Of the
South to undertake to produce full
crop of cotton? Already cotton has
declined in price several points in
expectation of heavy crop being
planted.
| am in position to know something
of the outlook in the preparation for
the present crop of cotton, and unless
there is a change between this and
planting, there will be one of the
largest crops ever planted.
How much better it will be for us if
we will have large surplus of corn
field peas, sweet potatoes, Irish
pota;r :, etc, grown upon about half
the land we propose to put in cotton,
and with a surplus of all these
important crops for feeding both man
and beast there will be but little
trouble in having all the meat required
upon our farms and to spare. With
everything plentiful upon the farms,
that is consumed by both man and
beast, and one half crop of cotton
produced, we will be more prosperous
and of course more contented than for
many years past. WheE bacon and
lard are selling at two prices, and
farm products generally are bringing
good prices, it would seem that we
ought to be fully alive to our own
interest and the importance of pro-
ducing home supplies, and not run
wild alter the production Of an
enormous moneyed crop which will
bring desolation and ruin to many a
household. JNo. ROBINSON,
Commissioner.
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About Paying Bills.

An exchange says: "It's no sign
that man is rich because he pays
his bills promptly" Not by any
manner of means. There are poor
men and men of moderate means who
pay as they go, on the principle that
it is not only honest, but that it is the
safest. On the other hand, there are
rich people who, whether from indis-
position or from inability to under
stand that those to whom they are
indebted actually need the money due
them, rarely pay until almost forced
to do so. There are many such, and
the pity is that their numbers so nearly
approach legion. Not to pay bill
when you have the money, and espe-
cially when it is due, may not perhaps
be styled crime, but it is very far
from being what is meant by doing
right.-Phladelphia Evening Star.
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Peculiarities of the Year 1893
marry you.
(ROaNOke News.

A study of the calender of 1903 will
have some peculiarities. To begin
with it commenced and closes on Sun
day, and contains all or part of a
weeks.
Each of the seven days OF the week
has the honor of being the first day Of
at least a month. Three of the
months begin on Wednesday, while
Sunday, Thursday and Saturday are
each the natal day for two months.
There are three months, April,
July and December, that cover part Of
six weeks each. Washington's birth
day came on Wednesday and Decora-
ton Day and the glorious 4th of July
on Tuesday.
Thanksgiving Day will fall on
Thursday, the last day of November,
and will be the latest Thanksgiving
celebrated in the last decade. In fact
it can never be any later in the year.
Old Santa Claus will visit US on Mon
day. AS this is the Worlds Fair year,
all the peculiarties are excusable.
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Keep up Your Sign.

Here is what Peter Cooper, who
died worth many millions, said of a
newspaper: In all the towns where a
newspaper is published every man
should advertise in it. if nothing more
than card stating his name and the
business he is in. 1t does not only pay
the advertiser, but it lets people at a
distance know the town in which you
preside is prosperous community OF
business men. AS the seed is sOwn SO
the seed recompenses. Never pull pull
down your sign while you expect to do
business.
But there is better authority for adj
vertising. A reverend gentleman who
has charge of the advertising of a
prominent religious weekly, was re-
Gently asked what scriptural authority
he could find for his occupation.
"Oh,' he replied, THAT is easy
enough. Advertising not only has
scriptural authority, but is of very
respectable antiquity as we'll. If you
will look in numbers XIV, IA, you
will find Baalam saying, Come, now,
and | will advertise, and Boaz says in
Ruth iv., 4, And | thought TO adver.
tise.' Advertising is no modern thing
Press and Printer.
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FEMININE FANCIES.
CURRENT STYLES FOR THE
LADIES.
How to Make a Stylish Bonnet
New Ideas for Hats---Hand-
some Mourning Costumes.

This bonnet is made on frame
which is bent up front and back and
is covered with black net, folded in
the centre. Over this are put founces
of black Chantilly lace about six
inches wide. A piece of lace about
two yards long is joined together and
gathered to the frame, forming a box
pleat back and front, above the point
1t is edged at the top with jet passe-
menterle, wax beads and spangles
about an inch in width. The front is
trimmed with a butterfly bow made
Of wired lace and edged with the
passementerie. The bow is made of
four parts two must be about five and
half inches long and two inches wide
at one end and half an inch at the
other The other two are of equal
width and are four inches long. From
this bow rises an aigrette of pink
feathers. The tie strings are of pink
velvet ribbon an inch wide, arranged
in dainty loops and ends behind