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HOW TO CLEAN DRESSES.

Get five cents worth of soap.bark
from the druggist (about teacupfuD.
For one dress take half of it and steep
in about one quart of boiling water
Tor about half an hour or more, then
strain through cloth.
For a silk dress, while the liquor is
warm, take a piece of white flannel
and dip into it at intervals and rub
the silk or satin with it until it seems
cleansed. When done, pull the mate
rial straight and hang it to dry; do
not iron either the silk or satin. If
the dress is very much soiled use clean
liquor to rinse it, but do not use clear
water for silk, or it will not stiffen up
well.
For wooden dress dip the part to
be eleansed, or the whole of it, if
needed, into the liquor. This can be
rinsed in the same after washing, or in
clear warm water. If very dirty, put
the dress to soak in tub in the liquor
with more water added before clean
ing or washing. The woolen goods
should be pressed until it is quite dry.
Water in which potatoes have been
boiled will cleanse delicate colored
wooden or worsted goods. The dress
should be wet all over. Use no soap,
rinse in clear warm water and press
while still damp. This will not injure
the most delicate colors. Farm, Field
and Fireside.
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The Kansas Wolf Industry.

In 1889 the Kansas Legislature
passed law authorizing counties to
pay bounties for wolf scalps. Nearly
every county in the State thereupon
offered a reward of So or 81 for such
evidence that a wolf had been killed.
Some counties are paying out as much
as $4,000 a year in this way, the total
in the State amounting to $780, 600.
The coyote supply continues to be
surprisingly large. A correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat as
serts that some of the Kansas farmers
who find their farms Improbable have
gone into the business of wolf raising,
in order to exc out livelihood. He
says: "By means of wire fences, in
closures with ample burrowing
grounds are made, and here the crea-
lures increase with marvellous rapid.
ity. The growth of family of kit
tens can only be compared to them.
For feed, the cheapest of meat is sufi-
cient, and IS nothing is required but
the scalp in order to draw q bounty,
the carcasses of the killed wolves are
used for sustenance for those not
ready for market. The best sheep
that the prairie farmer can raise can
scarcely be sold for more than So. To
produce several litters of wolves
year, each member of which is worth
from So to 81, exclusive of skin and
CARCASS, is, it is seen, very renumera-
tive. These wolf raisers also supple
ment their home supply by constantly
hunting on the plains. Parties are
formed which surround creek valleys
and ravines, beating the bush and
capturing, dead or alive, dozens of the
lank, gray beasts. The former 60 to
swell the cash accounts of the hunters
and deplete that of the county treas
ury, while the latter are added to the
supply on the wolf farm"
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FHIvOLITY IN PETTICoATS.

The dress may be severe if it is
wanted so, but it is again the decree
that the petticoat shall be as frivolous
us possible. If the gown is white, the
pett;coat is colcred. Wash silk and
silk striped wash goods with yards
and yards of lace are used. The skirts
are carefully gored to fit about the
hips and to flare as correctly as the
outer skirt does. Indeed, there are
those who maintain that the set of the
outer skirt depends great deal on
the cut of the undarsk:rt. The petit
coat must not come much above the
ankle, and must have frills on the I'M
der side and outside, too. These are
of the material of the skirt, and are
flushed with lace and ribbon. Real
lace is being used OF under wear, which
means that the underwear is sent to q
regular cleanser's instead of to The
laundry. This is quite an item OF ex.
pense, but this IS one of the years
when if you are poor you are very,
very poor, and il you are not you
don't care.
Of the p;aincr sort is dress here
described, but it is very pretty never
thc!css. 1t comes from dark blue
wcolcn sn;.ing, AMI ia completed by
h!ouse of bluo an1 white silk. The
latter is lined with white muslin,
fassens in the centre and tho very full
.,oo,su, Loya turno1 hack cnffI Tho
cored skirt is garnishcd with C. num-
Der of ribbon rosettes in front, and
the hack is laid in great p!ea.s. II is
lined with alpaca and has twenty
inch band of stilfeuing around the
bottom. The sleevaless jacket reaches
the waist in back ard is lined with
yellow and blue striped silk. The
frouts turn back in revers, below
which three ribbon rcscttes are seen
on each side. A plain belt OF the
suiting is attached to the skirt.
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A Famous Breed of Fowls.

The La Fleche is one of the cele-
brated French breeds of fowls. The
bird resembles in general appearance
the Spanish, having a red face, white
ear lobes and glossy black plumage.
It is, however, much larger than that
breed, the cocks often weighing nine
and q half to ten pounds. Its appear
ance is striking, owing to its comb,
which is a bright red and like two
horns pointing upward. The bird has
long legs and body and very compact
plumage.
The flesh of this fowl is very highly
esteemed, being more delicate and
Juicy than most other breeds. In
France and Belgium it ranks with the
Crevecoeur for edible qualities and
brings high price in the market. 1t
is rather more delicate than the
Creyecoeur and does not mature as
early. On the other hand, it surpasses
it in laying qualities and produces
plenty of large, fne-Aavored eggs.
This breed Is not at present popular
in this country. It is probable that
as it becomes better known and more
numerous, less in-breeding will be
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Probably the most cunning Of all
animals is the mink. Two gentlemen
were fishing on one of the rivers OF
Maine. The fish were quite plenty
and as soon as one WIS caught it was
thrown behind on the grass. After
some time one OF the gentlemen thought
he would take rest and at the same
time examine his capture. But he
could not find a single fish. he
charged his friend with having played
him trick, but the friend was as sur
prised as he.
They now determined to watch their
next fish, and their astonishment was
unbounded when they SOW mink run
from hole near by, snatch up fish
and carry it off to the hole, where
they afterward found their entire cap.
ture cunningly hid under some dead
leaves.
In the same manner the mink steals
game which the sportsmen shoot. On
one occasion a gentleman shot wild
duck but before the dogs could get to
it mink had stolen it, carried it off
to hole in the frozen snow, which
one mink had prepared while the other
was watching for the opportunity to
steal the sportsman's game. Notwith-
standing this particular characteristic
the mink is brave as well as a fero-
cious little fellow, and he is exceled
in these qualities only by the ermine.
Lewiston (Me. Journal.
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HOMEMADE FILTER.

reach of every one. There is nothing
patent or expensive about it, and it
may be constructed by the merest tyro
in mechanics The plau is to get two
casks-as seen in the engraving; fill
the one into which is inserted the
spout, or inflow of water, about half
full of alternate layers of gravel, char
coal and pebbles-a layer of gravel
first, next six inches of charcoal, then
pebbles, then charcoal again, then a
few larger stones. From the bottom
of this cask to the bottom of the next
have a connection of thin gas-pipe,
which will rise in an elbow to about
half way up the depth of the second
cask. The cask is filed with gravel
and charcoal, just the same as the first.
Thus the water is conveyed from the
first cask to about half way up the
second cask, and, as it falls by its
gravity, undergoes second filtering.
At the bottom of this cask the waite,
now twice filtered, is drawn off for
use. Water from pump, whether
from we'll, river or tank, may be as
readily filtered in this manner as rain
water. New York World.
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quality, and one has vision Of warm
weather luxury that is well worth see

quality, and one has vision OF warm
weather luxury that is well worth see
ing.
4 stylish dress Of blue striped dimity
is made with yoke and deep cuffs OF
embroidery. The skirt has Vandyke
points Of embroidery set in at the top.
These points are four inches wide at
the belt and extend down over the
goods about eight inches. They are
cut out from all-over embroidery and
the edges are turned in and stitched
down fat upon the goods, then the
skirt is gathered as usual. The sleeve
tops are similarly arranged, and from
the cuffs extending upward, the same
points are set on the material. A COL
lar of blue moire ribbon in q rose
ruching and blue moire belt with q
full bow are added.
In sleeve models there are the Qneen
Anne, a voluminous puff reaching from
shoulder to elbow, the draped chate-
laine sleeves, the round, full balloon
style, the omnipresent mutton-leg, the
La Valliere composed of two puffs
separated by bands of ribbon, and the
Mary Stuart, showing series OF nar-
row puffs going round the arm from
the wrist to above the elbow, with a
leaf-pointed cap as finish falling
from the shoulder to the top OF the
puffed portion.
Dotted crepon is one of the still
popular fabrics, and is used by brides
for calling dresses, dinners, etc.
Silver blue, mauve, gray, or old rose
are popular tints. The overskirt with
q row of lace insertion or an inch
wide galloon is 8 favorite trimming
Tor these gowns. A pink crepon with
tiny black dots has Chantilly insertion
showing the pink foundation skirt
through the meshes. A round seam.
less waist hooked irvisibly on the left
has two insertions of black lace across
the front and wide bretelles of crepon
and insertion going over the full
sleeves. Changeable pin dotted silks
in soft summer tints are made with
belted waist with ecru lace yoke and
bertha, and gored skirt trimmed with
a lace founce. The bell skirt is re-
vived by Felix and other artists for
dresses of this sort, fulness at The
edge being impaired by Aouncss,
ruches, or single rows of wide velvet
overlaid with ecru guipurs.
Coat effects strongly rival round
wasted costumes at the various water
ing places this season. The coats are
in medium length, open, as rule,
over vests of the most masculine sort.
or the other extreme is seen, and they
are of the most dainty, poetic, and
feminine description, made of chiffon,
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Science and Soap Bubbles.

Why is it that the colors of soap
bubble change as the film gradually
alters in thickness? Another cause
of color is here involved-that of in
reference. If stone be thrown into
q smooth pond circular wave is pro-
duced, gradually widening toward the
edge of the pond; if a second stone
be thrown into the pond a second
wave will be produced, which will in
fuence the hrst.
If the stones are dropped in sinful
taneously at the Same spot the waves
win just be doubled in hight; and if
the second stone be thrown in exactly
q wave length behind the first the same
effect will be observed. If, however,
the second stone be thrown into the
water exactly half wave length be-
hind the first the motion of the wave
will be destroyed.
Similarly with light; when light i'm
pignes on the soap bubble part Of it
is reflected from the exterior surface,
and part enters the film and is reflect
ed from the interior surface.
This latter portion traverses the
water medium between the two sur.
faces twice, and is therefore kept be.
hind the first reflected ray. The two
sets of waves interfere with each 9TH
er, and produce colored light instead
ofaswhite light. Other waves, again,
may destroy each other and extin-
guish the light.
Some of the constituent colors of
the impigning white light-formed by
their passage through the film-inter-
fere SO as to destroy each other, while
others remain unaffected. As the film
diminishes in thickness, the colors
must necessarily vary.
/, In this way is accounted for the
marvellous variety of beauty and col
ors in the soap bubble. iridescence of
oil upon water, tempered with the
igaudiness of some insects WINGS
Longman's Magazine.
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One type OF hat is much worn, OF ME.
dium size when the great number OF
very large hats is taken into consider
alton. which perches well to the top
of the head. It is black rice straw,
and is trimmed in front with a pretty
bow of watered silk ribbon and with
three ostrich plumes. The left side
of the brim is bent up with bunch
of pink roses, and the right side is
garnished with fiat bow, lying partly
on the brim and partly against the
crown.
Despite the general call for large
hats there are many exquisite little
capotes. Indeed, it seems as if each
year the beauty of the tiny hat in.
creases. Just now they are dainty and
artistic enough to figure in poets
dreams of fair women.
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RECIPES.

Dandy Pudding-Br1ng quart Of
milk, less sufficient to mix two table
spoonfuls of cornstarch. to boil; add
slowly the yolks of four eggs beaten
with half a cup of sugar; stir until it
thickens, pour into dish to cool, and
add q meringue made with the whites
of the eggs and half cup of sugar;
set in the oven moment to color.
Stuffed Eggs-Boil eggs ten minutes; !;
cut in half the long way, remove the
yolks, chop fine with quantity OF
minced cold chicken, equal to the
yolks in bulk, seasoning and melted
butter; fill the whites and put the
halves together again; roll in beaten
egg and crumbs, ard fry moment IN
boiling fat, nsing wire basket. Lift
out, drain and serve with tomato
sauce, or in the center OF circle OF
green peas.
Velvet Cream-.From aquart OF milk
take enough to mix smoothly, four
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch; put the
milk over the fire in double boiler,
and when boiling stir in six table
spoonfuls of sugar, the blended corn.
starch and four tablespoonfuls OF
grated chocolate smoothly mixed with
a little of the boiling milk; stir until
smooth; take from the fire and beat
with all egg beater for ten minutes:
Pour into small molds. and eat cold
with cream.
Boiled Tongue-Have fresh beef
tongue put in to corn for thirty-slx
hours. Cover with cold water, boil un-
til tender, take out when done, skin
it and return it to the liquor in which
it was boiled, with half cup OF brown
sugar, half cup of vinegar, two dozen
cloves, two dozen sliced lemons and
cup of whole raisins. Let all boil
together for few minutes, and serve
with n brown gravy made of some OF
the liquor strained and thickened With
Drowned -four.
Veal Loaf-Three and half pounds
of the incest pnrt of leg OF veal, lean
and fat, chopped fine with n slice OF
salt pork. Mix with this six soda
crackers rolled fine, two beaten eggs,
butter the size Of IN egg, q tablespoon
ful of salt, q teaspoonful of pepper.
one nutmeg and little minced pars-
ley. Work together in the form OF
loaf of bread, put bits of butter all
over il. dust with cracker crumbs,
place in q dripping pan, pour i'll lit
tie water, and bake from two to three
hours, basting often.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
PUTTY SUBSTITUTE.

A cheap and effective substitute for
putty to stop cracks in woodwork is
made by soaking newspapers in raste
made by boiling pound of -four in
three quarts of water and adding a
teaspoonful of alum. The mixture
should be of about the same consist
ency as putty, and should be forced
into the cracks with case knife. 1t
will harden like paper mache, and
when dry may be painted or stained
to match its surroundings, when it
will be almost imperceptible. New
York Advertiser.
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COTTON COSTUMES.
THEY ARE BOTH FASHIONABLE
AND COMFORTABLE.
Useful Hints Concerning the Femi-
nine Empire Of Fashion
Dotted Crepon-A Sug-
gestfon in Yokes.

VXTHER7IE. one has unlimited
w fs1seiSe fsniniae assre' ssF tssre S
nothing more comforting
than a wardrobe we'll stocked with
dainty cotton fabrics tastefully made
up. Batistes, organdies, the fine
zephyrs and ginghams with linen,
dimit1es and cheviots furnish almost
endless possibilities in the way OF
useful and becoming costumes.
The girl Of the period is emphati.
cally cotton girl, for with her shirt
waists, blouses and rutfied skirts OF
any OF these favorite materials, she is
at her best. A belt of ribbon and
bows and ends here and there, pretty
Gainsborough or sailor hat and russet
shoes and tan gloves, with parasol and
fan suiting the costume in color and
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g. pattern, cat new moire covering.
Fasten this to the umbrella, leav-
ing the seams plain or covering
them with a narrow beading of jet.
Let large founce of good, black lace
fall over the parasol at the bottom,
and place large bow of the MORE at
the top of the parasol. And if well
done, you have genuine creation OF
art, and all your friends will fancy
you have an expensive parasol.
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THE UEauoEN BAT TIE THING.

After consideration of the prevail
ing styles of hats one is compelled to
conclude that thero never were before
30 many Leghorns, such ss-,y sailors,
half SO MARY walking a.rsws," nor
so many unique and odd notions in
shapes. But if this be true, then there
never were SO many hats worn, any
how, or else every woman hiss pretty
hat these days, and chat makes greater
the count of hats worthy of notice
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AN EXPENSIVE PARAsob.

A dainty parasol is not only an addi-
tion but even a necessity to the sum-
mer outfit. But, alas! the ones we
want are entirely beyond our purse
strings, as rule. Here is the way to
get a fashionable and inexpensive one
at the same time. Strip the frame of
an old parasol of it's present cover
ines. Get handsome piece of moire
silk. and. taking -, old covering for
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THE OLDEST DOLL. / shall never for
get the first day we visited this vast
and solemnly picturesque edifice. 1t
was just at sunset, and golden shafts
of light Illuminated the mosaic floor,
lighted up the richly gilded ceiling
above and flashed its wondrous brill
iancy over the presepio or manger,
where lay the miraculous bambino in
swaddling clothes, literally crusted
over with diamonds, emeralds, rubies,
sapphires and other precious stones,
while it's neck and wrists were entirely
covered with strings of the purest ORR
entail pearls.
In the early ages OF the bambino's
existence, it was, on account of IT'S
sacred associations, held to possess
strong healing powers, and was often
taken to visit the sick for this pur-
pose, being always conveyed in a cost
ly little carriage and ponies quite its
own. An attempt onco being made.
however, to steal either the doll or its
jewels, almost priceless, the practice
was abandoned, and now the Santissi-
mo Bambino is never permitted to
leave the sacristy of the ARE Coeli
church, and is never left alone, though
it is shown to pilgrims and strangers
on application, all the year round.
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COOKING WATER,

Few people know how to cook water,
writes O woman physician. The secret
is in putting good, fresh water into a
neat kettle, already quite warm, and
setting the water to boiling quickly,
and then taking it right off to use in
tea, coffee or other drinks, before it is
spoiled. To let it steam, simmer and
e7aporate until the good water is all
in the atmosphere, and the lime and
iron and dregs left in the kettle-bah !!
that is what makes good many peo-
pie sick, and is worse than no water at
all.
A critical taste will detect at the
first mouthful, if the nose has not al
ready demurred and given warning,
the faintest trace of dead water in tea,
coffee, porridge and many other items
designed for the stomach.
More frequently than otherwise the
breakfast kettle is set boiling with q
remnant of yesterdays supply in it;
the coffee urn has been neither washed,
dried, summed nor aired; possibly in
the interest of rigid and mistaken
economy, some of yesterdays coffee is
also "boiled over" and the partakers
wonder at their lassitude and dyspep-
tic conditions. Whatever is neglected
the tea kettle and it's associate pots
should be thoroughly cleansed, dried
and aired every day, and in no case
should water that has stood over an
hour in pitcher, pail or kettle be used
for cooking.
If people will drink tea and coffee
let them at least have it as nearly free
from poisonous conditions as possible.
That much benefit may be derived by
many people frcm drinking hot water
is not disputed, but the water should
be freshly drawn, quickly boiled in a
clean and perfect vessel and i'm
mediately used. The times of using,
the adding of milk, mint, lemon or
other fruit Juices is matter Of prefer
ence or special prescription.
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soft India silks, fancy s1rahs, taffe:as
brocaded with rosebuds, etc. The best
gowned women elect for these coat
and skirt styles, and it is little Won
der, for they admit of endless variety
in the way of vests, waistcoats. b!crse<
and the like, and their manifold use.
fulncss in the city and country, aa"
on land and sea, is not to be disputed.
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A body of "5ahsra troops is to be
raised be France for service in her arid
African possessions, where the heat is
fatal to French soldiers. They are to
consist mainly of natives of those
regions, but the officers will be
Frenchmen.-San Francisco Chroni-
Gle.
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Oldest Doll in the World.

The oldest doll in the world is the
famous Bamblno di Ara Coeli, which
is in an old church in Rome. A writer
in the Dolls Dressmaker gives the
following description of visit paid to
this church where the bambino is seen:
It is the oldest doll in the world,
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A SUGGESTION IN YoKEs.

The liking for yokes is 80 great at
present that even vests are furnished
with them, and many handsome cos
tunes have ingeniously contrived ef-
fects which simulate them. In the
dress of this sketch, which is made OF
brocaded satin, the gathered bodice
comes inside the skirt, fastens at the
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learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to
ntitutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in.
Eernally, acting directly upon tho blood and
snnoous surfaces Of the system, thereby de;
Riyin3 the patient strength by building UP the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
fts curative powers that they offer One Hun
Nred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
{. F. j. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, O.
- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Pure and Wholesome Quality

iCommends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup Of Figs. It Is
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleanse the sys-
tenn effectually. 1t promotes the health and
comfort Of all who use it, and with millions 1t
Is the best and only remedy.