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waist line, while standing collar and
stock completes the neck.

waist line, while standing collar and
stock completes the neck.
Velvet is applied to the reversed
portion of the jacket fronts, rolling
back in handsome lapels that extend
to distance below the waist line
where the fronts are stylishly pointed.
The easy and graceful fitting back has
the usual number OF seams and is
sprung below the waist line in ripple
effect. The sleeves are comfortably
fitted from the wrists to above the ell
bow according to the present taste.
Gathers adjust the fulness at the top
and the wrists are decorated with far
ing cuffs.
The mode is adapted to all seasona-
BILE fabrics and suggests stylish com
binations of contrasting material with
velvet or silk as trimming.
To make this basque for n miss in
the medium size it will require two
and five-eighths yards OF forty. four
inch wide material.
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Pocket laps cover openings to the
pockets tnat are placed at convenient
depth at each side. The back, shaped
according to the tailor made garments,
has the centre back scam omitted,
while the side seams are carried to the
shoulder. Below the waist line addi.
tional material is laid in deep box
plaits, giving a decided smart finish.
A noticeable feature is tho handsome
collar mounted upon a band and
slashed in four sections, producing a
fashionable flare aud affordlng pleas
ing novelty from the regulation storm
collar. The stylish sleeves fit closely
below the elbow, the top being gath.
cred in gigot style, and the wrists are
completed by deep. haring cuffs
slashed to harmonize with the collar.
All seasonable cloakings will dc.
yelop stylishly by the mode, care be.
ing taken to select the pretty shades
becoming to youthful forms, such as
fawn, dove gray, Havana brown,
Hunters green. Galoon or brazil may
be used to form pretty finish in pref
erence to the straps of cloth.
70 make this coat for miss of four
teen years it will require two yards OF
fifty four.Inch wide material.
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two inches or more. There are shag-
barks in Iowa also of large size and
with such thin shells that they can be
cracked easily by grasping two togeth.
or in the hand.
In Ohio has been discovered a new
kind of black walnut which probably
is destined to bo highly priced in the
future. BY freak OF nature one-half
of its shell is not developed, nor the
kernel on that side, the result being a
pear.shaped nut filed with single
meat somewhat the shape OF q peanut,
though bigger.
The importan. objection to ordinary
black walnuts Is that they are divided
in the middle by wall OF shell SO
constructed that it isalmost impossible
to get the kernel out whole. This new
variety has only to be cracked in order
to yield the meat entire. The black
walnut has been said to be among the
nuts what bacon il among meats
strong aud greasy. However, soms
choice Wild varieties have been found
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be crushed easily between tho fingers.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds OF
pecan nuts are fetched to New York
annually. and here they are cleaned
in revolving churns before being
placed on the market. One concern
in this city, engaged in the business
Of Furnishing" pecans for market,
gives employment to fifty people.
The "meats" in great quantities are
separated from tho shells and sold by
other firms, one of which disposes OF
100, 600 pounds of the kernels per an.
mum. The work of cracking the nuts
and picking out the meats is per.
formed by machinery. The meats sell
for fifty cents a pound, ana are used
extensively by confectioners. Pecan
oil is excellent FOR table use. Clock.
makers and gunsmiths use it also. IL
is fine illuminant; kernel when
lighted will burn for time bril-.
liantly.
The raising of English walnuts has
become an important industry in
Southern California during tho last
few years. Tha State is producing
1000, 900 pounds OF them Tor market
annually. They fetch higher price
than those imported from MADEIRA
and from SPAN and Portugal, being
of finer quality. They ought to be
called Persian walnuts, because they
came originally from that country.
Once in bearing walnut plantation
is one OF the best paying pieces of prop
erty under the sun. The nuts are
gathered by iarring the trees to shake
down the ripe ones. They are dried
in the sun or by artificial heat with
great care, SO that they may keep we'll
and not turn rancid.
Much is being done at present in
the cultivation of hickory nuts. Nur-
serymen are planting and grating
the young trees, which they sell to
growers. No orchards are as yet in
bearing, but there are wild groves of
fine varieties in Ohio, which are regu.
larly harvested The most desirable
stock for planting is obtained from
the Wabash Valley, 10 Indiana, where
wild "shagbarks" grow remarkably
big and fine, attaining diameter OF
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A cement of ashes, salt and water is
excellent for filling the caacks OF
stoves
Salt Goldfish just picked up and
scorched over hot Goals is sometimes
retained on the stomach when nothing
else is.
In boiling rice add n little lemon
juice to the water and it will increase
the wbiteness and help separate the
grains.
Keep tea and coffee in close bottles
or canisters, and keep them by them
selves, as their odors will taint bread,
butter and milk.
If you want to keep oranges or
lemons some time, wrap them careful
ly in tissue paper and lay them where
thoy will be undis;urbed.
If the cellar or pantry or cupboards
are at all damp, place box of fresh
lime in them and it will keep them
both sweet and dry.
To remove a grease stain from wall
paper hold apiece of blotting pape
over the spot and then place hot
fiat iron against it. few minutes.
When poeling onions for cooking
the unpleasant effect upon the eyes
may be avoided by holding the onion
under water while the peel is removed.
Put piece OF horserudish root into
each jar OF pickles. The vinegar will
retain its strength longer and tho
pickles will be less liable 10 become
soft aud mouldy.
1t isn't good plan to scour tin ware
too much, as it wears the tin off Ii
tins are washed in hot soapy water,
rinsed and properly dried, they will
never need securing.
Never pour cabbage water down a
drain. The boiled cabbage scent in
the house is bad enough, but the water
poured down the drain will leave the
odor with you for month.
To remove a glass stopper run
lighted match around the neck of the
bottle, or "stw" stout cord around
it two or three times These failing,
apply cloth dipped in hot water.
When cork is larger than you
need. and is hard. too, drop it in
boiling water and it will soften, SO
that it can be used. Save all the corks
in a box, and when you have handful
scrub them, boil awhile in clear water,
then dry and put away. Never use
cork until it has been cleaned, unless
you know its latest use. People are
often poisoned by 'cork" careless
ness.
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with white kernels Of delicate flavor,
and much may be accomplished by
cultivating them.
The hazel nut will be introduced
largely before long as n commercial
product. There are now millions OF
acres in this country of wild hazel
brush, which is shrub about ns high
rs mans hend. Recently new spe.
cies of hazel nut has been discovered
in the State of Washington. 1t grows
on a tree sixty feet long, which, be.
cause the stem is too slender to hold
itself upright, runs along the ground
like viue. In every pod IL bears
two nuts in place of the usual one.
Crafts have been taken from it for
planting.
In England hazel nuts are largely
cultivated. When newly harvested
they are dried in lofts, after which
they are packed in casks with n
sprinkling of salt. In parts of Europe
thep are used, like tue chestnut, for
making bread, and an oil is expressed
from them.
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A full grown tree produces two bar
rels of nuts each season, which will
fetch 2l5 q barrel Wholesale. Thou.
sands of acres of pecans are now under
cultivation in the Gulf States and
California. More than fifty varieties
have already been named The nut
is native TO this continent, and is not
found anywhere in the Old World.
The pecan is species of hickory
nut. The largest and finest specimens
como from Louisiana. The improved
pecan has a shell so thin that it may
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PROPER WAY TO MOUNT.

same principles that govern balancing
in riding. The front wheel is turned
by the handle bar in the same direc.
tion in which one seems to he falling.
The pedal on the right side should
be raised to point from which 1t is
easy to spring into the saddle. When
it has been turned to that height the
right foot should be placed upon it.,
the hands holding the bar. A spring
into the seat should be made stimuli
taneously with revolution of the
wheel, which will enable the left foot
to reach its pedal. Practice and the
proper kind of skirt will enable the
rider to dispose of her draperies even
~ ON each side of the saddle.
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in great variety Of ways, being made
into soup, employed as a stufllpg for
birds. boiled and dipped in syrup for
a conserve, etc. Now and then chest
nut twig is fopnd which has series of
burrs all along it. instead of the usual
two or three that dangle together.
The Department of Agriculture would
he very much obliged to anyone who
will send to it freak OF this kind. 1t
means simply that all Of the female
blossoms along the "spike" that bears
the burrs have been fertilized by the
pollen. Ordinarily only two or three
of them are fertilized. II some gratis
OF the unusual growth described can
he secured, possibly the producing
power OF such trees may be multiplied.
Wonderful things are already being
accomplished in the cultivation OF
pecan nuts. 1t is predicted that the
profits OF plantations OF pecans in this
county will soon rival those OF the
orange groves OF Florida and Califor-
mia Pecans will yield from $500 to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
GIANT NUTS.
a NEW INDUSTRY FOR AMERI-
CAN FARMERS.
rhrcc-Ouncc Chcstnuts, Immense r'c
cans, and wninuts Big rs Baby's
Flst--IIandsome Profits for
the Nut Growers.

T3E long-expected nut bulletin
OF the Department of Agri.
culture tells about the giant
q nuts of the future-chestnuts
weighing three ounces apiece. pecans
two and half inches long, and Eng
lish walnuts as big as n baby's fist,
which will he grown by American
farmers before mary years have passed
by. In the markets of the twentieth
century such nuts as these will be
commonly found. Nuts are only Just
beginning 10 be cultivated in earnest.
Hitherto the wild crop has been relied
on wholly for the supply, and that is
the reason why the nuts of to-day are
small and inferior in flavor.
Printed herewith you will see pic.
lures OF two chestnuts. One OF them
is an ordinary, everyday nut; the
other is the chestnut as it ought to be
the cultivated and improved chest
nut. Both are of natural size md
copied from natural specimens. What
fine fellow the big one would be for
roasting He holds good big mouth
ful of luscious meat DO not imagine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
LARGE WILD HICKORY NUT.

for moment that this is French
''marron" or a Japanese chestnut; it
is of pure American stock. There are
no chestnuts like Yankee chestputs.
The marron is poor and coarse com.
paratively, and the huge chestnut of
Japan is no better.
The European, Japanese and Ameri-
can chestnuts are of three different
species. Both of the two former are
cultivated in this country-the mar.
ron quite largely. But the orchards
of fine chestnuts now being set out in
New York State, Pennsylvania and
elsewhere are from native North Caro-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
NEAPoLIrAN SALAD.

Set bowl with the yoks of two
eggs into cracked ice; add one even
teuspoonful salt, one-half even tea
spoonful English mustard, a little red
pepper; beat this two minutes; then
add drop by drop three quarter cupfui
salad oil: ms it thickens add little
white vinegar. one teaspoonful in all
then add one tablespoonful fine
chopped capers, one tablespoonful
tarragon vinegar, one quarter teaspoon
ful white pepper, and last one cupful
whipped cream OF add the beaten
whites OF the two eggs and one table,
spoonful uusweetened condensed milk.
previously laid in vinegar, into small
dice-shaped pieces, one-half pint cold
boiled potatoes cut the same way, two
hard boiled eggs and one-half cupful
pickles also cut into dice. shaped
pieces; to this add one-half pint
shredded cabbage. Pat the potatoes
into salad bowl, pour little of the
above sauce over them, lay the beets
and some of the sauce next the cab.
bage, then the eggs and pickles pour
the remaining sauce over the whole
and garnsh with n border of finely
shredded cabbage, hard-boiled eggs. a
little fine.chopped beets, pickles and
cnppra
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09

sleeves OF moderate size are adjusted
over coat shaped Innings, the fulness
at the top is arranged in gathers and
the wrists are plainly completed. A
narrow belt OF velvet encircles the
waist. The model devoid of ornamen-
tation can be cut with the closest
economy and tho design readily exc.
cuted by the home dressmaker. For
serviceable school wear tho pattern is
admirably adapted, and when worn by
very little girls q dainty white apron
Of nainsook will be charming sddi.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
MODES FOR MISSES.
SOME STYLISH GARMENTS FOX
YOUNG GIRLS.
Becoming Basque OF Chestnut.
Brown Wool Canvas aud Velvet
Neat and Serviceabie Waist
of Figured Woolcn.

j" HESTNUT-BROwN wool can.
| vas and velvet In darker
shade are stylishly combined
IN the modish basque, suitable
for young miss, depicted in our first
large illustration aud described by
May Manton. The fronts open over a
full vest OF figured taffeta which is mr.
ranged upon glove fitted lining and
closes in centre front. A deep folded
belt OF velvet confines tho front at
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09

waist line to hem, or are set row upon
row around the lower portion OF the
skirt. There are also models with the
front breadth almost entirely covered
with narrow rows OF fur trimming.
Waists have bands OF fur from shoul.
der seams to bodice point, and although
the combination seems trihe incon.
gruous, fur and lace and fur and gau2e
or chiffon are frequently seen. Eton
jacket and little outawsy fronts OF fur
are popular for house dresses Is we'll
~ street use.
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lima and Georgia stock. In these
Southern States are found wild trees
that bear ches,nuts an inch and half
in diameter, averaging quite rs big as
the imported marrons. They are OF de.
licious flavor, and are furnishing seed
for new plantations in many parts of
the country. Farmers are learning
that there is big money in growing
nuts, and they are going into the bust.
ness on considerable eca!c.
Abroad chestnuts are an important
item OF food supply. They are utilized
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
PLAIN WAISTS.

Our second large illustration por-
trays neat md serviceable waist
made of figured wooden. The glove
fitting adjustment, writes May Man
ton, IL accomplished by single bust
darts, under.arm and side.back gores
and back, through which the closing
is effected with buttons and button
holes. A plain standing collar of vel
vet finishes the neck. The stylish
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09

tion. while girls OF larger growth may
wear any one Of the pretty collarettes
Of white embroidery or baiiste now in
vogue. One waist copied from the
a'<;gs for miss of sixteen was Of in
digo blue vicuna, smartened up with
whiin linen collar and cuffs and n
pretty stock of ribbon.
To make this waist for miss in tho
me dium size wiz require one and one
half yards of forty-four.inch vide ma
teriaI.
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FOR TIE HOUsEW =.
BEETs.

The time for cooking this tasty
vegetable depends upon it's age.
Young beetroots will cook in one
hour, but this is only the first and very
young root, afterwnrd allow moro and
more time, till when winter comes.
three hours will be required for boil
ing large beetroot.
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$1,000 per acre OF profit annually. An
orchard of the trees will yield for
tune and big income for anybody
who has the patience TO wait ten
years for the trees to come into full
bearing.
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COAT WITH sbAsHFp COLLAR,

Fnwn box cloth made this stylish
top garment that is finished on the
free edges with straps OF the cloth on
either side in tailor fashion. The
jacket OF becoming length has tho
conventional box or loose fitting
fronts closing in double-breasted fash.
ion on the left side with two large
pearl buttons and button holes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09
To MOUNT A WHEEL.

Here Is an Important Lesson in Bi-
cycling.
To mount wheel with real ease one
needs to be man or knick erbockered
woman. But goodly part of the
wheeling army is neither. This part
may learn to mount with comparative
ease and with grace by the exercise Of
will power, by practice and by COM
mon sense. In mounting the great
difficulty is to balance the wheel.
Balancing to mount is governed by tho
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09

FANCY FOR FOR TRIMMING.
The fancy for fur trim aiming seems to
have run mad, and ermine and sable
are the favorites. Narrow bands of
fur cover the seams of skirts from
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-09

The Salvation Army's Industrial
farm in California for discharged con-
victs is 9 3l2 acre tract in San Roman
valley.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
SELECTED STORY.
While the Heart Beats Young.

While the heart beats youngl-o the splendor Of the
Spring,
with all her dewy Jewels on, is not so fair a
thing
The fairest, rarest morning of the bossom.tme of
May
Is not sweet a season as the season of to.
day
While Youths diviner climate folds and holds us.
close caressed,
AS we feel our mothers with us, by the touch of
face and breast-
Our bare feet in the meadows and our fancles up
among
The airy clouds of morning-whlle the heart beats
young.
While the heart beats young and eur pulses leap
and dance,
With every day holiday and life glad 70.
NANCE
We hear the birds with wonder, and with wonder
watch their flight
Standing still the enchanted, both of hearing
When they have vanished wholly-for, in fancy,
wing to wing,
We fly to Heaven with them; and returning stlll we
sing
The praises of this lower Heaven with treless voice
and tongue,
Evn as the Master sanctions-while the heart beats
youngl
While the heart beats youngl-while the heart
beats youngi
green and gold old Earth of ours, with azure
overhung
And ooped with rainbows grant us yet this grassy
lap of thine
We would be still thy children, through the shower
and the shne
So pray we, sping whispering in childish love and
trust,
With our beseeching hands and faces lifted from
the dust,
BY fervor of the poem all unwrltten and nm
sung
Thou eiyest us in answer, while the heart beats
young.
james whitcomb Riley, in August Ladies' Home
journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
The Story of
Puritana.

Prof. Dixi Crosby, NJ. D., IL. D.,
who for thirty-two years was at the
head of Dartmouth Medical College,
belonged to the famous Crosby family
of physicians, which for several gcner-
ations has furnished more distin-
guished medical men than any other
family in America. His father was
DR.. Asa Crosby, of Dartmouth, who
procured the charter of the State
medical society, of which he was for
thirty years conspicuous member;
one brother, DR.. Josiah Crosby, in
vented the invalid bed and the method
of making extensions of fractured
limbs by adhesive strips; another
brother, DR.. Thos. r. Crosby, was
chief surgeon in Columbian College
Hospital during the war, and later
professor of animal and vegetable
physiology at Dartmouth College;
while DR.. DiXi Crosby himself was
the inventor and discoverer of various
important improvements in medicine
and surgery, including a new and
unique mode of reducing metacarpo-
phalangeal dislocation, opening of alb
scess at hip-joint, etc, etc.
At the early are of twenty-four his
extraordinary skill and success in over
coming disease had already attracted
the attention Of medical men through
out the world, and won for him the
highest honOrs. His greatest achieve
ment was the discovery of an original
method for perfecting and compound
ing in permanent form what has be-
come known as his "prize formula"
and which, under the name of Puri-
tana, is legally protected.
The foundation of this remarkable
medical discovery consists of simple
New England roots and herbs, and the
original family recipe for it has de-
scended to the long line of Crosby
physicians from their Puritan ances-
tors. Its peculiar vegetable compost
ton rendered it necessary to brew it
whenever needed in the early DAYS of
its history, and after the scattering of
the Puritan families to remote local-
ties, where the necessary ingredients
were not to be found, many attempts
were made to put it up in permanent
form, all of which failed until DR.. Dixi
Crosby discovered means and methods,
the result of which is: Natures Cure
compounded in the laboratory of
Common Sense.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-05
Pebbles.

HoMEKEEP: "Ever drink any of
these substitutes for coffee?" Day-
board: i haven't drunk anything else
Tor seven years."
PRINCES of Wales are sons of the
reignlng monarch of Great Britain
walls of princes are very much like
those of other children.
A NATURAL BEAUTIFIER. Karps
Clover Root Tea purifies the blood and
gives clear and beautiful complexion.
For sale by WE. Terrill & Co., Mont.
pelier, Vt.
1.-THE Wilkinsons have broken up
and gone to boarding." eyes, they
have sold their house and lot to buy
wheels for the whole family"
THAT was tough on Davis"
What?" " He stepped on banana
peel, fell, and was arrested for giving a
street performance without license"
MUDGER seems to be coming money
noWadays." "Yes, he has invented a
safety coupling-pin and graphing iron
to keep women's shirt waists and skirts
together"
KARL's CLOVER Roof TEA is a sure
cure for headache and nervous dis
eases. Nothing relieves so quickly.
For sale by w. E. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier, vt.
-" You see, Mrs. Golightly, the new
silver dollar will be called dollar. but
1t will really be worth only half dol
lar" Well, then, why don't they call
1t two dollars, so it will be worth dol
lar?"
IT is said that an adult should drink
about three pints of liquid daily. The
trouble is that too many adults have an
idea that 1t is sin to water the human
stock, just as much as it is to water
railroad stock.
A FACT WORTH KNowING.-Con.
sumption, la grippe, pneumonia, and
all throat and lung diseases are cured
by Shiloh's Cure. For sale by W, E.
Terrill & Co., Montpelier, VT.
ARTHUR (wearied); 81 don't wish
TO seem unkind; but really have some
thing else to do in this world besides
making you happy Babs (his wife,
with spiriD: "Well, you ought to be
satisfied, then, for you IRE certainly
doing it,"
FUDDY. Hellol got back from the
mountainsl They tell me you stopped
at the Little Head. Was it homeiike
there?" yes; that is why left it.
Babies squalling from morning till
night, and not room in the house
where fellow could have rest or
quiet"