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than staying in the house all day ana breathing
the close air OF a fiat. Where do We go next
sunday"
For the benefit Of those who want TO know
practical details the following table Is ap-
pended
DiRdnc> CoH.
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Papa's Laundry In Use.


From the Jtftd Obssrrer.
The little girl in the family was inclined 70 answer
the doorbell about as soon as II sounded and some
times che gave answers 70 whoever might be there.
tha, were curious one day the man who collects the
packages of laundry al the door and asked II the
laundry was ready.
No" she replied. Papa has got Il on"
The sun., 1900-09-30

From N, Chicago Times. Herald
gentleman who mu,ton-chop whiskers and
check suit went into Chicago library the other day
and approaching one OF the attendants in the orcu-
latlng department said:
II would like n you please. 70 ave Homar's Rubi-
ayat and 'OmeT's HodeSSy."
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The Banner Place for sinners,
From Brooklyn In.

FFON HTOOKTVW TFWf
And you say" remarked Satan, that you really
like the place! suppose you look at the smoke and
imagine you are in Chicago"
"Oh, no, replied the late arrival from Chicago 81
haven't noticed the smoke. It's the population that
you have here that inspires me.
The sun., 1900-09-30
Nery Special Delivery.

From The Chicago Record
"Dd she get your bin"
Yes. directed 1t to her husband aud marked II
The sun., 1900-09-30
They Spoke q. They Passed BY.

From the Chicago Trtbunt
The motormAn changed his gong.
but the driver Of the coal wagon paid no Atien-
ton 10 him.
The motormsn changed again.
The conductor sounded a All alarm and yelled.
But the driver OF the coal wagon paid no attention
TO him.
Again the motormAu changed his gong.
Get out Of the way, there, you blank dash idiot"
he said,
But the driver Of the coal wagon paid no susn-
ton to him
Driving placdly along In the track al the rate OF
two miles an hour. smoking his pipe, he sat with
bumped shoulders, lost Ia thought.
a few blocks ahead was the crossing Of another
street car track
on reaching this crossing he turned slowly and
deliberately TO the right
The motormAn. wild with wrath. shoutedsi him
as the car sped BY;
--=-' - ~
Then the coal teamSter slowly and deliberately
took his pipe from his mouth and replied substan
TALLY as follows:
"-- -----l ------ --' - --- -"
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Easy 20 AdJust.

Then he replaced the pipe in his mouth and drove
placidly on lost In thought.
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houses il is not hard to imagine they are hoines
a." note Sot also" interrupted Dickey. the baby
"aThst u home without a baby?-- said l. and
Dickey shut up Speaking 8i 9%os horn ore WAS az
sarah RapaIje later changed 20 Rapalyea, and
that the date Of her birth was june = lo.o puo m
the fact is not well established as 10 the oc"'on
'h"oyWs Nv ''tE DOESN'T Brooklyn celebrate the day
any way, said Dickey, by having grand grand turn
"(iiye il up" said |. When | go there to
live IN see about It ,. -, go,
VIII you be trundinH nreS 6aeS bsa SasUe Sestio1 ion
Tor who knows what may happen l., ,,.
We did no? stop at the Bridge but VIZ in the same S6n
Observe this bridge, Dickeyi said said III
was begun by John Roeoli9S s72 ~ iSs and 1--WE Il Was
finished in May, 1889 Mr. Roebling died rom ON
an accident on the bridge in 1909 AND his son
Mac YIN in the cassons il Is 1856 feet above
tbo water' /, sos feet span, mile and furlong
in length it. has Mi 32o Sststn SsduS weight OF iisso
tons, and the whole cost was hi'een n''"'on7 Vi
doisaTd still. said Dickey lit isn't big enough
A., orrommodate the New York business.
!" "aITb9i'H IN becan,e New YORK l. the greatest
place Re Re ManhattSn sIl tam end of the Bridge We took
A MADISON avenue car and hied ourSseiySes YES
northward going along iSr. .he that isd between ZEN
he farms OF the Dutchmen and gave the name 1ls
m ,mI.' ,6a nresent street II Il almost a. mild
ond W harmless now as it was then. but there was
n time when the BOwery was the paWeIn ",n sn
neoIie who went there once would never &"
there any more. II. .,,. ia., ,ran.
a. Fifty-ninth street We made our iast ar matI, =.
far and at Eighth Avenue we ieit the car car az, AZ,
iIc clock showed half past 5, having been on
the go from siS in the morning, ana ho'"'hK
,n rcaily mar our pleasure any where,
"rWhnt do YOU think Of trolleying by now
I asked DIckey as We turned homeward: W..
Long Island Is not equal To- Jsr.ey or h.t,sr
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

flock itself should consist Of grades.
AS they have better constitutions they
will rustic better and prove more prof
liable. 1t is the early f1ocks of lambs
that pay the best. and early breeding
is quite necessary for success. The
ewes must be fed literally and intelli-
gently until the lambs are born and
ready for market. We cannot afford
to be niggardly in this respect. The
little lambs relish roots in the fall ard
winter, and it pays to have a stock
of these on hand. On the whole the
roots ceem to 90 them good, and they
require less of more expensive food.
The roots also help to keep the ewes
in good condition, but otherwise can
not say they are of any particular
value.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
The Cushion-at-Arms

The latest fashion in fancy work
is to cover a cushion with design Civ
ing a coat-of-arms. The family arms
may be emblazoned in cross stitch
with crewel or Berlin wood upon ore
side of a sofa pillow. No one will in
quire too closely If the family have
a right to bear arms, although ridicu-
lous mistakes are made by those who
are ignorant of the rules of Heraldry.
"a little knowledge" of it is partic-
ularly dangerous. so it is quite as well
TO take a deep drink from the Pierian
Spring. while you are about 1t. You
will please the collegian of the family
by embroidering mot his initials) but
the arms of the university, which is
his alma mater, upon cushion. This
will look well on the dlvan in his
dormitory or in his own room at home.
Get the design correct and have it
stamped upon the canvas. 1t will
then be an easy and agreeable matter
to trace it out This is pleasant fancy
work to have in hand in summer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Forcing the Egg Supply.

Forcing the hens to lay eggs is sim
ply assisting nature to perform it's
work in the highest degree. We sup
ply them with the needed elements to
make eggs. All the so-called tonics
and stimulants do little or no good I'M
less food of the right kind is supplied.
The tonics may increase the appetite,
and the stimulants may force the sys-
tenn to more active work, but the gain
reaction Is more than likely to follow.
If the right foods are given the tonics
and stimulants may, on occasions, do
good, but as rule healthy hen needs
neither. 1t Is only when she is run
down an MT in good condition that
she requires either a tonic or stimu-
liant.
All this being taken for granted. the
work of forcing the egg yield resolves
itself into careful methods in feeding
the hens. They must be given food
that will not al. go to fat, and If in
spite of the selection of the food the
birds show q tendency to fatten up too
rapidly they must be forced to take
more exercise. Keep the laying hens
busy in scratching a good part of the
day, and they will eat more and lay
more. Feed them plenty of ground,
green bone, pulveriZed shells. grit and
green Things. All of these, including
scraps of meat, contain the elements
needed by the laying hens. Be more
careful in feeding corn, which is sure
to produce more fat than eggs and the
bread, meal and similar fattening ar
ticles. After one has fed the birds lib
orally, forced them to take plenty of
exercise, and attended to their gen
eral nealth there is little more that
can be done. That is about all the
forcing that will pay. There are
other artificial methods, but their util
ity is rather doubtful.-Anne G. Webs
ter, in American Cultivator.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Dnke,a Advice to Girls.

The Duke of Devonshire. at the Dun
NOW School of Agriculture few days
ago, referred to the Indifference shown
by farmers to education.
my own experience in Derbyshire
is he remarked, that all the best
boys when they leave school want to
go into the service of great railway
company, and that all the girls want
to be dressmakers and milliners in a
great manufacturing town in Lanca-
shire"
He thought a great many of our
best educated girls would do great
deal better to remain at home and
qualify themselves to be farmers
wives. Farmers sent their children to
secondary schools so as to fit them for
some occupation which had nothing
whatever to do with farming.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

Observations and studies lead the
Illinois experiment station to offer the
following as some of the many reasons
why orchards are often unproductive:
First-Too many growers are expect
ing a crop to be given them without
putting forth any efforts themselves
after the trees have been set. The APP
pie require the same careful attention
as do other farm crops.
Second-Lack of moisture is q COM
mon cause of failure to the apple
grower in Illinois. This is because
grass and other crops are allowed to
compete with the trees for the mois-
ture supplied by rains. Water is just
as essential to the apple tree on a hot
the harvest field.
Third-Injuries resulting from at
tacks of insects or of fungous dis
eases are a very common cause of
failure. These depredators will prob
ably always consider that they have
as much right to the products of the
farm as does the farmer himself. For
this reason he must get his artillery
and ammunition and fight the enemy.
Fourth-Lack of fertility is a very
common cause of failure in southern,
western and some sections of northern
Illinois. The apple orchard cannot
produce a profitable crop unless pro-
vided with an ample supply of nitro
gen, potash and phosphoric acid.
Fifth - Some orchards in the State
which have come to the notice of this
station are Improbable because of
improper pruning or lack of pruning.
Light and air are essential for the
development and ripening Of the apple,
Sixth-Many varieties Of apple trees
have been planted without any
thought given to their adaptability to
the particular soil or climate. Loss
in apple growing is often wholly
matter Of varieties. -
Seventh-Trees propagated from I'M
productive stock have been RESPONSE
BILE for many failures. Scions should
be selected from bearing trees or
those which have demonstrated their
ability for productiveness.
Eighth - Sterility as a result of
planting an orchard of only one vari-
ETY. is a common cause of failure, in
part at least. Cross fertilization is
desirable with all fruits.
Ninth - Excessive climatic condi-
lions, as the February freeze of 1899,
or the killing of the blossoms by
frost, are oftentimes responsible for
uDnrOductiyeneSS
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

Lady Constance Mackenzie, pretty
petite and girlish, is a champion swim
mer in England. She recently dem
onstrated her ability to hold this cham
pionship at the annual swimming com
petition of the Bath Club.
Among the feats performed by Lady
Constance on this occasion were swim
ming under water. ''sculling" and
waltzing. She easily swan a length
and a half under water, and also dis
played what is called shadow swim
ming" This is extremely difficult,
and consists of swimming under wa
ter and keeping perfect time with an
other swimming above. Lady Con
stance is about sixteen years Old
Philadelphia North American.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Yelling That is Popular.

ing are Worn. The preference is for
the fancy mesh without dots, or when
dots are worn, for large ones. There
is a double yelling that is becoming
a white tulle with an over-mesh of
cobweb pattern in black with a large
chenille dot, which is pretty. The fam
cy-mesh wells without the dots are
not nearly so expensive and are unus-
ually fine in texture. In buying these
care should be taken not to have the
mesh too fine, otherwise, when drawn
across the face folds give the effect
however young, is anxious to show
Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Autumn Cloths.

The coming of autumn makes the
necessity for choosing materials for
cool-weather apparel an imminent one.
Especially is it important for intend
ing home dressmakers to make selec-
tons early. and to be equipped with
information that will enable them to
know how to do this wisely. There are
fewer actually new weaves in the pres
ent season than have been seen in
several years. Poplins are favorably
talked of and prunelles. whipcords,
and Venetian cloths are to be among
the best fabrics employed by conserv-
ative tailors. Plain-toned effects in
cloths and embossed grounds in silks
may be said to represent the two
in a wide range of colors. including
tans that are almost as pale as cream,
and deep, rich, brown, blue and green.
The hair-lined striped cloths that have
figured so popularity in mems garments
will be adopted generally for the more
mannish tailor gowns, but the satin
faced Venetian cloths, prunelles, and
sublimes-the last silk warped and
effective-are to lead in fancy after
noon cloth gowns. Cancels hair, plain
fiecked, and suggested plaid effects
will also be plentifully used Cheviots
and serges will, as usual. lead in ia
yor for smart utility gowns that are
to do service for the morning walk
or shopping Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Poultry Notes.

Boiling the milk that is fed to fowls
lessons the risk of disease.
Warm washed boiled potatoes, with
kitchen scraps, make very good COM
bination.
Ordinarily hens and fowls should be
fattened at the expiration Of the sec
ond year.
Poultry is the cheapest, best and
most cor 7enient meat grown upon
the farm.
To raise poultry successfully you
must have suitable buildings and give
your fowls good attention.
Fowls often learn to eat eggs by
being fed the shells nearly whole.
Crush them before feeding.
Sitting hens can be trained to leave
the nest of their own accord by hav-
ing the door open at regular time
each day.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Passing of the Tan Shoe.

The popularity of the tan shoe for
women's wear is a thing of the past,
according to the statements of Lynn
(Mass.) manufacturers who have made
a speciality of their production in late
years. Without exception the makers
report a marked falling off in the de-
mand for them, and some concerns
have not sent out any samples of
them for this season.
One of the chief causes for the loss
of popularity which the tan shoe has
sustained is the fact that a tan shoe,
size for size. looks larger than the
black shoe. That alone was enough
to bring it into disfavor, and when,
in addition, it is considered that the
tan shoe, no matter how tastefully
made, could never compare with black
shoes of standard makes in style or
neatness of appearance, its speedy de-
cline in public favor as soon as the
novelty of the innovation had worn
off, followed as a matter of course.
This does not apply. however, to
the more elaborate articles got up in
fancy colors. such aa red, blue. pink,
etc, which are meeting with more and
more favor. The fancy slippers and
shoes made of these shades of leather,
and furnished with the French or
Louis Nv. wood heel, are being made
in great numbers this season by Lynn
manufacturers, who report most graft
flying results in the demand.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Shade For the Hog.

With shade in which the hog can be
in comfort during hot weather means
not only better health for him, but an
actual gain of a pound or more per
day with the same ration. that the
hog without such arrangement actu-
ally loses a pound or more per day.
One of the most perfect arrangements
for this purpose is made by placing
posts in the ground reaching about
four feet above the ground upon
which a platform is built of poles or
cheap lumber, and such platform ar
rangement covered over with a thick
covering of straw.
Scatt.r lime and salt on the ground
plentifully under this shed. The salt
draws damp and prevents dust from
accommodating under the shed. and the
lime is one of the best disinfectants
that can be used about hog lots, and
also destroys all unpleasant odors.
The absence of side walls allows
perfect ventilation. One upon trying
this plan will be surprised to find how
comfortable and pleasant it is for the
hog beneath the shed during the hot
test of the weather, and how much he
receives from the extra growth for the
small outlay Of labor in constructing
such shade.
Plenty of pure water for drinking
purposes should be kept at all times
within easy access of the hog, espe-
cially during hot weather. - Farm,
Field and Fireside.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

The common parsnip is a root that
always brings good price in market.
1t can be grown as cheaply as any
other whe the proper conditions are
observed, and these are not nearly so
difficult as many are apt to suppose.
Yet the price remains high, and there
are times nearly every winter when
the demand cannot be supplied except
at rates which if the grower could get
them would make this the most profit
able crop grown. In such cases it is
the fact that parsnips are held back
by the difficulty of getting them to
market that makes them scarce, rather
than any real deficiency in the supply
if it could be brought to the con-
sumner. The parSnip is so hardy that
it is often left in the ground all winter,
and thought it must be frozen it thaws
out in contact with the soil and its
flavor is not injured. There is a diff
Guilty with those parsnips that are
wintered where they grow. The plant
starts to grow so soon as the ground
thaws, and after the first green sprout
appears it very soon becomes unfit to
eat. For this reason most growers
put the parsnips in underground pits,
covering them we'll with earth and
throwing some water on this to pre-
vent them from drying out. From
these pits they must be removed early
in spring an placed in close proXim-
ity to ice so that they will always be
kept at near the freezing temperature.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
The GRAY Haired Woman.

What mistake women often make
in dyeing the hair. The woman of
gray hairs is often much more attract
i've than in her youth. Hair prema-
turely gray is not desirable, of course.
but when the skin is whitening and
wrinkling the color leaving the lips
and the curves of chin and cheek turn
ing to angles, gray hair has a wonder
fully softening influence. Dyed hair
on an elderly woman plays havoc with
the complexion, bringing out sallow
touches that almost verge on green,
and giving repellent hardness of
expression to the eyes. A dark wig
is a monstrosity that ought to make
an elderly person eligible for the asy-
1um for the feeble-minded. Nature is
the best artist, when all is said. and
any tamperlng with her painting in
a normally healthy body Is fatal to
good looks. White haired women. too.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Seen in the Shops.

Horseshoe pins in high favor for
belt or stock.
More ribbons apparently being
bought than anything else.
Nuns yelling trimmed with foulard.
the promised smartest early fall gown.
Unlined wool skirts in allegiance for
several seasons past, again TO the fore.
Silk gowns, both figured and plain.
decided figures in midsummer fash
ions.
A new-shaped Greek sleeve notice
ably prominent on the latest summer
| negliges.
Maltese and Irish guipure, two of
the fashionable laces most effective
for trimming taffetas.
Round corners distinguishing the
latest little turned-over collars of dain-
ty null, embroidery or lace.
The high band turned-over linen col
lar and string tie still remaining the
proper shirt waist neck finish.
Lace still to remain the fashionable
garniture for fall but to be used in
entirely different effects than last sea-
son.
Black fitted nousseline de sole
gowns distinctively and oddly trimmed
with three sets of plain mousseline de
sole ruffles.
A return to the use of the balayeuse
assured. caused by fashions mandate
for flowing top effects and fluffy ruftied
skirt bottoms.
Old-fashioned round collars of lace,
adjustable, steadily growing in favor
and promising to be the inseparable
silk waist adjunct of the fall.
Sets of different colored velvet stock
and girdle fancy buckle adorned, to
give a smart touch of contrasting color
to black, white or light-tinted gowns
The latest ribbon belts simply
crossed IN the centre of the front
pulled way down and their short,
pointed ends fastened with horse
shoe pin instead of buckle or clasp.
The export of frozen fruit from New
Zealand to England will begin soon.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
Early Breeding of Sheen.

Good treatment has of course much
to do with the earlier breeding of all
sheep. If they are poor and thin
they will not show much desire for
mating, and sometimes it is impossible
to bring them around with any kind
of success. Ewes intended for early
breeding should not be made to live
out in the hot sun without any shelter
from it IN the middle of the day ex-
cept such as they can find on the shady
side of a fence. Provide them with
sufficient shade, good pasture and
plenty of clean water through the
summer, and then before you want to
breed then feed them literally on
oats. This will often help to bring
them around and give the desired re-
suits. Always have thoroughbred
buck at the head of the flock. but the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
The Latest Wrinkle IL Teaching Mill.
merry and DressmakinG.
ART OF cosTUMINc.


Art is now applied to millinery and
dressmaking. In all the industrial
schools where these subjects are
taught according to the most improved
methods the study Of drawing now ac-
companies instruction in trimming and
making bonnets, and cutting, fitting
and fashioning gowns. The teacher
of drawing as applied to millinery has
her pupils sketch faces. She shows
them that person with a down turn
ing nose should not wear hat with
a forward dropping brim, and con-
versely that the woman with q nez
retroussee should avoid an upturned
hat. The pronounced feature of face
should not be emphasized. says the
teacher, of millinery drawing. Draw
ings of feathers, flowers. different
styles of bows and other kinds of gar
nishing are made and the grouping of
trimming studied in detail on differ
ent styles of hats. In the dressmak-
ing class drawings are made from
models. the lines of the body are stud.
led and fashions adapted to short. tall.
stout and thin hgureS pointed out TO
the class by illustration. One Of the
city Industrial schools obtained las.
winter the privilege of taking its pu-
pills to one of the large department
stores to make sketches of the latest
importations in gowns. The young
women went in twos and threes aud
seated themselves in secluded spots
in the big display rooms and made
the most of their opportunities TO cap
ture hints of trimming, detail aud de-
sign, which the limited horizon IF their
daily life would never bring them in
view of. On the return to the school
rooms, using a member of the class
as model, an attempt was made in
every case to duplicate the graceful
lines of the Paris confections.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20

inches above this perforated with
holes. Air is admitted to the two
inch space through holes in the sides
of the box. A small one-burner oil
stove beneath causes a constant cur
rent of warm air to pass up through
the box lin which the fruit can be
placed on tiers of Slated shelves, and
out at the top through the small open
ings in the Sides. The whole of the
bottom of the box is covered by the
sheet iron.-New York Tribune.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-20
! FARM AND GARDEN.
Weeds in the Strawberry Beds.

Strawberry plants may be worked
until the rows are full of runners. and
should any weeds or grass appear in
the rows pull them out by hand, as
every weed that goes to seed in a
strawberry row means hundred or
more next spring. The beds will last
two or three years if kept clean this
year.