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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-12-12
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Rive as a Cover Crop.

The practice of sowing rye upon
gardens and all fields which can be
cleared of their crops in September
cannot be too closely followed, espec-
tally upon lands that are on side hills
and liable to be washed by the rains
and thaws of the winter and spring.
The roots will get strong enough to
hold the soil from wasting off into the
holloWs, and if one also follows the
plan now very common and well ap-
proved by all who have tried it, of
putting on the manure during the win
ter, the growing rye will take up and
hold the fertilizing elements in the
SOIL. not only preventing their waste
but rendering them up in most avail
able form, as it decays in the soil
after the spring blowing. 1t does not
furnish as much nitrogen to the soil
as clover, peas or vetch when it is
plowed in, but it is ready for plow-
ing early, it supplies the vegetable
matter that many soils lack, and helps
to tighten up soils that are liable to
pack during the spring rains. The
seed is not expensive. Rye will grow
upon almost any soil, and seldom win
ter kills where water does not stand
long upon it in winter. 1t may be
sown even among crops still growing,
if they do not cover the ground so
that the cultivator may not run among
them.-American CultiVatOr.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
A Horse S Tail.

AS an essential part of appointment
the trimming of the horses, their
grooming, clipping, ETC., is most i'm
portant feature Since horses must
by the edict of Dame Fashion be dock
ed, it is strange that so little attempt
is made to suit the length of the dock
remaining unmutilated to the size of
it's hapless wearer. All horses from
the twelve-hand pony to the seventeen
hand landau horse are chopped across
the same joint of the tail, and the re-
suit is even more grotesque than the
hideous and wantonly brutal fashion
need make it. Large horses require
something more than the pitiful stub
usually left to make them appear de-
Gently balanced; and surely a we'll
trained switch is more graceful and
ornamental than the sharp outlines of
the square-cut tail. Nearly all the
animals are also "pricked" nowadays,
as if to hoist in perpetuity their meag-
er distress-signal at half-mast before
a callous world; but what any one can
see of genuine grace or beauty in this
style is verify a mystery. Names,
foretops, ears, heels, etc., are but
carelessly kept in exact order, and a
horse thus disheveled is as lily turn
ed-out' as his owner would be in his
evening clothes with a weeks beard
on his unshaven jaws-F. M. Ware
in How to Appoint Your Vehicles
in The Outing Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Make the Hens Work.

Physical culture has been extended
to include chickens, hens and other
fowls by recent invention of Penn
sylvania man. AS man undoubtedly
benefits by exercise, it follows that
fowls should do likewise. This device
is so constructed that the fowl, in or
der to secure food, is compelled to I'M
dergo increased exercises, as compared
with the ordinary manner Of feeding.
To carry the plan into effect, cir
cular plate about two feet in diane
ter is made to revolve on wooden
support, the circular plate being at an
angle from the ground. Adjacent to
the edge of the plate is feeding box,
open only at the side next to the
plate. Fowls desiring food step upon
the platform, causing it to revolve un-
der their weight. The result is that
they are compelled to move rapidly
forward to maintain position on the
platform which will enable them to
reach the food in the box. The frame
work supporting the circular plate can
be adjusted to accommodate fowls OF
different weight-A. L. Rogers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Each to Her Taste in Couture.

1t looks as though the admirable idea
of dressing ones hair to suit ones
fact, regardless of the prevailing mode,
is gaining favor. Its advantage was
clearly shown at one of the theatrical
openings this week, at which the Golf
fure of the women showed great va
riety. Some wore their hair elabo-
rately dressed on the tops of their
heads with many little curls introduce
ed in the arrangement. Others had
simple coils low on their necks and the
front hair parted while coronet braids
and pompadours like bushel baskets,
were also in evidence. Every woman
present must have had a contented
mind that is if arrangement of tresses in
accord with the individual style of
loneliness produces that condition
There seemed to be a decided prefer
ence for the tortoise she'll coronet
comb among the ornaments. The
knobs on the top in many instances
were almost as large as birds eggs,
and so gave their wearer top heavy
appearance, but as that was evidently
the effect they were striving for they
couldn't complain about it.-New York
Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Puncturinu a FaIlacy.

The barber applied the rich brown
dye with a fine-tooth comb, combing
it evenly into the grizzled locks of the
old man.
Hair dye, sir" he said; plain, I'm.
vanished hair dye, is the base of that
absurd fallacy about people turning
gray in a single night.
eff you investigate those yarns you
find that invariably they concern per-
sons in prison. Orsini, pining in JAIL
had his hair go back on him. Marie
Antoinette, languishing in cell.
found the deep hue of her hair chang
ing to an ugly gray. Raleigh, impris-
oned in the Tower, developed grayish
streaks with incredible speed.
1.-THE secret of all that. my dear sir,
is this:
"These prisoners, in order to con-
ceal their gray hairs, dyed it. In pris
on, naturally, they could not get hold
of dye and hence their locks whitened
at a miraculous rate. When people
said of them pityingly, that their ter
ror or sorrow had turned their hair
gray in single night they acquiesced
themselves in the deception, for is it
not embarrassing leave it to you,
sir-is it not embarrassing to explain
to the world at large that one uses
hair e?"-Philadelph Bulletin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
The Fashion Outlook.

What are to be the leading models
for the winter is question which in
terests all classes. Is the Empire
gown to lead in favor, or is the prin-
cesse style to be the most popular?
What will be the length of the smart
est street coat? Will all skirts be long
or short, and will sleeves be elbow
length or once again will reasonable
length of sleeve be fashionable? All
of these points are of vital Importance.
To begin with, Fashion has set the
seal of her approval upon the Empire
and Directoire styles; that must be
conceded; but just here must there
be a note of warning sounded for the
benefit of the great majority, who are
so situated that they cannot command
the services of expert artists at dress
making. Amateur skill cannot expect
to turn out satisfactory limitations of
these most striking models. In truth,
it is far wiser not to attempt the eccen-
trio and very marked fashions at any
time, but rather be content with what
is smart and becoming while inconspic-
uous.ZFrom the Special Autumn Num-
Der of Harper's Bazaar.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Fashion Notes.

Crab apple is one of the fashionable
reds.
One of the leading dressmakers Of
Paris has condemned the bolero to OBJ
livion.
Pompadour ribbon continues to be
used for girdles on the handsomest
gowns.
The tendency is to darker colors in
dress materials for street wear than
last season.
There is an effort again to establish
a vogue for colored shoetops to match
tailor-mades.
The fashionable sleeve for the tailor
made is below three-quarter depth,
but not quite to the wrist.
"Taupe," which is one of the seasons
fashionable shades in both gowns and
millinery, is a soft, deep shade of gray.
In Paris, according to Vogue" lace
is sparingly used even on evening
models and seldom, if ever, on skirts.
There j. nothing superior to broad
ClOlh LII \1ONAhS UP bhO AAAS WI II "a
a good tailor, and it is now very fash
ionable. 1t shows up defects, too.
If your arm is the proper size you
can follow the fashion of wearing your
necklace about it. They are seen both
on the bare arm and over the evening
glove.
very cherrd red toque has bunch
of dropping bright red velvet almonds
with the proper green leaves at its left
side. 1t would be very effective against
dark hair.
Edges are to have a finish during the
winter to come. Fringes of heavy
chenille and silk and bands of ermine,
sable or chinchilla will finish skirts
and coats.
Belts are feature of a good many OF
the newest storm coats. The coat that
is thus made to fit the figure closely
on a very stormy day looks little
more trig than the long loose garment
whose folds are tossed about with every
wind that blows.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Market Poultry Culture.
}. fat stock sells best.

Plump, fat stock sells best.
Hardness is very essential in breed
fng stock for market poultry
The fattening coop must be cleaned
daily.
Our American breeds make the most
attractive broilers.
Before marketing the carcass sew
up any skin that may be torn while
dressing.
Yard raised poultry are preferred
to farm-raised by epicures. Their flesh
is more tender and juicy.
Too much exercise makes the meat
tough and stringy.
The Plymouth Rock, Wyandottes
and Rhode Island Reds excel for stew
ing.
The examining system for fattening
fowls is not likely to ever become pop
ular in this country.
The American strain of Light Brah-
mas is preferable to the English type
for utility purposes.
Black plumaged fowls are not popu-
lar for market poultry from the fact
that the carcass is full of dark pin
feathers, making an unattractive look
ing body.
There is no better table fowl than
the Houdan, but the breed is not very
popular in this country compared
to our own varieties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Dancing at German Court.

The German Emperor insists upon
good dancing at court, and the arrang.
ing of an evening party is one of his
favorite pastimes. He is most anxious
that the court balls shall he distin-
guished for their elegance, and exacts
that the smallest details shall be care
fully planned beforehand.
Each year, therefore he chooses,
either from his bodyguard or from the
First Regiment CT cavalry of the
Guard, two brilliant cavaliers, who
are excused from all military duties.
These officers must. dance to perfec.
ton, wear their uniforms with distinc-
ton, and lead a cotilion with method
and dash. They open the ball with
princess of the blood royal and they
and their partners bring the function
to a close with a deep obeisance be-
fore their Majesties. Upon their sue
cess in this exacting role their future
career largely depends, and it is said,
and may easily be imagined, that their
exalted Office is no sinecure.- Tit-Bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
GARDEN, FARM and CROpS.
SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE
UP-TO-DATE
ACRICUL TURIST

Don't Talk to Your Horses so Much.
A horse who has always been made
to obey quickly, will respond to COM
mands from any one, whereas the
creature who has been petted and
talked to accords, unless hungry, scant
attention TO any one. We talk to
horses altogether too much, and it is
a silly and dangerous custom. "Whoa!"
should mean but one thing and slip,
slide Or fall, should meet with instant
obedience. Not another word should
ever be used, beyond possibly the or
der to "stand over" in the stall (al-
though even that is best unsaid) ex-
cept the "click" of the tongue for in
creased speed. The animals attention
is kept if you are silent--he does not
know what you will do next, and as he
distrusts and merely tolerates you,
even as he fears you, his anxiety is
always to find out what you wish
done, or what move you will next
make.-F. M. Ware in 1.-THE Mental
Limitations of Horse" in The Out
ing Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
A Shortage of Gray Parrots.

We are told, but all warnings do
not turn out true, that we may ex-
pect shortage" soon in the supply
of perhaps the most popular of all
our cage birds - the gray parrot
which comes from the West Coast of
Africa. 1t is curious and at first
sight very paradoxical, but the reason
why we are likely to be short of par
rots is that the time of the voyage
from the West Coast to Liverpool or
Bristol has been so greatly shortened.
The cause does not seem, in the alb
sence of explanation, to fit the effect,
but the actual explanation Is simple:
It is that the parrots, coming from a
much warmer climate than ours, ar
rived in the old days by slow and
gradual stages into the colder atmos-
)here; they had far more time to be-
;ome acclimatized. Now, with the
swift passage of modern steamers,
hey are plunged from the hot into
he cold with all the swift shock of a
turkish bath. The result is in very
large majority of cases fatal.-Lon-
Ion Spectator.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
The Ace of Heroines.

Is there likely, one wonders, to be
any age limit fixed for heroines? They
are getting older and older. A con-
temporary recently pointed out how
completely the girl heroine has van
ished. The innocent, trustful maiden
Of the old novel only had to contend
with some designing rival or to over
come the prejudices of her own or her
lovers family.
Experience is needed for the leading
lady" Of up-to-date fiction. She must
be a past master in the art of fascina
ton; we want to probe her soul. She
must have a good array Of 'scalps"
to show; she must be able to speak in
language which would i'll become babes
and sucklings. So we are advancing
the age of this interesting person. She
may even be the mother of grown-up
children; she might in some cases be
grandmother in the ordinary way,
But ought we not to demand an age
limit? Else where will the novelist
stop?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Learn the Care of Children.

"My girls, whether they marry or
remain single, shall be taught how to
care for babies and little children.
Where is the common sense in teach
ing a girl everything but this most i'm
portant one? The chances are in favor
Of her having the care of some child,
her own or not, as may be. My first
child was all but sacrificed to my con-
scientious, struggling ignorance. |
ought to have her spared all the suf-
fering / endured because of my own
lack Of preparations for the care OF
a little child. l would take every girl
l know and have her learn in some
practical way how to feed, clothe and
care for a baby. This is hundred
times more important than three meals
a day. / don't know what we are
thinking of that we disregard this.
Motherhood under present conditions
cannot be left to instinct" "A Mother
in Good Housekeeping.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Farm and Garden Notes.

For humble feet make the roosts
low.
Give the fowls a chance to scratch
and waller.
The more pigs SOW has the more
feed she needs.
On the average farm separator will
soon pay for itself.
Good butter was never made from
old or very sour cream.
Cows at the Wisconsin station get
an ounce of salt per day.
On the farm it ought not to cost over
fifty cents to keep hen a year.
You will have no notifies in the but
ter, if you get out all the buttermilk.
The older pigsgrow the more food
it will take to make a pound of gain.
Push the growing pigs and sell the
young, thereby reducing the chances
of loss.
Never give young chickens water
before they have received their morn
ing meal
Stops made of middlings and skim
milk are among the best foods for
sucking sows.
Sorghum seed is excellent for poul-
try, and as it thrives well on sandy
soil it may be grown for poultry food.
The surplus plants are weeds while
above ground, but are so much fertili-
ger when turned under with a plow or
hoe.
Sows can be kept in smooth, slightly
condition, and yet fulfill all the re-
quirements of abundant milk produc-
ton.
When corn gets too hard for roast
ing ears and not hard enough for feed,
then set all hands to work and fill
the silOS.
The old fashioned plan of having an
open floor over the stall is injurious.
The dust and hay seed should not
be permitted to sift down upon the
back of any animal.
There are a great many farms and
fields that can never be cultivated at
a profit. These, if planted with for
est trees, such as chestnuts, oaks, pines
and larches, will produce a growth of
timber which will be a source of
profit"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Fancy Yoke Blouse.

The waist that gives the sugges-
ton of a chemisette is the favorite
one just now, and is always dainty
and charming, and this one includes
illustration it is made of voile
stitched with belding silk and COM
bined with a chemisette trimmed
with pretty applique, but it is a
very generally useful model and is
adapted to almost all the materials
of lighter weight. 1t would be charm
ing in messaline or crepe de Chine,
in cashmere, or, in fact, anything
that can be made full with success.
Again, If liked, combinations of ma
terials can be made and the yoke,
the cuffs and the girdle can be of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

afford respite from the pest. A COM
mon sight out west is to see horses
standing heads and tails" whisking
the flies off each other faces. or they
seek the lee side of fire and stand
In the smoke for hours together. Gov
cred with great raw sores, produced by
the flies, they must suffer tortures
from these persistent enemies. Any
remedy to give them relief will, there
fore, be gladly welcomed by stockown-
ers. The Kansas Agricultural College
has, after several trials, strongly re-
commended Mr.. F. A. Marlat's prepar-
alton, which is composed of fish oil,
quarts; crude carbolic OIL 1 pint; oil
of pennyroyal, 1 ounce; oil of tar 10
ounces; kerosene, 1 quart This prep
aration may be applied with a brush,
cloth, or atomizer, and will cause the
flies to leave Immediately. With the
college herd of thirteen calves they
found that one gallon of this mixture
would make from forty to forty-five
applications, and a single application
would keep the flies off from two to
three days.
If the remedy be all that is claimed
for it, the preparation should be gen.
orally used by horseowners.-Quee
land Agricultural Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

the life raft with a bench or seat,
which can be placed on the decks
for lounging purposes under ordinary
conditions, but which can readily be
rearranged into life raft in event of
an emergency. 1t is so constructed
that in appearance it will represent
two common deck seats, placed back
to back. The backs are hinged to the
seats of the benches, and the two
edges OF the backs also being hinged
where they meet. Incased in the
framework of each of the seats are
alright compartments, by which the
raft is rendered buoyart in the event
of being placed or thrown in the
water. When used as a life raft a
fastening holding the two seat parts
together is released, which allows
the backs to assume a horizontal po-
sition in the water.-Philadelp
Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Feathers and All.

New York women are seriously con-
sidering the question, Shall we use
feathers as table decorations?" Some
matrons declare feathers belong to
hats and are not intended for the ia
BILE, because the scheme is senseless
and worthless. They prefer to have
the floral adjunct to their meals. Ost-
rich feathers were used at banquet
given in Paris in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Longworth, and she became SO
enthusiastic over the idea that, it is
said, she is planning to adopt it for
dinners this winter. In order to carry
out the feather scheme would not it
be a good idea to festoon the dining
room with feather boas and serve the
chicken with at least the pin feathers
In evidence?-New York Correspon-
dence Pittsburg Dispatch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
The French as Investors.

According to Newmarck, the
French statistician, the French peo-
pie hold stocks, bonds and other like
securities to the amount of $18,600,-
900, 900, the increase since 1890 hav-
ing been about $4,000, 100000. De-
posits in savings banks increased in
twenty years by 100000, 1000; the
number Of depositors by 100000.
Mutual relief societies increased their
holdings in that period by $4,000
600. The deposits of the great banks
of France in 1905 were 1919, 400, 900,
against s1S2, 100000 in 1885. The
Bank of Frances deposits last year
were 1854, 100000. The habit of
investing in Government and other
bonds is more widely prevalent
ameng Frenchmea, it is said, than
amoag other people. The peasants
find such securities very convenient.
Baltimore San.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
SiIaoe for Horses.

know silage is a good feed for
horses, for / have tried it. l have
not, however, fed to any great extent,
because / did not have as much sill
age as l wanted for COWS and horses
both, and as l thought more of my
COWS than | did of my horses, the
COWS had all they needed and the
horses had to go short. One winter we
had brood mare that was fed silage
all winter, probably twenty pounds a
day. She had some hay and straw to
go with it, and no grain except what
was in the silage, and she came out
fat and with glossy coat in the
spring and had a fine, healthy colt.
Horses like silage as we'll as cattle
do after they get accustomed to it.
A man in Michigan few years ago
wintered two hundred horses on sill
age and straw exclusively, with no
grain. They came through in fine
shape and the brood mares all had
fine strong colts.
The Ohio Experiment Station tried
feeding horses on silage through the
winter and reported that they came
through until spring in the best con-
dition. Mr.. w. c. Bradley of
Hudson, Wis, says that one year
during spring work he was
out of hay and the only coarse fod-
der his horses had during all that Pc
Rod of hard work was silage. He says
that his horses never stood work bet
ter.-C. f. McKerrow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
A stronaIx Guarded Ruler.

For years the Sultan has not been
outside of the palace grounds at YiL
diz, except when he attends public
prayers at mosque built just outside
the palace gates. Even then he is so
guarded and hemmed in by soldiers
that not one spectator can get within
rods of him. The palace is a fort
res in itself Vast barracks surround
it and surround a park into which nc
stranger may enter, while off Dolonia
Baghtche, on the Bosporus, two i'm
perial yachts lie always at anchor,
one of which has steam up all day and
night Spies patrol the city, Turk in
the public places, and worm their
ways into families whom by one lying
phrase they can ruin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14


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To this added the
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Goddess Liberty United
Building;
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Princess Gown in "Clothes."

One lovely gown worn in
Clothes, produced at the Manhat-
tan Theatre, was decollette princess
of canary colored chiffon velvet. The
bodice is trimmed with silk lace en-
broidered with gold colored silk in a
heavy flower design, and the same
trimming is inserted in the skirt from
each side of panel. The skirt is
finished with the velvet at the bot
tom. Semi-precious stones form the
centre of several small embroidered
silk bows at belt fastening. The
mousquetaire sleeves of white prin-
cess lace have the design carried out
in velvet. Princess lace is also used
to form a chemisette effect.