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in earnest. They had land once worth
ten dollars an acre. Now they are sell
ing it for $40, $22 and s25 an acre
and then letting real estate men turn
it over" again to hundreds Of immi-
grants from Illinois and Indiana. The
immigrants have seen how drainage
paid in their own states and are will
ing to wait two or three years when
they may decide to sell again-finally
for $50, SIS and 500 an acre. They
have seen the evolution and believe in
the future for experience has taught
them the inevitable benefits Of owning
drained land
The Marie des Cynges river is the
champion crooked stream Of western
Kansas and western Missouri. It be-
gins south OF Topeka and is one Of the
attractions Of the Ottawa Chautauqua
which 1t usually overfows about every
other year From ottawa it meanders
across the line into Bates county, Mis-
souri,, and zigzags across the south
ern part Of this county into Vernon
and back again before the Usage river
finally captures the stream and pro-
ceeds on. to the Missouri not so very
far from jefferson City.
4 The people OF Bates county have
\ N.e.srned to hear Of rain in Kansas with
fear. An ordinary downpour In
damp season means that the Marie des
Cygnes, usually an orderly water
course, will spread over miles and
miles Of country. There have been
times when during almost an entire
summer it was impossible to drive
from Rich Hill TO Papinville, small
village ten miles east and south Of this
place. Even In ordinary dry weather
long lakes Of pond lily depth must be
skirted by the roads. In times OF
freshets, the Marie des Cynges is like
~ to change its course by the erosion
Of the soft dirt banks man may
own acres of land before a rainstorm
and when the overflow from the
stream has subsided, he may find it
gone, perhaps over a neighbors field
or perhaps in the bottom Of the river
that has decided to change its course.
So it was not surprising that a few
levelheads got together and decided
that the overflow must be stopped.
They engaged engineers and found
that relief was possible According to
the engineers the 73 crooked miles
that the Marie des Cygnes took In GO
ing from one line Of Bates county to
the other could be shortened by max
ing a straight channel 23lk miles in
length. Losing 49ia miles Of the
crooks In this river was almost too
good to be hoped for, Now the reali- !
cation is only a few months in the
future
The steps in securing relief show
what persistence may do. Under the
old drainage law. a district for defray
ing the expenses Of a ditch could only /
be secured BY means Of an election.
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the price Of orris root. to be
had at the druggist This orris root
must be in its natural state before it
is ground up into powder A hole
is bored in each one OF the pieces and
they are strung together in ring on
a ribbon. This is tied into a big bow
at the top. The fragrance is exquisite
and lasts really for years. which is
not always the case with the Christ
mas sachet. The orris ring is intend
ed to be hung In wardrobe where it
dindses It's delicious scent long after
the Christmas festivities are a thing
Of the past. MARGARET AVER.
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Threaded Ribbon.

BED linen. lingerie, table linen and
even bric-a-brae seem to have been
drawn into the fad for threaded rib.
bon. All these articles. as well as the
ordinary wearing apparel hats in
cluded. are run through with ribbons
Of various widths Hence beading.
double-hemstitching and eyelet em-
broidery are having tremendous vogue
as the means whereby the ribbon
Eject may be added. In the case OF
crystal vases and the like the ribbons
are OF exactly the shade Of the glass.
run through or around the brim and
tied with a bow at one side.
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FOR BABY OR GRANDMOTHER.
stenelIed Basket That May Be Rut to
Various Uses.

One of the beauties Of stenciling is
the variety Of materials upon which it
may be used This means an endless
variety of things to make, and with
out having them seem to have been
run VI by machinery. With different
matenals, different designs and diff
ferent valors, the finished objects
bear little relation to one another
Wood is the incest thing for stem
Cling because il will take anything
that has color in it from the indigo
in the laundry to the ink on the Ii
brary table Dyes, tube paint, house
paint thinned down with turpentine
until the oil is overcome literally
anything with color. may be used for
stenciling wood The design is traced
on piece OF stencil paper Of light
cardboard, and cut with a pen-knife
or manicure scissors. This pattern Is
then anchored to the wood and the
color applied with an ordinary artists
brush.
A good thing to experiment on is
an ordinary little fruit basket with a
handle. Let the design be some of
the quaint little Dutch figures that
everyone is so fond of, or some OF the
sun-bonnet children that have taken
their place in almost every household.
These may be traced from the original
pictures on tracing paper for the nat-
tern from which to cut the stencil.
Or, il you can draw, make an original
design. Two figures, or even one. are
enough and they can be repeated
around the basket
Lay the stencil in place on the bas-
ket, and stick 1t fast with two or
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( The man with a small farm had as
large a vote as a man with thousands
Of acres. Trivial objections often were
magnihed Luckily. Southeast Mis-
souri-scott Dunkin. Ste. Geneyieve.
Cape Girardeau, Madison, sioadard
and few others-were also asking
relief SO after convention at Cape
Girardeau, in which Bates county par
ticipated, the present law was passed.
II permits the formation OF drainage
district much In the same manner that
sidewalks are secured in the cities
A majority Of the property owners 10
be affected sign a petition and the
county court takes action A majority
Of the acreage can force the building
Of drainage ditch The cost is as-
sessed in proportion to the benefits
derived
]. f. Kern of Butler and John ID
Moore Of Rich Hill took the initiative
and secured the necessary number Of
signatures. Mr.. Kern as the largest
land owner-he held 1000 acres-p per-
suaded the owners of the land to join
in the movement 1t did not take long
for they worked intelligently and
though court proceedings were brought
testing the legality Of the petition and
other incidental features, defeat in the
circuit court insured the standing %
the bonds that were ordered
Their total amount was 1910 600. but
the promoters had figured the cost
and the resulting benefits. They found
that In round numbers about 10000
acres Of land would be kept from the
dreaded annual overflow. and that the
cost per acre would be slO93. which
could be paid off on the mstallment
plan. The method of assessment is
simple, though unique The basis II
that land IS either overflow land or ii
is not, Assessments are made on each
forty acres, the size Of a mans farm
making no difference. Thus. Il 30
acres Of a certain 40" are overflow
land, the owner pays on each acre 75
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per cent Of the full $1093 fixed as tho
cost per acre for overflow land. n =
man has a high "40.' entirely sur
rounded by overflow land. he pays no
tax If half Of his "40' is overflow
land, he will pay on that particular
tract Of land $21s60, or half Of the'
$10.93 an acre.
The county court Of Bates county
let the contract for digging the big
ditch to Foohey & Sons Of Fort Wayne,
Ind. who in turn employed A. ".
Willis e Sons Of Pittsfeld, H.: r. H..
McWilliams of Mattoon, ILL.,, and Small
Bros. OF Iowa. TO help on different SEQ
tions. Foohey & Sons are doing the
biggest portion Of the work, about 19
miles. A. v Willis & Sons are doing
the deepest portion, at the southern
end Of the ditch.
Though the main ditch is 2311 miles
long. two dredge boats OF small type
are busy cutting laterals that viii
total II miles in length Small ditch
ing VIII drain lower places into them.
Already the county court has pur~
chased the bridges for crossing the
ditch--one bridge every two miles.
Each Of these bridges costs 5000.
and these must be paid for by the
drainage district.
I'VE have tried to complete this big
Job in the right fashion, said John ..
Moore. vice-president of the Farmers
and Manufacturers bank Of Rich Hill
"The property owners have already
made money, simply through the fact
that the ditch Is being built. ! know
of one man who protested against the
ditch and who has since sold his land
for a profit Of $1,000 Another has
cleared 10000 while the biggest oper-
ator is supposed to have put away
about s50.000 through the handling OF
this fine land.
Practically everything can be
raised on this soil It is rich, with the
alluvial deposits OF untold centuries.
The overaows from the Marie des
Cygnes have been the only drawback
to the development Of this part Of the
country. The drainage ditch clears the
land. immigration has already set In
and Illinois and Indiana are furnish
ing the biggest portion. They are the
best class Of immigrants, for they all
have money, are industrious and VIII
make this section Of the state mora
PROSPEROUS than ever before.
'sWlen the ditch is completed, which
will 0e within two years, this land viii
be worth as much as similar land Ia
Illinois and Indiana Its character IS.
the same. lt is close to the markets.
The health of the community is al
ready good. even with the overiiows.
so that there certainly will be no dam
ger from this source. Rich Hill al
ready has felt t. impetus of the ina
migration. The drainage ditch is 8
success. and win be more SO as the.
years pass
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TurimpntS eiong tae Ane o. our sug-
gestions. OF course such a home as
would result from them would be no
fit place for children, but then children
are going out OF fashion anyhow.
Some critical comments have been
advanced by students of art and eti-
Quette upon the fact that in the Can
ton monument OF President Mckinley
he is shown with his hand in his pock-
et Ordinarily we should be disposed
to agree to these objections, because
it is not quite the thing for a man to
stand that way. Children are taught
to keep their hands out Of their poek-
cts Orators who address multitudes
in this pose have from time immemor-
ial been subjected to remonstrances
for forgetting the teachings Of their
mothers in this respect, and we be-
lieye that in all cultivated communi-
ties the habit is regarded as a bad one.
Nevertheless in days like these per-
haps there is a subtle point of strength
in the representation. 1t will be OBJ
served that Mr.. Mckinley is shown
JTith his hand in his own pocket and
not in that Of somebody else, which In
an era of graft may be said to be sig
nificant-or at least unusual Were
the builders of the Pennsylvania CAPT
tol for instance to be rendered immor-
tai in enduring brass, strict adherence
to truth would require that they should
be shown with their hands in the pub
lie treasury. A statue to any one of
the latter-day leaders Of Tammany
hall In New York, to be Faithful to
facts, would have to show the indiyid-
ual with his paw In the pocket Of an
allegorical figure representing the tax
payers. A monument to certain stew
ards Of omnipotence now on earth who
have managed to corral AL the dollars
there are in the world, and four more
besides, would doubtless, if correctly
modelled, show Uncle John b. and
Cousin Andrew and Brother. II. II. r.
with their hands, if not actually in the
pockets Of the common people, at
least with their fingers reaching nerv-
ously out in that direction On the
whole, for the moral lesson it conveys
and as commemorating certain unusu-
Al conditions in his day and generation
we guess this pose Of the lamented
with his hand where 1t has
q right TO be, justifies its selection by
the sculptor, is appropriate, and win
therefore stand.
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the single strip Of ribbon forming the
bottom and ends, and extending out
further into two flaps. TO one Of
these are tackled two or three flannel
leaves for pins and needles. The
other is for tying over the top with
narrow ribbon, and serves as a cover
Rose Pin Cushion.
For the rose pin cushion, buy, or
make. a small foundatIon-the one in
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had for i've cents each. Tack a calen.
dar TO the lower left-hand side of a
palm leaf fan; to the, upper right-hand
side fasten thermometer. and tie a
good bow of corn-eolored ribbon to
the handle. up against the fan This
makes a pretty and really useful
adoFnment for bedroom OF sewing
room.
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AN oRRIs ROOT RING.
Nice Present for the Boy to Give His
Mother.

The small boy is really forlorn when
it comes to making Christmas pres
ents for mother. He wants to give her
some of his own handiwork, but his
fingers were not meant to sew and his
carpentering and carving usually end
in cut fingers and general distress. A
ring Of orris root can be made by any
boy or girl who possesses a small GIN
let, a sufficient quantity Of ribbon and
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the illustration is
two inches wide
by three high
and use two-inch
pink satin ribbon
for the covering,
The petals of the
two little roses
at the top are
formed loops,
knotted once, Of
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WITH PALM LEAF FANS.
Make Pretty Decoration for Sewing
room or Bedroom.
M. H.

A very inexpensive thing to do If
one has a large number of friends
whom she wishes to remember, and
does not mind giving them the same
things, would be to buy one or two
dozen calendars-just the little r.
sheet ones-and the same number Of
small thermowotars, which may be
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Sits, or eyelets.
through hic h
narrow RIB b on
may be run to
hold the spools
in place. Cover
the shapes with
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Going to lunch now7 why. it's
only II O'Clock"
"Wen2"
We'll surely you're not hungry so
early as all this"
NO; but will be by the time
The waiter condescends to serve me-"
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silk or linen, buttonholing the Sits. A
spool Of black silk, and one each of
black and white cotton make a good
combination.
M. H.
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slightly narrower double-faced satin
ribbon. Yellow artificial centers are
used, and either a bit Of green foliage
or bow Of pink ribbon completes the
gift An additional touch is given by
placing a few fancy-headed pins on
the cushion.
6odkin Holder.
For the fancy bodkin holder, cover
small cotton roll with ribbons and
then with alternating rows Of narrow
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II We cannot sell the Philippines
why not raffie them off? Well take
a chance at so cents, and If we win
them we promise to present the
islands to Andrew Carnegie to help
him reduce the fatty degeneration
from which his pocketbook is still said
to he suffering.
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Fancy BodkIn Holder.

est insertion and beading. Tie a bow
Of ribbon at each end, and put bod
kin through each strip OF beading.
A Thread-Holder.
For the threadyholder cut two
hearts OF pasteboard, making tiny
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s.A0 SNu'Ptol, Ao app 0PilGlSs duu Will
therefore stand.
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS.
1t is sometimes interesting when
one has nothing else to do to speculate
somewhat on how things would be if
certain illustrious personages Of for
mer times were among us to-day pur-
suing as Of old the evil or benedeent
tenor of their respective ways. How
our newspapers would have reveled in
the spicy details of the life Of the
much-married Henry VIII, for in
stance. What a fruitful source OF
mirthful inspiration for the humorous
paragraphers east and especial
ly west-would have been his matri-
monial entanglements, finding express.
sion, no doubt, in items like the fol
lowing:
The engagement Of his majesty
Henry VIII Of England to Miss Anne
Boleyn is announced. We wonder if
his royal highness has any more
queens up his Chicago Ca
zoot.
The king Of England is said to have
the largest collection of mothers-in-
law in existence. If his majesty is
looking for another we will gladly let
him have ours for s110, although the
lady has cost us at least twice that
amount in real money Denver
Whirald.
There's one thing to be said on
King Henry's behalf He doesn't marry
new wife without first axing her pre-
sor.-Portland Times-Bugle.
It's no use. Hen, old man. Brigham
Young is still As laps ahead of you
Dallas Landmark
The king Of England runs his matri-
monial trains on the block system
Washington Moon.
Looks to us as if Henry was trying
to corner the matrimonial. market.
There's job lot of old maids up in
New England, Hank, that's worth look
ing at-New Orleans Catterwaul.
In the British deck the queen seems
to be more or less Of two spot--Ari-
zona Flapjack
It's wise Englishman knows his
own cneen.-Boston Wig Wag.
One cannot, Of course, say just what
effect the work Of the paragraphers
would have had upon the achieve
ments Of such a man as Napoleon
It has not served very
much to tie disadvantage OF certain Of
our own great men, and yet there are
those who believe that but for the
Hobson would stin be q
hero, and Dewey's chances for the
would be less remote than
they seem at this writing to be.
however, the great Corsican
would have found many such items as
.hese in the American papers in the
course OF his career.
Emperor Napoleon has taken his
army TO Egypt to give it more sand
The Elmira Hornet
It's good thing for Napoleon Bona.
'afte tnat Kaiser William isn't born
'et. a real war lord or two that knew
lis business would make him look like
frame and half-Tonopah Spread
eagle.
Well. we are sorry for the Empress
losephine but then suppose instead of
marrying a princess he'd run of with
chorus girl? Cheer up. Josiei The
worst is vet to come.-Iarrisburg
evening Howl
Anyhow, the emperor hasn't had
ne cheek to claim that Marie Louise
MS affinity Pueblo Town-Topics
They say that affair at the bridge of
-oal was pretty strenuous. but it's
loiiars to petit fours that Napoleon
would have hinched trying to do the
anne thing at the Brooklyn bridge
turing the rush hour-N. Y. Bladder !
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Bernard Shaws latest advertising
dodge is to come out in favor Of polyg-
amy. Whether he will practice what
he breaches should be interesting to
the police, and yet after all would not
polygamy do much toward solving the
present very complicated so-called do
mestic problem? We are all of us
having trouble in getting cooks, laun-
dresses, housemaids and whatnot who
will consent to grace our homes for
any appreciable space of time, entirely
irrespective Of the question Of wages
Now, if by system Of polygamy a
man might marry his cook, his laun-
dress, his waitress and all the other
lady help of his household at the same
time, so that if they refused to stay
over two weeks, or positively declined
to go to the country, he could sue
them for divorce on the charge of
abandonment and get alimony, would
not the situation clear up materially?
For ourselves we are quite satisfied
with present conditions, especially
when the milliner's bills come in. but
we must admit that if the laws were
so amended that a man could have
highly specialized wives for highly
specialized duties it might materially
mitigate the sufferings Of others not so
fortunate in the matrimonial grab-bag
as we have been. 1t is undeniable thar
"a man who had a variety of wives
one to do his cooking, one to Iaunder.
one to sweep. one to play the pianola
and sing Waiting at the Church
when he felt the need Of sweet music.
one to stenog, one to darn his socks
and keep his buttons where they
would do the most good. one to talk
Ibsen. Shaw and Maeterlinck to him in
the silent watches of the night. and one
who was always ready to have a good
time in any old way that turned up.
would have precious little excuse for
being detained downtown on business
or any use for a club It might prove
a banhnpting venture. but we never /
theless hope Mr. Shaw will sacrifice
himself for the benefit of his fellow
men for whose moral welfare he is al
ways so solicitous and try a few ex-
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"The hard question with me" said
the vexed father Of a family the other
day, is not how to bring my children
up, The main point is how in thunder
| can keep 'em down"
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We know a man who is so incor-
rightly small and mean a molly-coddle
that even his friends refer to him as
a condensed milksop."
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The miniature work-box is a splen-
did contriyance to put in ones travel
ing bag But four inches long, there
is, nevertheless, room for tiny pair
Of scissors, thimble. an emery,
needles, pins, roll Of linen tape, card
Of darning cotton, two small wood
shuttles of thread, hooks and eyes
and few buttons. For the case pret-
ty ribbon should be selected, a triae
less than two inches wide. Cardboard,
ribbon-covered. does duty for the two
sides, which are neatly overcast to
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TO MAKE FOR XMAS
LITTLE GIFTS THAT MAY EE
MADE AT SMALL EXPENSE.
A Miniature Work Box, Rose Pin
Cushion and Other Things That
Viii Prove Acceptable
to Many.

Most OF as have begun to think in
earnest about our Christmas giving,
and every woman who enjoys fashion
ing her own gifts is on the lookout for
attractive little things that come with
in the limits of her purse and her
needlework ability.
The designs here pictured and de-
scribed are all easily made and have
the further recommendations Of
daintiness. inexpensiyeness and util-
a.,
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THE MAID ON THE DOLLAR.

THE LATE AUGUSTUS ST GAUDENS
SELECTED AN IRISH Girl. AS HIS
MODEL FOR THE FIGURE ON
THE NEW GOLD COINS
EXCHANGE.
The girl on file coin is an Irish lass
Flow happy It's that that should be,
For of all the fair maids IN beauty's class
There is none that's more coy than
She
Like the dolarl
She flirts with her eyes. and the smiles
that play
Like the sunshine across her lip.
VIII set every throb in your veins astray
AS she gaily gives you the slip
Like the dollar
The Irish girls heart is Of purest gold,
Though it be not for me or you.
II shares It's JOYS with the man that -
Who dares to 60 forth and to do
Like the dollar
'Tis sound as a trivet, and kind likewise,
And happiness brings in its train.
And he who questions its value denies
The truth of a fact that is plain
Like the dollarl
She's hard to win, and she's harder to
For those who are careless of work
She'll toll for you always awake, asleep,
She'll leave you the minute you shirk-.
Like the dollarl
But # in youth you are careful and
And guard her and hold her from
stress,
IN age she'll prove 4 protector 70 you
Like the dollarl