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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

An old silk handkerchief or soft
cheesecloth makes the best buster and
chamois skin is also good. The keys
may be washed with cloth dampened
in milk; alcohol may be used if they
are much soiled. A piano should never
remain open over night, nor should it
remain closed fer long periods as the
keys will turn yellow. A professional
polisher should be employed to do the
case over when it requires it. Never
use any liquid relish on the piano IN
less Endorsed by reliable piano man
ufacturer. With care a piano should
not have to be Gone over very often.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Makinu-Oxer Hints

Skirts trimmed with folds Of silk or
velvet ribbon in tuck effects can have
any necessary piecing for frightening
or freshening the dress at lower part,
done beneath one Of these bands, and
the same holdsgood for waists SIM
ilarly ornamented. frequently a waist
is found to be hopelessly short-waist-
ed, and for such instances the cross
wise folds seem especially to have
been invented. Make the folds take
slight upward curve to the middle
front from sides, and there place little
loop bows.
A dress sent to be dyed should have
the hem rugged out as the mark ordi-
narily at hem edge is effaced during
process.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

suggested by our sketch will be found
very useful one. 1t consists of a
piece OF prettily colored ribbon, with
the words Answered" or "Unanswer-
ed" embroidered upon it, and it is
tied round the letters and fastened
with smart little bow on one side.
Ribbons embroidered with the words
Paid" and Unpaid" are useful also
for tying up our bills, and at once in
form US which packet requires our
attention. Care should be taken to
embroider the word in the right place
on the piece of ribbon so that it will
appear In the center on the front Of
the packet Of letters or bills after
they have been tied up.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

slightly toward the shed, and in this
way heavy machinery may be backed
in by hand, all that is necessary being
to raise the tongue and direct its
course down the incline and into the
shed. Every man who has backed
machinery into shed with horses
realizes that there is more or less liza
bility to accidents in placing vehicles
or machinery in a shed by horse pow
er, especially if the building is well
filled with machinery. 1t should be at
least 16 feet wide to accommodate
wagons and manure spreaders and
even then a portion Of the tongues
must be on the outside.
AS to length, this may be arranged
to suit the amount of machinery that
it will be necessary to shelter.
Take large cedar posts, which are
kept at most lumber yards or in tim
bered sections, or suitable posts may
be taken from the timber lot. These
should be set in the ground eight or
ten feet apart, or at such distances as
will permit the machinery of various
sizes to pass between. The post holes
should be dug sufficiently large to al
low tamping them with grout made Of
cement and sand. It is also advisable
to place a fiat rock in the bottom Of
each hole to afford a substantial sup
port to the posts. This shed can be
boarded and rooted to suit the tastes
Of the builder. The entire front should
be provided with sliding doors, except
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
FINE CROCHET EDCINC

Work 8 chain stitches, turn, treble
IN the fourth from hook; do not COM
piete the stitch but leave the last two
loops on the hook; work a treble in
each of the other four chains in the
same manner, still leaving the top
loop OF each on the hook, :, draw the
thread through all the six loops at
once and secure with a chain stitch,
4 chain, treble under the loop Just
made, more trebles into the same
place with one chain between each
treble, double treble into the end
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

this month and am airing my griev-
anves. My grievance against the
shirt-waist is one of long standing. I
have no patience with women who put
them on and wear them all day.
Whole dresses of any sort are prefer
able, the shirt-waist having two func-
lions only-for morning wear and
with the short skirt for walking.
The long coat is my ally against the
grievance. 1t encourages whole
dresses as well as thin dresses. Not
that suits are poor investment. In
deed, for autumn they are valuable,
an excellent garment for use between
seasons before styles are really set.
But remember that they are go-be-
tween only, costumes Qike the shirt
waist) for certain occasions. The long
coat is for all occasions.
l am so accustomed to look ahead
in this dress business that instructive
ly consider the long-coat question in
the light of the future; and in consid-
ering I scent danger, the danger
lurking ever in the wake of popular
style. I have come round again to the
evil of the hackneyed model.
Now the hackneyed> model in
dresses is bad enough, but heaven
spare rs from uniform of long coats!
Make yours different or diei Don't
submit to be duplicated dozen, two
dozen. hundred times! And to do
so you must avoid the striking things,
! just as, if wise, you will avoid the
| broad stripes and coin spots in dress
goods-purely fad of the moment.
1t is the pronounced style that is
| most copied. Marked fashions invari-
ably catch the eye of the woman lack
ing in individuality, and, sheep-like,
she follows them.
The Stiffness of women of modest
means who buy the so-called fashiona-
BILE thing because it is new and strik-
ing is quite as silly as the Stiffness of
the rich woman who buys hackneyed
models in Paris and thinks that be-
cause they are French made they are
well made.
Every woman her own designer"
would not be bad watchword. Think!
l say think! Think before you buy"
is but another version of Look before
you leap" Insist on something diff
ferent," just different enough to lift
you out of the crowd and yet keep you
in the line of good style.
This may be free country, but
think there is less freedom of thought
here, so far as dress is concerned,
than In any country of the world.
And the women are not the only gull
ty people. Look at our men! They
put on their straw hats and take them
OFF on order of the calendar. Abroad
man wears straw hat in the au.
tumn if the weather permit.
Ao7h Nu@~ RN
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stitch OF the previous row, turn; 8
chain, double crochet between the
second and third treble Of the last
row, turn; 3 chain, a treble into each
OF the nearest 5 chain of the loop,
keeping the top loop of each treble on
the hook as before; repeat from :
for length of lace required.
For the lower edge commence from
the beginning of the work, chain into
the nearest chain loop. ., 8 chain into
the same place, chain into each Of
the next two loops, 8 chain, pass to
the next loop and repeat from >.
For the heading work 1 treble into
every other stitch with ! chain Ia.
tween each treble.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Practical Machine Shed for Farm

A good machine shed is ono OF the
money saving buildings Of q we'll reg
ulated farm. It should be 80 located
that the implements can be placed
therein with the least possible incon-
venience. II it Is to shelter the im-
PIGMENTS Of every day use as wagons,
manure spreader, ETC.. it should be as
near as possible to the place where
the unhitching Is done, as a man is
very apt to yield to the temptation of
leaving machine out Of doors when
he must go far out OF the way to put 1t
into a shed. Another Inconvenience Is
to have it located on ground. inclining
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

It has long been suspected that the
common horsetail weed when growing
in pastures or hayfelds in large guam
titles, has poisonous effect Oh horses
and the results of an experiNent in
Vermont confirm the idea to some ex-.
tent. The horses for the experiment
were, Of course, not valuable ones.
They were fed hay containing insreas-
ing quantities of horsetail weed, Until
after five weeks nearly half the hay
was OF this material For the Hrst
few days the animals seemed to ike
fha vAAd bud took It more and more
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

The art of the veil is In the draping,
beyond doubt, and, indeed, 1t is no
small accomplishment to hang the
mesh gracefully and comfortably over
some of the fashionable but decidedly
bizarre hat brims.
For the ordinary mushroom hat, now
in fashion, yard and a quarter Of
yelling is needed.
Always arrange the veil over the
face and front part of the hat first.
See that, If there are dots, they do not
interfere with the line Of vision. Then
draw it back carefully and evenly, not
too tightly over the nose, but drawn
up little so as to make it touch the
chin and just cover the curve. Then
pin 1t at the back. A veil should be
neither too tight nor too loose over
either chin or nose.
The choosing of veil is almost az
important as that of the hat itself A
large open mesh requires a fresh, clear
complexion; with hair turning gray
white wells should be avoided, as they
make 1t appear grayer than ever.
Red hair with a brown veil takes a
particularly pretty auburn tint, and a
black mesh is even more becoming. A
red veil should only be worn over a
clear complexion, otherwise the blem
ishes will be magnified.
The blue veil is usually very becom
ing to a blonde with a fair skin; II
seems to give her color. So does
brown. Brown is, in fact, the most
generally becoming color and the most
satisfactory for everyday wear.
1t must be remembered that wells
resting against the skin absorb mois
ture from the face and dust from the
street and are unsanitary, unless care
fully brushed and aired and cleaned
after wearing. Even then it is never
we'll to wear one veil to long. If the
pocketbook cannot stand a large out
lay, cheaper meshes more often re
newed are better both for the sake Of
hygiene and Of appearance, for 6
stretched veil is untidy. Besides, g
loose veil is uncomfortable and irritat
ing and the wesrer constantly fingers
1t with ugly and unsanitary effect
The eyelashes are apt to turn white
at the tips if veil is worn too tightly
drawn against them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Asters are generally in their prime
at this season and are exceedingly
pretty made into shower bouquets.
Their lasting qualities also commend
them for use at weddings. Late in the
month crysanthemums are in bloom,
though strictly speaking they are the
November flower. A bride may always
choose her own favorite flower for her
bridal bouquet, thus making it individ-
ual. OF late white violets have been
very popular.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Chicks improve Land.-A we'll
known poultryman says that on field
where three years ago scarcely
enough grass grew to wipe a scythe
and where chicks have been raised
during the past three seasons he
raised this year heavy crop Of grass.
He says that nothing will make grass
land as productive as using it as q
range for the fowls during the late
summer and fall.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

ing IN front Of the wagons where n
WIN Be necessary to have swinging
doors With openings for the tongues
which must extend partially outside.
The balance Of the front may be COW
cred with sliding doors either hung on
q double track that they may slide
past each other, or on single track
that must extend beyond the end of
the building as 1t is often desired to
have large part of the building open
at the same time.
The ground should be very level
about the shed that the boarding and
doors may come close to the ground to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
JACKET FOR BABY GIRLS.
Cool and Smart Made Either in SILK.
Muslin or Lawn.

This dainty little jacket is suitable
to be made in silk, muslin or lawn. 1t
will be found much cooler and smarter
for summer wear than an ordinary
pelisse.
Our model is in white Jap silk, edged
with full frill Of fine lace Sewn on
over fine piping cord The deep col
lar is trimmed to match, and is further
ornamented with lace or silk-embroid-
cred appliques, the silk of the collar
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

keep out the poultry, as there is no
other place as attractive for roosting
places for chickens and turkeys as on
the machinery in the machine shed. It
is well to have the doors high so that
the binder may be put in without TAX.
ing of the reel, or top buggies without
lowering the tops.
The difficulty of the posts rotting at
the top of the cement as they do when
set out Of doors, is not experienced
when they are placed on the inside of
building, :,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Watering the Horse.-There are
many rules for watering horses. The
horse himself would be pretty good
Judge if he had opportunity. A little
water at time, hot or cold, and when
they need 1t is safe rule. Let them
have water that comes from the same
source each time and at about the
same temperature. Don't mix hot and
cold water.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

freshments are termed a breakfast; II
after that hour, the word refreshments
Is used, except II the hour is six or
seven, when a regular dinner is served.
but this Is most unusual. Seating the
guests at small tables is proper and
very nice. but it requires more work
and more walters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

First the minister, groom and his
best man enter and await the bride at
the altar. In this case there being
three ushers, they should each escort
a bridesmaid, then the flower girls
followed by the bride alone, or accom-
panied by the person who is to give
her in marriage.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

A Prince Albert coat, gray trousers,
white or light fancy waistcoat, patent
leather shoes, four-in-hand tie, light
in color. and silk hat completes the
correct attire for a groom at a morn
ing church wedding.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

reluctantly until at last they could
not be induced to take 1t. The effects
were shown on the muscular system.
the loss of control In the leg move
ments and in loss of flesh. also loose
ness OF the hair and sensitive condi-
ton OF the sides and shoulders. The
feeding was continued about two
months. Neither OF the animals died.
but were In q serious condition from
the effects OF the weed. Horsetail
grows chiefly In run-out mowinxs:
where the weed IL at all plentiful the
land should he pIoved and re-seeded.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Refreshments for Home Wedding.
AT home wedding. just relatives of
the bride and groom being present,
what Is proper to serve? Is it neces-
sary to have the guests seated at
tables or can the luncheon be served
by walters from one table, the guests
being seated about the room?
M. A. H.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
ADVICE FROM MADAME MERRI.
Hints for Entertainments and Other
Social Matters.
Flowers for an October

Flowers for an October Wedding.
Will you kindly inform me what
flowers are appropriate for an October
wedding. for the bride. maid of honor
and bridesmaid? MAXINE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Care of Piano.

Would you please tell me what is
best to dust piano with, so as not to
scratch it in anyway, and also what
can be done to always keep the fine
polish from getting dull looking; also
how to keep the keys nice and white?
M. A. H,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Proper Attire for Bridegroom.
1 am In doubt as to the proper ap-
parel for the bridegroom at a morn
ing (church) wedding. Would Prince
Albert and gray trousers be proper?
If not. kindly state what he ought to
wear. BETSEY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Proper PLACING Of Forks.

Kindly state if the tines of forks
should be turned over on the table and
on the plate when one has finished eat.
ing. MINNESOTA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

The fork is placed tines up beside
the knife when the user has flushed.
In like manner the fork is placed on
the table, never turned over.
MADAME MERRI
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

Serve the refreshments from one
large table in the dining-room, the
guests being seated around the room
this is the most convenient, You
'sReak Of luncheon. If the ceremony
Is performed before or at noon. the re-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11
Order Of Bridal Procession.

Order OF Bridal Procession.
Will you please tell me In what or
der the bridal party should enter the
room at home wedding? The party
consisting of three ushers, three maids,
and two little flower girls. Jap.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

N THINKING of styles to-
day as compared with
styles yesterday, when fash
ions were so fixed, so decid-
ed, I have come to the con-
clusion that there is one
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Copyright, 1907. The Delineator, New York
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-11

M. A. H.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19
COAL KING DEFIANT.

The anthracite coal trust now
being brought to justice in the
Federal courts by attorneys for the
government, defiantly answers the
charges preferred against it by the
nations representatives, and
brings up some ancient history to
excuse it for it's existence.
1t is learned on excellent auth
ority that the extraordinary cool
.oring" injected into the legal
phraseology of the documents was
dictated by "Divine Right Baer,
who with characteristic insolence,
demands that it be inserted into
the trusts reply in spite Of the
protests of the attorneys.
Baer admits that the Phila-
dclphia and Reading road controls
the stock in coal and iron COM
panies, and uses the argument adj
vanced against the late Senator
Hanna as a subterfuge Charges
preferred against the trust by the
Coal Miners union arc fully sus-
tanned in the admission made by
President Baer.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19

TO aid the enemy or to remain
neutral when ones country is at
tackled is treason. Yet it does less
tangible harm than the union
man who breaks strike and there
by transfers money from his fellow
workman's pocket to purses al
ready full. The strike breaker be-
trays his best friends, and in the
words of Cain asks cam I nv
brothers. kecper?'' Men with !:
keen sense of honor will starvc
and die rather than do a base act.
and when all workingmen become
enlightened enough to appreciate
their solidarity Of interests, the
I commandment which reads "Thou
shalt not unfairly take thy neigh
boris job'' will rank with it's con
gencr, '"Ihou shalt not steal.''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19

Not only is it right for wage
earners to organize, but under
present economic conditions it is IA
mistake for them not to do so. a
thing might be right in theory and
wrong in practice. Thus it is
theoretically right to build a house
on any part of ones ground, but
wrong if it ncedlessly shuts out the
light or air from ones ncighbor or
violates the city's building laws.
Abstlacty speaking, the China
man and the non union man have
perfect right to work in Charles
ton for 10 cents 4 day, but as a
matter of fact they have no such
right because its exercise would re-
duce the wages of other working
men, lower their standard Of living
and cut down the income of the
community. No freedom of CON
tract can give one the right to turn
back the tide of human progress
which is lifting up the most useful
and most numerous class in society
and is born of the heav
ed instinct of healthy discomfort.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19
ALWAYS BE FAIR.

There are always two sides to an
issue. If this could be borne in
mind, there would be less criticism
OF grievance committees. Fair
management of companies do not
discharge men for amusement.
They do not issue Objectionable
orders for the mere purpose of an
noying employees. There are al
ways causes. Those causes are
what officers and committees are
up against in seeking adjustments.
There is often more to securing an
adjustment than passing Il motion
to instruct the committee or officers
to take up the grievance. Often
it develops that the other fellow
meets the grievance with a gricv-
ance. Then; if it may be expect
cd that the management of the
company will be fair with the COM
there should be an assur-
ance that the organization and it's
officials will also be fair. Officers
ola labor union are human, and
possess no superhuman powers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19

The trade union demands that
employers shall treat their work
men as they themselves would
wish to be treated if they were in
the workman's place. Can any
one justly find fault with this!
Are not the men who till the soil.
and whose skill and muscle are in
strumental in producing all those
things that contribute to human
happiness, entitled to every thing
that human comfort justly de
mandS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-19

We respectfully call the attention
of those who are gathered here at
the Governors invitation to de-
wise ways and means to secure
practical miners for West Virginia.
to an article elsewhere in this issue
taken from the United Mine Work
ers Journal, which will furnish all
the information necessary to ac-
complish the purpose for which
you are assembled.