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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
What She Wore.

This is the description of a dress
worn at a Bermuda ball: I'm the max
ing of it over 10000 stamps were used.
Years were spent in collecting the
stamps, and three weeks in the max
ing of the dress, which was of the fin
est muslin. The woman called upon
her friends TO help her and the dress
was covered with the stamps of all ma
lions. They were not put on anyhow,
but in an elaborate design. On the
front of the bodice was an eagle made
entirely of brown Columbian stamps
Suspended from the birds talons was
globe made of very old blue revenue
stamps. On each side of the Globe
was an American flag, having stripes
of red and blue stamps. On the back
of the bodice was a collection of for
eign stamps in the form of a shield, in
the center of which was a portrait of
Sir George Summers, cut from old
revenue stamps A picture hat, cover
ed with red and blue stamps, was worn
with this remarkable dress.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
Desert Love Song.

Though far my way, and quivering the
red sands in the heat,
And fair and cool the Palm Well lies
where long still shadows meet.
Yet their green peace ] may not know,
nor slack my good steed's pace,
For journeys end shall find for me a
sweeter resting place.
have passed the white-walled city,
with its gardens dim retreat;
Lustrous groves a fruit-hung boskage
-tranced lure for weary feet.
Vain the rainbow-mantled blossoms,
and their fragrance to entihe;
ride to your soft petal lips, my Rose
Of Paradise.
Through the breathless star gemmed
darkness, in the wide forsaken
lands,
Am / lonely in the vastness? 1 have
dreams Of clinging hands.
should l. blinded in the dust storm,
lose the narrow homeward track,
though you whispered from the worlds
end, 'twould be guide to lead me
back
IT, ONeiil Gallagher, London News.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
Uorndn'S U)orId
Conducted by Helene vaIeau.
UNsPokEN WORDS.

The kindly words that rise within the
heart,
And thrill it with their sympathetic
tone,
But die ere spoken. fail to play their
part,
And claim a merit that is not their
own.
The kindly word unspoken is a sin
"A sin that wraps itself in purest
guise,
And tells the heart that, doubling.
looks within
That not in speech, but thought, the
virtue lies.
But It's not so; another heart NAV
For that kind word, as Hagar in the
wild
Poor banished Hagar!-prayed a well
might burst
From out the sand to save her psrch-
ing child.
And loving eyes that cannot see the
mind,
Will watch the expected movement
Of the lip
All! can We let its cutting silence wind
Around the heart, and seattle it like
a whip?
Unspoken words, like treasures in the
mine,
Are valueless until we give them
birth;
Like unbound gold their hidden beau
ties shine,
Which God has made to bless and
gid the earth.
How sad 3would be to see a masters
hand
Strike glorious notes upon voice
less lute
But oh! what pain when, at Gods own
command.
A heart-string thrills with kindness
but is mute!
Then hide it not. the music of the soul.
Dear sympathy, expressed with kind
ly voice,
DG u iet II IKE shining river roll
10 deserts dry-to hearts that would
rejoice.
On! let the sympathy of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless and
the weak;
And He Will bless you-He who struck
these chords
VIII strike another when in turn you
seek.
John Boyle O'Reilly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
Diet and Beauty.

Women who want to be beautiful
must pay attention to their diet. Buck
cts of lotions, pounds of creams and
skin foods. boxes of flesh brushes, COM
plexion rollers. soaps-nothing, not one
of these, can produce the slightest eff
feet in helping TO give the right color
and glow to the complexion that has
been spoiled by improper food, says
Womans Life.
When pimples make their appear
ance on girls faces many a mother will
even run to give blood tonics and such,
while still allowing their daughters to
devour fresh pork, chops, veal outlets,
but never bit of fruit or fresh greens,
because they don't like anything of
that kind, but prefer good, substantial
hearty food"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
What Peace Is.

Peace is not the spirit of the age; it
is not the wisdom of the world. 1t is
not In this that the successful eff
cheney of our national vigor or the de-
velopment of our gigantic prosperity
consist. 1t is not mans standard Of
work or of success. But it is the beau
~ of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our
hearts. 1t is the indwelling of the Holy
Ghost. which, always with US though
less perceptible, we have almost beheid
and handled in the peace and order
and beautiful concord of this ecclesias-
teal congress. 1t is the spirit of Je-
sus, peace I leave you, my peace 1
give unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, nor let it be afraid. Father
Faber.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
-+ErENE vALEAU's ANSWERS.


Miss Valeau will reply to all Ques-
fons asked by the feminine readers OF
The Intel1nountain Catholic. The wen
known character and authority of her
REPLIES need no Introduction to those
already familiar with her ability. MISE
Valeau VIII take a kindly and personal
interest IN those who write to her, anu
viii spare no pains in seeing that thell
Inquiries are answered fully and care
fully Write only on one side OF the
paper Address letters TO Miss Helene
yaleau, Intermountain Catholic.
-
Dear Miss Valeau: Please tell me
What 10 use for my hair. I want a
good tonic. S. CD Salt Lake.
A good tonic for the hair is composed
~ tincture Of nuX vomica, one ounce;
shirts Of rosemary, two ounces; alco-
hol two ounces
This should be applied daily and after
annlving gently massage the scalp with
the tips Of the fingers. Singing is the
hest plan by which you can have split
ends Of your hair remedied. Clipping
l. liable to skip over many of the ends.
Another good hair tonic is: Eau de
ooogDe. eight ounces; tincture of can
tbarides three-quarters ounce: oil of
layendar one-half dram; oil Of rose
mary. one-haf dram.
Apply as above.
m washing the hair first be careful
m select pure soap that contains no free
aIkaH Then make a heavy suds or
Iatber by rubbing the soap with a brush
ar the hands in a half bowl of warm
water. Hold the head over the bowl
and pOur the suds on it with a cup,
rubbing lightly, but thoroughly. After
The hair and scalp are cleansed rinse
well with two or three changes of warm
water and dry in the usual manner.
once in every two weeks is often
enough 10 wash the hair.
Never use a metallic brush Instead
use a coarse comb and always comb
the hair the way it lies. In other words,
do not comb ii against the grain. If
the hair tangles commence combing at
the ends and comb out gradually. To
commence combing at the head would
tangle il worse. and the pulling tends
10 rupture the hair follicles and break
the hair. Do not comb or brush the
hair any more than is absolutely nee
essary. If you use a tonic on your hair
Il is well to apply it Immediately after
washing, as the scalp will take the
tonic more readily then than at any
other time.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
UnmentionabIe.

The children were having an object
lesson on 1.-The Heron" The master
called attention to it's small tail, say
ing: THE bird has no tail to speak
Of"
The next day he asked the children
to write an essay on the bird and one
little girl concluded by saying: The
heron has a tail. but it must not be
talked off,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
Find Him Useful.

The buffalo. or caraboa. is considered
the most useful animal in the Philip
pines. 1t serves for hauling. carting,
blowing and carrie sloads on its back.
A peasant owning a. buffalo and enjoy
ing good health can easily make an IN
dependent living. Buffalo meat is good
food, and it's flesh is not unlike veni-
son. Buffaloes are sometimes used to
draw carriages. The value of one OF
these animals is from so to $50. The
rustic natives and the buffalo are ia
miliar companions. 1t is not of great
endurance, and cannot support hard
work in the hot sun for more than
three hours without rest and bathing If
water be near. They stand in the
water whenever they can.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
LIFE's MUSIC.

There never mas been such music since
ever the world began,
No melody like it has echoed in the
listening ear of man.
AS soft as the bells Of the fairies, as
blithe as the song of the bird
The laughter, the infinite laughter, on
lips of the childheart heard!
Oh, if we could echo that laughter, if
we could catch it again,
The old sweet note Of the golden
throat, the lit OF the glad re-
'Kousna and the Hitus,' a story, by
frain!
Life would be music forever, if one
could laugh like a child
In the golden day of the fairy way,
carelessly free and Wild
Baltimore Sun.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
Some Quaint Inaerlntlons.

Many old houses throughout England
nave long been famous for the quaint
and humorous inscription painted OF
carved on one of their interior walls.
On the portico of Arley hall, the seat
of the Warburton family, there is in
scribed this welcome:
This gate is free to all men good and
true;
Right welcome thou, if worthy to pass
through.
And at Loseley house, Surrey, there
is Latin inscription over the door
way to this effect: II am shut to an
enemy, but am always open TO a
friend" Above the door of a house, at
Salvington, Sussex, in which Seldau
was born, there is a Latin couplet
much to the same import, and Monta-
cute house. Somerset, has these two
lines carved:
Through this wide, opening gate
None come too eaHly, none return too
late.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30

Dear Miss Valeau: Kindly tell me
what is good for hair that splits.
JAMES B., Salt Lake.
For hair that is split at the ends
smuggling is the only remedy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30

Dear Miss Valeau: Please tell me
what to do for a severe case of in
somnia- G. c. B., Park City.
II you are troubled with insomnia try
drinking a glass of hot milk after get
ting into bed. Sip it very slowly, and
as hot as possible. Some people Nike
pinch of sugar or salt in it. Hot milk
has a soothing effect on the nerves
and helpes to induce sleep.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30
keefe's Telegraph School

Have you a trade or profession? II
not, have you considered what 1t means
to undertake to fight life's battle In the
unskilled ranks, competing for liveli-
hood with leborers and poorly paid
clerks? If you continue in this cl~ss,
blame no one but yourself. as there las
been established here in Salt Lake a
School of Telegraphy under the per-
sonal management of an experienced
train dispatcher. where you can equip
yourself within six months so that you
can secure desirable and good paying
position. The only qualifications are
the rudiments of a common school edu-
cation and good moral character. Young
men and women ambitious for the fu-
tur. investigate and see for yourselves
Terms SIC per month. Position guar
anteed.
keefe sTe|egraph School
Rooms and TO- Eagle Block.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Five Cents.

my little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and a light dress is all he could wear.
| called one of our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered so terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. | had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. [ used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into a
sleep. and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from the
day [ commenced to use the Cuticura
Remedies my baby was entirely well.
The treatment only cost 75c, and |
would have gladly paid 500 if | could
not have got it cheaper. l feel safe in
saying that the Cuticura Remedies
saved his life. He is now boy Sf five
years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union City
f. D. No. 1, Branch Co., Mich, May
II, 1906"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26

ten civilizations reduced the yield
slightly below that from seven cult
vations.
In weedy land, three borrowings,
followed by four civilizations, pro-
duced yield of 1872 per cent greater
than two borrowings and two cult
yatiOnS.
On comparatively clean ground
three borrowings and four cultiva-
tons, 60 per cent was produced over
two borrowings and three civilizations.
Seven civilizations, including har'
rowings, seems to be the maximum
number advisable.
-Four separate acre plots, of similar
ground in naturally fertile condition
planted to potatoes, received, the first
ten loads of we'll rotted barnyard ma
nure, the second plot, 200 pounds nj
trate of soda, 200 pounds muriate
potash and 800 pounds dried bone
| meal; on the third plot heavy crop
of green clover was plowed under.
The fourth or check acre, received no
fertilizing. The MANFRED acre yielded
an increase Of IA per cent. over the
check acre, the fortified acre, ten
per cent. increase and the clover acre
| 81 per cent increase over the check
acre.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26

In tests made by the Nebraska ex-
pertinent station, where hogs were
pastured in alfalfa, each lot was kept
in a five-acre field. Three crops were
cut, as in the other fields, though not
so heavy. A fair estimate places the
loss due to the pasturing of hogs at
one-half or less than one-half of the
crop This would be about one and
one-half tons per acre, during the sea-
son, chargeable to the hogs. Counting
the value of alfalfa at five dollars per
ton in the stack, or $3.50 per ton I'M
cut, there would be due from the hogs,
for each acre run over 1915. With a
medium grain ration, seven hogs per
acre SHOULD not consume more than
one-half of the crop. This would
make the cost of running hog on
alfalfa for the season about SO cents.
To pasture mature hogs without grain
would cost more than twice this
amount. Where hogs were fed heavy
ration Of grain, eight head per acre
did not damage the alfalfa more than
20 per cent The same number on a
light grain ration would eat and de-
stroy from so per cent. to IS per cent.
Of the crop.
The number of hogs that may be
pastured profitably on an acre de-
ponds very largely on the amount OF
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
PROFITABLE RAISING
OF HOGS ON ALFALFA
Pastured Growing Plants and Fed Vary
ing Grain w. p. Snyder, Nebraska
men

to warrant the statement that there
are but few farms on which alfalfa
cannot be grown with much profit for
hog pasture and winter feed. With
sufficient good alfalfa, we'll stacked,
mature hogs can be carried through
the winter in fair condition, with
three pounds of corn per head per
day. and if necessary with much less
grain.
A light grain ration is not the most
economical for growing pigs, unless
under peculiar circumstances, when
alfalfa is abundant, grain very high in
price, and market conditions warrant
holding the hogs. 1t seems probable
that two or more pounds of corn daily
per each hundredweight of hogs is
more profitable than lighter ration.
Mature hogs thin in flesh may be
expected to gain about one-half pound
per head daily on alfalfa without
grain.
Mature hogs, fed corn in a dry lot
while being fattened, required nearly
one-half more grain to produce lou
pounds gain, and gave a daily profit
of three cents less per hog than sim
liar hogs running on alfalfa pasture.
For fattening hogs that have access
to alfalfa hay, corn at 35 cents, bar
ley "a cents and emmer 10 cents
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
To Make Pretty Aprons.

Pretty aprons are easily made. One
is little pointed apron of white lawn,
and has an embroidered medallion in
serted in the point. There is a band
of lace around the medallion and the
two are fastened together with few
simple lace stitches. line of feather
stitching is worked over the edge OF
the lace braid, and a circle and scrolls
of eyelets, joined together with stem
stitch, complete this decoration. A
ruffle of muslin embroidery and a
beading through which blue ribbon
is run finish the apron, and there are
long ribbon ties. A row OF feather
stitching is worked along the edge of
the beading. The stitching and eyelets
are worked in mercerized cotton. The
fullness at the waist line is adjusted
by a row of tiny hand run tucks, the
tucks graduated in length from the
middle to the side.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
FOR HOLDING. HAT
SIMPLE CONTINUANCE THAT is
OF VALUE.
May Be Said to Fill Lonq-Felt
Want in the Preservation of
Delicate and Costly
Millinery.

Where to keep her hats SO that they
are protected from dust and light,
which may fade delicate feathers and
ribbons, has been one Of the problems
with which the practical woman has
long wrestled none too successfully.
! Hat boxes are not easily slowed away,
and then SO many of them are needed
to hold a single seasons set of head
wear that it would take a small sized
apartment for these alone There are
bOudOir hat cabinets and exquisite
cretOnne and lace covered sets of
boxes designed especially for hats, but
these are expensive. as rule, and
there is not always room in ones
chamber to accommodate this extra
piece of furniture.
In place Of such trays and series of
prettily covered compartments hat
holders of less attractiveness but great
utility have recently been offered The
simplest ones are made of stiff wire
frames, resembling somewhat an in
verified scoop bonnet. They stand
about eight inches high and thus raise
the fashionable style of hat to a
height from the closet shelf which
will prevent the disturbance of any of
the dropping trimming now in vogue.
These frames may be procured in the
shops without any decoration. There
are two small rings at the top and two
larger ones at the bottom with sup
porting pieces of wire between, and il
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
Movable Hog House Used in ExperIn1 ents

should give about equal profits. IN
der these conditions, four bushels OF
barley are worth as much as five
bushels of emmer.
Where barley or emmer is fed TO
hogs it is more profitable to make the
ration one-half corn than to feed en-
mer or barley alone.
The cost of gain is not a reliable
criterion of profit. A cheap gain may
be so slow as to be Improbable. Time,
labor and investment should be consid-
cred when reckoning profits. fall
grain ration, though making the gain
more costly, usually gives greater
profits because of the larger amount
of business transacted in a given time
with given number of hogs.
Alfalfa may be fed with profit to
growing or fattening pigs in almost
any form so long as it does not make
up too large proportion Of the ration.
When cut and fed as one-quarter of
the ration with ground corn, it ma
terially reduced the cost Of gains and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
MAKES GOOD CALENDAR FRAME.
Pretty Design Will Provide Amuse'
nent for SkIIful Fingers.

A pretty design for frame for a
calendar is shown in the accompany
ing SKETCH and it can be easily made
by skillful fingers. Stout cardboard, or
even thin wood, should be used for
the foundation. and this should be
slightly padded with cottonwood i'll
front and then covered in silk or any
pretty material we fancy. The space
for the calendar must be, of course,
previously cut out. A printed calendar,
suitable for fastening at the back Of
d frame of this kind, can be obtained
at almost any stationers, and may be
easily fixed in its place with strips of
paper pasted across the corners. A
pretty little floral design, such as the
one which is shown in the sketch, can
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26

made in the usual way, and covered
with silk or linen in any pretty color,
and adorned with silk embroidery in a
conventional design, and bordered with
a silk cord. A bow of ribbon, chosen
in some harmonizing shade, is used to
hang the cushion to the corner of the
looking glass or against the wall. Half
a-dozen very large wide dress-hooks,
such as are used by tailors or dress
makers to keep skirt and bodice to-
gether at the back of the waist, should
be sewn very securely along the lower
edge of the cushion, each one little
distance apart from the other, just as
they are shown in the sketch. A little
cushion of this kind would be sure to
sell very readily at bazars. It's useful
ness will appeal at once to the prudent
housewife, as many other small things
besides keys, may be hung on it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26

one desires to have them look a little
ornamental then the wires may be
wound round with narrow satin rib
bon or lowered silk. Over the top
soft ribbon sachet may be placed to
cover the opening and give an added
support to the crown of the hat. 1t is
even possible, and very practical as
well, to cover the entire frame with
soft lowered silk shirred gracefully
over the ribs of the frame. A set OF
half a dozen or eight of these frames:
all daintily covered, would make a
most acceptable gift. They can be
placed on shelf of the. closet which
is deep enough to hold hats, or if the
shelf will not hold more than three or
four two shelves may be used This
arrangement keeps ones hats in shape
and ready to don at moments notlce,
If a thin curtain is hung over the front
of the shelves the possibility of dust
getting ON ones hats is reduced con-
siderably.
Other hat rests are made of wood,
with circular base about six inches
in diameter and heavy enough to keep
the frame firm, and then, with a
smaller circle of wood, placed hori-
zontally and at the top of small con-
Meeting wooden brace which joins the
centers of the base and top. The en-
tire rest is covered with fine cretonne
or silk The base and top are padded
with cotton and delicately scented.
Some have little fittings and frills OF
silk around the circles for the crown
of the hat to rest on.
Rests should not be very high-not
more than an inch over what the hat
actually requires to keep 1T raised
from the shelf, and if one has trail
| ing blume then the rest for this hat
should be high enough for the plume
| to be entirely clear or else give it
place on the shelf where it will lie
without being interfered with by the
| other hats and their trimmings.