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Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
PETTIcoAT MUST FIT WELL
Effect Of Whole Attire Depends on the
Proper Set of the Under
Garment.

Every woman knows that most pet,
ticoats have to be altered, that nine
out of ten never fit perfectly and that
the drawstrings make punches Of
gathers that defy the dressmakers.
One can make very nice silk petit
coats by buying wide silk ribbon.
stitching it plainly one row after an
other. with lace between the rows,
and sewing this flounce to the edge
of a silk nndervest. The vest will fit
the form as snugly as a glove does
the hand The extreme edge comes
below the hips, SO that it does not
take many yards OF lace to furnish the
founce trimmings.
The number of yards of ribbon
must be reckoned according to ribbon
and lace widths Some women re
verse the old way of hanging a petit
coat They fasten the loops under this
lower ruffie and hang the garment up
Hido down. The petticoa. is not pulled
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to find out how much they will eat,
but it will pay to provide this food
for them.
The boar should always be con,
fined and never be allowed to run
with the herd at all times. Keep him
on the ground. but provide a warm
and dry place in which to sleep. His
bedding should be changed every day
or two and kept perfectly dry and
clean
Pigs fed on skim milk must also
have plenty Of water, for milk will
not take the place of water 1t turns
into solid food almost Immediately
after entering the stomach and If fed
on skim milk long enough they will
suffer greatly from thirst.
When pigs are old enough to eat
they should be fed in a separate pen
from that in which their mother IL
confined. A door just large enough
to admit the pigs and keep out the
mother should be placed in tie parti
tion SO they can come and go at will
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GOOD SUGGESTION
ON FEEDING STOCK
Soft Corn viii Put as Much Fat
on Cattle as Grain That
Is Sound

am a great believer in shredded
corn fodder, but have never yet
tried to fatten cattle without giving
them the real corn in addition.
did learn one lesson, however, that
soft corn will put nearly as much fat
on cattle as grain that is sound. One
wet season my entire corn crop was
badly matured and nearly all of it
was soft. could not afford to throw
it away and buy sound corn, so l
filled the silo with it and then fed the
rest out of shock before 1 began on
the silage. l had about one hundred
feeders that season and the way they
put on flesh was a caution. believe
too, that some of the experiments
made in feeding soft corn by the Iowa
station a few years ago produced ex
cellent results. OF course, none of my
soft corn was really spoiled but Il
was not in a condition to feed vel
from the crib.-An Indiana Farmer.
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Adds Rrlnhtness.

Those who recall the coiors Of 20
years ago will remember the remark
able popularity of cerise. Since then
it has returned many times and with
each temperance it has been re-
ceived with the same amount of pleas
ure which characterized its first com
ing.
"Beetroot," "geranium" and various
other shades of red have been favored
by fashion, but none of them is ac
cepted so cordially as cerise, which
reappears under the name of mill
tary red" These brilliant shades oi
red helT to brighten the dark colors
which are so popular. The monotony
of black, tete de negro and midnight
blue shades in vogue is relieved by
an occasional dash of brightness. suct
as cerise or similar colors.
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Old Registration system.

The papyri of the Roman period have
conclusively proved that registration
of land already existed in a highly
elaborate form, and that it was insti-
tuted not only in the interests of the
state, but also-some think even pri-
marily-in the interests of private in
dividuals. That point comes out clear.
ly in an important edict of a first-cen.
tury prefect, who ordains that con-
tracts affecting real property were not
to be drawn up without due authoriza-
ton from the keepers of the public
archives. These officials had to keep
the registers up to date, entering in
them all mortgages and other charges,
as well as changes of ownership, and
they were thus enabled to protect an
intending purchaser from oversights
and frauds.-New York Press.
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whom God has made-pure, clean.
sane, healthy-and not the ugly, dis
eased, discordant dwarf, the burlesque
of man, which wrong thinking, wrong
living and sin have made.
A cheerful, optimistic mind is sort
of a prism which brings the rainbow
colors out of things which are invisible
to the pessimist.
The prism does not make the colors
in the spectrum. They are everywhere
in the light before our eyes. Our light
is made up Of all the different colors
of the rainbow The prism merely sep
arates them and makes them visible to
the eye.
The ability to radiate sunshine is a
greater power than beauty or wealth.
If you would do the maximum of which
you are capable, keep the mind filed
with sunshine, with beauty and truth,
with cheerful, uplifting thoughts. Bury
everything that makes you unhappy
and discordant, everything that
cramps your freedom, that worries
you, before it buries you.
Take joy with you; cling to 1t, no
matter where you go or what you do.
1t is your lubricating oil which would
prevent the Jars, the discords. and
shut out the sorrows of life.
True religion is full of hope, sun
shine, optimism and cheerfulness. 1t
is joyous and glad and beautiful. There
is no Christianity in the ugly, the dis
cordant, the sad. The religion which
Christ taught was bright, cheerful and
beautiful. The sunshine, the titles of
the field" the birds of the air" the
hills, the valleys. the trees, the noun
tains, the brooks-all things beauti-
ful-were in his teaching. There was
no cold, dry theology in it. 1t was
just happy Christianity!
Refuse to be gloomy. Cheer up! Get
your mind off your troubles. Do not
think about them. Think of the bright
things in life. Think gratefully of the
good things you have. Wake up, and
be cheerful.
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COMMON SENSE IN
CARING FOR SWINE
Breeders Disagree on Age at
Which to Breed SoWS-Watch
Litter Carefully.
fBy R. G. wEATHERsToNE.)

There is a great difference In opin-
ion among farmers-and good farm
ers at that-as to the age at which
sows should be bred. Some men breed
gifts at ten or eleven months, while
others do not bred until they are two
years old.
Some farmers claim that a SOW
should not be bred after she is four
years old, as she is then apt to kill
her pigs by lying on them. This
trouble is generally due to the SOW
being too fat rather than her age.
Never select brood SOW with long,
lean, narrow head and wicked little
eyes. She is apt to be nervous and
cross and a pig eater. 1t is a good
plan to feed little grain to the grow
ing pigs even though they are run
ming on good pasture.
In the South many hog raisers turn
their young hogs out into the swamps
along the rivers and creeks and pay
no attention to them during the en-
tire summer, rounding them up in the
fall only to feed them two or three
weeks before shipping them to mar
ket. Some surprisingly good results
are obtained in this way. too.
Sows with young litter should be
watched carefully, for there are many
sows who do not give enough milk to
start the pigs off well. In such cases
the youngsters should be fed little
whole cows milk at first and latel
skim milk with a handful of shorts
in 1t.
The man who raises pigs for mar
ket and pushes them along with some
grain, shorts and oats. even while
they are running in rich pasture, will
bring them to perfection mucl
quicker than If they are allowed Il
run on grass alone until fall.
It takes more feed to make poun'
of pork on scrub pig than on
weIl-bred animal. This being the case
, why should he continue to waste fee
on scrubs?
Keep a box full of charcoal, sal
and sulphur where the pigs can &c
at it all the time. 1t may surprise 20
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planted in July, two years ago, was
planted last year by the side of COM
mon stock, or seed which had been
grown in the ordinary way. There
are "a tenth-acre plots in each series
Of the three-year rotation. potatoes
wheat-clover. The plots are 272 feet
long and 16 feet wide, which permits
five rows of potatoes in each plot. The
first three rows in each plot we're
planted with seed tubers from the
July planted stock and the other two
with the ordinary seed. This method
precluded the possibility of any un-
equal effect upon the various plots by
using two lots of seed.
The potatoes were all the same va
riety and were all planted the same
day. The plants grown from July
sun-sprouted seed appeared nearly
two weeks in advance of the others
and maintained quite noticeable diff
ference until they we're of large size.
In fact so noticeable was the differ
ence in the vigor and increased size
Of the plants that the casual observer
would stop and remark and the more
interested one would inquire into the
details of the method. Many thought
that the two parts of the plots were
planted at different dates or possibly
we're Of different varieties. Let 1t be
understood that this particular seed
was not sprouted but that the crop
was raised from sprouted seed, which
had been planted the first of July the
year previous. The season was not a
good one, serious inroads being made
by the fusarium wilt, which seriously
impaired the results, but an increased
yield and higher per cent of germina-
tion were constant throughout the
plats, in favor of the sun-sprouted
seed. The total average results are
as follows: Late grown number OF
hills per row.: 1854; common seed,
1928; late grown (per cent of ger
mination): common seed, 1913; late
grown (average yield of pounds per
row.: S6.4; common, 64.6.
A half bushel Of potatoes raised
from sprouted seed were placed in a
closed box in the storage room beside
a half bushel raised by the ordinary
method placed in a similar closed box.
A half bushel of the same were placed
in. closed boxes and set in the green.
house under a raised bed, over winter
In both cases the July planted pota-
toes kept much firmer and we're much
slower to sprout than the others.
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SCARF OF DOUBLE PURPOSE
May Be Used as Sleeping Hood or
Protection for the Chest in
Cold Weather.

This scarf may be worn either as a
double scarf in the ordinary way as a
sleeping hood with the ends twisted
round the neck and crossed in front,
OF as a protection to the chest by
putting it on with the cap part form
ing a full warm front under an over
coat, the ends crossed on the shout
ders and brought around under the
arm.
It is worked in khaki wool;
bone hook, No. 12 and about fourteen
ounces of wool will be needed to
make a scarf about two and a half
yards long and twelve inches wide; OF
course. it can be made wider and long.
er or narrower and shorter. If pre-
ferred. when more or less chain
stitches should be worked for the
foundation. Both threads of stitch
should be taken up throughout the
| work
Work a chain Of IA inches; turn,
2 trebles in the fourth from hook,
pass /. =. double crochet in next,
pass /, trebles in next, pass /; re-
peat from for length of chain. end
ing with a double crochet; turn.
Three chain, trebles in the last
made double crochet. y, double GRO
chet m the middle stitch Of next
group OF trebles. trebles in the
double crochet between the groups oi
trebles, repeat from 70 end of row
but working the last double under the
chain with which the previous row
commenced (this will make a strong
and level edge); turn and repeat this
last row. Turn and continue working
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IN THE NEW WEAVES
MATERIALS SIMPLIFY PROBLEM
OF TRIMMING.
Greatest Partisan Designer Of Cos
TUNES Has Decreed That Ruffles
Shall Be a Feature Of the
Coming Season.

Any weave of good voile will make
q serviceable spring gown, suitable for
many occasions and differing climates.
In dark blue 1t is trimmed with a soft
cOlored border that may be used as a
finish to the long tunic, for cuffs or for
the collar.
There is new silk out, by the way.
in deep dark blue on which is a print
ed border in deep red and bright
tone of blue. This aids the dress
maker in a most gratifying way to
solve the problem of trimming. If we
are to wear simple lines, and to de-
pend ON our original material for our
effects, then we may often be in de-
spair as to how to get in our color.
Not only long tunlcs with borders.
but rufles are to be worn. Worth is
making both. The world has looked
to the House of Worth for stately
lines. not frivolities; it has been the
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A SMILING FACE is A GREAT HER.
lTAGE.

"I list loike to let her in at the
dure," said an Irish servant of a lady
caller. THE very face of her does one
good, shure."
How glad we all are to welcome
sunny souls! We are never too busy
to see them. There is nothing we well
come so much as sunshine. Someone
has said, "A happy human FACET is
abe gift that may be made by poor or
rich, by old or young. 1t is the gift to
which all are entitled, with which all
are pleased"
Oh, what riches live in a sunny
soul; what a heritage is a smiling
face-to be able to fling out sunshine
everywhere one goes, to scatter the
shadows and to tighten sorrowing
hearts; to have the power to send
cheer into despairing souls through a
sunny and radiant disposition!
And yet all about us we see people
going through life peddling vinegar
Tadiating bitterness, finding fault, and
seeing only the ugly; worrying, fret
ting, cynical and pessimistic Some
people have a genius for seeing only
the crooked, the evil and disagreeable
Pessimism is always a destroyer, nevei
q producer.
We need more Joy peddlers. and sun
shine makers, more people who refus,
TO see the ugly, the bitter and th
crooked; who see the world of beaut,
and perfection which God has made
and not the world which sin and discor
and disease have made. We nee
people who see the man and woma
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BILIOUS, HEADACHY.
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzf
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed. fermenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead Of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue It causes con-
gestion and that dun, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
Straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
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Japanese Paraaols.

From present indications the fiat
Japanese types of parasols will play
an unusually strong part in this sea.
sons parasol demand. Many novelties
of this character are being offered.
Some of the richest have dark borders,
with here and there a delicate bit OF
hand-embroidery in gold. Again. odd
looking velvet birds are 'appliuued
over the inside surface of the parasol
This idea is effective when developed
in orange and blue tones, says Dry
Goods Economist. Handles are ex
tremeIy long and in most instance.
harmonlze in color and design will
the ferrule end.
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SELF sHAMPOOING
With cutleura Soap 10 Most Comfort,
Ing and Beneficial. Trial Free.

Especially IL preceded by touches
Of Cuticura Ointment to spots of dan
druff and itching ON the scalp skin.
These supercreamy emollients meet
every skin want as well as every
toilet and nursery want in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair and hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky
Boston. Sold 0verywhere.--Adv.
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during the winter. So this season he
has gone in for rufies as real nov
city or bid for attention. The state
ment may not sound strange to one
who does not know the line for which
each house is famous, but, really, It
is strange conjunction: Worth and
ruffles!
None of the flounces on these skirts
is straight They go across the fig
ure on the bias This gives the dip
ping line which is SO generally be-
coming to the majority of American
figures with their suggestion of
squareness.
One of the novelties in evening
frocks, not, however, made by Worth,
is fiounces of white tulle edged with
pink worsted embroidery. These
coarse threads of crewel are also used
on chiffon, on voile, on silk. Taffeta
frocks have worsted flowers at the
waist, at the end of a sash, as a
border to the hem, and one shop Of
fers frock of dark blue silk with its
tunic bordered with short yellow and
blue worsted fringe. 1t is easy to see
that the constant knitting by the wom-
en- all over the world this winter has
suggested the idea.
The prevalence of mourning in Eu-
rope has brought from the manufac'
turers a large assortment of mingled
black and white materials. The new
silks have large and widely separated
black flowers on a white ground. The
broad stripping of the directoire has
returned and black coat suits are
made with long pointed ~a'stcoats oi
it. There are also separate coats oi
it above skirts of plain black silk, oil
| cloth
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A Necessity In EVERY Rural HON

A Necessity In Every Rural Homo
Is bottle Of good liniment. Yager's
Ltniment is the best external remedy
for man or beast. John Alderman,
Clermont Mills, Md, writes, For
years suffered with rheumatism, had
to walk on crutches and the doctors
said my case was chronic and incur
able. l tried Yager's Liniment; it is
the best Liniment to relieve pain l
ever used, its action is SO prompt and
effective" Large 25-cent bottles at
dealers. Gilbert Bros. & Co., Inc,
Mfrs, Baltimore, Md.-Adv.
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Thouuht and Action.

We build from within, outward, but
the outward growth also sends down
its roots within. We act according to
the thoughts we cherish, and yet it is
true that our actions have their re-
fiex influence upon our thoughts. Do
you wish to'be brave and unselfsh?
Compel yourself to act as if you
were, whatever your feeling, and your
conduct will have its effect in strength
ening your spirit. Do you desire to
be temperate and kind in your judg
ment of others? Make your speech
of that order and a like habit oi
thought will gradually become yours
The way to get anywhere is to start
with the one step possible.
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oettlna back at Him.

There lived in a certain county .
Mr.. Crane. who had for a neighbor q
Mr.. Fuller. Crane and Fuller were not
the best of friends, and scarcely ever
met without having a passage-At
arms.
Meeting one day, Fuller said:
Crane, what is the difference be
tween a crane and a meadow hen?"
"oh." replied Crane, there is q
great deal of difference. The meadow
hen is fuller in the body, and fuller in
the neck, and fuller in the breast
in fact, 1t is fuller all over"
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Reaaon.

There's no use talking" began
Mrs. Nagg.
Il know It," interrupted Mr Nagg,
"and the fact that you persist in talk
ing after making that declaration
simply proves what have often as
serted. regarding the lack of logic
exhibited by some women. Now pro
ceed with your lecture"
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Road TO Safe Income.

Just so long as corn and alfalfa
make a balanced ration for pork,
beef and butter production, the man
who can successfully produce these
two great crops is on the sure road
to a safe income. So do not be
afraid of taking too much pains with
the seed eorn, or with the alfalfa
seed bed.
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into every stitch in the row, and upon
this row of single crochet-always
taking up both threads Fasten off.
This completes one half.
Recommence at the other side of
the foundation chain and work the
second half in precisely the same
manner. Fold in half and join (either
crochet or sew the level side to-
gether for about twelve inches from
the foundation chain, which should
come at the top of the hood.
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A Mild HIm.

"Can you understand why l can't
get Job? I've been very patient and
persistent"
"You don't go about 1t right" re-
piled Farmer Corntossel. when you
want a job you ought to ask some
body besides your senator to get 1t
for YOU"
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to and fro in this manner for about
twelve inches, then decrease by pass
ing over e pattern at the commence
ment OF each row until it is reduced
to l. inches; cease to decrease and
continue to work as before until the
whole measures about a yard and a
quarter; then work a double crochet
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out of shape after hanging in this
manner. Winter petticoats of silk on
both side quilted over fleece, made on
hip-lengtL yokes. are used when trav-
cling, automobiling or skating They
are light and warm
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PAS Plan.

PA, simply must marry a noble
man"
Il have a scheme that oughl to suit
everybody"
What is it?"
you marry good American. Then,
if necessary, III buy him a title"
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apostle of the dignified woman rather
than the jaunty one. During these
gay years women have accused the
Worths of making them look old, a
crime that few dressmakers can sur
vive, and there have been times when
this house has not enjoyed popularity.
Even the American buyers have not
paid much attention to its models
during the last three seasons; the
reason always was that women
wanted more frivolous, more conspic-
uous, clothes than Worth gave them.
But thee house had a decided sue
cess last season. One or two OF his
models were more widely copied. per
haps, than any other evening gowns
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Must Please customArs.

A breeder of pure-bred stock who
has not the desire to entirely please
his customers will not go far in the
business-and should not.
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n.tter Sanitation Needed.

One of the next great steps in mod
ern farming will be better sanitation
about the farm buildings-houses as
well as stables and yards.
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When Your EYes Need Care

Use Murine Eye Medicine. No osmarting-Feels
Eine--Acts Quickly. Try 1t for Red, Weak,
Sore Eyes and Granulated EyelIds, Murine is
compounded by our Oculists--not q "Patent
Medicine"--but used In successful Physicians
fraetice for many years. Now dedicated to
the Public and sold by Druggists at soc per
Bottle. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes,
pc and Soc. Write for Book of the Eye Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago. Adv.
There isn't much hope for the people
who would rather tell their troubles
than be popular.
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Boz coata for snrlnn

Short box coats are to be worn in
the spring Some are as short as IL
inches from the under arm. The
shorter they are. the smarter.
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The Reason.

Belle-The pomp that woman as
sumes is very unbecoming to her
style.
Nell-Sure. Her rats" are too
large.
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ment of louder cheers, which did not
make them shy. 1t had taken him
six months to train them, and he re-
fused an offer of $3.50 down for the
vehicle and team.
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ReolmentaI Pets.

Some of the Canadian regiments
took their pets to England with them.
In front of one detachment during the
march through Plymouth was a young
trooper with the neck and shoulders
of a wrestler, and on his shoulder,
playing with his ear, was tame white
rat Another battalion intends to take
to the front a small black bear cap
tured in the Canadian woods.