Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 13, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 August 1894 — Page 7

FASHION LETTER. Urn. Tm Vkttn Dnun for Midsummer Vw ■t Sommer Resorts—Boating mod Yacht* ta( Cettumet-Other Fashion Kotos. [Special New York Correspondence. 1 Nothing looks more cool iand comfortable these midsummer days, than the immaculate dresses of pure white. They rage at all the summer resorts, and are worn by maiden and matron, the latter as a rule, choosing the sheer ■veilings, Fayettas, clairettes and similar light wools in preference to the -more youthful toilets of white crepon, chiffon, organdie apd like transparent textiles trimmed with lace, insertion • and ribbon. Soft ecru batiste is another favorite fabric this summer, and the color is often found more becoming than ivory or even cream white. The prettiest of these are made up over mauve, pink ,or golden green taffeta silk, and they are trimmed either with ecru guipure insertions on the skirt, or with a lace edged ruche made of the batiste. Sometimes lace toilettes fin

IbU tuc puiuvcu shirred bodice. Again the trim* min g is of hemmed raffle* of the batiste,, bordered w i t h bows of bebo ribbon and edged with lace. A charming French gown of ecra tint is made up over ecru taffeta sa n d trimmed with rows of. brilliant red watered ribbon. The round wais t , has a deep shoulfcder frill of the ^batiste embroidered in red sills.

witfi jabots down the front hem Dy bands of the moire ribbon. French blouses are a prominent feature of summer g-owns, whether merely for boating1 or yachting costumes, the ■ i-*-1 separate waists of silk or embroidered muslin, the “dress” models of lace, crepon, or accordion, pleated gauze or the more conventional styles on dresses of shepherd’s check, mohair, summer camel’s hair and the like. The Princess May waist is still in great favor for plain and silk gingham dresses made without much trimming to l>e worn in the morning throughout the summer. This waist, with a slightly gored skirt and full sleeves, makes a charming morning toilet of pink silk gingham dotted with ecru, with the waist trimmed with ecru lace and insertions. Stylish dresses are made of covert suiting, with two and often three added vests to give them variety. The skirts are in bell shape, with miir ’■ chine stitching and the vests are of fancy taffeta, corded silk,-summer brocade or plain surah. The mohair costumes are very light ;in weight, and are much more elabt>rate in style and decoration than the msual tailor gown. Those of white mo„ihair have vests of pink or yellow chilion, and gray mohair -dresses have revers, cape-collar and folded vests of cerise, brown or green watered silk or ■velvet. The prettiest India mulls are ■made much like the batiste gown a •with Valenciennes insertion let into the skirt, the whole made over a lining .of French lawn and trimmed with a lace shoulder frill, a twist of ribbon - around the arms with shoulder bows .and a handsome sash with ends falling to the skirt hem. Elbow sleeves with* out a lining are a single full puff with a lace ruffle below. Pretty touches of color ahe given to Persian lawn dresses for youthfal

-weare r s oy .green rib- ' bons the color of the foliage in the sheer lawn. A cream white lawn with, large b 1 o s som s similar to the Ins, butJRr in golden tan^ shades, has £ changeable moire ribbon 't 2 the tint of the green on ^ the Iris * leaves, shot > with golden brown. The * simply-fash

is ^auuereu over aiming uu the shoulders at the seek and waist line, and .the gathered bell skirt is quite plain. The ribbons give it charm by their simple dainty arrangement. Some of the handsome vis iting dresses of the summer show very fjpe creamwhite tailor cloth used in conjunction with cloth of some pale tint like apricot, gray-blue, violet, old rose, stem green, etc. The full sleeves, vest and hem of the skirt. Are of white cloth, sometimes covered with gold and a contrasting color in braiding. The order is reversed in o<ther stylish gowns, notably one of cream cloth very simply fashioned but with deep Van dyked collar of brown velvet edged with ecru Irish guipure lace. Pointed sleeve cuffs and three milliners folds of the velvet at the hem of the skirt, complete the gown. A fancy of the season that Is becoming to slight figures is that of making a slashed waist, showing an underwaist of white or light China silk through the slashes. This is the socalled French waist gathered to a belt and without lining. The front is slashed from the belt up in several places up above the bust, and the openings are edged with tinv bebe insertion. The top it turned back in revere. Under this is worn a sleeveless blouse of accordion-plaited silk that shows very full between the slashes. The dress sleeves are very full, and a plait* •d frill about the neck flares out in a most effective fashion. Eats Duwu* >

ORCHARD IRRIGATION. 4 tjittiu Euiployt'd at ii»» Model t'rnlt Ewni j- at \Yuo<tb.'jik«. Talk about irrigating:! When the flood gates of heafen have been wide ajar for days and nights at a time; v/hen the ground is soaked like s, sponge in a wash-tub, and our little creek has been transformed into a roaring torrent, it seems out of reason to mention the subject of irrigation. Yet such is our country and our climate. Floods in one section; drought in another. Ex cess ol water to-day; sore need of it a few weeks hence. It is only during actual rainy spells that we could possibly get along without the help of our water cart (a large barrel hung between wheels). The greenhouse consumes vast quantities of water. During the colder part of the year the liquids that come from the wash house are usually used for sub-irrigation in the greenhouse, during the summer for irrigation outdoors. Even in the wet spell we are tempted to use all available soapsuds in the spine waj\ both to get them away from the vicinity of the house and to have the benefit from the plant foods contained in them. Our vegetables usually are far more iu need of watering than trees or shrubs, and the applications are made accordingly. We might say that we have c

* SUB-IKIUOATING TURKS. ■ \ seldon Seen fruit trees at Woodbanks actually suffering for the need of sufficient moisture at the roots to cai*ry them and their fruit safely through even a protracted drought. In other locations, however, and on soils of a more porous character than ours is, I have frequently noticed the ill effects of want of moisture at the roots of fruit trees, especially peaches when well laden with fruit in advanced stages of development. Sometimes the tree cannot get moisture enough for the perfection of its fruit, and a large share of the half-grown specimens dropped to the ground, while those .remaining on the tree fail to swell out to the size they would have obtained under more favorable circumstances. The few bueketsful of water thrown against the body of the tree or sprinkled on the ground around it, with which growers sometimes try to offset the lack of rain, seldom do much good, and often actually prove harmful. The water wets the surface, and either packs it, or simply stimulates .the growth of grass aud weeds under the trees, but does not reach the roots. To overcome every difficulty, and secure the best effect of liquid applications to especially choice trees or slfrubs in a dry time, we sometimes employ a modification of tthe device illustrated in accompanying sketch. Fig. 1 shows the perforated tile often used in European gardens in the manner suggested in Fig. 2. Tiles of this kind are made in different sizes, about 12 -to 18 inches long and of various widths. From 5 to 10.of them are buried in the ground around a tree of fair size, and the liquid manure, soap^ids or clear water, whatever the case may be, are poured into them, and go where they will do the most good. We have not beenable to get tiles of th's kind, but find that boxes 3 or 4 inches square and 15 inches long, with holes bored through their sides at the lower half, answer the purpose just as well.

Whether resorting to these and other means of irrigation or not, there is need of a good water cart or barrel on wheels on every rural home. The washing suds and other waste liquids are too valuable a fertilizer to be wasted, and too _ dangerous to be thrown upon and left to befoul the ground in the immediate vicinity of the house. Their employment for sub-irrigating trees or vegetables puts them to good use and removes chance of harm. Whenever we irrigate, however, we should do it thoroughly. A light rain only stimulates us to greater efforts, for with its help it is all the easier to reach the roots with our applications, and does the work thoroughly.—American Gardening. Poor Land Makes Poor Milk. v Milk from cattle fed on poor land is deficient in fatty matter, and is therefore better adapted for cheese-making than for butter-making. Again, the more exercise an animal takes, the gj*eater will be the waste or breaking up of the tissue of the body; and, as this is the source' from which the curd in milk is derived, milk produced on land whose herbage is scanty will contain a larger proportion of curd than milk produced whose herbage is abundant. And so the milk of unduly exercised cows, in whatever manner the exercise be brought about, whether in search of food on poor land, or in any oSShet way, will likewise have a large proportion of caseine in it, and a small one of butter.—Farmers Voice. Aids to Inland Transportation. The prosperity of every locality depends in these days upon the facilities it possesses for reaching the market, and the influence of competition is quite as effective in assisting those which have provided good roads to the stations as it is in retarding communities which are neglectful of these ni<Js to inland transportation.—Journal of Finance. __ The question is raised whether butter that is well colored naturally ia better flavored than when it is not. The imagination considers that butter that is colored naturally or artificially Iiii of better flavor, and that is about the a Mae as if it real! v wa»

A WOMAN IN IT. “I saw a very curious thing to-day.” “What was it?” “A woman driving a nail with a hammer instead of with the back of her best hair brush. ”—Exchange. “Doctor,” said the maiden, "has kissing ever been known to disseminata disease?” “Yes,” said the medical man. “It frequently leads to heart trouble.” —Adams Freeman. The enthusiastic admirer: “Really, you have the most beautiful natural complexion I ever saw in my life.” The thoughtless girl (with surprise)— “Why, you have never seen it.”— Steamship Bulletin. Mrs. Liteheart—“My husband gave me some money this morning.” Mrs. Spendit—“And are you going shopping to-day?* Mrs. L.—“No, indeed, no shopping for me to-day. I am going downtown to buy something.”—N. Y. Press. Old Grvmpps—“Sure that girl loves you instead tjpf your money?” Son— “Absolutely. Why, she actually keeps count of the kisses I give her. “Old Grummps—“Hum! That’s bad. She may keep it up after marriage.”—Exchange. GRIST FROM SNAKE EDITORS. Artist John Dl Frederic, of Blue Ridge, Pa,, strongly disapproved when a snake crawled into his baby’s cradle and stole its milk. But the baby thought it was fun. R. L. Thorndike is a drummer, so the story he told a Cincinnati reporter must be true, lie saw a timber rattlesnake coiled as if to strike. He jumped back, but needn’t. The snake was on suicide bent, fanged its own self and died. Cot, McWniRTEB, of Qfeene county, Go., has a stony ten-acre lot upon which men never venture. It is absolutely given up to the snakes. When anybody wants rattlesnake oil he hangs around the edges of the snake farm until he has killed enough. The snake record: Ike Layman, Port Jervis, pilot snake seven feet long, or less; G. S. Kyle, London, Pa., rattler, three feet six inches; George Rawlcy, Binghamton, three rattlers over two feet long; Alex. Stewart, Newark, O., black snake six feet long, with more than as many hens’ eggs stowed away inside.

SIMPLE, SURE REMEUIES. A teaspoqijFVL of bicarbonate of soda in a wine-glass of cold water will relieve a mild attack of headache. Very hot water is a prompt chepker of bleeding, besides, if it is clean, as it should be, it aids an sterilizing a wound. * 6 When stung by a bee always remove the sting which is left in the wound, and over it squeeze the juice of a red onion or apply a little hartshorn. Mix turpentine and lard in equal parts. Warmed and rubbed on the chest, it is a safe, reliable and mild counter irritantand revulsant in minor lung complications. The simplest remedy for a nervous headache is a pinch of salt taken on the tongue and permitted to dissolve slowly, followed in about ten minutes with a drink of water. STATED AS FACTS. The New Zealand Maoris own about 10,000,000 acres of land. The most densely populated spot on the earth is the island of Malta. . There are over sixty languages and dialects spoken by the subjects of the czar. The consumption of bricks in the United Kingdom amounts to about 250,000,000 a month. France has more persons over sixty years of age than any other country. Ireland comes next. Apoplexy is most common in France, there being 300 deaths in every 10,000 annually from this cause. The elephant is; the chief Dcast of burden in Siam and Afghanistan. An “elephant load” is estimated at two tons. _

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—Robert E. Stone, of Lexington, Ky., has just erected over the grave of his dog a monument that cost 8350. The stone is a pointed shaft of seashore granite elaborately and fancifully carved. It has a deeply-chiseled Inscription: "Don, for sixteen years our silent brother and friend. Ilis faithful dog shall bear him company.” yellokvsto.m: n ational park. Season of 1S94. Office of Nortuern Pacific Railroad Company.—Wo wish to call attention to the fact that during the months of August and September is the most favorable time to ma ke the tour of the Yellowstone National Park—the World's Wonderland. The Hotel and Transportation Companies in the Yellowstone National Park are fully prepared to take care of all business offered and it is hoped that some of those who have abandoned their trip on account of the labor troubles may be induced to take it now. Our through train service between St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and Portland, Tacoma and Seattle has been completely resumed, so that no one need fear any material delays en route. The U9uai equipment consisting of Pullman tourist sleepers and Pullman vestibuled standard sleepers, together with vestibuled first and second elass coaches and palace dining cal's, is carried on all through trains. Illustrated pamphlets and detailed information will he promptly furnished upon application. Coas. S. Fee, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. St. Paul, Minn., July 25, 1894. Jones, who is engaged to on heiress, calls her Economy, because she is the road to wealth.—Tammany Times. , Were You Ever South In Summer? It is no hotter in Tennessee, Alabama, or Georgia than here, and it is positively delightful on die Gulf Coast of Mississippi and West Florida. If you are looking for a location in the South go down now and see for yourself. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad and connections will sell tickets to all points South for trains of August 7th at one fare round trip. Ask your ticket agent about it, and if no cannot sell vou excursion tickets write to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ivy. Oil !or relieving troubled waters is nothing compared with water for allaying the rampant tendencies of dust.—Judge.

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