Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 16, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 March 1886 — Page 7

Hereford Cattle.

We bave been giving illustrations and descriptions of tbe different breeds at cattle, from time to time, that the readers of this column may know what are the standard breeds, and what they are useful for. We •hail continue this until all the main strains of blood known have appeared in oar agricultural department

This week we present a picture of a fine Hereford bull. TTie Hereford cattle get their 'name from the county in England in which they originated. They are the prize fat beef cattle of England. They and the Devons are the oldest known breeds of domesticated cattle.

Their flesh is evenly distributed in streaks •of red and white of the fat and lean. They -are the nearest solid beef, without waste, erf any bovines in existence. Nature seems even to have grudged them legs in her desire to make meat of them. They have been bred to beef for centuries, and the animal in the picture shows the result. There is leas wnste in tlK for beef than there is in the Short Horns. 'Tbey are not groat milkers in themsel -es, but when crossed with our native cows make useful dairy or farm animals. Crossed with 'Short Horns, thoy would make very fine general purpose cattle.

HEREFORD B17LL.

The Herefords were introduced into this •country half a century or more ago, and they -aro now scattered into most parts of it Wherever you see a dark red cow with a 'white face and a white stripe down the back, that cow has Hereford blood. They are par tient, goorl-natural animals, and the steers make valuable oxen, are poimlar in the west and make a groatly improving cross with the wild Texas cattle. They are ono of the best breeds for this purpose^ The Herefords are regular show cattle at western exhibitions, and take many prizes. There is really no more valuable beef animal than they. In our illustration the bull's deep brisket descends in a solid weight of beef well nigh to the ground.

H?w to Take Off a Hid*.

In taking off a hide or calfskin never cut the throat, crosswise in t,fie least Slit tht skin from the brisket to the tail, and from the liriskot to jaw then cut around each log 'to the hoof. Blit the hind leg from the hoof up directly over the gambrd, and the forward legs in the front, directly over the knee, to the top of the brisket bone. This loaves the hide, or skin, then in the proper shape for finishing.

Skin the head and legB carefully, to avoid •cutting them, then, commencing at the head, draw or list off the skin without any further use of the knife, thereby avoiding the holes •and cuts that almost spoil so many calfskins. Some farmers u«3 a windlass to draw off the dairy skins, and others use a horse but one or two men can do it a great deal more quickly and easily.

When taken off, lay the hide or skin flat on tho floor in a cool plaoe, where the sun cannot shine upon it, and cover it with salt—rather (hie salt being better than too coarse salt Do not roll it up, but let it remain in the salt until you take off another then place that ono upon the other, salting freely as before, and so on until you get euough to make quite a pile then commence another pilo in the same manner. Do not be afraid to use salt freely what the skins do not require will ahako off and can be used again.

If you prefer to dry out your skins before selling them be sure that they ore thoroughly cured with salt before drying them, and then that they aro thoroughly dried before being baled up for shipment

Never dry out a skin without having it salted fts described, to preserve it from moths and other injuries oil the hair ride which are liablo to occur if the skius are not properly Milted before In'iug dried out

If your skins remain on hand very long after Iteing driod out, before delivery to tho tanner, even if snltt d, watch them carefully to detect any indications of moths or worms on the hair side, and if any arc discovered .hnvo tho skins vigorously whipped with a itiek so often that they shall bo wholly eradicated from the entire lot of aId us, as they often work serious injury in a very short timo.—1

Arthur Review.

Formula for Cotton Oompmt Dr. Charles W. Dabnoy, of tho North Carolina experiment station, gives the following •formula for the best home-made cotton fertiliser:

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Or, if a more concentrated manure de---sirod, use 800 pounds of acid phosphate and 00 pounds of kainite.

Put down, best under shelter, or so that the heap will not be leeched, a layer of mauure or earth, a layer of cotton seed well soaked in a solution of kainite, a layer ef acid phosphate, manure or earth again, etc. The heap should be thoroughly motet, but not drip. Cover o*w with earth. Watch it that it doce not beat too much, and pour more water in the top of it if it does. L«t the heap lie nix or eight week*. Then cut down across tho layers and chop together. Can uas, according to dfsire, 500 to 2,000 pounds per acre.

Sunken Flower Beds.

In small rills gardens, where any rarWy In the common arrangement is acceptable, a little circular flower bed sunk to concave form to the tiniest possible central pool, instead of being raised in the usual convex mound, has a very good effect. FVr the little pool (if nothing better offers) a small tub, or apiece sawn off the end of an old, cask, and well sunk in the ground, answers excellently— of any size that may be liked—« couple of feet a crocs, and about ten inches or afoot in depth, is a convenient measurement

With a little cere tho plants, and any picturesque rock like pieces of stone, or burr, may be arranged around this, so as to give the appearance of a natural cistern the small quantity of water is useful as being always at hand, warmed, and aired for specfcU needs whilst the constant emptying and refilling, easily managed by a few buckets of water, keeps the tiny pool in order.

The slighter sunk position, with its raofe* air end protection from drying draughtsovcr the roots appears to suit many plants perfectly, and gives a picturesque bit of nature! grooving of water, rock and varied keffe£*. which is always attractive In itself, and with care tt it always (except in tbe dead of wintet) bright wtth«niB* Sower*

Qroam*and hyacinths of diftcteni Hods, first with flowers and then with Cottage, look wfB among the stjoea- triwa, double csjtha (a atust effective and pcnaanenl plant), hardy

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ula, sweet Williams, and ondtoa old favorites, accenting to taste, succeed in date of flowering and their leafage, bending over the pool, or standing up in rich luxuriance, is always ornamental

As the brown tint of the withering leaves of the bulbs Is not an eyesore amongst the few morsels of rock, they may be allowed to pass quietly aw-ay, and any bright temporary flower planted by the side reenllvens the spot But however ft may be arranged, the little sunk bed is usually a favorite spot with visitors, and a great convenience to its amateur owners.—London Gardeners' Chronicle.

Farm Animal* In the United States.

The last United States agricultural report contains a. list of the animals of the country.

The interest in horse breeding is increasing, a small number of horses begins to be shipped abroad. Norman, Percheron, Clydesdale the English Shire or cert horse are the breeds most imported. The report says there is little need of new blood in thoroughbred or racing stock. The number of horses in the country, in spite of the march of steam, electrical and other new motors, has increased by over 500,000. Cows have increased 330,666 over last year. The increase in other cattle is still larger. The sheep industry has suffered greatly, and is now passing through a period of deep depression. Sheep have decreased 2,000,000. Swine have increased nearly 1,000,000. All farm animals, except sheep, have increased in number.

All farm animals have 'decreased in value. The decline has been going on three years. Horses and mules have gone down 8 per cent, cattle 8 per cent, sheep 11 per cent, hogs 15 per cent In two years, although all farm animals, except sheep, have increased in number, their aggregate value has gone down over 1100,000,000. Still, it is to be remembered that the real value, the animals themselves, with their meat, hides, bone and muscle are all there, just as much as they ever were, and their services to man go just as far as if th?ir money price was twice as high.

Crops at Ttils Date.

The winter wheat crop still continues, gena rally, in a favorable condition the usual March freezing and thawing has not developed any wide spread or serious damage. Ground generally in good condition. Cotton crop still very largely in hands of producers. Winter packing season over. Decrease in weight and quality of hogs.

Potatoes from Seed.

We have mentioned that it would be an interesting experiment for the farm boys and skirls to save some of the seed in a potato ball, when they ripen In the fall, and plant them, and see tho kinds of. potato that will be produced. These will bo different from the parent potatoes, aud different from each other as well.

The seed should be sown in boxes in the the window, or under glass. The best way is to put tbem in flower pots, scattering them lightly and thinly upon rich soiL Sprinkle linely pulverized earth upon them till they are covered an eighth of an inch deep. The seeds are so light and fine that watering the earth in the ordinary way will wash the covriug off them. Tho best way, therefore, to water them Is to plunge the pot in which thoy are planted into a vessel filled with water till it comes nearly to the top of the pot Water will thus soak through the porous earthenware to moisten the soil. When the earth in the pot becomes damp the seeds have had a iufflcient drink. This is to be done when they are first planted. Cover each pot with a piece of glass, set it in the window, and leave it until the seqds sprout Then raise the glass gradually, tho first day a little, the next a little more, and hen take it off altogether.

The plants are the smallest things at first But as they become stronger and the danger of frost is gone, set them out in a warm, dnely powdered, rich soil.

POTATOES FROM A SEED BALL.

The tiny potato plants must be cultivated just as ordinary ones are. By the fall of the first year, when digging time comes, the tubers will look much as they do in the pic :iuv. Gather them carefully, keep them over, and the second spring plant them just as you would ordinary potatoes. You may originate a new variety erf potato that will prove valuable to you. All new potatoes are thus raised.

The little plants should be thinned out in the pole if there Is.danger of their crowding one another. When you sot them into the ground plant them ono foot apart, rowB three feet apart You must watch them at first, aad water them if they seem too dry. But never water a plant while the sun is shining upon it Do that in the morning or evening.

If you have no potato ball Med, cut thB out and paste it in your scrap book where you will not forget it, and save some potato seed in the fall, ready to begin on next spring.

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Thine* to and to Know. The beet of all ways to prevent the bad effects of drouth ht persistent cultivation.

Cotton seed crushed or ground into meal tnalmi abetter fertiliser than the whole seeda In selecting brood sows choose those with long, wide bodies and thirteen or fourteen teats, the more the better.

If the fences are out of repair, they should be strengthened up without delay. It pays to keep toe cattle out of the corn.

Southern farmers are substituting more and more largely tobacco for cotton as a staple of culture. It pays several hundred percent better.

There are no longer any new lands for cattle ranges in the west Ranchmen must now go to South America, to Alaska and to the islands along the Pacific coast

Tbe demand for young men to take charge of creameries at the south so great that the Mississippi agricultural college is forming a class for special instruction in this industry.

To kill lice on cattle one good way Is to wash the snlmah in tobacco water. Boiling water poured over any kind of tobacco, or ever tobacco stems, will make the fluid. To kUl their eggs and a& apply twice.

An Ohio farmer has brutally disgraced the whole profession- He had 30) si*** when winter set in, and plenty of grain and fodder, but the other day an agent ot tbe Humane society found seveatgMoe of the sheep dead, forty bcin£ piled in the basement erf one barn and twenty-three in another, aad scattered about tbe place. Tbey had all starred to

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Hie climate of America is very tryingboth to and Inanimate objects.. The extremes of heat apd cold successively expand contract all mineral -substances to such an extent that unless constantly watched *pd kept in repair they are finally disintegrated. The drenching rains are also very trying.

BBPAHUKQ TOE ,OBEUSK-

The beautiful obelisk presented a few yean ago by the khedive of Egypt, to. New York, and set upon its base in-Central Park* was rapidly going to destruction.^ -It was

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ping off and crumbling aWay.' N Many suggestions were made for, its pjrfaeervatinn, among others the barbarous ona ot painting it At length a mixtureof paraffine, creosote and turpentine was

defcided on.

This is called a water proofing mixture, and has been applied to buildings to a considerable extent

The coating was applied to the heated stone. The manner of putting it on was interesting. Tbe obelisk is also called a "monolith," a word signifying that it is one stone. The column is covered to its top.with figure* and hieroglyphics. Into the crevices of these the heated coating had to be driven with at alcohol blowpipe. The operation was successfully accomplished, and the stone is at imposing as before, the only difference bfJjjgg. that it is slightly darker in colojv- rlt^ns 'pr, lofty and slender that greatj.carebtylt^ bj, exercised in erecting tho scimdldufig apSpf it The glaze-like coating brought ,dut thi carved figures in fine relief.

Kana Catesblana.

This is the learned name of the commor, bullfrog. Common as it is, it is safe to say that not one in a thousand of those who se^ ii every year know its habits or how. long it livea

JkSfD BEETLE.

First the frog is hatched into a polliwig, commonly called tadpole When it comes to that how many of us ever know, without looking into the dictionary, that the correct spelling and pronunciation are found in the word "polliwig?" Again, how long does it take the little tadpole to push out its legs, slough off its tail and develop into a full grown bellowing bullfrog that keeps people awake nights?

W ell, generally it requires two years to produce the full sized batrachian. It is hatched from the egg in tho warm days of spring. If food is abundant, and it must be very abundant and if the weather is warm and water is very plentiful, and so on, the little polliwig will develop,into a frog before the winter. But, generally, it Is not till the second summer that it canslengh off it? degrading caudal appendage and rise to the full dignity of a creature without a tail. In Canada it always requires two years.

The illustration shows how the frog snaps up a bettle'.with his long, lightning tongue The bull fr6g is a most ravenous eater. He is carnivorous, eating every living creature that he can get outside of. Bugs, mice, birds, spiders, snakes, and small turtles and grasshoppers and crawfish are alike fish to his net He is hot particular, but he is awfully hungry most of the time. Good sized pebbles hate been found in his stomach. These frogs have been known to even gobble up young ducks. But on the other hand, young ducks also gobble up the frogs when they get the chance, so honors are easy. The' tadpole of the bullfrog is large and strong, and grayish green in color. In winter the old frog ceases to sing and buries himself in the mud. But polliwigs in brooks and pool? are common enough tboughout the cold weather.

This frog is the one that is eaten. Only the hind legs are used for this purpose, and they area great delicacy, tasting more dainty than the finest game birds. In South Carolina the bull frog grows sometimes to be twenty-one inches long. It is caught for market either by shooting or by baiting a hook with a piece of red flannel or with as insect of some sort The creature Is so voracious that it snaps at everything it sees, aad therein lies its doknctiaa

Tbe anatomical structure of the frog bears to that of a human being a weird resemblance that is startling. In swimming the motions of the two are identical. This queer 1 flown suggests strange kinships.

Astronomical Kveate for

The principal astronomical event of 1886 will be the total eclipse of the son on the 29th of August The line of UJtality in this eclipee will cross the Atlantic ocean, traversing land In the West Indies just after sunrise, and in southern Africa toward sunset On the coast of Venezuela the total phase lasts nearly five minutes, and at Grenada, in the West Indies, the duration will be nearly four minutes.

It seems probable that in the latter part of April and first part of May we are to have the unusual spectacle of two fine comets visible at the same tine. Barnard^ ccxnet is increasing In brightness. Anothe* comet wasdis* covered by Fabry at the Paris observatory, Dec. 1, and this will finally surpass Barnard* in brilliancy. It will be seen in. the north, and its position will be very similar to that of the brilliant comet of 1SS1. For a short time it will not set at all in oar latitude, hot will re* main visible throughout the night is now visible la a moderate-rise and increasing slowly in brightness About April 1 the increase will liettsns more rapid,

aad by fee middle «r latter part of that —ft it win undoubtedly become visible te the naked eya. Its sssvimnni brightness, ever 6GP times as bright as when tt was dieeorvared, will be leathad about May 1, whea it will be situated in the Ay, not far from BarnanTs comet anid by the endof li^y it win have passed south of the equator, heoomingagain a telescopic object Aiwtlw favorable circumstance Is noted in the fact that when the oomet is at its brightest, the.e will beno moon tp detract from its splendor. Dr. Weiss points out the possibility that on April 96jfir37 the epmet may.be between us and the su^ and may consequently be projected 'onithesunHidisk. *n.*

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Statistics of, Svletde*.

Iha Knglish journals qontein.an abstract of an. interesting paper read before tbe Statistical society,, by "Dr. W. Ogle, on '.'Snicidefe in Rngland anj Walegin Relation to 4ge, Sex Season and Occupation!"'' The proportion of. suicides is 73 annually ^per 1,000,000 persons living^ The suicid^ rate increases rapidly until after middle life, but, in the more advanced age periods, again diminishes. The maximum rate is in the 55—65 years period, when it readies 251 per 1,000,000. The male rate is far higher than the female, with the exception of the period between 13 and 20 years of age, when the female rate is slightly in advance. The occupations in which suicide rates are lowest are those which jmp^p. rough manual labor, carried on jnflfjjl£,i'. dii£*ofi doors. Tbe occupations with the highest suicide rates are those which are sedentary, like the learned professions, and also such as notoriously lead to intemperance. As regards farmers, suicides nearly doubled in the two years 1879-80,when agricultural distress was most acute and simultaneously with this rise in their suicide rate "tnere was a corresponding rise in their registered bankruptcies., The amount of suicides varies with the seasons, forming a regular "an^iufl curve, of M&ich the minimum is in December and the^m$ximum in June. The UOthtnoQest method of suicide is hanging then follow fat order drpwiiing, cutting or stabbing, poisoning, Bhoojcingh IWomen, however, select drowning beforo-hanging, and. poisoning before chttiixfe.tor stabbing. Women take any poison indifferently men choose painless and sure preparations. The choice of method is also affected by age, the young showing a comparative preference for drowning, poisoning and shooting by occupation, men preferring the instruments of their trades by season, drowning being avoided in cold months.

.i.-.i Green Oysters. The green color which sometimes affects American as well ns European oysters has fortned the subject of a late special investigation by a microscopist at tho Smithsonian Institution. ,,He finds that it is the minute .blQpd opl)s which become tinged with green, and that these.tend to lodge in the heart and the gills in numbers great enough to give a green appearance. Tbe coloring matter, which may be vegetable or an abnormal product of digestion, is entirely harmless, and in no wise due to a copper tincture, as is popularly supposed.

Faets of Interest.

The government tea farms are to be abandoned. Diphtheria is three times as fatal to black ohildren as to white ones. ,/

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The average change of temperature Ip California the year, round is only 9 degs. The national herbarium at Washington now contains over 25,000 specimens.

A now route to southwestern China is pro jected. It is to run through Si am from th^ British possessions.

Milwaukee beer decreased in 1885 to tht amount of 9,000 barrels. This looks as thougt ''the temperance people were getting in their work.

Tbe largest steel rifle ever made in thi* country has just been finished at the Washington navy yard. It is of: 8-inch bore,

feet long, and throws a ball weighing 250 pounds with 175 pounds Of powder.

Spring Bunnet*

We have here a graceful and becoming bonnet for an elderly woman. It is stylish, which old ladies bonnets ought always to be. It iiquite a mistake that as a woman becomes advanced in years she should pay less attention to her dress. On the oontrary ,she should pay more, because then is the time when she need: dress to set her off.

She need not weat pink and blue and a gipsy hat, bu her clothes, thougt subdued in color, should be of handsome material am very carefully an

LACK BONNET.

fashionably made A woman should bt pleasing in appearance to, the latest day ol her life. f'

The illustration shows a black lace bonnet which-has a puffed crown of piece lace and a coronet of bronze beads, consist ng of a drop trimming of beads beaded by beaded leaves. A similar trimming

leaves and drops is at

the back. A lace scarf, seven inches wide, extends across the front behind the ooronet, and forms the strings. A large rosette of the same lace, with beaded leaves at the center, forms the trimming for the front

Green, Pink and Bine Dinner*.

A green,dinner is one given to the girl who to come out next winter. The table is decorated with smilax and green leaves all the names are inscribed on green ribbons, which extend from the center of the table, radiating to each guest, with the name of the parson to whom it is addressed written, fat gold, on the ribbon.

At one opulent dinner table all the glass was of that pale green tint which looks so corf, and china with a green edge was used. There were bouquets of green loaves of different tinta,.and a few bods still in their green sheath. An the varieties of green vegetables, as asparagus, spinach, and lettuce, were freely experimented upon, and a salmon with a green sance was of coarse in order.

At a pink dinner for a roeebnd the whole table was couleur de rose glass, china and table cloth were all of a roseate complexion. The pink lamp shades and pink roses, the ribbons and pink damask doth, made for oooe a pretty novelty. Pink fans, of course, accompanied this pink dinner. This was given to a debutante as the first dinner of her comingout winter. In this one can see the influence of Wagner, who uses the diapason of color so freely in bis operas a quality modi spoken of by Mr. Haweis. Thus every oos remembers tbe whiteness of "Lohengrin," the swan being the keynote, aad the redness of "Mepfetstopheies," and the ydkrw tones In the "MUstersfnger,* aad the auproyriatei^ss of hh stage setting, aa to oolor, was always

AhtasdimMr Is far mocedlflkaltto age. It Is aa unbecoming ookr for lamp shades, making every one look ghastly. It is therefore necessary'fo confine one's self to blue ribbons, aad almost the only bins flower we have, tfce forget-me not, is not very ornamental These dinners are given .to literary ladies, and have this sole excuse for being, that they bring out the "old blue'' fhm*, which is always worth seeing. Blue menus and blue chairs, blue portieres and blue and favors, are sometimes added, but a blue table doth Is unknown. Apiece of rich embroidered blue brocade may be stretched under the silver epergne. We have seen a fine set of knives, carver aad all, mounted, in lapis lazuli handles, curios from Russia, brought out for one of these dinners. But the plain, simple, moderate hostess might molrn nrmvrtihfag prfttty -oat of the idea if she had a mind to do so. Jockey caps of blt:e g*tin and and, belts might be introduced. A lace table cloth over blue reps is very pretty.

New Dress Goods.

Nearly all woolen fabrics are called veiling or etamine. The plain, goods is veiling, and the fancy material etamino. They are combined in one suit, as heretofore. All colors are to bo worn, but the various shades of beige promise to be most popular. Both plain and rich suits aw of worsted etemines in open work. The distinction is made between simple and elegant styles by the manner in which they are lined. For instance, a fawn-colored etamine, lined with cherry or reddish gold silk, makes a most showy toilet Pretty tissues in round, open network are oi coarse tulle, with satin or plain stripes. There are also etamines with velvet stripes, joined by a woven piece in open work. A dark moss-green material of this kind has hanrin of velvet about two fingers wide. The open work is about half this width, with a stitching of ruby-colored thread running through the center. Another style if dark navy blue In open network, crossed with stripes in relief in Turkish style, comprising two shades of red, white, green, blue, nnd a little yellow. Breton costumes will bf seen in these goods. The striped bands serve for trimmings.

Change In Dress Cutting.

French dressmakers have made a change in their way of cutting Waists. They now dispense with all dart), even for stout figures, and the waists sit like a glove. These waists are usua'ly open over a plastron. There is small side piece under the arm, and then front piece cut bias and fastened to the plastron by a seam which extends from the neck down to the basque, and gives shape to tht waist The Beam is indispensable, as it replaces the darts. E tripod fabrics nro par ticularly well suited to this kind of waist, because the front is cut bias and sewed to tl plastron, which is straight The plastrot may be of the same goods, but it is better have it of striped or ribbed material, for thoi the contrast between tho straight and bia* goods is more marked. Waists for younf ladies are very low in the nock, but thej have small guimpes underneath of tulle lace

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on toe shoulder and draped on th iside the waist. There are also "corselets," which are taken under the arm. bu' these also have guimpes of plaited crepe lisse. 1

Fettlcoats In Paris.

It may, perhaps, not te amiss to devote 8 fiw lines to the subject of petticoats—uppei tfcicoats that are worn immediately under tite dress. For dark toilets they are made ol black or dark colored silk they are trimmer with a thick ruche of faille of the snme color, pinked at the edges, or perhaps with se\ eral ruches of black lace, which Is very pretty but not so serviceable For the spring there are being made petticoats of moire or watered stuff in all oolors. They are adapted tr* the dress with which they aro to be worn, a dark petticoat being worn with a dark dress and a cream or mastic petticoat with alight The moire of which they are made is a cotton stuff, which keeps its stiffness, and tbero are stool springs in the petticoat to form the toumure. Except for indoor toilets in ti«? summer, white petticoats are no longer won. directly" under the dress.—Harper's Bazar.

'i New Combination*.

There are Japanese or Mikado borders, Oriental, cashmere, mediaeval and mixed design borders in broche, of sflk or wool, and in endless variety and beauty. Plain goods come with all these bordered and striped stuffs, to be combined with them in the composition oi suits whose general outlines are simple and whose make up is tailor-like.

Men's Spring Collars and Scarfs..

The plain round collar for gentlemen ii rapidly going out, and pity, too, for it is tho most becoming neckwear man ever wore. But it is doomed, and its plaoe is being taken by the pointed styles shown in the illustration. The po'iite run from sma'd to large and shavp, to meet the tastes of wearers, whether

ately in the fashion or desire the extreme of it The Furnishing Gazette shows new patterns of neck scarf and ties.

Tbe one which has tbe effect of being a tie acarf is not really so but is a made-up scarf to imitate the knotted one. It is called the Larch mout

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It is mn^he proper thing for gentlemen to bave a ku^e variety of scarfs of various shapes to wear on different occasions. Bright red ones variously striped aad checked are considerably worn. In troth, men are getting to be as proud of their many neck scarfs as women are of their old Isces.

FASHION LETS,

AD sorts of straws will be worn in hats and bonnets this spring.

Tbe latest novelty In fhnwf dipper* are those embroidered with garnet beads. The latest fancy in splashers are large teas spread agaiwt tbe wall bejiiad tiw washstand.

Borders for entire skirts for side and back panels and for parts of frodrs are the feature in spring styles.

The brims of new spring tiats are neither wide nor eccentric. TTwy are narrowsr fa the back than in front

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van. If Fonte's Powdera nre nsed tn time. Fotitt's rowderswlll niro and prevent Hoc CHO' Foutz'8 Powilers *111 prevent GAPS*

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Fonte'H Powders will lncren«e the qtmntlty of WW and cream twenty per cent* and make Uio butter ana and «we«t. ..

Font*"* Powders win enrn or prevent shrtost DISKASIC to whlcli Horwsa nnd nttlo are subjoct. Fotrrs's POWPKBS

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Area positive core for all diseases that arise from

Malaria:

Moore's Pilules are a certain and speedy malarial nntldote dent misunderstood almost, (If not quite), eveiybody suflem from it daily. This ss tbe remedy.

Chills and Fever:

Is one of tbe common forms of Malaria,. Moore's Pilules will

Positively Cure

Every case of Chills and Fever. Dumb Ague, Ac., in which tbey are takes* Never felled for 11 yean.

Moore's Pilules

Are entirely vegetable and harmleak They buve no quinine or amenta, er other injurious substance in tbr

Tbey are sugar coated, lens-sbai easy to take, always give satis low in price (60 cents Bold by druggists and proprietor.

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7R CortUuadgstreet, Hew York City. Y'jy

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