An Eight-Egg Social. , This scheme is not original with me, but was tried by a crowd of young peo ple who had pledged themselves for a certain sum for charity. There were just sixteen in the "bunch," so eight of them went on the reception commit tee and eight arranged the program with the following results: The admis sion was fixed at eight cents (no ob jection to more) and the doors were opened at eight minutes before eight. After all had arrived egg-shaped cards were passed and the contest occupied Just IS minutes, or It could begin eight minutes of an hour and end eight min utes afterward. What eggs are necessary in answer ing these questions? Egg-actitude. What eggs are always overdone? Eggs-aggerated. What eggs are looked for? Eggs pect. What eggs cry out? Eggs-claim. What eggs are high up? Eggs-alted. What eggs are unquiet? Eggs-cit-able. : ; What eggs banish? Eggs-ile. What eggs are athletic? Eggs-er-cise. What eggs hasten? Eggs-pedlte. What eggs burst? Eggs-plode. What eggs Investigate? Eggs-am-ination. What eggs are bartered? Eggs change. What eggs have a title? Eggs-cel-lency. What eggs are models? Eggs-amplo. What eggs are wide? Eggs-panse. What eggs carry out orders? Eggs ecute. . What eggs are Irritated? Eggs-asperated. What eggs are not Included. Eggs cept. . What eggs travel? Eggs-pedition. What eggs use effort? Eggs-ertion. What eggs are fond of digging? Eggs-cavation. What eggs debar? Eggs-clude. What eggs display? Eggs-hibit. What eggs brace up? Eggs-hilara-tion. What eggs lay out funds? Eggs pend. What eggs surpass all others ? Eggs :el. What eggs go out?" Eggs-it. What eggs advise? Eggs-hort. What eggs are too much? Eggs orbitant. . What eggs know by practice? Eggs perience. What eggs are very great? Eggs ceedingly. What eggs make allowance? Eggs cuse. What eggs are unusual ? Eggs-cep-.ional. What eggs try? Eggs-periment. What eggs are too many? Eggs-cess. What eggs render justice? Eggs ecutioner. What eggs should be imitated? Eggs-emplary. What eggs make clear. Eggs-plana-tlon. The method of serving refreshments was most unique. Each person re ceived eight ' egg-shaped cards about two inches square, tied with white and yellow ribbons (the season's colors). One set had the word "cake" written on each card, another "Egg Sand wich," another "Coffee," one had "Olives," one "Candy," etc. The Joy of this was to get your cards ex changed with others until you have a set that will call for eight different articles instead of just the one. The Little Ornament to Hold Three Reels of Cotton This useful and decorative little cotton holder can be made in a few moments, with the aid of some pret- . ii y colored remnants of ribbon and a yiece of stiff wire. It can be construct ed to hold three reels as .shown in our lustration, or It can be easily made ?o hold a larger number if desired, by sing a longer piece of wire. 1 in the first place, the reels are ' readed on to the wire and the ends t round Into loops In the manner iwn in the small sketch on the Then to either end of the wire a cards are to be redeemed at eight dif ferent tables at one cent each, ma king the spread cost just eight cents. Bird Puzzles. What bird is used for raising heavy weights? ; ' , . What bird does the tailor use? What bird assists the president? What bird Is 21 shillings sterling? What bird formed part of Queer Elizabeth's dress? What bird is used in making flags? What bird is a domestic animal? What bird is a group of small islands? What bird is a good friend in a shower? What bird is a drinking vessel? What bird is a musical instrument? What bird is most favored by sweet hearts? What bird is a gold coin? What bird must we U3e In eating and drinking? What bird is part of an organ? What bird is a Jolly good time? What olrd Is a sovereign in humble, occupation? What bird uses a loom? What bird is a favorite dish of the Chinese? ' , Answers: Crane, Goose, Secretary, Guinea, Ruff, Bunting, Cat, Canary, Umbrella, Dipper, Lyre, LoveEagle, Swallow, Reed, Lark, Kingfisher, Weaver, Rice. MADAME MERRI. SOME MATERIALS AND COLORS Need Be No Complaint That a Suffi cient Variety Has Not Been Offered. . A rather thick silk Is in favor aiiong the wealthy for outdoor cos tumes, and a favorite tint is verdigris, nhot with gray, perhaps, or in other Tvays modified. For Instance, a little verdigri3 braiding or embroidery is applied with gray silk. Many shots are worn, such as gray and green, Kreen and blue, blue and mauve, mttuve and pink, the effect of which is to make a winter outdoor costume very smart, always remembering thai the long coat invariably covers the llht material. The length is not so Inconvenient as it was last year, but frees the feet and ankles. A black velvet coat trimmed all lound with black fox and with heavy collar and cuffs to match, is cheap at t.bout $60. This gives some idea of ihe price of well-cut, up-to-date, long, Outdoor coat. One of this description can be worn in the evenings as well as in the daytime, a recommendation to many. To Clean Furs. , To clean white furs, moufflon, swansdown and ermine, first beat out all the dust, gently but thoroughly, then lay the article upon a table cov ered with a clean white cloth and sat urate it with a mixture of grain alco hol three parts and ether, one part. With a clean whlsk-broom work the fluid into every hair and down to the skin. Next sift into the fur all the boracic talcum it will hold, lifting the fur so that the powder reaches the roots. Put Into a closed box and leave it for three days. Take out the furs and shake the powder from them, removing that which cannot be easily dislodged by brushing with a clean whisk-broom. Pat the furs well on the wrong side to raise the nap. Wom an's Magazine. Directoire Shoes. The directoire black and white sill shoes are charming for evening wear. The heels are covered with the same silk and the shoes are trimmed with a small stiff bow, centered by a small crystal button. With this kind of shoe open-work white silk stockings with a plain filet mesh are smart wear, and on some of the most bizarre specimens, where the threads cross, appear a jet bead. Coats of Brocade. Coats of brocade, velvet, panne anc. the new figured ratine are worn with any afternoon gown with excellent ef fect. long loop of ribbon Is attached by which the holder may be ssupended from a nail in the wall. The three rosettes can be made separately and tacked in their places, one at the top of the loop and one on 'either side of the reels of cotton. The reels will revolve freely upon the wire, and when one has become empty it may be easily replaced by slipping a fresh one on to the wire. The color of the ribbon should be se lected to match or - narmoniie. with that of the wallpaper on which the CARE OF SETTING HEN Nothing Will Dislodge Perfectly Hard-Working Matron. Box or Barrel Laid on Side, Painted Inside With Carbollneum or Some Other Good Lice Paint, Is Suitable Nest. (By PROF. JOHN WIULAItD BOLTE.) ! A setting hen is a perfectly respect able hard working matron, suffering from an acute attack of spring fever She will not work, Bhe refuses to lay ;or even talk about fit, and she devel- ops a very crabbed disposition in a remarkably short length of time. Seek ing out some chosen nest she takes possession, by force, if necessary, and proceeds to occupy it for about 23 hours and 25 minutes every day. She leaves it secretly and in silence, only when food Is necessary. Having sat isfied her vants, she suddenly remem bers that unguarded nest, and makes for it with great speed and confusion I It matters not, whether the nest con tains eggs or a doorknob, it is dear to her, and , nothing will dislodge her .There she will hold the fort until her motherly longing is satisfied in a brood of little downy peepers. The writer once hatched three successive broods of chicks under the same hen the hen setting for 75 consecutive days, and coming off the nest reluc tantly and in good health at the end of that time. ' The best way to detect a broody hen is to look through the nests after dark and see whether there are any hens on them.v If so, they should eith er be brought up or placed on some worthless" eggs in the hatching quar ters, as they do harm in the regular laying pens by partially incubating eggs and fighting with all the other hens. Almost any concave nest, well lined with hay, will do for setting a hen Take a box, or barrel laid on its side. paint It inside with carbolineum or some other good lice paint, and form the nest out of earth with two inches of hav covering it. Be sure to get the corners filled so that the eggs cannot roll Into them. Have the edge of the box not over three Inches higher than the eggs, so that the hen will not jump on them Dust the hen with insect powder, place her on the nest on some dummy eggs, and cover her with another, ventilated box. Let her off In 24 tours, and if she goes back again, it will be safe to put good eggs under her. Use an odd number of eggs, depend ing upon the size of the hen and the season. Thirteen In cold weather and 15 in warm, is about right for Plymouth Rock hen. Keep whole corn and pure water at hand and let the hen take care of her self. . The . chicks usually begin to hatch on the twenty-first day. Let them alone until the night of the twentjr- secona day. xnen move ner ana me chicTcs to . a warm, dry coop and do not feed the chicks until the twenty fourth day. It is a good plan to set two hens at the same time and give all of the chicks to one hen after they are hatched. SHEEP HELP ON MANY FARMS Besides Being Money-Makers, They Will Destroy Many Noxious Weeds Range Bred Best. By W. A. LiINKLATER, Oklahoma Ex periment Station.) It would add to the revenue of many farms if a flock of sheep were kept. Besides being profitable they are great weed eaters. They will eat five out of six of our known weeds, where a cow or horse will eat only one out of every six. Range bred sheep are the right kind for the average farmer to buy. Such sheep will be grade Merinos and if they carry a cross of Shropshire, Lincoln or other mutton blood, so much the better. It would not be ad visable to buy Mexican sheep or low grade sheep of any other kind. The ewes purchased for the founda tion flock should be good, large ani mals from one to four years old, and Excellent Type. weighing more than one hundred pounds. Where possible It- would sel dom be practical to start with less than 50 ewes, find a larger number would be better -Etill. A flock of a doz en would require admost as much care as 50 or 100. These range bred grade Merinos should be bred to a Dorset ram If possible. The reason1 we recommend buying range bred grade Merino ewes is that thousands of these are available, while Dorse 1,3 are not to be had in large numbers. These fall or early winter lambs, by good feedtjag and care can be made to weigh 30 io 100 pounds by May 1, when they wfl find a ready market and will always be in demand. Such lambs should bring from five dollars TO MAKE SWINE PROFITABLE Beginner Will Do Well by Adopting One Breed, Standing by It and Work for Improvement. With the number of excellent breeds of swine from which any one at the present day may make a choice it is a waste of time for a breeder to undertake to create a strain of his own by crossing the Chester White on the Poland China pig, although there are some Instances where this has been done with pronounced suc cess. The beginner will do better by .adopting one breed, standing by It and working for improvement in the family rather than in the race. A man with even limited capital may be able to get a good start by know ing what to purchase. Excellent young sows bred for fall or spring farrow can be bought for from $40 to $50, good male pigs for $25, or those old enough for service for $50, writes W. F. McSparran in the Country Gen tleman. There is a question whether one need ever pay any more than these prices for some of the very best untried stock. The animals should be fed well and wisely, as their subsequent improve ment will result from feed, care and selection. The sow should produce two litters a year, about ten pigs the first year, although often she Will do much better than that and sometimes Decidedly Unprofitable. not so well. If she is bred too young or is too fat at the time of breeding, the first litter, at least, will probably be small In number. t The breeder must know the type of animal ne aesires ana seieci wnn mat in view. If the offspring of a given sire have predominating characteris tics of the kind approved, by all means breed this sire to his best daughters, and if his points of merit are prepotently fixed one can expect to secure the proper offspring. Do not scoff at pedigree, for it means the record of the blood of your herd. Also, do not pay money for a pedigree, but spend it liberally for the ideal hog with a pedigree equal to his merits. There is abundant chance for selection from prolific swine. The young sow may farrow at from twelve to sixteen months of age. A mature sow should produce twelve to eighteen pigs a year, which will give you plenty of stock to select from. NEED OF GOOD DAIRY SIRES Cheapest Investment Farmer Can ' Make la Purchase of Pure Bred Bull to Build Up Herd. (By RAT P. SPEER, Minnesota Colles of Agriculture.) It has been demonstrated again and again that the cheapest investment that can be made by a farmer who is trying to build up the standard of a herd of pattle lies in the purchase of a good pure bred bull. It is not nec essary to buy several high priced fe males as a basis for the average herd. nor is it economical. A striking proof of this has been shown on the cattle show circuit at various state fairs last fall. One of many Instances will suffice. Recently a prominent state fair judge had to choose between two cows with the same dam, but sired by different bulls, for the female championship of the breed. So strikingly similar in type was each of them to its own sire, though the dam was the same, that there was no trouble In distinguishing between the two. The one that had been produced by the more outstand ing sire was so superior to the one that had been produced by the less su perior bull that there was no trouble about the selection. The principle illustrated is of prac tical value to the farmer who is think ing of beginning a herd with limited capital, or has a very common herd that he desires to grade up. An aver age group of calves will be far su perior to their commonly bred mothers if a good pure bred bull is used. Such a bull can be purchased very reasonably- if proper care is taken by the purchaser. To Clean Hatching Eggs. If eggs, while hatching, become soiled and it is necessary to clean them, a basin of warm water at a tem perature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit should be used? but not above this, a little less being better than a greater degree. The eggs should bo put into this water and the dirt gently removed after soaking and washing with the hsnds, then dried with a cloth and put back in the nest, which should be first renewed with clean hay. If not badly soiled they may be cleaned by gently scraping with a knife or with the fin gers. Care is necessary to avoid crack ing the shell or jarring the egg, as such an Injury will destroy the possi bility of a hatch. ' Slow Turning of Separator. Slow turning of the separator wit lose more fat in the skimmilk than fast turning. f Place for Wood Ashes. A 03d r'.cca for "wr-M .' t&mt KvAJO HE Navajo Indian reservation, lying partly In New Mexico and partly In Arizona, over laps the Continental divide like a gigantic saddle blanket, and may be briefly described further as a great broken plateau of some 25,000 square miles in area, semi-arid in its climatic features and overgrown quite generally with a hardy growth of vegetation, including many valuable forage plants unsurpassed for grazing purposes a resource long since turn ed to account by its interesting in habitants, the Navajos, the owners of 2,000,000 sheep, the income from which renders them practically independent of the whites and the benevolent pa ternalism of the federal government. At the time of the American occupa tion of New Mexico in 1848, the Nava jos had become quite generally a pas toral people, subsisting upon their flocks, which were added to, accord ing to accounts of the times, by others stolen from the Pueblos and the Mex ican settlers with whom they were not infrequently at enmity. During the 60's when the tribe was at war with the United States their herds and property were ruthlessly killed and destroyed and the men, women and children carried off in captivity to Fort Sumner. Children Belong to Mother. Following their release and return to the reservation, the United States government, in 1869, gave them 30, 000 sheep and 2,000 goats, which by careful husbanding they have increas ed to the present extensive dimen sons, becoming the principal posses sion of each family and its chief means of support, the flocks of the more thrifty, in many instances, numbering several thousand head, thus enabling the possessors to live In comparative ease or affluence even. It is, indeed, the exception rather than the rule to find a family without a herd of sheep. They, in fact, are the royal road to power and influence in the tribe, one's rank being automatically regulated by the size of his flock, the greater one's possessions the more exalted his position. As among other primitive peoples, woman's standing in the Navajo tribe is high, descent and Inheritance being in her line, the children belonging to the mother and her clan. By tribal prerogative she is the principal prop erty owner, the lands, houses, crops and sheep being hers exclusively, ana it is on her that their care and man agement largely devolve. The scarcity of water and grass at certain seasons, the difference in alti tude of the various sections, the conse quent attendant climatic variations and the peculiar character of the plant life on the reservation make it neces sary to move the flocks during certain seasons. For these reasons, to which must be coupled the itinerant pro clivities of the tribe, the Navajo has no permanent abode, his movements being regulated to a very great extent by the waxing and waning of the pas tures, a state of affairs that fits in well with Navajo disposition to wander, in. herlted from his forbears, who lived by hunting and plundering, the change from' a roving hunter to a nomadic herdsman being an easy andl perhaps a natural one. Ranges Divided. In the summer months the family repair with their flocks to the high mountainous areas, where thrive mag nificent belts of timber consisting of yellow pine, fir, spruce, scrub oak, pinon, juniper and cedar. Flourishing within these timbered tracts are nu merous grassy stretches 4 that furnish excellent pasturage for the herds. Then, too, the climate is more con genial and water more abundant than on the lower semi-arid sections else where. As a rule, whether on the summer or winter pasture lands, the family oc cupy the same locality, in each case, year after year, the range being di vided in some manner among the va rious clans that constitute the Navajo tribe, and again subdivided among the families, where it is handed down through some system of entail from one genera iion to another. In a se cluded plaeeremote from springs, wa tering sites anf ' tra!lsnear a sm'l arable trnrf 'v - . T VILLAGE The size of the flocks owned by the individual families vary considerably in some cases. The number possessed by the smallest holders is rarely less than 250 head. While the more wealthy have as many as 2,000 or more. Some of the wealthiest hold at their dis posal from 6,000 to 10,000 head, but instances of this kind are few and are not known to exist In but ten or twelve cases. Of seventy-seven herds counted near Keams canyon, Arizona, the average sized flock was found to be -very nearly 700 head, which is probably a fair estimate for other sec tions of the reservation. If there is any difference elsewhere it will exceed these figures rather than fall below them. A herd of this size will easily support an average Navajo family of two adults 'and three children. The wool sold direct to the traders as it is taken from the sheep should bring $300. If made Into blankets it will exceed this amount by two or three times. Adding to this the returns from the sale of a few lambs or of the matured animals, it is obvious that the ordinary Navajo family can live easily off the Income from their flocks, considering that they are at no cash outlay, except for their clothing, flour, coffee and a few other domestic ne cessities exclusive of meat, which is supplied from the herd. While no definite figures are obtainable, it seems very probable that the Navajos have on an average 100 sheep per capita for every man, woman and child on the reservation, which is amply sufficient to solve the bread-and-butter problem for them for gen erations to come, granting, of course, that they do not lose their herds from epidemics or from unfavorable range conditions. TO NATURE FOR REAL REST Excellent Advice Couched In Language That Savors of the Fancy of the True Poet. Tired, are you? Want a recipe fo real rest? Well, here's one, recom mended by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay he's a poet, but don't .hold that against him in Farm and Fireside: "You to whom the universe has be come a blast furnace, a coke oven, a cinder-strewn freight yard, to whom the history of all ages Is a tragedy with the climax now to whom our democracy and our flag are but play things of the hypocrite, turn to the soil, turn to the earth, your mother, and she will comfort you. Rest, be It ever so little, from your black brood ings. Think with the farmer once more, as your fathers did. Revere with the farmer our centuries-old rural civilization, however little it meets the city's trouble. Revere the rural cus toms that have their roots la the im memorial benefits of nature. "There is perpetual balm in Gilead, and many city workmen shall turn to it and be healed. This by faith, and a study of the signs, we proclaim!" Detroit Free Press. Fox Made the Cat Dizzy. Augustus Johnson, a machinist em ployed by the Seth Thomas Clock com pany in Thomason, tells this story: "1 went fox-hunting by moonlight. Near Henry Pickett's house a large cat came along pursued by a fox.: The feline climbed a tree whereupon the fox began to circle about the trunk. The cat watched the fox until it be came dizzy and fell to the ground. As the fox started away with the cat I shot and got both fox and cat." Winsted (Conn.) Dispatch to New York American. Optimistic. "Well, Bill," said the temporarily re tired burglar to his pal, "there's one thing we oughter be thankful for here in the pen." "Wot's that?", said Bill. "We ain't bothered much dodgln' ortermobiles, or worryin over the high cost o livin'," said the T. R. B. Harper's Weekly. Brotherly Love. "Ah!" said a conceited young pe son, "I have this a ft.rr . I bolder la to nana;. upward. 1

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