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