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I PRETTY CHRISTMAS GIFTS f
I Acceptable Presents for Young: and Old jj
and How They Are Made
EASILY MADE CHRISTMAS
NOVELTIES IN NECKWEAR
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NECKWEAR and muff acta war*
never mora taehlonable than they
are Juat now, and thay are among the
eaaleot to make of home-made glfta.
They confer both atria and comfort
upon their wearera to the Joy of thoee
who receive them.
Neckplecea are almply atralght
langtha of velvet,- pluah or fur cloth,
cut a quarter of a yard wide and a
yard or more in length. They are
lined with aatin and gathered in at the
ends, where a teaseled ornament
makes the finish. They fssten about
the neck with a hook and eye or slide.
Crocheted, passementerie or bead
buckles and ornaments are used on
them.
Mulfa are barrel-shaped and made
over beds of down or wool batting.
These beds are bought reedy made
and are very cheap. Velvet coverings
are usually gathered over tbem with
rufiles at each end as shown In the
picture The muff and ruffles are lined
with satin. 8Uk cords or strands of
targe black beads are fashionable this
season for decorating these sate
HOLIDAY TIES AND
\ BOWS IN RIBBON
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INEXPENSIVE and prettjr neckwear
is made of narrow colored relret
ribbon. Bowa and ties like thoae
shoVn In the picture are often finished
with amall flowera of ribbon or chiffon.
HOMEMADE GIFTS
ACCEPTABLE TO MEN
, QELECTINQ gifts for one's menfolka
O Is perplexing to the Christmas
shopper; their needs are few, com
pared to those of women and children.
Men like gifts that add something to
their comfort sad they like convenient
_ things. They especially appreciate
gifts made by the donor, and this year,
there are some novelties for them
which are not difficult to make at
home.
A basket, which will do either for a
den or a bedroom, Is made very easily.
The materials selected for It depend
upon the purposes for which It la to
be used. If It Is Intended for a con
venient receptacle for ties, collar but
tons, pins, needles, thread and various
odds and ends. It Is to be made of cre
tonne, brown linen or figured silk and
finished wltMpbbon. But If for a den
to hold pipesTmatches, cigars, tobacco,
etc., It Is to be made of thin leather or
heavy silk and finished with silver or
gold braid and cord.
A collar box oovered with cretonne
and suspended by ribbon hangers is s
reliable gift sure of a welcome. A
round pastebSard box of suitable site
U needed over which the coveting la
stretched and either panted or aewed.
For email remembrance tokens flat
sachets of crepe paper carrying laven
der or spicy perfumes In an oblons bit
of cotton batting. are tied with nar
row strips of ribbons.
DMK SETS FOR THE
OFFICE OR HOME
A MONO the most attractive of
novel presents for man are ofllce
or library sets consisting of portfolio,
letter box. waste basket, candle
shades, etc. They are made of hand
some wall paper designs pasted over
foundations of heavy cardboard or
wood. A paper having a broad black
and whits stripe with dark red flowers,
vaguely outlined on It, was used to
cover the latter box and portfolio
shown lis the Illustration. The candle
shade la of dark red paper decorated
with a fancy gold braid pasted on. The
ability to choose an attractive paper
and paste It on neatly is about all that
Is required for making these seta.
Leather effects, the tiffany papers, be
sides many artistic flowered patterns
are suited to the purpose and make
useful and tpsteful gifts that men ap
preciate.
TOBACCO POUCH AND *
DRESSING CASE BAG
A TOBACCO pouch Is made of four
long, narrow triangles of leather
or of a silky plush, sewed together. A
silk lining Is made In the same way
and placed In the outer bag. The edaes
along the top are blind-stitched to
gether. The bag Is Inches long.
each triangle 3% inches vide. A
casing Is stitched In the bag 1 ft
Inches from the top to accommodate
narrow elastic bands for d raving
strings. If the bag Is to be hungup
ribbon or cord suspenders are sewed
at each side.
INEXPENSIVE GIFTS IN
COLLARS AND VESTEES
A COLA.A R and nates tat sheer or
gandie. to wear wfth tailored suits
will be welcomed by every woman and
costs almost nothing but the time for
making. The flaring collar Is finished
with hand-embroidered scallops or a
band of fine narrow swlsa embroidery,
or lace, which extends down each side.
The collar and v as tee must be cut
separately and Joined at the neck line.
The collar Is wired te make It stand
and flare correctly.
A brilliant vestee, with collar and
revers of filmy lace, Is pictured made
of brocaded velvet and shadow lace.
The vestee Is a band about, the neck
gradually widening to the waist line
where It'll trimmed Into pol^rf. It
fastens Just above the points with
hooks and eyes, and here three small,
fancy buttons are set on for ornament.
A short ruffle of lace forms a flaring
collar which Is supported with fine
wires. The rerers are made of straight
pieces of lace draped In at each tide
and at the top In the neck line, blade
of bright colored brocades this Is one
of the prettiest of novelties to be worn
to embellish the blouse.
Leaving the Future to God.
Do not yield to the temptation of
looking at everything at once, as If
everything would happen at once, and
all the events of the day be crowded
Into an hour./ Do not thus forecast,
bnt take each thing as it comes to
yon. and look upon It as the present
ezpreesion of the will of Ood concern
ing you; then regard the next In the
same way, and thus receive your day
ptoce by niece from him who will re
member always when he gives you
work to do, that you need strength
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to do It. Often, when yon have al
most fainted .In spirit, the thonght
comes, "If thou 'hast run with the
footmen, apd they hare wearied thee,
what shalt thou do with the horse
men?" Put It from you. It Is a faithless
thought; if you need more strength,
you will hare It. be sure of that; or
the call to greater extj-tlsir may never
come to you. Tour business Is with
the present; leave the future In his
hands who will he sure to do the
best, the very best for you.?PrlsclUa
Maurice.
WIFE WILL WISH
HIS THIRST AWAY
Her Mere Desire Means "Presto!
and She Has It," ?ay?
Husband.
SHE IS A REAL IINX
Teamster Tall* Judga Thara Navar
Waa Such a Wisher as Hla Wlfa
?Could Hava Aladdin's Lamp
If Sha Wantod It. '
Chicago.?"My wife," afflrmed Fred
Kacsmarek In tha court of domeatic re
lations. "haa everythlnr tn-the -world,
she wants. All aba's got to do la wish,
and presto! aba's got It. Wbat aba's
hauled ma into court for I can't make
out."
"Drunkenness and non-support are
tha charges," explained the clerk.
Kacsmarek looked disgusted.
"Now, ain't that just like a womanT"
he demanded. "Haul me Into court
for things that are her own fault If
she wants me to cut out liquor all sbe'a
got to do la wish. If she wants to be
supported she cap wish for that, too.
If she wished I waa an alderman. I sup
pose ?d have to be. one. I tell you.
Judga, you never saw a wisher like my
wife."
Never Wished for This. ,
"Has she ever wished for Aladdin's
lamp?" Inquired the court.
"I don't know whether she has or
not, Judge, but believe me, she could
have It If she wanted to. She could
have any kind of a lamp. She could
have an Indirect lighting lamp In the
kitchen and In the cellar if she sim
ply wished for It
"Another time she says to me: Tou
loafer, I hope you dislocate your
shoulder,' and so of course I had to do
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Wished Horse to Step oh Him.
"Then she said she wished the horse
would step on me, and I couldn't get
away from that horse to save my
neck.
"She ain't a regular wife at all.
Judge; she's a Jinx; she's a witch;
she's a regular fate!"
"Do you think," Inquired the court,
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"She Says: 1 Hope You Fall Off the
Wagon,' and That Same Day I
Did."
"that yon can keep sober now and
support your wife If I release yon on
probation?"
"It all depends on her, judge," said
Kacxmarek, with ? shrug. "If she
hopes 111 be sober 1 can't help It.
and If she wishes for my pay I can't
hold out a dime."
"Take your husband home and
wish," ordered the court, addressing
Mrs. Kacxmarek. "Next case "
HOGS ATTACK A POSTMASTER
Baqsfoot, Indiana Man Racas for Hla
Life From Haat-Craxad
Animals.
Muncle, Ind?A drove of hogs,
crazed by the beat, would bare killed
Emory i. Nlday, postmaster of Mud
cle, had they been able to set at blm
as be lay In a hammock on his farm,
he says.
The hogs, which had been acting
queerly, charged him. Nlday crawled
Into the higher part of the hammock
and sat huddled there as he called for
help, the animals. In. the meantime,
standing on tbelr hind feet In an ef
fort to reach him.
Finally the hogs noticed Nldajfti
shoes and socks, which were on the
ground, and devoured them. While
the attention of the hogs were thus
distracted Nlday leaped from the
hammock and raced at top speed for
the nearest fence, pursued by the ani
mals. He fell over the fence In safe
ty, and, barefooted, hurried to town
In his automobile.
KILLS BIG FISH WITH PISTOL
Nine-Foot batch 80 Vicious Revolver
Has to Be Emptied Into
Ita Head.
Clarksdale, Miss.?A Raffish weigh
ing 187 pounds and measuring nine
feet was brought to this city by Sam
Antone.
The flsb was caught In the old bed
of the Sunflower river, a few miles
from this city, and fought so violently
that a pistol had to be emptied into
Its head before it could be drawn from
the water.
Baby Fondles Poison Snake.
Lancaster, Pa.?A two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gehman t/f
Rowmansvllle. while playing In the
yard, was bitten by a copperhead.
The little fellow picked up the snake,
and it struck its fangs deep In his
flesh. His screams attracted mem
Mrs of the family, who killed the
snake.
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EXCELLENT NOTES OF HORSES AND MULES
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Flret Prix* Donkey Mare, Juanlta.
The eolt that Is mot halter broken I
when be le between three and all 1
months old. Is liable to give hit owner
much trouble later on.
The brood mare that does not (ire
sufficient milk for her foal bad best
be sold at once, unless the '?ult '?
with the owner.
Unless the brood mare is well fed,
the foal will disappoint the owner.
The raisers of the highest class of
hunters In Ireland believe that the
feeding of corn Is Injurious to the
sire.
Bltmlnate the eocfcle burs from the
farm, or the manes and tails qf the
horses will be full of them, causing a
lot of trouble when you try ti get
them out
A chronic cough may come either
from weakness In the bronchial tube
or from the stomach. In either case,
don't let it run on, or It may put your
horse out of commission sooner or
later.
A mule Is supposed to be brqken
after a day's work?that la, If the driv
er has ball the sense of the mule
It takes from three to six months
to break a horse decently.
The mule Is Immune to many dis
eases that the horse is subject to, for
Instance, glanders, farcy, and boot
1 troubles of many sorts
When you., let a good horse go,
know that you have a good one to
take his place.
Ever try feeding the horses the po
tato parings from the kitchen? They
like them Bret rate and they are good
brr....
Let It be your ambition to ratae a
better colt than your mare waa when
abe waa young.
Breed la not all there la of a good
horae. Care will do wondera, even
with a poor borae.
Don't turn a colt cut and expect
It to grub all winter for a living, it
there la anything to be aorry tor It
la a poor, shaggy, balt-atarved colt
If you have big. looee, rangy mares,
breed tbem to a well put up lack, and
you will get a medium aired, amootb
mare.
Loggera in the South demand very
large mulea. Cotton plantera want
amall onea.
The reason why more mulea are not j
wanted In the North la because no
white man understands a mule aa a
negro does. -
Some men seem to think that a mule
does not need aa good treatment as
a horae. but he does.
A well broken mule rldea^aa easy
as a rocking chair. ' ? - *
Steer clear ot the aire that has poor
feet. Breed thf other way, up not
down.
Nail strips ot tin along the edge
of the manger before the colts get
the habit of gnawing It It la bard
work to break a young horae of such
a habit
If you turn out the colts for an air
ing let them Into a lot where there
la no other stock. Better for the colts
and surely for the other stock.
A sound mare with no constitutional
defects Is tfce only one which can be
depended upon to produce a aound colt
LIGHT FOLDING FARM CRATE
Especially Convenient for Growers of
Onions, Potstoes and Other Vege
tables for City Market.
Light wooden crates of the folding
type are being widely used by growers
of onions, potatoes, corn for the city
markets and other vegetables and
truck of this sort. They fold sp when
not In use and take up but little space
when they are not filled. They are
rather strongly made and will stand a
Light Folding Crate.
great deal of such hard usage ai copies
from express and truck handling. They
can be used over apd over again and
are meeting with much favor among
the growers who make many ship
ments weekly.
The expense of furnishing packers
and crates U met In this way by the .
grower who Is willing to make a con
siderable first of the season outlay for
packing crates
Cool milk within halt an boar; the
sooner the better.
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Hake the surface smooth and level
whenever yon seed a field to grass.
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When a man overdrives a hired
horse that's all we wash to know of
him.
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A good ram 1% "half the flock." and
a poor ram Is nflarly all the flock. HI*
Influence Is always for either good or
bad.
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The cheapest gains and the most
healthful conditions are obtained
when pfs have access to good pas
ture.
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If you expect good cows, take good
care of the heifers Qlve them feed
that will properly nourish and develop
them
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The dairy utensils need heat to kill
the bacteria In the seams, folds and
corners, even after the washing Is
thorough.
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Before cross-fencing the farm plan
out the fields with a view both to a
good crop rotation and to ease of
handling.
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The determining factor In the yield
of a good variety of corn#s nnt the
else of the ear/but rather the strength
of the whole plant and the percentage
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FEEDING NOTES FOR STOCK
Tee Much Corn and Net Enough
Reughage Given to Beef Cattle?
Brome Graaa Oaina Favor.
Many fanner* feed too much corn
for beef and not enough roughage.
Tbla ha* been repeatedly proved by
experiment*. It ha* been proved that
Texaa iteera receiving a ration of cot
tonaeed meal and bulla in the propor
tion of one pound of meal to four
pounds of bulla, gained 2 21 pounda
per day at a coat of 4.< cant* a pound,
the meal being valued at ISO a ton
and the bulla at ft.
Another reault of thla experiment
waa that when molaaaea waa added
to the ration of cottooaeed meal and
bulla, galna of 3.11 pounda per head
were made, while thoae which did not
receive the molaaaea gained but 2.09
pounda.
Why may not cattle feeders In the
sugar beet dlatrlcta avail themaelvea
of the refuae molaaaea from the beet
augar factories? There la thla advan
tage, that beet augar molaaaea la much
leaa palatable than molaaaea from the
cane augar factories *
The value of Ruaalan brome graaa
for paature ta becoming more and
more recognlied. 1th adaptation for
thl* purpose la apparently higher itn
the American and alao the Canadian
Northwest, than In other section* of
the country. It 1* now quite generally
conceded that one acre of brome grass
will furnish more pasture than two
or three acre* of native prairie.
Cow pea and alfalfa hay make a,
good substitute for wheaf bran in
cattle feeding.
Too much silage la not good for
sheep. They should always have rough
age with It If cattle are fed almost
exclusively on silage they will not
thrive. ,
Shredded corn, alfalfa or straw
should always be fed with silage.
Unseed meal Is a good ration for
fattening lambs, but cottonseed meal
la better.
In breeding abeep, corn, cob meal,
ohts, a little cottonseed meal go very
well If corn stover or straw Is used
for roughage.
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Swiss Chard.
Swiss chard has come to be one
of the most satisfactory salad planta.
It la easily cultivated; the seed may
be so.wn In any garden soli lurt as
soon as work outside Is possible. The
whole crop can be used for greens.
When the leaves are removed new
ones spring up, so that the plant can
be utilised during the entire growing
season.
Good Suggestion.
The Baltimore American makea a
practical suggestion when It aays:
"The South ahould grow more live
stock and lesa cotton."
Prevent Egg Eating.
A liberal supply of coarse sand or
gravel and a liberal teed of burnt
bones pounded fine, with lime and
ashes, all tend to prevent egg eating
Hens Are Particular.
Fowls are as particular as man
kind about a variety In the bill of
f
Water In Eggs.
It la claimed that there Is nearly as
much water In a pound ot eggs as In a
pint of milk. . i
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:OLEflDAM
THREE hundred and some odd
days of the even tenor of bis
tray?and, than, tha Kermeaa
and tha Volendamer dances,
writes Anna M. Dannison In tha
New York Tribune.
No. Ha does not dance hi bis wood
en shoes. No man of fashion has a
pair of pumps better suited to tripping
the light fantastic than are thla Dutch
man's Bunday slippers. They are of
some sort of soft, shiny leather, and In
them he becomes light of foot The
same may ba said of father, mothsr,
brother, sister, sweetheart and friend
The Volendam fisherman goes week
ly out Into the Zuyder Zee and casts
his net for flsh. As regularly as Sat
urday comes arpund the harbor out
side the dyke-fills up with craft until
It can hold no more?for then he re
turns for a peaceful Saturday after
noon or Sunday with his family and
friends. When he has anchored his
barge be turns toward home, walking
with that clever combination of drag
ging, shuffling and freedom of swing
In his step that can be acquired by
no other means than the wearing of
wooden shoes and -rousers a halt yard
wide about the ankles. When he
reaches his own door?a door exactly
like those of his neighbors to right
and left?he deftly slips out of his
wooden shoes and crosses the vesti
bule Into the living room of his home.
The Fisherman's Home.
This vestibule and living room are
exactly like those of his neighbors to
right and left, to front and rear The
living room has twq, windows In front,
each of whlctr is "Ctlrtalned with even
ly plaited lace across the lower sash
and smoothly Ironed lace across the
upper. A table stands between these
two windows. The floor Is covered
from the table back to the opposite
wall with matting, the fireplace accom
left to best out Its routine, organised
and established. To learn the lite of
the people la to 8nd that the; Use thus
content, hut always counting and plan
ning for the Kermess as an American
country child waits the year around c
(or Christmas.
It tg easy to understand that when
a man and a maid who can dance, and
at that wall, and can take a glass, and
with unction, will do It with a rim
when the moment arrises, (or there Is
but one genuine diversion during the
year. Therefore, before a certain
Saturday evening In the month of Sep
tember, It Is the custom each year
for all available men and boys to begin
putting up booths along the dike, or *
on the seaward side of the mala street.
In these booths are bastgwed dried
llsh, smoked eels, toys, candles, bak
ery, etc.
Booths for Everything.
One booth Is prepared for the cake
cutting. This means that each cus
tomer Is given a hatchet If be can
cut the strip of cake In two with
three strokes, sometimes four?the
cake Is his. If he falls be pays for
It Usually he pays.
Another booth Is for the housewife
who makes and sells some sort of
fried cake. These are bought eagerly ,
for and by the children. Another
booth Is arranged for ring throwing.
Clocks, watches, dishes, lamps, and so
on through a long list, are won or
lost by the payment of ten cents (two
cents of American money) and the
skill of the thrower. /
This Saturday afternoon the fisher
man comes home and puts on his Sun
day best,' Hla'wtfe and babies are
already spruced up, and- presently they
stroll out, band In hand. In troops and
groups, past these tempting displays,
regaling themselves on smoked, eel
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BESlDt THE ZUYDER ZEE.
modates a small charcoal .burner In Its |
flue, and all the family china and all
?er and brass Is assembled hereabout
The beds open Into the walls like
cupboards, and here the family Is
stored away at night Uke dry goods
on shelves.
During the day, however, coffee or
tea simmers over a perpetual Ore,
which Is kept alight In the burner on
the table between the windows. Here
sits mother or sister, sewing or knit
ting, and to this hospitable board come
cousins, aunts, grandfathers and beaux
to pour and drink a cup of tea while
the gossip of the day is passed; or,
if it be the sweetheart, he steals a
few minutes of flirtation with the de
mure damsel.
Always Planning for Ksrmess.
Money Is not so abundant from the
labor of the average fisherman as to
permit much diversion from the rou
tine. In fact, to one used to the at
tractions of cities or the push of mod
ern times, this life seems like a 12
| month clock, wound up each year and
and giving the children a "Christ
masy" feeling br buying, and present
ing to them dolls, toys, cakes, etc.
Everybody begins to pe.happy.
So goes tbe week. Tbe daytime is
spent more or less quietly about dally
affairs, but the evenings arc full of
music, laughter and madcap dancing.
As the last nights of the Kermess ap
proach it seems to dawn upon the
Volendamer that the humdrum length
of another year is approaching, and
accordingly he raises bis heels and
limbers up his knees. Whole bands of
boys and men claap hands or embrace
lovingly, and pound the floor In
rhythmic thuds ahd thumps until tbe
entire building sways and trembles,
rocks and eehoes to motion and sound.
They dance and dance the last Satur
day night sway. Still they dance when
Monday morning dawns, and only up
on tbe stroke of noon on Monday does
bedlam die away and all Volendam'go
first to bed to sleep it off, and then
back to work?till the Kermeaa comes
again. >
About Women.
While the war is on wedding banns
will be dispensed with In Austria.
The, average life of women Is about
tour years longer than that of men.
When an English woman marries a
German she takes her husband's na
tionality.
Miss Alice George Is managing the
political campaign of her uncle. Con
gressman Henry George, Jr., who Is
seeking-reflection to congress.
Ten young Chinese womdn "received
the degree of M. D. at the recent com
mencement exercises of the Hackett
Medical College for Women at Canton,
China.
Gum Chewing -In Kansas.
"I never realised that so many
women chew gum until 1 started to
make an examination of these tables,"
said John Thomas, proprietor of Fur
| ry's confectionery, .125 East Douglas
avenue. "One of the tables needed
repairing and when I turned ItJtrSrl
found M wads of gum struck on tha
under aide of It. I then looked under
the others and found that there were
between fifty and one hundred wads
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of gum on eaeb of the 25 tabels In
here. Abopt 1,260 women most have
placed their gum under these tables,
as tbere are that many wads."
After the reporter taw (or himself
that the pieces of gum were there, he
asked:
"Why do they leave It there, after
so carefully placing It?"
"Because they And so many they
do not know whose they are getting
hold of when they start to lepra,." rs* 1
piled the confectioner. ? Wlchltr
Eagle.
Largest Users of the Cable.
Who are the biggest cablers? Prob.
ably Lloyd's Shipping agency, for they
hare sleepless agents in every corner
of the world keenly watching lor ship- T.
ping arrivals, departures, wrecks, cas
ualties, etc.. which they Instantly no
tify by cable to London.
Raven Not Long Lived Bird.
The ancients credited the raven
with unusual lougevity. -but modern
Investigation shows that It Is not
warranted. The bird rarely lives more
than seventy years,
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