" ‘ iaai’e Bight. Madame the only \Vashing Pow- 73 der that has a cake of i, Toilet Soap in each k. package is made by ., The J. B. Williams’ Co., Glastonbury, Ct., ‘ Makers of Williams’ Famous Shaving ii, Soaps, the best guarantee of superiority. 1.7 14 :j."' ‘:,_:.~‘.; . Every packagecontains a. calf“; o’ffWiliiams’ Choice thit‘e Glyceriue.’ Toilet Soap. A Wise Man Keeps his-'Home Insured . . THE BEST ellllllll REPRESENTED w. H. s-BYleGTON. IIIIOII I. EIZETTE BIIILIIIIE, - - - - "RIVA“, GOIII “A.- " a P INT Na AZETTE OFFICE. GOOD WORK. PRICES RIGHT. New Direct Fast Line ——BET WEEN— New York and the ‘ Mediterranean ‘Regular Passenger Service BETWEEN—— r . I: .New York, Naples and Genoa. During EntirelYear. OUTWARDS PREPAIDS. To Naples $18 From Naples $17 “ Genoa .18 “ Genoa r7 “ Messina zo . “ Messina 16 .. Palermo 20 _ “ Palermolo TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. .3: K Unthreshed Oats for Horses. For several years I have fed un- mreshed oats to my horses and the longer I follow the plan the more I like it. In harvesting cats that are to be fed in the bundle, the cutting should be done a few days before they are ripe. The grain is as good then as it will be later, and the straw is much better. And early cutting prevents the loss that otherwise would occur from the dropping off of grains when handling. If one has barn room the bundles may be hauled in directly from the shock as soon as dry and piled up in close fitting row-s. If there is no room for them under cover they may be stack- ed outside. When the sracking is well done oats will keep all winter and both straw and grain will come out fresh in the spring—all excepting the coarse ends of outside bundles. Horses seem to like oats served in this way just as well as though they were separated from the straw. And they derive more benefit from them. for they are obliged to eat more slowly and masticwte more thoroughly. For colts unthreshed oats are’a most excellent feed. The grain being in a less condensed form there is less dan- ger of injury resulting from its use. I sometimes run the bundles through a cutter before feeding. If the straw is long and coarse, the last six inches ,of the bundle are thrown aside. Cows relish a daily feed of unthresh- ed oats, and the needed variety may be widened through their use. To feed threshed oats unground, or whole grain or any kind, to cows is an ex- travagant waste. To have the cats ground only adds another unneces- sary expense to cost of threshing. The cow will do her own grinding and do it well when the oats are red to her as nature furnishes them, straw and all.—-C. L. Hill. in Agriculturist. Th8 Peach I‘VE. 'Ior... It is a common complaint among fruit growers that their peach trees die the first or second year from plant- ing, especially so if that person should be an amateur in the business. The loss that occurs at this age of the tree is nearly as great as from the dreaded “yellows," and to one uninitiated is much of amystery. if one examines his young trees about the 15! or Sep tember he will notice at the base of some of them a kind of sawdust mix ed with gum adhering to the bark; scrape this away and a small hole will be found extendlng‘under the bark various distances, according to the time the insect has been at work. This is the work of the borer. and if he is allowed undisputed possession he will girdle many of the trees to death. This worm is known to be the pro- duct of a moth which lays its eggs in July or August on the bark of the tree near the base, and as they hatch work their way downward into the bark. They live in the roots of the tree nearly a year, when they enclose themselves in a pod-like case, in which they remain a few weeks, and then emerge again as a moth to again prop- agate their species. A great many ways have been suggested and tried by which they may be exterminated, but only one safe method has yet been discovered of doing it. and that is to dig them cub—Troy Times. Cleanliness in Milking. a To prevent'milk souring, or at least to delay the process, keep it perfectly clean. Brush the cow’s 'fia'nks and udder and wash them if necessary. See that the milker has clean hands and wears clean clothes. Milk the first two or three streams on the'floor. as these contain great numbers of bacteria. Milk-out of doors if-possi- ble, as stable air contains more germs than that outside, but in any case keep the stable well aired. Be espec- ially careful about straining. Pro- vide several thicknesses of strainer cloth and allow the milk to trickle through slowly. Use nothing but tin pails and cans. Thoroughly scald with steam and expose to the sun. Remove the milk from the barn as soon as drawn and cool as quickly as possible. Green Pumpkins for Feeding. 3 While there is generally a market forall the large, ripe pumpkins at more than their feeding value, there are‘always green specimens that are not salable which are nearly as good for feeding purposes. Remove the seeds and cook them. All the defi- ciencies in nutrition will be made good by some meal, which will be better digested than if given without the cooked pumpkins. If the seeds are not removed the nutriment of the pumpkin will be largely neutralized, as the seeds have a strong diuretic effect. It is alsoimportant to remove the seeds from pumpkins fed raw to cows. Even the green pumpkins may be kept till January it protected against freezing. ‘ When to Sow Fall Turnips. I Fall turnips can be sown~ from July 1 to the middle of August. A piece of well-rotted sod ground is best. Pul- verize as thoroughly as possible and ’ sow on seed broadcast at the rate of three to six pounds per acre, cover- ing with the barrow. Turnips will grow well upon rich bare fallow. No labor is required after the seed is 'in the ground. ' The roots can be allowed to mature or sheep may be‘ turned into the field two months after seeding. They should have .free accessto the turnip field, Just as they would to pasture. ,. -41 . .— . closest A Calendar Box. Steamer letters as a fad pure and I _ ~ simple are losing their novelty to the transatlantic traveller. They are still very grateful to the voyager when they come from his immediate family and friends, but the ,wholesale writing among exuberant young peo- ple of dozens of scores of steamer let- ters on the strength of a slight ac— quaintance, has brought the idea into disrepute. A variation of. the custom was that illustrated the other day in the going away for a. year’s study abroad of a young woman who re- joices in the possession of an extended family circle. Her parents and. broth- ,ers and sisters arranged a calendar- box for the voyage, which was taken on a slow vessel and was to last eleven days. In this box, committed to the paid care of the steward, was a gift. for each day of the crossing, the ar- ticles embodying the fulfilment of some expressed desire of their recip- ient. The climax of the treasures, de- livered the eleventh morning out, was a. beautiful cabinet picture of the young girl’s mother, taken in the gown and bonnet which she were at the ship, so that her counterfeit presentment would appear in this latest and most familiar guise to the daughter. The picture was enclosed in a little flat leather frame that could be easily‘car- ried about, and the delighted girl wrote back that she stepped on foreign soil hugging her mother’s picture. In def- erence to the war season, the first day out, as her young brother wrote in his note of bestowal, to preserve her pa- triotism, a. pretty silk American flag was bestowed. The charm of this calendar-box, as of any gift, was large- ly in the thoughtful care that its con- tents showed rather than -in their money cost. New Idea-s. , A new riding cushion for bicycles has been designed to attach to the body of the rider and inflate to desired degree of hardness. ' A French woman has patented a scrubbing brush which is to be attach- ed to the shoe by straps and a heel plate, thus making it possible to clean fiobrs while standing upright. The handle of a new shaving brush is hollow and contains a stick of soap, which is forced into the bristles by a spring and discharges a small quantity when the brush is dipped in hot water. Russian Don Cossack regiments are now being drilled in crossing rivers on a novel sort of improvised bridge. Seven or eight lanes: are passed be tween the handles and tops or a. dozen cooking kettles, and are held firmly in place by the handles. and are besides tied together by forage ropes. A dozen bundles of theseilances fastened togeth- er form one section of a. raft or floating bridge, which, it has been found, will support half a. ton of weight. A sec- tion can be put together in twenty- five minutes. Blue Lawn Shirt Waist. . A simple shirt waist for a young girl may be made of light blue lawn. This waist is made without a yake'and is adorned with groups of tucks, running up and down ' the corsage. Two groups of three tucks trim the top of the sleeves, which are the regulation shirt sleeve pattern. A standing col- lar, white accordion pleated tie and a black satin ceinture gives the finishing touch to' this pretty waist. The most attractive point about the blouses and shirt waists this season is the diversity 'of ties which may be worn with them. Besides the stiff As- cots and four-in-hands there are all manner of fluffy ties of net and mous- selaine which tend to give' a. dressy finish to the plainest waist. Plain and Embroidered Linen Waist. A novelty in blouses is composed of plain and embroidered linen and trim- med with ribbons. It is cut low in the neck to wear over a guimp, and fastens invisibly under a. shield of plain cadet blue linen, in the front. The guimp of'finely tucked white lawn has a high stock collar. The re- mainder of the corsage, the sides and back, are of the embroidered linen, made slightly full over a tight fitting lining. Two straps of blue velvet rib- bon extend from the under arm seam and terminate beneath the shield. A ceinture of velvet encircles the waist finishing at the left side beneath a. large rosette. The sleeves are of the plain linen. — Spinach. Boiled spinach is a vegetable for all housekeepers to order during the spring as it is a very excellent blood purifier. Prepare it as follows:' Take a peck of washed spinach picked from the stalks, shake dry and put into a saucepan without water, add a little salt, and let it cook .for about a quarter of an hour. Then take up, pour into a colander, press dry, turn on to a board, and chop very finely. Have a clean sauce-pan ready, put the chopped spinach into it, season with pepper, salt, and add a. lump of butter. When all is hot, set in a hot dish and serve. Black Net Visiting Toilet.) One of the many fashionable mater- ials which has made its appearance this season is black net, and nothing makes a prettier gown. An elegant visiting toilet is made of black Brussels net, combined with and made over an exquisite shade of pink silk. The bodice is quite intricate, be- ing alternately net and silk, the latter material Shirred. The sleeves are of the plain taffeta with gathered epau- lets over the shoulders. A belt of black velvet encircles the‘waist, while the collar is of silk. The skirt is a. continuation of the corsage and is fin- ished at the base with a deep fiounce of the net. The oldest piece of wrought iron in existence is believed tc be a roughly- 'fashioned sickle blade found in Egypt, It is now inthe British Museum, and if is believed to be nearly 4,000 years old. I- _ . :‘._ . w,- ...5 ’ T H E m E slay-Nice"; G A z a r T E I I l \ l 'are all the rage, and some of the lat: . For the young debutante these snowy ‘- i The sleeves were elbow length and the l gloves worn on this occasion were fine SEW YORK FASHIONS. It is in the trimming and the mode of application that the only touch of originality is seen, and here there is a wide field to choose from. The garni- tures this year are exCeptionally love- ly and when properly employed serve to give a chic appearance to the simlest frock. Embroideries on muslin and net, and applications of all kinds ten are distinctly novel. Large flow- ers or sprays put on with artistic bold-- noes, sometimes forming the sole trim- ming across the front of a skirt is an exquisite mode of ornamentation for a thin dress. - - Another fashion which the swell couturieric is endeavoring to make popular this season is the elbow sleeve. Although this year’s style is not as pretty as the puffed elbow sleeve of former years, which unfortunately has been relegated to the background, the models which have been on exhibition are certainly very attractive and will undoubtedly prove popular. This model is tight fitting, with generally a smallepaulet or tiny puff at‘the shoulder and a full rufiie at the el- bow to relieve the severity. They are employed on visiting and street gowns as well as on gowns intended exclu- sively for indoor wear. A lovely toilet designed for a ma- tron is composed of black net mount- ed over green silk. The skirt made in two parts, has the upper part trim- med with black spangles and chenille work and is cut at the base in deep points from which depends the fiounce, the latter finished top and bottom with full ruches of the net. The corsage of silk is made with a bolero of embroid- ered net, edged with a full rufile of filmy lace and ribbons. A beautiful dancing frock designed for a. young belle is composed of white crepe de chine mounted on a yellow satin slip. The bodice cut low in the neck is filled in with exquisitely fine lace. This same dainty garniture also fails gracefully over the sleeves and the rich yellow satin gleaming through it is very effective. The. skirt is a plain five gored model, the crepe dc chino simply mounted on the satin founda- tion, while the waist is encircled with a handsome‘sash of heavy yellow satin which ties gracefully at the center of the back. .0...sz wee-'5 Mae-w» - CURRENT COMMENTS "1» . Etigmust have been before the game of golf and its awful caddy was in- vented that the phrase “no man is a hero to his valet” was coined. Porto Rico is unusually well water- ed for a small island. Forty-six streams appear on the map, andsome are navigable for a short distance by small merchant vessels. Venomous snakes and insects are few. The greatest animal pest is an army of im- mense rats, which --are;especially de- structive in the sugar cane fields. There are numerous harbors in Porto Rico where a military expedition might be conveniently landed. A western exchange calls attention to the fact that in the early part of the civil war the volunteer army con- tained an Illinois colonel, an Ohio ma- jor, an Ohio staff dfficer, a New York State adjutant general, an Indiana captain and an Ohio private, each of whom afterward became President of the United States. Is this the subtle starting of a continuous boom for Dewey, Miles, Merritt, Hobson and so on? It is probable that the most impres- sive development of the war" thus far to the professional military man is the accuracy attained in the aim of heavy guns. The rapidity and precision with which the sharpshooters of the Amer- ican ships can pick off the objects at which they fire would be creditable even to small arms. The nicety of mechanism has much to do with this. But there is also much in the cool head, the practiced eye, and the steady hand of the gunner. In' nothing is the patriotism of the American people more conspicuous than in the very general display of flags that was made after the war broke out. This is patriotism that costs something, since even the small- est flag is worth money, and there is no compulsion about it; no man is criticised by his neighbors if he fails to make the same “display that they do; yet flags are everywhere and float alike from the rich man’s mansion and the ' " poor man’s cottage. It is a beautiful exhibition, and one that cannot'fail to impress valuable lessons on the minds of the rising generation. .2 l i The excellent suggestion is made that the Government could help the good roads movement materially, with profit to itself, by simply putting broad tires on the wheels of its army wagons. It is a constant cause of complaint in all military movements that the immense number of wagons required is one of the greatest, 'if not the very greatest, hindrances to celer- ity, and one principal reason for this _ is that the wheels cut up the roadsf and, after a time, render them almost impassable. Broad tired wagons tend to smooth the roads and make them better, rather than to spoil them, - and the elfect of their use would be to expedite movement and to promote economy of transportation; while the object lesson thus taught the soldiers, who will return to civil life, and many of them to sections of the coun-, try where good roads are badly want? Ii} evening gowns the latest styles have skirt and corsage of the same material and these'are considered the smartest, although many very hand- SOme separate waists'and skirts are ‘worn. A striking costume worn by a lovely brunette at a summer fete was decidedly novel. The material was a. delicate shade of mauve Crepe de chine embroidered in white. The skirt made with a. short train had a . deep fitted flounce headed ‘with two bands of fine insertion. A second fioun‘ce superimposed over the first on the sides and back had the inser- tion trimming all around the edge. A taffeta underslip of .yellow worn beneath this skirt lent a pretty changeable effect to the gown which was very attractive. ,Narrow rufiles of yellow taffeta formed the trimming on the blouse waist, which fitted snug- ly in the sides and back, while the fa uffie down the front was of soft- es lack chiffon. The epaulets over the, shoulders were composed of four tiny taffeta rufiies to which were at- tached. the sleeves of Spangled chiffon. White, which is the predominant color in summer frocks comes in‘every imaginable material, every one of which is fashionable, including mous\ selaine de sole, crepe de chine, India silk, 'grenadines, poplins, veilings, serges and in thinner goods muslins, lawns, batistes and the popular pique. gowns are usually made up with sweet simplicity. Often-times the trimming on the frocks consists solely of plait— lngs or ruches of chiffon or gauze, with a sash of softest silk or satin en- circling the waist. - . A very girlish gowu worn by a re- cent graduate is worthy of note. The material, white India mull was made over‘whi-te taffeta. Tiny frills, edged, with narrow satin ribbon trimmed the base of the skirt, which form of orna- mentation served to keep the skirt in better shape as it gave some weight “to the hem. The round corsage, made quite full was cutout at the neck and a guimp of soft net was substituted. white silk. A girdle of'mull encircled the waist and with black silk stocking ed, cannot but be beneficial. This is lone of the minor but important de-V : tails that still remain to be learned in the art of war. i up.“ 1‘ ' The New York canal commissioners have discovered that an indefinite amount of excavation. which was :,classed as “rock cutting,” and paid :for as such, was really soft earth, 3 which dissolved into mud when treat- :ed with water. There is nothing . strange about the discovery, but there ‘ should be. It is one of the few sinis- ter marks on the American form of government that the people have be- come so much accustomed to rascal- ity in public afi‘iairs that they expect more or less of it, as a matter of course, and instead of rising in indig- nant protest at its first manifestation, treat it rather as a joke and begin to grumble only when it has passed from petty theft to downright robbery of the treasury on a large scale. There may be—~doubtless there are- instances in which men are getting rich by Government contracts, just as they did during the Civil W'ar, but it is not probable that they are doing so to any such scandalous extent. There are many indications that the civilian side of this war is being conducted more economically, not to say more honestly, than was the case in that one. For instance, railroad transport- ation is done at the lowest of excur- sion rates, and Congress has very properly put a stop to one species of extortion which promised large pro- fits in the matter of ocean transport- ation. American ship owners, confi- dent that they had a monopoly, were disposed to make the Government pay very dearly for the ships it needed to carry troops to Cuba and elsewhere, - but the simple process of granting American registry to the vessels which foreign owners were willing to let the Government have on reason- able terms put a sudden stop to that scheme. It is believed, too, that there ‘ is no such scamping in equipments and patent leather Slippers thisdainty graduate formed a decidedly pretty pic- i turn and as worthy of imitation. "and supplies as characterized the open. in: of the War between the States.
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