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tmbivhpwp" 1 p#f fworn’s m^mssssmw- WtiN l<U*:?s of YYo nrn. The Chinese minister. Wu Ting Fang, has this to say of the Ameri can women of today : “No foreigner m America fails to he impressed with the importance of the role women play in t Iris country. Their activity in the social and business world gives certain subtle qualities to American life not found where the in fluence of women is less generally and definitely exerted. "it seemed to me once that there was danger of woman usurping man’s place in the world. I have come to think it does not much matter if she does. I believe in the survival of the fittest. Success, surely, is the only test of fit ness. Let the women go on, then; let them go as far as they can. “Those who are unfit for the race will fall by the wayside ;and only the truly fit can win.” That Lary: Black J>ot. Fortunately for the peace of fashion able womankind the veil with large isolated black lozenges has now be come less popular. To get those spots in the right place, so that they would be beautifiers, like the patches worn in Pompadour days, was one of the greatest trials of last winter. If the veil happened to slip, as was fre quently the case, it sometimes gave one the appearance of having lost a front tooth, or of eyebrows meeting with a terrific scowl.or of havinganose of abnormal size. To such an extent did that veil pray upon the femin ine mind that when a certain fashion able woman fainted in church, her first .act. when she revived was to whisper anxiously to her friend, who held her head, “Please put my dots right,” and then, overcome with the exertion, she fainted again.—New York Tribune. Panels of Velvet. Cloth skirts ala mode have entire breadths of dark colored velvet let in to them, as deep panels from the waist band to the hem. The panels are skill fully gored, and are quite narrow at the top, so as to avoid giving the wear er u tsluntsey churn-like aspect. Seal brown velvet is let into a cloth gown of the same color. The most frequent example is seen in the black cloth gown. If only two panels are used one would occupy the iront or middle breadth, and tie other the middle of the back. This effect, however, is not nearly so good as where the hack breadth is of cloth. If *hree panels are used one would be n l-ont and two at the sides. A ingle panel In front is better than the two described above. You could have twopanels look well if you arranged them each one side of the front middle breadth. Put no lace insertions or medallions nor any braid trimming, gilt or otherwise, upon the velvet skirt panels. They are intended to he perfectly plain. Why sotie Womitti e The work of learning to be a nurse Is not easy, as those novices find who enter the training school from comfort able and even luxurious homes. Many motives impel the choice of this pro fession, apart from the woman's nat ural learning to kind deeds and the need of earning a living. Sometimes a woman takes upon herself the long training service because she feels that hers is rather a useless life and ought to bo made at least capable of useful ness, whether or not she goes on with nursing as a profession in after years. It is said that this class of students learn the hardest and most disagree able duties with a sort of radiant brightness in their daily rounds that does not shine upon the faces of those who put less imagination and more practical necessity into the work. The presence of an ideal illumines almost any occupation. Some Splendid Kansas Girls. The St. Louis Post Dispatch pub lishes under the head of “Hustling Girls of Kansas” these entertaining paragraphs: Miss Mattie Hush of Ness county feeds, harnesses and works four horses, plows and sows and helps harvest the crons on the ranch, waters and feeds 50 head of cattle, and, with her elder sister, milks 40 cows twice a day. Miss Elizabeth Goodman, who lives five miles west of Galena, is 24 years °f age. With the assistance of iier younger sister she operates a farm of 60 acres, and is getting rich. Miss Lillian E. Hall of Winfield has been appointed by Governor Stanley to be coroner of Cowley county. Miss Grace Kennedy of Atchison weighs only 87 pounds, and a yard and a quarter of goods will make her a waist. Three yards of binding will go round her skirt, and two and a quar ter yards of goods will make her a skirt. Miss Esther Searle of Cawker City is a blacksmith. Miss Olive Jones, the 15-year-old daughter of “Buffalo” Jones of Topeka has sold a story to Harper’s for $l5O. It tells of the capture of two mountain sheep which “Buffalo” Jones was re cently delegated to find by the authori ties of the Smithsonian institute. Shirtwaist* Continaa in Favor. The shirtwaist seems to have been adopted as a permanent part of the American woman’s outfit. The pre dictions made each year by cynical ob servers have never been borne out by facts. This year the leading modistes of mP only this country, but of the great foreign centres of fashion, report as large an assortment of these simple ana convenient gu meats a:; ever oe icre. Already new designs for the early and middle spring are in the mar ket; ami. beyond those, may be stud ied the creations v/.iefi are to be worn ne_\t July. For spring wear, the t. nd ency is toward silks aim sine mixtures. There is already a notable variety in these attractive textiles. Taffeta, wasli silk, corded silk. Chma and Japan silk, Louisiue and several French com binations of silk with other tissues are upon the counters, and have won merited praise. In decorative treat ment, there is larger latitude it;a u last season, 'lo the critic it would seem as if women had grown tired of a sim ple exterior and were about to replace it with rich ornamental effects. This is noticeable in many details. There is a larger use of stripes, dots, figures and geometrical patterns in the dress goods. Lace stripes and .insertions, embroidery in silk .floss, tucks and pleats, straps and other ornaments are finding a much more generous employ ment. While this, in the main, makes the spring shirtwaist more expensive than formerly, it is more .attractive and satisfactory to the wearer. Thus far there has been no great change in the cut and general effect of the waist. In many the yoke has been given up; in others there has been adopted a slight swell or bouffante toward the belt, suggesting a modified Russian blouse effect so popular a few years ago. •Paris’s Helen Keller. A woman we have been extremely’ interested in lately, or a young girl rather, is Marie Heurtin, a French Helen Keller, but even more wonderful than Helen Kellar, since the latter lost the senses of sight, speech and, hearing at the age of 18 months, so that the t wo. sensesleft may be aided by unconscious cerebration, based upon early impres sions or unconscious memory of im pressions gained before these senses disappeared. ’Marie Heurtin, however, unlike La.ura'Bridgman, Helen Kevlar or Martha Obrech, was born deaf, dumb and blind. Ilp to the time when she was ten years old she was apparently not only completely idiotic, but also a most impossible little person -who lay down on the ground and rolled at the slightest thing; which displeased her, shrieked for hours together, only slapped people if they tried to show her any tenderness, and was altogether so violent that she was sent away from two institutions for deaf mutes, and passed on to the nuns at Larnay as a perfect little savage for whom it was quite useless to try to do anything. I know of no more fascinating story than that of the means by which these devoted sisters first tamed the little shrew, then taught her. Sister St. Mar guerite it was who gave her lier first idea. Marie Heurtin had brought away with her a little knife, which she seemed to love. Sister St. Marguerite, who had got the child's confidence in a way, took away the knife, mak ing meanwhile in the hand of the little girl the sign which in the deaf and dumb language means knife. Then the knife was put back into her hand with the same sign. After a time Marie Heurtin began to comprehend that there was a connection between the sign and the object. From the knife Sister St. Marguerite went on to repeat the same experience with the fruits the little girl liked best. —Har- per's Bazar. For dressy occasions ivory cloth is made up with cluny lace and touches of gold. French camelshair serge is one of the popular materials for the spring tailor-made gown. Silk and linen mixtures in dainty colorings and strips are among the new fabrics for shirtwaists. For wear with a gown of light, then material, the petticoat should be made with a deep yoke, as the gathers of the ocher kind show through. Drap de kar is a n?w material for shirtwaists. It is a. soft woolen, some thing like a very fine cashmere, and comes in various lovely shades. Evening gloves with embroidered eyelets and lacing at the top are one of the new fads, and it seems to be a useful one for keeping the gloves up at the top. Long ostrich plumes are now split, then rolled over rones or swathing of tulle, which lie cn top of th? hat brim. This genre for evening wear has a crown of gold embroidered tulle, and is made upon a net frame. Fwiss muslins in great variety are displayed in the shops, some with very realistic designs in lame flowers, others embroidered with white, black or the same color as the garment, and without limit as to patterns. Some of the pretty now muslins are printed in all-over designs with me dallion effects, while other cotton fab les show both cashmere designs and colors. As for the new batistes, they are prettier than ever, especially the embroidered varieties. A noved plan for protecting a dainty silk cr lawn eliirt —nist is sug gested in an under waist of very thin fine lawn, made with bishop sleeves gathered into dainty cuffs of lace or embroidery, a small, round yoke also of lace or embroidery and a transpar ent choker. This can be laundered, ana the outside waist is made more drossy by cutting it out to meet th* chemisette yoke of the underwaist THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GA. fess I'roft' til V! oil-iSI-.-.l Several steers have weighed over a ton each at three- years old ai the. tat stock show’s. They are evidence of what can be done by using the best of breeds and feeds. Farmers who ran raise steers to come within two-thirds of such weight can make large profits. llnnd Sjiravor* for The ordinary hand sprayers are now so cheap, and also so efficient as to per mit of the saving of labor in white washing. By using a somewhat tir.n mixture of lime and water it can be sprayed on buildings, trees and vines, the work being easy and rapid com pared with applying with a brush by hand. Give two or three sprayings if necessary. Di*t of fhe Draft Horn** The draft horse, according to the best authorities, should have two pounds of food daily for each .100 pounds of weight. A 1600-pound animal, for in stance, should be given 32 pounds of food. Of this, 10 to 18 pounds should be grain, the amount depending upon the severity of the labor. For light work, oats w’ith a little corn are excel lent, but with an increase of w’ork the amount of corn should increase, as this carbonaceous food supplies heat and force. Of late years cracked grain and hay run through a feed cutter is a favorite feed. This can be mixed and fed in the grain box. It is also the opinion of the best farmers that the noon feed should he light. Good Food for the Hen*. Oats and wheat bran with green food in the shape of cabbages or roots are good feed for the hens, especially if the grain has been w T ell scalded, but they are not nuitritious enough to form the •entire diet for hens that are laying eggs. In fact, they cannot keep them selves in good condition upon such a ration, and certainly will have no sur plus-to furnish the rich material from which the egg is made. There should be corn or corn meal, wheat and meat in some form to supply nutritive ele ments. To be too lean to lay eggs destroys profit more surely than to be too fat, as they might be if the corn and meat were given without the lighter grains. In the latter case there might be hopes of their working some of the fat off by exercise, or consuming it in furnishing heat for their systems in cold weather. The skilful poultry keeper is he who can so combine all these foods as to supply the wants and wastes of the body, and also that which is needed for egg production in winter. DiKonrii* Hurnln* Stubble. Forty years ago my father quoted an old saying: “Fire is a good servant, but a hard master.” Although this must be regarded as a truism, it must also be admitted that fire is sometimes a very unprofitable servant. We have read of the man, who, fearing burglars, hid his banknotes in the parlor stove, which his innocent, wife sent up in smoke. The ashes were of small value. This follows the same line with the farmer who applies the match to a field of stubble or grass, instead of turning it under. To the average plow man, especially if he is young, or new at the business, tne temptation to do so is strong, for he knows that on the clean ground the plow will do much better work. And later the cultivator will be fouled with the decaying vege tation. These considerations do not weigh much alongside the benefits ac cruing to the growing crop from the valuable humus in the soil. Every practical farmer should en deavor to plow under as much rough age as possible: not only does it add to the fertility of the field, but makes the soil porous and mellow and also con serves the moisture in time of drouth. It may be urged that a great many weed seeds are destroyed by burning over the field, but this should not be taken into account. In a crop like corn or potatoes, when hard work is mostly dispensed with, the probability is that the ground is already full of foul seeds. —George F. Homan, in American Ag riculturist. KocpJLn" Onion Sr's Over Winter. Keep *em dry and coo). Therein is the whole unpatented secret for success in keeping onion sets ever winter and bringing through in good condition for spring planting. Unfavorable seasons will sometimes aifect the color of them and not give that good ripening which makes the hardest quality of bulb which insures with proper care the best wintering. Again, an unwise hand ling of them after they are ripened, such as putting them temporarily into barrels or boxes, will cause heat to be developed and the sprouting which al ways follows. Onions once sprouted are of but little value with the best of after care; the bulb is absorbed by the sprout, withers up and is worthless. I keep my sets on the platft rm of a build ing erected for a squash house, where I can command to a degree an even and low temperature. They are spread on an open-work platform at a depth of not over three inches, thus getting as much air to them as possible. The aim is to keep them at a temperature but little above freezing, as far as it can bo done without injuring the squashes kept on adjoining platforms. The sets are carefully stirred occasion ally. building itself is double plastered and has double windows all around. The sets are kept on the plat forms nearest the floor. When plant ing time comes the sets are passed through sieves of different fineness, to grade and separate out any waste. If there is any degree of sprouting, which is not apt to be the case if they were stored in good condition, there will have to tip some hand picking or win nowing.—An Old Seedsman, in Orange Judd Farmer. Fancy Breeding of KtocU. Few farmers find the time or inclina tion to attempt fancy breeding of stock, and many consider it too expen sive and rather out of thc.r line. Never theless there arc practical farmers who have found this industry profitable in connection with their ordinary farm work and cattle feeding. There is, of course, a good deal in fancy breeding of stock that none but an expert can master, hut on the other hand a prac tical, common sense owner of stock can accomplish results in this direction which will, to say the leant, give great satisfaction and ultimately prove profitable to him. Fancy stock will al ways prove of value in improving the condition of the herd which may be raised merely for market purposes. This should not be lost sight of. U will in many ways pay for all the out lay of time and money. There is always a certain amount of valuable experience obtained in rais ing fancy stock of cattle, and one re ceives from it a good deal of pleasure as well as practical experience. There is nothing like making an effort to raise the best in the market to stimu late one’s ambitions and love for a calling. By securing one or two fancy animals whose standard of perfection is unquestioned one has something to look forward to that will give him a new zest in life. There is a constant and increasing demand for fine, full blooded stock, and a market can easily be found for all that the farmer or breeder can raise. One should not be deterred from trying his hand at fancy breeding because of the difficulties that must of necessity come in his way. There are many things to learn in breeding pure blooded stock which will prove of great practical value in liand ling the ordinary herd. A good breeder of fancy stock invariably makes a suc cessful breeder of ordinary grades. The reason is very simple. He has be come accustomed to methods of care fulness in feeding, selection and breed ing which he naturally applies to the common stock. He is constantly look ing forward to further improvement in the animals, and as a result the herd does well. It is this looking forward to better things, the striving to make the next generation superior to the present, that makes success in stock breeding of any kind, and any work that will tend to improve a breeder's rn' theds rPr>uld he encouraged. There fore, a little experimental work in fancy breeding, carried on in addition to the regular farming as a sort of side issue, must prove of great benefit and value to the farmer or stockman.— James Ridgeway, in American Culti vator. Spot lliifutf of the Vlobt, The annual sales of violets through out the United States is estimated at not less than $1,000,000. says a bulletin that is being prepared by the agricul tural department. One of the most widespread and destructive maladies known to attack the violet is the spot disease. This disease lias been dis cussed in the florists’ journals under a variety of names, but i3 commonly known as the “violet disease,” growers not generally recognizing the fact that there is more than one malady attack ing the violet. Owing to the ravages of this disease the cultivation of the violet has been abandoned in many sections of the country, and in others it has become necessary to adopt new methods of handling the plants during the growing season. In view of the general interest in violet culture and the importance of the knowledge of a means of prevent ing the disease, a bulletin has been prepared by Mr. P. H. Dorsett of the division of vegetable physiology and pathology of the United States depart rnc U of agriculture, and will soon be issued as Bulletin No. 23 of that divi tion, entitled “Spot Disease of the Vio let.” The bulletin says the disease attacks the plants at any stage of their growth, from the small unrooted cutting in the cutting bed to the mature plant in full Sower. Plants making a vigorous, rapid, but soft or succulent growth are most subject to the disease. Its first appearance is characterized by small, definite, usually circular, greenish or yellowish white spots, resembling the bite or sting of an insect. They vary in size from dots scarcely perceptible to the unaided eye to spots a thirty second of an inch or more in diameter. The point of infection is surrounded by a narrow ring of discolored tissue, us ually black or very dark brown, but changes to a lighter shade as the spots grow older. As the spot develops, the central portion remains unchanged in appearance, while the tissues imme diately surrounding it, either to one side or more frequently in a circle, be come diseased by the ramifying growth of the mycelium of the fungus through this portion of the leaf. Various opinions have been expressed as to the cause of the disease, and suggestions as to the possible oourseof treatment are numerous. Weakness of the plants, improper soil conditions, growing them in the open fields where they are exposed to the direct rays of the summer sun, and lack of attention to properly heating, ventilating and fumigating the houses, are among the explanations advanced. it is believed thc-re is at present no effective remedy for the disease when it has gained a foothold. The principal fungicides in common use for the pre vention and chock of plant diseases have frequently beeD tried for this trouble, but with varying results. — New England Farmer. 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