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1 FAIUI ANl> garden. The Care of Seeds. Former generations of gardeners ba vC,l much thoughtful care upon sav . see ds, whereas few nowadays think 'uaving' Al) 7- is ff uitc possible to °; b ' e jther way,* as it is certain that very ef m kinds or varieties may be bought nU ,re cheaply or, at any rate, more true ® nam e than they can be saved, while, 1 the other hand, many do well to save the required number of certain varieties which cannot always be purchased. As rule home-saved seed, if kept in a dry ] acc rarely, fail to germinate more and* strongly thau do those sup- Blieii by the seedsmen, the latter not al * ~s be ng in a position to send out new or well-ripened seed. In dull, wet sen ,,3 it is almost impossible to properly harvest the seeds of various vegetables, au q the private grower ought, when there is every prospect of the seed crops j a the fields being very late and of doubtful quality, to save as many for himself as possible. Take peas for in stance. The bulk of those for seed are grown in the open fields and without any stakes, aud when lying a long time on’ the ground in dull, wet weather proper ripening is almost out of the question. In private gardens, however, it is po-sible to ripen seed even in the dullest summer yet experienced, provid ed always the attempt is not made very late in the season.— Chicago Timei. Feedin<r I’ijjs. Professor T. Hunt of the Illinois Col lege Farm concludes as follows in sum 'mmg up the results of his experiments in feeding pigs: < 1. It required 13.80 pounds of skim milk to produce one pound of pork VI n fed with cornmcal in ratio 11-7 to fattening hogs. 2. Skim-milk could not be economically fed to hogs unless it was a waste product Vhich could not be otherwise utilized. 3. It required on an average 41 pounds of shelled corn to produce one pound of pork during an average period of four weeks, or one bushel produced 13£ pounds. 4. It required pounds of .cornmeal to produce one pound of pork, or one bushel of corn made into meal and fed dry produced 12-$ pounds of pork. 5. When led dry, shelled corn is more economical than cornmeal to feed to fattening hogs. 6r It required 7$ pounds or one-fourth bushel of ground oats to • produce one pound of pork, when fed with equal parts by weight of cornmeal. 7. < ne bu-hel of corn is worth nearly three bushels of oats as food for fatten ing hogs. s. Corn-fed pigs gained about 4|- pounds per week, and ate about twenty one pounds of corn per 100 pounds of live weight. ‘ 9. The gain for the amount of food consumed decreased during fattening. 10. Pork was produced during the cold weather, with cori* at twenty-eight cents per bushel, for less than three cents per pound. 11. An insufficient food supply for two weeks caused a very considerable loss in feeding thereafter. , 12. Indian corn is the most economical pork-producing material during the Winter months in regions where ex- Jensiftdy grown, * Fall or Spring Ploughing. A correspondent of the Rural New Yoeker thus discusses the question: I would plough this fall just as soon as j the ground is damp enough, and I would plough very deep. If ploughed this fall j the roots will soon die and rot, and the | frosts of winter will help to pulverize I the sod. Another advantage of fall j ploughing is thfc destruction of worms ; that are stowed away for winter. I iave very little sympathy with the idea of the soil getting manure from the winds or frosts of winter. They only tend to the manures that are already in the soil and act as pulverizers instead pf manure. Should this piece be left to Eie ploughed in spring it would have to haw out and'then dry, and by that time the grass would get a start and in order to kill the grass it would have to be ploughed shallow. Then if a dry sum mer should follow the sod would not rot audit would be very difficut to cultivate and a light crop would be the result. !Now I would say to a young farmer, if he wishes a lesson that will last him the (balance of bis farming life, let him cut a •ditch above this piece that will keep off all surplus water: then let him take halt of the piece and plough it this fall as deep as two or three horses can draw the plough, and next spring, as soon as the Jand is dry enough to get a team on it, let him commence to harrow. Once a Week or more will Dot hurt until plant ing time, and if he has the right kind of harrow he can harrow until the corn is large enough to plough. With regard to the other half let him plough it next •spring, and follow' the same course, and note the results, and I am sure it will be one that will last him. f In regard to the idea that the freshly turned sods would help the corn more than anything else, I am surprised that a farmer of any experience would ad vocate such a theory, llow could corn he plante I or cultivated to any advantage *on freshly turned sods? I am in favor of planting corn in freshly stirred land, but I want it freshly stirred with a good steel-tooth harrow. ( Stable -Manure. Notwithstanding the fact that in many sections of ;he c ountry east of tne Alle ghanies, and more especially south, sta ble manure is difficult to obtain, it is nevertheless true that it is the best possi ble manure that can be applied. Why? It contains, !1 the constituents, including humus, that are rfeedcd by the crops; and the richer the food given animals, Ihe better the manure. Many farmers ttwke the serious mistake of a lowing l he soluble portions of the manure to esca pe by leaching. Another great waste results from allowing the liquid excre ment to escape in the stable. This liquid ®anure and the soluble portions of the I £ olid part, are the most valuable. In fact I nothing that is used as manure, either [the commercial or the barnyard kind, *? an be taken up by plauts, except after being solved by water. How necessary, therefore, that all that may be liquid, should I e conserved. beside the escape of fertilizing matter i by 'eachingawav, there is too often se ’ firms loss during*the heating of the pile by the escape of the gases in the process ?! fermentation. The chief loss here is ln the shape of costly nitrogen—always as ammonia. To prevent this, add al ternate layers of strong loam and manure, as the mass is laid up. The loam will absorb and hold the ammonia. To prevent the loss of the liquid por tions of the manure by leaching, select a place where there is a close clay soil. Form this, dishing to the center, and puddle the bottom by tramping with cat tle when wet. This will render the bottom practically water tight. Now if in the center a well is dug, say three feet deep, and covered to keep the solid ma nure from entering, then if some common suction pump is placed therein, and the manure iaid up regularly all around, the liquid may he pumped over the pile from time to time, assisting materially in rot ting the whole equally. Manure thus made is worth ton for ton three or four times that made in the manner common with too many fanners. —Prairie Fanner. Preparing- Bees for Winter. A bee-keeper of large experience gives the following advice through the col umns of Cleanings uj Pee Culture: Years ago, when I first began to keep bees, I thought there was little which needed doing with the bees during the month of September and October, thinking that the month of November was early enough to prepare bees for winter, and many a time have I equalized the stores in the hive ‘‘by frost,” as I used to term it, thinking that I could get along with the matter easier and quicker while the bees were thickly packed away in their winter, quarters, tnan I could possibly do when warm weather compelled me to use smoke to drive the bees out of the s way, and keep their temper down so I could handle them. Well, if this were all there was to it I should still prefer to equalize the stores after cold nights had compelled the bees to contract off the heavy combs of honey; but after losing heavily several times when preparations were thus delayed, for the reason that the disturbing of bees late in the fall seems to be very injurious, I concluded to take the advice of an old bee-keeper, who told me that the month of Septem ber was the proper time to fix the bee 3 for winter. After working on this plan for a number of years, 1 find that he was quite right about it; and in order that the readers of Cleanings may be re minded that winter is soon to be upon us, and that they should not delay get ting the bees ready for it longer than till the last of this month, I will tell them a little of how I work along this line. The point which seems to have the greatest bearing on successful wintering is the getting of the winter stores near aud around the cluster of bees in time for them to settle down into that quies | cent state so conducive to good winter ing, prior to November first. To ar range these stores aud properly seal them requires warm weather; hence it is clear, I think, to all, why we should not put off caiing for them till cold weather arrives. To be sure that all have the de sired amount of honey, there is only one certain way to do, and that is to open the hives and take each frame and weigh it, after having shaken the bees off from it. Next weigh a frame of empty comb, or several of them, so as to get the average weight, which, when deducted from the weight of those in the hive, will give the weight of the honey. If it is found that there are twenty-five pounds of honey, I call that colony all right for winter/ If less it must he fed to make up the deficiency; if more, it can spare some to help another colony whicn is short, In this way Igo over the whole yard, equalizing and feeding, if it is re quired, till all have the required twenty five pounds. Where feeding is required, I manage differently from what I used to, in that I now feed from three to five pounds a day, while formerly I used to feed all the colony required, at one feeding. To be sure, there is less work where the whole is fed at once: but to offset this, we have the stores scattered all through the hive, which, in my opinion, is a very undesirable shape to have them in. Where it is necessary to feed I always select the number of combs that I think the colony will require, taking those which have the most honey in them.and, by means of this same division-board feeder, shut the bees on that number of combs, which icornbs) of course get all the feed, thus securing it in just the shape needed. Farm and Garden Notes. The average dairyman should breed his own cows. Manv farmers fail to derive the benefit they should from sheep because of im proper feeding. Soap and /cerosene emulsion has been found successful in destroying white grubs on lawns. A good rule in mixed farming is to keep sufficient stock to consume all the products of the farm. Make your farm such that poor animals would disgrace it; make your animals such that a poor farm would ba unht for them. Ordinary warts on cattle may be re moved with a knife, and the surface of the wound touched with lunar caustic to prevent excessive bleeding. While milk is standing for cream to rise, the purity of the cream, and con sequently the tine flavor and keeping of the butter, will be injured if the surface of the cream is exposed freely to air much warmer than the cream. The live weight of a cow decides her ration of support, It shou.d be equal to two and one half per cent in dry fo d matter, or not less than th rty pounds per day of good hay or its equivalent in grain, straw, ensilage or root 3 lor a IOUO pound cow. As milk is an animal secretion manu factured by the cow, it muse be evident that anythin a which worries, frets or torments the cow, or readers her uneasy or uncomfortable, will certainly les-eu the quantity and affect the composit.on of her milk. The best and richest milk is found to be produced ust after growth ceases, and while the vitality is strongest. When a cow has reached that age when she be gins to lose vital force, her secretions of milk becomes less perfect, ust as her digestions and assimilation do. Professor W. A. Henry recently made an experiment with three cows fed on a rat on costing seventeen cents per day which resulted as, follows: A grade Short-horn made thirty-four cents worth of butter per day ; a half-blood lersey, forty-five cents, and a -lersiy of pure blood fifty-six cents. They were all in about the same stage of milking. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. All shades of green arc fashionable. Houston, Texas, has a woman dentist. Gobelin blue remains a very fashionabis color. Brick red or Venetian red shades arc in favor. Tiny silver acorns are the newest in bonnet pins. Mrs. Cleveland is five feet five inches and slender. I.ady dentists are rapidly increasing in number in Philadelphia. Mrs. Cleveland is rapidly becoming Terv expert with the rific. The Queen of Portugal lias sent to America for a cabinet organ. The Queen Regent of Spain is a notably strong and graceful swimmer. Miss Minnie Lippincott, of Phila delphia, is an expert pool player. Queen Victoria never gives but one wedding present, an Indian shawl. A prominent feature of the new brocade; is the application of black on color. Dressy autumn bonnets are of -white cloth covered with interlaced gold braid. Novel white parasols are composed of large petals of muslin overhanging each other. A new shade of green rather dark, is extensively used in combination with white. New black woolens intended for mourn ing wear have crinkled stripes like crape. Evansville, Ind., girls had a meeting a few days ago agreed to discard the bustle. Soft finished antique brocades are used in combination, and also for enthe dresses. The Queen of Italy, whose teeth are fine, keeps an American dentist always at court. The redingote style is well adapted to display the richness of the new brocades and velvets. Several titled and aristocratic ladies of England have taken to teetotalism and wear the blue ribbon. The Wi man's Journal says that over 25,000 women in Boston have tried to have their votes accepted. Elderly ljdies now choose plain or striped cashmeres in black or dark colors for their everyday costumes. * • The newest English walking hat has a straight stiff brim, and lower, broader crown than those of last season. New camel’s hair shows shaded stnipes of dull red, green and brown, or have indistinct figures in Persian coloring. Dressy corsages for very young ladies are now laced or buttoned at the back, the fronts being elaborately trimmed. Oscar Wilde is of the opinion that the twentieth century will see intellectual development all in the hands of women. Among the new grays are the powder gray and thunder-cloud, dark and sea gull, orange-gray, dove aud pearl, light. There are seventy members of the Wa-hington Bicycle Club for Women, of which Mrs. Harriet Mills is President. Gloves of white undressed kid are the correct thing for brides, and they fit smother over the arm than those of last year. Birds’ wings and tails, and quill fea thers are much used in millinery, but whole birds are no longer seen on hats or bonnets. Steel blue is a popular shade for cloth costumes. This hue is much grayer, however, than that known by the same title a year ago. The new turban hats are much modi fied as to height, and are shown in various styles, with crowned square, round or conical. The Japanese Government has estab lished a college for women under Eng lish auspices. It is to be ruled by a commitiee of English women for six years. There are 4360 women teachers in the board schools of London. The average sa aryof the mass of teachers is a little over s±oo, or the lowest New York salary. The Indian women of Cheyenne Agency have asked the Government fqr bonnets, claiming they have as much need of them as the men have of hats, and caps. The college hat, or mortar board, is becoming fashionable for street wear by liOndon women. Leather belts of great size and coarsene-s, with steel buckles, are also showing up. Queen Isabella is hardly ever seen abroad now without Mrs. Mackay, and at Schlangenbad they walk arm in arm, about as plain a pair, by#the way, as could be seen anywhere. The necklace worn by the Princess of Wales in one of her most admired photo graphs is frequently copied. It consists of a close band about the neck of seven rows of nearls with no pendants. The girl who dares now wears about her white neck alternate strands of pearl and coral beads, while she who begins to show silver in her locks matches it with row upon row of dark silver beads high above the neck. If a bridal gift preys upon your con science pause long and choose well be twixt a pretty cup in old silver and a silver vase with golden passion-dowers falling over it, that will make a brave show at the wedding and a tine center piece afterward. Three theatres in London are managed by women. Grace Hawthorne is the lessee of the Prince-s: Mrs. John Wood directs the affairs of the new Court Theater, and Miss Edith Woodworth shares with Edgar Bruce the manage ment of ttie Globe Theater. Mrs. John A. Markle, of Fond du Lac, Wis , who has not spoken above a whisper in twelve years went out shop p ng a lew days ago, and while examin ing some goods was surprised to find that her voice had returned in full vol ume. .Nothing like a bargain counter to make a woman talk. Long loops of ribbon velvet that do rot even pretend to any connection with the girdle, taunt or dang e at the side of many new dat skirls and save their weareis many of the complications iac dent to the tnpire sash on an awk ward wearer. The Japanese are cultivating a taste for beer and porter as wed as lor Euro* Dean costumes. African Slavery. It has become fashionable to patrol the East African coast to prevent s’ave dhows from continuing the export of slaves. For many years England lias been performing this function alone. Now, however, that an agreement has been made between England and Ger many, vvhsreby the latter is to assist in the work, the other powers are offering ships, aud the dhows promise to have a hard time of it. France, Italy, Austiia, Russia and Greece all wmt to take part now in the laudable work. Whether the lilocka le of the coast will assist the •German scheme for colonizing the terrL tory obtained from Zanzibar is another matter. It is quite possible that it will irritate the Arabs and cause stubborn re sistance to Germany’s policy of territo rial acquisition in the interior as well as on the coast. The Pope is urging the extinction of slavery, and is imploring all the crowned heads to assist. Eman cipation in Brazil has knocked down one of the chief props of the monarchy, and resulted in an agitation for the abolition of imperial institutions and the substi tution of a republic. The anti-slavery leaders, encouraged by their successes, naturally took up the cry against royalty, and were as naturally assisted by the former slaveholders who had lost their property at the hands of the empire. To meet the storm, the reigning sover eign has resorted to all sorts of diplo matic methods, including a liberal granting of titles aud honors of various hue. The princess even went so far some time ago as to drop upou her knees in the street to kiss the child of the leading Republican orator—Jose de Patrocinio —who was leading it along by the hand. The stratagem was most ef fective, for since then Patrocinio has stood by the sovereign. With the de parture of slavery and Don Pedro’s death, must come radical changes, in spite of the close relations maintained commercially and otherwise with the monarchies of Europe. A fashionable New York lady, who recently feasted a horde of ragamuffins, notified her friends that she desired waitresses for the occasion from among members of their families. Within three days the number of volunteers was ten times more than she needed, all of them rosebuds in society. It is said by ladies engaged in charitable work iff New York Gity that there is never‘any difficulty in procuring any amount of personal services of this kind. The largest artificial basin for docking and repairing the hulls of ships in the United States, is being completed at New port News, Ya. It is 600 feet loDg, 130 feet wide, with a depth of 25 feet over the sill at high tide. It is furnished with pumps that can empty it in two and a half hours. Notwitstanding the enormous popu lation ot India, there are vast tracts of uninhabited territory. According to official returns, of the total area, 364,- 000,000 acres under the direct adminis tration of England, only 152,000,000 acres are under cultivation. Gen. Keuben E. Davis, cousin to Hon. Jefferson Davis and also a cousin of President-elect * Hafrison, called on the latter at Indianapolis, Ind. The general lives at Aberdeen, Miss., was a Confederate brigadier, and was a mem ber of the Confederate Senate, r . 0 -r ♦ A curious sight in the streets of Co penhagen is men in white rMire selling various kinds of milk for sui*l sums. George Augustus f*ala. George Augustus Sala, the well known Eng lish yriter, on his last Australian trip wrote as follows to the London Daily Telegraph: “I especially have a pleasant remembrance of the ship’s doctor—a very experienced mari time medico indeed, who tended me most kind ly during a horrible spell of bronchitis and spasmodic asthma, provoked by the sea fog which had swooped down on us just after we left San Francisco. But the doctor’s prescrip tions and the increasing warmth of the tem perature as we neared the Tropics, and in par ticular, a couple of Allcock’s Porous Plas ters clapped on—one on the chest and another between the shoulder blades —soon set mo right.” _____ Matt Quay.in connection withaPhiladelphia betting syndicate, won 8100,000, on election. “ Ilad Been Worried Eighteen Yenri.” It should have read* ‘‘married,” hut the proof-reader observed that it amounted to about the same thing, and so did not draw his blue pencil through the error. L ufoituiiat ely there was considerable truth In his observa tion. Thousands of husbands are constantly worried almost to despair by the ill health that afflicts their wives, and often robs life of comfort and happiness. There is but one safe and sure way to change all this for the better. The ladies should use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The original S' irit-rappers, the Fox sisters are lecturing and laying bare the cheat. “Give Him $‘«S, and Det Him Goes-.” We or, m heard a man complain of feeling badly, ah A wondered what ailed him. A hu morous-friend said: “Give a doctor S 3, and let him guess. > It was a cutting satire on some doctors, who don’t always guess right. You need not guess what ails you when your food don’t digest, when your bowels and ttaiacn are inactive, and when your head aches every day, and you are languid and easily fatigued. You are bilious, and Mr. Pierce s Pleasant Purgative Pellets will bring you out all right. Small, sugar-coated, easy to take. Or drug gists. In the .jxt 80 days, 3,000,000 bushels of corn will be shipped abroad. *SOOO In Prizes Isctrered by the publishers of The Youths Companion for the he short stories. There ate thre prizes of SIOO each three of S7OO each, and three of S3OO each. N > other p iper pays so liberally to obtain the very best mat te for its -übs ribers. T e polisher, will send a circular on receipt of astamp.giving the conditions o this offer. The Companion has Two Million Headers a ' eek. Every family should take it Anvnew subscriber who sends $1.75 now,will receive it ree to January 1,1889, and a full year’s subscription from that date. m m ■ ■ ■■■ .1 A Rnd'cal Cure lor Epileptic Fits. To the Editor— Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above aamed disease which 1 warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my la.th in its va lues that I will send Lee a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give me his P O and Express address. Respy, H.G. HOOT, M. C . 183 l'earl St.. New York. Bad Habits. Habitual constipation gives rise to piles and toother dangerous and painful affections, aU of which may be cured by the use of Hamburg Figs, a fruit laxative which even children like. 25 cents. Muse one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. x. Bronchitis is cured by frequent small dose 3 of Piso’s Cure for Consumption. If afflicted with -ore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son’s H»e ■water. Druggists sell at2sc. per bottle. An Old, Reliable Firm. One of tho most pleasant and satisfactory experiences in business is tho evidence of con fidence occasionally shown by the public to a long-etablished Ann. The John P. Lovell Arms Co., 147 Washington Street, received a few days ago, from a man in Tennessee, of whom they had no previous knowledge, a reg istered letter containing a Fire. Hundred Dollar bill, with an order for sixty-six dollars' worth of goods, requostin - the change to be returned. A careful examination of the bill proved its value and the ortb r was filh das desired. Tho sender lived in a remote locality where the Postoffice was his only means o’ communica tion and the bill referred to w r as his nv st con venient sum to inclose. It would not be re markable if this firm, who have been identified with historical Pock Square for forty-eight years.should thus win the confidence of Host n or New England people,but it is worthy of note that their success in business has grown out of the sound reputation that extends t hrough out the United States. Any one wlio has seen their advertisements of Guns.Ritles,Revolvers, Cutlery, Sporting Goods and Fishing Tackle in this paper can Teel perfectly safe in sending them any amount of money and be sure to get the full value in return, or if unsatisfactory in any way, their money refunded. All of our readers wanting goods in their line will do well to send 6 cts. In stamps for their large 100 page illustrated catalogue. Canada will lay a cable between British Co lumbia and Australia and New Zealand. A Tremendous Sensation Would have been created one hundred years ago by the sight of onoof our modern express trains whizzing along at the rate of sixiy miles an hour. Just think how our grandfa thers would have stared at such a spectaclel It takes a good deal to astonish people uow-a days, but some of the marvelous cures of con sumption, wrought by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, have created widespread amazement. Consumption is at last acknowl edged curable. The “Golden Medical Discov ery” is the only known remedy for it. If taken at the right time—which, bear in mind, is not when the lungs are nearly gone—it will go right to the seat of the disease and accomplish its work as nothing else in the world can. Only $150,000 has been raised of the $500,00 wanted for Grant’s monument. Chronic Coughs and Colds, And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, can be cured by the use of Sc Ot’s Emulsion, as it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in their fullest form, Is a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the most deiicate. Please read: “I consider S ott’s Emulsion the remedy par-excellence in Tu berculous and strumous Affections, to say nothing of ordinary colds and throat troub le.”—W. R. S. Connell, M. D. Manchester, O. A Congress, for the suppression of impure literature, meets in Switzerland in 1889. Monthly Irregularities are relieved and cured and much suffering saved to woman by use of Bradfield’s Female Regulator. If You Aire Sick With Headache, Neuralgia, Rlu umatism Dyspep sia, Biliousness, Blood Humors, Kidney Disease, Constipation, Female Troubles, Fever and Ague, Sleeplessness, Partial Paralysis, or Nervous Pros tration, use Paine’s Celery Compound and bo cured. In each of these the cause is mental or physical overwork, anxiety, exposure or malaria, the effect of which is to weaken the nervous sys tem, resulting in one of these diseases. Remove the cause with that great Nerve Tonic, and the result will disappear. Paine’s Celery Compound Jas. L. Bowen, Springfield, Mass., writes : “ Paine’s Celery Compound cannot be excelled as a Nerve Tonic. In my case a single bottle wrought a great change. My nervousness entirely disappeared, and with it the resulting affection of the stomach, heart and liver, and the whole tone of the system was wonderfully invigorated. I tell my friends, if sick as I have been, Paine’s Celery Compound Will Cure You! Sold by druggists. $1; six for So. Prepared only by Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. For the Aged, Nervous, Debilitated. 4 llk 'HIP' Warranted to color more goods than any other dyes ever made, and to give more brilliant and durable colors. Ask for the Diamond, and take no other. A Dress Dyed A Coat Colored , Garments Renewed j cents. A Child can use them! Unequalled for all Fancy and Art Work. At druggists and Merchants. Dye Book free. 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With them at being so badly taken in, but also B SBi GBR the o ily perfect Wind and Waterproof feels If he does not look like Ufa EBB Coat,» “Tower’s Fish Brand Slicker." Ask tori he “KISH BRAND ’’ SUCXMI ITlbblb and take no other. Ify nr storekeeer d ies not have the fish brand, seed for descriptive catalogue A. J. Towf.r. 20 Simmons St., Boston. Mass. __ Mildbld. Now, Aunt Jane, you are jg3r * too hard on me. f(Tl\ U°w can you expect l\ I\At A 1 me know exactly / Aiuuj l . \ G“i what to do. A girt I does not get engaged // / i\ every day, and when I I 11 ask mother, she J I ? lie y alwat s puts me off 15 1 ’l ‘o ‘ J 7 H with “Go ancl ask your Aunt.” Aunt Jane Well, Mildred, I suppose I should not expect a girl of your age to bo up on such matters, but certainly her mother ought to La It happens that only a short time ago I was reading an article on Etiquette in my iu fallib’o guide entitled, “Before and After the Marriage Engagement.” I Will lend the mag azine to you, which will answer all your ques tions. And now, that you are contemplating marriage, let me give you a little advice. Do not start off like your mother did, to a.ways de pend on others for her information. Your mother always says. “Go ask Aunt Jane, she knows everything.” Well, I am egotistical enough to admit that I can generally give in formation on almost every subj ect that comes up in the home circle, and yet I will tell you can didly that every bit of my household knowledge has been gained from reading Dcmorcst’a Monthly Magazine. It covers absolutely every point interesting to a family, and without it I would be lost for answers to your numerous questions. Every mother should take it, and every girl like you, who is contemplating start ing a new heme, should put that down as the fi st requisite. May be you think my praise is too strong. Well! try for yourself. You say you want a pattern of that jacket I have just finished. Unfortunately, mine is too large for you, but I see that W. Jennings Demorest, publisher cf D:. morest’s Monthly Magazine, is offering to send a specimen copy of the Maga zine for ten cents. 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