-VM:" .* ? x it Jif* -f'- Hll£ f v , ; , •<*:' New York.--These are stirrlag times In clothes. The manufacturers and shops have prepared for a rush sea son. , It Is their own expression that they are actually scrambling for a snp- piy to meet the demand. The French gowns are hei^e. New American gowns are not only exploit ed, but tremendously admired and approved. The effects of those who have taken the French silhouette and bailt gowns in their own workrooms, made of American materials, should be commended in an entire chapter. Some of the best houses in this Country have tried out experienced designers and cotorists in producing several hundred gowns that are first cousins to the French in that they express the adopted Paris lines. Bach of the designers gives full tribute to the fact that Paris has laid down the laws for the season; but every de signer boasts with honest pride that the clothes are the product of Ameri can study an* workmanship. In every case, the houses that showed these American gowns called Upon their experienced French work ers to produce them, and the only ones that were successful were the gowns that had been given into the hands of those who had studied the Paris methods with reverence and earnestness. The result was that the clientele of these houses saw extra ordinarily good drapery, the combina tion of alluring colors and an excel lence in tailored suits that we are led to believe is purely American. The Color* That Prevail. The silhouette has been established. Every woman now knows that her skirt is to be narrow and her coat long or short; provided it clings to the figure. She knows that top coats are as important as frocks and that some of the best tailors offer only sport suits and top coats to wear over thin one-piece gowns. She also knows that soft materials take precedence over stiff ones; but she has not exactly classified the va rious colors, fabrics and accessories . that she must accept or avoid. These are vastly important matters the average shopper. True, there Is' a class of women who go to ex pensive houses that handle only a few of the most fashionable pieces of ap parel and offer nothing that can lead one into the wrong path; but this class remains an exclusive one, and what they do or do not do is not al ways a guide to the mass of women who must fight out the battle of clothes in their own way and to whom *tctory is Vital. Take colors. Who does not feel perplexed and confused on entering a shop where* hundreds of colors are dashed upon the vision and offered as the latest thing? One feels that a gigantic kaleidoscope has been run before the eyes. The brain refuses $ V % and not many are available for the woman who has not many -social opportunities to display a variety of clothes. To begin at the beginning of the color scheme: Midnight blue holds Its own. Black is in demand by those who want to dress well in the afternoon and evening, but it does not hold a high place for street suits or frocks. Oark Green Rivals Blue. . Dark green is a serious rival to dark blue, and the French dressmakers who exploited It last year are now reaping a reward because the public is accepting it. Know yourself well, however, before touching any tone of green. If you're picturesque, you , can wear it in any one of the shades that are variously known as Jade, Egyp tian and lettuce: The woman who can wear Jade clothes and jewelry has a successful season before her, for many of the best materials are woven in this al luring but difficult tone, and the Ori- Begin Immediately After Gather ing and Continue Until the Grain Is Planted.̂ - MYfucE (strain the ests heat #r liiy iiort fffljat.'4 r | f *•* •* "Hje best a ad cheapest treatment tya-i, mediately after the ears are gathered and husked is to tie the ears singly on binder twine at about eight-Inch in-? tervals, the twine being looped ahout No Locality Where Crop Will Not Be by Thorough Drying 1 nt--Poor Storage Will Impair Vitality. (From the |7nlted States - Agriculture.) The same day that seed corn is gathered from standing stalks as they grow in the field the husked ears should be put in a dry place where there is a free circulation of ait, and so placed that the ears do not touch one another. This is the only safe way; accord ing to the United States department of agriculture, which says that much good seed has been ruined because It was thought to be dry enough when ! gathered. Mnny farmers think that i their autumns are iso dry that these precautions are hot necessary, yet there is no locality where the corn! will not be bettered by a thorough drying treatment. If corn is left in the husk it may sprout of mildew dur- vt £ ' * ^.The material in this evening gown ,!• heavy brocaded satin, the odd bodice %»»• dsrk blue with a girdle of pale gpld /dotted *ith jet beads. Skirt of pale gold with flowers in blue, gold and 5 hlack. -/*»- jj ' to work, lie Judgment *is- euspeiftd- I' ed. One goes out of the "shop with a i; feeling flint it is futile to try to buy •| clothes and with a desire to let the Mason slide. ; if is this discouragement that as sails three-quarters cf the women who go out to get their new apparel, so let them be guided by the fact that not many colors are really In fashion. SEASON OF COMBINED COLORS Fashion Is Welcomed, Especially by Milliners, Who 0o Not Like Solid Black Velvet Hat. r.y-'-jlt is quite probable that it; is to be I 'ift season of combined colors. This is t acceptable to the majority of women. and even the stickler for the one-color it adheme is apt to like a bit of another ^v«(tfor used as a facing.. t . A yv»r igo several of the French de signers brought out the double-faced cloth and used it to achieve a good color scheme, and this truck led to the widespread fashion of facing one color With another and turning it over here •Bd there to give the public an Idea ef what was done. * The milliners are especially delight ed with this fashion because It gives them a chance to get color next to the face. The solid black velvet hat. for instance, which has remained in fash ion with a startling persistency, had its drawbacks. There are hundreds . 0£ wonien who cannot wear black j above >t)ie< eyep and - the , sljin.^f the | This Helmet of Navarre is made of tete de negre velvet, with visor faced with white 6atin. It is trimmed with two large silver buckles. ental shops are filled with bits of fine Jade made into earrings, hair combs and neeklaces. There are fans of peacock feathers with Jade sticks and also buckles of the Chinese quarts for slippers. Soft gold-tissue gowns are embroidered with Jade beads, in the Byzantine fashion. , Red flickers thsough the color scheme or-bursts upon the vision like the flame from the* artillery at the front. It Is against the. accepted psy chology that the colors of war should be exploited while war is on. _ It Is better to be sane than foolish when one approaches the subject of rod in "clothes. The scarlet danger sign should be put over all the coun ters where red fabrics are placed, and it should be worn by the mannequin who parades In a red gown. It Is the color of conflict; It Is not the color of peace. The woman who can wear It well Is thrice blessed, sa {-ton ally speaking, and she is apart from her neighbors, because she, is a rare type. None of this applies to dark red. No dahger sign is needed against the rich wine surface that brings out what Is best In a woman's complexion and eyes. These well-known burgun dy shades are offered. They come In duvetyn, serge, satin, velvet and and Rodier's weave of the so-called Bo livia cloth, which the American weav ers are imitating in a successful way. An Epidemic of Gray. The world has gone on for a cen tury or two feeling that gray Is the tpne of sadness and that its Quakerish ugliness must be avoided. It has been a difficult color for decades. Women have adopted it only when the silver sheen o% its. surface made it possible. This season, howeyer, all doubts qre dispersed by the superior tones which the dyers have imparted to the various fabrics grouped under' the elastic name of gray. There is moonlight gray, which may spell peace, but it Is In close prox imity to artillery gray, which stands for death. There Is the gray of granite and the gray of London smoke. Th«re Is the gray of a New England sea mist, and there is the tone that one gets from the glitter of cut steel. These grays are' not used alone this season. They are combined with hori zon and Chinese blue, with jade and Egyptian green, with incendie red, Mandarin yellow and amethyst purple. (Copyright, 1917, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) face. Their coloring demands some thing less somber, which does not cast: a shadow over the texture of their skin. The introduction of the colored fining lifted the ban from the black velvet hat. Eureka YaHow Dent Cqpn. ing warm wet weather, and it Is fiioft likely to become infested with weevils. Poor Storage impairs Vitality. The vitality of seed inay be reduced by leaving it In a sack or in a pile for even a day after it has been gath ered. During warm fall days, with some moisture In (he cobs and kernels. Excellent Ears for Seed. the middle of the ears so that they hang balanced and horizontal. Ordi nary binder twine is strong enough to support from 15 to 20 ears. Wire racks are cheaper in the long run and mure convenient. A good form Is made from welded or woven wire fencing, the upright wl-es being used as the hangers, and tho lateral wires cut off and heut upward being used as supports for the individual ears. • .The lateral .wires, about three inches long on either side of the main upright, are thru'st into the butt end of the cobh. These racks will last many years and are easily stored when not In use. In use, with the corn upon them, they have somewhat she appearance of giant fern fronds. The central wire Is the midrib of the leaf, and the ears of corn stand out on each side like the fern leaflets, or like leaflets on a locust tree. Wooden Racks Convenient. Wooden seed racks. In which the j ears are stored in rows on separate shelves, are convenient dryers, and have no drawbacks in a dry, breosy | place, although the air cannot circu late freely on all sides and dampness may be held where the row of kernels rests on the wood. Only during unusually damp weath er at seed-gathering time will a Are be necessary to help the drying. Yet if heat is applied in a poorly ventilat ed place, it will do more harm than good. If used, the fire should be slow and long-continued. It should be be* low the ears With plenty of good ven tilation above them. WHICH WAV ARE YOU FAC1NSJ Can You Distinguish Between the Grand or Commonplace, the; N®- • hie or Contemptible? At a popular seaside resort two rows of seats stood back to back. One of these faced the ocean. A silver moon. threw a luminous path across the water, and touched with strange radiance the breakers as they broke In foam on the sand. A red signal light in the distance blinked its warn ing. Overhead the stars looked down silently. Seated there one forgot the the noisy jostle of the busy world, and felt life's beauty and majesty. The adjacent seats faced in the,op posite direction. The occupants looked on a merry-go-round and a screen on which moving pictures were being thrown. This bench was crowded. The young people who sat there saw many colored electric lights, in place of the moon and the stars, and listened to the boisterous music of a steam piano, ruther than to the thundering melody of the waves. They laughed over the fantastic pictures on the screen, un mindful of the sublime scene over their shoulders. These young people, so close that their garments touched, carried very different impressions uway from their evening. They had been together, but they had been facing different ways. Some had seeu the petty and belittling, others had looked on the majestic and uplifting and beautiful; and the life of neither could be quite the same after that evening. The seaside episode has its counter part In everyday life. We can see the grand or the commonplace, the noble or the^contemptlbie, the uplifting or the degradiug. Which way are • facing?--Girls'Companion. » INCREASE YIELD BY PLOWING NEGLECT OF GOOD ROUGHAGE Work Done in Early Fall Is Most Sat isfactory--Weeds Are Destroyed and Soil Pulverised. . p Repeated trials have shown tlntt early, fall plowing gives much better conditions for a crop of green the fol lowing year than late plowing gives. While August is a dry. hot month and other farm work presses, it Is advis able to do as much plowing as pos sible. On clean land no further treat ment is needed. On weedy land the August«plowing should be followed by occasional disking or harrowing, or by replowing In October. " Such treatment destroys many of the weeds and pulverises the soil, so that good supplies of plant food arp available during the next seiiaon. In addition, it gives a longer plowing season and a chance to do better work.\ Early plowing and good plow ing arts Important steps In getting bet ter than the average yield. SILAGE TO CHEAPEN RATION 4 Fashion's Latest Color. Brown as an accessory color is fash ion's latest. One of the loveliest eve ning capes of the autumn is heavy cream-white satin, says the Woman's Home Companion. It -is fall, but the fulness hangs straight. At the shoul ders there are three capes of the Satin, graduating in width, topped with a rolling crush collar of brown velvet in the new "trench" shade, which is much like a chestnut-brown. . Bags Match Hats This Fall. The knitting epidemic will bring forth hats and bags to match and it Is a great opportunity for the woman who loves handwork. She can cross- stitch or embroider both and feel thor oughly in the mode. Duvet; n nats will toe very smart and }t » soft etfou&'W tfcifce lovely IWSPi >, • / i i . - » . * v • . , More Silos Being Constructed Every Year because of Convenience and Economy in Feeding. Because of the economy and con venience in feeding silage, more sfllos are being built every season. This year will likely see a larger number erected to "can" the corn crop. Seventeen per cent more milk and 28 per. cent more butterfat was 'pro duced by dairy cows fed largely silage than by others fed mainly a grain ra tion in a feeding test conducted at the Ohio experiment station. The silage ration produced butterfat at 18 cents a pound, and the grain ration at 22 cents. Two pounds of dry matter can be produced In the form of silage at less cost than one pound In sugar beets, other* tests have shown. Meat Production Must Be Put on More Economical Basis--Value of Straw Overlooked. The importance of roughage as a feed is coming to be recognised. As long us grain was not high in price, it was rather Indiscriminately shov eled Into live stock and much coarse feed was allowed to go to waste. Such a practice how. however, would destroy all1 possibility of profit In feeding. ' While" we ' are learning through grim necessity to make full- use of .roughage, it might be well to learn the lesson so 'thoroughly- that we shall never forget it. Meat pro duction in this country must be put on a wore economical basis. Millions of tons of straw are burned every fall. Probably a third of the corn stalks grown are wasted. Straw and stover with a little grain ;*T1 carry cattle through the winter. Al falfa hay can be the large part of the brood sow's winter feed with only a small amount of, corn. Why stuff her with corn? Roughage is money. BEST ATTENTION TO MEADOW CONTROL OF SHEEP SORREL Quicklime Can Be Used, to-Advantage by Slaking With Water yyf Sprinkling Mixture. The usual advice for the control of sheep stfrrel is to apply ground lime stone, two tons per acre, hydmted lime one and one-half tons per acre, or quicklime one ton per acre, fhe quick lime can be used to advantage by slaking with water and sprinkling the mixture freely over the sorrel. The liquid will injure flie leaves of the sor rel as well as help coirect the Soil acidity. CUTTING CORN FOR THE SILO Best Time Is When drains Are Well , --Pays Farmer to Own His Silage Cutter. > c^fn-for afla when the grains are well dented. This Is generally when the lower leaves and husks are begin ning to dry up, and the corn Is neuriy ready to cut for shocking. It pays to have your own silage cut' ter, so as to fill the silo when fl*e crop Is in the right condition. M'> 4 Some of Them in England Have Yield* ed Enormous Crops of Hay or Been Grazed for Years. ' Mnfiart of the farm pays hetter tlian a good meadow and It should, there fore, have the best attention. In Eng- j land we find the best meadows In the world. Some of them have yielded j enormous crops of hay or been grazed [ for 300 years. They tell you there that It takes a century to make a meadow. England is also the land of great beef cattle. Good meadows an 1 cattle are inseparable. Do not fall to top-dress the meadow with farmyard manure, In which 20t or 300 pounds of ncid phosphate per acre has been mixed, or the acid phofl- phate may be broadcasted after app!?: Ing the manure. If no manure is avail able, from 400 to 000 pounds of acid or half acid phosphate and half bon*> meal should be applied. Treat you* meadows right and they will return long profits. i SEEK INFORMATION ON SEED Department of Agriculture Proposes t? File Such Intelligence in Answer- . . ing Inquiries. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The committee on seed stocks of thft United States department, of agricul ture is endeavoring to assist In supply ing Information as to where seeds ma) be obtained. To this end It will ap preciate information from anyone who has seed to offer. The. information should contain the name. kind, and variety, and approximately the quan tity of seed offered as well as the price nsked. It proposes to file all such in formation and to use it in ,<!nswerii.gv inquiries that may be received from various parts of the country. All such communications should be addressed to R. A. Oakley, Chairman Committee Seed Stocks, United States depaftiSeilf of agriculture, Washington. Increasing the Vocabulary. When you read a book und come to a new word, do you pass it by or turn to the dictionary to learu its meaning? An extensive vocabulary is one of the best Indications of education and culture, aud careful reading Is one of the most effective ways of adding new words. The use of the dictionary should not be regarded as a task, but as a pleasure to be resort ed to upon every convenient occasion. Some peo ple make a daily study of the words. The ordinary individual of fair edu cation, we are told, controls from 6,000 to 8,000 words. A modern encyclo pedia says that this estimate is too high, even in America. An Kngllsh farm hand, it says, has a vocabulary tlittited to 300 words. A distinguished American educator believes that a well-educated citizen of this, country can control from SO,000 to 85,000. The best English writers do hot employ an extended vocabulary, preferring to ap peal, as nearly as possible, to all classes of readers.--Columbus Dis patch. * • S. 0. s. Send over Some WRIGLEYS -K Ji - J Keep your soldier or sailor boy supplied. Give Mm the lasting refreshments tbe pro tection ssalost tMrsk tfie fielp to appetite mi digestion afforded torWrialey's, Ifs in outstanding feature of f be war-- jf All tbe British Army Is cbewin* it. AFTER CU£RY_NEAfc wfflSSs wipes >t \ V R I G L E l S J U I C Y F R U I T ( H I W I N G C . l M THE FLAVOR u »S TW f ORIGINAL Dr. Morrison's Feat. Boasting an' acquaintance with China extending over nearly a quarter of a century. Dr. G. E. Morrison, whose famous library has been purchased by I>arou Isawaki for £35,000, first went to the Celestial empire possessed Of a strong antipathy to the Chinese. He came in time, however, to have for t^m a feeling of lively sympathy «hd giht f tnde . ' • ' • Always a great pedestrian, he walk ed. when Tittle more than a boy, from Melbourne to Adelaide. Doctor Morri son was wHh the late Sir Claude Mac- donald, the then British minister, in the Rrltish headquarters at I'eking during the whole of the siege by the Iioxcr rebels; and he has probably cre ated another record In having ridden 3,fu0 miles In 175 days--Exchange. Try This on Your Parrot. As the "automobile party passed one corner the.v saw a soldier on guard, a big white dog beside him, and then a beautiful American flag. Of course this combination attracted the atteutiofi of every one In the car. The flag was silk, the dog majestic and the soldier proud of his trust. "Oh, look at that dog on guard," ex claimed the woman. T The little boy snickered audibly. All were Impressed with the solemnness of the scene, and this outbreak seemed to the father uncalled for. "What do you mean, laughing, John ny?" he demanded. "Oh." cried nttle Johnny, "mamma said 'look at that dog-gone guard I' *-- Indianapolis News^ Unexplored Quebec. It is estimated that in the north of the province of Quebec there ure still 259,000 square miles of unexplored country, making, with the 642,000 square miles in western Canada, a to tal of 901,(KK) square miles. In other words, 28 per cent of Canada Is still unexplored. In the basin of the River Mackenzie there are believed to be great petroleum wells. Natives state that they have seen lakes at the Yu kon, from 60 to 70 miles long, that have not been seen by white men. The Mackenzie mountains no one, not even the Indians, knows anything of. . What Concerned Father. The minister was shocked to see the young lad wity a fishing outfit on $un- day. "My dear lad, what will your father say about your fishing on the Sabbath?" , < • "Well, last time he sal<jl: 'Where the thunder's your fish?" replied the youngster. • . • • - ' • 1 • 1 1 - - Only War Bread. Mistress (greatly scandalized)--Is It possible. Hannah, you are maklrg bread without having washed your hands? New Servant--Lor, whats' the <Hf> ference, mum? It's war bread! The appropriate Costume. "Is It ari elaborate cdstume the women in that Russian Battalion of Death wear?" "I don't know, but 1 suppose th*r are dressed to W11.M . ' , .*»• - Long and Short of It. "f wonder why it takes pay long to come around?" . "It only seems long when yonl* short, and the, longer it seems.* His Sensitive Soul. George Challls, owner of a theater In Muncie, Ind., believes that the crav ing for passes to shows becomes a ma nia, and relates a case in point, according to the Indianapolis News. He had been besieged for weeks by a man for passes to shows in the thea ter,'and two or three times, just to get rid of him, had passed him in, which only seemed to make him the more Insistent the next time, although. Chal lls was under no obligation to him. Finally the fellow struck Challls one day when the latter was suffering from the effects of a "poor house" the night before, and, exasperated, he reached down In his pocket and, handing the Importuning one a dollar, said, "Go (Tver there to the box office and buy yourself a ticket like other people do." Pulling up, his dignity ruffled and his feelings apparently hurt, the other re plied, "What do you take me for--a cheap skate?" And then haughtily walked away--with Challls' dollar in his pocket. TWi Will TntOTwrt Mothers. Mother Gray's Swret Powders for Children for Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach, Teething DinorderK, move and regulate the Bow els and uetttroy worian. They break up Colds In •t hours. They are bo pieasant to take children like them. Used by mothers for 80 years. AU Drutfuiats, 2.V\ Sample FKEE. Address, Uother Uruy Co., La Koy. N. V. Mental Preparedness. ^Children trained from the "very start to self-expression enter school with Invaluable mental preparedness for the work to be done there. They have a poise that keeps them from being diffident in class. They are not afraid to ask questions," declares a prominent educator. "They know how to tell what Is in their mind. In asso ciating with other children they get more Joy from It because they know how to make themselves understood. Older people find them more charm* Ing and Interesting. "Effective training toward self-ex pression in the young child means that characteristic of life, and there is no training more effective than telling him stories and teaching him how to tell them. "Asking about a child's doings will encourage him to tell you about them. "For Instance, when your little boy comes home from a walk get him to tell you all that he ha^ seen while out. When he comes in from play get him to tell* you all about the fuu he has been having. "Always make him feel your vital Interest in his thoughts and actions." lortel HeahkfaJ, fnwiAi BlalMtM tk* Mt*lg SShVSN&C? la your t In oold invalids. . Board! ot j A B S O L U T E L Y O D O R U t I Put It An'̂ Vre in The Ilowie The senna an killed by » ntwilnl vn* water is tbe container. Bmptr once a • No mo re trouble to empty thanaehee. QM solutely guMftMeed. Ask tor catalog M* pvtaa. lewEumTUTMi.ca., una MSL.iniaiT.BMii. Atk abont the Jto-San WMhstaod-Ppt n« Oold Banning Water Wlthont 1 W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 42-1817* A Woman Teaches 8eamanshi|».- ' When one of the instructors in tin government navigation school at Charleston, S. C., was compelled t* leave, a woman, Mrs. Charlotte S. Pat* ten of Maine, took the helm, and la now teaching beginners in nautical sd* ence. Mrs. Patten Is the widow of ft sea captain, and for fifteen years lived on board a ship. After the death of her husband she continued her life oa the sea on board a ship captained her son-in-law. Whale Possibilities. Since one whale yielded 14,000) pounds of meat to an American whaler, says the Portland Oregonian, the maa who owus a small pond ought to look into the Industry. There might money in whale veal. ' ' Don't Neglect Kidneys -iiff.: Swamp Root. Dr. Kilmer's Prescript V ? tion, Overcomes Kidney Trouble • i a; • A Unique Specimen. We once knew a man 26 or 27 years ago who read the Congressional Rec ord closely every day aud he is still alive. Indeed, he afterward went to congress and settled there. Has any one heard of another reader of- the Congressional. Record 7-^Qjluipilj^a (S &) State. v * . Honduras to Open " Mini. Silver coins being scarce In Hondu ras, that country Is to reopen Its mint, which has been closed a long time, and melt up and reduce in fineness 250,000 pesos, which will then make 500.000 pesos. YOU BET I'M HELPING SAVE THE WHEAT*?* POSTTOASYIES For me 3 times a day It is now conceded by physicians the kidneys should have more attention ts tliey control the other organs to & re>^ t > markable degree and do a tremeadooB = amount of work in removing the poiao-- ? ' and waste'matter from the ayatem kg filtering the blood. The kidneys should TSfieive some &S» aistance when needed. We take less ercise, drink less water and often more rich, heavy food, thereby forci the kidneys to do more work than nature intended. Evidence of kidney trouble^ such as lame back, annoying biaddc* troubles, smarting or burning, hriek»* dust or sediment, sallow complexion rheumatism, maybe weak or irregnlay heart action, warns you that your kid* , neyB require help immediately to avoUL Bore serious trouble. An ideal herbal compound that has had most remarkable success as a kidney and bladder remedy is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp* Root. There is nothing else like it. is Dr. Kilmer's prescription used in pari* vate practice and it is sure to benefit yo% Get a bottle from your druggist. " J However, if you wisk first to tee* thin great preparation send ten cents to Dili, Kilmer & Co., Pinphamton, N. Y.. for a •ample bottle. When writing be aura-sat mention this paper. Adv. , s , Ducks Poisoned. ^ The biological survey has found that a number of ducks around Great Sal|,, Lake, Utah, were suffering from lead poisoning as a result of swallowing the shot present in large quantities about the shooting stations and blinds* ' The British Rifle. The British rifle is the outcome of the South African war. It holds tea cartridges and* is sighted 'from -*00 t® 2,800 yards. Youngstown, O^ ts to hare a bnM* ment to David Tod, Civil war gover nor of Ohio. When Your Eyes Need Cart Try Murine Eye Remedy ; mii : ~ ^ x. *. / *: ' "7 , . 4 A, vs Wrt "