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man,  not  a  chap  like  you.  The  West¬ 
ern  man  I  mentioned  said  the  nearest 
claim  he  could  find  was  00  miles  from  a 
railroad.  A  hard  life  it  was,  too.  He 
said  quite  a  number  of  farmers  out  there 
went  crazy  from  hardship,  homesickness 
and  disco uragem ont.” 
“Points  like  those  don't  get  into  the 
boom  literature,”  I  observed. 
“I  have  thought  of  your  case  quite 
often,”  he  continued,  “and  if  I  were  you 
I  would  locate  near  hy.  You  can’t,  get 
free  laud,  but  you  can  buy  it  cheap  and 
mostly  on  credit,  and  if  you  are  willing  to 
rough  it  half  as  much  as  you  would  need 
to  in  the  West,  yon  would  have  the 
chance.  Xew  immigrants  do  it  all  right, 
so  can  you.” 
“I  suppose  I  could  do  as  the  others 
do  around  here,  keep  cows  and  sell  milk 
or  butter.” 
“What  do  you  know  most  about?” 
“I  kept  hens  when  a  boy,  or  rather 
helped  my  father  keep  them.” 
(To  be  continued.) 
“There’s  one  consolation  about  being 
in  jail,  mum.”  “What  is  it,  my  poor 
man?”  "After  I  once  go  to  bed  nobody 
here  makes  me  get  up  and  go  dowu  to  be 
sure  that  the  back  door’s  locked.” — Credit 
Lost. 
pink  on  natural  pongee.  The  stripes  are 
varied  in  width  and  style,  hair  line,  pen¬ 
cil,  awning,  etc.  The  material  is  made  up 
alone  or  with  plain  goods.  There  are 
many  heavy  cotton  materials,  galatea, 
kindergarten  cloth,  tennis  stripes,  etc.,  in 
awning  stripes,  which  are  made  up  in 
kilt-pleated  or  gored  skirts  of  the  sports 
style,  for  girls  of  all  ages  and  their  elders. 
Striped  Cossack  linen,  striped  voile  and 
striped  taffeta  all  testify  to  the  popularity 
of  these  patterns.  February  and  March 
saw  dress  goods  in  most  lines  little,  if 
any.  advanced  in  price  over  last  year,  but 
there  seems  a  general  trend  toward  higher 
prices,  including  domestic  cotton  goods, 
made  in  this  country  from  material  grown 
here.  The  increase  in  woolens  is  not  un¬ 
expected,  nor  in  silks  and  linens,  hut 
higher  rates  and  scarcity  in  some  lines 
was  hardly  looked  for  in  cotton  goods. 
There  are  plenty  of  pretty  voiles  at  2“  40 
28  cents  a  yard,  stripes,  cheeks  and  floral 
designs,  suitable  for  every  age  and  style 
of  making :  cotton  voile  in  solid  colors 
usually  runs  about  50  cents  a  yard.  Em¬ 
broidered  voiles  are  all  prices,  from  about 
.30  cents  up,  some  sheer  weaves  with  tin¬ 
sel  embroidery  being  $2.50  and  $5.50  a 
yard.  Plain  striped  tissue  voiles,  that 
make  nice  plain  wash  dresses,  are  15  and 
18  cents  a  yard.  There  are  many  heavy 
awning  stripe  cottons  for  separate  skirts 
at  50  cents  a  yard.  As  for  trimmings,  it 
often  looks  as  though  modern  dressmakers 
went  to  venerable  files  of  Godey's  Lady’s 
Boole  for  inspiration.  Ruffles  and  band¬ 
ings  of  all  widths  and  styles  are  used. 
One  odd  girdle  noted  on  a  striped  taffeta 
dress  was  shirred,  breed  in  front  with  taf¬ 
feta  banding  run  through  porcelain-bead¬ 
ed  buttonholes,  and  we  see  porcelain 
beads  of  all  colors  used  in  many  odd  ways 
for  trimming.  Among  fashionable  colors 
(here  is  a  soft  grayish  blue  called  “indi¬ 
visible  blue.”  made  by  blending  the  uni¬ 
forms  of  North  and  South,  which  is  espe¬ 
cially  beautiful  in  soft  silk,  and  is  becom¬ 
ing  to  both  blonds  and  brunettes. 
Dress  Accessories. — It  is  shoes, 
gloves  and  ornaments  that  give  any  cos¬ 
tume  its  final  completeness,  and  anyone 
who  considers  economy  must  take  these 
things  into  account  in  all  her  purchases. 
This  Spring  plain  black  pumps  are  fash¬ 
ionable,  and  a  girl  who  only  has  one  pair 
of  best  Summer  shoes  should  buy  these, 
rather  than  be  tempted  to  invest  in  some¬ 
thing  fancy,  that  will  not  go  with  all  her 
clothes.  If  she  buys  pumps  of  black  kid 
with  plain  leather  buckles,  she  is  fitted  for 
a  plain  tailored'  suit ;  then  she  may  buy 
buckles  of  cut  steel  or  silver,  and  transfer 
these  to  the  same  pumps  for  wear  with 
thin  Summer  dresses.  Boot  silk  stockings 
of  nice  quality,  with  cotton ,  not  lisle, 
tops  and  feet,  cost  50  cents  a  pair:  they 
wear  well,  and  may  be  kept  for  silver- 
buckle  occasions.  Bronze  pumps  or  shoes 
are  much  worn,  hut  arc  only  advised  for 
the  economical  when  shades  of  brown, 
fawn  and  yellow  lead  in  the  wardrobe. 
Tan  or  russet  shoes  are  wise  for  general 
wear  with  cotton  dresses,  and  with  tail¬ 
ored  suits  of  brown,  dark  blue  or  dark 
green,  but  never  with  gray  or  black,  nor 
are  they  ever  “dress”  shoes.  White  can¬ 
vas  shoes,  inexpensive  and  comfortable, 
may  be  called  a  necessity  for  one  who 
wears  white  or  light  cottons  and  linens. 
As  for  gloves,  the  fabric  makes  are  so  ex¬ 
cellent  in  quality,  and  so  attractive  in  fit. 
that  they  now  take  the  place  of  kid  in 
Summer,  except  for  ceremonious  occa¬ 
sions.  and  to  a  great  degree  in  Winter 
too.  The  slip-on  styles  with  a  strap  at 
the  wrist  are  smart  looking,  and  espe¬ 
cially  comfortable  to  elderly  women  or 
others  who  dislike  a  tightly  buttoned 
glove. 
I  HERE’S  nothing  like  a 
good  oil  heater  for  warm¬ 
ing  up  chilly  places  and  help¬ 
ing  out  the  regular  heating 
system  in  extra  cold  weather. 
An  efficient  oil  heater  (we  recom¬ 
mend  the  Perfection  Smokeless  Oil 
Heater)  will  give  ten  hours  of  clear, 
odorless  heat  on  a  gallon  of  kero¬ 
sene.  It  will  not  smoke  and  it 
will  not  give  off  odor,  so  long  as  you 
are  careful  to  fill  it  with  reliable  fuel. 
The  best  way  to  make  sure  of  al¬ 
ways  getting  safe,  clean,  dependable 
fuel  is  to  buy  it  by  name.  Say 
“So cony”  (So-CO-ny)  to  the 
grocer’s  boy  when  he  comes  to 
take  your  oil  can.  Socony  Kero¬ 
sene  Oil  is  the  name  of  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  of  New  York's  best 
kerosene.  It  is  a  quality  product 
— so  much  better  than  ordinary 
kerosene  that  it  is  decidedly  worth 
asking  for. 
If  your  dealer  sells  genuine  Socony 
Kerosene  he  will  display  the  Socony 
sign  in  his  window.  Look  for  this 
sign.  It  is  a  quality  sign  and  one 
of  the  easiest  ways  to  recognize  a 
reliable  dealer. 
AVe  recommend  the  following  oil 
burning  devices  as  the  best  of  their 
kind:  Nero  Perfection  Oil  Cook- 
stoves  and  AA  ater  Heaters,  Perfec¬ 
tion  Smokeless  Oil  Heaters,  Rayo 
Lamps  and  Lanterns. 
Standard  Oil  Company  of  New  York 
Principal  Offices 
NEW  YOKK-BUFFALO  ALBANY-BOSTON 
Oil  CO.' 
Standard  oilco.en.y. 
Frank  of  Peach  Hill 
(Continued  from  page  626.) 
farm.  Every  new  invention  of  farm  ma¬ 
chinery  crowds  out  men.  If  a  farm  that 
needed  four  men  can  by  use  of  machinery 
get  along  with  two,  the  other  men  must 
do  something  else.” 
“It  must  be  they  all  leave  sometimes,” 
said  the  advertising  man  a  little  .sar¬ 
castically,  “for  every  year  there  is  more 
and  more  call  and  advertising  for  hired 
farm  help;  and  wages  are  higher  than 
ever.  If  machines  are  driving  out  men 
why  don't,  wages  go  down?  So  long  as 
good  farms  can  be  bought  mostly  on  cre¬ 
dit  for  less  than  the  value  of  the  build¬ 
ings  it  doesn't  look  as  if  machines  or  any- 
r  S 
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