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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OP INTRREST RELATIVE
TO FAUJI AND GAKDEX.
Feeding for Strength.
One of the remarkable results in the
experiments made at the Wisconsin sta1
tioa was shown in the tests of the
strength of bones. Those fpd mainly
for th production of lean meat bore a
"ttrain of 1,000 pounds. Others appar
ently the same, made from a feed of corn
meat, broke at o00 pounds. Perhaps
fanners can see from this why it is that
corn alone is not good food for horses
hard at work. It puts on fa but it does
Jiot wear, because it gives so little for
making muscle. The world-wide prefer
ence for oats as food for working horses
is not an accident. It is one of the best
grains for giving strength. Farmers
learned this radically long before sci
ence explained the reason. .
Loss of Wool in Sheep.
Dry feeding and close penning have
the eifect of causing congestion of the
skin, and thiscau-cs the wool to become
loose and be pulled oil or rubbed o f by
the sheep scratching themselves. To
avoid this trouble give the sheep some
sliced turnips or otatoes, with a little
salt,and a dram, for each sheep, of epsom
sales sprinkled over them. Continue this
for a week. A little oat straw given in
place of clover h;iy occasionally will be
useful. For ewes having lambs a mix
ture of oat--, buckwheat and fiaxse d
ground together will be useful for in
creasing the milk. A pint daily will be
sufficient. "Where early lambs are reared
a supply of carrots, mangels or ruta
bagas should be grown for the ewes, as
these encourage the flow of milk more
than any other" food. Neic York Times.
Salt lor Cows.
A commission appointed by the French
Governnie.it to inquire into the use of
salt for domestic animals reported on the
matter-as follows: 1. Salt ought to be
given to domestic animals to replace the
saline matter washed out of their food by
boiling, steaming, etc. 2. iralt counter
acts the ill effects of wet pastures and
food on sheep, and prevents foot rot. o.
It increases the flow of Saliva, and there
fore hastens fattening. 4. In making
mixtures of chair, potatoes, beets, bran
oilcake, etc:, salt always ought to be
added. The daily allowance recom
mended by the commission was: - For a
milch cow or ox, two ounces; for a fat
ting stall fed ox, two and a half to four
and a half ounces: for a fattin-r rir nn
ounce: for a lean sh
lyu-quartersor an ounce; for ahorse,
oneounce.
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Bucking Horses.
One thing I have never been able to
understand and that is the subject of
bucking horses. I hive given the ques
tion some study, and find that only in
the : Y estern part of the United States,
in houth America and in Australia do
horses indulge in this most unpleasant
performance. This would not be strange
if it was confined to horses raised in
these countries, but it seems to be in the
climate, as the progeny, of Western
ponies, if taken Fast, never buck, and a
colt of a high-bred Eastern horse if born
on the plains will buck the first time a
Eacicue is put on its back, a thin
that
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urns iium me eame mare uorn in 1
xne tiast never do.
have a trick of bounding into the air and
alighting with stiff legs, which is some
times called buck jumping. But this in
no way resembles the true plunging buck
of the plains. I nrver saw any one who
could account for the . change of
habit in colts born in the West, but
every man who has ever had anything to
do with horses in that section of the
country is perfectly familiar with the
fact. Post Disatcfi.
I Karly Potatoes. .
Three years' experience convinced a
Farmer and Lr. tdir correspondent that I
his practice brings potatoes "several days
-sooner than if planted without manuring
in the hill." .Starting, "the first apoor-
tunity in spring," with loose, loamy land,
'reasonably rich or made so by thor
oughly working in of well-rooted ma
nure," he proceeds as follows :
The soil should be thoroughly fined
before planting. Mark the rows, run
ning the plow reasonably deep. A good
single shovel is the best implement for
marking for early potatoes have the
rows about three or three and a half
feet apart. Take reasonably fresh, ma
nure and drop a forkful where each hill
is to.be planted. Cover lightly with
soil and then drop a whole potato of
medium size; on this cover well, step
ping on the hill to press the soil on the
seed. The fresh manure will aid mate
riallyvin securing the necessary warmth
to induce germination, and if, as is some
times the case after planting early in
spring, we have several days of cold,
wet weather, there will be considerably
less danger of the feed rotting. As soon
after planting as condition of soil per
mit, a thorough harrowing should be
given. This lines and levels the surface
and destroys young weeds that are cer
tain to start. Under ordinary condi
tions two harrowings can nearly always
be given. Keep the surface mellow. The
first wo; king should always be the deep
est, getting shallower each time. I gen
erally prefer to give at least one good
hoeing after the first cultivating so as to
loosen the soil well between the plants
and kill weeds. Cultivate suliciently
to keep e'ean and have the soil mellow
so that a strong, rapid growth will be
made. After a good start by the vine,
I find it advisable to thin to not over
.three good plants to each hill."
Onions.
Mr. Wm. II. Derby, of Revere, read a
very practical paoer before the meeting
of the Boston Market Gardeners' Assoc:a
tion on December 21. The general rules
for growiug crops are varied by different
niiinn nf ao-1 and climate, and the
speaker confined himself to the methods
K . : t i?mr whom the
oi oniou iiiuiiio irr.w,
business has been steadily growing and
is fairly profitable. Good seed is a very
important item. To grow it one must
select carefully the best bulbs and place
them in a dry place to keep with tops
F.irlv in snrinr thev are set out
after cutting off the old tops, if any re
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main, in rows three feet apart ana six
inches Let ween the ouios in uie tu
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The cron is caretuiiy cuuivaiuu
...LC ?.J i c.ntcmbcr the seed
m ii' i i A r
.cut and stored in a dry place untd it can
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nnnd AJjarrel of onions wiupro-
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vorauieytai,u at Kevere
Tostlv stron- clay loam, and works best
mostly s tro n tup , ,p-:nT of
Tw aoniving in iuc ;
fhS enrkh work-' I phenomena of light The sound-waves
land thus enricne a , w ? deflccted upward to a very marked
ing a week eather . . h oxtent undcr influence of strata of
thus heated, n T Jaltenlj the a r of various temperatures, and to this
j!,Wtol3l.t.th.i.lB. . . .
loot or 3 1 pounds per acre. If celerv i
to be grown on tin same land, a is
EfEffft ?T rl I?f,Vere' ach 'hth row
'eft blank for- the celery. Clean cul
ture is very important, an 1 for this par
po-c tha Arlington wheel hoe is wed
very oH en, and several hand weeding
arc needed. The best crops are. usually
grown on the strongest clay land. " The
crop is housed, after drying in tho
field with the tops un, and sold a.s want
ed through the fall and winter. .This
crop is subject to blight and smut and is
infected by green flies or lice. There is
no remedy of much value, though many
have Lc2.i tried. Formerly the onion
growers used to grow them continuously
on the same land, but recently they have
adopted the plan of growing them on'y
one or two. "years in -the same plae,
thinking that they thus avo:d the dis
eases to some extent. "When asked what
fertilizers, If any. he used, 31 r. Derby
replied that he relied almost entirely on
"table manure, although he had experi
mented with many other things in addi
tion, but had not on the whole received
return enough to warrant a repetition of
their use. II is average crop was GOO to
700 bushels per acre on land one-eighth
of which is occupied by celery, and on
rare occasions he had known 1,000
bushels per acre to be grown. N. E.
Fanner.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Beets are relished by milch cows.
Feed oyster shells and ground bones
to fowls.
Fresh lime scattered around the cellar
will help to keep it dry.
Termit no smoking about the barn,
haystacks or strawstacks. .
Corn-fodder cut fine, moistened and
sprinkled with cornmeai or bran, iseacen
up clean.
Hogs fattened on barley are reported
to make superior meat with a large pro
portion of lean.
A dairyman asserts that, on the sam
amount of food, he never saw other
young cattle do as well as Holsteins.
"It should Le the aim of every feeder,"
says Henry Stewart, "to induce his
stock to eat as much as they can digest."
According to Col. F. D. Curtis the hog
is the smartest animal we have among
us, and the most like man, especially m
the stomach.
making ov., orders for nursery stock
one is liable to invest too largely in
novelties. Stick pretty closely to tested
and proven varieties.
Scaly legs in fowls, a complaint of the
season, should be treated by rubbing
twice a week with a mixture of lard and
kerosene, applied warm.
Salt benefits the compost hean bv kill
ing weeds and preventing heating. Re
sult of spreading salt on the heap
manure is all fine the next spring.
Common homemade lye soap, well
mixed with corn meal to a stiff dough,
and given every few day, is now recom
mended as a preventive and sure cure of
chicken cholera.
Sheep here do not payas great profits
as those in England. Everything de
pends on the mode of management. Our
iarmers compel sheep to forage, while in
England they are treated as carefully as
a.3 are cattle.
It has been found in California that a
cold air blast dries fruit in the most per-
lil- ""Lies oi iruit dried in
. 3 way Pnes, apricots and apples
Secretary Woodward would draw and
spread manure from the stable, even if
the suow were a foot deep. He believes
that, spread on corn land in the fall, it
does fifty per cent, more good than when
spread the following spring.
Professor Eoberf son, of Canada, claims
that cream raised by the deep cold
process produces a butter that is
Jess highly flavored when first made,
and is, in fact, often insipid at that time,
but its flavor increases with age, and U
at its best when several weeks old.
A practical authority states that the
best way
to make a hosr-crate, in his
opinion, is to have the
height
three-
fifths of the length of the hog, and the
width three-fifths the height. This
will make a comfortable crate for a
properly trained hog. It is certainly
worth trying.
Keep cream apart from any strong-
smelling vegetables, as nothing so
ranidlv absorbs odors as milk or cream
Never out it into a iar that has had
vinegar, pickles or acids in it, until the
iar is thoroughly cleansed ana airea.
The best plan is to have a jar especially
for it. and. be verv particular that it is
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often thoroughly wasnea and aired.
When cows refuse good hay there is
something wrong. Most probably they
have been overfed. The remedy is to
cut the hay with a fodder cutter, the
cost of which will be repaid by the sav-
I ing in one year, and wet it and mix oran
j with it; about two quarts for each cow,
! adding a small handful of salt. Give no
more than the cow will eat clean, and as
I the appetite returns increase the ration.
Formerly it was common in giving
directions for transplanting trees to add
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instructions how to stake them, to pre
vent blowing over or lecoming twisted
by the wind, which was really one of the
worst things that could happen to them,
i and such staking was always essential if
i the top was larger than the roots. But
a better way is to obviate the necessity
!of all staking by taking up sufficient
1 breadth of roots to hold the tree firmly
I in position when properiy planted. Long
! and ample roots will hold the tree better
I than any staking. Purchasers of trees
i iould therefore make this requirement
! of the nursery-man.
Fish Living In Hot Water.
There is a pond on the Lay ranch at
Golconda, which is ted by the waters
' V ptatI nrr: TVi i c? -rrri 1 Viae on
1 1 UIll tlltS Ulb xnj-j-J. aj. j j.rvsu.-. iit j uiA
area of two or three acres, and the tern
perature of the water is about eighty-five
degrees, and in some places where the
hot water bubbles up from the bottom
the temperature is almost up to the boil-
j ing point Recently the discovery has
! been made that this warm lake is lit-
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erally alive with carp, some of which are
more than a foot long. All efforts to
catch them with a hook and line have
failed, as they will not touch the most
tempting bait. A few of them have been
shot, and, contrary to the general sup
position, the flesh was hard and palata
ble. How the fish got into the lake is a
mvsterv unsolved. Within 100 feet of it
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is the ranchers in the v.cimty use the water
it rt vi' uniiov iv iiiimi rM ii i r inii. aiiiu
to scald h )gs in the
butchering
season.
SUmt Siatc.
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One of4he S?as Dangers.
is - A curious acoustic phenomenon, some-M
ww,-
been termed
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imes ouservea at sea, nas
j bv M. Fizeau, the "mira;
e uiuu,
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR,
FEMIXINK READB11S..
" The Turquoise. ,
Mrs. Langtry has the handsomest tur
quoise in America. It is set as a pen
dant with twenty diamonds, and valued
at $".,000. Since the exhibition of the
ex-Empress Eugenie's turquoise and dia
mond 'diadem, exhibited in a large dry
goods fchop in New York and purchased
t the recent sale3 of the JFrench crown
jewels, turquoises -have gained1 in fash
jonable favor. A pair of charming brace
lets consist of very narrow gold bands
set all the way round with alternate tur
quoises and pearls. Exdiangs.
. The Czarina's Necklace.
tThe Weiner A'ljeraime Zeitung tells
mat on the Czarina's fortieth birthday
anniversary the Czar gave her a necklace
w SC? ?f fortJ emeralds. In order
ttJ? l,eclfor stones of blameless per
fection and sufficient size, Russian agents
travP W fenSel for nine months in
e'2 a" the great European cities
!2iT5wf The liar's pur
ree tfl'L HG Kkept a ProfoUDd 8ecret'
i l J4 Un known that so great
to?! somanym
rnrT.; v lCQ. yp'lld have risen to a
puuifjmm neignt. i'
tne Vienna nanpr . i.
sesa more n'
than any other European sovere l T
to them that she danced around the
Sara Bernhardt's Costn,-
Usually the bride is the principle' w
re of a wedding but JL. iPi6,??1'
are of a weddin?. but v,Dn
cess Jabolonski married the son of Sara
Bernhardt all eyes were turned to her
mother-in-law, who, as she entered the
church, was entirely concealed by a lon
gray manteau trimmed with black fox"
Throwing this back, she revealed a gown
of gray sicilieune, a silver belt, and an
exquisite bonnet of aurore crepe. The
bride's gown was of creamy white satin
the front looped with orange blossoms'
and the whole covered with old' point
aTaiguille, worth $5,000. I hear that
this lace was presented to the Princess
some yeais ago, with the request that it
should be worn on her wedding day.
The corsage was strikingly beautiful
for a broad lace Louis XIII. collar en
circled the throat, ornamented the front
of the waist, and was fastened at the
left of the belt by satin ribbon and
orange blossom 3. Bio '. Ijn Eagle.
Passive Beauty of Peasant Women.
One sees very many beautiful women
among the Croatians and Slavonians. It
is quite surprising the number of lovely
faces that are to be seen in a gathering
of Croatian peasants.
The beauty of these countries inclines
to the passive, Madonna-like style of
loveliness, in which figure dreamy, gazelle-like
eyes and an expression of lan
gour that tells of gentleness per3o:iified.
In Servia and Koumelia, too, one finds
this type of beauty prevalent, and in
these Balkan States, so recently domina
ted by the Turks, the women still pos
sess a timid, retiring disposition that
causes them to go about with half-veiled
faces. The lesracv of Osm.mli rim;,-
rjeervian and Roumelian
J w-rr.Sr-s.-v "hot mysterv.
one sees two fi&TvSTy,..- .... . . mu
" "o 1'ciuHps, WeU n ffh to the
STw' an? aP.air large, languishing
black eyes lighting up futures "that are
half concealed behind
Courier-Journal.
a veil of tulle.
End of the Short Hair Crazed
"The short hair craze has sort of run
out," said a Washington lady barber.
"home of the hair has sot discourasred
through being cut so often, and never
given a chance to grow, so that now it
won't. That is the trouble with lots of
heads I could mention. It doesn't do
for a young lady to cut off her hair short
too late in life. That's why there are
a great many wigs being worn this sea
son. You saw all those younjj ladies
with short hair last summer? You
don't see them now. Sometimes hair
grows out very well after it has been cut
short. Sometimes it doesn't. We have
sold quite a number of wigs on account
of this chanse of fashion. There wae
some pretty suits of hair spoiledby that
short hair cut. Some refuse ever to
errow long asrain, some grow out stiff
and straight, some lose all their natural
co'.of. Soft blonde hair came out stiffer
and darker. Some did not suier from
the fashion, but many did. Young la
dies who had soft, curly hair ot rich
natural color, were struck with the short
hair craze. And now well, they are
awfully sorry. All the curl, is gone.
The softness is gone, too, and so has the
rich color. The most common result ha3
been the entire loss of the natural ten
dency to curl. - Constant cutting has
made the hair straight. Sometimes
they have their own natural hair that
was cut oil made over into wigs.-
A Heroine of the Storm.
Mr. J. H. Ager, of Ord, Neb., one of
the Secretaries of the State lioara ot
Transportation, tells an -interesting tale
of the pluck 01 a young lauy scnooi
teacher of Valley County. . .
Not many miles from the town of lira
is situated the schoolhouse of Mira V al
ley school district. This house is a small
' a i ji n;
frame structure,ana ine nearest uweiuug
to it is at least one-half mile distant.
When th3 blizzard came, there were in
the little schoolhouse Miss Minn:e 1 ree
man, the teacher, yet in her teens, aud
13 pupils between tne ages 01 o arm 10
vpsrs. ine cuiiureu wcic muuui. uy
to the highest pitch of excitement by the
.nftKottnrm Tn the midst of tne
teacher's assurance that all would be well
a terrible gust of wind struck the build-
rsf the windows rattled, the house
shook, and the door of the structure was
torn from its hinges. It was then tne
young teacher realized the necessity of
preparing for emergencies. With an ex -
hibition ot rare judgment, she Gathered
her little brood together, and, securing
a coil ot strong, neavy iwiue.uL-gau nu bem(T set with small turquoise?, gar
the largest ones and tied the children to- etc ,
getherby the arms and bodies, tnree
awcasu " v,Uui.iv.v,
her charges around tnesioveanu awauea
the pleasure of the storm K.ing. its iu
nous worK came sooner luan wa;
expected. The terrihe gale, sweep
ing
everything
before it, struck
the
building and
carried away, in the
twmKlinsr oi an eve. me eunrc xooi
me siructiu-e, leaviug mc inguicucu ilt.iiw
Anno nvoc ofl t tYin lmei:t The time
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plucky teacher was equal to the emer
puuj ". .Ibeino. made of red velvet and the fall
eencv. Taking the youngest and frailest 5 U1,u, . nB- , . .
eeuy- , ia A e . 4. , rrown of dark biue plash. A cluster oi
oi her cnarge m uer arms, sue nevx iuc
maining end of the twme around her
Khe could mnster. the enn?
agaous teacher started with her " team"
of f rirrhtened little ones out into the furv
ol the storm. Those who have braved
n.o tormr. a XVhra V Wizard need
L n 1.1,1 4- waikiiiMil nmliMirva
enable a young girl to breast those furies,
having in hsr jeeeping the lives of thir
teen - little ones and , the happiness of
thirteen homes. . Those -who - felt and
suffered the effects of Thursday's" storm
need not be told that the act of that,
young girl was one fiorn which, men
might quail. a Selecting her way "care
fully, following in the course of the
storm, the brave girl led her little charges
through snow ; drift 4 and blinding
blizzards, now cautioning them' about
their steps, - now encouraging them to
cheerfulness, and ; all the way, herself
bearing an additional burden or some
body's darling, urging them into renewed
efforts. And t ha it was that after a
wearisome journey of three-quarters of a
mile, through ail the fury "a storm could
muster, the little band reached the thresh
old of a farmhouse, where they received
a hearty welcome. - At the house where
they found shelter one' of the children
made its homel and if the eyes of a lov
ing mother filied with tears as she
pressed her little one to her heart, they
were not dried when she gave to the brave
young teacher an embrace in which was
embodied all the love and gratitude
within a mother's heart. It is safe to say
that the subseqent reception of Miss
Freeman in all the homes whose little
ones she had rescued perhaps from death
was equally as warm as that accorded in
the first instance. Omal a Bu.
Buried With Military Honors.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald writing from Portsmouth, Eng
land, says : I have just ' returned " from
the Southsea. Cemetery, of this city,
where, by orders from headquarers and
with the hearty aoncurrence of the Duke
of Cambridge, a woman was buried with
full military honor. She was the -wife
of Quartermaster Fox, of the Second
Connausrht Kangers. She accompanied
her husband to the Transvaal, and while
ministering to the wTennded and dying
on the field at what is known a? the
Brunker Spruit action, was shot in the
abdomen, from which the bullet was
never extracted. She then for foui
months became a prisoner of war in the
Boer camp, and there, although weak
and suffering, she still continued her
ministration to her fellow prisoners.
Shortly after her return to this garrison
she began to suffer from partial paralysis.
She was so heroic, patient and estimable
that she became really an idol in the reg
iment, after the fashion of the devoted
vivandiere in the novel of "Tom Burke.'1
Whea she died Colonel Bunbury issued
an order in which he said: "The com
manding officer takes this opportunity ol
placing upon record his opinion that Mrs.
Fox died a soldier's death."
Lieutenant General Sir George Willis,
commanding the district, followed it by
an order reciting the conduct of Mrs.
Fox and decreeing a military funeral.'
This was - attended by 10,OO J residents
and strangers and a large deputation of
sailors, of the navy. In the procession
fifty privates of the Connaught Bangers
headed the line." The paiibearers were
officers. The coffin was borne on a gan
carriage drawn by six bays, caparisoned
in black cloth, and each horse was
mounted by any artilleryman. The car
riage was covered with wreaths. Colonel
Malthus, who commanded the Bangers
in tke Boer war, accompanied Quarter
master Fox as chief mourner, and he
was supported by six sergeants who had
been also wounded in the engagement
and. been tended by Mrs. Fox. Three
military bands alternated in playino
funeral marches. -
Among the ocsnpanjjfjifp TIjIT- "f
carnages were many ladies, of whom
Mrs. General Willis was one, her husband
being absent on account of illness. - ?
Arrived at the cemetery gates, the
Union Jack, at the corner of waiehhuug
the red cross which had been, given to
Mrs. Fox by the Queen, was reverently
spread upon the coffin, which was then
carried by private soldiers to the chapel,
where the Kev. J. Barton, principal
chaplain of the forces, conducted the
usual service. Three volleys . were fired
over the grave for the first time in mili
tary annals, it is said, over a woman
with alternations of funeral salutes from
the band. The immense concourse then
returned to Portsmouth, and each mourner
on the way had some kind tribute to pay
to-tne memory oi tne dead heroine. .
Fashion Noteg.
Pigskin gloves are the newest for street
wear.
Gray and red is a favorite combination
in children's dresses. y
Braided coiffures are again in vogue,
psneciallv the braided coronet or dia-
-w
dem.
Black is a favorite color for evening
toilets. esDeciallv in transparent ma-
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terials.
Antioue red velvet is the favorite ma
terial for the crown foundation of richly
beaded bonnets
Artificial flowers are used to a limited
extent noon hats and bonnets . intended
for ceremonious occasions.
Cloth of - gold, subdued by brown
chenille fringe woven over it, is a rich
novelty for carriage wraps
Bodices for promenade costumes are
sometimes made with the basque3 set on
separately at ihe waistline.
Shaded plush embroidery, exactly
matching the dress material, is the new
est trimming for cloth costumes.
Simulated hoods of cloth lined with
silk, and havins the appearance of real
hoods are seen on many of the newest
short mantelets.
Pompadour is the name of' a white
tulle which is embroidered with roses in
pale pink silk, interspersed with tiny
bows of blue ribbon.
Among the newest transparent dress
materials are white and delicate-tinted
tulles sprinkled with tiny rosette of the
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same Wltn inmestuues m iucir ceuiers,
Demi-trained skirts, with fiat Direc-
! toire lronts. over irremiar pieais, anu
i minus hip drapery, are high fashion for
j afternoon reception and dinner gowns.
K0t onlv are Paris and London drawn
Up0a for that which is approved by
jame Fashion, but Berlin and Vienryi
j are aso becoming leading fashion marts,
1 cla,p3 cf od silver are used to
j fasten liter garments, and these are
.. sometimes elaborately ornamented, often
i a light felt bonnet noted recently had
; a fluted DiauiuK up me centre over
the crown, which - gradually widened
- . . fan-piaited brim, the sides b
titLi 1 mc kv&Aui. 1 nr: nitirx ii.iii
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- .7. Green j3 iQ high favor for short man
toiota it forms a verv effective back-
'(1 for the colored beaded passe-
ui , - a,roa wi
i .xturlAi with which these nrpttv rar-
In 1 , - . w
1 ments are usually trimmed.
i . . - - : . . .
A somewhat original nac ior a
youns
ladv was in turban shape, the plain lrim
- . . . fitr;ch fth r,UA t
, --w the only garnitaref
- 1 Although many of the newest bonnets
! and hats have low crowns milliners con-
i tinue to conceal ineir moaerate propor-
Uions by a towering . massof ribbon,
1 feathers, etc.; thereoy euectmg the
to height so aisi-uweu. lucaire-goers. ,
, BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES - FROM
. VARIOUS SOURCES.
Earned His Moneys-Special Terms
She Ilad Read Up A Famil- ,
far Face A Tieap Year .
, , Proposal, Etc, Etc.
Patient "rhatVa big bill you sent,
doctor. You onlj looked at my tongue
and prescribed quinine." - -
Doctor rou forget, my dear sir, that
I felt xf your pulse". f Texas St f lings.
Special Termsv ,
JTew member (to Washington- hotel
clerk) What are your regular rates?"
Clerk "Four dollars a day. sir: pay
able weekly." 4 ; : ' .
New Member "You have different
rates for Members, of coarse t" :
Clerk "Yes, sir. Four dollars a day
m advance.' 2Vu York UeraM.
She Had Read Up.
Tramp ."Can't you give a poor man
something to eat? I got shot in the war
and can't work." -
" Woman "Where was you shot?''
'In the spinal column, mum."
"Go 'way I There was no such battle
fought." Texas Sitings.
'-A. Familiar Face.
Guest (to hotel clerk) "I've met that
gentleman who just went out before
somewhere. His face is very familiar,
but to save my life I can't call his name.'
Clerk "His name is Smith; he is one
of the officials at Auburn prison. Your
bill is $4, sir." New York San.
A Leap Year Proposal.
Cly tie "Harry, you must have noticed
that you have grown very dear to me.
I I it is useless to longer conceal the
truth, my darling I love you I"
Harry (turns pale and trembles) "It
is so sudden, Miss Jones. Excuse my
agitation, but I must . have .time to
think." ". .
Cly tie "Then you bid me hope, my
angel! . Oh, rapture!" -
Harry (blushing coquettishly behind
his whiskers) "I have not said that.
Really-, Miss Jones, I must refer you to
ma "
Cly tie "Cruel, cruel one ! Why have
you awakened this pleasing hope in my
bosom if only to b'ast it? Consider, my
love. Will nothing move you to mercy?
Bestow upon me this little hand and
make me the happiest of maidens."
Harry "Alas ! I fear it cannofcbe. I
esteem you highly ai a friend, Miss
Jones, butforgive me if I pain you I
do not love you. (Holds out his hand.)
But I will always be a brother to you."
She .rushes " out into the dark, dark
world, convinced that leap year is a
fraud. Omaha Bee. -
Xiife In Kansas.
"There's- quite a breeze sprung up
within the last half-hour,"" said a Kansas
man as he came into the house ; "the
roof has gone off the court house and
the Episcopals' steeple just rolled by."
"Has Dave Johnson's anvil blown
out of his shop yet and tumbled past?"
asked his wife. . ' T
"Xo; nor there hasn't a drop of water
blown out of our new fifty-loot well
yet, either."
"That's just the way it goes," con-
tinued his w7fSkTand rU never take
any more stockmiSJPP11603 of tbe
weather bureau. Here iSHSJast forty
eiirht hours it has bepn nrfidicfTnS-hkrh
wind. for to-dav. and aftnr n.ll it is com
paratively calm. Marv .Tnne. f o Tisht
a head and hansr out th wnshiner while
I rig up the baby and tak him out and
give him a little airing. Yankee Blade.
At the Wrong Window.. ,
A good story is -told at the exoense of
the Amherst College Glee Club. About
ten years asro the club made a trip
through New York State, and sung in
Rochester at the same time that Kate
Pcnnoyer, a pretty stage singer, was
there. . After the concert it was proposed
to serenade the lady, and the club pro4
ceeded to her homo and struck up the.
familiar college hymn, 'Iear Jvelina,':
paraphrasing the chorus ;
Dear Kate Peanoyer,
Sweet Kate Pennoyer,
Our love for thee
" Shall never, never die.
A f- sinmnn tlio entirp cnnfT tTiA l"mr9
. I n 4. r-a. A A n n n . 4 1 nw "It
their serenade. Slowly a window in the
o
third story was raised, later a man clothed
in robes of white ana witu wmstcers a i
foot long was seen, and then a Dass soiq
was wafted down to the collegians:
Dear boys below there,
Sweet boys below there,
Your Kate Pennoyer
Lives four doors below here.
Aj? the la?t words of his song died on
the frosty air, the Amhert College Glee
Club gathered themselves up Lke AraLu
and as silently stole away. - .
A Wife's Criticism on a "Will.
An Irishman over the age of fourscore
and ten. who bv strict economy haa
accumulated a modest fortuie and
wa3;
about to die. called in the parish priest
and the family lawyer to mate ms last
will and testament. The wife, a grasp-
ing. covetous old party w;as also in the i men with long-handled staves, who pro
room. The preliminaries of the will hav-; C3C to divide the ice into blocks with
ing been concluded, it became necessary i tne rCposeful motion and languor of men
to inquire about the debts owing to 0 work by the day. Then comes an
the estate. Among these were several of ; army Gf men with long pole-hooks
importance, of which the old lady had j ,vho deftlv vank the cakes out upon' the
been in ignorance, but was nevertheless
pleased to find that so much ready .money
would be coming after the funeral.
"Now, then," said the lawyer, "state
explicitly the amount owed yoa by your
friends." -
'Timothy Brown," replied the 'Old
man, "owes me 60; John. Casey owes
me me 37, and " v
"Good, good?" ejaculated tne pros
pective widow. "Rational to the last."
"iiiise lsrown owes mc iwuuh-u
the old man
4 'Rational to the last," put in the eager helm, of whom thej Countess von Krock
3 i ,l t 1 wrifoa - TVir fimmna rannot fcr-
old ladv.
To Michael Liuey 1 owe iauu.
"Ah!" exclaimed the old woman
"hear him rave?"
Caring the
Wronjr Man.
An army
surgeon was
one night an-
"Ojeu uy u "Sld " wT if.
- . - -
cided that something must be Uone lor
the man,
and so compounded him -a
ttrnno- and
verv disagreeable dose of
medicine. Then, going out,-he ordered J
the man to take it. The sentry reiuseo,
at first politely, and afterward angrily
and emphatically; out tne surgeon w;ruijf
insisted upon nis riguis, uu mo
was finally induced to swallow the com
pound. The result wa3 eviaenuy saiu-
factory, ine souuu ui tuugmu
in the camp, and the surgeon went to
s'eep in the consciousness of having done
a good deed, ine next, morning
summoned by the officer in command,
who said to him:
"How is this, sir! I hear serious com
plaints about you in relation to the sen
tries. One of them has reported that, in
the middle of the night, yoa came out of
your tent and abused him ia the- most
dreadful manner. He says you made him
swallow, a drink which must have been
poison J . - "V
The guard had been relieved while
the surgeon was compounding his mix
ture, and he had cured the -wrong, man.
Argonaut. -
The New Clerk. . v -
He had been recommended as & sharp
shrewd boy, and the grocer had been
several times delighted at the way he
scrimped the measure when selling ap
ples or potatoes. Therefore, T?hen he
started down town the other day he felt
that everything would go smoothly in
his absence. When he returned,, after
the lapse of a couple hours, he-asked:
"WelL anything happen?"
v 'Bought twenty bushels of potatoes,"
replied the boy." "-v
"But I didn't tell you to." : , ;
'I know it, but when I can buy pota
toes at twenty-five cents per bushel under
selling price there's a profit in buying,
eh!" - ' - - - .
"Did you get 'em for that?" :
'I did, and good measure, too." '
- 'Then I shall raise your salary a dollai
per week. You are the boy I've been
looking for. Potatoes ia the. bin?"
"Yes."
Two minutes .later the grocer came
back to the front of the store with a po
tato in each hand and his face as white"
as 8 no wr and after working his jaws for
half a minute he managed to say :
You idiot ! They are frozen as hard
as rocks "Detroit Free Press.
They Knew.
A certain charitable mission enterprise,
connected with an important church, is
presided over by a young assistant min
ister of the church, who is much admired
for his personal graces as well as for his
piety an d zeal in good work. He had
been assisted in the work of instructing,
elevating and amusing the boys who re
sort to the mission hy some good ladies
of thtf parish, and particularly by a
young woman whose benevolent interest
in the mission work has been supposed to
include the clergyman at its head. She
has been indefatigable in her endeavors
to teach and entertain the boys, and often
addresses them in little speeches.
The other Sunday this young lady was
speaking to the boys in the presence of
the clergyman. She had exhorted them
to be good and studious, to avoid bad
company, profanity and . other de
moralizing things, and closed her little
exhortati n with these words: r
"I want you to be good boys and do
all these things that I have asked you to
because Hove you all." t
"I know who you love most 1" a small
boy in the front row called out. -
"Well, who is it, Johnny?" asked the
lady. No doubt she suspected some ac
cusation of 'partiality among the boys,
which she would have been glad of an
opportunity to deny. -"
The boy pointed his small, grimy
finger at the young clergymen.
. "Him!" he shouted. - - "
U The young lady's interest in charitable
work is said to have declined, visibly for
some little time. Boston Transcript, j
" Towing Rafts at Sea. r
The recent attempt and subsequent
failure to convey a raft of 30,000 spruce
log3 from Nova Scotia to New York City
reminds us of propositions which were
broached here long years ago in regard to
transporting sawed lumber and spiles
from Humboldt Bay to San Francisco ia
the same manner. But the idea of mov
ing lumber in that manner, to evade high
freights, never met with much ' encour-
a2em.e. The fact that two harbor bars
thatfare disposed to be uerlv ; when thev
ot positively good had to be passed
transit ; tne turtner one of slow
the
progress in the . matter of :. towing such .
rafts, and that a heavy westerly swell was
liable to be ; encountered at any season,
finally brought the decision that the ven
ture would be a dangerous and expensive
One. A similar parallel was the project
of rafting logs across Eel river bar to the
ocean, andhavini? the raft tricked uo bv
a steam-tug and towed into Humbolt
Bay. " That was abandoned after the first
attempt, in which the raft broke up be
fore it reached tne ocean, the -logs being
scattered and beached all the way; from
Mad river to Coosky, on .the lower coast
of the county, by the currents. It is an
acknowledged fact that it is much easier
to transport lumber and timber in tho
hold of a vessel op on a railroad car than
to trust to harbor bars or old ocean's
freaks. Humboldt (Col.) Standard.
l -i Cutting Ice On the Hudson. ' '
A glance at the ice fields is extremely
interesting. I drove down the river for
many miles as the cutting was just be
ginning. The stream at intervals ' was
dotted with crowds of men and horses
busy in marking out the great square,
like a gigantic chessboard, upon which
t aey mignt oe lauen as representing tne
pawns and pieces. Large open spaces of
blue water already appeared, showing
; how rapidly the work is done.
The ''marKingv is uone Dy a saw-iiKe
implement, with several huge, sharp
teeth, drawn by a horse and guided by a
man, who holds it like a plough. It
Tnorlror) o crTir nf lonsr. dren fctr&trriAn
j intervals of about three feet, crossing
44CIAW. " OI I v vu
. them with olher lines until an immense
j gDace 3 marked out. He is followed by
grmice and then they are piled upon the
carts if at a distance irom me nouses.
Arrivinf? at the huse buildings they are
. hoisted, one by one, up an inclined plane,
i n inner which runs an endless-chain belt.
to the top of the building and then
lowered into its vast recesse3. making a
foundation solid and firm of opulence for
ita fortunate owner. Aew lorb Wvria.
A Deformed Prince.
Tmp. Hrnwn Prince of Germanv's eldest
I son and heir to the throne is Prince AVil-
give an heir apparent of the throne hav
ing been born mediocre in figure and
imperfectly formed. Prince Wilheim
has a crippled arm. The fingers are
mere knobs. In the hussar uniform
there is a pocket, and he wears it because
the three fingers of the helpless member
1 can be hung in 4he pocket. . Otherwise
it hangs awRwaraiy ana neipiessiy in us
sleeve. His horses are especially tramea,
and before the Prince is to mount are
ridden threc-ouarters of an hour to wear
them down. He can just manage to hold
the reins. t We were together in a coun
try house.! looked with the hostess
at the fork with which he eats. It is of
silver, and not conspicuously different
from others, but fixed to the under tine
there is a sharp small blade. "What the
Prince cannot cut with the one hand
and this blade he does not undertake to
eat. The right hand and arm are large
and of extraordinary dexterity, but the
little finger is deformed by a growth
which the Prince only imperfectly con
ceals by wearing rings nearly up to the
?5e.P
lu.izie
third phalange." -:
CCEIOCS FACTS. ' -
Ilorphia was discovered in opiun b
Sertuerner in 1803. C- -
J.Tlier a.re W0f000000 Tvorth cf
diamonds m the world. . :
Two hundred thousand infants under
two years old are beUeved to be farmed
outw Francev-c -' ... ': -'
The rt of starching linen was intro
duced into England by a 3Irs. DingheiD,
a Flemjsh woman, ia 13oo : , -
Postmasters say that more letters aro
mailed m the month of September thaa
in any other month in the year. - . - :
A. third of the whole wheat product of '
this country Is said to have been sold ia
six days' time In New York City. -
It requires ten cars to take $2,50a '.
worth of grain to market, while the same?
valao of butter can be carried in half a
car. -j, - y ,. '
Mrs. EHza Waldron, who died lO; ,
Akron, Ohio, a few days ago, weighed'
365 pounds and measured nine : feet' .
around the -waist. ; She was. fifty-four'
years old. : ' - . ' -
The harbor of Charleston. 8. Ci: used! - -
to abound with blackfish. but the earth-'
quake seems to have scared them away,
for since the great shake- up hardly onV
has been cauSrht. - - - '.::':.l-:- ---.V:
There are lace curtains in the parlors.
of Robert Garrett's million-dollar Balti
more mansion which cost $200 a yard.!
Some of the carpets on the floors at e act-. -
ually worth their weight in gold. .
A Maine man who owns a r big - and'
shaggy - and black Newfoundland dog, :
cut off the dog's hair carefully, had itj
carded and spun, and got two and a.'
quarter pounds of jet black yarn as soft
as lamb's wool. . . . 4
An Orlando (Fla.) newspaper man haav
substituted a pair of sand-hill cranes for, "
watch dogs, and he finds that their loud!
clear note of warning when a tramp or4
a . burglar oomes near, is an ellective
means of protection. ,
; There are 200 private railroad cars in
the United States, representing a value
of nearly $5,000,000. They are worth v
anywhere from f 1,000 to $00,000 each,, .
the most luxurious, probably, oeing that
owned by George M. Pullman. : . . -
. The petrified remains of a buffalo of
great size - were dug up ' at Belleville,
Kan., recently by workmen ; who, were, v ,
excavating for a coal shaft. The re
mains were found at a depth of 0 feet
below the earth's surface and were in &
fine state of preservations- ' s ,
The first European settlements in India.
were those established by Varco de Gama
at Cochin in 1502. These were Portu
guese settlements. The Dutch obtained:
a footing in India in 1602, the French
in 1644. The English established facto
ries at Surat and other places in 1012. ,
Mr. E." B. Hammond, of Summerville,
Ga., cut down an old oak tree on his
plantation the ' other day and found inv -
the heart of - the tree tne blade ol ft-
knife. The rings on the tree show that.
it is at least fifty -eight years old, and ;
the knife blade must have been broken ,
off in it when it wa3 a sapling. - ; . . "
One of the paving professions of -
Paris is said to be that of trunk packer.
In many of the little trunk shops yoix
.can hire for forty cents an hour a matt
who will pack your trunk artistically
folding expensive gowns and other gar
ments in tissue paper, and. stowing away
delicate bric-a-brac in the safest way.' .
A Count's Canvas. Trousers.
In the course of time the tradesmenv
of England followed D'Orsay up as ther
tradesmen of Paris had, and it is re
counted of him that one day, being
: caught in his private dressing-room by av ..
tailor who raged and said he wouia not
leave till he had been paid . his bill.
Count D'Orsay listened thoughtfully for
a time, fixing his eyes upon a package
that the irate tailor had deposited upon
a chair. Thispackage was enveloped Inv
a coarse sort of canvas. .
- u Have you much of that jstuff in y our
shop ?" asked Count D'Orsay.
" What kind that ugly canvas t If
I wanted it I could to-morrow hava
enough to wrap up all the- merchandise).
. in London docks. " . ; ,
' Xondon docks I" said ; the Count j.
. ''don't talk nonsense. - Come to me to
morrow at "four o'clock and take my
measure for a pair Of trousera cut fron.
this canVas." - " " '-;' -1
... In vaia. the tailor endeavored to disv
suade the Count, stating that the can
vas was not suitable for a garment, and -in
a short time Count D'Orsay was sup
plied with the canvas trousers.
At five o'clock one afternoon he
climbed the, vast staircase of Crock
ford's, then one of the fashionable clubs
of London, and the first person whom
he met was Lord Chesterh'eld.
''T'nnn mir word " said t.hft nrtlilA lriT?. .
you
have a Singular garment there,;
8ometning
rare without doubt. Always
the same original and charming D'Or
say 1"
The Count received tne compumen
with some confusion.
"It-is perhaps not exactly elegant,
he said, "but it is very handy aud fresh)
and especially suited to riding on horse
back." ., ; -
In a few moments a group of dandies
had surrounded the clevc Frenchman.
Lord Chesterfield, in -the main pariorr .
was expatiating on the originality of
D'Orsay's taste, and in a few day af
terward the tailor found himself over
run with orders for thee canvas - trous
ers. Lord Chesterueid himself ordered
a dozen pairs. Count D'Orsay had ac
complished his purpose, and the de
lighted tailor came no more with his
troublesome h'AXa.Cvumopolitan.
A Word to Snorers.
It is perfectly true that no one ever
heard of a snoring sivage. r In fact, if
the wild man of the woods and plains
does not s'te quietly, he runs the risk,
of being discovered by his enemy J, " and '
ine scalp of the snorer would soon adorn
the belt of his crafty and more silent-
sleeping adversary. In the natural state.
then, "natural hdcction" wee is out
those who disturb their neighbors bv
making night hideous with snores. Willi
civilization, however, we have changed
all this The impure air of our sleeping"
rooms induces all kinds of catarrhal af
fections. The nasal, passages are the first
to become alfected. Instead of warmincr
the inspired air on its way . to the lung
and removing from it the dangerous im
purities with which it is loaded, the noo
becomes obstructed. A part of the a:r
cntere and escapes by way of the month.
The veil oi the palate vibrates between
the two currents that through ih
mouth and the one still pishing throurh
the partially closed nostrlis-like a tf.ru "
sail in the wind. The snore, then; inai
that the tleeper's mouth ipartK!ly on
that his nose is partially closed, and 'fiat
his lungs are in danger from tho air i-oi
being properly warmed and p-irlnVi
From the continual operation 0f tUti.o.
causes the increase" of impure . n lit
sleepirg rooms and peimitting h ilarkl
snorers to escape killing and scalp.
some scientists Lave predicted thr.t iM
."mea and the' women, too!) will srori.
It goes along with decay of the teeth .xu-X
bald headedncss. Fireside.-