NEW FIELD FOR WOMEN. In not a few of the granite cutting draughtsmen (or draughtswomen) are employed. This opens up a new field for female skill, and demonstrates considerable success avocations which formerly belonged exclusively to men. mon, and display considerable skill in monumental drawing. THE HEALTHY WAY TO BATHE. Never use hot water. Make the bath short. cool and frequent. Determine by experiment whether you can stand cold water. If you feel invigorated it is beneficial: one may use tepid water, but never hot. One should bathe twice a day at least for mere cleanli ness, says Prof. Anthony Barker in the Delineator. The morning bath may consist of squeezing a large sponge filled with cold water once on the up- per part of the chest and once on the back of the neck while standing in a tub. Then rub vigorously with a coarse towel. After exercising anoth er bath should be taken. However, do not neglect the exercise if you cannot take the bath. It is better to eXercise and go without bath than to bath and not exercise. PLEATED CHIFFON. Tucked chiffon, with little fichu dra. peries of chiffon with guipure applica- tions, leave nothing but sleeves to be desired of the bodice. They are the thin woman's own; knots of chiffon, not tucked, fallings of lace chiffon with lace applications and a knot of chiffon for suggesting rotundity of arm. For utter elegance of line the artists call “movement’ en's costume nothing exce dion-pleated liberty chiffon. it Is used to make the entire skirt of a ball gown of notable genre. ‘The body of the skirs is fitted closely, jus: as if it were not plaited. and what in wom- xis accor- Half down there are three small ruchings of the plaited chiffon sewed and then falls a ruche-edged ruffle of ble swirl. And no stopped falling than just below it to do the same thing. A soft silken drop skirt underneath, some frills butes to the “motion.” way on, irresisti- has this begins sooner another with of ils own, cont YOUNGEST HEAD OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE. Miss Mary Emma Wooley, of South Norwalk, Conn. is the youngest wom- an college president in the world. Al though only thirty-five years old, she has just been installed president Mount Holyoke College, Massachu- setts, Previous to her presidential appoint- ment she was for five years a member of Wellesley faculty, being the head of the department of biblical history and literature. When at Welle f=2y she took an important part in the admin- istration of college affairs. ¢ Of ever a strong factor in educational cir. cles, Miss Wooley was a pioneer in profit- ing by the opening of the colleges for in her own person has demonstrated the success of this movement Of Revolationary stock, the daugh- ter of a Congregational minister, she has become associated with the "Am. erican Historical Review” and writ ten many articles for it.— Philadel phia North American. MATCHING PEARL NECKLACES. Pearls arrive from India and other parts of the world in small bunches, with silver tassel ends; they ars then handed to the stringer, who lays them out upon a long, velvet-covered tray, furnished with grooves of various sizes and depths; the pearls are then put into the grooves ready to matched. made of fairly fine stones, the first thing to be done is to pick out the largest and finest pearl and place it alone in one of the large grooves. This forms the centre of the rope; then the size and shape are picked ter than the thin kid. The gloves should be at least a size larger than fs usually worn, to allow plenty of freedom. Wash the hands whenever they are goiled. Not once or twice or three times a day, but a dozen times should it become necessdry to do so, and you can do this without injury if you {use good soap and if you dry your | hands thoroughly each time you wash { them, Stains can always be removed { by the use of lemon juice or pumice | stone, The nails should be kept clean by | the daily use of the nailbrush and goap and water. after wiping the hands, and while they are still sof} { from the action of the water, the skin, | which is apt to grow over the nalls, | should be gently loosened and pressed back, which will not only preserve i them neatly rounded, but will prevent the skin cracking round their roots and making them unsightly in appear- ance as well as sore. The edge of this skin, or cuticle as it is called, should never be cut, but pushed back gently with the towel or with the ball of the thumb of the op- posite hand. If the cuticle is at pres ent rough and ugly it may be made presentable by following the advice given, and in addition each night be fore retiring grease the base of the nail and all round with vaseline and draw over the hands a pair old, loose gloves. If the skin of the hand is rough the whole hand may be greased and rubbed before the gloves are put on. The ends or points of the nail should { be pared once a week and kept in con- dition all other days by the use of a nail file. The nails should never be cleaned with any sharp instrument. The reason for this is that the sharp blade injures and roughens the deli. cate skin under the nalls, and it is al most impossible keep the nalls clean where the under surface has been thus injured When the skin and nails are once under your control, flve minutes a day after your daily labors are completed will keep the hands soft and beautiful. After thoroughly wiping them a littie nail polish and a polisher add the fin. ishing touch American Queen. of to CULTIVATING PERSONAL CHARM. most expressive face is not the hich writhes or agonizes with r sorrowful feeling, or twists and amusing sensa the one which retains while the strongest emotions of the soul play upon it with their lights and The face should be » smooth curtain on which the hear hibits its various pictures withou urbing it. Not the stage es the shifting of seenery every act The why many beautiful faces are to be found in a convent is in a great measure due the habit composing the features in long hours of meditation and prayer. Unmarred by contending emotions, the features are gradually molded into harmonious outlines. To sum u this point—train your features to composure, and avoid all grimacing habits Because good humor 1s an obliging quality. many women think they must always be in a laugh or a broad smile in order be charming. This is a grievous mistake Don't let any woman imagine that she can ever have personal charm if lack sentiment or feeling. With. out sentiment there is a fatal vein of the prosaic, the commonplace, which will keep her forever, no matter what her gifts, from possessing wielding the widest influence her sex can claim. There are women who nev. i er have a love deeper than the love for their pet poodle; who never Know an enthusiasm more ardent than that inspired by a new bonnet, whose deep- | pst emotions are caused by the misde meanors of the cook. But if these are with every it is rather a calm exterior shadows which req for reason 80 r to of daily p advice on 10 she other er can they be called the most rich in charm. There is no royal road to beauty. The preservation of one's grace and charm requires care and gense, but not more care than you give to your precious bricabrac, your household effects or your pets. Finally, the logical deduction from all facts obtainable is that there is no general answer to the question. “What ating?” Each person may set up a standard and decide as individual judgment dictates-—Washington Star. until the two ends are reached. are then temporarily threaded, and if no alteration Is unecessary, strung again, and the diamond clasp 1s at tached. Every woman who values her pearls has them restrung at regular inter vals, so that there is little risk of them being lost, Curiously enough, this particular in. dustry has been for generations in the hands of one family, which it is needless to say Is well known among all who have dealings with these prec fous gems, and it is by this family that so many of the beautiful necklaces and collarettes of pearls are made and fitted so perfectly to their fortunate owners’ necks-London Ladies’ Field. CARE OF THE HANDS AND NAILS, Hands may be kept white and soft and the nails pink and brilliant, even #f all the. housework has to be done, Wear gloves always when the rough work is being attended to, and at all other times when possible when working about the house; it is a mis. take, however, to wear a thick, clum. sy kind under the impression that the extra thickness gives extra protec. tion. A thick glove makes the hand awkward and helpless, while it does not in any sense protect the skin bet -DITS OF FEMININITY Bay leaves, laurel and oak with golden acorn are used for trimming fur toques. The Iatest tint in pink is called cameo and a velvet rosette of this soft shade Is exceedingly effective on a dark velvet or fur toque. The newest passementerie is in the form of motifs, from which depend pendants, tassels, cones and other or naments and the effect is particularly good. Jet continental and marquise shapes are the latest. The foundation is tulle and the hat is much lighte., than the usual jetted net models. A coral pink or baby blue bow is the usual trim. ming. A blouse of biscuit taffeta recently obtained from Paris had a bolero dec. orated with white silk motifs out lined with a black silk cord, the front of the blouse being fur tucked. Some of the flannel blouses for dressy wear are most artistic with the fronts tucked and relieved with an embroidery through which a nar row black bebe velvet ribbon ia thread. ed, while on others coarta ‘ace is ju dicigusiy employed, i i milch cows are discussed in the bulle- tin. It should be in the hands of every farmer who believes that knowledge COST OF PRODUCING PORK. The cost of producing pork depends upon the kind of foods used. Experi- | ments made demonstrate that by feed. | ing cornmeal the cost of one pound | of pork is 4.3 cents, requiring 5.3 | pounds of meal. The same amount of | shorts, costing 3.7 cents, produced the | same increase, and 8.3 pounds of meal | and shorts gave the same results. The | cost also depends upon the prices of | the foods. SAVING VALUABLE LAND. When ditches or streams are crook- ed they do not cause inconvenience in the pastures, but where the land is cultivated they are an annoyance when plowing or mowing. By placing tile or pipe in the ditches, and covering them, much valuable land may be saved and field work rendered easier. DEMAND FOR REGISTERED BULLS bulls of tO rev Breed- largely good they to are The demand for registered the various beef breeds ought main good for years to come. ers of registered cattle have it in their prices, and will make fair bull from good families istration. Nothing will hurt the registered bull trade mals for bree ter \ necessarily be hands to maintain they can do if of the medium although they and subject to reg own this steers calves, as selling inferior anl- No so much ding purposes. the herd, some Inferior and breeders cr ill afford to ¢ except for slaugnter. Breedors work to create a permanent for bulls, and thi can complished by selling progeny will Stock and how good only animals show up all right Wool Growers’ Journal, RENEWING The question orchard is round in the ¢ growers in uncomiorta orchard To an appie tre wax and OLD OR! 'HARDS how ’ to renew again taking up its al papers recommend top grafting sone of the my experience, this | als . disagreed ihle jobt Kel has rakes one to ing around of the bari not correspond be cut away on one side t scion, and the chance the the from wind of wood go far a uni ful Again, think of the to go through an tree! Having had method, and work separated yn with the g and top graft experience archard Orcaarag with that suffered such irksome and failure of scions to form I have adopt ed a very different, and, as | believe, cheaper and more cer tain way of renewing an old orchard I cut the trees down to the ground, cover the stump with a little earth, or place over it a fresh sod. This | should be done late in the fall, or in| the winter, as stumps sprout better fy om a union 3 CiORe sprouts. 1 allow them ali select two good ones and bud These buds, or grafts, will make a very rapid growth and will be growing | better every year, and will come into fail in a few years All] sprouts should be removed the second year. If a low head is de- gired, the first year's growth of bud or | graft should be cut back to four or -N. B. White, after the first year in THE SOURCE OF ANIMAL FAT A disputed point among scientific investigators and even among practi cal feeders has been the role of the mation. Some have held that the fat in milk for example, must come from fat in the cow's body or from that which has been formed by plant growth and is included in her food. Others have thought that the fat, both in the animal's body and that in milk might be formed in part by breaking down the nitrogeneous matters of the food, the proteine, as well as by change of vegetable fats into animal fats. Still others have believed that the carbohydrates as well might be utilized in making fat This last has been proved true of body fat in case of some animale, and in experiments recorded in Bulletin No. 187 of the Geneva Experiment Sta. tion, it seems settled beyond dispute that starch and similar bodies in the cow's food help to form the butter fat she produces. In the tests recorded one cow in fifty-nine days secreted 18.4 pounds of butter fat more than she could have secured from the fat con- sumed or proteine broken down; an. other cow in seventy-four days pro duced 39 pounds of fat similarly unaec- counted for, and a third cow in four days one and one-quarter pounds. As these cows gained in weight, and thus could not have drawn on stored body fat for milk fat, and as two constitu onts of the food were insufficient to necount for the fat formed, the third constituent, the carbohydrates, must have formed part of the fat secreted in the mili, Other points of value concerning the utilization of food by success in feeding. STOCKING UP WITH GOOD POUL. TRY. There has yet not been a single year that there was enough good thorough-bred breeding stock of poul- try to go around, and as a result many can not get their orders filled, and have to go without. The wide awake slways buy their breeding stock in the fall, or during the forepart of win- Most farmers who keep poultry, and frequently order breeding stock to Introduce new blood their flock, put off doing so until which is a mistake on Breeding stock in spring been very scarce and double that of early winter, that the time, and the cheapest time to lay in breeders is either in the fall or fore part of winter. Poultrymen are catching on to this fact. and each year the fall demand increases, while the gpring demand di. minishes, but there is a grand rush for stock and as there not been enough to near fill half of the demand, the most appointed in not getting the stock they desired. During the is a good time to next stock, when the chicks are not and the welg the half what will be in trans has pri« © part. always BO best yet, in spring, has have been dis summer buy year's fully game grown, not hence portation {8 but Breeder Spring. the cost of half of what it in summer chicks at price of is pring. sell less than half the winter chicks, and the saving is considerable gion, way od stock of poultry?” ruthfully answered by ding pen is always a breeding birds of Many ons ask the que This y pet the best and cheapest any va- n eges for hatch To get one cof ; cheapest we 3 1 Ow i tring is QUINnE f breeders is is aiso admits the deep he greater re- rtunately ion of the texture « t PE grown the irfac other i for. tem that would be ap f the farmers have strong plowing, but were «1 by had w plowing more advantag- i¢ fact is that each farmer who has been sufficiently interested in the general welfare of all as to make known his experience referred to his own farm only, and the result is that there have been a great many meth ods of cultivating the various crops promulgated that tend more to confuse than to educate. Every farmer should experiment for himself. It is not ex- laborious to use a small experimental purpc and ana ible to fou vee @ £2 4 13 4a IATILS SOs { those who found sl COUR pensive or plot for S08 for the reason that it applies directly to the farm upon which the farmer grows his Farmers who pur fertilizers are frequently per plexed as to the proportions of plant foods to and the are thus fre. quently at fault in their selections in that respect. The reason is that when purchasing fertilizers they must take into consideration not only the pros pective crop but also that grown the previous year, as well as the amount of manure applied. No knowledge of how to purchase fertilizers can be de- rived by observing the methods prac- ticed by a neighbor. Each farm is a world to itself, so far as its manage ment is concerned When a field that is fairly fertile refuses to yield a satisfactory crop, when cultivated properly, and with the conditions favorable, there cause therefor. This cause the farmer must discover himself. He cannot ask Crops ise ALLIGATORS AS FLY EATERS. for Them. “The alligator is a funny sald the old circus man. | Betting scarce, too. The United States {| Fisheries Commission has investi gated the Florida alligator and | reported that unless steps are taken { hunters it wili soon be {as is the American buffalo, are still plenty of alligators in Louis { jana, though, where tnere are very few alligator hunters, although alll ! of the skins, is very profitable, “The old fellow we have in the men agerie is a crosstempered chap. Of mouth, and we tickle the of his { Bose, top | mad. like a | we throw in a pounds He throws back his upper jaw on hinges. Then chunk of or so—and repeat formance until we've fil with about twenty-five it takes “He's catel cellar door beef the him pounds, which per up meal. he's him fo give him a square when puts thi never o¢ That One ross ing in humor, a small tidbit for an alll aiwavs good would Our old alll her, He ROeS8 eat them wholesale gator Is cate throws back and to on jaw sleep hig it is until its d color sed Then jaw with flies about chang sudden covered ms ed to bl » BIRINS and he mouthful les Alligators fiy for 10 children, down his a fin« would iiaAps houses except as they RIVE, con e % & ve § 3 sume such ¥ Oi Deel. a st quantity Houston Post Employes of the Government. A special em the em. | ployes of the Wer residing Distri Census neration of nment the iumbia, made by July 1 shows th nher be 27.605 iin i the last not counting 71 my and 31 offi the naval cers President on member Justices ficials ler the Distric employes Of the total numb terior Department . ‘ I pioyes, eas in point rr 1 Post Department City Post Office Office nin tution 272; Department of Justic state £3 state Department ommerce Commiss 108: Department Labor. 84; Fish Commission, 67; Capi: Police, 6; Civil Service White Hi Court of Commis Botanical Claims American Republics, 22; Commission, 17 and Su- 12. ~Baitimore World Ji 8« yr i, ourt The Havoc of the Reminiscent It is only tactful people who should to give personal reminis- ences, but unfortunately they are not the only ones who do give them. “How well 1 remember your father, when 1 was a little girl!” lately said an elderly woman to a Newcastle slergyman. “He used to come o our house to dinner. We delighted to him and all” ' “That is very pleasant to hear,” said the clergyman, with a smile; but the iarrator remained gravely unconscious af his interruption “1 remembered petite he had.” We allowed often were al children xrays see wiaat a hearty ap continued, blandly. { ‘It was a real pleasure to him at Why, when mother would see ¥im coming along the road of a morn ng she'd send me out to cook and ay. as much of everything slanned, for here is Mr. ng to dine with us” The eminent son endeavored to pre. serve a proper expression of counten- ance at this interesting reminiscence, ‘but his composure was sorely tried | when, with great cordiality, the lady ! said “You are so much like your father! Won't you come home and dine with | 48 after the service. —Tit-Bits, she A as she had Brown com- ing full details regarding his {arm and his mode of management, deficient in lime, humus, has not been properly rotated, or even the system of cultivation may be wrong. Usually, however, when a crop fails to satisfy the expectations of the farmer there is a lack of some particular plant food, to determine which the farmer should experiment by growing sample crops on small plots, side by side, and applying dif- ferent kinds of fertilizers or combina. tions of fertilizers, which will give him demonstration of their effect on the crops. An analysis of the soil will be of no value, as the very portion selected for analysis may be {rom a few inches of soil previously manured in some manner, and which may not represent the condition of the entire field, Just as soon as the farmer thus tests his land, and learns by observa. tion the results from the use of certain fertilizers, he will be able to feed his crops intelligently, and thus save hun- dreds of dollars in the purchase of plant foods and also gain in the yield of crops.— Philadelphia Record. hs. HOU The man who lives to ni purpose lives to a bad purpose Toothsome Acorns in Spain. In reference to the excellent and nut-like flavor of the acorns of the | flex, which the men of the Golden Age | were supposed to lave lived upon, and which have none of the bitterness sf the common oak's fruit, the writer is informed by one who has a wide knowledge of old Spain and especially of Don Quixote's country, that there is an oak there producing acorns two and one-half inches long of most ad- mirable flavor. These are the acorns which Sancha Panza’s wife sent to the duchess, as a specimen of the ‘natural commodities” of her neighbor: hood. It is on these acorns that the pigs are fattened which supply the celebrated Spanish hams, said to be the very best produce of the pig in .any shape or country. We always ! wonder why Englishmen so seldom peem to settle in Spain, a pountry full of fine scenery, wiih most interest | {ng possibilities in the way of growing | cattle, swine and sheep, and absolute: ly the finest sporting country in . Europe, except the Carpathian side | of Hungary. Perhaps now that it is | pocoming the fashion for tourists to go there some may stay to settie, and Anglicise a portion of the peninsula. One of the penalties of liteiary Tame is that it leaves a man at the mercy enjoys privileges the atten Royalty many The end of the revolution in Central America is announced this re is dis of the Does end The proposition to increase the cen- sus facilities should bring a thrill of pride to every American, We have grown to be such an enormous lation that us. popu- it is no small job to count to be Their bright for dark are being of a grayish-brown German soldiers conspicuous do not want targets. being changed and their tunics replaced by tint. buttons are ones blue others It is said lery been that the whispering gal at the Capitol 1n Was abolished; in the will continue fornia. he perings secret sessi of to be hea Maine to Cal The with he track prolong life any- jited announcing ths ie 18 on t of a di indefinitely scovery whi probably said » thing of the kind fo often results exaggerate in much ency In Chicago it been judiciousiy 1] the cach a man Of course, that for marriage fee limit. it y the groom has condi needs to get married means that the license and that shall not go above a What difference, make bow only the tion to do there is a fixed price the specified however, does much m i ¥ ii like every other in- is shown by the arrest of fessor of the art in found a drawing New York City getting point Uni man his system sriunately system sil elaborate schemes to do. an Indian 141 « gl ike A req Buffalo meat to much I on 4 ag 15810 WAS Te evidently Ab uring transportation near Guthrie, Okiahoma, to The body to promptly rag to a y infur- tiv me 3 ently so inju that it Was neces gave the indians, who a “buffalo and worked themselves into a which has pot yet abated. They now insist that vast herds of buffalo are coming back to the country, and they are threaten- gary owner dance” 4 . - us frenzy they claim, will discourage the roam ing herds. The French Senate has taken up the question of the declining birth rate, having been alarmed by the inability of the Government to enlis en enough to bring the army up to the requirements. of the law. One Sena tor presented statistics to show that during the recent century the popula- of Germany had increased 207 per cent, and that of England nearly 242 per cent, while the increase in France was but fortytwo per cent. He charged that the French system of baby farming resulted in the death of eighty per cent. of the infants A veteran purser of a transatiantic line who has been crossing the Atlan tic for only three years less than a half century is about to retire, after voyages of a total much in excess of two millions and a half of miles. If isn’t a true old salt, an ancient mariner in the best sense, there never He is still hale and hearty, so well pickled with brine, so breezy, enjoy sailing the sea for he cast anchor in the calmest of havens! To the triumph of modern surg. there is scarcely a limit. Nothing ap- parently is beyond the reach of the confident and daring hand that wields the life saving blade. The hitherto hidden recesses of fatal disease are made into broadening highways for explorative scientific endeavor. No organ of the body, from brain to kid. ney, Is exempt from successful opera tive procedure. Even = stad or bul let wound of the heart itself is boldly sutured in the short intervals between uninterrupted pulsations, states Dr. George I. Shrady, in the Chicago Mmes Herald. An ingenious arithmetician, writing in the London Speaker, makes the fol lowl calculggion in comparing the we in 01 of the Boers and the cost in gold of the war. Assuming that the Boer army proper contained originally about 22.870 men, averaging the estimate of Mr. Lloyd George, the pro-Boer member of Parliament, that the war will eventually cost England geome $2.000,000,000, he makes the dis rovery that the whole of the original Transvaal army might have been weigh: the weight in gold which will be sequired before they are all led Jeath Ar captivity,
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