mm THE REALM New York City. The wnlst with bolero effect and narrow full front Is very generally beeomb g and lo essen tially smart. The attractive May WOMAN'S FAXlY WAIST. Manten mode illustrated is uuulc fror.i veiling In Russian blue trimmed with Russian lace, with front . id under tlceves of embroidered chlTon. But the style is appropriate for almost all the reasons materials, albatross wool crepe, barege, eorea, crepe, foulard and all the long list of soft silk and wools. The fitted lining closes at the cen tre front and couslsts of the usual pieces. On it are arranged the seam less back, me soft fronts and the full vest, which last is attached perma nently to the right side Mid is hooked Into place at the left. The fronts are ?xteuded 'o Torm the revcrs which meet the sailor collar that is joined to the neck. am. t-e trimming Is ar ranged to give a bolero effect. The sleeves are made over a fitted lining to which the full undersleevcs are at tached, the upper po- lions ue'ng tln Ished separately and slipped over the whole. As shown the lining beneath the full portious Is white silk, but, if preferred, the foundation can be cut. away leaving them transparent and allowing glimpses of the wrls's. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size three yards of material twenty-ona inches wide, two and one half yards, twenty-sevn wide or one and onc-hnlf yards forty-four Inchei wide will be required, with one yard SHIRT WAIST OF of chiffon, three-quarter yard all over lace and thro ..'-quarters of insertion to trim as illustr .te 1. Woumn's shirt IVuUt. The shirt waist made with, perpen dicular bands of trimming is a well deserved favorite. K telios to pro duce the tapering long v.-ai.it that is so fashionable, and gives tile effect of an exceedingly dressy blouse, while in reulity, it Is simplicity, itself. The llay Manton enc.nple shown in the largo eugrav.ig is peculiarly satis factory and is adapted to all plain ma terials, silk, wool, cotton r.ud lint n. The original is of white batiste with trimming of vulcnccuiies lace Inser tion and Is tmlincd, the material being cut away beueuth the lace. The waist is fitted by means of shoulder and un der arm i '.mis. The trimming Is gathered witu the Material at the waist, line and again at the tipper edges of the fronts. The sleeves are In modified I ishop style, but opn after the manner of the regulation shirt waist, nnd ure finished with nar row stiff cults nfter the latest style. At the neck is a stock of the material, but a liuen collar or ribbon can be sub stituted v. hen preferred. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size, three nnd five-eighth yards of material twenty-one Inches v :de, thix. und .hree-elglith yards twenty-seven inches wide and two and five-eighth yards thirty-two Inches wide or one and seven-eighth yards forty-four Inches wii'j will be required. bummer Coitts of Finne Silk. Whie cloth skirts are very much in the mode and will continue o until far into the summer. They are usual ly worn with while silk blouses and handsome etons, the etous of colored panne or cloths. Koine of these etous are richly euibrtidered in oriental col orlugs.popples or huge proportions be ing a favorite decoration. If one is at all skillful the embroidery may be done at home, and It there is not time to embroider the flowers tclldly they may be done In appdque. It Is not well to have the flower designs on the bolero contrast decidedly with the background, the best results belu.; ob tained when the (lowers uud ground work are in harmony. To Freshen Up Old Crape. First unpick all steins and rub dust off wits an old silk handkerchief. Then wind loosely around a i.cun broom handle, being careful thnt each piece Is kept tint. 11 11 and lay the st-k across a boiler half full of boil-In,- water and let It steam for three or four hours, turning the stick occa- , Ml ' v Y: OF FASHION. slonally so thnt each part may be thoroughly stenmed. When done, rest the einis o: the handle on two chairs so that nothing shall touch the crape and let It stay till next uay. A flartund of Hoses. Trim your flat plateau of black chif fon or mousseline de sole with a gar laud of yellow roses. The common Scotch rose looks well. With a disk shaped hat covered with black lace try a wreath of Marechal Xlel roses with buds and -he proper follage.Thls makes a piece of millinery which will look cool on the hottest day of mid summer. The spray or brai.ch of yel low roses Is also desirable If you do uot wish an entire wreath. Tlin Open flrrlf , In place of the square on the high rectangle, or oval shapes, we now buy circles of metal to thread with velvet or silk ribbon. These are worn dif ferently at the throat or wrist, or as n trimming for the Urlt. The open circle is desirable for a "slide." It will also be seen on some f the new straw hats. Avoid the use of large buckles in millinery; If you can pro vide yourself with a small buckle. Stocks nml I'.rlln. Black velvet belts and stocks to match are worn with the colored silk shirt waists, and for summer use white pique belts made with silver there are the prettiest little stitched eyelets and plain buckles to fasten like a leather strap. The Npwfrt Vorkrthooks. The newest pocketbooks have the corners heavily ornamented In gold or silver In l'arl iioureau designs. On one pockcibook of the old-fashioned kind the llap was held in position by a small jeweled stud-like button. The most fashionable chatelaines ai.' made of a strong silk mesh elabo-ately em broidered In steel or Jet. The ft Slilrt. Pome years a great deal was heard about i he corselet skirt, bu . It never had a fair chance, for it was Immedi ately copied in all ti e cheapest and uncompromising fabrics and boiled and stiffened In the most Impossible manner. Hut an Ingenious adapta tion of a corselet skirt can be a beau tiful tiling, especially on u youthful figure, for evening wear. LATE DESIGN. The imilirr' 1 nollnntlon. Milliners incline .o the use of two tone or cli.uigeable taffeta ribbons for garnishing spring hats and bonnets. What could lie more dainty than the changeable, pale greens and dull rasp, berry pinks in these sheeny taffetas? Woman's I'rlnt-pss Skirl. The princess skirt makes a marked feature of the season's styles and bids fair to bo exceedingly popular. It Is graceful. It gives a slender effect. It combines with the short bolero to a nicely. It docs away with the neces sity for a belt. Witlia. it is free from many of the dangers and drawbacks of the princess gown. The May Man ton model shown has many advan tages. It Is simply shaped with live gores and can be so fitted with ease. 1c Includes the graduated circular flounce at sides and unt-k which means grace without any lessening in appar ent height, hut can be made without If so preferred. 1 lie original Is made from cream serge with trimming of c'.jny applique iniu Is designed for wear wilh dainty shirt or fell pea-ant waists, but all dress materials are ap propriate for Indoor wear and all suit ings for the skirt In combiuition with the popular short Eton. The skirt Is carefully shaped and fits snugly about the hips the full ness at the back being l.'iio In nil In verted pleat, that It stitched flat some distance below the waist line. The bodice portion Is cut Willi extrenio care and is ruaped on lines that are found lo be most becoming. The flounce is narrower where It Joins at the front and widens at the back where it falls In soft folds and for.'uu a deml traiu. The closing !s effected invisibly In centrebnek with hook and eyes thnt extend below the waist us far as the stltcHng. To cut this skirt for a woman of mo- dlum size eleven yards of material twenty-one inches wide, nine yards tweAty-seven Inches wide, or six yards forty-four Indies wide will be required. GRACEFUL PBINCES9 SKIRT. AxOMAH'S I ITOfcLD THREE KIND3 OF WOMEN. The Dresnmsker's ClaMtflcatlon of Flu uret nnd Rtrtas. Those whose business It Is to de sign the niodlshnesg of every chnnge of sensnu have classified women Into three distinct divisions. The first class Includes only women of height nnd perfect, figures, svelte, graceful, neither stout nor thin. For the sec ond grouping come women tall or short, but abnormally slender and an gular; while the third class comprise those of robust weight, both tho mas sively tall and tho round and short. Were It possible to hope thnt most women would honestly place them selves In the category to which they belong, the following suggestions would work wonders. Where the girth of tho waist Is ab normally large, avoid belts and gir dles, or anything to call attention to lis size. The only model In that case Is n bodice whose seams In the back fall below the waist line, nnd form a yoke for the skirt to be attached to. The fronts may be loose, but tucked, or striped with lace or ribbon, length wise, and form Into stole tnbs several Inches long. This gives a becoming front to the bodice, and obliterates the objectionable lines. Mantles for such women should be of three-quarter length, nnd hnng loose from the shoulders, rather than take Jacket lines. All large women should wear their skirts to the ground. They diminish the natural size wonderful ly. Those In the first division, according to the modes of the day, have few re strictions placed upon them, as for them alone have present modes been created. The one great care to be ob served by them, as a class, Is that they shall resist nil temptation to over orunmentation of their gowns, nnd ad here to a simple treatment of skirt nnd bodice, so as to make prominent their conventional contour. Such wom en will afterward learn that, gowned In this manner, they not only do Jus tice to the beauty of their figures, but gain immensely in personal distinc tion. Women who are extremely slender, whether tall or short, need soft dra peries to counteract nature's angular ity, plenty of flounelngs and pllsses, laces, and ribbons to create grace of movement. Bodice and skirt should never retain the least rigor of out line. Arms should be swathed In dlaphounry coverings, and necks hint ed at rather than exposed. The art of concealing defeats becomes famil iar after a little study and attention, and when that happens we may be convinced we nre on tho right road toward dressing In good taste. Contrary to these suggestions must one act who Is overburdened with Uesh, be she massively tall, or a round, roly-poly figure. The study of a woman of this class should lend her to avoid light colors, which never fail to enlarge the figure line, nnd to confine herself to middle and dark colors. Stripes are always most flat tering to the robust, and especially so when they decrease toward the belt line, on both bodice and skirt, as they should be made to do. Nothing gives the Illusion of slenderness so perfect ly. If pale colors are ever attempted they should be veiled over with some thing that will tone down the bril liancy, take the accent off the line, and subdue or break It altogether. Trim mings are to be kept close to the fig ure also, and as flat as possible. Tho waist line of the bodice should be pointed, or made to appear so, by tho manner in which the girdle or the bodice finish is put on. The bust should never be pushed up by wear ing a corset so constructed that gives an undesirable prominence which would ruin any figure. Sleeves should never be fitted to a large arm with the closeness we sometimes observe. That Is a deformity, because of the suggestion of breaking through, which Is painful. New England Farmer. Ourrn VTIllii-linlnn's Summer I'.pslildire. When the weather grows warm the Queen of Holland repairs to the "Huls Ten r.nsch," the royal villa, known as the House in the Wood. This was built in the year K;i7 for l'rincess Amelia, the widow of Prim l-'reder-ici: Henry of Orange. This palace can be visited when royalty Is absent. The Orange Saloon Is the chief of t'ue showrooms. It .s . n octagoual hall, palmed with scenes from the life of Prince Frederick Henry, the youngest sou of the great ruler, Wil liam the Silent, who founded tile House of Nassau in tho Netherlands. The artists have adorned with canvas tie lower part of walls, fifty feet high. The upper part is of wood. Tho paintings depict the young prince's triumph over enemies witnout und wilhlu. Tlie artists were 'after the school of Itubeus, ' tho last of the group being Jordnciis. The Orange Saloon is lit by the cupola above, und nlso from the windows at the sides. The Japanese room contains bril liant embroideries, bright with colored bird uud plant life. These were pre sented to Prince William the Fifth of Orange In 17U.". There are also Japanese cabinets in this apartment. The diuliigroom of the villa con tains beautiful specimens of Dresden porcelain, and also Delft and real Chi nese china. The room is adorned with grisailles illustrating the legends of Atalauta, Meleager, Venus and Adon is, painted to imitate bas-reliefs lu monochrome. These were executed by Do Wit In 1741). They produce a wonderful Illusion of relief work. Another room shown to visiters' U the Chinese room, so-called becuuse It contains Interesting rice-paper tap estries of the eighteenth century.-. Philadelphia Inquirer. Mew Ideas in Xlbboui, There are more vurletles of ribbon this season than ever before. The gold and silver gauze which came out two seasons ago develops new possi bilities In the way of embroidery nud colorings, and there ure uew Ideas every day, rnnue sntln Is one of tho Intest things. It conies lu the softest paste) tints and In the wide widths Is used for toft belu ami sushe with long ends. One side of the ribbon hns I ho panne finish, the otlur Is plain sntln. Crepe do chine rlbon for neck wear and soft sashes Is another pret ty new Idea. It Is very soft nnd generally ponies wide, as It Is crushed when wound about the waist or neck. The rainbow effect Is very beautifully worked out in this crepe de chine rib bon, one edge being pink, the other green, and both shading to white In the centre. Cold threads run through sntln rib bon give n pretty effect. This com bination Is much seen Just now. Gold cords edge these ribbons. For wear with summer waists there Is a pretty silk ribbon nulled through the centre like fine clastic. fcomo of the gayly flowered ribbons nre wide enough to make walsis of. A Utile ribbon bolero over a white waist Is very pretty. TlnRie-l)angei. Dingle-dangles nre those narrow rib bons of black silk, tipped nt the ends with brass points, which have been hanging lately from the waists of many young women. They rcs'emblo shoe laces, nnd the story of their ori gin as feminine ornaments is inter esting. "They were invented," a man mil liner says, "In Furis. A milliner sat Tacking his brain one afternoon for some new Idea to spring upon the women, nnd while this racking pro cess went on his eyes rested absently on an old-fashioned print of a girl in n bodice thnt laced down the front as a corset laces. The broad silk string In the bodice nttrncted him. It was of silk ribbon, and it was ' dated nt the end with metal. It resembled a shoe string. "An Idiotic Idea came to the man milliner and he bought some dozens of those wide black shoelaces that are worn In Oxford ties. He tipped them with gilt wire, and hung them In n bunch from the waist of an afternoon gown. They had an 'nstniuancous success. It wasn't long before, under the charming name of dingle-dangles, they had traveled to Knglnud uud America." Philadelphia Keeord. A ATomnn Itlneksmith In Kisnvns. One of the newest trades for women Is blncksmithlng, and Miss Esther Searle, of Cnwker City, Kan., is the pioneer. She adopted It lu tho way In which unusual occupations generally are taken tip-by chnuce. Her father Is a blacksmith, and has been assisted at the forge by his son, and lust sum mer, when the young man weut away on his vacation, Miss Seurle thought that the work was too much for her father alone, so she weut Into the forge nnd soou learned to wield the heavy hammer with ease and skill. When her brother returned Miss Searle found herself so interested In ber novel work that she continued to go to tho smithy every day for an hour or so. She found that her biceps were so developed that she could swing the heaviest hammer easily, nnd that her chest measurement had Increased several Inches lu the short period. IVnmen'1 University In Tnklo. The Japanese University in Toklo, exclusively for women, Is approaching completion, and will be opened some time this year. The institution is the outgrowth of advanced Ideas held liv Japanese families of education. Three ricn Japanese men nave given cnougn to Insure tho completion of tlie build ings. In recent years many young women have applied for admission to university courses in medicine, and large numbers are seeking advanced educution. A course in civil engineer ing will be a feature of the new iustl tiou. tfA. va fa. Klaus ' "jf - ---- Viae :sr: i The season bids fair to be n white one. Empire ribbons of varying tints are worn with gold or silve. laurel wreaths. There is the widest possible range In seicciin;; a mode for ilie making of one's new gowns. Many eveuing costumes have sleeves composed of crossed straps of black velvet, which is very effeeiive. (.'olf skins of pique, duel; and linen, with shiii waisi.-i, will continue to be the popular morning cosaque. Once more there is uu effort to In troduce tne colored handkerchief. 1'ale pink, blue and lavender are shown, with u dainty dotted border and white lace edging. The most elaborate summer gowns liiient'.td lor iifieruoun wear ure trimmed profusely with luco uud in sertion, Willi uccordiju pleating uud gutuereu Kutiuces. Freueh knots ure quite as popular as ever as a means o; trimming, with ihe diu'ercuci! of using Heavy instead of line silk. On gauzo materials they ure very eUective. The typical silk petticoat of tlie sea sou la cut to fit closely lu from, with but few gathers lu the back. It bus u deep uccordlon-pleated flounce at the foot, edged with u tiny pinked ruche, which helps the dress skirt to flare out. Very dulnty and pretty are the flow er funs of mousseline or guuze. They uro composed of muuy luyers of the gauze, painted with violets, roses, punsles or any flower, with the gauze put out ut the top and sides to iuiu late the flower's petals. Belts of gold and silver tissue stud ded with different seul-preclous stones are not exactly a uew fud In dress, but they vary lu decoration from time to time, and Just uow the turgor and more unusual tho Jewels are the more desirable Is the belt. Some of the new satin 'foulard gowns are made with skirts pleuted lu narrow kilt pleatiugs all around. Sev eral Insertions of lace are Introduced across the lower part of the eklrt and lu the waist. The sleeves are simil arly pleated and reucb only to tlu elbow. MAKING A FARM FAY ADVICE TO THOSE WHO FEEL THE STRESS OF CITY LIFE. The Question "Can One Make a I.lTlne; on a Farmf" Dlscnssed Out of Ier onal Kxierlenc-NeTer Ha Many Op portunities In the Country as Mow. "Can one make a living on a farm?" Over nnd over again this question comes to me. I answer, "Yes, for many people do." "Would you ndvlse me to go on n farm?" This question. In one form or another, comes to every tencher In an agricultural college. It is a common question In the East, for people are be ginning to feel the stress und unrest of city life. I cannot answer the ques tion, for It Is a matter of personality. This, however, Is the first ndvlce thnt I can give the person who thinks of leaving the city to become a farmer do not consider tlie proposition for a moment unless your Ideal Is individual istic. You are to depend on yourself. You nre to make your own way. You nre to live your own life. You must be resourceful. My second advice Is this be sure you love the country and everything there Is in It. lie sure thnt you do not go with tlie feeling that you nre giving up the pleasures of life. Be sure that n dandelion is worth ns much as n thentre. You are to be company for yourself. The birds will sing as no opera singer ever sang. The flowers will bloom In the meadows. Tlie brooks will laugh on the pebbles nnd sleep tinder the quiet banks. The while clouds will float In the sweet blue air. l!e sure that your heart Is ripe before you move to the country. I hope that you have a wife. If she thinks ns you do about the country, the problem Is half solved. If her heart Is wedded to tlie city, stay where yon nre. I hope you have children and what healthy, nnturnl child under twelve years of age would not love the country? P.ut you will not need to give up your connection with tlie world just because you move on n farm. You will have a few books on farming nnd on nature. Perhaps you will read less, but you will think more. Ton will have a few periodicals. You will re clve the experiment station bulletins. Yo.i will be Interested in the village Kl.niry and In tlie school. Y'on will have opportunity to hear lectures. Now nnd thou you will go to the city, nnd you will enjoy It more for seeing It less. The theatre will mean more to you because you do not go too of ten. You will find other nnd more sat isfying and less expeuslve entertain ment. If It Is not In your nature to find such entertainment, do not leave the city. "But can I mnke money enough to be comfortable?" Yesterday I ad dressed an ntidience of pupils In whoso minds this question was uppermost. "If you were all to be merchants," I said, "I should expect most of you to fail. If you were nil to be lawyers, ninny of you would have no clients. If you were nil to ba doctors, some of you would have no patients. Yet, I expect that every one of you will suc ceed, but It will be because each of you does something which he is fitted to do." Many men succeed at farming nnd ninny fall. The difference lies in the farmer. The individual who fails In the city drops into some other man's business uud becomes a cog. The fanner wno fails Is seeu nud known of men, but eventually he, too, be comes a cog. You will not need to got as much money in the country as you do in the city, because you will raise half or more of your living, and your enter tainment bills will be less. At the end of every year you should be able to put away a little extra money. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that every stroke of work that you do and every Improvement that you make adds to your capital stock; you nre building a home for yourself and fam ily at the same time that you are earn ing a living, but in the city you are turned out of doors when you can no longer work..' My third advice Is this be sure that you have good executive ability nnd that you will be content with Moder ate fiuauci.il returns. Some men make fortunes on farms, but they usually have relatively large Investment In tho business, and they have the power of handling men and of making money from their labor, as well ns the power of growing and handling crops. These nre men who would mnke money from buttons, or shoes, or uuy other busi ness. They are business men. Hun dreds of my farmer friends are well-to-do. They nre free of debt, have comfortable and personnl homes, have the legitimate comforts cf life, drive their own horses, nnd are beholden to no man. These nre the typlcul farmers. They are uot "clod-hoppers." They uro not pessimists. They nre well fed and well clothed. They know what Is going on in tho world. They rend. They ask more direct nnd poiuted questions than all tho experiment sta tions lu the world enn answer. They think their own thoughts. The average earnings of American fnrms, good and bad, Is probably not far from $1000 a year. Eliminating the farms Unit earn nothing or less, thun nothing, tho average certainly would be encouraging. If one Is to be successful lu funning, the farmer should run the farm; too often the farm runs the farmer. Men make money on Die farm; whether you cuu or uot I do uot know. "But can a man who hns nlways lived lu the city become a successful farmer?" Yes. but the chances nre against him. The longer he lives In the city, and fills a subordinate posi tion, and thinks second baud thoughts, the greater are the chances that lie will not make a good farmer. He loses tho power of Initiative. lie is not "practical." Ho Is uot accustomed to inauual labor. Too often he Is not frugal. Yet, despite all this, the fact that one is a "city inuu" does uot of itself liicnpucltutn him for furming. Some of tlie most successful farmers I know worn ' not born on tho farm. They went Into fanning without prej udices and with the advantage of bus! ness training. They were not bouud by traditions. Fanners suffer more from luck of business training than from any other cause. The city ruau orten succeed i In tho country becuiis lie is trained lu business methods. Tlu country man often succeeds In tlie city because he Is trained In relying on himself. "Where shnll I settle If I go Into farming?" Not long ago I attended ft horticultural convention In Baltimore. The subject of pench growing was un der discussion. A man from Connecti cut told us of the Incomparable peaches that are grown on the northern coast of Long Island Sound. A man from Southwestern Michigan said that his country wns n natural peach region there peaches grew to perfection. A man from the uplands of Western Maryland said thnt his was the Ideal peach country. A man from the Ches apeake peninsula was sure that his wns the natural nnd perfect country for the pench. As my turn to speak enme last, I testified that all the oth ers were wrong, and thnt the only per fect pencil region wns a certnln rocky hillside six miles north of Ithaca, X. Y. Of course I wns right. The centre of the universe Is where we live, nnd If we love our home, there the Hnetit crops, of one thing or an other, can be grown. Stand on your own doorstep on a starry night. Note the myriad suns thnt roll in the depths of the sky. See the great conclave of the milky way. Consider the dome of the welkin. Swing the radius of the mighty arch; the centre is where you stand. If you contemplate moving to the country, save enough money to pay half or morn down on tile farm nnd hnve at least S'iOO left for contingent nnd running expenses. Many n good man falls at farming because he has locked all his capital In the Investment nnd then ennnot hire help or buy fer tilizer or rprny his trees nt the critical time. Many n crop of fruit has been lost because the grower had not suffi cient means to give the land extra till age In a dry time. Better be In debt for pnrt of tlie purchase price than to be handicapped for capital until tho crops come in. Begin small. I.nrn the business. Don't go Into "fancy farming." At first give more attention to the condi tion of your soil nud to the welfare of the crops and stock than to the build ing of fences. Handsome buildings nre the result of good farming, not the cause of it. Never mind If people don't like tlie looks of your farm; It is yours. f,'o to the farmers for advice. If you are industrious, intell'cUt.illy honest, and willing to learn, they will respect and help you. If you buy a small farm as most city men must aim to produce things for n special trade. Don't try unusual things like mushrooms nnd ginseng, but grow tho things that every market wants only grow them better than most men do. Last season one of my New Yonc friends mode money from watermelons, notwithstanding the fact thnt Georgia melons of greater size filled his markets. Grade your pro ducts and pack them carefully. Use nent new tasty packages. Advertise. Put on n label. The buyer will pay you for the package and the advertis ing. Last year my peaches brought me an uuuaunlly high price. I sold them under largo labels In red nnd green Ink. One person thought It fool ish for me to spend money for printer's Ink. I told hiin that I wns not: the purchaser pnld the printer's bill, llnise ii good thing. Then udopt the adver tiser's maxim, "If you have a good thing, push It." The nearer you are to tlie small city markets in the East the better will be your chances of secur ing n special customer.' The local gro cer will find thnt customer for ymi, and will sell the products better tlmu you can. If your means nre smnll. run your farm yourself. Do not trust to n mali nger or n "farmer." Kemember that tlie farmer and his family are to be fed off Ihe place. What they consume would go n long- way toward support ing you. If you are farming primarily for pleasure nnd recreation, you should have u manager. If you are farming for a living, you must work. Your work need not. be tedious, however. If you think while you work. It need bo no harder thun shop work, nnd not so dirty. You will have a warm dinner, without soot. You will lie on the grass after dinner nnd watch the swallows. When yoj ure tired, you will stop un der a tree nnd sleep. Now, my city friend, you have tho problem before you. Never were th.u'c so ninny opportunities in farming ns now. Neither economically nor so cially Is agriculture on the decline. It Is only chunglng. Old methods nre going out, nud many farmers are going with them. Whether you will succeed or fall If you go to the coun try no one knows. The fact that some succeed should make you hopeful. The fact that some fall should make you cautious. Itemeniber that your com pensation Is In living ns much ns in motley. For myself, my heart is In the country. Professor L. II. Bullet in The World's Work. Rare Inducements lu Coffins, A Baltimore business house has re ceived from n fur Southern meivhaut u letter of Inquiry respecting tho Bal timore dealer's lino of goods. In the letter was enclosed a circular seriously setting forth the virtues of an article for sale and evidently sent ns a vouch er of the merchant's trustworthiness. The circular read as follows: , "A few words to the public about colllns. Those who think of dying within the next twelve months would do well to consult me about their colli n. I make and sell cotllus of all kinds nnd all sizes at most reasonable rates and deliver them to the house free of dr'ayuge. Orders from mer chants, planters nnd limited compnules accepted nnd promptly attended to." Then follows tho uameand the words "blacksmith, wheelwright and under taking establishment. Baltimore Sun. Mr, Kvarts's lluinur. Mr. Evurts's quiet humor was illus trated frequently at the famous Beech er trial. On one occasion Colonel Per klus, of Norwich, Conn., wns on the witness stand. One of the questlous put to liiiu by the examining lawyer wus; "How long have you lived In Norwich?" "Kiglity-three years," was the reply. "Colonel Perkins," sultl Mr. Evarts, "where has tho rest of your life been mostly speut?" Colonel Perkins justified the Joke, as he was president of a railroad after he hud uttaiued a hundred years, and wus able to climb three flights of stairs und make a public address afterward, -Boston Tiuuscrlpl. THE KEYSTONE STATE. News Happenings of Interest Gathered From All Sources. $50,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE AT BEDFORD Two Men Killed and One Injured While Rob fcinf Pillars In the Keyitnne Mlne-Mlxer Home ol the Cambria Powder Works, at Mnevsh, Went Up in an Explosion-Steady Work Assured for 20,000 Miners. At 3 o'clock in the morning firs was discovered in the photograph gillcry o( W. A. Morehouse, in the Clymyer Building. Bedford, and before it was gotten under control $50,000 worth of property was in ruins, covering a half block of buildings, from Hartley's Bark to Moses Lippet s clothing slor A very high wind was blowing and the entire business portion of t'ie tovu was in danger. Only prompt work 01 the part of the local fire department suved it. The Hartley Bank buildip,;, dries' novelty store, the Cain buMdiiijt. itide nour's old jewcicry store, Jordan's drug store. Dttrb Harry's cigar store end Statlcr's store were also damaged. The heaviest losses are Corles' novelty store. $10,000; Blymyer, hardware. $:.ooo, 011 buildini? and stock. Cores' insur.mc ;j $7100; Bymyer's, 500. Tlie total in surance :s $43, . 00. With a report that was heard for ten miles around the mixer house of rlie Cambria Powder Works, at Ninevall, went up in an explosion only a few minutes after the workmen had left their employment for the noonday meal. James Keil, the mixer man, and Charles Funk, the engineer of the establishment, had just left the mixer house and were hardly 100 feet away when the building was shattered to atoms hig-h in the air by tlie explosion of 400 kegs of the powder. Three other buildings nearest to the explosion were demolished, niuch valuable machinery was damaged and many windows in the houses a consider able distance away were shattered. Tlie loss is placed at $15,000. Tlie mill js owned by Johnstown peo ple, of whom there are about seventy in the company. Two men lost their lives and one man's life was saved by his heels, so to speak, by a fall of rock in the Keystone mine, Pittston. Morgan Davis, a miner, and Scott Vengetis, bis laborer, were both killed, while David Wiliiams as slightly injured. The three me.i were sitting in a chamber where thev had been robbing pillars when thcy'hearo the rumbling that precedes a tall and started to run. Williams was caughi bv his heels by the edge 01" the fall and to that fact owes his life, while tlie other two were crushed to death. The fall tvas 20 feet square and 14 feet thick. George Hoover, aged 10 years, was seized with hydrophobia at the home of his parents in Shamokin and has frothed at the mouth and imitates the barking of a dog almost continually. Dr. M. H. Harpel, who was called as soon ao the boy showed symptoms of rabies, says there is no hope of his recovery. It re quires four men to guard him. He is very savage and frequently tries to burv his teeth in the hands 01 his attendants. A case stated l:as filed at Lancaster to determine the ownership of the farm in Manhcini Township devised by the late Miss Catharine II. Long, to the city as a public park. This is an am icable action upon the result of which depends whether or not the city be comes pos'sessed of property vaiuod at $.200,000. Revenue Collector H. I,. Herr.hey, of Lancaster, announced the appointment of G. W. Lcmaster to succeed Cfcsh'cr A. R. Houck, of the Ninth District, the latter having been recently appointed postmaster of Lebanon. Ex-Representative Q. O. Rcitzel, of Salutia, suc ceeds Lcmaster as a. clerk in the local office. Ursinus College has won its conten tion that the House of President Henry T. Spangler should be exempt from tax ation. Equity proceedings cre com menced by the college to lejurin the borough of Collcgcvillc fl-.j;.l k-v;'ng taunty, borough and school .u..-; -i;ion the property Judge Swar.s rciiiic.cJ a decision against the borough. The stockholders of the newly organ ized Second National Bank of "Mcvjrs dale elected the "following ol'iic-.is: President. C. W. Truxah VKe pres'.'ent, N. E. Miller; cashier, E. M. Ilea lily. The capital stock is $(x.ooo. The bii'k will open its doors for business about April 20. Harris C. Fahnestock, of the First National Bank, New York, a native of Harrisburg, has offered the Harrisburg Young Men's Christian Association $25,000 for the erection of a new build ing. The association has accepted and will begin the work when $00,000 is pledged, having $45,000 already on hand. The Schuylkill County Homeoparhic Medical Society held a convemioa in Potsvillc which was attended ivy doc tors from all parts of the region. Papers were read by Drs. J. S. Ki.alcr, o( Shenandoah, and E. L. Strati!'.,' nf Mir. ersville. The first Town Council of ihe new borough of Northampton Hcii;hrs has been organized by the election of Wil liam P. Baker as president; J. Davis Brodhead, solicitor; engineer, V. K Neumeyer, and Harvey Frederick, towi. clerk. Nine weeks ago the boy was pUiiina with his 8-year-old sister.. Jennie, weft, their home, when a mad do bit bi;p .m his nose and also bit the girl's ,1 i hand. She is being closely Matched lot fear she too will fall a victim to the disease. The old oil plant at Front and i-'jlton streets, Chester, waj destroyed bv tire. Three hundred bales ofVags stored the building by J. J. Hayes were :i'm. consumed. The loss is estimated .n $4000. The iron and steel works at Crum Lynne, operated by the J. J. Hudson Company, were destroyed by fire. The loss is $50,000, and ,100 men will be UVt: for some time. A mortgage for the sum oi $5oo,rxxi was filed ut Media by thc'Suhiirhuii tias Company .in favor of the Real Kstat-. Trust Company of Philadelphia. Twenty-tive graduates of the Lock Haven Normal School have applied for Government positions as teachers in the Philippines. Governor Stone issued a proclama tion designating April IJ nud 26 si Arbor Days. The coal miners of the Pittsburg di.t trict, in Convention at Pittsburg, ratified the wage, scale last week by the wage committee. The action insures steady employment for more than 20,000 met in this district for the coming year. George WeLh, aged u, may be it cripple for life as a result of juiap'nji from a trolley car while stealing a r'du at Chester. , JLi Charlt' E. Cosgrove was arrested for embezzling money from two New York firms that had emuloyed him as con fidential clerk.
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