f IRBTPITT TUB AT t 9 nuiuuuuiuiinu. The Farm Horu, W. J. Overton, of Illluols, writes to the Breeders' Gnzotte tbat lie does not believe the place for tbe draft horse If on American farms, lie bus raised some of the largest and host draft horses In tho county and sold them at the yards at figures not reached by any other draft horse In six months, tint he never could get tbe work out of them he could get out of n good-sized Amorlcan horse with as much Morgan blood as he could get. When they tried to breed their small or medium sized mares to the draft horses they thought they wanted larger horsea. They got them larger In some parts. It might be In the head, the legs or the body, but usually not nil In one colt. No one will claim that they have ns good a weaving breed of horses ns they had twenty years ago. "The farmer who only raises colts for his own use, with now and then one to sell, had better stay by tbe good-sized, smooth, American-bred horse," he says. Things to Remember. The aim should be to produce from 130 to 200 pound pigs at six or seven months old for the greatest profit. Keep on friendly terms with your herd, cul tivate quiet dispositions. Have the hogs so that you can handle them with ease. Quietness and patience will aid In doing this. As soon ns your hogs are ready, sell them; yo; have no further profitable use for them on the farm. Tbe man who keeps his hogs after they are ready to go, expecting to get more a pound, will be very apt to lose money, while the one who sells when tbe bogs are ready generally bits It. Ibc man with the good stuff and who Is not overstocked, reaps the greatest reward, while the one who is overstocked, of course, underfeeds and falls to get out of the business what he should. A breeder who will ac complish anything by letting his ani mals lose In growth has the expense nnd no work done. The fault with the young breeder Is In keeping more stock than can properly be cared for. There should be no difficulty In see ing which Is the right road to pursue. Jersey Hustler. Protecting Young Chick From Hawks. Where hawks abound, young chicks must be closely guarded. If shut up closely la pens, growth will be greatly retarded. A good plan under such circumstances Is shown In the accom panying cut Plow two furrows par allel to each other and just fax enough WIDE NETTIXG TO PROTECT TOCSO CHICK apart so that the distance from the out side of each shnll be just six feet. Make the furrows 150 feet long. Stretch a roll of six-foot wire netting along tbe furrows, fastening the edges down with stones. This gives a long run on both grass ground and plowed land for the chicks, and hawks cannot molest them. The coop can be set at one end, the other end being stopped with sod. The plnn Is shown In the cut. W. D. Maine, In New England Homestead. Treating a Badly Drained Soil. Drainage of a heavy, thick soil, in clined to be billy and uneven, Is some thing that Is not always an easy mut ter, but If one has such a farm, the sooner he begins to make the Improve ment the better. It Is waste of time and money to attempt farming on a field that demands drainage badly, and It Is wisdom to abandon the farm en tirely or begin to drain It. I have succeeded so well with a home system of drainage with stones that It may be worth recording. The soil whs nt first quite full of stones, which I at first picked off and piled in one part of the field. A few stones would work up to the surface every spring, and these I would also pick up. In the course of a few seasons I bad a fairly good soil without any stones to annoy me. Hut the drainuge was bad. Tho water would settle lu the soil aud on the sur face lu the spring, and the land was always lute in getting into tillable condition. It was cold and wet when most other soils were warm and dry. This made plowing late, or If done early a muddy and unpleasant task. Tbe land sloped down lu one general direction, but there were numerous depressions which collected the wuter all along. I decided to druln. I planned the whole thing out on paper, noting the general direction of the slopes. I could not afford tiles or any expensive ma terial, and so I decided to use the pile of stone. I plowed deep ditches across the land, making them all run parallel with the main slope, and cutting cross ditches In the opposite direction. In this way the whole soil of the field was drulued so that the surplus water would run Into main ditches and thus down to swampy levels. Theii I pro eeeded to fill In tho ditches with tbe atones, using the large ones first, aud placing them so that the largest possi ble spaces would be left between. On top of these I packed the smaller ones. and ou top of them placed a layer of straw and corustalkB. Then I topped It off with six Inches of soli, bringing the surface op to within a few inches of tbe general level of the Held. Now this drainage works perfectly. Tho oil la never clogged with surplus , water. I do not plow over tbe drains, but I hare permitted a sod of grass to form on thorn to mark their conrse. The water following the Hue of ditches drains off below the surface, and there la steady outpour In the main ditch In rainy weather. The cost was only that of my own personal labor. O. W. Miners, lu American Cultivator. - Boytns; or Renting; a Farm. It doesn't make any difference whether a man has small ineaus or chq pay cash, the best policy Is to buy. Every farmer Is ambitious. He wants, to own a farm to have some place to call home, even If It is only forty acres. The expenses are about equal, buying or renting. The rent amounts to as much, and often more, than the taxes. Interest nnd repair. The renter has more money to put Into stock, but his possessions must accommodate themselves to the farm he reuts, aud this Is ofteu luconvenleut. Or he must build extra fence, which is expensive, as the fence is useless when he moves elsewhere. Usually the renter exehauges crops and stock for money when he moves, which Is every year or two. Of course he puts the money In tbe bank nnd Is golug to save It until he can pay cash for a farm. During the year lie sees some thing that he Is very anxious to own. nnd ns the money Is easy to get, It goes. Of course he Is golnjj to have a better crop this yenr, and will make more money on his bogs, and can easily re- luce the money, aud more. ton. It 1n just ns easy to use It nil as It Is to use a little, nnd tietore the end of the nr It Is nil gone. The buyer ennuot do this. When he lis a crop, or n bunch of hogs, nnd ys tlie money on n farm, It Is there stay. He must deny himself mnnv illiKrt, but lit' Who HntiMHea nut will not have his labors crowned Ith success. Uuceusinir toll la tho parent of success. It only takes about unir tue year to raise the crop. Dur ing the other half the renter does nr. do enough to pay his expenses. He makes as much as any farmer while he works, but tbe buyer works wbllo the renter Is Idle. The wewln ni cutting, the fences need Axing, the fer- ruizers needs scattering, the ditches need repairing, and mnnv other thlnir. need to be done, so that the buyer Is ousy tne entire year. I'erbops he has less amusement, but amusement Is xpenslve. A farm should have a good orchard ind a garden of shrubberv. Nnitw trees nor shrubs are costly, but the renter does not put out new ones, nor lane care of those nlrentlv nn h farm. The renter leads an aimless, un settled life. He bus no detlulte aim In view, and works In a hnnhnziml hit or miss fashion, and It usually turns our miss, me buyer knows Inst whnt he has to do, nnd each duv brln him nearer the goal of his ambition. Half of the secret of success lies In having a definite aim and the other hulf lu unceasing toll. G. I. Johnson, In New York Tribune. An Excellent Smokehouse. A good smokehouse on any farm Is a desirable thing to have, tbe great difference between the price of home grown pork nnd store bacon making It a paying job for every farmer to smoke his own meat, nnd especially for home consumption. It Is too ex pensive, however, to have a well ar ranged smokehouse, as generally con structed, In nil eases, aud hence the reason for presenting the novel af fair shown In the accompanying Illus tration. As can be seen. It consists of a box of such a size as Is desired, only it should be four feet high, aud is usually more couvenlent If three by five feet square. The meat is inserted through the door In the side, which should be no less than twenty Inches wide, nnd hinged at the lower part so as to let down from the top. Hooks should be fastened to It, and staples driven Into the sides and top of the box, as Indi cated, to hold the door In place when closed. For hanging the meat bore holes through the top of the box und far enough apart so that the pieces will not touch when huug. Pieces of wire work be9t for the purpose, one end of which having been run throush the meat should be twisted together with the other so as to form a loop, and this Inserted up through the nugur hole, where a stick then pushed through the loop will hold the hum secure. ' The device should be built on slop ing ground, provided such Is available, for then the tire that Is to furnish the smoUo cuu be placed at the proper distance from the box and yet have the smoke readily conducted to It by menus of several Joints ol old stovepipe. The hole for the fireplace should be about two feet deep and at leust six feet uway from the box. The trench for tho stovepipe should not be over one half as deep, and dug so that tho upper end of the stovepipe will come out un der the box near the centre; an old elbow Joint tnukes this very easy to do. The pipe, of course, should be cov ered with tho loose dirt thrown out, and the sides of tho box bunked up with earth. Its cracks even being calked ns much as possible, for notwithstand ing nil the precautions, enough smoke will still escape to lusuro the neces sary aniouut of draught. When the affair Is completed nnd the hums are nil huug a Urit should be kiudled In an old kettle or pun, using corn cobs tor fuel, since these muke the best material, not to mention thut they are easy to bundle and will lust long. As soon as a good smoke has been started the "furnace" should be set in tbe hole prepared for It and boards laid over the toil, or, better, a large piece of sheet iron, tin, or some thing of that nature. By banking this up so as to keep the smoke from escap ing, one will be In a fair way to have some first-class bacon. Several hun dred pounds of meat can be smoked at a time, and, let alone the economy of this, tbe device is of Inestimable value as a safeguard against fire. Unlike soma kinds of smokehouses, so-called. It harbors so danger whatever, If rightly made, of burning a single build ing on the farm. New York Tribune. , Tbt gaucbos of Argentina live en tirely on roast beef, scarcely aver tast ing vegetables or Hour dishes. SPRING AND SUMMER FABRICS. Oreen Will Re the Dominant Tint of the Reason's Fashions. Oreen promises to be the color of the coming spring nnd summer, and the color cards Issued by the Importers nnd manufacturers of summer dress stuffs show tills fresh tint In several exquisite shades. Many of tbe fab rics now being shown In the shops have stripes or figures lu bluck and white-blutk-nudgreeu combinations are delight fully crisp and effective, Trimmed with black velvet rlbtxm, black luce, or even with touches of a contrnstinir color, they make very smart gowns. The shops nre exhibiting tliflr stock of wash gowns now, but. more ns models of w'jut the new fabrics w"l look like when made up than nr a re sult of a demnnd for airy 'rocks. Some of the new thin fabrics 'anve n "trimmed" effect In texture and put tern. For Instance, one spider-web weave is fortified by varied corded effects that rise from tbe surface of the fabric, lending "body" to the dia phanous stuff and considerably en riching Its appearance. Although of modest price, this fabric Ingeniously counterfeits the costly French stuffs In which real lace Is inserted lu tbe process of weaving. In various colors, with the simulated InBertlngs in white sometimes outlined In bluck this tissue Is exceedingly effective. This simulated insertion Idea Is re produced In tbe dimities, too, and a particularly pretty one has a china blue ground, Btrewn with white dots of different sizes. Inch-wide stripes, three Inches apart, are of white, dotted or figured with black, giving the effect of delicate lace insertions. This put tern is also seen in coral pink, mauve and gray. Batistes show grounds of solid nnd rather dark colors purples, blues and rose, ns well as black-and-white with small figures In white or black nnd white. American percales with a "cloth finish" are handsome. They come In all colors and combinations and In strikingly beautiful designs. One of these has a French-Persian effect a blue ground with a scroll pattern of black and white, which serves lis a base for stiff little flowerets In bright pink. Another percale has a white ground with tiny blue squares scattered over it. It Is striped with a broad bar of purple-green and white. A third pat tern has a Chinese pink ground with groups of white dots encircled by rims of black, and medallions enclosing quaint mauve and pink flowerets on a white surface. Mercerized grenadines with silk stripes nnd simulated luce Insertions come In delightful color effects, notably fine stripes set in groups. Figured aud striped Swiss muslins, madras and cbumbray in clear, bright tints are shown In new patterns, and soft silks with dull or satin finish are striped with thick cords, making them bang well, wear well aud look rich nnd soft. New York Commercial Ad vertiser. "To Train Up the Child." At the meeting of an education as sociation In a Boston suburb, the speaker a member of the State Board of Education took up the subject of moral training in the home nud the school. His three special points were that implicit obedience should be ex acted, that appeal should be made J.o the child's reason, even when young, to develop a sense of honor, nud thut self-control should be taught. "Fortunately, tbe old Idea that a child's will must be broken is gJlng out of use, and it Is high time it did," said the speaker. "The ideal now is that the child should be taught bow to make his will his own. In home life ns well as In school It Is better to put children upon their honor, rather than subject them to many rules. By far the greatest drawback to development la obedience, sense of honor nud self I'uutrol nrises from thoughtless nud lax conditions In home life." The remainder of the tnlk was chiefly on "Don'ts." "Don't force the child's mind; there Is a time for everything, Uou't Indulge him ou one occasion and deprive him ou another, without good reusou. Don't decide everything for him; leave something to his budding judgment. Don't re prove him before outsiders, thereby wounding his keen sensitiveness. Don't full to recognize his Ideals children's ideals are very high. Above nil, don't nag him. And, lastly, don't expect too much of the little child whom you have dared to briug Into this world, nnd whose whole future life may be blighted by the mistakes of your careless bauds. Use for his development all the wisdom thut pa tience and thought nud love cuu sug st." shirt Waist lielts. The shirt waist belt Is a thing t lint demands attention, for It Is a thing apart, like the stock. Belts spring up every day, and nre every day burled aud forgotten lu the depths of Mine. Lu Mode's castaways, but they come to light again, auow, enjoying another exls ice. The belt which at this very second holds the centre of the world's atten tion, that part of It which Is Interested In the season's shirt waist, is tbe one that has two buckles, one In tbe mid dle of the front aud one In the middle of the back. This may be a shaped belt, but It must be shaped by some one who understands the how and wherefore. The buckle In the back, In the case of tbe belt with two buckles, is tbe one that is for show. It is slldden upon a ribbon, and takes its place right In tbe middle of tbe back. It may be one of those long, narrow buckles which make the waist look so lengthy and slender, or it may be a mora up-to-date thing. One of the very newest of the buck-of-the waist buckles looks like three buckles nud. Indeed, It In three, fas tened underneath In some way. Visi ble there nre three circular buckles caught In buckle fashion through the silk. They mny be In pearls, which are so pretty, or In steel, which Is so fashionable, or In silver, which, is a fad with so mauy women. Things to Avoid. Not only children, but many grown up people, have a trick of holding plus In the mouth and of sucking the lead of their pencils to add to the facility of writing. Both habits are exceedingly dnugerous as well as lu elegant. The swallowing of a pin Is less to be dreaded than the contagion that may lurk aliout the pin. Under Its head aud alxjiit the point of a pencil a whole multitude of disease germs mny lurk, which, being given entrance to the mouth, from there soon Infect the whole body, thus causing Illness or perhaps eveu death. It Is through the mouth that most mallgnnnt germs find their way into the body, nud therefore one would think that It was hnrdly necessary to warn people of thp risks they are running lu using It ns n sort of third hand. Ono would Imagine that hnrdly nnyone needed cautioning against holding money with the lips, and yet nn immense number of otherwise cleanly people Indulge In this dirty and dangerous practice. Washington Star, Tha Evory-Day Child. The mother aims at perfection for her child without reulizlng what per fection In the child should be. Too often the fond parent feels that the dress makes the child, and conse quently adorns It In the latest and showiest fashion, without realizing that harm Instead of good Is done to the child by hampering Its actions or making It over-conscious. The every, day child will revel In dirt. It accum ulates It by satisfying Its curiosity, for Its hands nre Into everything, ns well as Its feet and knees aud clothes. He must get nearer to Mother Earth. His Instinct is unerring In this respect, nnd his good nurse repays him a thou sand fold. Dr. Grace Peckham Mur ray, lu the Delineator, says mothers should encourage the mud pie uniting and sand dlgglug, nnd the dress and clothing should be such that the child would not be reproved for muddy shoes, soiled and torn dresses. Cascades For the Boa. Cascades of ruchlngs lu uioussellne de fole, Liberty silk or chiffon are graduated in bias lines of width from the chin to the knees. These cascades are the finish to a fluffy boa, aud are at present much preferred to the long, straight stole ends, accordion-pleated or plain. The softness of these pllsse boas makes them universally becom ing, except perhaps to the woman who has no neck to speak of. Even then the moussellue boa Is apt to be becom ing to her countenance. It softens the severity of an elderly face. In Brown and Gold. A good example of a tailor costume that relies on cut nnd outliue rather than superfluous trimming for Its style. Is In mouse-brown cloth, with lines of thick black chenille cord stitched down with gold thread ou skirt and bodice. The top of the skirt has a, narrow sbuped yoke piece embroidered lu black and gold. Tho revers and wuisthuud are of modoi-e velvet, the revers nnd skirt edged with a narrow1 bund of vlson. A double row of gold buttons fastens the bodice. Pretty things In mercerized ging hams are to be seen in pale blue with woven rings lu the materials. A most distinguished lookluc waist for weur on dressy occasions is com posed of pink mousseliue de sole nud all over embroidery in , deep cream shade. An attractive hair ornament Is rosette of white mullue or tulle, dotted with black nud silver, and rising from it two white wings, the upper edge touched with black. Tiny ivy leaves formed Into n wrenih with a spray of the leaves raised at the front and the whole touched here and there with crystal (lew drops, is a pretty ornament for the hulr. Some petticoats are made entirely of tucked silk. The tuckiug on the skirt proper runs up nud down und ou the flounce around. The flounce Is further trimmed with ruchlngs of the ullk and applications of luce. One of the new spring foulards Is in a striking design of various sized dots on a creum ground. The large dots, about the size of a quarter, are inter mlugled with smaller dots lu fdnek. The same putleru is also carried out lu lavender und bluck on a white background Waists for people who like plaids are in a tiny design, some in a bright red nnd others lu n bright green, old fashioned plaids of some inexpensive muslin nnd simply made. The greens are more attractive If anything than tbe ml, but It Is doubtful if the color wtit hes well. ' Many pretty hatpins are being made out of those old earrings-which most people are burdened with und regard nuly us a superfluity; small cameos set In gold, onyx, or cornelians only re quire n strong pin attached to them to turu them into useful us well us oruu mentul hatpins. More shirt waists out and very lit tle new to say about them. There are the same old styles, tucked yokes, yokes where the tucks run the full length or the wulst In two groups on the two sides, one on either shle or the front aud another a little distance rroin that. There are box-pleated yokes and yokes to waists buttoned In the back which are tucked and have applications or heavy lace these are white waists small pieces or It set on at the lower edge or tbe yoke and at the base or the collar. There la a lit tle wore on the sleeves. ,ll"VOl.ir asyr HINTS : Good Use For a Mirror. One or two good-sized mirror's, In brass or gilt frames, will do much to lighten a dark hall or room. Comfort For the Bedroom. A winged chair of wicker Is a charm ing bedroom fitment, preferably a wil low greeu one upholstered in quaintly blossomed cretonne, or a brown one upholstered In the softest aud most bewitching shade of old rose. now to Sweep an InTalld's Room. We all know how untidy a sickroom becomes, and how annoying the dust of the sweeping Is to the patient. "To remedy this," said a trained nnd capa ble nurse recently, "I put a little am monia In a pall of warm water, and with my mop wrung dry as possible go all over the carpet first This takes up the dust and much of the loose dirt. A broom will take what is too large to adhere to the mop and raise no dust. With my dust cloth well sprinkled, I go over the furniture aud the rootu Is fairly clean." United Stales Health Reports. vK'-v , Practical Bints. Candled mint leaves are a fashion able substitute for mint bonbons that are served at the end of a dlnuer or luncheon. A cooking teacher advises, too, tbat a few added to a lemon Ice impart a delicious flavor. Put a tiny pocket for change aud small things lu the lining of the con venient large silk bag that many shop pers and all club women carry nowa days, aud you will wonder that tbe sensible addition has never occurred to you before. A shampoo that Is recommended for flaxen hair the shade that is most dif ficult to treat Is mnde of a little standard glycerine soup melted in hot water and with a few drops of am monia added. This, it Is said, will bring out all Its light tones without harming the hair. Harper's Bazar. Ao Ideal Cnphoard. At the season when homes are being furnished up nnd linen stores are be ing replenished and put In perfect or der an Ingeniously convenient linen cupboard is a treasure of treasures for tho housewife. One housekeeper rejoices lu nu Ideally convenient cup board thut, being ou castors like a wardrobe or any other article of furni ture can be placed In any part of a room or given a place lu an Inner ball If one cannot give up a room for stor ing the linen. This cupboard was planned by a woman who appreciated tbe drawbacks of the ordlnnry closet, with shelves from which the henvy contents have to be llft5d out bodily on Inspection days. The new-fangled cupboard Is divided Into compartments ike those delightful dress trunks which can be used as dressing tables, chif foniers, etc., by the mere letting down of a flap In front. . There is a conjr'tOjt fitted with the shelves-fas .a, another for pillow cases, uu Vfor towels, and uuotber for tam clotTis. . There nre compartments derided iuto pigeonholes for tea cloths, dollies, table napkins, dusters, etc. The frout of each com partment lets dowu like a writing desk, forming a shelf on which the contents of tho recess above It can be drawn out without any trouble. The orderly arrangement of this cupboard obviates the lifting out of weighty sheets, plies of pillow cases, etc., whea those fresh from the laundry have to no laid beneath them. Each flap or door Is furnished with a frnm tn which to slip a card indicating the con tents or encn compartment. New York Commercial Advertiser. Horseradish Sauce Scrape clean and grate one stick of horseradish. Add one gill of whipped creum, one dessert spoon of made mustard, one dessert spoon of powdered sugar, one teaspoon of salt, a generous dash of pepper and a tablespoon of vinegar. Mix well and cook for five minutes. Serve cold. Bombay Toast-Beat four eggs. Add half n tenspoouful of salt, one table spoonful of chopped capers and a dush or two of cuyenue. Put in a Buucepun two tablespoonsful of butter and wheu hot stir in one tablespoon ful of anchovy puste und the egg mix ture. When it thickens take from the Are, spread on thin slices of buttered toust and serve. Toniutoes and Beef Put half a con cf tomatoes In a small pan with half a tublespoouful of butter, oue table hjwoii each of minced parsley und cel ery, one teaspoon of minced onion, salt, pepper and sauce to taste; cook for five minutes; then put In slices of rare roast beef; cover and let simmer a few moments; serve ou slices of thin crlsn toast. Jellied Veul-Select a knuckle of veal or any piece huvlug a largo proportion of gelatin. Cut Into smull pieces, cover with cold water, add oue onion, one teaspoon salt and one saltspoon pepper. Let It simmer until tho meat slips from the bone, tho gristly portions are dissolved aud the liquor reduced to one pint Remove all tho bones, strain the liquor and season lightly with salt, paprika, lemon juice and thyme. Pick the meat to bit and add to it three tablespoons powdered crackers and enough liquor to make It very moist. Pour into a mold and set in a cool place to harden. Whea ready to serve turn from the ntuld aud cut Into slle.es. f 1 TV . .. ENGLAND'S NEW ROYAL HOUSE. Britain's New Rnler First of the Honeeof Kaxe-Cohnrg. "Whltnker's Almanack," the famous English year book, which Is almost as well known here as in Its native coun try, has caused some sensation by re cording King Edward VII. not as a ruler of the house of Hanover, but as the first British sovereign of the house of Saxe-Coburg, thus making the late Jueen Victoria the last ruler of a line which has given to tho British empire six sovereigns. The feeling in England Is that "Wbltaker" Is almost disloyal, and that the change Is wrong, yet, says the New York Sun, a little study of British history shows that the almanac Is en tirely correct. The first change In the reigning house after the Conquest came at the accession of Henry II., who claimed through his mother, the Empress Matilda, and was the first of the Plantagencts. After the Wars of the Itoses, Henry, Earl of Richmond, claimed the crown by right of his mother, Margaret Beaufort, great granddaughter of John of Gaunt, be came tbe first of the Tudors, his futhel being originally a Welsh gentleman named Tudor. The Stuarts came in through a wom an, the daughter of Henry VII.. nnd did not carry ou the Tudor line In nnme; nor did George of Hanover, when lie gained the British throne by right of his grandmother Elizabeth, daughter of the first English Stuart, continue to represent the bouse of his grandfathers; he was the first Hano verian to reign in England. Each in coming house, though claiming through a daughter of Its predecessor, gave Its own name to Its sovereigns; It is strict ly correct, historically, therefore, that the line should change with the death of Queen Victoria, and that the succes sion of foreign Kings of Great Britain should be continued by a ruler of the house or Saxe-Coburg, the name of the German house to which the father of the new King belonged. Londoners Careless About Their Hats. Any one walking about the streets of London much must have noticed what a change has come over the headgear of the population during the last few years. At one time the top hat was almost universal, especially In the central part of the town. No self-respecting city man or even his clerk ever thought of coming iuto London lu a bowler hot, and even If a man wore a short jacket he put on his silk hat, a combination which was truly horrible. In clubland, of course, silk hats were always worn, and any other sort of headgear would have attracted more attention thau was absolutely pleasant. But now tblugs have changed, and tbe top bat is getting rarer and rarer m tha London streets. The men who always wore top hats now wear bowlers, or some sort of soft hat, while those who used to wear bowlers now wear cloth caps. It is very rare now to see a laborer In a round hat, whereas a few years ago a hodman carrying a load of bricks wearing this heudgeur was an every day sight. The cloth cap Is now universal. The slackness first began with straw hats during the hot summers of the pnst few years, aud now on tbe slightest pretext men put on the more comfortable if less smart looking hats. Soon the silk bat will only be seen in Ficeadilly, Bond street and on the stock exchange, and It will be interesting to see If baldness will disappear with the hat which is said to be one of the chief causes of It. Londou Globe. Why City Poor Aro Kot Wretched. Life Is not necessarily altogether miserable for those who huve poor clothing, poor food and narrow house room. Theo still remain some sources of happiness, not perhaps very many but enough, where vice aud. drink are absent, to make men cheerful, women patient nnd children merry. Grant ing then that a fumily living below the "poverty Hue" is sober aud respectable-It would be manifestly absurd to deny those vUtues to a good quarter of the whole population what are the consolations open to them? First of nil, the happiuess derivable from the affections belongs nlike to all, though among tbe very poor we think strong affection is gen erally limited to tbat existing hut won j parents and children. Secoudly, there is u pleasure to be got from the gen eral social life of a town. Tho fas cination exercised by the perpetual IirOCeSSfoil fif flic delink I.. 1 . ... v. ".io in Illt'UUlTir- able to those who do not feel It, but inmost all the poor do feel it. How mauy people does this fusclnatiou draw from the country? How few who have once fallen under Its spi-ll ever tear themselves freo from It? Movement, light, company, "mates tor the man, neighbors for the wo man, playfellows for the children, nil these things a town offers to the poorest of her iuhabltauls.-Londou Spectator. Medical Statesmen. Let us encourage a race of fairly puld medlcul statesmen, aud then luedlclun will shortly occupy a place in public esteem and soclologic In fluence thut U otherwise absolutely unattuiuuble. In South and Central America, uud on the coutlueut of Europe, physicians frequently play the highest purts in public affulrs, greatly to the benefit of the nutlon and to the standing of the profession of medicine. Tho same thing can be dono lu tho United States If physicians uto wllliug to follow tb? suggestions herein outlined. We must find a proper place for tbe term "Medical States uiuu." Journal American Medical As sociation. Women Prefer Burfaue Cars, Surface traction Is for women. They will not climb stairs up or down if they can stay on earth. Tha men will go up or down or anywhere to get away from the women passenger!, so that they will not have to read newspapers seven times over to avoid seelnp women to whom they should give their coats. When tbe under ground is completed it will be a good thing for tho men of New York, who can dud plenty of room over the earth or under it in the cars, us the women will stick to the surface roatU Just the same. New York Press. FOOL YOUNGENS. Me an' Bert n' Minnie-Belle Knows a joke, an' we won't tell! No, we don't 'coune we don't know Why we got to laughin' so; But we got to laughin' so, We iat kep' s-lougliin'. Wind wus blowin' in the trees An' wus only ist us three l'lavin' there; an' ever' one Ketched each other, like we done, Stliiintin' up there at the sun, Like we wuz a laughin'. Nothin' funny snywsy; But I laughed, an' so did they An' we all three laughed, an' nen Squint' our eyes an' laugh' again; Ner we didn't ist p'ten' We wux ahore-'nough laughin . i We 1st laugh' an' laugh", tel Bert Say he enn't quit an' it hurt. Nen 1 howl, an' Minnie-Belle She tear up the gram a apell An' ist atop her yeers an' yell, Like she'd die o-laughin', Never sieh fool-youngena yit! Nothin' funny not a bit! But we lnugh ao, te) we whoop' I'urt'-nigh Tike we have the croup All so hnsrae we'd wheeie an' whoop An' ist choke a-lnughin'. James Whiteomb Riley, in the Century. "If you don't quit eating so much, Willie, you will be sick." "Won't it be time enough to quit then?" Indlanap oils News. The means may justify the eud, And yet we must admit That our success may oft depend On knowing when to quit. Philadelphia Record. She "I see that Miles, the humorist, spent-his boyhood' days In the country gathering chestnuts." He "Yes, and he has a bushel or two left." Chicago News. Hewitt "What became of the girl that you used to say was tbe light of your life?" Jewett "Another fellow came between me and the light" Judge. 1 Madge "She went and had her bait bleached and her complexion beautified because somebody said she was a back number." Jack "So, then, she's a re print." Judge. Neighbor "The baby suffers from sleeplessness, does it?" Mr. Jerolo- . man (haggard and hollow-eyed) "1 didn't say It suffered; It seems to enjoy It." Chicago Tribune. Teuor "When I gave my first con cert four people had to be carried fainting out of the hall." Frlead "Oh, but since that time your voice has considerably improved." Tit-Bits. "Ha!" exclaimed her father, angrily, "how is it I catch you kissing my daughter?" "Why er I believe, sir," he stammered, "It was because I didn't hear you coming." Philadelphia Press. Alas; this world is full of guile, Regrets for hasty approbation, Too late we find a sunny smile May hide a shady reputation. " Philadelphia Record. Mrs. X. (who has been three times married) "Oh, If I were a man, I would make a name for myself!" Tom (who is number three) "Strikes me you've done pretty well as It Is. This Is the third you have made." Brook lyn Life. Mrs. Noddle "My husband Is very frank with me; he tells me everything he does." Mrs. Wltmau "My husband does me the honor to try to deceive me right along. If ho didn't I am afraid 1 should think be bad lost all respect for me." Boston Transcript. "Doesn't It make you the least bit envious to see what elegant furniture Mrs. Eyefly Is puttlug into her house next door?" "Not a bit. My husband says it will be sold by the sheriff with in six months and I'll be there to buy." Chicago Record-Herald. "He muy mean well," said tbe young doctor, "but I dont exactly like tbe tone of his letter." "What's the mat ter?" inquired the old practitioner. "Jones, the undertuker, writes and Bays that If I will send my patients to him he will guarantee them satisfac tion." Judge. Colder Than Liquid Air, ' Dr. Arsene d'Arsouval, n member of the French Academy of Sciences, pro poses to announce his discovery of a method of extracting from ordlnury petroleum oil a liquid absolutely un freezuble at a temperature of 203 de grees below zero, thus beutlug the record for uufreezablllty hitherto held by liquid air. According to Dr. d'Arsouval, the new "petroleum ether" Is destined to be of the greatest importance to scien tists, especially In chemlcul research, permitting the construction of ther mometers of a precision not hitherto attained. In his forthcoming communication Dr. d'Arsouval will demonstrate other valuable scientific uses of the new dis covery. Oue of tbe doctor's collabora tors says that D'Arsonval is on the point of succeeding in experiments which aim at the use of petroleum ether for cooling the ntmosphero of houses during the summer, a project which exceeding cheapness renders practicable. Responsibility. Eldrldge Reginald George, aged twelve, fell down and broke bis ankle tbe other day. His father was away from home, and his adoring mamma was quite distracted when her darling was carried into the house by a park policeman. Doctors were sent for, the father telegraphed to and a tremeudous to-do wus in progress, but through it all Eldrldge Reginald George preserved a sad aud stoical demeanor. Two' days after tho nccldent a boy chum was permitted to see him. Tho visitor attempted to condolo with the Invalid aud especially Inquired If the foot hurt much. The anguished mother was considerably cheered by her petted bou's reply, which she heard from an adjoining room: . . "Ob, 1 don't care about the old foot,' he said", "but it's hurd on me to be cooped up here when my father's away, nnd there's no one to take care of my mother!" New York Commercial Ad vertiser. """ longevity. The improvements in the last two centuries In surgical and medical knowledge, sanitation, hygiene and the other arts of wholesome living have naturally tended te prolong Ufa. Ual llmore Sun, . -... ... 4
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