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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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