LOST Ilr E. And it is (hit and very f lip Thi maz of hlos.um nnl rk-ppI sir. This drift of orchard miiirn, This rndmnt promne of the rose Wherein your younjr eves ivr ' Such hud of scented joy to lie. A gay green garden, softly fanned l)y the Wythe breeze tli.it blows To speed your ship ol dreams to t lie cn chanted land. The End of a Dream. By Ma u d JtOM. K TRKNTIIAXI sat alone 'j( y ot his dinner, although O I I O another guest It 1 1 been ex JJ '-' )R pit-ted. He had no appe- "WOW tite, so the dishes were Cent iiwd.v almost untnsted. Looking tip presently from n reverie int'i which lie had fallen, lie met the servant's serious gaze, ond, with a half smile, rose, throwing his napkin on Hie lalilo. "It's no use, Farrant; I'm too tired to eat," he mild. Plunging both hands deeply Into his pockets, the doctor fell once more Into Ills reverie, as ho walked away slowly to the lihrary. Lift to his own reflections. Dr. Trenthnni drew from Ills pocket it in ter which hp read ly the light of a remllng lamp. It was from his adopicd son, Dick Earle, a rising young lawyer, between vliom nnd the doctor the strongest posslhle affection existed; it ,h for this young man that the sec Olid place nt dinner was always laid. Knt instead of Dick today had come n letter. "I know," it ran, "yon .will lie surprised to hear that I am engaged to he married; it has all taken place, in a hurry, because she is un expectedly going away. . . ." And then It transpired that "she" was lili actress, Kvu Casillls. "I will look in on you in the morning." Ihc writer concluded; "and will then tell you more." With ft slight frown Dr. 'I'rcnthaiu replaced the letter in his pocket: lo tted hoped great things for Dick, who would marry, of course, some day but nil actress! For some time the doctor sat mo tionless, gazing intently nl the glowing logs for there were faces in the (ire tonight, and memories gathered round Mm with the dream of bygone days. First nnd foremost the memory of woman the only woman lie hud ever desired to call wife. The day he had wooed her came hack, with a quick heart-beat nod a throbbing pulse. She .was In the hayfleld ninong the liny mukers he recalled the turn of her head as she looked round to greet him v it li a smile on her lips. His ideal .woman then and forever. She had worn it pluk cotton frock that had just the color of her checks, and a suiiboiinet tiling round her neck by the tarings, leavirg her head with lis eurlinij Lrown hair exposed to the sun, One of the flowing 'ell from the Ere and the dream changed. It wn October. Shu was coming down the lane, treading softly on the thick carpet of beech leaves, the red light from the setting sun striking be tween the tall trees ami bathing her III light from head to foot. It was the day that the letter had come from the lawyers telling him of bis ? Yiit-aunt's dentil, anil of his sud den tiudreaiued-of accession to her large fortune. Ills lirst thought had been of the girl he loved, lie was rich; they need wait no longer; luippi noss was theirs, lie could see her face there. In the hollow of the fire not full of rejoicing, but of a sudden sharp pain. The lines on his forehead deepened (Hid the Haines sunk low. "A lady to see you, sir." Tarrant's alee recalled him. "An urgent case?" "I don't think she Is ill, sir; just drove up In n brougham," replied Far- fa nt, offering a card on which was iu yrlbcd. ".Mrs. Cnslllis." CnsllHs! This must be Dick's ac tress, although he had saiil nothing of lier being u widow. Anyhow, he would see her. The servant ushered In a tall, ele. gantly dressed woman, who ad valued with an easy grace Into the (lrelighl, raying as she did so -with n very musical accent: "I must apologize for this Into visit, but, to tell you the truth, I rather fancied you would he disengaged nt this hour, and I wauled 4o nee you alone." "1 am fpilte nt liberty." replied Dr. Treiitliam, as he placed a chair for his Visitor. '.Mr. Farle may have mentioned my name nsy, do not turn the lamp higher; it Is so nice to talk In Hie firelight. Won't you alt down again?" She had thrown back her sable lined cloak, d'.elosing an exquisite own flint seemed a mass of glittering Jet. Some diamonds sparkled nn the bodice, and one superb star (lashed from the colls of her soft brown hair. The doctor had he -n skeptical about Jlh-k's iii-trc hut this woman was a revelation. "Dick wrote (o me about his engage ment," be replied, feting almost re conciled to his adopted son's choice, but. Judging that the lady piust be at leant ten years that impatient lover's aoiilor-he wni Just seven-anil-twenty. "lie wIM bnvw lold you Hint he Iwi ourjr known my little girl a very short time." It wag her daughter, then! He tiffed an exclamation Just iu time. "lie mentioned that the acquaint ance was a abort one." "It la. Ko, without a word to anyone, I though I would come and talk It over with you. He la your sou by adoption, be tella me." "Yes; bi father poor Earle wag my greatest friend. Dlck'a mother died when be was born, and Karle Just twelve years ago. when the Ud was showing blmwlf full of promise, JHe bad no relations and I was a badteksr with no ties, so be rame to lue, aad wa have been constant com (solo us ever luce.'' HOPES. NsniT Hut . -i.fyond me bidding screen Of green nnd red, und white and green, Hehiml the indent show Of things tlialrling and grow and glow, I nee the plain where lie The hope of day gone hyj Rray breadths of tnelanrhnir, crosaej l!y wind thai coldly blow From that cold sea win rem my argosy it lout. -( oilier' Weekly S ii i v. i. o s. "He speaks of you Willi the greatest affectum." "Dear fellow! lie is the best fellow living." "It struck mi'" - .Mrs. Casillls leam'd forward slightly "that you might have some objection to his m.irryiag an actress " Thc doctor's face flushed quickly. "And I wanted to know more of the man to whom I was giving my daugh ter who is as dear lo me as Dick is lo you." "Exactly." "I reserved my cmm"iit to the en gagement 11 li 1 i I I hail seen you." "I could not withhold my consent in any case -Dick is not ileiienden: on nit', you und.-rslnml. I!a:l I -It an: ) e provision Tor him -he is his own mas ter in every way " "Hut your wish would influence him, I am sure if be thought you obj -cte I. I knew you by repute, in I I though! being a woman oi' th world -that jou might look upon bis marring" with an actress as a -a iiust.i!:.' likely lo i:i llueuce ids future." "I admit thai I Hunk a rising pro fessional 1 1 : :i : i is better un.ii alTi.'i." "So you remained singly" "Precisely." "For licit reiison'." ".Not altogether." "Forgive me, I find I am crnsg qucsliouing you snn.ewhel i'!:d-iy. So jou think Mr. Earle woui.l be better uiiiiiii fried ':" "I think Dick is the best jn Ige of his own happiness. 1 merely expressed a general opinion." "I'orhnps you would like lo see my little girl's picture" drawing a small morocco case from her pocket, which, on being opened, disclosed the minia ture of it girl's head. Dr. Trenthnni took the case, turning up the lamp to its full height us. he did so. The miniature represented a girl with curly brown hair and sweet, tins! fill, hazel eyes. A pink suiiboiinet was pushed hack so that the .curls fell In a cluster on (let while fore head. His hand trembled, and his pulses beat quickly. Mrs. C'nsillis had risen and was standing beside him. "Does she remind you of anyone?" At the sound of her voice h was In the hay field again a young, eager lover singing "And you didn't know mo, Willie? I should have known you if it had been in another world." "Hut you have come back I ajways knew you would -my love -my love!" He had taken both her hands in his and hehl them tight against his breast. "I was dreaming of you to night, Itosie," he went on, "and of that day we were haymaking -you remem ber nnd now I am an old man!" She laughed softly, triumphantly, be cause of the great love in his eyes. "Old, dear? You have altered less than I thought. I must have changed sadly that you did not know me." "You forget that in Hi" dim light I hardly saw you -and in the old days it was a pink cotton frock." She laughed again, she was so very happy. "Clothes do alter one, il'in't they?" "Yen but It Is the same Itosie, the same voice, too. now." "Nowwhat of all these years? What of my ruined lonely life? I have a right lo some explanation nftif so many years. Why did you go away when our happiness was in our own keeping?" '.Still holding her hind, Dr. Treii tliam sal beside her on th' sofa. "I thought as you do, Willie, that a wife Is a mistake to a rising man." "You were very wrong very Wicked." "Hut you said so just now yourself. Ah, my dear!" very seriously "jt was so hard, it nearly broke my hart." He drew her gently to him and their lips met; then, quickly recovering her self, for the tears were very near her eyes, she went on: "1 was only a farmer's daughter, you know." "And I 1 eor.ntiy doctor's son." "I had to look after t lie house and dairy " "Ai.il I had to go about in one old threadbare suit all the year." "I'ntil the money caaie-that made all the difference. I was wiser than you, because I was a woman, and I loved Ah, It would have ruined your career then, Willie, to have mar ried nn ignorant girl, wilh a limited ed ueallon. So-1 went away. There In stead of being a great city i!o i;iy dear, with a world-wide r -i tt-itlun, and goduess knows what nil -why yoti might have In en only an ordinary practitioner, wasting your time over measles and rheumatism. Oh, you've a areut deal lo thank me for." "I'm not a bit grateful. (Jo on." "I couldn't bear the idea of giving jtm up aNngeltter-ao I took lip nurs ruu; which seemed la a buinliie. way to l following lu your footsteps. I was strong and energetic and bad no trouble in getting into tit. Peter's Hos pital as a probationer. I spent some time theresnd then went as matron of a nursing borne iu Histon." "And there you married?1 "Yes the doctor who had founded the home, r knew you were getting on aud and rumor apoke of your marriage with a millionaire's daughter whose life you bud saved." "You knew it was not likely to be true." "I -I couldn't be sure." , "Uu.t his niso you married?" "I rsu only speak of him with re spect, Wl.'lel he was msuy years alder than 1 a clever, wotiderfiihy good man. H. has been dead some years." "So, with your child to live for, you forgot me?" She "inil'il. but did not contradict him. "Hy Dr. Caslllis' wish she was edu cated lu n Huston seminary. However, when she left school last year, she begged me to let her go on the stage she has n lovely voice aad I foolish ly, p-rii.-ips, consented -imrtly becausr Mr. Kiiil -nvieli nlTered her a part lu tli- company he was bringing to Xew York and t lu'jed to return. "T!'.":i we met Dick It was some time before I heard from his lips thai he was your adopted son and ti great longing onine over me to see you Willie, to know whether yoil had for goiteu me." The deep voce of the clock lu the hall beat out the hour eleven. "Surely not eleven!" she cried, rising "I am forgetting everything but you I was. due I't'.Mrs. Aysgart li's at ten -and 1 piomis -1 to send tile brougham back for Kva." "I supp is.- Dick will look after her; I am not goieg lo I you again After waiting ail these years for you. 1 feel as if 1 cannot let you out of u sight." She la it ;h"d merrily. "I'm afraid I must go. Come and dine with us to inor.-ow. Dick is coin ing -and a few fri'-uds of my little girl's. We p:'opo having a little dance aud some music, perhaps." "The !ii:ii" of your voice is nil I shall ever want to hear," he replied, placim; tic re Ii fur cloak around tier shoulders u::d g,i:'.:iig lovingly into her eyes. Willi sucli a charming mother-in-law for Di' U, who could object to Dick's ckoic", et eu though p was .in uc tress. New York Weekly. (ly leii'if rga Achievement. In the CeiKury, Augustine Hirrell thus character;;:. -s ( luteuberg's epoch making invention: The invention of mov.ible types was I lie greatest distributive invention that ever v.'in or probably ever can be made. It c!rcu:ji -.1 knowledge among tli.- children of 111 ami plays much the same part in human life as does the tr in.saii.isi ia of force in the world of physics. K was marvelous how quickly th i-jglit was circulated even in the age of manuscripts. A book like St. August iiie's "City of (iod" was soon copied thousands of times, and traveled through Kurope after a quicker fashion that most printed books can to-day; but St. Augustine occupied a unique position, and hand copying, though u greut trade employ ing thousand of scribes, could never have fed tlia New Learning or kept alive the Iteforiiiution. The age of Gutenberg was an age of ideas, and de manded books, just as our day is n day of mechanics, nnd demands cheap motion, telegraphy and telephones. Gu tenberg's tirst printing ortlee is marked by a tablet. Go anil gaze upon It, and think of New York Herald, the Lon don Times and the Bible for two pence. The lower of the press, cou pled with the name of Johaiin Glen tleisch, commonly called Gutenberg, would be a line toast, but I dare say Mr. Choiite would respond to it after dinner lu litter terms than ever could the old-fashioned printer, who led a hard life and died dispossessed Of lii.s business aud in poverty. Kflw Approach In Hcinnro. At present the phenomena of physics are. as it were, divided into two camps acoustics and heat, which are explained from the laws of mechan ics, and .electricity, with its subdivis ion light, which has not been satisfac torily thus explained. I-'or half n cen tury we have tried to explain electric ity mechanically, and may b said to have failed: let us now try to explain meehuui'-s electrically , nnd see where that will lead us. Perhaps It Is n mere matter of words whether we say that all. nntt"r is electrically charged or that nil matter is modified electric ity. But it may lead to the most far reaching conclusions If. iu explaining phenomena, the 'laws of electricity should be talon as the premise from which we start, instead of, as hither to. tlr Inertia of matter. Nineteenth C'eutury. Briltl Finger Nail. For the people who are troubled with britt! li!ii"r nails there Is only one way to cure them, ami that it to b 'gin ut the rjot of the evil and feed them. Before retiring rub tile nails freely with sweet oil or vaseline and wear .loose kid gloves. The gloves should be perforated at the palms and the middle of the lingers to admit a free circulation of air. Wear gloves whenever possible while sweeping and dusting or doing other coarse work, for the texture of the skin I thus pre served and damage to the nails pre vented. After washing dishes wash the bards in clear warm water, rinse in cold water, anoint the nails with a little vaseline anil wipe away all sur plus. Keep tip this treatment of the uails dally for a uio,nth and you will see a marked improvement. . Matrimonial Arithmetic. "My son." said the old gentleman In his fatherly way., "you have a good deal to Parn about matrimonial arith metic. As you say, your salary Is suf ficient tor two, and you think yoti clinch the argument when you add that one and one make two. That's all right in business. ,,jt matrimonial ar ithmetic Is one of the most confusing things that ever happened. In the first place, the minister takes the two of you aud makes you oue. That would seem to make. It easier -for you, but th history of the world shows that, ligiirinif matrimonially, one and one make any old number up to twelve or sixteen, and I believe there are rec ords that show a higher total. la view of this, can you make tue requisite showing with your preseut falary ond future prospect f" Fcrmlc Acid Stimulant. The Journal des Debate recites ex periment with formic acid, a secre tion of ants. Eight to teu drops of the acid tuken three or four times a day bad a marked effect In stimulat ing muscular activity, which might bn continued a long time without re sultant fatigue. "That tired feeling" also disappears under the Uiflueuf the acid, - . 1 AliBluOLTDRAL Barn Whitewash. A whitewash that looks much better than the bare boards and which will stay on about as long as a coat of paint Is made as follows: Slake half tt bushel of quicklime with boiling hot water. Add two pounds of sulphate of itlnc and one pound salt, these be ing lirst dissolved In water before add ing to the whitewash. A-pound of lampblack nnd a pound of raw amber will give a pleasant dark color. It may be applied with a spray pump. Retting date Pout. Aave a large solid chestnut poRt lo begin with. Then aim to make the hot torn of the post immovable. Tamping near the surface Is of little use. Make tho hole large enough to leave a six inch space all around the post. Place the post, brace it straight, then put In about eighteen Inches of broken rock and pour liquid cement (three parts Portland cement, two parts siiudi into t ie spaces, making a solid masonry setting. The rest of the hole may be 'illed with rocks and earth. To Prevent (Irnwtli nf Horn. One way is to cut them out when calf Is u month old by raising the skin iu a flap, and removing the small button which is loosely attached to it. The flap of skin Is laid back nml a plas ter of tiir laid on it, when the wound soon lieuls. Second, and best way, is to apply stick caustic, ar lye, by dis solving a small quantity In water, clip hair close over button or horn, that you can feel under the skin. Apply the liquid lye by rubbing in well over the? horn. If done thoroughly, one ap plication Is surllclcnt. I have used the above for years, always to perfection, and consider this to be the most hu mane way of dehorning. C. W. Nor ris, Cudarville, W. Vu. Lite on Cattle. fn the majority of cases It may bo truly said that negligence Is responsi ble for lice ou cattle during the winter when they are in the stable, although there may be exceptions. If you Had lice ou the cattle get rid of them by applying with a brush a mixture com posed of two parts of lurd to one part of kerosene oil. Apply this to the spots where the lice have been at work once a week, and a few applications will subdue the vermin. Then go to work to prevent any more trouble. Clean the stables thoroughly, using carbolic acid as a disinfectant, whitewash the sides of the stable and let a liberal portion of the lime get on to the floor. Then groom the cows oc casionally, at least, and see that they gut exercise daily either out of doors or in a protected shed. Take care of the cows, and there Is likely to be little trouble with lice. Dishorning the Calves. Twenty years from now It will be a rare sight to see a cow with horns ou, the dairy farm. Experience bus thor oughly demonstrated that the hornless cow Is the safe cow, nor is she injured In the slightest degree as a milk pro ducer. While the udult cow may he safely dishorned with the modern im plements now in use, it Is best to sturt iu with the calves that are to form the new herd. Get a stick of caustic, potash from the drug store, wrap a piece of cloth around oue end of it, then cut the hair from around the spot where tho embryo horn may be felt on the Lend of the calf, rub the spot and all around it for two Inches with lard, then moisten the stick of caustic potash and rub it arouud the embryo horn several times, After finishing th? job put the stick of potash away where no one will touch It and be Injured. The calf will not suffer in the operation and the horns will ,bo destroyed, - Care of Oeeie, Geese generally Hart laying In March or April and need watching as they will cover their eggs with straw or hay. The eggs should be picked up before getting chilled In cold weuther and kept In a quiet and cool place and turned every few dnya'iuitil ready to set. Geese eggs can be hatched un der liens. When the ergs begin to batch keep watch, aud lis soon as a gosling comes out put It iu a busket near the stove, repeating this until they are all out. It Is best to wrap them la some old (tunnel or woolen cloth. If felt In'the iiest the mother is liable to tramplo them to death. When they are twenty-four hours old pluce them with the mother in a coop with a board floor and feed them with some stale bread slightly moistened with some milk or water; also give water to drink. Keep them In for two or three days, after that they can lie put out every day when the dew Is off. Confine the mother ajidher bromMor tho firTTt four or"7Tve "days' to a "limited space well covered with choice and short grass, gradually enlarging the run as they get older. Feed four times daily until they get fourteen days old, and after that feed three times dully with corn uieul cooked and stale bread. "Iftt.. rcrtllliers an! Manure, The annual controversy is jfoing on over the relative values of commercial fertilizers and stable manures, but the farmer who uses both feels that there Is n need for him to argue the mat ter, having learned that when be has filled his soil with humus by the use of stable manure and with nitrogen by growing some of the legumes, then be Is able to use commercial fertilisers profitably. Years ago when there were more protests than now against com mercial fertilizers, farmers generally considered It extravagant to use such fertilisers and stable manures as well. As a result the constant tnd exclusive use ot the commercial fertilizer used tip the vegetable matter In the soil and crop began to fall off. " To those who are skeptical regarding th! manner of using commercial fer tiliser In connection with stable ma nures, the best advice that can be given I to select a small field and try the plan. Use any crop desslred and give the field the best possible culture. The results wUI show If th combina tion was profitable. All farmer know that Ot times, some one plant food be comes exhausted In a certain soil while It remains fairly rich In the olhet two essential plant foods. In such cases tlie remedy is obviously to use the greatest proportion of the mixture, or apply It by Itself if necessary. It Is the old story of ascertaining, what the soil needs and then supplying It In dianapolis News. Aelertliig rlrfwfllna ftrnrlc. In selecting breeding stock, no mat ter what class of stock it Is. whether horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or poultry, thf breeder should be careful to se led only the very best specimens. No fowl, male or female, can lie de pended on to produce strong, healthy chicks which has not reached full de velopiuent In body and feather. An Immature cockerel or pullet cannot b depended on to produce chicks equal to thosf from mature birds. I-'or this reason I much prefer hens to pullets ns breeders, and when I want to ns pullets as breeders, I mate them with n cock bird, and mute cockerels with hens. It is a fact observed hy all breeders, that ns the stock grows oldet the plumage has a tendency to gel lighter, and you will orten see dark plumage birds moult out feathers ot foreign color, with feathers tipped here and there with white or gray. Indl eating a loss or weakness of color ele uient. Such n bird. If Its past breed lug has been all right, and does not show too much off color, may produce a good percentage of well-marked plumage in th" chicks, but there Is a risk to run nml it Is much safer aad more satisfactory to discard nil such birds from the breeding yards. It I Impossible to have every bird In the breeding yards n perfect bird, but there are certain defects which may be overcome by proper mating, for In stance, a breeder may have nn ex cessively large comb, or may be too tegay, or some other slight irregularity, but If this is the only defect it may be remedied by mating with bird just the opposite. So that often n slight de fect may be reduced by proper muting. -W. H. Kemp, iu Farmers' Home Jour nul. ' Plan For Hen Ifoiifc. Elaborate plans for poultry houses generally result in abandonment lifter a brief trial. Two tilings seem desir able: A rather warm roosting house, where windows or doors may be thrown open lu summer to admit much air, and a scratching shed open to the south, yet 'protected by wire netting so that thieves will not enter nor fowls escape. Large houses are bad. The size twelve by twenty-four feet seems a good one, giving a roosting room eight by twelve feet, nnd a scratching shed twelve by sixteen feet. Windows In the roosting house may have glass or simple wooden doors that may be fastened open In summer will answer quite as well, for the fowls will live mostly iu the scratching shed. Nesting ia'x is' SCRATCHING SrlCO. Bi6'.Ti" fcl 8X12' boxes mny be placed along the back wall of the shed.- high enough to be kept clean. Simple earthen floors raised up a foot will answer, though If rats are bad, cemeut wilt save trou ble. - !'::!! i!-",Jtal'"i lu England the scheme Is to buve many small houses built on this gen eral plan, but smaller and movable, scattered all about the the fields and many hundreds ot laying fowls thus segregated. That would be an excel cent summer scheme in our land if thieves did not work nicong them too Ferret will destroy soaio rats nnd drive others from their biding. Where many cats are kept rat will not stay. It Is a help to build so that cats can enter easily beneath every building that has a floor. Feed the cats milk at the barn, encourage them to live half wild aud rats will move ou. Joseph E, Wing. , ' ' Coi Notts. ' - x Charcoal given to th sow will cor rect scours In the pigs. A small handful of oil meal will havo a good effect on the system. The hog pasture must have shade, or shelters, and abundant water. Young sows that do well with their first litters muy be considered good brood sows. ..;,,,!, Drain off the filthy wallowing hole and give them a bath of clean water to plunge In. Get the pigs out on the ground as early a possible, na they become crippled If kept on board floors. If the April farrowing sows are well fed after farrowing tbey will have a second litter in August or September. The sows should be well supplied with water and salt, and ashes and charcoal should always be within reach, Warch the bogs and be sure that they, are not lousy. If lice are found, spray the hog with some good dip or kero sene emulsion. When the pigs begin to smell around the trough, give them some milk and oats or middlings in a small trough, la a pen not accessible to the sow. , I Twenty-four hour after the pig are born give the sow a slop of wheat middling or bran. A little warm water or milk will do no barm at any, time. In castrating, makt the Incision at the lowest possible point, so that th pus will drain out You thus prevent "pus sac" and baste the healing pro., cesav ."" " ' 2' "2r' Aid to Branlr. Of course, there Is nothing new In jthe cult of beauty; the only novelty lies lu the extrnvasnut fnshton In which new inventions are applied to It. Electric baths nnd vibration treat ment may be innovations, but cosmet ics and medicicated baths date from the earliest age. Women have always aspired to be benutlful and have painted their faces nnd "tl.'cd their heads" since time Immemorial in nil countries. The geisha ot Japan changes the color of her lips three times In one evening, and no little Japanese lady ever ml?ses an oppor tunity of whipping out the rouge pot and mirror which form un indispen sable part of her toilet. Among the receipts which have come down to us from our ancestresses are many pre scriptions for the complexion com. posed of mnrshninllow and wax, honey of roses nnd olive oil. Mixed bathing In tubs of water thickened with scent ed bran nnd salutary herbs was the fashion of medieval France nnd recalled the days of lloinan lux ury. Vnpor baths date from an even earlier period, nnd one wonders if there Is any nostrum to-duy for the preservation of beauty which wus not known to those professional beauties of France, Diana da Poitiers and Ninon de I'EncIos. The question Is: "Are women any more admired to-day for being steamed and smeared and electrified ?" Is any attraction Worth having which is ob tained by the painful and expensive methods we rend of? I doubt it. No body is really taken In by the arti ficially manufactured beauty. It is the duty of every wom.-.n to make the best of herself. Certain de fects of complexion and figure can easily be remedied. Physical exercises, fresh air nnd good diet will work wonders with those, nnd Ly the ad dition of a smart dressmaker, millin er and clever hairdresser, many a plain girl has been transformed into a pretty one. If a woman's nose is In clined to absorb too much color 'and ber cheeks too little, no doubt a few judicious dabs of powder aud rouge In the right places mny be excusable. London Outlook. " it'. Haw to Have Beautlfnl Eye. First of ail, you must make per fect your general state ot health. Nothing is a surer Index to bad livers than the eye. It is dulled and the white becomes yellow, under which conditions no eye can be beautiful. Bathing the eyes In sea water In which rock sea salt Is dissolved strengthens them. And another im portant point is not to fatigue them, says an exchange. The eye does not recuperate so read ily as other parts of the body, and every time those delicaie muscles ache from fatigue you must consider you have done them permanent Injury. It is not good to read while lying aown, and you should never read by a flick ering light The ligtt should fall di rectly on the page, nnd not so as to strike the eya lu passing. Some fool ish people like to show 4he strength of the eyes by looking at the sun. This is exceedingly injurious. If the eye are tired It is comforting to lay a cloth across them wet with hot water. Stimulate the muscles at the corners of the eyes by placing two fingers on each temple and massaging with a ro tary movement. Take plenty of sleep and out-door exercose. If the foreign substance gets Into the eye, try to let the tears flow and carry It toward the nose. This l. the point from which It is most easily extricated. Never drop anything Into the eye to produce nn artificial sparkle. You may clip' carefully the tips of the eyelashes and rub them with vaseline at night. If you wish to promote their growth, and for the eyebrows brush them often and train them to grow In a proper direction. To prevent the lids from wrinkling, a bath tf boric water after the ordinary morning ablutions is ef fective. Boric acid ointment Is very healing, when eyes are Inflamed, and It is better still to drop Ulo them a few Uro; of boric watr. . Do Mn DllllItB Clever ITnm.n vVby do men dislike clever women? Is a question that clever women have felt Impelled to ask themselves. They Klght go still further and nsi them selves why megj wjuien r.Uo disli!:? clever "womej'. nf. rjfc"2i':tV ' Tho reason If rts sane In cither case, sayi tha New Vork Tribune, for sex does not make any special differ ence in a matter like this. What both men an! women are looking tor Is the pleasant, lovalle companion, and clev er worjea havj a way of not being companionable. There. Is tint, tn ho too much self -console usuess about them, for one thing too much "I." They cannot resist the Temptation of aylng bright things, nnd the effect comes to be a little like that of the acrobat who turns somersaults con tinuously. Most clever women feel clever. That i probably what offends so in tnem. No one finds the assump tion of superiority In another lovable, whether It be superiority of social standing, personal appearance or men tality. Feopb can be as important as they like. If only tbey won't be self-conscious about It. The - clever woman Is geuerally fearfully self conscious. Humor, which helps a woman through so much and over so much that Is bard or painful or disagree able, I not aa a rule a conspicuous part of the clever woman' equipment. Being lacking In this saving grace, she grows egotistical, and then It Is all up with her compautonabillty. Mew Embroideries. The apring season heralds a new reign of lovely embroideries and lace. Gown will be atrewn with flower embroidered In cotton, In a much raised, padded fashion. Silk embroidery will be worked In the. .linkway, Ua desigu iiiovia '1 brnnches nnd cordons of leaves, bou quets and sheaves a" flowers em broidered In silk In raised tones, from very pale tender or faded lints te bright, lively effects. Cluny luce will have applications ol Fold to enhance Its beauty, nnd motive will take the form of stars, wheels, marguerites and cobwebs In gold. This Is a pleasant pastime for a clever em broidress to undertake as an amuse ment, and the work looks lovely done on lace or on bauds of voile, cr.nvas or supple handv.oven linen. The threads lu the material nre drawn and the patterns down in gold thread In the spaces, r in other drawn-work. It may be done on the dress Itself or on bands from Ave to eight Inches w-lde, with narrower strips ou the bod ice. Tpcnrnteil Horn Conilis. Parisian jewelers have recently brought out the most dainty conceits In the lorm of decorated horn combs and plus for the hair. Not only are these combs shown In browns, grays nnd moss greens, but In the most fas cinating blending of those colors, nnd this blending Is sho i to perfection in n selection of pins, the tops of which are chiseled into the form of a branch of seaweed. In some instances the brown shades imperceptibly Into greeu, while the friugei edges of others show a violet or n ruddy fringe, The effect Is' enhanced by tho trans lucent nature of the born and by th presence of oue or two small pearle set nt the br.se of tho branch of sea weed. An appropriate bluish-green tlngo is given to a horn pin formed of two branches of r-ii'-o, the leaves Intermingling nt the top. A single cone, cut out of n chrysoprase, deco rates one of the branches. Kern Ihe ArtUUc in Mind. In the rage for articles of virtu, which has been prevalent several years, the well-to-do have (Illed their parlors nnd cabinets nnd mantel shelves with articles of genuine value, indeed, but In many cases of no artistic grace, says the Ladies' World. A museum Is one thir.g and a dwelling house is another. The two are sometimes con founded, even among the most cul tured classes. Let us religiously pre serve curiosities, by all means, just as we preserve Phoenician jars, Ben ores metal work nnd Chinese bronzes; but don't let us imagine that because they nre curious or ancient they are necessarily decorative. Above all, don't let us assent to '.he coiyerse proposition, that because pretty things ai-e cheap and modern, they are neces sarily unworthy ot artistic consider- . " iA Discontent With Wortf. That there Is much discontent with work among the so-called middle classes In America is due lu large part to the pampering of children, to the supplying of their natural and arti ficial vants, and to the sentimental idea that "their day of toll will conic soon enough." In general, work is not a -urse but a blessing a positive means of grace. Oue enn hardly be gin too early to imprems upon children lessons of self-help by tasks appro prlate to their age and forces and to beget In them scorn of Idleness ond of dependence on others, says tho Cen tury. To do this is to make them happy through the self-respect thai comes with the realisation of power, and thus to approximate Tennyson' goal of man: "oeii-revereuae, self' kuowledgs, self-control." Tetticoats of embroidered cotton voile are novel. Bleached . pongee Is making very handsome frocks. some A little bit of silk will make just the Jauntiest Jacket for wear with summer frocks. .vVa 4 ". j(S Piuk ribbon roses trail around the edge ot one of the white lace sun shades, ....r.!, ' tHfcfis;!; 4? Fashion doth make piano lampshade! ilill .her mandate of ruffle and .again ruffles? .'...i.-o-. . j ' Those pliable wide kid belts are to be just the thing to finish off the sum mer shirt waist suit. Tretty little stoles of colored cblffan ' take their place among the spring ac cessories which are necessities. Broad bats of shaded louisine have a frill around the edge, and for trim mlng a single harmonizing wreath of flower. .... A "vanity box" swung by a chain on her arm carries my lady's powder puff, mirror and otPer beautifying ne cessities. Beautifully fine halbrlzsan stocking are clocked with giy colors and in new uesigns. For sensitive feet these soft, comfortable hose are most desirable. A bewildering corset, made entirely ot soft pink satin ribbon, with the prevalent deep ulp and long front Is a decided noreltv amon the L1W ! of France models. Beautiful silk bona supporters to m-itch this corset One lovelT rrke Wl-h a mouaanllna foundation Is covered with soft shir- rings or point de Venlse, which aiso forms the srrareful rufflea i over the shoulders and sleeve. luinty meuaiuous ot me same design deco rate the collar and upper part of th Brides' corsets rilinln a n - v.bvw a uu shapeliness quite Jn keeping with their elaborate decoration. In brocada ante or satlo. embroidered with convention. ai or Doral deslgus, the variety of mod el provide a choice to ault tho most fastidious taste and almost anv arvia- oi ogure. ...... n
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