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THE LOTTERY TICKET.
tO, AMES I.ANMXU was n
f mechanic, n young, honest
O I O mull, wIid:.; highest nmbl
t )R tlun was to gain a com-
"MOW fortuble home for himself
ntxl wife, mill t be
thought well of by his neighbors. II
had built biuuielf a house, niul there
still remained upon It u mortgage of
fZH); but t U If sum he hoped to pny In
a few-flrs, If lie only had bis lionlth.
He bad ciilrulati'd exactly how lung
It would tiik liltu to clear off this In
cumbrance, and he went to work with
Lis eyes open.
Due evening James came homo to his
supper more thoughtful tli:m usual.
His young wife noticvd his manner,
tid she Inquired Its cause.
'What Is It, James'.'" she kindly
asked. "Why, I never saw you look so
sober before."
"Well, I'll tell you, Hannah," re
turned the young man, with n slight
hesitation In his manner. "I have Just
lieen thinking that I would buy a lot
tery tieket."
Hannah I.nnning did not answer im
mediately. She looked down and
smoothed the silken hair of her babe,
which was chirping like a little rohlti
In her arms, mid the shades of her
.handsome features showed that she
was taking time to think.
'How nnieh will It cost?" she asked,
at length, looking half timidly up Into
her husband's fare.
"Twenty dollars," returned .lames,
trying to assume a confidence which
he di!l not feel.
"And have you made up your mind
to buy It?"
'Well, I think I shall. What do you
think about It?"
"If ynu should ask n:y advice, I
Should say do not buy It."
"Hut why so?"
For many r as mi-," returned h's
"Wife, In a trembling tune.
She would twt offend her husband,
and she shrar-k fr-m giving him ad
vice whi. h In' niliht nit follow.
"In the tirst place," she said, "I thick
the whole science of lotteries is a bud
one; and then you have no money to
risk."
"But just look at the prizes," said
James, drawing a "scheme" from his
pocket. "Here Is one prize of .Ji),'KX,
another of ?1o,(mh, another ."iisiii. and
so on. Something tells me that if I
buy a ticket I shall draw a large prize.
And then just think. Hannah, how eas
ily I could pay all u; for my hous-,
and perhaps have n pood handsome
sum left."
The young man spoke with much
earnestness and assurance, but he saw
that there was a cloud upon his wile's
brow.
"It seems to me that the chance of
drawing a prize is very doubtful," said
Hannah, as she took the scheme.
"Here are many thousand tickets to be
sold."
The bah" trliM hard to snatch the
paper, nnd Hannah laid it aside.
"I think I shall run the risk," re
sumed James, glancing once more over
the paper, and resting with a nervous
longing upon the figures which repre
sented the higher prizes. "There's
Barney; he drew about $SiK a year
ago."
"Yes, I know It," said Hannah, with
more warmth than she had before
manifested, "and wh-it has become of
the money? You know be. has
squandered it nil away. Ah, James,
money Is of no use unless we come
honestly by It.
"Honestly?" repeated the young man.
"Surely, there Is nothli-g dishonest In
drawing a prize In n lottery."
"I think there Is," kindly, but cm
Tdiatlcally, replied the wife. "All
(Mines of hazard, where money is at
stake, are dishonest. Were you to
draw a prlz" of ?ji,'ms. you would
rob n thousand ni"ii of f each: or
at least, you would take from tlnm
money for which you returned them no
equivalent. Is It I. if gambling in every
sense of the word?"
"Oh, no! Yon look upon the matter
In too strong a light."
"I'erhap I do; but yet so It looks to
me. What yon may draw some one
else must lose; and perhaps It may be
some one who can afford the loss no
tietter than you ran. I wouldn't buy
1he ticket, James. I.et us live on the
products of our hon -st gains, ami we
shall be happier."
James Limning was uneasy. He had
no answer for his wife's arguments;
at least, no answer that could spring
from his moral convictions, and he let
the matter drop, nut the young man
H)uld not drop the siren from his
heart. All the next dny his head was
full of "prizes." and while he was at
his work he kept muttering to himself,
"Twenty thousand dollars," "Ten thou
sand dollars," "Five thousand dollars,"
sod so on.
When he went home the next n'ght
he was almost unhappy with the ner
vous anxiety Into which be had thrown
himself. The tempter had grasped
him firmly, and whenever he thought
of the lottery, he saw nothing but piles
of gold and silver. In short, James
fanning had made up hi mind that he
would buy the ticket. He went to the
little bos where he bad already l-0
laid up toward paying off the mort
gage from bis bouse. The lock clicked
with) a startling sound, and when he
threw back the cover he hesitated. He
looked at his wife, and be saw that she
wss sad.
"Oh, I'm sure I shall draw a prlzeP'
tie said .with a faint, fading smile.
. lie took four half-eagles from the
to, and put them In bis pocket. His
wire said nothing. She played with her
baby to hide her sadness, for she did
v not wish to say more on the subject.
(Ibe bad seen that little pile of gold
gradually accumulating, and both she
and her husband had been happy In an
ticipating the day when tbe pretty
cottage would bo all their own. But
When she saw those four pieces of gold
takes away from tbe store, sue felt
"3-"
$: basks
.oi .-shadowing of cvii. She iiiUht have
spoken again against the movement,
but she saw that her husi and was
sorely tender upon the subject, an I
she let the aflair go to the hands o-'
fate.
A week elapsed from the time that
James bought his ticket to the draw
ing of the lottery, and during that tune
the young man had luu a moment of
real enjoyment. He was alternating
between hope and fear, and therefore
his mind was constantly on the
stretch.
At length the day arrived. James
went to the of!lc and found that the
drawing had taken place, nnd that the
list of prizes had been made out. lie
seized the list and turned away. So
that those who s;u .! around should
not see his face. lie read the list
through, but he searched for his num
ber In vain! It was not there. He had
drawn a blankl He left the office an
unhappy man. Those twenty dollars
which lie had lost had been the sav
ings of two months of hard labor, and
he felt their loss most keenly.
When he returned home that nlirht
he told his wife that he had lost. She
found no fault with him. She only
kissed him and told hltn that the lesson
was a good one, even though It had
been dearly bought.
Hut James Lnnning was not satisfied.
He brooded over his loss with a bitter
spirit, and at length the tic. tight came
to him that he minlit yet draw a prime.
Hi. wished (hut he had not bought the
first ticket, and If he could only get
back his .-!) ho would buy no more;
but he would not rest under his loss,
lie was determined to make one more
trial, and he did so. This time he pur
chased the ticket with ml his wile's
knowledge. The rest:!: was the same
as before. He tliv.v . blank!
"Forty dollars"' was a sentence that
dwelt fearfully u;i .i the mechanic's
lips.
"Oh. I must draw n prize:" he said to
himself. "I must mak" up what I have
lost. I.et me once do that, and I'll
buy no more tickets."
Another S'jo was taken from the Utile
bank, another ticket was bought, an
other blank was drawn. At the end
of three months the little bank was
empty, nnd James I.annlng had the last
ticket In his pocket. Ah, how earnestly
he prayed that that last ticket might
draw a prize! He had become pale
and careworn, ami his wife poor, con
fiding soul! thought he only repined
because be had lost $J. When she
would try and cheer him, he would
hniL'li, and try to make the matter
light.
"James," said his wife to him one
day It was the day before that on
which the lottery was to be drawn In
which he had the sixth ticket ".Mr.
Itowse has been here to-day after the
semi-annual interest. I told him that
you would see him to-morrow."
"Yes, I will," said James. In n faint
voice. "Yes, to-morrow I shall g;e
him."
Young I.annlng thought of the lottery
and of the prize. This was his sixth
trial, and he felt sure that he should
ur.iw.
The morrow came, and when James
I.annlng returned to his home at night
he was penniless: All his golden vis
ions had faded away, and he was
left In darkness and misery.
"James, have you paid Mr. Itowse
his Interest et?" asked Hannah.
The young man leaned his head upon
his hands and groaned aloud.
"For heaven's sr.ke, James, what has
happened?" cried the startled wife,
springing to the side of her husband,
and twining her arm about his neck,.
The young man looked up with a
wild, haggard expression. His lips
were bloodless, and his features were
all stricken with a death-hue.
"What Is It? Oh, what?" murmured
the wife.
"f'o look In our box our litt'e bank!"
groaned the poor man.
Hannah hastened uway, nnd when
she returned, she borj mi empty box
In her hand.
"KoblM'd"' she gasped, and she sank
tremblingly down beside her husband's
side.
"Yes, Hannah," whispered the hus
band, "I have robbed you."
The stricken wife gazed upon her
husband with a vacant look, for at first
she did not comprehend; but she re
membered his behavior for weeks
buck: she remembered how he had
murmured In his sleep of lotteries and
tickets, of blanks and prizes, and grad
ually the truth broke lu upon her.
"I have done It all, Hannah," hoarse
ly whispered tbe condemned man,
when he saw that his wife had guessed
the truth. "All, nil has gone for lot
tery tickets. The demon tempter lured
me: he held up glittering gold ia-til
hand, but he gave me noi-.o of It. Oh,
do not chide me! You know not what
I have suffered what hours of agony
I have passed and you know how cold
my heart Is now. Oh, lay wife, would
to I Sod I had listened to you!"
"Ah"' ealm'y whispered the faithful
wife, as she drew her hand Herons her
husband's heat'd brow. "Mourn not
for what Is lost. I will not chide ynu.
It Is hard thus for you to lose your
scanty earnings, i,ut there might be
many worse calamities than that, four
age, James; we will soon forg-t It."
"And Mr. Itowse will foreclose the
mortgage. You will be honvle-"
murmured young Lunnlng In broken
accents.
"No; I will see that all Is safe tq that
quarter," added Hannah.
At that moment tbe baby awoke, and
the gentle mother was called to csre
for It. On the next day, at noon, Han
nab Lannlng gave her husband a re
ceipt for f 10 from Mr. Itowse.
"Here." said she, "Interest Is paid.
Now let us forget all that has passed,
and commence again."
"But bow-wbat has paid this?"
asced James, gasiog Orst upon tbe re
ceipt sod then upon bis wife.
"Never mind."
"Ah, but I must lulinl. Tel! me. Han
bah." "Well, I have sold my gold watch."
"Sold it!"
"But I can buy It hack ngnln. The
man will not part with It, If I want It.
But I don't want It, James, till we are
able. lVvhaps I shall never want It.
You must not chide me, for never did
I derive one lota of the pleasure fro.n
Its pn i-Iini that I now feel in the
result of its disposal."
J.-.i. ;es I.iiniioii clasped hl wife to his
ho- in. n:v he murmured rt prayer, and
lu 11 at prayer there w.is a pledge.
Tv.'o years pissed away, pud during
that time James I.aiiuiag hist no! a sili
cic i.ay fnvii l. is work. He was as
liir.iciua! as the sun, and the result
was as sure.
It was late on Saturday evenieij
when he came home. After supper, he
drew n paper from his pocket, and laid
It upon the table.
"There. Hannah," said while n
noble pride beamed ill every feat lire,
"there Is my mortgage. I've paid It
every cent. This house is ours; It !
vir own house. I've bought It with
' -liars, every one of which has been
ho-.-estly earned by the sweat of Uiy
brow. I am happy now."
Hannah Lnnning saw that her h--band
had niencil his anus, and sh" sat
down upon his knee and laid her bead
upon his shoulder.
"Oh. blessed moment!" she mill'
mured. "Yes. I? Is a hV'ssod moment," re
sponded 1 r husband. ' I to you remem
ber. Hannah, the hour of bitterness
that we s,-:v two years ago?"
The wife shuddered, but made no
reply.
"Ah." continued the your? mm, "I
have never forgotten that bMt. lesson;
and even now I tremble wh"ti I th'uk
how fatally I was deceived by the
tcmnter that has lured so many thou
sail Is to destruction."
"But Its horror is lost in this happy
moment." said Hannah, looking up
with a sm!I".
'its terror may be lost." resumed
James, "but Its lesson must n ver be
forgotten. Ah. th-' luring lo-tery ticket
has a dark side a side whl. h few see
until they feel It."
"Are not all Its sides dark?" softly
asked the wife. "If there Is any bright
ness about It, it Is only the glare of the
fatal ignis fatnns. which can only
lead the wayward traveler Into danger
and disquiet."
"You are right, my dear wife. You
were right at tlrst. Ah." he continued,
as he drew the faithful being more
closely to his bosom, "If husbands
would oftener obey the tender dictates
of the loving wife, there would be far
less misery In the world than there Is
now." Waverley Magazine.
Arc Americans Vopulnr In Knclnnl?
As a matter of fact, no F.nglisb poli
tician ever thinks of mentioning the
United States in the speech without
some complimentary adjective, and the
British public, which has long ceased
to be the most stolid public lu Kurope,
and become instead, thanks to cheap
reading, one of the most hysterical and
sentimental, always cheers heartily
any allusion to "our cousins beyond
the seu," and agrees rapturously with
the speaker that "blood Is thicker than
water." An American who tries to
persuade himself that his country has
a political foe in England had better
stay in America If he wants to keep
his faith whole. It would hardly sur
vive a fortnight in England itseif.
Englishmen bear no grudges. They
are as proud of Washington as Amer
icans themselves; most of them are not
even aware that there was such a
thing as the War of 1812; while they
quite cheerfully admit that all through
the Civil War and the Alabama busi
ness they were in the wrong, and were
rightly made to pay for It. In the vis
itors' room at the Beform Ciub o:i
Bull Mall you will Und over the mantle
piece u facsimile of the Declaration of
Independence, and above it mednlliou.-i
of Washington, Lincoln and tirant
There Is something rather line In a peo
ple that can thus candidly publish aiid
acknowledge two of the greatest l.luu
ders In their history. But the British
have grow n Into a big habit of always
exempting American from the. ordi
nary divisions ot nationality. Cecil
Rhodes was far from being the only
Englishman whose patriotism went be
y nuil the empire, and included tl'.o
race. The least imaginative Londoner
feels himself and his country in a very
special degree milled to America. If
is tiie nation of all others he wou'.d
most like his own to be on friendly and
even Intimate terms with. Sydney
Brooks, in Harper's Weekly.
Telephone Truuliles In AtiymiliilH,
- Ill Abyssinia there are at the present
time tSUO miles of telephone wires al
ready erected, and about looo miles lu
course of construction. The contractor
has had almost every lim.glnable trou
ble to contend with. Tri.Miicndo.iis
rainfalls were the first source of dam
age, washing out miles ot pole line.
Scarcely had this damage been undo
good when the poles again began to
fail. This tlmo the cause was ter
mites, or white ants. The destruction
was stopped by erecting Iron poles, but
the latter proved very attractive to
the natives, who toro thou out r.nj
converted them Into tools. This has
ben stopped by royal decree, -iiid the
principal trouble 0ii''O'nit rHd now arj
elephants, who use the telephone poles
as scrubbing pnr'.s, thus knxUi'jg
them down, aid monkfys, w'.io tint
the wires delightful swiuf;. The ra.ii.l
growth of the Ju-.gle als giv?s snr?)
tro'.tble, and mak.1 It necessary t)
keep a party of run consUitl? em
ployed cutting away tlrj you..2
growth.
Canada Cus'tlng l-'nr Unklneif.
The Canadluu Oovoraine it, says the
Westminster Caxette, has had built la
Glasgow a traveling "stand," suc'j as
Is commonly used at exhibitions, for
the purpose of touring tbe country,
sdvertlsng tbe advantages of life la
tbe Dominion, The wagon Is now la
Edinburgh. From there It Is to travel
through a large part of Scotland. Tbe
exterior of the wagon is painted bright
vermilion, with appropriate mottoes,
and when it comes to a standstill tbe
sides and ends throw up, converting
it into a stand, on which are shown
specimens of the products pf tbe col
ony. By means ot tbe stand It la
hoped to reach remote and otherwise
Inaccessible parts of the country.
Abant firrrt Turn.
If sweet corn Is grown, It will be
good plan to save a few of the ear
liest and best ears for seed. By care
ful selection every year the corn will be
earlier each succeeding spring, and If
quality, size nnd plumpness of grain
are also considered, great laiprove
luent In the sweet corn ran be made.
The Hnrrn's Fond.
It Is claimed that two per cent, of a
horse's weight of good, nourishing food
Is all that he should be fed a dav. Bv
this rule a horse weighing 1300 pounds
suould receive thirty pounds of food,
but It must be considered that some
thing depends upon the nmount of
lalior performed, as well as the dlges
tive capacity and npp'.Uio ,,le an!
iua I, "
A Hatter Mint.
Farmers who receive circulars con-
Willing offers of lit'cscl-vntiven nt mllL-
and cream, or of methods of doubling
me amount or butter from the milk,
should consider such nronosttlnm von
carefully. Butter Is made from the
cream jiuy, ana the nronort on nf but.
ter obtained d-'liends unon ttin nmintnt
S,f 1. ,,.. .. I.. 41. 111. .. i
v.. uutit-i nil in lue aunt nip mt neing
In the cream. It Is Impossible to get
something for nothing, and any product
ueviseu ny tiie use of special agents
Is simply not butter, but coagulated
milk, the price of which in market will
' " less than that of pure milk
Celery In Your Back Yard.
Vacant ground about the garden or
back yard of the home may be utilized
profitably in this way, with but little
labor. Croiiml tluit Ima i...,,
uuieMi.-i, run; iuuiiocs, euriy Deans or
some such crop may tie planted to cel
ery late in the season, If good, strong
plants are used. Clear the ground,
plow or dig as deeply as possible and
pulverize well. Mark out deen'v In
j rows three and one-half feet apart,
i Fill half full of well rotted fertilizer,
nnd harrow until the ground Is almost
! level. Set the plants In this furrow,
using a line to get the rows straight.
! Indianapolis Sun.
Losing Animals,
No animal can remain at a standstill
without loss to its owner. If an animal
Is not gaining, then the food and labor
are thrown away. If an animal loses
only a pound in weight, then the
farmer not only suffers a loss of that
which he once had. but must incur ad
ditional expense to regain that one
pound; but the time lost cannot he re
covered. These facts show the im
portance of keeping the stork in good
condition, and having each animal
make an Increase daily. When there
Is a falling off In the weight or the
yield of milk Is reduced the cause
should be sought, and if an error has
occurred, or there Is fault in the man
agement, a change should be made for
the better without delay.
For Goml Hbt.
The mowing of the meadow for hay
deprives the soil of the elements of
fertility, and the same occurs when
the cattle are allowed to graze on it.
Every pound of meat and milk sent to
market carries in its composition the
riches of the meadow, and though the
process may be a slow one,' yet a time
is sure to come when the grass will
be less nutritious and the growth less
tapld. Then will the cattle use only
that which is the most succulent and
nourishing, leaving the more unde
sirable grasses to take possi ssion,
along with weeds, until finally the
meadow must be plowed and seeded
down, in order to change the variety
of food produced by It. It then fails
to produce sufficient green food and It
yields sparingly of buy.
Keep CM flu firowlng-.
Wiiether the chickens are bMng
raised for the market or for winter lay
ers, it is essential that they make the
best possible growth from birth to
jroltig into winter quarters or to the
market. The range, to a large extent,
solves the question of food and of
healthy growth, but It Is necessary that
the chicks have some other food than
that picked up on the range, or they
will wear themselves out trying to get
enough to eat.
) Then, if they roost under cover fit
night, and ih-y should by all means do
this, there Is th question of lice w hich
i "t he given proper consideration, for
a few lice will cause the chick to lose
more weight in a month than can be
made good by two months of feeding.
Everyihing possible must be done to
keep the chicks growing during the
summer: Keep tliem making a strong,
j steady gain, and then they will be
1'ioniiime, ana not otherwise.
Ily-Vrnilurts For Klnrlc.
It Is assumed that the rofulei fa nnr
the kind of a fanner w ho sells all of
I tll( produce on the farm and uses the
I unsalable portion on his own table.
I People who do this n re ,mt ir,t,iti,
I from farm life what they should. There
is no good reason why the farmer's
table should not contain the best his
farm produces. He Is entitled to It,
and so is his family. On every farm
there Is a quantity of green vegetables
which are too often thrown on the re
fuse bean when ther should be fed tn
. the sto k. Fowls or swine that are
, confined will welcome the green tops of
j vegetables, and some kinds of vegeta
bles may be fed tops and all.
r Then In the fall the potato grower
has more or less unsalable tubers
which might be fed to cows to advan-
tage If fed in connection with oil meat
) or olupr nitrogenous food. The wheat
grower has an opportunity to obtain an
abundance of wheat screenings which
could be fed to young pigs If tirst
ground, to their advuutaae. Learn in
use the wast products of the farm ln-J
it-iMH'-iiujr nun jruii win ub surprisea to
see what you can aecouip.Ush. with
them.
Fred (Tlileiit Sklro Milk.
Time was when a separator was con
sidered a luxury not to be thought of
unless one had a large herd of cows.
Now a good separator can be bad as
low as s.V). and It will pay for Itself
In many ways. It will enable one to
obtain a greater amount of butter fat
i from the milk than by the old methods
H uauu sauumiug, aua wui give on
n supply of fresh skim milk which may
be used to advantage for feeding pur
poses. During the winter we use skltr
milk In abundance for the laying hens,
but when we have several hundred
chicks In the spring, as Is frequently
the case, the skim milk goes largely te
them.
Our plan Is to give the chicks a very
light feeding of grain early in the
mofnlng before they are allowed to go
the range; at noon they are given nil
the skim milk they will drink, and
then, after an afternoon on the range,
they have quire a heavy grain feed to
go to bed on. Ve find they grow quick
ly under this treatment and are rarely
troubled with any bowel difficulty.
The skim milk can be fed to calves to
advantage If It Is not desired to feed it
to chicks, and If the milk is clean and
fresh they will thrive on It. esneclaily
If some bran is mixed with it.
Selecting- h Cowl.
The ability to Utilize food nnd eon.
vert it profitably Into milk and butter
Is a quality of cows that varies with
Individuals. Among both onlinnrv
dairy cows and cows of pure breeds
ine variation in this respect is quite
remarkable, as Illustrated to a marked
degree In the study of the herd naned
by the Connecticut Agricultural Col
lege, that was made (luring the vear
ISPS. According to this study, the cow
with the best record produced during
tue year iiji pounds of butter, at a
profit of J42.8L'; while during the same
time the cow with the noorest record
produced 17a pounds of butter, at a
loss of ?.)!). The variations In the
amount of butter and milk produced
by individual cows In this herd are not
exceptional. The records of station
herds and of hundredsof private herds
where Individual records have been
kept show variations fully as great as
these.
It Is plainly evident that success tn
dairying depends very much upon the
prouuetive capacity of the individual
cows that make up the herd. A very
practicable way to Improve the herd
and Increase the average productive
capacity is to dispense with all the
cows which the scales and the Babcock
test together prove to be unprofitable.
it would be pretty safe to assert that
twenty cows selected in tills way for
their high nnd economical nrndnetlva
capacity, would be more profitable
than twenty-five, and possibly even
thirty cows, selected In the ordlnarv
random method of making up a herd.
.Massuciiusetts Flo'ighmau.
Oooielierriri a Faring- Crop.
The gooseberry Is a good seller. It
Is tough, hardy and goes In most any
market. I raised two hundred bush
els hist year; eighteen quarts growing
on one hush, und they brought from
ten to fourteen cents per quart. If
going to take up one branch of small
fruit culture I should recommend
gooseberries. They are easy to pick:
one woman picked 101 quarts In seven
hours. lot picking I pay one cent
per quart for gooseberries, while for
raspberries I double it and offer as an
inducement to remain with me for the
season a quarter qf a cent extra,
which almost always keeps them.
l or gooseberry worms London pur
ple Is most efficacious. IMace one
pound in a gallon Jug, pour on two
c-arts of boiling water, stir and fill
with cold water. Tlace In a tin corn
can about one Inch of this mixture,
add to it three und a half gallons of
water and spray for worms of which
there are two crops during the season.
When you see the first hole eaten in a
leaf apply the spray. The lust brood
will not be very numerous.
Gooseberries and currants should be
set deep to grow good roots and bear
well, ew roots are white. Currants
will grow from cuttings, but goose
berries must b laid down and rooted
Both should be pruned every year, the
old wood being cut out; tbe n6w Is
bright and should remain. The best
time to prune Is In the fall, after which
the bushes should be tied up. Spray
ing with bordeaux, mixture will pre
vent rust, which sometimes affects the
gooseberry. The best variety Is the
Downing. J'he Boston currant market
demands Fry's I'rollllc, a red variety;
while the New York prefers the white
which la the sweeter.
Currants thoroughly mashed and
mixed with sugar, pound for pound,
sealed up cold and uncooked, will keep
until needed for the table. Curruuts
are a fruit much wanted at the sea
shore. A. A. Eastman, In the Amer
ican Cultivator,
Farm No il,
Close Inbreeding Is a short cut to tem
porary success.
A poor appetite in an animal sug-
gestssome weakness.
All things considered, early plowing
is best for fall wheat.
Hogs may be fed corn as soon as tbe
grain begins to burden.
All animals require a variety In their
food lu order to make the best gains.
A fattened old cow has a larger pro
portion of waste than a young animal.
Set the milk as quickly as possible
after milking to get perfect rising of
the cream.
When fed dry shelled corn Is more
economical than corn meal to feed to
fattening bogs.
To obtain tbe best results tbe farm
work must be done In tbe best manner
and at tbe proper time.
In growing fruit for market, It Is of
great advantage to have varieties of
fruit that will keep long and bear
transportation well.
In a horse the shoulder should suit
tbe purpose for which it la Intended.
If for speed, It should be flat If for
draft, It should be upright.
With all flowers, If the seeds are not
wanted especially, It Is an excellent rule
to remove tbe see a vessels as soon as
the bloom begins to fade, or else gather
tbe flowers for decoration uses when IB
their prime.
FotaroM as M adMlna,
Tbe good results of administering
potatoes In certain forms of diabetes
are affirmed by a French pbyslciaa.
Dr. Mosse, wbo states that be baa ef
fected cures by. this means, f
. TRirry v$ iMy' viti e. a
New York City. Eton Jackets ore
jecnllarly well adapted to young girls
M.BSi',8' fc.o.. JnET.
nnd are In the height o' present styles.
This one can be us?d with or without
the collar and made with either the
plain or full sleeves and Is adapted to
all the season's fabrics. It Is shown,
however. In bluette cheviot with trim
ming of fancy black and white braid
nnd handsome gold buttons. The nar
row vest Is n peculiarly attractive fea
ture, nnd can be made from a variety
A Late Design
of muterhils. The cape collar, adds
largely to the effect and gives the
fashionable droop to the shoulders, but
can be omitted if a plaluer garment is
preferred.
The Eton Is made with fronts 'and
buck and is fitted by means of shoul
der and under arm seams and single
darts. The narrow vest Is applied
over the front edges and the cape col
lar stitched with corticelll silk is ar
ranged over the whole, its Inner edge
serving to outline the vest. The full
sleeves are wide und ample, finished
with shaped chffs. nnd tun be made
either with fitted linings or loose us
may be preferred. The coat sleeves
are made lu regulation style and cut
lu two pieces euch, being simply
stitched to form cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for tiie medium size is three and one
half yards twenty-one Inches wide,
three and one-eight yards twenty-seven
Inches wide,- or one and one-half
yards forty-four Inches wide, with two
and one-half yards of braid to trim as
Illustrated.
A Stylish Onwn.
A simple gown of champagne col
ored net was made with a skirt laid
In small pleats. In fact, almost every
skirt Is pleated. This skirt hud a front
panel and twer encircling bands of gold
color silk lace, bordered on either aide
with a narrow stripe of ' gold tinsel
braid. Tbe flare of tbe skirt was sup
plied by a wide Toot ruftl'j, shirred and
finished with small circular tucks. Tbo
waist bad a yoke and collar of shir
rings, and bad two rows of tbe gold
bordered lace running across It. These
were trimmed with a little frlngo
made of strips of the net stitched nnd
finished at tbo ends with tinsel balls.
Tbe girdle svas of champagne colored
I Orchid Shades.
the new purple used for even-
5 L
Ing frocks, Is an exquisite blending of
the tints of passion Mowers, lilacs, vio
lets and roses, and hears Intensifying
with embroideries of orange blossoms,
the shining, deep green leaves nnd
golden fruit making an admirable con
trast. An evening wrap designed to be
worn with a gown of this kind Is lined
with gold sntln nnd bordered with a
garland of sprays of flowers nnd leaves
lu gold tissue, appllqued on orchid
tinted chiffon.
Thrta-Qnarter CV?ata.
Three-quarter loose coats made of a
silky finished linen canvas In light
blue, old rose and mauve ore smart
looking trimmed with a wide band of
white silk Hercules braid. For fore
noon driving with a pretty straw hat
they Will be quite Irresistible, met on
country roadways. Short coats when
more than half of heavy white laces,
announces Vogue, promise to be much
worn, both In white canvas and light
weight yachting serges.
MUlture Shirt Waist.
The love of the military, said to be
Inherent In feminine human nature, Is
making itself apparent In prevailing
styles and appears In the waists as
well as in the outer garments. The
by May Manton.
very stylish model Illustrated showt
the characteristic epaulettes and is a:
proprlute to the whole range of waist
Ing muterhils. The model, however,
is mude of white vesting simply
stitched nhd trimmed with pearl but
tons. To facilitate the laundering tht
epaulettes are finished at the trout
edges and buttoned Into place.
The waist consists of the fronts,
buck, epaulettes and sleeves. The buck
Is tucked to give the effect of a single
box pleat nt the centre nnd tbe fronts
to form wide box pleats that extend
from the shoulders, while nt the centre
Ik a regulation box pleat through which
the closing Is made. The epaulettes
can be finished separately nt the front,
as in the case of the model, or stitched
to position as preferred. The sleeves
are the favorite ones of the season that
form wide puffs below the elbows and
ar finished with shaped flared cuffs.
The quantity of material required
if Mir,IVae.1t 8M1BT WiHI,
for the medium sice Is four yards
twenty-sevon Inches tvlde, three and
one-hulf yards thirty-two inches wide,
or two yards forty-four Inches wide.