SUNSET
I K dream? The day is done.
The long, warm, fragrant summer dayj
Afar beyond the hills, the aim
In purple splendor sink away;
nVrie firefly light her floating aparle
While here ami there the tirst large atari
Look out, impitient fnr tiie dnrk;
The cows stand waiting by the bars;
'A group of children saunters by
Toward home, with laugh und sportive
word.
One pausing, as she hears the liili
Soit prelude of ail unseen bird
"Sweet awcet cet
Sorrowful aorrjwfu! sorrowful."
Sing Me
little fishing village lny
.-V Htm rapt in a gloomy mint.
O I O Over tin- sen It hung like
X s a cray curtain, but In the
SfOtr village it wus dink nnd
pui usii
giving thick velvety out-
lines to the hedges ami lending, to the
UOUt UIlUCCIISHHIICIl MIHie.
f.tit there wns one man In Keston
who did cut see the fog of feel Its
moisture, David Greet swung open
the door ot lii house und looked out
tut the cloudy street might not have
existed for ail the Impression It made
Upon his brain. After n few seconds
of that dull stare he pulled the door
roughly to behind him und strode
down the street.
The sound of his footsteps fell
Sharply iu th6 silence. The Ushers
were all in, so were the laboring poo-
pie. Each tiny house turned upon the
darkness a little yellow eye of light
That eye looked askance ut any person
foolish enough to leave a comfortable
borne on such a night; for Its glance
did not travel far. The fog covered
It with an eyelid of dusky gloom.
Keston might have lain iu the glare
of the sunlight for nil the difference
it made to David (ireet, but the fog
was more iu accord with his mood.
With a sure foot he traversed streets
Dd turned corners. When he found
the Louse he wunted he paused just
moment at the door. That was1 not
the pause of hesitation. On the man's
dark face no wavering showed Itself,
ouly a dull foreboding. His lips moved
a if he were formulating some speech
of which he wished to make himself
word certain before entering. Final
ly he turned the handle of the door and
entered.
The first footstep took him into the
one lighted room In the house, for the
front door gave upon It.
It was occupied br two women one,
flivlit and bent as n withered bough,
looked up from the lire und the com
pound she was stirring to greet the
tall Jlgure in the doorway; the other
did r.ot raised her bead from the work
at which she sewed.
She was quite a young woman, tall
rather than otherwise, dark skinned
and dark eyed. About her was a re
gal air that seemed to (ill the small
room and dwarf all it contained.
The man's gaze was upon her, hut
the fallowed no consciousness of the
fact. She went ou sewing, sewing,
pullii.g the needle out with a deliber
ate movement that in some subtle way
poke of nerves all awry. Her lips
said. In their settled curves, that the
Silence might remain unbroken for
ever before die would brcik it. After
one imeasy glance at her face the old
woman set down her porridge stick
and turned ana in to her son. "It's you,
David. Is if:" she said, slillly. "Shut
the door at your back. You're lettin'
oil ;l c mist in. and the air is thill."
!!; man shot the door. When he
turned at'iiiu there was an added som
brenoss on his face. "I'm not going to
wait long, mother," he said, quietly.
"I have come to fetch Murgot homo."
There wasa silence.
"Do you heir, Marmot?" said Jane
Greet.
The other woman did not reply. Hut
for the moving needle she might have
teen carved from stor.e.
'ill old woman looked from the girl
to her son, from one dark face to the
other. They were curiously alike,
tuo.e two faces, both showing the Im
press of a strong nnd stubborn will;
they were curiously alike, too, the vu
ryir.g fires In the girl's eyes leaping
out to meet a sober practicality und
steadfastness to those of the man.
"M.'irgot, are you ready?" said
David.
He waited again, nnd again the nee
die went in nnd out, his only reply.
After n pause, "She say she is not
jroin' back t j you," said June lireet un
willingly. "She ha suiil that to me, too," said
David Creet; "that Is to say, she has
wr.tten it. She wrote It In a hard,
erne: letter, which she left for inc to
read when I came in."
In spite of himself his voice shook.
He paused for a moment to steady It.
"I ihall not believe that letter. Mar
got. It was unworthy of you. I shall
not believe that you mean to do any'
tiling so cruel and wicked:" The word
came out with u Jerk. "Margot, I am
waiting to take you home."
She would not answer.
With a quick stride he crossed the
room, "isy God, you shall speak to
mc!" he t ried. "I am not a dog that 1
do ;;ot deserve u word though you
are list a woman, but a stone, or you
would not sit there and 'refuse to utter
It! Speak- are you or ore you not com
ing home':"
Without ruining her eye. "I aw uot
coining," said Margot lireet.
These were her only words; sbo
ruld not be Induced to spcuk again.
Jane lireet went with Ler son out
side the door.
"She will coma round, lad. she will
come round." she said.
He shook bis head, his face burden
. Ing. "You do uot know Murgot. If
she says she will not come, she will
livr come," he said.
vrb old woman cu light - bis arm.
"What, was It all aboull You were
foolish to cross her. You kuew her,
you say; you might bare knowu better
.than to set ber coulrury like this."
David turned away, breutbiug heav
ily. "There's the weakuese of
strength and the f'mess of weak
ness," h said. "You can give In to
wuan kocaui you'ro stronger than
few, aal that's tht way. I jrtat twit
SONG.
Down from immeasurable heights
The clear imle drop like crystal rain
The echo of all lost delight.
All youth's high hopes, all hidden pain,
All love'a soft music, heard no more
Hut dreamed of and remembered long
Ah, how can mortal bird outnoiir
Such human heartbreak in a sung? .
What can he know of lonelv years,
Of idol only raised to fali, I
Of broken fa it It and secret tears'
And yet hi song repeat them all-
"Sweet sweet- sweet
Sorrow nil -sorrowful sorrow-lot."
F.lizabelh Alien
to Sleep
It with Murgot. lint she thought it
was the other kind of way, the weak
way, nnd she's had to learn different.
mere are times when a man must
show himself a man. if he's to remain
one."
lie stroile away, ntnl .lane (ireet
brushed the tears Irom her eyes. "Well
she's with me his mother nnvwnr
folks can't talk to any great length,
she thought, with a sigh. Then she
went back to the stubborn girl who
was her son's wife.
Margin was sitting where she had
left her, still sewing.
"What ure you going to do?" asked
Jane; a harshness had crept Into her
tone.
"I have already told you. I shall
llnd something to do: and I am not
going back," said the younger woman,
"If you are not going back, you shall
find nothing to do. You must stay
here with me," said Jane lireet. "I
cannu have the wlr l.e of Keston tnlkln'
ubout my son's wife."
And so things went on. Margot
worked for her mother-in-law only
and her passivity ate into her very
soul. Hut she would uot go back to
the man to whom she ha.', not yet been
wedded a year.
There came a day when Jane Greet
met her with an odd look on her with
cred face.
She hud not mentioned the name of
the girl's husband since that dark
night, deeming it better so; but to
day she spoke.
He is going away my son, and your
man, she said, llercely. "Mayhap the
cruise will take him far, and keep him
long; mayhap it will take so far and
keep him so long that he will never re
turn. And to-morrow he goes." She
went away, trying to bide her tears;
but the lad's wife spoke never a word
Jane never knew that that night
Margot went to took at ber old home.
For u few short moments she stood In
the darkness, looking ut tho windows
of the little house which hud seen her
greatest happiness and her passionate
rebellion. There was no light In it,
and she thought David was out until
she heard him begin to sing. That was
tin old trick of histo sing in the dark
und ou the old harmonium he could
pick out Just the few notes ho needed.
How well she knew the song! He
sung It with a little break iu bis voice;
nnd she knew who hud put that break
there:
Love, 1 am lonely, vein are so lonjr,
I want you only, you and vour song;
Dark is life's shore, hive, mirht is so ilern-
Leave me no more, love, itig me to sleep.
For u moment after the deep voice
had died away she stood there, one
hand pressed close upon her breast,
shaken with the conflict between pride
and passionate regret.
Hut pride won, and she moved at Inst
only to go back to his mother's house.
lie was gone long, and Margot grew
pale and thin, but she uttered never a
word.
"tilrl, you have no heart yon arc ns
cold us a stone!" old Jane burst out
passionately oue day that day when
news ittine that David Ureet would
never return to the. little lishing vil
lage, but lie Instead iu the lonely sea!
Still, David's wife would not speak;
but at night sin- stood by her window
and looked up ut the clear stars with
a white face.
"I think I must have a heart, for I
can feel it break." she said, when
there was none to hear her.
Hut the rumor was a lie and he
came back.
"He has done well, and has cpme
back right, Margot." ald the old wo
man. She looked ut her daughter-lu-luw
with uncomprehending eyes. "He
could give you tine clothes now ami the
best looking house In Keston."
Then, for the tlrst time, was Mnr
got's calm broken, and she was moved
to speech. "I will never go back to
him!" she cried fiercely. She threw
down her work and left the room.
How was June to kuow that In that
moment her heurt was stolen from her,
and she felt iu its place but u lump of
heavy gold that tore her breast. Wher
ever she' went she felt It there, and it
hurt sorely. When she passed Duvld
In the street her lingers .shook; but
that weight lit her bosom pressed, und
she remembered his gold, and passed
on. (Hi! It was ill to be without u
heart mid have only a lump of gold
lliut must always stand between her
self und the loan she loved!
He is rich flow." said Margot; ami
she wus careful that she did not meet
him again. She spent much lime In
planning, Hint ber wuy might not
touch bis.
Iu the cveiiings she sewed still, nnd
lie wus sewing wheu Jane lireet came
to ber with the new which she
thought so 111.
"Oh, you are u wise woman, Mur
got," she said, "to keep uway Trout
such a fool. No oue but a fool would
lose all his money in going security
fur such a muu us John tfluutou Is.
Duvld Is a rich muu uo mors; every
penny that he brought buck with him
! frittered uway and all else that be
bud besides. He thankful, Murgot
Ureet, that you are Dot uiy sou's wife
lu anything but name."
She went awsy, u red eyed oud furi
ous old woman; but Margot sat on, like
oue stunned.
Then she arose aud put away ber
sewhig. She did not set It ou the lit
tle table, as she always did, but rolled
It up aud with curiously impatient
gesture set it swjy Ut old Jane's
4rawe, - - c
"That's finished with," tnld she; yet (
m-w nig niiiv u.ri iichiij none.
Afterward she put on ber hat and
tb'e shawl which she usually put over
ber head when she rnu out she crossed
upon her arm. She cast one look round
the little room nnd toward the stair
case where June had disappeared.
Then she opened the door and went in
to the street.
That was curiously quiet, nnd there
was a fog; It was but one short year
since Margot had quarreled with bet
husband and gone nwuy.
She found ber way through the
streets and round the corners Just a
surely ns he bad done; but she was not
unconscious of the wny she wound.
The consciousness of that shook her
through nnd through, nnd would have
shaken her still more had she but had
n heart left with which to reel.
David's pane mode a little disk' ot
light, which greeted her kindly, yet It
hurt, for It reminded her of the yel
low gold In her breast.
itut lie was singing, this time lu the
light; and she paused to hear:
Sin me to sleeo, and let nie re. I,
In all the world i lined you iicsi ;
Nothing is faithful, nothing i true
In iliav'n or earth but Uod and you.
It was not true, Hint song of David's;
she hud not been true to him, or faith'
fill; but she would be so now. Tears
came into her eyes, and us they ran
down her cheeks somethliii: broke In
her breast and melted away.
David's light smiled kindly at her os.
she opened the door and stepped Into
It, leaving the fog nnd gloom.
Davie," she said simply. -Agnes O.
Herbertson, iu Hluck nnd White.
lon't" In Horn Decoration.
A New Orleans woman who tins'
gone jn for house decorating a field,
by the way, which seems peculiarly
adapted to women, although compara
tively few women adopt it has been
offering some suggestions relative t
the house beautiful. Among other
things she says:
A woman of Umpire type of fea
ture should never choose ti medlaevul
background, or a man with a pork
packing face Insist ou n Louis Seize II- I
brary. They will be unhappy nnd not
show to advantage, and never realize
the reason why.
The important things to be consid
ered in decoruting a room are; :
"Whnt it Is to be used for,
"Size.
"How lighted. s
"Who the people are Hint will occupy
It.
'There are 'dont's' in house decora
tion as well as In everything else.
"Don't put a dark piiper ou the walls
of n badly lighted room.
"Don't fill to overflowing with bric-
a-brac aud furniture a room of small
size.
If you own your home, have your
book shelves built to the walls. They
tire cleaner, cheaper, and Inst, but not
least, more artistic." Mussuchussets
Ploughman.
By lb Heard of tha Prophet.
A new form of oath wus adminis
tered lu Special Sessions yesterday,
when two Arabs were before Justice
Wyntt, oue on a charge ot assuult and
the other an complainant. Clerk Ful
ler was about to administer the regit-
if outb wheu the defendant ex
claimed:
lie's an Infidel und he would swear
my lire uway. Dou's sweur him that
way." . '
T'It's the usual form," remarked Jus
tice Wyutt.
Well, he's got to swenr bv the
'rophet, that's the ouly outb we recog-
ulze."
An interpreter then administered the
Mohammedan outh, us follows:
I swear by lhe beard of the
Prophet, by the Kaaba, by tho black
stone and the virtue ot my harem to
II the truth, all the truth and only
the truth."
Tho defendant beamed Willi sails-
iction.
"He'll tell the trulh sure now," he
said.
After the examination the defendant
was discharged.
"Didn't I tell you':" he remarked to
lhe Court. New York Sun. '
Presernlna Fluwsrs.
Professor Coustuntiiie lirecorv. of
Naples, bus luvented n new chemical
process for the preservation of llowers
und folluge," says tho. Scientific American,-
"When the professor submitted
the results of his first experiments to
tho Neapolitan Institute for the Ad
vancement of Science, a few weeks
ngo, the nssoclatloii, after carefully ex
amining them, requested the preserva
tion of some plants which they de
scribed, nnd which iu their opinion
presented the greatest dlflictiltles
owing to their peculiar nature. The
professor completed the trial set be
fore bim, and he bus presented some
plemlld examples of begonia und or-
hid leaves which have a remurknbly
natural appearance. In recognition of
this work be has been awarded tho
silver medal of the iustltute. Tho
professor Is now engaged upon tha ex
tension of his Invention to fungi, 'and
iu the event of his achieving success
he will lie presented with the society's
gold medal."
A LltlU Vr With h Juilf.
Congressman Itaukhead, or Alabama,
bus a weukuess fur gambling stories.
Oue thut be tells Is of 11 tlmu when
a spasmodic attempt was being made
to drive gamesters out of Mobile. A
witness was ou tbo stand testifying
tor the defeuce, It being well known
that the Judge was a skilful poker
pluyer. The witness tulked of "going
blind," "raising," "passing" aud so ou,
and liiially bis honor su!d gravely:
"Mr. Jacksuu, you are usiug u good
muny of whut I presume are technical
terms. Will you be good enough to ex
plaia some of them?" Tiie wltuess,
with equal gravity, replied: "1 shall
be pleased to do so, your honor, if you
will kindly let me buve your poker
deck for a few momeuts." Kuusas
City Journul.
Wold Tricks.
Hebead and curtail a word meaning
situated in the Last, aud leave a
dower. Hcueud aud curtail trust
worthy, and leave to corrode. Hehead
and curtull tests, and leuve the top
covering of a bulldlug. Hehead aud
curtail desired eagerly, aud leave a
church steeple. Behead and curtail
gaudy, and lears au adverb Of man
usrtw York .WoilJ. -
St aplnc Bnttsr.
A New York dairyman writes that
tie bus kept butter successfully both lu
summer and winter by simply filling
It Into jars, covering the top neatly
with cloth, putting on salt nnd pressing
down hard with the hand so that no
nlr can get In. Often a paper is put
over the top. During warm weather
It may be necessary to ndd more suit
once in four or five weeks.
Row to llrt Spavin,
When the buyer suspects that a spav
in, large or small, Is present, yet finds
lameness absent, possibly due to eon
tiuuous exercise or some preventive
measure adopted for the occasion, be
.'an speedily ascertain whether It is
Indeed nresent bv a slmiile test. Have
, no assistant lead the horse out to hal
ler nnd prepare to trot him Instantly
at the word "go." Now lift up the foot
or the suspected hind leg ami bold It
Its close to the horse's belly as possible
for a few minutes. Suddenly drop It
snd Immediately trot t lie horse, when
he will, for the lirst few steps or even
rods, go Intensely lame, but soou re
cover. This Is nn unfailing test and
should be pructieed lu every case
where there is the slightest suspicion
it a spavin. -Dr. A. S. Alexander, in
lhe Indiana Farmer.
The Cow Stables.
The Rtubles where t lie cows are to
be kept should receive lirst attention
1 hey should be made sufficiently
warm, should be well lighted und
should have means for ventilation.
Then the floor tinder the cows should
be properly constructed. The raised
portion on which they stand should be
four to six Inches higher thau the rest
and oC just sullicicut slant to allow
the liquids to run off freely. The floor
should In- smooth and even and not full
of cricks aud holes. A cement floor, if
properly constructed and kept well
covered with bedding, will be Tree
from these defects, more durable than
wood und altogether cheaper lu the
end.
Cows should not be too crowded In
their stalls. There should be room
enough for the animals und for a man
to get between them comfortably und
milk or clean them.
Putting- Away Polatoes, .
One of your correspondents recently
proposed a method of housing this use
ful crop. I want to suggest that all
discussion on that subject is out of
order. 'i'l.e tubers are already put
away, boused or cured for where thy
grew. Leave them In the ground till
frosty weather and then dii them. If
dug too soon they ure iu the way; they
nre subject to atmospheric action
und some will rot; they nre exposed to
sunlight which turns them green and
bitter. The moles may eut a few of
them In the hill, and the weeds may
multiply -o as to make them hard to
dig, but a little extra care will govern
nil this, nnd the loss will be lighter
than after they are taken out of the
hill.
If they are dug, t lie very best thing
to do with them is to pile them up and
cover them wllh dirt. That is their
natural element, and they cannot be
so healthy anywhere else. W. S. S., in
"'0 India mi Farmer.
Hens Filling- k.gs:
rgg eallng hens nre a nuisance, and
after many years of experience In poul
try raising the writer feels thut when
his hens are discovered at the trick the
best way of stopping it Is to kill the
hen. If our birds were not well sup
plied witli limy substances, null us
oyster shells and the like and all the
grit they desire, we would furnish
these before killing the hen. As a rule,
tiie habit Is merely u habit, and is not
due to any lack of u food element ex
cept that of lime.
Usually the egg-ealing hen gets Into
the habit of eating un egg Unit has be
come accidentally broken; liking the
taste, she acquires the habit, and once,
acquired it is nlmost impossible to
brenk it. We have found It the better
plan to have both grit nnd the lime
material so placed (bat the bens mny
help themselves ut will. Some hens re
quire more of these than do other hens,
so It Is hard-to dole it out properly.
It is better to let them decide us to
their needs whenever possible.
list Pronr Corn Crib.
A correspondent to The Indiana
Farmer nsks how a corn crib may be
constructed so ns to be proof against
rats. We give reply to this by the cut
of n crib on this puge. The crib may
be b;ilt cheaply, nnd of any size de
sired. The cut. fully explains the con
duction. It Is set either ou wooden
posts or brick foundations, put fifteen
inches In the ground, as shown In the
cut, mid two and a bulf feet from the
ground to the crib sills. Two-tblrds
of the distu nee from ground to the sill
are galvanized Iron hoods, projecting
out and downward around the fo nu
lla I Ion posts four inches lu width. Hats
cun never puss over this hood, whicn
they .would have to do to reach the
crib. Such a crib Is absolutely proof
agulust rats. It Is constructed of Inch
lumber, opeu for air to reach the com,
but with tinting sides for protection
against rnlu.
' Arts
Walar ror llneka.
The writer bus bad muny years of ex
perience lu raising ducks and bus been
more or less successful lu the work,
although preferring other Hues of poul
try. Still, ducks are profitable if
raised under proper, conditions and
within eusy reach of a market which
demands them. Several correspondents
have asked if water Is necessary to
duck-raising, aud the reply is that it
Is and It Isn't. To explain: A number
of years sluce we located the duck
batching -bouses os portion of the
firm yrbtt's thus was no .water, lu-
tending to transfer the ducks near the
creek later on. Pressure of other
work prevented the transfer until the
ducks were nearly half grown.
It was then noticed Hint while some
of the young ones were lu very pool
health, most of them were doing as
well as we could wish and bad shown
no desire for wnter, except to drink It.
This seemed so contrary to what bad
been the understanding of the require
ments of ducks that we Investigated
by going to the man from whom the
eggs were bought. It wns then found
that for some five years the ducks
raised by this man had bad no access
to water, except for drinking purposes.
The desire tor n pond had been bred
out of them, so to speak. In raising
ducks, therefore, ascertain what sur
roundings their ancestors hare bud;
If they have been rnlsed on ' ponds.
water must be supplied your ducks or
you will not be nble to raise them prof
itably. Indianapolis News.
Stircflileil Poildar Coin to Stay.
Well shocked fodder will not dam
age much If not shredded for weeks,
unless It Is n very wet season. A very
Important Item to be considered Is the
condition of the fodder when shredded.
If dry it will be bright nnd sweet und
will not heat, but If shredded wheu
wet or much damp, will heat and
mould, nnd a large per cent, of Its
food value lost. When properly put up
shredded fodder will feed one-third
longer than wheu fed whole for cattle
und iiny kind of stock except sheep,
which do ubout us well ou whole fod
der as they do not wuste it as badly.
As to the feeding value compared with
other roughage, one ton of shredded
fodder is worth two tons of bright
straw.
1 find It almost equal to timothy hay
for all stock lu winter except milk
cows, which do better on shredded
fodder. What the stock refuse to eat
makes the best of bedding and Is easi
ly spread wheu hauled out.
In short, you get the value of your
fodder nt once, there nre no stalks
accumulating iu the stables, or wast
ing in the fields, but is In the best con
dition to get the best results. There
ure also some disadvantages connect
ed with shredding. Fodder shredded
before it is well cured ufter cutting
is a total loss. P.- P. E., lu Iudiana
Farmer.
Turkey ItalalDc.
Turkey Bulletin (No. 200) by the De
partment of Agriculture, now on the
Government press, contains the fol
lowing three general rules for select
ing stock:
First Always use as breeders tur
key bens over one year old. Be sure
they nre strong, healthy aud vigorous,
and of good nediuiu size. Do not
strive to have them unnaturally large,
Second The male may be a yearling
or older. Do not Imagine that the
large overgrown males are the best.
Strength, health and vigor, with well-
proportioned medium size, are the
main points of excellence. .
Third Avoid close breeding. New-
blood Is of vital importance to turkeys.
Better send a thousand miles for a new:
mule than to risk the chances ot In
breeding. Secure one iu the fall so as
to be assured of his health and vigor
prior to the breeding season.
Regarding the kind of bens to select
the following advice Is given: No mut
ter whnt variety of turkeys mny be se
lected for keeping, they should, above
all things, be strong, vigorous, healthy
und well matured, but not ukin. Bet
ter secure the females from one local
ity and the male from another to. in
sure their nou-relutlotishlp, rather
than run the risk of inbreeding. In
nil fowls it is well to remember that
size Is Infiueuced largely by the fe
male and the color and tinisji by the
male. Securing over-large males to
pair with small, weakly bens Is not
wise policy. A medium sized mule
with good, fuir-sized females of good
constitutional vigor nnd mature age,
will do far better than the largest with
the smallest females.
Lessons From Hwlas Dairying.
It is possible fot us to draw many
lessons from Swiss dairying. Prob
ably this industry in Switzerland I
the oldest occupation of muu there)
ut leust, it bus been the principal In
dustry since the uurrow vulleys were
occupied by the first settlers. So muny
enturies has dairying been carried on
in these mountaius that the records d
not go back ti the commencement
We ouly know that long ago cen
turies ngo the Government of the cuu
ons ot Swltzerlunds concluded tha'
the people of Switzerland, us a wbolq
bud a right to say bow the pastures
at lenst the pastures ou the mouutuic
blights, should be bundled. So luwi
were passed governing both the pas
tu res owned by the public nnd the pn
lures owned by the luilividuul dairy
men. . To these laws the Swiss ap
purently owe the preservation of tholl
pastures. : '! ;H;
The Alpine pastures are leased to thi
highest bidder, nnd the men that so
cure them are prevented from sub
leasing. This nets against a few met
getting control of' all the pastures ant
subletting at figures thut would be l
hardship to the men owning cows
Tiie lessee agrees to so handle thi
pastilles that they wilt not only bl
kept in as good condition as when hi
took charge of them, but that the
will be even better. The communities
thut own the pastures have them sur
vcyed und their capacity determined
The number of cows or other auiinalr
thut can be kept ou them Is fixed bj
rule, and this number Is sniull enougl
so Unit the pastures will not be Injure
by being fed too close. This Is a ruli
thut might be profitably adopted b;
our American farmers. The pastun
season endures for about four mouths
and not till the gruas Is well started ii
(be spring are the animals permlttet
to be driven ou. Trees dot the paturo
here und there, and these trees are uo
allowed to be cut on any pretext, us
less Indeed they become too numerou
In certalu localities. Where there I
danger of an avuluucbe starting, th
trees are uot permitted to be cut
all, but are left to bind the soil, whlcl
would otherwise be looseued by th
ralus and the melting suows. Hoard'
Dairyman.
New York City. Evening conts that
re made full and ample below fitted
yokes nre among the most fnshlonuble
of the season, and are both eminently
smart and eminently comfortable.
This one is suited to many materials,
A Late Design
oft finished cloth, silk and velvet, but
as illustrated Is made of Buiilnghiim
sacking lu mahogany color and Is com-
Uluod with self-colored luce nud
trimmed with hundsome bunding, frills
ot Llerre lace finishing tiie sleeves.
lhe coat Is made- with the yoke.
which Is cut In two portions and fitted
by meuns or shoulder seams, fronts,
back nud sleeves. The sleeves and
coat are shirred at their upper edges to
rorm a band, finished with tiny frills
at each edge, und are Joined to the
yoke beneath the upper heading. The
cuffs are wide und Hurlng und cau be
made to roll over onto the sleeves or
to turn down over the bunds as show it
In the small view.
Tbo quantity or material renulred
for the medium size Is six und three-
quarter yards twenty-seven Inches
wide, four nnd seven-eighth yards
forty-four inches wide or three and
three-eighth yards fifty-two Inches
wide, with seven-eighth yard eigh
teen Inches wide for yoke and cuffs.
live yards of banding ant. three yards
ot nice ror mils to make as lllsutrated.
How to Pit a Klaava.
The long shoulders of the moment
sometimes give a lot of trouble to the
amateur dressmuker. The correct way
to fit them Is to put the underpnrt lu
first. Tack the full portion of the
sleeves Into small pleats and make
them perfectly fit the Rise of the arm
bole. The effect Is prettier if the pleats
are loosened after the bolero Is fitted,
but If desired they can be lert stitched
for a few Inches from the arinhole.
There are many devices for obtaining
the long shoulder effect without act
ually cutting the long seam, which Is
so difficult. For example, embroidery
and lace can be arranged so as to have
the points running down over the top
of the arm. and this will be found very
effective.
I'B-Endad Taekt. .'
One dress iu cbataln dore attracted
all eyes. Tbs fulness of the skirt wss
held In about the knees by mis ff
imfllugs. A coatee was the great feat
ure. And of this llttl coatee, which
opened over a waistcoat f white cars-
8HIRBRD COAT. ' '
cttle, bidden t and below the belt by a
eelnture of mousse velvet, the most no
ticeable thing wus the sleeve. A gaunt
let cult reached almost lo the elbow,
and from this up to the shoulder puffs
the sleeves nre formed of tip-ended
tucks, which nre bound to suggest thelt
nblllty to cnteh nnd bold dust to the
bourgeois mind. They stand out rak
Isliing os well ns up, tie whole effeel
being rather broad. ,
Novel Yoka KIT.-ct.
A new skirt model made up for a
young girl displays a novel yoke effect.
The skirt has two narrow box plents
as a panel front, nnd each side of this
Is a prolonged yoke effect, produced
by pleating the skirt below a panel
yoke piece, which extends to the knees.
overlies three box pleut tops nnd Is
continued ns a single box pleat to foot
of skirt. The next gore gives us the
same yoke effect, but panel only
reaches two , Inches below the hips.
This is scalloped ns It overlies the ton
ot three more box pients, finishing with
a single long one, which reaches to
hom. This effect Is continued with
ever graduating yoke to the middle of
the buck, where the skirt is finished by
two broad box pients.
Little Pan Heads.
Smart new hatpins have the heads
made in shape of a spreading fan In
stead of iu the familiar bend shape.
In Jet. silver or gilt they are extreme
ly modish. More expeusive hatpins la
this good shape are enameled In col
ors to match fashionable winter mil-
by May Manton.
llnery. Some hatpins show funcy
heuds mounted with colored bend work
or Imitation Jewels.
Shi rod Mousfualalr Slaayaa.
Fancy sleeves buve ulieudy become
established facts and nre necessary to
the fushioiiuble gown. These very '
graceful ones ure quite new and are
peculiurly well adapted to all the sort
and pliable materials or tho season.
As Illustrated the sleeve to the lert Is
mudo of willow green crepe poplin, the
one to the right of mahogany colored
messulliie but appropriate materials
are many. The sleeve to the' left Is
snug Just at the shoulder, while the
one to the i right la more inouffant.
Which Is butter depends entirely upon
the special figure to be considered.
The sleeves consist of the fitted I lu
lu g, which is the same ror both, aud
the outer sleeve, ou which the differ- :
eut shirring , are Indicated. Koch'
sleeve Is cut in oue piece the one to
the left being shirred In several rows
at Its upper aud seam edges, while the
druped sleeve Is gathered once only at
Its edges and shirred on vertical Hues
fur a short distance from the shoulder,
forming a draped puff.
H" MODKUKTAIBB SI M VI.
Tbs quantity of materlaTrtmlNl
for tho rtieilliini i .
. - - , i u ana oi-
quart yards twenty-one, two and o--eighth
yards tweuty-seveu or one a l
oue-ejghth yards fory.follP i,i
wlds. '