V
me
yoi
d
.
THE CALL.
Ome Mr. Ilrwn o f ill
On little Mi '""'"
Ihjr greeted m the lia'l
In most d.'Iiehltiil tone.
"So rushed," ;'cl M'"- Ihown,
"I really rnnnor biy
I've toon nil over tn'ii.
It eni tu in, to-day."
And then I hey Miked o hook.
Of mane. 'H'l "f club.
Of rhnmbci "n.iid ind of cooks,
Of leaky Iminilry tubs.
Of candles nnd of otii.
Of churches unit of Kon,
Of foveas and of croon.
Of how to ward off frowns.
Of wrinkles, freckles, ton;
Of divorces anil brides.
Of senndnls old and. new.
Of fashion's lntct strides.
Of neighbor and of t'rierds.
Of enemies and kin.
Of n'.eniinj coffee blend.
Ol where "she'" got that pin.
THE
l i o
REFORMATION
OF CIRCE.
m
-..rs:jr0l the last timo. then "
jj "For the In-t time, no!"
I ! V? nnnsotu looked sorrow
jjjy' I fully into hi friend's face.
jfcftbSjj Thp note of rtmility hi that
brief negative was unmistakable. And
the pity of It! "I shall not come again,
I:tati.r. But now that you ni'e send
in? me avi'aj'-ivp shall likely enough
never meet again--you are going to
bear the truth.
Derrator bow ed.
"Be precise, my dear friend." he mur
mured, with a faint note ot irony in his
tone. "I am going to hear your view of
the truth."
"I do not accept the correction," Kan
nom answered, quickly. "There are
times when a man can make no mis
take, and tills is one of them. You
shall hear the truth, and when you
liave spun out your d.iys here to their
limit, your days of sybaritic idleness,
you shall hear it again only it will be
too lute. Mind that it will be ; late:
You are fighting against nature. You
were born to nil?, to be master over
men. You have power the gift of
swnyir," the minds and hearts ot your
fellow ireituves. Once you accept'11
your destiny, your feet were planted
ilnr.ly upon tua great ladder, you could
lave climbed where you would:"
"My friend." Dcrrator uuniuureJ, ''it
v as not worth while."
K.msom turned upon him tierorly.
"Not worth while! Is it worth while,
the-i. to loiter in your flower gardens,
to be a dilettante student, to write fu-
e;;ive verses, to dream away your days
in the idleness of a purely euervatln
culture? Life apart from one's fellows
n-.ust nlwavs lack robustness. You
have the Instincts of the creator. Ter-
rator. You cannot stine them. Some
day the cry ot tlie wochl will fali upon
your ears, and it may lie too late, ror
the place of all men some time or other
U UMed."
Dcrrator lit a ciyaretto. and tool; his
friend by the arm.
Come," he said. "You have plenty
oC time for the train. I will tell the
svriage to go on to the top of the hill,
t want to show you my possessions."
Hansom recognized a purport' in his
friend's Invitation. Together they
climbed the mountainous path. At the
'jiniu'.t Derrator paused.
"Look around," lie said.
"It is a beautiful view." Random ad
mitted coldly.
Derrator laughed softly.
"Look again," he said. There is the
ea, the moor! Turn your face to the
wind: can you si.ull the heather? We
l;ave left the rose gardens below. Kan
fora. This is nature the mother, the
mistress benericieur. wonderful I You
are a man of (it.e. Stay here with
me for a day or two, and the joy of all
these things will steal Into your Mood
r.d you will know hat pence Is."
'Tea re is f-r the dead." Hansom an
fwered fiercely; "the last rewind, per
Jiiips. of a breaking life. The life ef
fective, militant, is the only life for
men. Break a nay from !r. Derrator.
for t'iod'g sake! Yours is the spirit of
the decadent. Were, .vou born into the
world, do you think, to loiter through
life an Idle worshiper at the altar of
beauty? Who sr.1 you to dan' to skulk
In luiet places while the battle of life
Is fought by, others?" ,.
I "-ri iitor smiled quietly the smile
that Ransom hati.t.
"bear f.'lend," he said, "the world
oat; get on very noil without me. nut'.
I have no need of the world. The bat
Vie thiit you speak of -.veil. I, loo, have
t.Mu in the fi.ty. as you know. The
memory of it . itill a nightmare to
U(-."
"You were ill tre
Ransom interrupti-d. '
KCiiil be all the mote
sited. Derrator."
' but your return
a triumph. You
will go straight into ottlco. Tlie
Trc-
ruler himself is your suppliant."
ticrrator shook his head.
"Let us cotitin cur comei natioii to
generalities," lie aid. dry'.y. "l)n not
think that I nourish any resentment
ngnitist the party for whom I labored,
t owe them nothing but thanks for
driving me out. Only I have learned
my lesson The strenuous life which
yic.i would glorify I have tried and
found wanliiu' All the gi-eat cati-es
of life are honeycombed with the dis
ease of iiiaii s ambition and vanity and
izreed. For me tlie bottom has been
knocked out of the whole thing. I
have found here tlie life that satislles
-Jut. Come and see me when yon will.
"It.itisoin, but never again as an am
bassador." And Hansom was silent, because he
bad no more to say. The two men
tood side by side, watching the car
riage from below crawl up the hlil.
Before It readied them, however, the
liorn of a motor ear, approaching iu
the opposite direction, drove them to
the side of the rond. They both turned.
A slow, enigmatic smile transformed
Itnnsom's face. After all, there inn
Jiope, then. The car passed them
without undue speed, but enveloped In
a cloud of dust. Derrator watched the
woman, and Hunsom watched the man
who had once been his bosom friend,
lie saw the woman's languid curiosity
'3ush from Iter deep blue eyes. Derra
tor' arrestment of all expreslon. hi
autldeo, faiu' V'-irt a the wom'u' lips
Of certain people's debt,..
Ol irilttin le-onle's f'mhls,
Of lli contemhim ets.
Of certain women's spites.
Of papering the hull.
Of what t'lirh one nnd rend,
Of which one owed the ( ill.
Of what "on.jbody ,ud.
Of how "she" held ncr look.
Of golf, and curd. .1 nil tea.
Then bark again to rooks
And then: "Oil, goodness mc!'
Cried Mrs. lit own at jut,
"1 must ho rushing on.
The afternoon in past
At leant, it almost gone.
"Tlint one thing I detent
Ahotit a formal call---One
haii to look her b-st
And scarcely talk at all.
Step in, my dear. some day
When you're out for a. walk
There' so miirh we could av
When we've time for a talk."
r-thii ijo Tribune.
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B-y-s
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M tr-Tx 'iJK2
curved Into what, with longer wailing,
might have developed into a smile.
The episode, if It was to be ranked a
such, was over.
Itansoiu, from his scat in the car
riage, leaned over to say a final word.
".My mission. Derrator," ho said,
must be written down a failure. Yet
I am one of those who ellns to thin
chances, si I want you to remember
this: All that I have said remains in
force for six ruor.'.iis from to-day. The
solitude which has brought you n cer
tain measure of madness may carry in
its bosom its own antidote. Therefore.
I shall not despair. An revoir. Derra-
tor:"
'Farewell.'" Derrator am
wered, with
a wave of the band.
She came to the boundary hedge, n
gleam of white, tall, a little ghostlike
with the smooth grace of her silent
movements. She wits bareheaded: she
came to him out of the late twilight as
one walking through a mist. As she
walked she sang softly at first to her
self, then to li!". He heard, frown
ing. He was pale and nervous.
-Is it true." he asked, abruptly, "lliat
you are going?"
"But why not?" she answered, will)
gently upraised eyebrows. "One does
not come to such places as these for
always. One sleeps through the night,
but the daytime ah, that is different!"
"You have been contented here?"
"More titan contented! I have. been
almost' happy," she answered.
"Then why go buck':" he asked, with
a sudden fierceness in his tone. "What
Is there In the world so beautiful, alter
all? Here are the sun, and the sea, and
the wind-it is the flower garden of
life. Stay and pick the roses with me
She shook her head.
"I am not like that." she answered,
slowly. "Life may have its vulgarities,
its weariness and its disappointments.
but it is the on' place for nun and
women. The fight tufty lie sordid and
the prizes tinsel yet it is only the coiv
ards who linger without." i
"Still, you have been content here,"
he repented, hoarsely. .
"Content to rest." she answered, "but
one does not sleep for ever. We were,
neither of us, born to linger iu a maze
of abstractions. The contemplative life
is for the halt and maimed of the
world. We others must, curry our bur
den into the thick of the battle."
"You speak to-n'ght in allegories." he
said. "You mean that you will return
to London?"
"Of course:-'
"And leave me here, after thee days
together after everything."
man's
Hi r eyes sought his, an 1 tli
heart bent to passionate music.
"That." site murmured, "is as vou
wil.l. Sir Hermit. Only it is certain
that I must go. As for you well, you
are a man. It' is for you to choose."
He sprang over ti e low paling,
swayed toward him with outstret
arms. Together they pished away
the world of shadows.
She
il .'d
into
. You wonderful woman!'
murmured. "What can we
Ransom
;ive you
A pc-rage In your own ri
,'ht, a diu
nioiid tiara V"
"Doit'r talk nonsense!" she interrup!
cd. a little sharply. "The governorship
for Herbert was all that I asked, and
that he lias. For the rest. I wonder
sometimes I wonder whether i do not
regret."
tiansom stared at her In nnsazemenl.
"llpgret?"
"Yes. I do not believe that he is
happy."'
Ransom sighed meditatively. Afier
all. the ways of wom.-ti were indeed
mysterious,
"I'ardon me." he remarked, "but that
sounds a little s'Milimeum!, does it
not?"
"If it is llii'ti- w lint then? Am I too
old or too world-w eary for enilinenl ':"
Hansom was nor at his ease.
"You ciiiuze me, Adelaide.'" he said.
"I lvgiml '.ion - w e ail regard you as
I)i tta tor's savior. He had committed
moral suicide: it was you who disin
terred him. The world owes you much
for that: we owe you more; Derrutor.
perhaps, ow es you Iiiu4 "
"I'erhaps," she murmured: "perhaps
not."
i.ik i uo not iiudersi.-tuil your Hesi
tation." Ilaiisoiu pets stcd. "Det ralor's
career was ended. It was you who
brought him once more into touch with
grear things, and you can see for your
self the outcome. He will be Prime
Minister iu live years."
"Prime Minister, perhap. but will
he be happy?"
Itansoiu looked at her In surprise,
.."Happy, Adelaide! i do not under
stand you. The man's career was end
ed. It w as you w ho brought him back
before the footlights. Of all your
achievements 1 think that was the
greatest."
' I am not so sure," she answered, a
little dellautly. "After all, a man Is
great by whut lie U, not by what he
does."
"Hush! lie is coming. Find out
wh'it'he has decided about Duncan's
offer."
Derrator sank into
Itansoiu had vacated.
the seat which
lie wtu a little
llrcd, nml there were dark linen miner
It! yes. The woman watched lilin
cloely.
Yon are weary," she whispered.
It I nothing." he Answered. "Al
ready I have forgotten It. 1 have lnfu
looking for you."
"Well?" site murmured.
"P think," lie continued, "that to
night. I may speak. 1 hitve obeyed
your call. For your sake 1 have bro
ken a vow which had become to mo ni
most holy thing. The time ha come,
AiieiuiilK. when I may claim my re
ward."
"My rrlend." she aaid. "that sound ft
little like an accusation. I persuaded
you to break yotir vow bec:ise I hon
estly believed that you were wasting
your life. 1 thought that you only
needed to feci your.'elf once more In
touch witli the great world, and your
only regret would be for the year
which you had wasted. To night I
have been watching you and I am not
Mite that I was right."
He looked straight ahead. Could he,
too. she. wondered, lie wandering once
more in that worm oi siimo'iv mo-ir
the c:lar trees drooped low and the
perfume of the roses hung heavy upoii
the air? She leaned forward and
touched him on the arm.
"You shall have your answer," she
whispered, "and It shall be 'yes.' But
there Is a condition."
The momentary (lash or joy in his
face died away. "Another:",
She leaned a llltlo forward.
"Do not be afraid, dear." she wills
petcd. "The tonditiot) is only this
that you take me hack lo where I
found you. Only n lillle while ago I
was a missionary: today I am myself
n convert. Let us go hack together
and hear whether the nightingales are
singing still:"
So Derrator was never Prime Minis
ter, after all. The Sketch.
Interviewing .1. V. Morgan.
All amusing story is told of the per
istenoe of a reporter on a metropoli
tan daily who had been assigned to
interview .1. Ficrpont Morgan.
It appears that the newspaper man,
who had made sundry attempts to see
the linancler. both at his orllce and at
his residence, was each time deuied
ndmlitance. The young man was at
his wits' end to devise a means to car
ry out the- instructions of his chief.
Finally, however, his opportunity
came accidentally, mis occuneu iu
course of an interview the reporter
was having with another man high ill
financial circles. '
In their conversation the moneyed
man. for some reason or other, had
given the reporter his card; whereupon
the Salter was seized with a great idea.
Hastening to the residence of Mr.
Morgan, he sent in both his own card
and that of the financier from whom
he had just parted.
As he had surmised, the doors were
opened to him, and a most gracious
reception was accorded by Mr. Mor
gan. When he had slated the reason for
his cull, the financier said: "Do you
know, young man, that at least ten re
porters have tried to see mo to-day
with reference to this question? I
have declined to see any of them."
Tlie reporter smiled and replied:
' Yes. Sir, I know that, Tor I was tins
whole ten."
AVhereupon the magnate was so
pleased with" the enterprise and per
sis:ence of the reporter that for once
lie violated his rule and gave his views
expression at some length. Sunduy
Magazine. ,
Mrs. Dixie lit the ltutelier'.
From the delightfully important air
she cssumod it was easy to see that
housekeeping was still a novelty.
"Have you tiny fresh po'k?" she in
quired. "Po'k!" the butcher looked puzzled.
"Yes, Po'k pig." she explained, look
ing at the man sharply to see it by
j chance he dared ridicule her Seutheru
i ncent.
"Oh, po-r-r-rk!" Tl.e butcher gav
the "r"s their full value, "les in;
what part, please?''
The young housekeeper gave her or
der; then she added:
"And see that it Is tender. The
steak you sent nit yesterday was
tough."
"But you didn't get tiie steak oft' me,
ilia'ani," remarked the butcher.
The little Southerner drew herself
up to the full extent of her five feet
three indies and looked r.t himVudig
nantly. Now she' was sure he was rid
iculing her. She hud only kept house
three weeks; she did not know much
about marketing, but at least she knew
that one didn't get s'.eaks, tough or
tender, "off" butchers.
"My husband w ill call and see yon,"
she said as she stalked majestically
from the store, leaving the butcher in
open-mouthed ignorance of his offense.
-New York Press.
An Kxtentled Cliitlr,
When President F.llol of Harvard
toured on the Pacilie Coast some twen
ty years ago, one of Ihe Western seats
of learning which he visited was the
I'niverslty of Washington ut Seattle.
He became much interested in Pro
fessor O. H. Johnson, a well-known
ligure on Puget Sound iu those days,
w ho was one of the college's leading
lights, and In the course of a conversa
tion asked the Western man what
chilli- he held.
"Well," said Johnson, "I am profes
sor of biology, but I also give Instruc
tion In meteorology, botany, physiol
ogy, chemistry, entomology and a few
others."
"I should say that you occupied a
w hole settee, not a chair," rejoined
Harvard's chief. Sunday Magazine.
A Htranjca UUaettrNlw-fl,
The (iermaii on his native heath has
some peculiar notions about wit and
humor, some of them being droll and
others dreary. A tourist w ith his bride
asked a driver if there was anything
remarkable ubottt the mountain they
were ascending, and he answ ered:
"No, nothing peculiar about the hill
Itself, but there is a queer story con
nected with it."
"Pleuse give us the legend."
"Well, once upon a time a young lady
and gentleman went up this mountain
together, and hundreds of peopljp. saw
them go higher and higher ccVItbey
disappeared, and they iitflv r came
back." ,
"What became of them?"
"They went down on the o (ier side."
Sunday Magazine, - J
A Kail rttrhfork.
A farmer had nearly completed
threshing and the weather was threat
ening. A pitchfork, loose in handle,
which had been bought for twenty-five
cents under the) price of n good one,
vns standing near. In the rush to
finish, tilts fork was used to throw
up a loose pile of grain iu the straw,
and fork and all went into the ma
chine, causing delay till next day. The
strrtwstaek was ruined by a heavy
rain, the machine was) damaged, the
men had lo be called next day, a total
loss of perhaps $.K), the result of trying
to save twenty-five cents. Follow
tender, can you get n lesson from thl?
asks Mr. 1!. A. Craig, in The F.pltomlst.
It may be worth a life, a vast sum of
money and much time and trouble also
be ja veil if the lesson is well learned.
Io'l I'hIuI For Farm lliillilliix.
Fourteen years ago we painted a
granary built of rough hemlock and
battened, with a paint that is to-day
in fair condition. On account of its
cheapness aid lasting qualities, I
would like io tell the. farmers how it
was mud.". It was composed of one
part of good linseed oil. mixed with one
part of strong lye made from wood
iislics and three paris of water, thick
ened with oxide of lion for the body
and waiting for the trimming. Tito
whiting did not last as well as the
oxide of iron, but looked well for six
or eight years and shows some yet.
Ol' course the whole would be much
Improved by a new coat of paint, but
the building to-day is in fairiy good
condition as compared with other
farm buildings painted at tt e same and
later titties with expensive paints.
Mrs. K. O. Fein!, In The Fpitomist.
FHtlnnlng Clilckem.
To fatten chickens quickly and keep
them in good health, feed ground oats
und barlev meal alternately mixed
with any kind of fat tried out. The
feeding troughs, which must be kept
constantly scoured, should tie placed
before the birds at regit t" intervals,
and when they have cab-1 sullicient
It is better to remove them, placing a
little gravel near the coop to assist
digestion. Keeping tlie birds without
food for some hours after 'hey aio put
up frequently induces theiii to lake it
more readily afterwards; hut sufficient
care is seldom bestowed on the details
of preparation -and supply of food,
hence coniplainls of the fowls deterlor
Ming in the fattening pen are very com
uion. Fattening must he completed
in ten days unless a cramming machine
Is used, for after that period they be
gin to lose weight. Tlie best age for
table birds is when they are from four
to six months old. The coops should
be throe feet high, two feet wide and
"our feet long; this will admit of from
Rlx to eight birds, according to their
size. i'!e button: and front should be
of slats thr.'e inches apart: a board
onisido the slats in front, six inches
wide, will serve as a stand for the
feed trough. The coop should be In n
I warm, well-ventilated out House, aim
If kept (lark between lite times ot feed
ing, all the better, iileep and warmth
promote faft'-'iiing. The l.p'.louust.
Uliitletf.
Hogs will make no gains in the lot
when the thermometer stands much
below the freedug point. Iicticp. get
the fat porkers lo market before they
cat: up the profit that joii may realize
now.
Tho hogs sho'ild he dre?sed neatly
aud 1he carcass marred as little as
possible. Have the water at the scald
ing point and put in a handful of ashes
to help remove the hair.
Siore hogs should not bn exposed In
the autumn or early wlnrcr. House
them early, but let them out in the
yards and llelds on line days.
Feed the pumpkins ami small pota
toes cooked witli bran and slums.
When scft!dli)S hogs, the bristles will
cdmip off very readily if two or three
haudf ils of :tir-slak"d lime is dusted
over the hog before putting on the
boiling water. Try il; it Is a good deal
better llnili I'Ciln.
Keep wood nshoR In a coincuient!
plaoo so the pigs can cat all they wish.
Ashes furnish mineral mailer- potash,
lime, soda, etc. which helps build up
the bones. They have a good effect
on the digestion and kill Intestinal
wot ins. if wood, ashes arj not plenti
ful, give coal ashes.
An old boar, or "stag," is too fierce
n disciplinarian io be kepfln Ihe same
lot with slioats; tlie pigs will soon learn
deference for their elder, but pigs can't
stand sii'-h culture and Jhrive. We
know of a feeding lot where this is
being tried. -Farm Journal.
Roll Fertility.
FnqueKtionably tho most potent fac
tor tu successful agtlcullure is soil fer
tility. Yet the' soil's richness Is rarely
guarded with that care It demands.
The restoring of worn soils and the
maintaining of present fertility should
be a study for till farmers,
Wlllmut doubt the best means of en.
riching tho soil Is by the use of barn
yard manure. Few farmei's make but
a small portion of what thuy iced.
The best results, wo believe, cau be ob
tained by the application of manure
wilii a spreader on young (lover the
fall after seeding, at the rale of ten
loads per aore. This stimulates a won
derful growfli Iu tlie plant: adds a
great a mount of humus, which com
mercial fertilizers do not supply, and
which is sadly wanting in most clay
soils. Manures should It' spread as
made. If possible without injury to the
ground by passing of team over It,
S it tinner made manure, If spread lute
in fall, has a double value to thn young
clover plant. It stimulates an early
and vigorous spring growth and forms
a mulch for winter protection,
The common practice of letting win
ter made manure accumulate, to he
hauled, on bore ground and turned
deeply into the soil, Is a wastful one
and should be discouraged. Every
thing that adds hmuiis should be in
corporated with tlie soli. Clover luiutui,
trampled straw ricks, all kinds of bed
ding, leaves and stubble should be
plowed under. Dry straw will return
profit If turned under on heavy soils.
J. D. Hurris, iu Indiana Farmer.
Kenult Alwitye III Mni4.
Timothy, Yaruey, wua lives
three
miles east of Le Sueur, Ind., and keeps
about 200 hens, has been greatly
troubled, as hnve most people who
keep hens, by the persistent desire
maiiilested by the fowls to set in sea
son and out, on eggs, stones or door
knobs, or anything else that comes
handy: but he has got hold of a plan
now which he quietly tried this season
with perfect success, aud which he
warrants will cure the- worst cluck
that ever vexed the heart of man of all
desire to sit, and all iu less than three
hours.
Tho cure consists of a cheap watch.
with a loud and clear tick to It, Inclosed
in a case that is w bite and shaped like
an egg. When a lien iniini rests a uestre
to set. place one of these bogus eggs
under her sheltering breast and the egg
does the ret. It ticks cheerfully away,
and soon the hen begins to show signs
of uneasiness and stirs tlie noisy egg
around with Inr bill, thinking, per
haps, that it is already time for It to
hatch, and there Is a chicken In it
wanting to get out. She grows more
ami more nervous as the noise keeps
up. and soon jumps off the nest to run
around a while to cool oil. but returns
again to her self-imposed duty. It gets
worse and worse with her, and she
wiggles about and cackles, rutlles her
feathers and looks wild, until at last,
with a fretiied .iuawk. she abandons
the uesi for good and all. That Incu
bating fever is broken up completely.
Mr. Varney tlnds use for half a dozen
of these noisy eggs, and claims that
they pay for their eosl ovei aud over
during the year by keeping the hens at
tlie business of laying and not permit
ting them to wr.f-to the golden hours in
Useless iiiciibaliiix. -hidianapobs News.
A f.il tin Wittwr Tower.
A friend of mine ha a -useful con
trivance by which water is utilized us
a power for light nioehanh'nl work,
like pumping, stirring a var of cream,
scaring away birds, etc. It consists of
a polo balanced upon a pivot, or bolt,
to one end of which is suspended a
weight aud lo the other a water
bucket. This bucket has a large ""'ter
bole in its bottom, forming a rough
valve, the stem of which projects an
inch or two 'through the bottom.. (See
(' Ui.l
The motion is that "" i walUiuj
,TrtE
, VALVE:
brain. First tlie weight draws up the
b'.icket. Water running into the bucket
fills it, and its weight carries it down,
lifting the weighted end. When It
strikes the ground, the valve Is forced
up. letting tile water out. Relieved of
Its weight the bucket rises, only to fill
and descend again.
The valve in tlie cut show? the loose,
p!ug with a head that completes tlie
bucket valve. It has a pin, or spike,
through Its lower end, so It can not
rise too high and Boat away. It is held
down by water until forced up from
below. This little power is quickly
couslriiclcd and is quite effective lor
light uses. 11. S., In the Farm Journal,
Furmeri Must Furrn Itnlter. "
Farmers must farm better, put more,
of their lands Into meadows and per
manent pastures, grow more stock,
make, save and apply oiorif manure,
plow less, cultivate better, grow larger
crops of better Quality, raid prepare
llieiu lo meet tlie demands of the mar
ket: grow relatively less it the staple
agricultural crops whoso prices ate
fixed by the peons' and serfs of the
cheap lands of the world. Farmer
should, rcallze'tliiit Lt Is mire profitable
to allow n part ot their land to lie
iu perpi.'ineiit pastures than to grow
crops iTT.il sell for less than cost. Mines
ai'i closed, and the wheels of factories
cense to revolve when they cease to
yield a profit. Why should not furmers
act on the satiie principle?
In the matter of cheapening of pro
duction. Farmers must know their
soil, their domestic nniinals; must read
agricultural papers, study tlie experi
mental bulletins published by flovern
meut. State and agricultural colleges;
must be close students of soils, domes
tic animals, climatic conditions, aud
should have technical as well as prac
tical knowledge. All the granges of
the Fulled States should appoint each
member of their granges to conduct a
series of experiments, not for one year,
but every year, of all crops, Including
orchard, garden, breeding ami feeding
of all domestic stock grown or kept
by them, keeping a careful memoran
dum of everything affecting tlie same,
an accurate account or time, labor and
all expense, stating fully und accurate
ly when, how and why each process
was done., Fertyi'atioti, preparation
of soil, planting and all hind of seed,
culture, amount and quality of crop,
cost when harvested, local and general
value, when harvested. These memo
randa will, be equally valuable In ex
pcrlinenting with live stock. These re
ports will furnish a fund of valuable
knowledge that cannot be secured in
any other way. When time will per
mit they can be taken n; ami consid
ered by the grange. The sisters of the
grange may and will 'suggest ways and
means to In prove home buildings,
yards, lawns, planting of trees, shrubs
and How ers, and also niake
Hons of labor-saving devices
hortie. Mirror and Farmer.
sugges
for i ho
Ha Whs Woiulerlng.
A Hootch doctor, who wu attending
a laird,, hud Instructed the butler of
the house in the art of taking aud re
cording his master's temperature with
a thermometer. On repairing to the
house one morning, he was met by the
butler, to whom he suld: "Well, John,
I hope the luird's temperature is not
any higher to-day." The man looked
puzzled for a moment, ami then re
plied: "Weel. 1 wus Just wonderiu'
that mriel", Ye se, he died ut twul
o'clock.' i
New York Clly.-The tilted Jacket
Cf hip length Is always In style what
ever others may come and go. Tills one
Is exceptionally desirable for the rea-
. FITTED JACKET.
son that Its scums are so arranged as
to give tapering lines to tlie ligure,
and tliat It is quite close to tlie throat.
As illustrated It is made of biack ker
sey stitched with oortioelll silk and
trimmed with collar and cuffs of .vel
vet, edged with broadiMoth, but all the
materials In vogue for coats are equal
ly appropriate, and the collar and
cuffs can be made either of the ma
terial or of the velvet as may be likisi.
Tlie sleeves are the new ones that are
full at the shoulders and narrower 'at
wrists, where they are (luished with
becoming roll over cuffs.
Tile Jacket consists of fronts, side
fronts, backs, sldebacks and undeiunu
gores with sleeves which are ;Mt in
two portions ouch. Pockets are in
serted In the. side fronts. -.-Iticli a id
both to the stvle and lo the conven-
A LATE DESIGN
ience, and the closing is made at the
left of the front willi bullous and but
tonholes. The (jtinnlity of material required for
the medium size Is three and a quar
ter yards tweuty-snven Inches wide,
two and three-eighth yards forly-four
Inches wide or one and seven-eighth
yards Ufty-lwo Indies wide, with one
half yard of bias velvet tc make as
illustrated.
Chlnffi riml Lutes!.
Any woman with an eye for Ihe pic
turesque is bound to fall in love with
a Chinese coat done over Into a room
gowu. These coats of richest satin
and silk are of a sort which the Chi
nese Minister might wear with eclat.
Of yore It was tho vogue to wear them
over a pretly petticoat and let It go
it that. Now we are inure elaborate.
The latest examples show a graduated
accordion flounce of Liberty silk. This
trailing tlounce is edged with a ruche
und is tilted up into tlie side silts that
distinguish the Chinese coat. The
flouncing Is also used. Inside the broad
sleeves. This flouncing does not nec
essarily mutch the coat color In ma
terial. It may contrast vividly. One
bluck coat stunningly embroidered
with' brilliant birds and blossoms
boasts flouncing of vivid cerise. Ited
is, ludeed, very much the vogue, espe
cially iu the raspberry and strawberry
shades. Half light hyacinth and peri
winkle blues aro much liked also, as
these colors often figure supcibly In
lliise embroidered garments. All the
pretty rose shades are holed in these
(louucings. Ho is emerald green. Such
a robe Is much less undress than the
aume coat when worn with u petti
coat, however ornate.
A Plrlura We.luir.
At a recent wedding the bible's wed
dliig gown had a long train suspended
from tho shoulders with pearl oina
ineiits, the train was lined with white
vhlffuu and the girdle ot the gown was
naile'iof silver embroidery; The brldes-
uahls , gowns were nil of pompadour
t it Li s&i'm
LI
chene silk, opening In the, front ovef
tucked w hite clillTon petticoats, and '
chens strips of the silk crossed th
petticoats air" wer inuubt with strap
and bows of pale blue. The pointed
bodices had Helms of Mechlin lacs
over vests of finely t;ic!:ed white chif
fon. Their large while felt hats bad
pink roses under Ihe brtmr. und loop
of pale blue velvet ribbon adorned
their tops nnd came around under tin
brims and tied in strings. The liltl
girl train bearer wore a Purilaii bonnet
of drawn blue silk and a blue sntla
frock, nnd the page was It; a tii-orgbiD
page suit of blue cloth, with a whIM
waistcoat, white silk stockings, and hit
shoes had paste buckles.
HHlt'lpmne ItlHelt flown.
Fntire dresses of black panne, are
another Parisian novelty, and a very
attractive one; tlie skirts are circled
W illi broad pleats a hi religeitse, but at
tin; waist the fulness is reduced to .
myriad, tiny pleats taking the phut
of tlie heretofore stoutening shirring,
becoming only to Ihe very lean sister-,
hood. These handsome black gown
are worn with a deep, beautiful cbl
hir of rich old Vciielkiu or other thick
luce, and corresponding cuffs in Louis
XIII. style; while the cavuller lint of
felt, paiiiie, or soil, hairy felt, now do
nominated poiluehon. Instead of feutrs
castor nn old friend under a new name
is simply trimmed with long, elegant
drooping fen I hers of the same sable
hue. or with black and white feathers,
Ihe latter shading up from black to
white through numerous IntcrshadeS
of gray, the white tip in several In
stances lightly flecked on the edge!
with black.--Washington Times.
ItevlvHl of (11.1 Stvle ltip.
A novelty material, already offered
In Paris, and to be iu evidence here. Il
repp. This repp material has not been
shown to any extent for two or three
years. In colorings, grays, browns,
certain not bright shades of ruby, and
green are the favorites, blues being rel
egated to the background.
Fiivorile Thre rteft Skirt.
Full skirts Hint are so arranged
BY MAY MANTON.
to leave u numm, pliliil panel at the
front may safely be c'llied the favor
ites of the season, and are ('Jlceedlngly
graceful and generally becoming. This
one Include; also a flounce that Is
joined to the sides and buck and is
finished' with box pleats that conceal
the seams a I the trout. The model Is
uiado of willow green crape de chine
triuimcd with niches of silk and full
rosettes, but all materials which are
sort enough to make the fullness at
tractive are suitable.
The skirt is umde with front gore
and circular portions, which are Joined
ut the centre buck. The Imix phtuts
are separate and are applied over the
front seams, while the closing Is made
invisibly at the back. The Uoiiiice I
turned under at its upper edge and
shirred In successive rows, so form
ing a beading, and the fullness at t'ie
upper edge Is also collected in stir
rings. The quantity of ma Telia! required
1'HKEE llKCB BKIHT,
for the medium size Is eleven yards
Iwenly-ono, pint! and three quarter
yards twenly-sevcn, or live yards forty
four Inches wide.
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