1
HILLY AM) I.
J'hrv may the
J'or the tcilow
v,l
iinj
IO c
ikon u on lee, y 4 -1 1 i
H i II IIHh il. II 11 I tit',
i itti s. n I v : in ninth.
t ,-jtt.tI .ill, Old I ! l". lull
bvti to meddle vv hit ym mi'tt
Ynu're n Dior tilil horse. I llil ll'll . ami t" men I t
But vott ve been a fmthtttt trirml to me. null I 'll
(shoot OM l!it ? I guess Tit. t iuIi Mtn mav in' nlil and m'.i v .
lty the sell hiiiic stri-on til uienv inovil he si oninm me "inc tin
I 'haven't tmw-h lo i'r the lelioiv who ihe 'ui !;
ley il II
Tilt 'Tt'
.mtiiini my face
let
In--.
If thev had nine pity for hiir- anil tl"V i
That's ridit, Oltl Billv. 1 like il- mnr inu.'i
"We've hud rattling time inuf t hfi . nun nmr e i ''if i'
I)o yon rcmenilier it. I'.ilh. the dude fli.it .'' dunned thai
Ana the w:iv lie swore thai an old latin iim-c should sane.
Well, Hilly, we're both ureal .i ;i n ers. fur l.e'vc both c vn '.
And we've only u Utile turtlier down i It" mad to go:
5o we'll iRre almi together till the Master mils h bene
To the happy Horn? Lund pantile ami mir ei toricd In inim.
They tell u that tie Suve no aoitU. ami tin y all de. :. i
Th.it iihow) lion little they kii". Old llov. mid .1 ptove tie; il
Veil, well, 'li .1 mighty question. uiil mine is-yei'd my Li-'i -But
the lucre I know of horses the Irs-. I brag .I'miil men.
You've born a iMort li orse. (id Fellow. Mi-mIc and brave and li
You have liiven it- mitnlnl service done nil iliat a limse e.tcld
keen: Vt'li shall have li : so live as I1
i ii' I r'gb i i glit . . ..ft'iM- it's, .i li"i-f '(
- H'.-l
.it A Ul.lll-
You have earned
Kor jutei.e i j.ist;
i- .
I'MUl I. II' '
lull knltiV
John's Mother-in-Law. m
BY HELENA DIXON.
i
V rolii si' J our luotl.t't' inn-t
i I,. -:,i. i '.. .-
. ll,- .1 lllllllf UL1 U', ' 'l
I I I rii'. WiiUtu ml, :i till with in"
A' I I'llilll lllll Villi, vl.l- l:;Mill'-
n!ly ;iul r;i;l:t'y wilt's lo '
nnii; lU joll. Alltl (il'.iy tlUI'K now nice
it will bo fur us all io liav. i r:v. No
iijoro lonely limir.s fur ii wliiU' I ;im
looped up in that uloumj- wntklnti' of
mine upstairs."
So spoke .Itiliu llny:i!tr.ii (is In' nio :
Jrom the broitkf.'ist tal'lf :hh1 iiiiii;lit
up his chubliy-fncoil liny. u'kliiiK'. lie
yerched his littlo two year oiu (,u
Ixmlder:
"And my littli) rurlydii ad wsiiitx :i
nuidniamina'K i'Xi('i:fiinnl cyf upcti
liim to out short lii nii'fliit voii'
pranks. Don't you. Matw " Isn 1 1 .
fox ?"
And away tlio lilllo fi-llow a luiriii
to the littlo room wliicli .toiin liml
raiM Lis 'wovU-Ii'tp." 'r.'clniira lly
.pi'nking it wa-: a tiHlin. for Uoyaltot,
was a paiuii'i'. atul tin- ilmm-Mif littlr
wife was loft alone to write a !"ttvr In
viting her widowed motlnv ;n lier
I'ome,
"How like the dear old tiini" it will
-tem to have luotltt-r with me." ntiir
uuired Mrs. Iloyaltoti. a --he folded
i'.nd sealed her letter. ".V woman want
ome one to talk to hoide iit li a di
nlll. methodieal person dear .Mil!.
-iud I deelate 1 don't, see :u y one e!e
.il an npe except now and then when
some Kottr-vNat d old maid of siinpei'
ln? miss comes to have her portrait
painted."
The SaUi'.'d.:y foilnwiint tin- imstinu'
of Mrs. lloyalton's letter liroiitflit the
T-.ipoeted RUest to the Iloyalton eott.me.
Airs. Ferrini: was a very nervous, very
lively nnd very eeeentro old holy, wlio
made it her hiast that siie was m-ver
idle a. mlnu'.i; lielueet: daylitht and
hedtime.
When she levame settled iih the
Hoyaltons she appliid herself iis.-idu-msly
to "puttini: tiling- to riu'iits."
Kvory draw r. every ch.-si. every eup
ltoard, was i-.insaeke.l ;ind the contents
tf each nrransed i'l :u fordaiiee with
the old lady s ideas of order. Hveti
.r.'jhn's de.-k was rittr.ina'-'ed. and e-'ery
Tetter ai;d in. per pt-ered into, ju.-t to
lind out in we.at parrietiiar nil l.e one
oiiiiht to be put.
In about a forttiil'.t Mr-. 1'erriii.i;
had the sati.-l'.n tiori of thinking that
she had (jut thins about the liou-e in
"aood runuitm nrd.'i'."
"There's' only that ..r,tiaiidih paint
shop upstairs--John's :iniy-o, I h. iii-ve
Carrie oalU it- but what's had a tlr r
wiKh ventilating, and the very tiit day
John's away from home I'll make a
new place of that."
Fortune smiled on Mrs. I'erriin;'i
lilans. John and Carrie ami little rid
dle were away, anil the little old lady
prepared her-elf for the onslaught.
She donned her poorest dres. tied a
napkin over her In ad to keep off the
diist, rolled lit r sh-evt-s above be:'
scrawny elbou- and wont to work.
All day !on- the furniture in the art
ist's room Hew vlo:oiisly around.
Alany itrtielei eunuueed as worthless
rubbish" wen- hurled tlirouli ihe v. : u -
dow Into the back yard, wldb
skin
ind e
rii.-
- .iii-i lit;
i a : 1 1 I
ri.' for
alabas
the liis
all 111"
taiiilim:
iUht her
eoini:-
1 u In r
Ih
I I should si e
n-flll mauie'i'
and proper
Hut I've mis-
were
his .1
hour h
in.;
II.
and neck, 'l ie
let1, so while
look like ripi
world."
Carrie sank oa. !. i
Hon, aial hi r mo! le t
arms.
"I Hi, in v poor land
on roattil in ihis sl.a
And John so dignified
seemiii!;. The livitoeriie
trusted that his hivinu' ways
put on ever Solve I eleainil
and found scraps of poetry a
and such like tioiiseuse."
"Mother, don't : veil wid k
your susph ions. I can't i
John cafes f..r no one but u
too noble, too -"'
"Take my keys, tlieii. and v.i satisfy
yourself. Co look ;i' tne siren's por
trait in the closet. It isn't linished yet.
1 could see that, and I wish now I ' 1
had presence of raiial enough i" uive il
two or three cV.a t 'Uelu s with the
i.iush invsell. No woni'.er you found
his room locked so many times of lute,
ami bail to wail your at.'.-t's pleasure
before you could el lc-. And that old
Woman in the alpaca hood that we've
noticed uoiuu 'ip.sl.'iirs .i many time
Of late isn't an old woman at all. I'v"
made up my mind about Inf. She's
the original of that
mistake. See. ihctt
st. ps now'. Mieluy
not to show her fee.
e er seen an old
and tinkles'; Sin
"ore tin- pai l ,i. which, icronu'li Mr.
I'crrinu's roiii.in.ic suspicions, bud
v roiiahi so linn b. Ihoiiyh happily not
irreparable, mischief.
A few words neatly written uml
pasted t'lider the portrait which, af
ter all. was not a portrait, but purely
Ihe work of the artist' Imagination -convinced
Mrs. I'errini; that she wa
ii I buret her wrotitf in her ftirmles. ami
that, tii'ter nil, the woinun In the al
paca hood mljjlit be as venerable as
her appearance indicated.
"A r.irlhday tilt't to My Wife."
These Were 1iip Words wilich Mr,
rerrimf read, ami then ho iiiliniiiied to
slip unobserved from the room, and
ever thereafter John l.'oya lion's ninth-r-iu
law was ,t model one. New Vorl;
Weekly.
I pigrsnit.
There is no necessity for niylivj it
all. Ton say more by saying less.
livery i hi n that Is most beaiiiit'ul
in life and art owes its existence to
impulse noi io intention.
Women should not make laws. In
stead, they should brim; up their chil
dren in a way latit would make laws
iiiitu . ess'afy.
Science is reliaioii. 1 1 teaches us to
know nature. And nature is the visi
ble half of Cod. Whether he will or
not every scientist is a Inch priest.
A- w ell as search the air for the souls
of all our dead -we inlKht search the
earth for all their bodies.
To strive js more than Io succeed.
A siraiu'hl lie is always better than
a ilisiorled truth.
Who ivcs most, asks most.
The look has more power than thu
eye the smile is more victorious than
the muni h -the movement mole sedue
live ihaii the form-taste and sraoi?
triumphant over beauty -what you are,
forever overruling what you may ap
pear. V chili' should not be disciplined tf
obey wiili'iut .iies;oniiig but instead
hi iiit siioii. and seek the reason for,
eierythiitg it does am undertakes.
Helen Woljeska. In Life.
OM Rinred I'oultrr.
The nito nt -whleli it turkey or fowl
'. prepared for market on the farm i
an mire Indication of the actual afp
.vuich the earenss may attain before
it reaches the consumer. It Ih the
mstoin of dealer iu year when the
product la large or when a surplus is
left over from Uio holiday markets, to
'iiako use of cold storage. During
thanksgiving week quite a number of
turkey tvere sold which had been
In storage more thnn one senson. Birds
which have been packed away for thin
length of time, even although the tem
perature 1 kept bel iw freezing, show
the effect of long storaire and are far
rroni No. 1 in quality. Dealers allege
hat turkeys und ducks have been kept
in storage live or six years, but that
they become decidedly sour after the
third year. The health!' illness of such
in article seems nt: bast very (pies
tionable, and there is more or less agi
tation In favor of a law restricting the
iale of ancient storage stock.
portrait, and no
she goes up the
careful she is. loo.
. There did you
'.tiinaii w ith stteh feel
s I he Woiua 11 1"
When the unknown woman had de
parted, inn! the uucoiist lens John was
tptletly i-tii'.tig his dinner . Carrie left
the tabl" under some pretext, and with
Ihe rusty .key in le-r hand she ascend
ed the stairs and el. it-red the studio
c!o-et anil soo i in-fore tie- painted
painted form of a woman before whom
her w u i har'iis s.tt.k into iusigidii
(a nee.
What was this heanti'itl neafure lo
her husband.
Carrie's heart lay like a lump
in Iter be.soiu as she turned aw
sought her mother.
Shortlv after John returned to
bors. the two women -t!:e elder, iiihsl
with virtuous iiiili-i'.itioii. ihe voinc'cr
too utterly wretched even for tears -left
ihe In ti-t . tel. inn lit'le IVd'c with
thelll.
Silently
mother ii;
wh.-r, ,u t,
m.in.it
.f lead
,y a.nd
Ids la-
Hut of the MoiithH of Unite.
I'lrst Small I Soy "My sister got
picture in the paper
bet
iu the paper for belli' cured."
oud Small I'.oy 'Huh'. That ain't
nothin". My coal got his picture in
colors on a brew'ry poster."
llfiii'if tto small customer) --'"Johnny,
would you like to have an apple!"
Johnny -"No, sir: I'm afraid to eat
em."
Cl'oocr -"Why':''
Johnny--" 'Cause my grandfather
dl"it of apple p!ey."
'Tommy." said the teacher to a small
pupil whose hands were r.ot as clean
as they should have been, "what is
that on your hands'-"
"Hull!" exclaimed Tommy, contempt
uously. ''You ain't much of a school
teacliet1 If you don't know dirt when
you see it."
T.ittle Johnny "Papa says that hon
esiy is the beat policy."
Mamma-"Well, what of it. dear?"
Little Johnny 'T'apa's a politician.
isn't he?"
Mamma " Yes."
Little Johnny "Tin n how does 1,
know':" -Chicago News.
I'otiitn Growing-
The statistical bureau of the Pcpiul
tient of Agriculture has prepared some
Mimuoti sense notes on potato grovv
jiir. which particularly emphasize the
.mportaiice of maintaining plenty of
'jiinni in the soli, to conserve mois
ture. In tests made soil supplied with
minus produced a fair crop of potatoes
lotw ithstandiug a bad drouth, ivhereas
:he crop on the adjoining tract was
practically a failure. The great im
Kirlance of thorough tillage is also
brought out by these experiments. A
rarnlng is Rounded, however, against
)ver tillage. Hint 1, too much deep cul
Mvatlng. During a drouth the cultiva
tor should aim simply to keep the sur-
taee soil loose anil ury. i uc hi j er
;he surface layer of soil the more com
plete a blanket it forms for preventing
vaporatlon from the lower soil aroiiml
the potalo roots. Harrowing potato
and before the plants appear above
round Is considered a wise practice.
l'lie vise of Itoiib aiix mixture Invaria
bly results In an increased yield, even
.vlien there is no blight. Thorough
spraying Willi this material is leiom
uiended as a general practice, as a de-
tided stimulus to potato leaf growth
mil consequent increased yield nl
libers. Indiana I'armei .
pay a .ttie better: flut I find that Thr
cost of fall pig M too great to make
me any money and I think the reader."
of this article will agree w.th ine.
On the other band, I have had tine
luck with spring piu. t had twenty
sows farrow about 2'H) pigs, and at the
last count I had 17.1 head of good,
thrifty shote. about 100 of them weigh
ing alKuit 1H0 pounds, the balance
around HO pounds. I think if u man
tries to raise a great many bogs he
belter have them come in the spring.
He will have enough fall pigs out of
hi spring litters to keep him busy
through the winter, and in the spring
they will go out and make a good
hog in a little while.
1 usually breed thirty sow for spring
farrow, commencing to pig about April
lit) to May 20. I aim to have all my
sow come in as near together us possi
ble. I used two hour and hand breed
all my sows, so 1 always get good lit
ters.-.T. P. Fletcher, in the Mtis-iitlai-setts
I'loiitiimati.
New York Cily.-niiRslan dret.se are
alwaya attrctlve worn by little girl
tnd always possess n certaiu twiartuess
of their own. This one t eminently
A Summer Hog I'en.
A here sw ine are to be kept in fl
Rotuewhat small enclosure antl fed in
tlie house it is not always easy to keip
the lloor of the house clean. The plan
here suggested will accomplish this and
give the hogs something to keep them
busy besides. The ltoghoilse is built
wltii a slunting tloor and iu the end
nt the high part is cut a trough the en
tire width of the house, Into which Is
thrown leaf mold ot broken sod. Thin
the swine will root down and It will
act as an absorbent to the mniiure, par
ticularly the liquid portions. It the
floor is made quite slanting most of
this sod, etc., -will be rooted down to
the lower end by the hog.
While the artist has not shown the
floor slanting, as It should be. in the
Illustration, otherwise the cut will
show Just how the pen should be built.
p.....r
t of
vv ,
a s
that
thin;
"might come
, some day."
iti pi
were
lor
wed
A portrait, on wh
n l Iters'
stiua -a
way
eh the
Mi
Per:
l.lc qui
Ihe night,
iug had re
taking lit r el'arg.
This ,va- t arr
WaVS llll't loi'..'. c
of their wedded lilt
bei"'d the day wnh
iv cii In r
t retreat
On the
e-olv cd en
s into the country.
birthday, and a!
.lin iiii the few j ears
lohii had reiiU'in
siiil.ib!..' gift, but
to-day he seeiiu-d lo have forgotten not
only the present, but ewn ;'i.'.i it ivas
her bit thdity.
"Poor thing!" murmured Mrs. IVr
liig. philosophically, as. in a lonely
iw.!:!. Carrie clasped Iter bey to her
ill the garret
unlnt was yet wet. was energetically
dusted with a coal's,' towel: paints v ere
mixed iiH'Oiig"uoiisly, and brushes put
through a scouring process till the old
ady's back ached with the exercise,
;lnl her nose became the medium by
which copious striams of porspi ra t ion
xv ere conducted fro.n h.-r fa.-.
"When everything in ihe room ".v:o;
considered done." Mr.-, P. rriug iu.nl
A, dash for an adjoining closet, but she
found the door securely locked. For a
moment the worthy lady was in a
nuandary. How was she to straight -u
lliingii in the closet? Do il cbe must
and would, and very quickly Mrs. per
ting bethought herself of a bunch of
fteya which hai.;.ily she hail brought
with her. The keys were produced.
'Hid lu triumph Mrs. Ferrlng unlocked
tile door.
', Seizing her broom she rushed into the
tlosct. She came out shortly, howevr.
Miid closed the door after her with a
jerk and n bang.
John ltoyalioir mother-In law had
made a discovery!
Collecting her utensils she left the
rtud'o and went below In grim nnd
dignified silence. She sat quietly knit
ting in the pleasant sitting room when
John and Carrie returned. The sti-el
needle flew out and In very spitefully.
The cold, gray cyea looked directly
down over the elongated nose, uud
vet-re never once rained, not even to
Creet little Eddie.
When bedtime came the old holy rose
a anient! ailence ami retired.
The next morning when John re
paired ai usnul to bin studio he uttered
vehement sentences not at all in prni.-e
of bis wife's mother.
While ho wax engaged In undoing so
far an lay lu his power the mischief she
IiAd unconsciously wrought, Mrs. Per
linif vai closeted with Carrie. The
younjs wife's face wu colorless, .mil
her cyea w ere wild with anger and in
dignation na she listened t her moth
er's worda.
"Ifi a beautiful face-the hamls.uii
t picture of a real person I ever saw.
f'rnut, dark eye, that oem to look you
ilii'iiigh, lmlr hi black us night and.
fcaiiging lu ringlet ail about her face
1 it's hard, for l.er lo bear
love I him altogether ls-t-tle-el'Vei'.
even were lie
It's best She should see
i l.ave l.er cry out
culm and a differ-
, sll'oi g to resent
wl iel; that wretch
bosom and wept passionately over her
w rung.
"POO!' ,!iili
nl Ilr.-i. Ma
ter than i..
trite to her.
him no mure i.et lu
ami then she VV ill be
wo. nan clit.telv
t ne insult aini in.iu. y
has hc.iited upon i.e r "
When the gloon.y in'.:;: was curtain
ing tic., earth ii. tlarkifss. Carrie
begged pileoltslv l.t be pel milted b
look noon her old Irn. i: v More. She
would r.ot enter the house she might
n.-vi r again do that --but she could
gave a moii. "lit into lb" dear, familiar
room. Joint might be in '.lie piia-aut
silting room ;,s of oltl. Stie had left ;'
note for him. anil she loiig'-tl to know
how ho bore the separation: whelh.T
he was ii loictd ur sotrv that she was
gone.
"It's all nonsense," said M.-s. Per
ring. angrily, "hut if lon'r.- determined
to go I shall go along io ..".p you from
rushing right lino the villain's nrins."
A cheerful Ughi miouc out from the
nnetirtaiin-d windows of the Itoyalbm
cottage Us Ihe two women stealthily
npii (nielli d iieiir enough to girii a view
oi ine interior ot tne room, wiiere
John, with bowed hand, was walking
to and fro over the carpet.
arrie could not eaten Hie expression
of his face, but she saw that ever and
anon he turned Ids gaze upon :i paint
iug on tin- wall -one which lad never
before bung there.
The young wife's face turned ghast
ly pule as, periling close to the window
she saw thut the painling was the one
she had seen In the studio cloket.
Carrie was ready to faint, still she
would not, could not, leave the win
dow. At length John paused before (he
portrait nnd spoke aloud
An Aliunit l'ailttles Clliuute.
For the climate of the Kvcrglades is
almost faultless. It is singularly equa
ble, showing no extremes of heat antl
cold, and not subject to sudden change,
liven a "norther." coming out of the
region of ice and snow, is soon softened
in milder temperature; and the heat ot
siHit'.uer Is' made genial, though the
mercury may be well up lu the eigh
ties, by the ozonized air which is every
where in tlie l i lades. The year Is di
vided into the dry and rainy seasons,
The latter may be roughly spoken of
as including June and September, at
t hough, well in the Glades, sudden
ligbi showers in limited ureas are likely
it any season, and In the autumn a
high degree of humidity is constant.
lifetime might be spent in the re-
:iou and no sign of malaria ever be
discovered. Pure air, that moves in
genii;' breiy.es over a vast expanse of
tune water. Is the perfect assurance of
health, as evinced In the tine physique
siilendnl coloring and athletic vigor
of the Seminole, wIki has a Monopoly
i as line u climate as there is on
artln Century.
Covr Should 1-e CiiiTii'tl.
It is not common to curry milch cows.
hut probably no stable work is more
aluuble than the currying of milch
;ows, providing the cows are worm u.
A good currycomb ami brush prop-
liy used for a few niiuules each day
will add to the comfort of cows, which
means an additional now ot mm;, no-
;ause cows to milk we'd must be made
Mmfortable. The action of the eurry-
;omb nnd brush sets up n healthy cir
culation in the skin and removes dust
nd leaves the way open for the action
jf the atmosphere to benefit the aui
mils as nature Intended that it should.
Wild cattle running out iu the open
get the benelit of rain storms and the
raking of brush as ihey force their
way through the thhliets. but cows
shut up in the stable lire living under
unnatural conditions.
Milch cows usually are denied exer-
rise. It is a disputed point wiiu Hairy-
men whether dairy cows should have
exercrse nt all or tint, flurrying an
swers the name purposes to a certain
extent because It loosens the fibres of
the muscles and forces the blood back
and forth through the small veins
where the blood Is liable to become
stagnant, especially In older animals.
Exercise of some kind probably is nec
essary for good health In any animal,
lint exercise may be given In different
forms. I'p-to-date dairymen, who make
a practice f currying their cows are
usually Hie ones to get the greatest
amount of dollars and cents per bead.
The currying may not account for all
the difference, but it is a factor.
- r:.'"
i in ii in -- ' &
In the lower part of the illustration,
figure A shows the end of the plank
lloor. with a strong timber supporting
the edge, uud a heavy piece of plank
underneath, forming tlie edge support.
Figure B, the end section, shows exact
mode of construction, the upper plcca
(Oi floor, and X the method of spiking
together to support. This rather com
plicated llnisli is to prevent the hog
from rooting under the lloor. Itv
ipolis News.
ltui'c Suii'lile In Xbw ilauipiililre.
The entire Legislature of New Hamp
shire. Including the Governor's Council,
compels, s lis; nun. A vast majority
oi these men are native born, more
titan iwo lhlrds of tlielu being descend
ed from a long line of New Kngland
niicestoi's. (if those 4ls men the Staro
hiM a right to expect at least 8,",iS chil
dren, being twii apiece. The actual
number, however, according; to the
Manchester Fnioii, is IISI. or a little
more than a child and u hall for each
mini.' Of the whole number are
married, -J"."i are fathers, MO arc child
less, and il". are unmarried or widowed.
of ihe -To fathers !)l have on? child
each, 7" have two. forty-seven bnve
three. Jo have four. IS have live, C have
six. ." have seven, 2 have eight, S have
nine, and - have ten each. Of the
fathers of six ehlldreu or more each,
nearly two-thirds are of foreign birth,
chiefly. French-Canadian, if these foreign-born
representatives, therefore,
were eliminated from the list, the shew .
ing would be still less favorable.
Carrie heard his words and stood
still a li'.onn nt lo gather iu their mean
ing, then, heedless of her mother's re
monstrance, she nulled Willi lldilie
Into the bouse.
Mrs. Pcrriug. who had not heard a
word of what hud transformed Carrie
from a .breathing statue Into her old
joyous cir, wne too thoroughly pro
voked nt w hit she considered her
daughter's hit l of spirit nnd self-ro-specl
to follow lier immediately. When,
however, she did so, she found hus
band and wife -the former with one
arm supporting F.ildie nnd the other eii
clitiins Cur.ie's w ulst itundlna be-
Fipeniett of (irear Navies.
A report, made recently by the Brit
ish hoard of trade on the naval expen
ditures of the leading powers for the
latest iivuilubbj year presents Interest
ing llgures. The report deals with the
year endud Murch SI. I'.mi.-!. From the
exhibit it appears that Ihe Fnited
Kingdom spends more on its nuvy than
Russia, Germuny and France spent on
their combined fleets. The British iui
val expenditure U more than double
that or the Cliiteil States, ltussia's
navni expenditure for the year named
was five times as that of Japan. Bum
slu spent less than six per cent, of lier
revenues on her navy. Japan spent
nine H'r cent, of her revenues in this
way. The country which now spends
most on Its navy next to Great Brit
ain Is the I ' illicit States, ijlie British
i"i'ciil!lc murine exceeds iu tonnage
that of IttiHsi.'i, Germany, Friiuce, Italy,
the I'nited S'ate and Jaaii put to-
A Check lo Harmful Weeds,
The New Zealand laws regarding the
spread of noxious weeds seem rather
severe, but the resulU so fur are said
to be excellent. Three of the most
troublesome kinds, which in that coun
trv are the blac kberry, sweet brier and
thistle, are placed on the black list
and land holder throughout the colony
arc required lo clear their lands. Th
small iiatchea must be destroyed at
once, lu the case of larger areas,
snecified amount of cleurlng must be
done each year, beginning at the bonu
dary and working buck until the -whole
is clear. Bonds must be cleared up to
one-half their width, and town or pub
lie lands must also be iiltended to by
the proper authorities. The penalties
for nf'glect range from -'.oO to $UK),
Another section of the law relates to
about one dozen other troublesome
weeds, mostly Imported from abroad lu
Irnniire grass seed. These weeds are
on the optional list, and local author!
ties muy, If they wish, have th treat
ed within their territories the same as
the black-listed weeds.
The law also regulates the sale of
grass seed, mitlcin.-j il an offense to se
unscreened seed unless the buyer is
made aware of what be is getting.
Threshing machines uud ensilage cut
ters have to be thoroughly cleaned be
fore proceeding to another farm. All
these meiiHurea are very practical and
are said to be greatly reducing the
dn i mi e from many kinds of -weeds.
There Is more or less complaint from
those who own cheap lands badly in
fested, who are put to considerable ex
pense, but, as a general rifle, the plan
is reported lo be working well. Massa
chusetts Plonghinun
simple, und is adapted to a variety of
material. As Illustrated it is made of
blue linen with handing of embroidery,
but is udapted to nil simple childish
materials, wool as well un cotton and
linen.
The dress consist of fronts and back
and is lltted by mean of shoulder and
under-arm seams. The fulness ut the
waist line can be arranged iu gathers
or left free, confined by the belt only,
as may be preferred. The sleeves are
wide, full at both shoulders and wrists
and lliilsheil with straight cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (eight yeursi is
threv ud seven-eighth yards twenty-
It row the lower part of thlr, circle rises
an open flower, flat and In full bloom,
with a rhlnestone centre to simulate
u dewdrop.
Linger) Hloaiit. -.
The tremendous vogue for lingeria
blouses Ih a wiser mode than It seeiu
at tlrst. They are ulwny fresh and
dainty, not at all perishable and as
warm as any of the lighter weight silks
when worn over one of Ihe well cut
linings of heavy India silk. Then
again they may be worn nil through
the year, and ill character of fubric
answer n certain hint of inl'oruiullty
lu the nulure of the blouse proper
At any rate, modish women are buy
ing them by the wholesale, and seem
to like Ihe Innovation of wearing, ba
tiste ami linen in midwinter.
Wiiinnii's DrrM Mmiilllleil.
A gown built of gorget ma brocade up
on Princess Hue. was seen the other
day with Ihe corset attached lo the
gown. It surely hiUo us if woman's
dress would be simplified. With the
combination under part, a single silken
petticoat, and all the rest, gown and
stays In one, women are certainly doing
awuy with the troubles of complicated
toilets. A three-piece oitltit; picture
how soon one may gel Into one's
clothes, uud what a good effect it Will
have upon husbands.
I. title One From f.nmtiHi.
Leaves appear to be quite as im
porlatit from a iiiillluerinl point of view
as flowers, even though the latter are
very much In vogue. Some of the
"box" turbans are, lu fact, covered
with velvet leaves Iu soft' shades or
green and bordered with different furs,
a cluster of roses Introduced ot Ihe
A Late Design by May Manton.
gether. The mercantile)
lingo ot Great Britain reuil
but fjus. Philadelphia, Lc
iiirine ton
ic- lO.'JUS,.
front rrom Fall l'lg.
Tjist fall I bad ubout seventy live
piga come the last of September and
the first of October. I Jet these pigs
follow the sows for about eight weeks
and while they were with the sows I
used slop freely, nlso fed corn. When
1 took them from the sows I used outs
nnd shorts nud a little corn made Into
a warm slop. They bad a good, warm
place and a good run on ubout four
ucres of rye. I took Ihe vey best care
of them 1 could, but they did not seem
to glow. They were hearty, ate well
nnd were nlwuys hungry. 1 changed
theif bedding ubout twice a week so
n to keep them clean nud dry, nud
did fverythliiK I could, but must say I
iiiado a failure on that lot of small
pigs. I suppose if a man had a few
and used inllk he could make them
frei'itrlna Land For Crop.
One of the most successful farmer.
in tlds country, says u writer in Farm
and Fireside, whose success lies in
thorough methods and profits rather
than extensive operations, harvested
this fall a crop of corn on land which,
three years ago was not capable of
producing any kind of grain crop. Tins
corn Is simply perfect, and there -were
eighty bushels to the acre, and fifteen,
acres in the field. The Urst thing tills
man did after he bought the land was
to thoroughly prepare this poor field
for clover, lie sowed the seed, nnd
Ihe crop came on with a good stand.
that clover was not cut, but left to
ripen and fall upon the ground. X'or
two years this plan was followed, and
hist fall the Held was plowed deep
and thoroughly. This spring the har
row and the disc were put on nnd the
ground made flue and loose. The corn
was drilled in rows three und one-hnlf
feet apart and twelve inches in the
row. Thorough cultivation was giveii,
but it was not different In character
from the plan usually followed in the
neighborhood. The only fact signltl
cunt In the history of this corn crop
was the preparation of the ground for
producing the crop. That Held had
become famous for Its poor crops. The
purchaser was pitied by half the peo
ple who heard that he had bought the
laud. He adopted the simplest und
cheapest way to bring tlie ground back
to a producing basU. He was out the
use of the land two years, for he did
not even pasture the clover, but that
llgures small when compured Willi the
protlts from this one crop.
iu commenting upon the methods em
ployed to raise this big crop of corn,
farmers admit the correctness of the
theory, but urge thnt only those farm
ers who can afford to deprive them
selves of the yearly income from the
tleld could adopt the method. They ob
ject to the length of time required to
bring about the results. Their position
is that thev must have the return
even veur in order to keep even wllU
tliel? expenses. The reason cannot oe
disputed, but It Is little different from
the case of the man who habitually
buys his supplies ou time. His reason
for doing so is thut he does not have
the money to pay cash. He pays at the
ind of every mouth, but inslsta that he
does not have money to pay as be Diiys,
If he would practice economy for Just
one month, during which he paid tor
things as ho bought them, at tho end
of the month he would not hnve to pay
r..r imnds ulreadv used, and coma pur
chase where he pleased by paying cash
and getliiitf uoods cheaper. It is so
with the funuer. With an extra enon
ho can g't "loiitf without tlie Incomtt
from a Held or two that Is run down,
until he cau ultd It up, and thereby
actitully receive more, with greatly
less labor, than If ho had continued
hopelessly and without reason to plunt
and plant oud never harvest to his sat
isfaction. The plea is to get the land
In condition for growing crops. To do
this successfully the ueeds and require
nients of the ground must be ascer-tallied.
fJv ffifejr, 7 Ji o A
is 5e er Hr7 J .
seven, three nnd seveu-eighth yards
thirty-two, or two and three-eighth
yards forty-four Inches wide.
Mlli'li Jtl-uhliiiK lloue.
Velvet coats are worn with cloth
skirts and cloth coats will be worn with
velvet skirts. ,-Mime of the smartest
walking costumes have hip length jack
ets accompanied by short skirts. On
coats of moderate elaborateness a great
many braids are used, the designs be
ing repeated on the skirts which accom
pany them. The combing of braid s
one of the marked characteristics of
tailor-niude suits. Everything from
soutache to Hercules Is used, as well
ns fancy galloon. Waved braids are
enjoying popularity. Again the fronts
of Juckets in cloth lire often eHlmrntely
decorated with revers of velvet, which
are In turn elaborately braided.
Fink I'slllollen.
Pink paillettes are among the most
showing of the decorations for a bull
gown or darning dress. A "luminous"
sill: of very pule pink has its silky-
lustre deepened by the decorations ou
bodice and flounce, where tho Chnu--tllly
lace of creamy tinge Is richly
spangled by a "charging" of deep rose
colored spangles. These paillettes are
of three sizes, and the Judicious appli
cation of the three varieties, used
singly or iu combination to form rose
patterns on the flounce, unite iu produc
ing a very beautiful effect. The light
est shude of pluk Is a very pale rose
petal tiut, and the other paillettes sup
ply the middle tone und a deeply
flushed pluk.
back or under the brim representing
tlie only relief.
HUH Linen Collar. .
Stiff linen collars are to the fore
again. Moreover, it Is said, they will
be accompanied by linen ties. Some of
these are very pretty made of cob-web
linen, and trimmed with frills ot reul
luce. They might easily be made at
home by a deft-handed girl.
Shlrreil Skirt.
Skirts made full nnd soft by means
of pleats and shirrings grow in popu
laiity week by week nnd promise to
extend their favor for an Indefinite
time. Tills one Is exceptionally grace
ful and attractive, and Is well adapted
to ull the fashionable, soft materials,
but, In the case of the model, Is made
of cerise crepe do chine, the graceful
folds providing ample trimming.
Tho skirt Is made in nltie gores, all
except those at the centre back being
cut li; two sections, tho lower sections
giving the effect pf a flounce and being
shirred to form u hcY-ding. The box
pleats are separate and are applied,
one over each seam, and the fulnesn at
the top Is arranged iu gathers to give
the effect of a shallow yoke.
The quantity of material requlrea
Iteductlon la Intern llou! pottage.
Lord Stanley, tho British Postmaster-General,
says that the proposal for
a reduction In the rates for Interna
tional letter postnge will be brought
up ut the Postal Union Congress ut
Item In April next.
Jat With JewelaU Centre,
I'eurls, ihluestoiies and opuls form
the centres of Jet buttons, which vary
lu size from a quarter of an Inch to an
Inch In diameter. These are uot for
use ou mourning gowns, as tho Jeweled
effect Is uot lu good taste (or individ
uals presumably grieving. A new but-
iu which Is particularly effective on
evening coats In white or pulo colors
Is of tinted horn, ornately curved.. The
button Is ubout I wo Inches lu diameter,
aud exceedingly flat. It shows
wreath of line leaves aud blooms, shad
ing dellciitel.T from sea-green to pluk
for the medium size is lifteen yards
twenty-one, thirteen and three-fourth
yards twenty-seveu, or seven and one-.
bulf yards forty-four Indies wide.