HER BONNET.
Iter bonnet' nl Ihe swiftest thinj,
It flouts t)ie world ns the eoes by.
tied down by (hi? sweetest string,
td lovu to he that Hiring, but my!
Tbt bonnet tnit-ht not hr the thing
So sweet if I liouM be the tiring.
ITfT lonriel's' just the sweetest thing,
It tips bit above hrr eye.
The birds. the bin! begin to sing.
Tlify want to mnx as she nr.es by,
They think it's daybreak, and, ob. my!
It's jtil because -die's pasiht( by.
From "Fa-Iiou From the Glen."
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Ij.yjj WW ABLY one morning, just bc-
faj for" dawn, three of us wore
Is I riding wearily down the
A slone of one of the great
1 1 -
grassy bills some people
I.I i. Ulclll
tweeu the
mountains) which lie be
provinces of Isabela and
Xaeva Yirxaya.
We had been traveling all night by
moonlight, nnd now as the east was
growing rosy we were winding down
to ft little wood In the valley, where we
hoped lo find a mountain stream to
give us water for our breakfast, and a
thing of far more importance, grazing
for the horses, for it was the dry sea
son, nnd the grass on the hills was
parched nnd dead. The breakfast
swung with mocking lightness behind
Justin's saddle, merely a handful of
cold rice rolled In the butt of n banana
leaf. It was also tlllln and dinner, for
we were traveling light nnd fast, and
carried not even chocolate, nothing but
the rice.
I was watching the gyrations of the
breakfast moodily, for I wns sleepy
and hungry and sore, when suddenly
from the wood below us the crow of a
cot It rang out. shrill and triumphant.
I was surprised, for few people live
along a trail used mostly by bandits
and head hunters.
Suddenly from the slope of a farther
Mil the call rang out again, and then
the whole wood echoed with the sounds
of the farmyard.
"What town is tills?" I asked the
boys, although we were at least a
day's Journey from any settlement
which I knew.
"It Is no town, senor," said Justin.
'Tt Is the niamik del monte the wild
chicken which you hear."
After saddle wereolt and the horses'
backs were washed, the animals rolled
and grazed luxuriously by the swift,
clear stream, and Tranquid. prince of
servants, dexterously unrolled the
breakfast.
He laid stones on the corners of the
leaf, and patted the snowy mass of
rice out smoothly, and tilled a bamboo
drinking cup from the brook, while I
pretended not .o see. At meal times
Tranquid has n solemn and important
air worthy of the most autocratic of
London butlers, and I am a babe in his
hands.
Breakfast is served, senor," said
Tranquid, gravely.
"I come," I replied, with equal grav
ity, and rolled over twice and came up
on my knees, Japanese fashion, beside
my lowly table.
Just as I was going to plunge my
fingers into the rice a cock crowed loud
and clenr among the trees close at
band. A great ferocity of meat hunger
swept over me.
"Give me the boom-boom, Justin!" I
commanded. "We will -.ae manuk
del nionte for breakfast."
The cock crowed often while I stole
through the undergrowth, as softly as
the ferns and bristly creepers .vould let
me.
As I drew near (he crowing ceased,
and I was peering about the brush
and shrub fr n sight of the cork when
whir! From the lower branches of n
tree, llfty feet above my head, a splen
did bird shot out with a boom like a
partridge and mailed away between the
trunks, a dazzling vision of white and
green rnd .gold.
I was too startled to rhool. for I had
never before seen chickens that roosted
like i-Hglen and flew like pheasants and
were as brilliant as humming birds.
In a moment 1 hard his strong wings
beating on the ether side of the valley,
and I went" back and ate my rice
quietly.
That incident began my acquaintance
with the wild chickens, and they soon
grew to be u very dear part of the for
est life, bringing me an odd mixture of
pleasant memory and homesickness as
I listened to their..
We heard them always when we
made and left our one-ni-ht homes
along the trail. The c-oekn proved to
be Just as exacting huli;inds as their
domesticated cousins, crowing their
families home and abroad with fussy
punctunlity.
If a gay youngeockere! or a g oV.y pul
let lingered too long afield, the lord of
the flock grew noisy with anxiety as
the Bimsei faded. With the dawn lie
woke, brisk and important, and woe
betido the sleepyhead of the family.
There was no " House up, sweet slug
abed" for him. but an ear splitting call,
and we often chuckled nt thought of
the sheepish hns'.e of the laggard when
that sound penetrated to Ms sbi-py
brain.
A tropical forest Is a thing of awe
nd mystery, with its eternal dim twi
light and tangled creepers and Innum
erable dark vistas which hide Inhabit
ants one seldom hears and never sees.
Most of the creatures seem to feel the
silent Immensity and vagueness ns n
man does and seek safety in unobtrus
ive!) ess
These brave, cheery birds alone were
unaffected by It, and they crowed and
cackled and clucked about their btisl
liess of living as carelessly as If there
'were uo such thing as fear In the
world.
Yet with all their Independence they
showed a hauling shyneca. and many
weeks went by before I caught more
tbno n distant glimpse of one.
Tranquid hunted them with painful
devotion. Bur he wa a child of the
cities, lost In thu mountain ns it puppy
would have been. When .1 cock crowed
near n camping place bi face would
brighten hopefully, nnd ho would go
creeping with the )io!so!es;.:icsi of a
jronnK elephant. Kn k n.e'. l'orlli he
crushed In the brush, pulling lii jii'l.ps
side with eictsslve caution and peep,
ing bstilnd them.
At last the) bird would flush front u
tit and t'suol a tray In btux of col-
Her bonnet's jnt the sweetest thing,
II roofs in just the sweetest hair.
And even sna month the. birds will sina,
They think it's spring when she is there,
It's j v i t because she's pa.sTuiir bv,
I want that bonnet, bnt, oh myl
White rose of roues, why be shy
About the sweetest bonnet string?
The lads, th lads will stli and sigh.
For t toil's white rose that makes it spring
And daybreak for the birds, mid I
.lust want that bonnet, but. oh my!
(,'or.jriglit, l'J04, by William Fae Carter.
1- By
M ROWLAND
THOMAS.
orod light. Then Tranquid would
straighten up with a nervous Jerk, and
cry triumphant.
"TlM're, Honor. I have found lilm!
There he goes. Look! Look"' pointing
up to the tree whore lie had been,
Ou these occasions Justin always lay
on the grass and laughed.
Justin wits n woodland philosopher,
and lias discovered thai town-bred folk
and wild chickens liud been 8ont Into
the world for his amusement. Ho
never deigned to take liny further part
in the pursuit.
When It came to stalking n deer or
running down a pis he was nil eagor
ness and skill, and would lead me for
hours without a thought of rest, but
chickens Were beneath him. Occasion
ally, however, oh we rode along, a crow
would caw somewhere above us. Then
Justin was full of excitement.
"Look, senor!" he would shout, point
ing up to tlio empty skv ' I have found
him. There! There!" '
In spite of Justin's jesting my desire
to see a wild cock face to face only in
creased, with repeated failure.
I never tried to shoot one after that
first experience. I would as soon have
thought of shooting at a monkey. But
I wanted, to have one for my own, to
look nt, and draw pictures of and show
lo my poor friends who lived down In
the plains through, the hot season and
complained of prickly heat. 1 even
dreamed of presenting one to my
friend, the captain, and letting him
cvenle a new and lusty race of fowls, a
breed which would meet the hawk in
his own element, and 'laugh nt woven
wire fences.
At last, up in a little mountain vil
lage, my opportunity came. Tranquid
announced, with the respectful elation
he sometimes permitted himself, that
a man had a wild rooster. Would the
senor like to come to see it?
The senor was willing, so we went
down the narrow grass-grown street
together, stepping carefully over the
babies and pigs that were basking In
the sun.
In the yard of a little tubledown
shack we found a rusty brown bird-
tied to a post by a bit of twine about
bis leg. The old man, his owner, scat
tered n few kernels of corn, nnd the
poor dingy thing pecked at them In n
half hearted way. A hen came bust
ling up and he pecked peevishly at her
once or twice, and then hopped back
to his po.U and stood there, dull and
round shouldered, like a sulky boy who
had decided that the corn was not of
much Importance, anyway, and had
put his hands in his pockets.
I wn slow to believe that this could
be a brother of the swift, bright bird
which, had boomed out of a treetop that
first morning, but I presently discov
ered that It was. The long, slender
body, the powerful wings, the sharp,
heavy bill, were the product of genera
tions of wild life. And under the dust
and rustiness of the feathers there
vcro stiil traces of the green and gold
or the forest. 1 lie changes were due-
only to n changed mode of life.
"The man fays." explained Tranquid,
hat he has had this rooster for a long
time, and It Is dirty. He says he will
catch a clean one for the senor, if he
pleases."
Of course the senor pleased, nnd one
1 1 v 1 -1 1 1 morning wo set out. The old
man, our guide, marched in front, most
Importantly, for it is not every day
that one has a chance to show n senor
what a clever man one is at catching
wild chickens, and the old man knew
that his grandchildren would tell their
hildrcn about this expedition.
T'nder his arm be carried a red fight
ing cock. It struck me as a bit odd to
airy such an nnlmnl on a hunting
trip. One foe's no surprise In the Phil
ippines in meeting people with roosters
under their arms: .'t Is quite the usual
thing. Tranquid followed the old man,
r -sjiectfuily 'hopeful. Then came Jus
tin, smiling, and I brought up the rear.
a mile or so from the village the
wall of the forest rose, dark aim im-
ponetrcble. But at one point a stream
cauie down from the hills, and there
the field extended Into the woods for a
little way, making a sort of room, cool
and shadowy, and carpeted with short,
thick turf.
Ib-re the old man halted nnd waited
till we all stood about him. Then lie
drew from the pocket of his blouse a
bundle of Iwine, wound on four point
ed Micks. Justin stopped smiling.
Anything hi the. nature of a trap, any
thing which matched man's wit
against the Instinct of the wild creat
ures, Interested Justin.
The old inn n chose a spot of level
ground and set to work. He drove one
ot the little stukes Into the ground, un
coiled the twine, drove another, and so
on, until he bad marked out a square,
about a yard on a side. On three sides
the twine was carried on thu stakes
rii few Inches above the ground, and
from this fence, every hand's breadth
or so, hung a little noose of fiber.
The fourth side of the square wns n
wall of brush, nnd nt the centre of this
the old man-now drove a fifth stake,
nnd tied his lighting cock to it by a
very short tether. Then he opened nil
the little nooses nnd spread them care
fully nn the ground within the square.
Justin Inspected his work.
"It Is very good," he announced, nt
List. "One would not believe that this
old man could be so wise. The wild
rooster hears this one. He wishes to
tight. All roosters wish to fight al
ways. He conies from the wood, danc
lug, bo! This one crows and duffs o it
his feathers, so! The wild rooster
comes to tho little fence and they look
at each other, so!" said Justin, using
Tranquid for Illustration. "Ho cannot
pm under the. little fence: It is too
low. He cannot step over it; it is too
high. He hops, so! Ill foot falls in
the noose, and so!" said Justin, danc
ing on one foot nnd cackling shrilly.
''A baa. It Is very good. Tiie old man
Is much wiser than one would think
to look nt him."
The old innii listened to this mono-,
logue with disgust.
"Now we shnll go and be very quiet.
The mitnuk del monte does not like
noisy ones," he said, glancing nt Justin.
So we went and sat down where
some bushes screened us and yet left
us n view of the trap. After half an
hour Justin curled tip nnd went to
sleep. The breeze was cool nnd the
grass wns soft, nnd soon I followed bis
example.
I was nwnkened by a bell-like call
from the forest. The captive roostet
wns dancing at his stake. Presently he
flapped his wings and stood on tiptoo
and nnswered scornfully. They chal
lenged back and forth till nt, last, with
a boom of wings, the wild cock, the
very one I had been dreaming of,
dropped on the grass.
As he caught sight of the trnltor he
spread nil his splendid plumage and
crowed ngnln. And the red bird nn
swered bravely. After all. It wns not
his fault that he wns n traitor.
The wild bird ran forward with n
swift, steady gait very unlike the awk
ward strides of his tame cousins, nnd
lowered his head nnd spread his rulT.
Then he stood up straight and
scratched sticks nnd grass Into the sir
with a sturdy leg nnd crowed. The
traitor kicked furiously at his tether,
but It held, nnd the wild cock advanced
to the fence.
For a moment the two looked at each
other with lowered heads, nnd then
they sprang. The traitor, of course,
collapsed in nn ignominious henp. As
the wild cock landed inside the fence,
his foot barely touched the ground.
But the touch wns enougu. One of the
little nooses tightened nbout his legs,
and ns he sprang ngaln he, too, came
down with n Jerk.
The birds were rising to face each
other when we ran forward, and he
turned toward us at the noise. I ex
pected to see him struggle madly to
escape. But the brave little fellow
faced ns. nnd flapped his wings nnd
stretched his neck, challenging us fear
lessly. In a moment the old man had
tossed a handkerchief over his bead
nnd loosened the noose, nnd I held him
between my bnnds.
I could feel the lithe, muscles tnut ns
steel wires beneath my lingers, nnd the
heart beating furiously, but he made no
sound nnd did not struggle. I looked
nt the lustrous markings of Ills back
nnd wings, nnd the long, drooping tail
feathers, and then nil nt once enme a
picture of the draggled, spiritless enp
tlvo bnck In the old mnn's yard. 1
plucked away the handkerchler and
tossed him into the air.
Ills wings bent very loud In the still
ness, and we all started. Then I looked
round sheepishly. Tranquid was star
ing up stupidly, with his mouth in ft
big. round O. Justin was laughing, but
suddenly he pointed excitedly to Trau
quld's mouth nnd shouted:
"Look, senor! I have found him.
There he goes. Look! Look!" And It
would be hard to say whether the old
man gazed at Justin or nie with the
deeper disgust. Youth's Companion.
fiMveri by ii I'lpe.
Bob Chestnut's visit to town on
Thursday recalls the story of how bis
coolness saved his life in an altercation
with an Irishman In a Western cnltlo
camp many years ago. The Irishman
wns a bully nnd a bad man. lie
started something with Bob. While
the hitter always wore a brnce of six
shooters in his belt, he nlso carried
a sudden emergency Derringer In bis
outside coat pocket. The Irishman had
nn eleven-Inch Colt's nlready In his
hand. Bob thrust his hand in his
pocket for his Derringer, but the
weapon had slipped down In a hole In
the lining. His hand coming in con
tact with his pipe, ho quickly drew it
out and placed it in his mouth. Tho
Irlshmnn lowered his gun, which he
had elevated when Bob thrust his hand
in ids pocket. Bob reached for his
pocket again, presumably for bis to
bacco. F'umbling around, he secured
the Derringer, brought It into play like
a flash of lightning and they carried
the Irishmau away. Bob took a trip to
(lie British possessions for his health.
although this was hardly necessary, ns
the shooting was a plain ease, of self-
defense. C'offeyvllle (Mo.) Journal.
Dangers of Car Uust.
The popular interest displayed I:i tho
subject. of car sanitation and car ven
tilation by tho beards (f health of the
larger cities has evoked sor.rj criticism
of tho railroad coinpatl:.! for not giv
ing more attention to a natter of nieh
vital interest to their piissongerj. C'ho
laboratory of the J'ari.io Hospital Ser
vice lias been 1 ivej.iftatlrg this rub
Jcct for some time. i-: Y.'r.Kc? Wy
iiinn. Surgeon-tleiuMTl it the Mr.rlno
Hospital Service, cay: "Just, how
much danger there 1? of ctntr.gion
through vitiated tlr l:i t'.rj fr.ilimry
day coach nor in t:sc, cr i:i the Pull
man sleeping and pi.lnc:? cars baa :iot
yet been definitely determined, and the
matter Is still being Investigated. In
formation collected points to the State
of Texas as having been the plo'ieer
in tills movement, due doubtless to its
excellent raliroad conmissicr.. It Is
held that there is nucli Caliper t.J the
pn.ssengor of contriictinr; crntuglous
diseases from the tine t'u.it arising
from the carpets and upholstery while
the cars arc in notion, and which I n
perfect ventilation compels the passen
gers to inhale." Medical News.
A Trlnk of Iutagioutlon.
There's a llttlo mental science trick
that will teach imaginative persons to
acquire a perfect, graceful poise. One
says "Imaginative" wltU reason, for
you have to have an imagination to do
It. You must imagine that you bear a
scintillating star on your breast and a
basket of eggs ou your head.
The first fancy will unconsciously In
fluence you to enrry your shoulders like
a military man beat on exhibiting his
gold buttons. The second will teach
you to sink into a chair gently nnd
gracefully, instead of hunching Into It.
Also, it will train you to climb stairs
erect. You can't twlsf, or bend over,
If you have a basket of egg on your
head even an imaginary one can you?
So put on the flushing gold atur,
which is worn to be seeu, and set a
basket of eggs ou your head, and see
whot the combined fancy will do for
your carriage. Philadelphia Bulletin.
n aa tm m a aai ar- naai
Front Yard I'UntltiK.
The very commonest mistake, says
the Unrden Magazine, Is to fill one's
I front yard with oil sorts of highly col-
ored abnormal things variegated el
I der, purple leaved plum, weeping wil
low, double flowered almonds, smoke
I tree cut leaved maple, red flowered
; horse chestnuts and that piercingly
I magenta outrnge on the optle nerve
fplrno Anthony Wnterer. Often you
will see all these things In one small
yard It Is Just ns bnd to cover one's
lawn with such things as to sprinkle
fourteen kinds of spice nil over one's
food. I'se native kinds chiefly, or
species that fit Into our lnndscape. The
"horticultural forms" ore only for ac
cent. Don't scatter shrubs or plants of any
kind over n lawn. Avoid Isolated spec
imens. (Ironp them. Shrubs are for
the borders of a place. Ion't plant one
of each In a long row. You will get a
much better effect by Having a big
solid mass of one or few things in the
background, with whatever spice In
front you think necessary. Don't plant
shrubs In straight lines, because
straight lines are not the rule of na
ture If you hire a man to plant nnd
fail to watch him he will surely set
your plants J:i straight lines.
Mors nnd Cow Tens.
Two writers in the Farmers' voice
give interesting experiences with hogs
and cow pens.
Mr. C. M. Schelton, of Iherln, SIo
sowed ten acres of whippoorwlll peas
nt the rate of a bushel to the ncre In
June, nnd when the first pods began
to ripen he turned his hogs In. He
fed a little corn at the start, nn n kind
of introduction to the peas, and In
creased the corn as the hogs grew nnd
the peas were eaten down. When the
liens were nil gone he fed corn alone
for ten days, and sold his hogs nt n
premium over prevailing markets. He
declares: "That ten-acrr field of cow
peas made me more ;:-,rk than any ten
acres of corn on my farm, nrd at n
very small fraction of the cost of grow
ing nnd feeding ten acres of corn."
Mr. Henry Piinke, of Nenslio. Mo.,
prefers to drill the peas In rows, as It
takes less seed and may admit of one
cultivation, nnd will produce as many
peas. Another advantage he claims
is that when the hogs are turned In
they will travel between the rows and
not trample down and destroy any
vines. He also likes to sow oats with
the pens at the time of the slight cul
tivation he gives them. He then turns
the hogs In when the oats are nbout
six inches high, and savs the hogs will
not disturb the pens until the pods be
gin to ripen.
F.xerrlse Tttr Plieev.
Sheep will stand considerable steady
cold, but shiver under wind and tire
particularly susceptible to dampness.
The plan of cooping sheep up In close,
warm quarters with little or no ventila
tion is not a good one. See that their
quarters nre comfortable by nil means',
have them dry and fairly warm, but
have them well ventilated without
draughts. Then provide n shod, have
It attached to the pens if possible, open
on one side except for what fencing Is
necessary to keep them In. nnd let them
run under this rover dally. If they are
mmmmm
not Inclined to take the exercise make
them do It. and we that they nre pro
vided with some clean roughage to
munch while In the sited. Be careful
and not give tlicin so much that they
will spend their time eating instead'of
moving about. AVarer thould also be
supplied abundantly.
Try nnd locate the shed so that the
sheep will be protected from the wind
nnd at the same time get all the sun
shine there Is. This plan of winter
care will make sheep healthy nnd
strong. The Illustration shows an Ideal
sheep shed nnd one which can be read
ily attached to the barn where the
sheep have their regular quarters.
Built In the manner Indicated, the
sloping front greatly protects the sheep
from the wind and tho low portion of
the shed makes an excellent place for
the feeding racks. - Indianapolis News.
To Kuiiy ii Fowl's Crup,
A crop bound fowl Is not uncommon,
nnd, ordinarily It dies for the sake of a
willing and skilled hand to relieve It.
The ordinary lioullrymnn sometimes
blunders into u successful Job of open
ing the crop, removing the contents,
nnd closing the Incision with n few
stitches: buf, generally. In the hands
nf an inexperienced person, the opera
tion Is fatal In Its result. Certainly It
is an unpleasant task for the operator
nnd a hard, experience for the fowl
To remove all danger from an opera
tion like this where the knife Is used,
would not be expected.
A gentleman who has been very
i success! ul in ciiponizlng young cock
erels, told nie that he had found a way
to empty a fowl's crop without using
a knife, nnd it was not attended with
any fatality, lie simply brings In use
the family fountain syringe, putting
on the largest nossy.le. and taking the
fowl under his left arm, Inserts the
noxy.Ie. A little water will pass'lnto
the crop. rind, removing tho nozzle
he kneads and presses the crop until
some of the contents comes out by
way of the throat. Inserting again
the nozzle more water passes la the
crop, and the operation Is repealed and
continued till the crop Is empty nnd
rinsed.
The man said he treated 125 capons
In this way within a period of nbout
ten hours. He hud fed them one morn
ing a mess of shredded beets with
meal stirred in. This would have been
a cheap nnd digestible feed, but think
lug to ndd some ginger to the mixture.
bo put in white hellebore Instead, nnd
th capons were actuclly poisoned.
At the end of twenty-four hour some
lu prune upon the ground, nnd he be
gun work ou tbee first. Those last
operated on hurt this poisoned food In
their crops thirty-six hours. There
was not n loss In the whole 12.T fowls.
nil being ready for the next morning's
feed. Chirk M. Drukc, in Indiana
Fnrmcr.
The Fence Question,
The time for lively work upon tho
farm Is now hero, nnd much time may
be gained by having everything in
rendlness that we possibly can, this
will be the time to think over what wo
expect to do first, and make our plans
accordingly.
The fence question will probnbly
need to be looked nfter early. Here
In Maine this generally comes first;
nnd It Is best ro look after the tnnter
lals which we must have In order to be
prepared either to put up nev fences
or to repair the old ones. We use the
wire, both the barb nnd the smooth.
We often mix the wire so ns to use
nbout one-hnlf o." barb und one-half
smooth, thinking thnt it Is not so cruel
for the stock to run ngalnst. However,
stock In n short time will learn to care
for It. We buy cedar stakes, nbout four
Inches In diameter, If we can get them,
and cost from three to four cents
apiece. We get them so to measure
six nnd n half feet long, say. These
we sharpen and get them upon the
ground where wanted in spring, ns
enrly ns the (rost Is out of the ground,
and we can set them.
The distance we set the, stakes is
nbout fourteen feet apart. Then we
take the wire and stretch It, so as to
be quite tight. This fence can be put
up quite fast by three men. Put in ns
inony strands as may suit your fancy.
For cattle we use five strands, nnd
for horses we use nbout six strands 'of
wire, mixed both barb and smooth. For
small stock can be stopped with four
or live wires. For n sheep nnd lamb
fence It Is best to use the smooth wire.
nbout seven strnnds we find to be
nbout right, ns the lambs try to crawl
through If made too coarse or open.
The cost Is not very high per rod,
If you live In the vicinity where cedar
growth abounds, and the stakes can
be had at a reasonable price. Other
kinds of wood are used, where cedar
cannot be had, but we much prefer
the cedar if we can get them, ns they
last inuch . longer. It Is n wasteful
practice to cut down good, thrifty tim
ber to use for fencing, and the wire
Is quite lasting and does not require
repairing often. A. E. Fuught, In
American Cultivator.
The. Fsrm Hot-Heils.
A hot bed consists of a rectnngulnr
frame made of boards ten Inches wide
In front and fourteen In bnck, placed
on their edges nnd united together.
the end pieces being bevelled off nnd
tho whole covered with sush, such as
old windows.
The beds nre mnde In a convenient
location facing the south, ns on a hill
side. If sheltered nt the north by a
hedge or fence much more heat will bo
availn ble.
A Kiilflclent quantity of horse drop
pings containing the long straw or
leaves Is piled up under cover, wet
down occasionally if necessary, and
turned every day for ten days or two
weeks. Then It will be ready for the
beds if the odor is sweet and agreeable.
This material is to furnish the heat,
through decay, far three or four
months.
The frnmo work Is set on the ground
nt the desired place and the inclosed
space is dug out to a depth of three
and a half or four feet. Tho soil
thrown out can be used to advuntage
In banking around the frame. The
manure Is then placed in this excava
tion, layer by layer, until within six
Inches of the surface of the ground,
each layer being packed down until
firm nnd level. A layer of three parts
good garden loam to one part of rot-
toned manure follows, deep enough to
bring the whole to a level with the
ground. Tho snsh is put on nud the
bed left until sticks left thrust in, show
on being held In the hand, u diminish
ing temperature.
The bed. may be planted nt any time
after this, doing it on bright, hot days,
at the brightest, hottest time. There
Is a great variety of things that can bo
;rown. Lettuce plants may be started.
or those previously started iu the
house may be put out; radishes sown
between, or lettuce seed for a second
crop. Strawberries may be forced iu
them. Dwarf beans, celery, parsley,
early peas, herbs, etc., enn be starred.
and even being brought to maturity.
But for the farm it provides a means
of starting cabbage and tomatoes, two
very necessary crops.
When these plants are off, the bed
will still furnish bent enough to ma
ture a crop of mushrooms, or better,
some cucumber or melon seeds plant
ed will give nn abundance tf lifio
early fruit.
Careful watering and care to leave a
crack of air always on to take oil tho
"sweat" is all the enre necessary other
than careful veutllntlng on bright days
so that the temperature will not rise so
high that It Is unfavorable to the crop
In them. Wooden shutters and straw
mats are a valuable addition for cover
ing tho sash on stormy days or cold
nights.
If you have never tried a hot-bed
make up one this year and see for your
self the hebi one of these miniature
greenhouses Is. On inn ny large, prl
vute estates the gardener hnvo no
other means for supplying cauliflower,
lettuce, mushrooms, stru vberrles add
other vegetables out of season, when
such things are In demand, to say noth
ing of growing n succession of flower.
1.1. L. Adams, Iu American. Cultivator.
One on 1 1ts Manager.
Tho malinger of ri newspaper told
his editors that they must cultivate a
much better style in their writing.
They asked how they were to do this,
nnd were told to rend good books, such
n Thackeray's "Penilennls," for in
stance. Next day two of the editor
wero sent to St. Louis to report tho
Fair. When they arrived they went
off on what they termed "a great old
time." Duy went by and the inaua
ger received no report from them.
Finally the manager sent a telegtv.ii
asking why it wa they bad not been
beard from. Tho reply came back:
"We are all reading Teudeuuls,' "
New York City. Surplice styles nie
growing' In favor week by week until
they predominate every other sort. The
very pretty waist illustrated is exeep-
tlonally graceful nnd shows an opening
which is wide enough to suggest ft
waistcoat effect, nnd Is finished with n
shaped collar, which Is singularly be
coming. As lllustrnted, the mnterln!
Is amethyst colored chiffon veiling com
bined with twine colored laee nnd
trimming of braid, the collar nnd cuffs
being tafl'ctn iu matching color.
The waist Is made with a fitted lin
ing, which Is closed nt the centre front,
the plain back and fronts thnt ore
shirred at the shoulders and arranged
over the chemisette, crossing one over
the other and closing Invisibly. The
sleeves are full above the elbows and
can either be cut off nt thnt length or
be finished with deep cuffs.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is four mil one-fourth
A LATE DESIGN
yards twenty-on, four yards twenty
seven, or two und one-fourth yards
forty-four inches wide, with one and
one-eighth ynrds of all-over lace for
chemisette and collar, one und one
half yards of silk for collar, cuffs nnd
belt, nnd two and one-half ya'dti of
luce for frills.
Wslst (llrille Are New,
High girdles will be a feuturo of new
gowns. The Bhapcs of the girdle
frame are almost all alike, but some
come higher than others, and are more
bluntly fashioned ou the upper edge.
Featherbono stiffened net and buckram
are all used. Among these girdles is
the so-called "waistcoat," and of waist
coat girdles there are already two va
rieties. Both fasten in the middle of
the back, where the girdle tuper to a
very narrow "width." and a strap
buckle Is used for a fastening In either
cuse. The front of the waistcoat gir
dle is ut least six times the height of
the buckled ends. It rises broad and
high. Is without a scam in front, nud is
embellished by two row of tailored
button which are close together ut the
bottom of the' "vest" and lire spaced
farther apart ln groups of two, spread
ing widely at the upis-r edge. Small
stitched silt on either side of .the sec
ond lower group of button indicate
the presence of thumb pockets, a
seen ln a man's walHtcoat. '
Bilk l'eltlooats.
Silk petticoats now mutch the gown
Instead of lielng of a harmonizing
shade. For evening wetir a great deal
of latitude Is allowed, and white taf
feta, exquisitely trimmed with luce
and ribbon la worn. For all other oc
casions there Is a well defined policy of
simplicity In thu mutter ( petticoats.
It i not now considered good taste to
display bright or light color under a
tailored gown. For hard weur the mo-lialr-topped
petticoats are recommend
d. They have a knee flouuee of
pleuted or milled taffetn, anil nre well
cut and stylish. They cost considera
bly less than silk nnd give better w-enr.
Jersey topped pettlconts nre warm,
but look a bit clumsy. Thcv arc In
great demand, nevertheless.
The Hclt Skirl.
Ln Jupe cloche rivals the full skirts,
but even this rather old fashioned
skirt Is llticly to have some pleats
stitched I'own.
The prlncesse robe, with some vari
ations, has returned. If indeed It ever
went out. Empire gowns reniuln
somewhnt In vogue for bouse ami
evening wear.
1' I ii in Similes PopMlsr.
Plum In Its vnrylng shades up to
nme'hyst ns well ns green Is to lend
the fashion next season ln line faced
cloths, cashmeres, eollennes, ns well ns
silks, and white fancy mohair Is being
fashioned into the smartest of cos
tumes. Ac'Jil-lle Veils.
It Is hard to tell how veils are to lie
adjusted over so much hair and filch
Impossible lints, but we nre informed
thnt veils to match the general color
scheme nre among the essentials of
good dressing.
8111 Softness.
Never were Liberty weaves more fas
cinating. Even the erstwhile ordinary
summer silks have become exquisitely
soft and satiny. The crepe weaves are
of extraordinary richness.
A Surplice Costume.
A surplice costume was seen ln old
pink chiffon cloth. The skirt was
pleated and was finished around the
bottom with it stitched hem und a nar
row sluiced flounce above.
Misses' WollsP Jacket.
No conts of the season suit young
girls better than just such blouses as
this one mnde with smart vest effects.
The model Is exceptionally desirable,
being finished with n collar that Is ex
tended to the wnlst line, nnd allowing
n choice of basque or no basque. It
can appropriately and effectively bo
BY MAY MAN TON,
made from any seasonable suiting,
with the vest of silit, embroidery, or
almost any other contrasting material
that may be liked. In this Instance,
however, golden brown chiffon broad
cloth, trimmed with fancy braid, Is
combined with a vest of the same mate
rial In cream color.
The jacket is tucked at the shoulders
to give most becoming lines and is
made quite simply, being fitted by
means of shoulder and under-nrm
seams and arranged over a lining,
which Is faced to form the vest. The
sleeves nre tho new ones of tho season,
tucked ut the wrists, und finished with
roll-over flare cuffs.
Tho quantity of material required for
the medium size Is five and three-
fourth yards twenty -one, five and three-
eighth yards twenty-sevtn, or two and
seven-eighth yards forty-four luches
wide, with two aud three-tourtb yards
of silk for lining, Uve-elghth jurds for
vest, and three aud one-fourth yards of
braid. 1
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