SfffNiNG BY SYNDICATE. FlentfeiiatY b in excellent ebnronmen And h never i mined from hia pew. He talk ant) be pray, and he willingly AndTe'wprlta in the Sundajr-eohool. too; Tee, he's one of the men in the O raise Tniat, Which is nntlawod In every State It liea and it robe, and doe villainous jobs, But, you aee, it'a a ayndicata! Plenlycaah wouldn't do mean action. Or a dead that would harm any man; He lire day by day (n a sanctified way, Aa Uprightly aa any one can; Ilia concern ia a rile corporation, A thing all good citizena hnte, Hut he haan't a qualm of hia conscience to calm, For hia aina are ayndlcate! W., in Tuck. f A COYOTE HERO A STORY OF THE SIERRAS. By J. W. HAYS The theatre of my last summer's outing was tho eastern boundary of San Bernardino Valley. It is the most picturesque section of Southern California. The lofty and ragged 8ierras form a horseshoe, studded with three peaks, each more, than two miles high San Bernardino, San Oroganlo (Orayback) and Ban Antonio (old TJaldy). A fourth peak that topi the two-mile line Is San Ja cinto, a score of miles southeastward. One afternoon I was strolling lastly In the foothills at the base of San Bernardino peak. It was near the mouth of Santa Ana Canyon, whence IIowb the river whose water Irrigates the larger part of the great orange belt. The foothills thereabout are uncultivated, mainly because of Irri gation difficulties. A few energetic ranchers surmount the obstacle, how ever, by developing water In gulches In higher levels and leading It by ditches to their land. A small hillside ranch attracted my attention. Somewhat weary and quite thirsty by reason of long trav eling, with gun on shoulder, I ap proached the ranch house. It was a cosy little cottage, embowered In vines and flowers, with a large ad Joining garden showing a profusion of fruit trees and vegetables. As I reached the cottage my atten tion was attracted by a queer little stone enclosnre, perhaps six or eight feet squaro and about Ave feet high. In the middle of the square was a very largo boulder. Part of the face of the boulder had been rudely dressed and thereon was a fairly well latrans.' denly came upon a sight that I never can forget. It was a dying female coyote and two puppies. The young ones, apparently near weaning age, and hence able to take early lessons In the acquisition of poultry, were nestling close to the mother's head. Fctur little paws were about the old one's neck, two little tongties lapped her face, and the saddest and most pitiful low wail came from two little throats. "The youngsters were so absorbed with their grief that they failed to notice my approach. When the eyes of the mother turned upon me, how over, thero was an Instant expression of fright and an effort to rise. Bat the effort was hopeless. The shot was fatal and she was dying. "How I wished at that moment that my aim had missed! Evidently realizing that she was dying, the look of fright suddenly disappeared and her big brown eyes assumed an ex pression that I have vainly tried to blot from memory In the seventeen years that since have passed. I never have witnessed so pitiful a sight. The poor creature, as she looked from me to her puppies, seemed to be making a mute appeal to me to sparo her little ones. "Of course," continued the ranch er, after a minute's pause, "all that will strike you as being sentimental gush wasted on a prowling coyote thut had got its deserts. But you will remember that the coyote Is simply a cousin of man's best friend, as Indi cated by Its technical name, 'canas cut Inscription, thus: In Memoriam CANAS LATRANS 1S90 "The end soon came. The bis browa eyes, with their memory haunting expression of appeal, drooped and lost their lustre. A The oddity of the memorial, and spasmodic movement of the chest, a particularly Its sudden reminder of ; straightening of the limbs and the college days and classic wrestle, gave added Interest to my call at the cot tage. A stalwart rancher, apparently a little on the sunny side of forty, was sitting on the cosy porch. He arose and met me cordially as I Introduced myself and Intimated that thirst was the primary cause of my call and cu riosity the secondary cause, alluding to the memorial. Responding to his Invitation to be seated, I caught a glimpse through the doorway of a tidy woman within and also a pretty girl of perhaps sixteen or seventeen years. After a little verbal skirmishing I drew from the rancher the story. of which the memorial was the visible reminder. Here it is: The rancher was a "Yale man," as be expressed it. As a prominent figure In university athletics he had injured his health. After graduation he developed' incipient tuberculosis and was advised by physicians to lose no time in getting to Southern Cali fornia and adopting the "close to na ture" life in tho dry atmosphere near the mountains. He homesteadod a quarter section of seemingly worth less hillside land aud built a shack on the site of his present cottage. The change of environment soon restored his health, and he was so greatly pleased with the new life that he returned to his Eastern home for a life partner, to whom he was en gaged when in his senior year at Tale. Back to his mountain-edge home he came with his bride, a sen sible Yankee lass who shared his love for the "close-to-nature" Idea. In due season tho present cottage dis placed the shack. Just In time to ac commodate the arrival of the stork with a bouncing girl baby. "Neighbors were few and far be tween In those days," said the ranch er. "I mean the bipedal, not the quadruped kind. There were entire ly too many of the latter, and some of them were unpleasantly sociable. Coyotes developed an inordinate love for our poultry, Jack rabbits and cot tontails had a weakness for our veg etables, and occasionally a mountain lion would meander down from the mountains in quest of frech veal or pork. "I don't know whether you are fa miliar with coyote cunning, but for 'ways that are dark and for tricks that bjo vain' they beat the 'heathen Chinee' out of Bight. Many an evening I sat on this porch with Winchester or double-barreled shotgun In hand loaded with buckshot In wait for tho wily rascals. "Just after sunset, In tho early twi light, they would begin to skirmish toward tho enclosure that contained the chicken ooops. First would come from tho distance two or three of tho familiar dog-like yelps, followed by tho dismal and weird long-drawn howl peculiar to the species. The yelps and howls would gradually draw nearer until I was led to peer Into the gathering darkness and finger the gun trigger n expectation of getting a shot, and then I wonld be startled suddenly by the squawk of chickens in the corral, having been a victim of a coyote decoy trick. "Well, to get, to tho gist of the story, one evening I caught a faint gltmpso of a coyote In the underbrush as It wa3 working the decoy racket. It was a long range shot, but I deter mined to take the chance with my .Winchester. I biased away and was rewarded by a yelp quite different from the decoy kind, Indicating that I had hit the mark. "As I hurried out to see what exe cution bad been done the nearly full moon was Just peeping above the hor lon, down the valley, partly lighting ,up my surroundings. From a short distance In the opposite direction to jfno one I was going came a mournful Wail, evidently the voice of a mat or companion of the one my bullet bad .struck a pathetic reesponse to the ieft of the victim. "In a thicket of sagebrush I and. coyote puppies were motherless. "At that moment, foolish as It may seem to you, I determined to comply with what I interpreted as the mute appeal of the dying mother. The puppies were so inte'ii in manifesting their grief that I had no difficulty in capturing both and returning with them to the house. "Well, to shorten the story, the smaller of the puppies, a female, lived only a few days, seemingly dy ing of grief. Doleful walls were wafted In from the sagebrush every night for a while, evidently coming from the mate of the dead coyote, and readily recognised by tho pup pies, as shown by their excitement. We named tho remaining one, a hand some male, 'Yote' two-thirds of the word co-yo-te, as tho syllables are properly divided. "Yote was a family favorite from the moment of his appearance in the house. The fear he showed at first subsided quickly and ho became as playful and affectionate as any do mestic puppy. Mutual affection be- great teeth appeared Jnst as you may have seen angered tigers In captiv ity. "I thought my time had come as I 1 stared in horror at the terrible brute, in the very act of proparlng for a spring. But the mountain Hon is normally a coward, as I knew. I butdged my eyes to the limit In star ing at his, but standing still as a statute. Presently he raised his body slowly, changed his gate from myself to my wife and baby, looked down at the form of hi victim, cast another glance at me, then turned quickly and bounded away toward the can yon. "With tho assured disappearance of the Hon in the distance my wife quickly Jolnod mo over (be form ol our pet, whose life was ebbing fast from his torn throat and other fright ful wounds. As well as her terror ised condition would admit she told me tho story of tho tragedy. "She had been preparing the even ing meal, leaving the baby on tbe porch with the faithful Yote. The door was open. Suddenly she was startled by tho piercing yelps that I bad heard down In the grove. She rushed to the door and was horror stricken at tho sight. The lion had Its great paws on the board at the porch entrance that safeguarded tho baby from going overboard. Tho an imal was In the very act of springing upon the baby. At the same Instant Yote was Jumping at the terrible brute, unmindful of the sacrlflco he was surely making for his little charge. "The noble bnt hopeless fight put up by poor Yote was short, ending, as I have said, Just as I reached the scene. "Tears coursed down my wife's cheeks as we bent over our dying pet, and I confess that my own eyes were moist. Yote recognized us. The suffering he roust have endured was secondary to tho satisfaction he seemed to feel In the safety of tho i baby, though at tho cost of his own life. "The baby was about a year old and she had learned to lisp the name of her companion. ' 'Ote, 'Ote!' she called, as she reached her chubby hands toward him. The fast dim ming eyes were turned fondly upon her as she was allowed to lay her face upon his head. Then with a final effort poor Yote gently licked baby's cheek. Just once. What seemed almost like a smile appeared on his fac. his eyes became glassy, his head dropped, there was a convulsive mo ment and Yote was gone. "And now," said the rancher, as he touched bis eyeB with his hand kerchief, "you have the story of tho strange memorial. You also havo the reason why from tho date of that episode until this tlmo I have never drawn a bead on a coyote." From the Indiana Farmer. ? Keep n Few Shorn. Professor F. B. Mumford, of Mis souri experiment station, shows that tests have proved that sheep produce more meat from a pound of grain than any other farm animal. It was shown that a pound of mutton can bo produced from about half as much grain as a pound of beef. Even the mortgage lifting hog requires more grain to produre a pound of human food than the sheep. With the com bination of corn and clover bay for food and a dry shed for shelter sheep will always give good account of themselves and respond readily to the care given them. Farmer's Guide. Coat of Making Milk. A Canadian milk producer figures the cost of production as follows: Taking fifteen cows as a unit that one man Is capable of taking care of, as well ns the product therefrom, and assuming that the man is worth $1.50 a day, we must charge up ten cents a day against each cow for labor. Assuming that each cow averages five thousand pounds of milk a year, which is about six quarts a day, such cow should re ceive one pound of grain for each three pounds of milk she gives, which would be about five pounds of grain a dny. The cost of the grain would be six nnd ono-quarter cents a day. Adding to this the cost before men tioned of producing n specially pure, clean milk, we have a total of at least seven cents a qunrt, as the cost of Its production on the farm. To this should be added the cost of shipping to the city, which Is an additional burden to tho farmer. American Cultivator. Striking Ignorance. It was visiting day at the kinder garten, and the young teacher was proud of her little pupils as they went through their drills and exer cises, and beamed with pleasure at tho appreciation shown by the visi tors, who applauded gonerously. Then came the lesson, and tho teacher an nounced tho subject. "Children," she said, "to-day wo are going to learn about the cat, and I want you to tell me what you know about It. Tommy, how many leg9 has the cat?" "Four," replied Tommy, proudly conscious of rectitude. SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS TO PONDER. r1 (FROM THE BEE HIVE SUPPLEMENT.) The man who makes the best use of his time generally has a good time. The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are tbe greatest men. Young men think old men tools, and old men know young men to be so. Ther6 is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. A pawn shop where wo could hock our troubles would fill a long-felt want. There are men who prefer their own blunders to other people's good advice. Trust not to appearances; the drum which makes tho most noise Is filled with wind. The best swimmers are often drowned, and the best riders have the hardest falls. Don't forget that other people feel about as llttlo In terest In your troubles as you do in theirs. It is the hardest thing In the world to convince a bungry man that the rich have trouble. A course of . sin cannot last; It comes to an end some time, and a man reaps what ho has sown. utru'OTUUUt tween him and the baby developed at I "Yes, nnd, once and strengthened with the 'the cat?" Daisy, what elso has growth and strength of both. "It was a year almost to a day from the time of hia capture that the episode occurred which now Is marked by the memorial that excited your curiosity. Yote had attained his full growth. I think he was tho handsomest dog, In physical propor tions, that I ever saw. The average coyote would readily be mistaken for a domestic dog of tho pointer class, being similar In sizeand build, though differing In color. Yote was larger and stronger than most of IiIb kind, and good treatment was evidenced in his glossy coat. "Late one afternoon, when I was Just finishing a day's work at Irrigat ing down there in the orange grove, I was startled suddenly by an extra ordinary series of yelps from Yote. followed by piercing screams from my wife. As the grove is toward the rear side of the bouse I could not seo the cause of the commotion, but I hurried up the hill as fast as my legs could carry me. "It was a frightful scene, Indeed, that I beheld as I came within view of the front yard, as you see it now. In tbe doorway leading Into the house from the porch stood my wife, with one hand upon the latch and with the door Just far enough ajar for her to look out. With the other band and arm she was holding the baby. Her face was a picture of ter ror and she was screaming at tbe highest pitch of her voice. "A the same Instant the cause M it all was revealed. An enormous mountain Hon, close by the porch, was raising Its head, with blood drip ping from its mouth, eyes flashing and tail-swishing In anger. It bad just dropped the limp form of poor Yote. At sight of me it began to crouch, Its ears went back and Its "Claws an' tall," murmured Daisy, shyly. Various other portions of fellno anatomy were ascertained, and finally the Instructress turned to one of the latest acquisitions of the kin dergarten, and said, sweetly: "Now, Mary, can you tell me whether the cat baa fur or feathers?" With scorn and contompt, mingled with a vast surprise, Mary said: "Qee, teacher, ain't you never seen a cat?" And the lesson came to an abrupt end. School Board Journal. Cows Wear Spectacles. On the steppes of prairies of Rus sia cows wear spectacles, and one may see a herd of sevoral thousand beasts each provided with glasses. Tbe reason for this Is not that Russian cattle are shortsighted, but that they suffer from snow blind ness unless their eyes are protected from the glare of the snow covered steppes. When spring arrives the fresh green grass comes peeping out from the snow, and the cattle which are turned out to feed upon It used to suffer horribly till somebody In vented a cheap kind of spectacles for them, made of leather and smoked glass, to protect them from the glare, says Home Notes. J, Ambition. Uncle Horace (who ia .something of a sage and philosopher "My boy. it Is time for you to -think seriously of tbe kind of future you Intend to map out for yourself. To sum It up In a word, what epitaph are you anxious to have engraved upon your tombstone?" Nephew (Just beginning his ca reer) -"He got bis share." Pick Me Up. Water Supply For Fnrn. Tn reply to inquiry made by C. B. T., on the farm water supply would say we have had the compressed air tank in use ten years and it is satis factory In every way. The tank should be placed in cellar, or a room above ground made frost-proof; then there ia never any trouble. Tho elevated tank Is usually out of com mission two or three months In the year, ' while severe winter weather lasts. Tho cheapest way to put in water works is to buy a rejected steam boiler for your tank; then tho water can be pumped into same by either a wind or gasoline engine, the latter possibly to be preferred, because it can be operated at any time and the engine can be utilized for many other purposes on the farm. The cost of such an outfit should not be over S 150. depending upon how expensive your boiler is. I havo a twenty-barrel tank that I bought for $25. The pump and piping cost $20, and two and one-halt horse power gasoline engine $75; total, $120. W. W. Stevens, in Indiana Farmer. Fattening Hogs. In the experience gained at the MlSBOuri Experiment Station Pro fessor Forbes Bays that corn supple mented with wheat middlings and oil meal makes the best and cheapest ration for fattening hogs. He says: "For dry lot or pen feeding of hogs the cheapest feed Is corn supplement ed by wheat middlings or oil meal. At the Missouri station we have made 100 pounds of pork from five parts of thirty-cent corn and one part of $2 4 oil meal at a cost of $2.75 per hundred weight. At 'the same tlmo wo mado 100 pounds of pork from two parts of corn and one part of $15 wheat middlings at a cost of $2.88. In tho same experi ment corn alone made pork at a cost of $3.63 per hundred weight." When pasture can be provided, port can be made the most economic ally on It. The same authority above mentioned writes: "Experiments at the Missouri Experimental College show that with corn at thirty cents per bushel, it costs $2.79 to make one hundred pounds of pork whore blue grass Is fed with the corn, with rape and corn the cost is $2.50 per hundred weight, and with alfalfa and corn the cost of 100 pounds of pork is but $2.13." Itye Chaff. I can buy from a local hay press rye chaff at $1 per ton. Will It pay to cart this two and one-half miles and put in the barnyard tor manure? I have only two cows. Quantity would probably be 100 tons a year, dry ma terial. How can I best turn this chaff to turn hogs on it? Farmers who cart rye to the press are over run with wild radish. Should I be running a great risk from this foul seed? Would the hoating of the chaff prevent the germination of the radish seed? Farmers who previous ly bought this chaff say that they have had no trouble with the wild radish on their farms. R. M. D. The rye chaff would contain in a ton something like fifteen pounds of ni trogen and nearly the same amount phosphoric acid, with perhaps seven or eight pounds of potash. When decayed, the phosphoric acid and potash will be there, while part of the nitrogen will have disappeared into the air. Rye chaff Is very poor, If not dangerous, feed for cows, be cause of tho probablo presence of .ergot, a poison to all kinds of live stock. There would also be no small danger from these weed seeds. Cru ciferous plants produce seeds which are unduly hardy and can withstand hardships. It Is true that the neigh bors have not rororled Introduction or radish by reason of the chaff, but there is still uauger. If the chaff is bought, it ought to be well rotted be fore spreading on the fields. At the price mentioned, it would not seem an attractive bargain. Country Uen tleman. jtm' " .WW "if ,J Gapes In Chickens. What Is true of all disease la true of gapes. It Is better to prevent It If possible, and then there will bu no need to cure It. When the cause of gapes U known, and also tho means by which It is likely to be spread, it becomes easy to take measures for 'yre-ventlon. Tbe most Important measure of all Is to keep the houses, yards, troughs and everything con nected with the poultry yard strictly clean. It Is probable that the drink ing water Is the medium through which tho gnpeworm most often cornea, and, therefore, the greatest care must be taken to keep tho foun tains clean, when conditions are specially favorable to the propagation of the gapeworm. The water supplied should be pure and fresh. It Is strongly advised that house, floors, perches, coops and hatching-boxes should be thor oughly cleansed with boiling water, and then Ilmewashed: that food should never be thrown on the ground: that access to polluted water should be prevented; that the rearing ground should be disinfected during the winter season if It Is to be used the following year; and that the bodies of all chickens that die of gapes should be burned. It Is also advisable that affected chickens should bo removed from the healthy birds as soon as tho symptoms of gapes can be observed; but this Is hardly practicable whore chickens are reared by hens alone, as chicks of tender age, If removed from their mother, would not survive for want of care and brooding. Whore incu bators nnd brooders are used, thero is, however, no difficulty, as one of tho brooders can be temporarily turned into a hospital for the affected chicks." H. D. 0,i in Farmers' Ga zette. Sing ami Saltpetre. The cheapest way to supply lime to the soil Is to use basic slag as a source of phosphoric acid for the fer tilizers. Blag carries from thirty to fifty per cent, of lime, and the value of the phosphoric acid It carries will cover Its whole cost. In regard to nitrate of potash (salt petre) which cost mo about $90 per ton. $4.50 per hundred pounds, the exceeding richness of the chemical makes It the cheapest source for pot ash and nitrogen that 1 know. Each one hundred pounds carries forty four pounds of potash. In which form It cost mo this season, delivered, about 5.20 cents per pound. This forty-four pounds at 5.20 cents comes to $2.28, which taken from $4.60 leaves $2.22 for the value of the four teen pounds of nitrogen contained in one hundred pounds of nitrate of potash, or 15 6-7 cents per pound for the nitrogen which Professor Goessnian assured me 1b equally valu able with the nitrogen derived from nitrate of soda which costs me de livered this season $5 8 per ton, or $2.90 per one hundred pounds; one hundred pounds of nitrate of soda contains about fifteen nnd one-half pounds of nitrogen, making the cost of one pound of nitrogen in nitrate of soda sulphate of potash. Monroe Morse, In the American Cultivator. The Future and Sheep. All who keep up with the trend of the live stock industry agree that tho demand for sheep will go on increas ing -lor many years. In referring to the matter the Shepherd's Criterion has this to say: Farmers as a class do not yet un derstand sheep well enough to pro duce them successfully, though the majority of them raise other things that require more care and effort and produce poorer results. While it is true that many are going Into sheep for the flrBt time, and hundreds havo been converted to tho right way of thinking, still, relatively speaking, comparatively few of the small farm ers carry sheep. It will take a long time to educate some that sheep are the best live stock they can raise best for tho land and for the bank account. In tho meantime mutton consumption will continue to grow very rapidly, and In our opinion the time will be far distant when the bup ply will again overtaku the demand. The great grazing areas of the West are practically filled to the limit, and so there cannot be much expansion in that direction. The chief increase must be on the Eastern farms. Here the dog and the stomach worm havo to be contended with, and there are at tho present time very serious handicaps to tbe small farmer. If a man can raise enough sheep to war rant his special and constant and special attention, then the dog nuis ance can be effectually eliminated, but the stomach worm is an enemy in tho dark that cannot bo easily con quered. All thiugs considered, it Is by no means likely that sheep hus bandry will advance fast enough to make the business unprofitable for tho next twenty years. As long as there Is a sensiblo protective tariff ou wool sheepmen will huve strong encouragement, but even if they had to depend ou mutton quality almost entirely, thqy aro now well enough fortified to go ahead on a profltuble basis. It Is estimated that fifty per cent, more mutton is consumed in this country than twenty years ago. Tho annual receipts at Chicago are more than a million more than In 1897, while there has been a corre sponding lucrease at most of the other Western markets. If under these circumstances mutton can be sold at a record price, then It follows that It has a stroug grip on the Amer ican appetite, which is bound to en dure. Tho slaughter of sheep and lambs, particularly lambs. Is going on so rapidly that producers are now much behind the requirements, and thut is why prices are bo high. Chi cago for the first nine months this year falls 400,000 head short of last year, In spite of the fact that more people have gone Into the sheep busi ness. A supply of 50,000,000 sheep Is uot large enough for a country, with over 80, 00$, 000 people, with a million foreigners landed every year. England's Old People. In England and Wales there are about 1, $00, 000 persons over sixty five years of ago, and tn the course or a year more than a fourth of that number are compelled to accept poor rellet. London Lloyd's Weekly News. Women In Business. In nearly all executive positions women excel. It Is curious that the sex, after so many years of intellec tual seclusion, should have practical qualities strongly developed. But It seems to me that there are only two things In which the business woman Is apt to fall. One of these Is in working with other women, tho other Is In her Inclination to play tricks with her nervous system by having Irregular meals of unwholesome food and neglecting to take exercise. Tho Reader. An Economical Empress, fn private life the Empress of Ger many wears hardly any Jewels. In tact, her life, apart from State occa sions, is conducted on the simplest possible lines. She is extremely eco nomical regarding the clothing of her children. When her sons were boys the suits of the older ones were actually cut down to fit their young er brothers. The Empress Is equally careful with her own wardrobe. She has a staff of dressmakers who nre always at work remodeling her gowns, bo that it Is possible for her to appear several times In them with out their being recognized. London M. A. P. College Woman's Creed. T believe In tho home nnd tho fam ily. I believe In sane and rational dally housekeeping, to which I am ready to give tho necessary amount of time and energy. I believe It Is my duty to scrutin ize my manner of living and to deter mine what useless financial burdens I am carrying. I believe that the result of my home life should be the health and good temper ot my family and the sense of living the life of the spirit as well as of the body. I believe it Is my duty to propor tion my expenses to my income In such a way as to make a home ot comfort and simplicity without un due anxiety. Indianapolis News. Blind Girl's Earnings. - Miss Cora Crocker, a deaf, dumb and blind girl, has surprised her teachers in the workshops of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, in Cambridge, by the quick ness with which she has mastered the intricate machinery ot ber loom and the beauty and delicacy of her work. She has only Just passed her twenty first birthday and has been under the care of teachers for a comparatively short time, yet she weaves the most delicate fancy articles, dainty colored designs. She is said to be the only person so afflicted who has ever suc ceeded In doing such beautiful work. There are Beveral blind women work ing in the same shop who do good work, but she is the only one who can neither speak nor hear. Her earnings, it Is said, of more than $20 a month are steadily increasing. Indianapolis News. Cross-Stitching Hints. ' - If each stitch Is not crossed In the same direction the effect will be poor. It is always better to work as much as possible in a straight line, so that each stitch may receive Its tension from the same direction. Cross-Btitching Is well adapted to table and magazine covers, the mark ing of linen, soft pillows, floor cush ions and bags ot all kinds. Red and white and blue and white linen are the favorite materials for these articles when decorated with cross-Btltchlng. This work must not bo confused with the checked ging ham embroidery of a few years ago. It is quite different in appearance, the heavy linen, with its lustrous finish, giving a strong, artistic back ground tor the cross stitch, which in itseir has a crude beauty peculiarly adapted to the purpose in view. New York Journal. Washington Women Great Walkers. As they all recognize the need of fresh air in Washington, as else where, if they wish to retain their health, many high-placed dwellers In the capital give several hours a day to exercise in the open. The President gets out for at least three hours dally, no matter how pressing public affairs may be. Mrs. Roose velt spends even more time than that in walking, driving or superintend ing her flower garden. Almost all the Washlngtonlans in official life recognizo the need of the daily prome nade. Many aro seen in business streets in tho morning, going on household errands. Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Garfield and MM. Cortelyou. make many of their calls on foot. Indeed, all Washington takeB every excuse lor walking. Any bright morning the strangor may see Mrs. Roosevelt, her handsome young daughter and many ot the women taking brisk constitu tionals in the socluded portions ot the Mall and bypaths ot tbe Speedway. New York Press. Flag as Wedding Gift. "I saw an unusual wedding present tho other day," said tho bride's triend, telling ot her call ou the happy young womau, "and I certain ly mean to act on tbe suggestion the next time I have a gift to buy for a similar occasion, it was an American flag. It la strange that more people have not thought of It before, but I do not recall that even among the numerous dlsplsys ot wedding girts that I have seen In my lifetime have I noticed our natlouai emblem; yet, when you como to think of it, what Is more appropriate? To be sure, there Is uot so much opportunity to use one In living In au apartment house as in a private dwelling In the suburb, but even so, there are times when one feels lost uot . j have the colors to fUug to tbo breezes or hang ou the tails, aud surely tun giver of the flag will have the satis faction ot knowing that bis gift will not be duplicated a dozen times over, and it always will be admired! So, I say, the flag shall henceforth be my standby In selecting wedding gifts." New York Press. Women ns Councillor. On the first occasion on which ladles have been eligible to sit as municipal co'itnetllora thplr success at the polls has hardly been as pro nounced as some of those who have worked so hard to secure them the right wero Inclined to anticipate. Still, when It ts considered that only spinsters or widows could stand and that in several instances boroughs were being served by well-tried and fully trusted members of long stand ing, there is perhaps no reason to feel otherwise than satisfied. Notable among those who have boon returned is Miss Dove, who headed the poll nt High Wycombe. She Is an advanced educationalist, who for some years past has been head mistress of Wycombe Abbey School, with about 200 young ladles in residence under her care. Another striking success is that of Miss Merivalo at Oxford. She Is a daughter of the late Dean Merivalo, the historian, and her candidature enjoyed the support of many leading members of the university. She will take her seat as an Independent, and education is a strong point with her. This, too. figured prominently In the campaign of Miss Sntton, who was returned unopposed at Reading. Mrs. Woodward at Bewdley was also spared the troubles of any contest, as was Mrs. Garrett Anderson at Aldeburgh. In Scotland the ladies were less successful. Four came for ward and none have been returned. It la Btgnlflcant that Lady Steel was rejected at Edinburgh, for she has been among the most militant ot suf rraglsts, even to "passive resistance" as to paying her rates and taxes, and the rebuke may be taken to heart by those who think noisy methods are approved by the majority of their sisters. London Telegraph. . Lips to Be Red. Lips will be of a deep rich red this season. Hips, as a topic, have had their day, and despite all the dictates of Panquin, women seem to be as hiple8B or "hlpful" as they were be fore. The prophets could make only conjectures in regard to hips. It re mained to bo seen what the New York woman would do. But the writer baa seen the Hps, and unlike all talk about hips, can say that the deep rich red is the latest fad. The majority of the women whose HpB looked as though done with pure crimson madder from the tube were beyond the kissing age. One saw them not in hundreds but certainly by the dozens at tho Manhattan Cpera House recently. One would never have concluded that they had neither chance nor inclination for kisses, had they not all been so cross to their husbands, as they entered, and when there was any little un certainty about finding seats. One wondered if they had any children at home who expected a good night kiss after "Now I lay me," and the "God bless popper'n mommer" prayer. With crimson madder lips, the face is usually pure white, with out rouge, and in the majority of cases was us powdery as a freshly sugared cruller. Enterlag the Met ropolitan Opera House, there Is not such a strong cruel light, and both powder and lip rouge aro absorbed somewhat In an hour, or often less. At the Manhattan, on ..he other hand, many of the women enter the hcuse through the doors Just In back of the orchestra. Here there Is a clear, cold light; nothing crimson and kindly as thero is at the Metropolitan. Even the unshaved Sicilians among the standees looked with amazement at these white-faced women with bright red lips. Some of the Innocents among tho mere men imagined they wore members of the chorus who bad entered by the wrong door. Brook lyn Life. NEWEST FASHIONS Belts of gold galloon are finished with huge gold buckles. Double-faced cloths for suits are promised a place among the new rubrics. Modern petticoats are gored so that they Bare wondrously about the feet. Jabots worn with tailored waists seem to grow fuller and wider as the season advances. Picot ribbon and small silk but tons trim the dressy black gown of an elderly woman. Without the dainty and becoming hair ornament no evening costume Is now considered complete. White lace motifs appllqued upon the waists of creamy net stand out well because of the contrast. Buttonholing and hand embroidery are generously used In the decora tion ot morning Jackets for gifts. Tbe Jacket that forms a pan of a young girl's plaid suit is equally ap propriate In plain velvet or eloth ot the color predominating lu the plaid. Be sure thai you have style and grace to spars before you Invest in one ot those coats ot volvet or fur whose kimono sleeves are eiag. gerated. A most attractive bat seen on the street was a plain sailor shape with u full rucho all the way around the crown of soft, glsuniiuu satin In two , uai'iuouloua shade.
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