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.
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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.