IN TlisS UAUDEN OF LIFE. tt CHARLKS DUXniM OOfO, 1! KUCCK8S MAGAZINE. Ah, when I first bejrnn to plnnt Life's unnlrn clone, 1 did not know (For 1 m young nnd ipnornnt) What choice of seeds 1 onglit to so-,?. Ami tnnny thir.tr I phtnted there Alas! turned nut but barren seeds, And nthois ilied for wnnt of enre, And ir.any more proved tioxiou wcodn. But in tho midmot plnce r.f ) A little slip (jrpw, iiunwui-e, And it hnii burgeoned fair nnd tall Beforo I knew Hint it w there. Around it head the sunlight drew, The sweet earth drew around its root, And fairer still in foim it grew To bud, to blossom, nnd to fruit. And now, no radiant it grown. The garden in a mapio bower Ppnees of perfume and of roue. fcoft-veiled with beauty and with flower. Xa?jtt&V'teij&ii affys5a xS3$ti&i asggM; KWtA A PLOT FRUSTRATED. By HELEN FORREST GRAVES. it what ought we to 'wind up' with?" WW It Hon, looked like a pretty lllumlna. the French cottage-window, With the shaded lamp burning on the 'centre-table and the muslin curtain blowing backward and forward In jthe Hlac-sccnted breeze; and the tab leau of two young lovers sitting to gether on the uofa was prettier still. Leslie Brown was a beautiful girl of seventeen, dark-browed and rose llpped, with a skin Ilka the velvety oream of a magnolia loaf, dark-gray eyea and long, luxuriant hair colled In a mass of heavy braids around her lead. Montagu Lacy was seven-and-jtwenty, with Saxon features, curls of deep, golden hue and a silky brown mustache twisting roguishly up at he ends, "But I say, Leslie, you will answer me to-morrow?" pleaded the young 'nan, "I don't know, Mr. Lacy It's so auddon." "So is everything sudden in this world." ' "I don't know what mamma would ay," hesitated pretty Leslie. "Shall I take measures to ascer ,aln?" solicitously asked Mr. Monta 'n Lacy. "Certainly not," Leslie answered I firmly. "I have not decided as yet myself." "Yes, but Leslie, it's confounded ly hard on a fellow." "Perhaps It is, perhaps It isn't. iTou must go now, in any event." "Must 1?" Mr. Lacy arose with a comical grimace. "To-morrow, then?" "I won't promise." "Then you are a cruel, hard hearted girl, and that's all I have to juy on the subject. However, I shall .try my luck, whatever may befall." And, bending lightly, he touched .Jtila lips to the rosy dimples of her finger-joints as he went away. Miss Henderson witnessed the .whole scene heard all the words poken in the murmurous silence of the summer twilight from her vantage-point behind the hedge of pink blossomed American laurel. She bit her lip, and, if the "baleful eye" eould blast like the forked flash of ummer lightning, Leslie . Brown would have been at that Instant smit ten to the ground. "You are so sure of him, my young lady, are you?" said Miss Hen derson to herself. "Just wait and Me. There may be two words to that bargain." One Instant Malvlna Henderson stood thinking. To let Pretty Leslie Brown run away with the prize for Which she had schemed and plotted o long was entirely opposite to all her long-conceived policy and yet "I have it," said Malvlna, to her aelf. "Yes, I have it. Nothing short of death or madness will part them, and jealousy is a species of mad ness." Hurrying through the Bhrubbery, already wet with dew, as swift and noiseless as a gliding wreath of white mist. Miss Henderson met Montagu Lacy at the front door, Just as he had found his hat and lighted the cigar which was to accompany him on his long evening walk. "Mr. Lacy oh, please don't throw way your cigar," she said, coaxingly, and M vina Henderson could assume charmingly pleading air when she chose, "but I've walked so fast up from the lodge, for fear you should ,be gone and I've such a favor to ask yeu." "A favor, Miss Henderson?" "There, now." said Malvlna, with a sweet little laugh, "I knew you would be surprised, but remember!" holding up a taper finger, "It's a pro found secret." "Oh, certainly." "Well, it's leap-year, you know, and we girls are going to send Joe Thorneycroft a love letter Just for a Joke, you know and we don't know what on earth to write, and and won't you Just give us the rough draft of one for us to copy?" "I!" "Yes, you. You know you've read uch lots of delightful English novelB, and you can give us Just the right Idea. "Beg your pardon," said Mr. Lacy, laughing, "but I think you young ladles need no suggestions." "Mr. Lacy, you won't refuse?" "Refuse? No, not If I really can be of any use; but." "Allow us to be the Judge of that." cried Malvlna, with gay imperlous ness, as she drew him Into the library and reached for standlsh and rose colored paper. "Now you must write a genuine love-letter." t "How shall I begin It?" said Mr. Lacy, good-bumoredly yielding, the Point without betraying a vestige of the impatience be really felt. I "Oh, any way. ' 'Dear Malvlna.' Just for fun." , "Very well." And Mr, Lacy's swift pen soratched away over the paper, dashing off the lines with ready Inventive genius. "How will this do?" be asked, and ;ad over what he had been compos ing. Miss Henderson clapped ber bands exultlngly. "Charming perfect!" she cried, "How poor, dear Joe will be vlctlm- Oh, that Is 'Yours devotedly,' death,' or some such rhodomontade." he said, hurriedly scratching off the glowing words. . "Now sign it. I am so stupid, you see; I need all your good nature in counseling me." "Just the initials In my case It would be M. L." "How can I ever thank you enough," aaid Malvlna, rapturously, as she folded the little pink billet. "But you'll never let Thorneycroft know that I had a finger in the pie," laughed Mr. Lacy. "Never never, upon my word!" fervently asseverated Miss Hender son. And, if smiles were sunshine, Montagu Lacy's homeward way would have been one illumination that evening. Five minutes afterward, Malvlna entered the room where Leslie Brown was deluding herself with the idea that she was reading. "Leslie," she said, earnestly, "I want your advice." Miss Brown looked up, rather sur prised. Although they were second uttering of these Incoherent sen tences, hurried out of the room. .Malvlna watched her with a slyj cat-like smile. "I think I have done for you, young, Indy," she thought to herself, "with' all your rosy cheeks and big, gray eyes! A little maneuvering, and I shall bring Mr. Montagu Lacy to my feet, now that this dangerous rival Is1 out of the way." Mr. Lacy's astonishment, the next day, on receiving Leslie's Indignant' message of "not at home," was extreme. "What does it all mean?" he mut tered. "I will see her, or " And he sat himself resolutely down on the front piazza, thus laying regu-; lar siege to the unconscious Leslie , a line of tactics entirely different! from anything Miss Henderson had supposed him likely to pursue. "Here I sit until midnight nor un til she comes out!" he told himself. Presently she came, but not alone.) Malvlna Henderson was with her,, who was rather more discomfited) than Leslie at the sudden apparition which confronted them. But he did' not notice the elder of the two ladles at all. "Leslie." ho exclaimed. rnnroRch. simple enough, fully, but Leslie shrank back, color- or XOurs until Insr violent!. "I.eollo vnn nn right to deny me an answer thus." "Do not call me 'Leslie,' " she. cried, Indignantly. "Why should I not? You never scolded me for It before." "You owe all your sweet words and familiar expressions to this lady," said Leslie, drawing back, and motioning to Malvlna. "Do I?" said Mr. Lacy, with rather a puzzled air. "Well, I really wasn't aware of It. Will you please, Missi Brown, to explain yourself?" Malvlna felt as If her veins were filled with molten Are Instead of blood; she would have given worlds to escape the explanations that she foresaw was coming. Leslie caught from the dainty ruf fled pocket of Miss Henderson's silk apron the note which had pierced, her heart like a sword, and extended It to Mr. Lacy ere Malvlna could snatch It back. "This will be sufficient explana tion," she said, haughtily. "The man who can write such a letter as this to one woman, while he is making love T ' 1 II llTr"--"-Ti aiT" --"-","irrf 3 Wedding Receptions. Women da not remove their hats at formal afternoon receptions. Hats should not be worn in the evening. There should be malda in attendance 3 take care of wraps. The bride does aot furnish carriages except for her immediate . party. Guests provide their own. The matron of houor and bridesmaid help receive guests, stand ing next to the parents of the bride groom. If you take a friend with you, only the most formal Introduc tion is required, and you do not re main to talk with the receiving line. Nothing more than congratulations to the newly married couple are re quired, except a friendly greeting to their respective parents. If the re ception includes a dance and supper, the guests go to the dancing floor Im mediately they have greeted the re ceiving line. New York Telegram. mmi I I Pat's Pathetic Passion. POLICEMAN PAT peruses picture puzzle prize proffer. Premium promised person purchasing, placing painted pieces, producing perfect pictures. Pat ponders, purchases paying prodigious price pre pares place, puts pieces promiscuously, pursues particular plan, pompously prophesies prompt performance. Pieces proceed perversely. Pat pauses perturbed. Prob lem perplexes. Prolonged perplexity produces panic. Plen tiful poteen potations prove pernicious. Protracted puzzling produces profuse perspiration, pant ing, pain, pallor, palpitation. Pills procure partial palliation. Pat persists, perseveres, protests perfection possible. Punishment pursues pertinacious policeman. Poor Pat pays penalty, perishes pitifully, prone, prostrate. Parents provide proper pall. Priest publicly pronounces panegyric. Paper prints pertinent paragraphs praising popular prom inent policeman. Pat planted permanently. Camilla J. Knight, in Life. I conslns, she was not particularly partial to Malvlna, and she had rea son to suppose that she herself was not a favorite with the fading passe brunette. "My advice, Malvlna?" she re peated doubtfully. ' "Yes," laughed and blushed Mal vlna, "about getting married. I am going to confide in you, my dear. I have had an offer." Leslie arched her fair brows, inno cently, and Miss Henderson went on, with a well-affected air of feretty con fusion, "From but you can never guess from whom, if you were to try for a hundred years. From Montagu Lacy." Leslie Brown grew pale, and then scarlet. to another, scarcely deserves the title of gentleman." Mr. Lacy eyed the document with amazement. "I did write this letter," said he; "but it was to no woman. It was written to Joe Thorneycroft." But Malvlna Henderson did not stay to await any further develop ments. Murmuring some incoherent sentence about a forgotten engage ment, she darted back Into the house and fifteen minutes afterward she had' the mortification of seeing Leslie! and Montagu stroll past the win. dows in all the radiant abstraction from the outer world that belongs, ofl right, to true lovers. For Cupid had befriended his own, and M&lvina'fl nhnllnw " yiv. uau unci- ly failed in breaking two hearts. . The Odd One. "As every one who has visited Lon don knows," said a young man for merly attached to our embassy at the British capital, "the number of pas sengers carried on certain 'busses is limited by regulation. "Once a kindly Irish conductor, though quite aware that his 'bus was full, had permlttod a young and sickly woman to Bqueeze In. The 'bus had not proceeded far before the usual crank spoke up. 'Conductahl' he ex claimed. 'You've got one over your number, y' know!' " "Have I, sir?' asked the conduc tor with affected concern. Then, be ginning to count from the opposite end, leaving the complainant until the last, he repeated: 'Wan, two, three, four, folve. six, Bivln, eight, nolne. tin, ,'Iefen, twelve, thir so I have, sir, an', be the Lord Harry, ye're the wan. Out ye go!' "And out he did go." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. - "You must be mistaken, Malvlna. ' New York Weekly. tie And then she stopped. "Oh, I dare say." said Malvlna, a little maUclously; "but you'll tell quite a different tale When you see the letter I received from him to night." Leslie smiled; what else could she do, secure as she was in Montagu's adoration of herself. She could only pity her coubIu's monstrous delusion. But Miss Henderson was prepared with testimony to back up her words. She unfolded the note and laid it on the table. "You will believe his own words, if you don't believe mine," said she, laughingly; and the blood seemed to turn to ice in Leslie's pulses at the sight of the well-known handwriting. "My own darling," it began, but she could decipher no more. Her head swam, her lips quivered. "I do not wish to read it," she said hurriedly. "I I have no wish to pry Into the secrets of others." "But that is entirely a mistaken idea, Leslie. We both wish you to know our plans. Let roe read tt to you, it you will not look at It your self." She murmured out the flowing sen tences of love-smitten rhetoric which the unconscious victim bad penned so merrily not fifteen minutes before, but Leslie Brown scarcely heard them. It seemed so Impossible to monstrously absurd that Montagu Lacy should dare to make open love at one and the same. time to herself and this black-eyed, vindictive old maid! That he, whom Bhe bad deemed the very Impersonation of everything that was noble and chiv alrlc, should be so utterly false! It he were untrue, then what and who, In all the world, could be pronounced real? Miss Henderson's cooing, hypocritically-sweet voice broke harshly in on the thread of ber reflections. "Do tell me bow to answer him?" she murmured. "You see how be presses tor an Immediate reply. What shall I say?" "I I don't know," said Leslie, pressing her band on her forehead. "My bead aches I don't think I am very well this evening. Some other time, Malvlna, I will answer your questions." ' And Leslie Brown,, whose self But you haven't sleiwd It J command bad barely extended to the Character In Chins. The minority who have square chins and big lower Jaws say that we of the receding chins have neither will nor strength of character, which Is absurd, as any one may know who remombera that General Wolfe and Mr. Pitt had practically no china at all, to say nothing of living soldiers and statesmen. To Judge a man by his chin Is no' less foolish than to Judge him by the bumps of his skull. London Spectator. . Ileal Fact. ' An almost totally bald gentleman, dtalng one day in a restaurant, called out In anger, "Walter, there's a hair In my soup?" The waiter was a tactful man, and be replied. "Ah, ze magueeflcent halrl Undoubtedly from monsieur's head!" And . the much-flattered diner smiled blandly and remarked, "Ah, well; accidents will happen!" Hu man Life. The city of Frankfort has not onty established a municipal fish market, but supplies housewives with a fish cookery book Um of charge. . Woman to Womnn. The woman who for any reason cannot get on with women Is prepar ing for herself a lonely old age. She may be beautiful, witty, a favorite with the men, yet there are times when she realizes that In one sense she Is a failure. She asks herself whether one of the most tangible forms of success Is not to get on with people. And the greater success as she also begins to observe Is te get on with women. To get on with men is much less distinguished, for the odds are all In her favor. Men are not critical In their attitude toward her, and respond quickly to atten tion or kindness, seldom questioning the motives underlying either, as members of her own sex are prone to do, says Woman's Life. It seems impossible for a certain class of wo men to be fair to women; ergo, It Is equally Impossible for them to get on with other women. you will walk on strange ground with good results; your left toot having the opposite effect. Break, says Woman's Life, your needle when sewing a garment, you will live to wear it out. See a frog sitting on dry ground In the springtime, you will shed as many tears during the year as will make a pond large enough for It to swim In. When nogs Gnaw, When the hogs get to gnawing the woodwork of their pens you may be sure they need something different to gnaw from what you are feeding them. Look Into It and see If you are giving them variety enough. Farm ers' Home Journal. Don't He Afraid. Don't be u cheap farmer. Do not be afraid to exercise your manhood. Nor afraid to be dubbed by some of your thoughtless neighbors "a pro gressive farmer," as the title contains an unintentional compliment and Is well worth earning. Farmers' Home Journal. . Widow Pnys For Breach of Promise. A widow of fifty-four years In Lon don has been ordered to pay a young man of twenty-five years $500 for breach ef promise to be married to him. The young man is Jack Denny Bower, a draper's assistant, who says Ttlenrhed Hair. This Is pre-eminently the time for women who have been dyeing or bleaching their hair to discontinue the practice, for so much false hair can be worn now that the head can be completely covered with It during the period that the tresses are re gaining their natural shade. Times without number I am asked by my correspondents how they can restore color, having changed It by dyes, and my only answer It by mas sage, brushing and a copious use of oils. The last, perhaps the most Im portant, Is manifestly impossible when one's own hair must show, but when false pieces are tiFed the head may be deluged and the oil will not show. The chief Injury done the hair through dyeing or bleaching is the drying of natural oils until the locks starve or become so crisp they break constantly. Oil Is the best method of nourish ing, as massage Is best to drive it into the pores. Incidentally, massage stimulates circulation. Ordinary tonics that is, those for ordinary conditions of the scalp will be In efficacious. A combination of sweet almond oil, putting half an ounce of tincture of cantharldes to eight ounces of the oil, Is helpful. Almond oil Is also nourishing. Either Is to be put on every night that Is, literally poured over the scalp. It ia Impossible that too much oil shall go on. When the head has been wet In this way the whole scalp should be pressed with the finger tips, bending the knuckles to move the scalp over the skull. ach section Is to be pressed for three or four mln- Cultivation of Sweet Tens. If sweet peas are to be cultivated In rows, It is a good plan to draw a broad, flat-bottomed drill, about a foot or eighteen Inches wide On no account should it be concave. The In evitable result of this would be to crush the seed Into the centre of the shallow drill and to cause overcrowd ing. Thin sowing, however, can be carried out with perfect ease If the drill Is fit. If clumps are to be grown the same rule should be observed the bottom of the circular trench should be perfectly flat. "How far apart should each seed be sown?" is the next question that arises. It the seed Is sound, and If there Is, therefore, a reasonable certainty of germination, each seed should be set at least nine Inches from its neigh bor. One famous grower Invariably sows one foot apart, and he declares that he has rarely had a failure. If the average amateur gardener strikes this happy medium, however, and does not allow his seeds to be less than six Inches apart, he will prob ably have no cause to complain of the result. Pittsburg Dispatch. S CD Meat ISren.st of I-.amb. Cover two breasts of lamb with cold water, bring to the boll and skim. Add a taaspoon of salt, half a dozen peppercorns, a large onion stuck with three cloves, two small carrots, one small white turnip, a sprig of parsley, a stalk of celery and a bay leaf. Simmer for two hours, take out the meat, remove the bones and trim. Rub with butter, sprinkle with seasoned crumbs and brown In the oven. Use the broth for soup. that Mrs. Jesusa Agnes Ebsworth, a grandmother, made love to him and even promised to settle a set amount ef money on him after their marriage. The two met about three years ago and became friends. Bower alleged that Mrs. Ebsworth wrote him en dearing letters and that they visited a hotol In Clifton, where they occu- , pled separate rooms and "he was de scribed as Mrs. Ebsworth's nephew. There was testimony that Mrs. Ebs worth paid the bills. Mrs. Ebsworth denied she ever agreed to marry the young man and said that the letters Bower put In evidence were written by her as a joke to the young man. She Bays that after he proposed marriage te her Bhe ordered him never to speak to her. The Jury, however, thought the young man's feelings had been wounded. New York Press. Pleasant Manners. Life would be mere livable If more ef us felt It a duty to be pleasant however things might go. An old woman once told a girl with a Puritan conscience: "Stop worry ing so much about the right and wrong of things and keep smiling, and you will make this world a better place." The girl who learns to keep smil ing when she would much rather weep or storm has gained a victory over herself beyond penance and fasting. Be pleasant, first, from a sense of duty, and It will soon become habit. If sulklnebs, deceit, 111 temper, nag ging ran get a grip on character, why not pleasant ways? It you cultivate a pleasant manner from no other reason, do bo through lelf-lntereBt. The girl who Is agree able never moans over the world's' treatment. Solomon knew when he advised the "soft answer" rule for living. Make a pleasant manner your rule. The peace of mind that follows free dom from brawls, snappy answers and Irritability adds years to your life and to your success in life. Indianapolis News. Some Oldtlme Sayings. - Everybody knows some old sayings which few of us perhaps believe in our hearts. Yet, although we do not believe them, still we are Interested In them, and as often as not follow the directions notwithstanding that we may scoff at the results. As, for Instance, most people pick up a pin when they see it,-but they do not cherish any hope of the action affect ing their luck. When our ears burn we say some one is speaking of us; perchance we think we speak truly, probably we do not. Here, however, are some other old time sayings given tor what they are worth. If you Drop a slice of bread or butter a hungry visitor will come. Eat goose on Michaelmas Day, you will have plenty of money throughout the coming year. Pick an eak apple with a worm In It, you will be rich; with a fly in It, however, poverty must .be yours. Meet a man with a wooden leg. you may expect a surprise soon. Break your apron string, your lover is thinking of you, Have so Irritation of (he right foot, utes in this way, then another rub bing must be given to drive the oil Into the pores. After this there must be a thorough brushing, using long bristles that will go through the hair and reach the scalp. The whole treatment will take at least ten and probably fifteen or twenty minutes at night, and It is not to be thought that all the oil will be absorbed by the scalp In this time. To the contrary, much will remain and the head will not look neat. Nevetheless, if necessary, It may be tied In a thin bandage for the night. Oil In quantities it must have, and in the morning If more oil can be ab sorbed it should be applied. The locks are then twisted closely but not tightly around the back of the head and the various switches affected by fashion are pinned on to completely cover the natural tresses. Unpleasant as this treatment may seem, It Is the only one that will ex pedite the return to natural color. To dry hair after it has been bleached is to make the trouble worse. Mar garet Mlxter, In the Washington Star. Hard Milkers. We are requested by some of our readers to re-publish the following, by Dr. David Roberts, the State Vet erinarian, of Madison, Wisconsin, who Is good authority on the subject. He says: This trouble Is due to an abnormal contraction of the sphincter muscles at the teat nnd oftentimes reduces the value of what might have other wise been a valuable cow, as no one wishes to purchase or own what is termed as a hard milker; but If stock owners knew how easily this trouble could be overcome they would never think of disposing of a hard milker at a sacrifice, as Is now being done by many. The mere fact that a cow Is a hard milker does not Indicate that she Is not a good milker, but owing to the fact that she Is a hard milker she is oftentimes neglected at milking time by a disgusted milker, who leaves a large quantity of tho milk in her udder that should have been drawn out. Stockmen who know how to handle such cases oftentimes buy valuable cows, owing to the fact that they are hard milkers, and by the use of a teat plug and a low treatments for hard milking, cause them to become splendid, easy milkers, thereby in creasing their value many more times than the cost of the treatment. A milking tube should never be used i:i such cases as there Is too much dan ger of Infection and the results are not us good as from tiie Use of the teat plus. ary or February, and sell them for about the same number of dollars per head that can be secured In mid summer. Which of these methods should be adopted will depend on the possibility of selling them In carload lots, or to sell them to men who make up car load lots. In a community where there are a great many sheep breeders, and wVore It Is possible for shippers to buy carloads of lambs as they do of hogs, I have no hesitation In saying that the best way Is to have the lambs eat oats and corn as early as possible, give them free access to It at all times in clean troughs, allow them the milk of their dams, and sell them at seventy to ninety pounds before weaning. Where one Is co largely engnged In the sheep buslnrss that he can handle a carload of wethers at any time, this Is certainly the way to make quick and easy money. My experience has been that by having the lambs come In March and April and pushing th"iu forward in this way, I could get 03 many dollars for them In July and August as I could in January and February. In the meantime they have consumed far leas grain, the risk of disease has been reduced to a minimum and money is quickly turned. Whole, however, one must depend on the local butcher for his market for lambs. It is quite as well to finish them oft at about 100 pounds at nine, ten or eleven months. If anyone will compare the weights and prices of lambs on the city market, say Chica go, In July and August with the weights and prices in January and February, he will find that the lamb sells for about as many dollars In the first nieuticiued months as In thtj last. One of the main p.dvantnqo?. !n sell ing early 13 that the risks f;o'.:i dis ease, especially the stomach vvo:ia, are reduced to tho minimum. Lambs fed generously from the first are seldom injured by theta worms, even when kept on Infected pastures; but when kept on Infected pastures and given only the milk of their dams they are very likely to succumb to the disease a'.ons in Au gust and September. W. H. Under wood, In the Indiana Fanner. Shoes have fancy buckles and tre worn with gayly colored stockings. The newest pocket hnndkerchleft are tiny, with the colored border very deep. Crystal fringe and embroidery In crystal beads are used on evening gowns. In the fashionable shops the draped princess la the leading model for the dressy frock. One of the pretty ornaments for the hair 1b a butterfly made of white and gold sequins. "King's blue," a new shade of tna season, Is merely a cold Japanese shade of blue. Cypress green, pewter gray and a delicate fawn shade are soft tints that are popular. White serge suits hive black or green collars and cuffs. Green Is also used on dark blue. Tho chantecler pump has a high heel and a decorative narrow toe. It is unusually arched. Earrings are very picturesque, par ticularly when worn with the quaint coiffures now lu vogue. Embroidery ' fleunclngs and all overs are te be very much used thb season for pretty frocks. The new veils are novel and con spicuous, but not becoming. Colo. -el lace veils are still papular.' Foulards, plain aud figured, are allied with great success. The deep hem reaching to the knees Is a happy solution of the problem of contrast ing silks. Would you have a delectable wrap la a very short time? Well, take the model seen at one ef the private views. It was simply t huge square ot pale rose satin, ornamented on each corner with a heavy dull silver taas.il and cord. Staking Tomntoes. The nicest way I have found to raise .tomatoes Is to tie them up to strong stakes. Drive In the stakes solidly and set the plants beside them. Keep them tied up as they grow, and keep a good part of the side shoots trimmed off. I leave four or five of the lower branches and al low them to lie on the ground. This Is some work, but It pays; it gives a chance to go among tho vines to hoe and water, and you tan have your garden as neat In the time of ripe tomatoes as any other time in the summer. And when you want the ripe tomatoes you can see at a glance where they are, and every tired wo man knows what a convenience that Is. I seldom see a rotten tomato on the vines that are tied up. The stakos, however, must be strong and firmly set, for you will often gee a peck of tomatoes on the vines. Or.e day a lady friend said: "I'll never tie up tomatoes again; It don't pay, for whenever the tops get heavy over they go." Wheu I walked Into her garden, bohold, she had procured a lot of elder branches to tie her car nations up to, and the largest of these she used for her tomatoes. Another friend decided to use the banana crates which were discarded, at the nearest grocery. The result was very unsatisfactory, as the tomatoes were enclosed and the pieces were so close ly fitted that you could hardly get the hand between the latter to pick the tomatoes, A good kind or early tomato Is the "Matchless." Early plants are best raised in tin cans that have been melted apart; bend them in shape, set them closely together In the hot bed, fill with good soil and plant three or tour seeds In each one. Thin the plants out as they grow until you have only one plant in each can. When you want to transplant to the garden lift can and all; set lu the hill prepared for the plant and care fully take off the can. fill in the soil and water and your plant will never know It was disturbed Q. K. E., in the Indiana Farmer. A P.hode Island Hod Talk. A friend said to the writer the other day: "Geer, what do you know about the Rhode Island Reds, whore did they come from anyhow, and where did they get the drag they have on the poultry fraternity?" Our reply to one section of his compound ques tion was prompt: "Rhode Island, of course, up there In Yankeeland where they made the Barred Plymouth Rocks, dressed down the Leghorns, Brown. White and Black, and struck out of a piece of marble the beautiful White Wjan dotte." In general, however, his question perpleied us, for we do not kmw as much about the Rhode Island Reds ns we should like to know. Rut we do know that in the mtitter of color I It Is necessary to breed very e!n?cly I to the standard !n order to r. ake ad , vanrement in a fi::ed red coW for I tho breed. It will not Cc, if one wants to raise clear ro:l bird?, to breed from fowls with . Iiito or Frr.ut In their plumage, nor from hous which in their second and third ytar show too much of the light creamy color. And, our observation is, that a pullet that I3 really a good, dark even shade of red, with no white, and no smut, will not fade to the lighter color as she advances in age, like one that Is less clearly red, or one that has defects In the way of smut, etc. In fact. In breediu? r.eds, we should select the pullet that thews no smut adown the bark in the under feathers, and which ha3 m tendency to light blotches in the heavier feath ers. One that is a good, clear red to the skin, with a glowing, clear red cast In the sunphine. This kind of a pullet will, when she gets older, still have a well defined reddish cast to her plumage, and will not run to a lighter creamy coior, with darker neckhaekle. And such a female, mnted with a cock bird that Is like wise free of smut and white, v.lth good red undercolor and a good strong red In bis surface color, will throw chickens that will take the breeding line away up. In the way of fl.ting a truly red breed. In points of utility the Rhe Isl and Reds are all risht. The hens c"o get broody to an aggravation some times If we are not lookln? for that characteristic; but they may be easily broken up by simply droppins them In a small bare pen with an active cockerel for a few days. Tiicy lay well, and keep It up lu the co'.d sea son, too. A friend of ours wh-j has Reds, Rocks and White Plyinc-.it Rocks, let the two latter breed g.i. because he always got no re from his Reds than froia oitber of til ' other breeds. The Reds are heartv. sr.d tte chicks grow fast and mature early. It's a good breed and one that will etay with us, settling down eventually along the line of utility with the Barred Plymouth. Rocks, the S. C. Drown and White Leghorns, and the Wysndottes. H. B. Ceer, la the In diana Farmer. When to Market Lsmb. Many farmers who are beginning In the sheep business bave lambs com ing In March and April, and It is well to consider Just how to handle these lambs In order to make the greatest profit The ewe lambs will, tor the most part, be kept over for breeding pur poses. The wether lambs will all be sold within twelve months. The prob lem Is whether, to push these forwsrd and sell them on the early mu'it. say June, July or August, or to ktep tiwm through till ChrUtuias, Jauu- Glnsjow a Soberer City. The Glasgow Chief Constable In a report issued last night coaimcnts upon the remarkable Increase of so briety lu the city. Apprehensions tor druukenncss totalled 14, 187, a de crease ot considerably over 4000. While lack ot msney has no daubt contributed to Increased sobriety, th Chief Constable states that lhe growth ot teuiperar.ee has bu a great factor, A great deal of money hn been spent on a'nuremen'.s, which was Just as available fur spending l:i drink. Compared with two years o the apprehensions for driiEikrnneo showed a decrease of nearly 'i J U ( Lcudun Dally Mail.
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