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.
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what ought we to 'wind up' with?"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.