A DREAM BESIDE THE SEA.
On night beside the sea I fell asleep, when came a dream,'
Alone afloat within a boat, while brink winds blew nbeani,
I unw the white capped surges dnnoe beneath the tilver moon,
iVith winds, clear wnvw, the silvered sky and my own mul in tune;
.And drifting so and rocking slow there clearly came to me
.With meanings new and stories true the voices of the sea.
In its grand chorus came the drowning sailor's last sad wail,
Anon the cheery shouts of those who friends in passing hail,
The music of a maiden's tones who with her lover sailed.
The voice of one who sought the Pole tenaciously and failed;
nd there were sobs of wives bereaved, of sailors' orphnns sad,
Of happv pleasure seeking crowds, and youthful lovers glad.
The stern commands in warlike tones of Vikings known of old.
The Hturdy hail of Spanish braves who searched the west for gold,
The battle shouts of Nelson's men at red Trafalgar heard,
The bold defiances which 'rose when other strifes occurred,
The buccaneer's rough rasping yell, the pirate's dreaded cry.
The shrieks and moans of battling braves who for their country die.
The sweet Te Deum which arose when bold Columbus led
His navigators through new worlds with strong and conquering tread,
The hymns which fishers' wives send out to guide their husbands home,
The shrieks for help from shipwrecked throngs that pierced heaven's archin; dome.
The sigh of scented breezes drawn through tropic flowers and palms.
The murmurs of the coral caves in peaceful eves and callus.
AH these and more so leng in one grand thunderous sound concealed
Came then distinct and clear to me in that bright night revealed,
,nd then I knew the mighty diwp in shout, and sob and laugh,
Was but a million memories voiced, a mighty phonograph,
'Twas then my soul and senses knew whtt plainly came to me,
Tiovealed in whinners soft as silk, in antVems full and frs.
That all these garnered sounds made up the music of the sea.
I. Edgar Jones.
I The Outcome of a Kind Thought
9
Dy MARGARET BEDrORD.
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"Such a pretty wedding, Janet,"
tald .Miss Faith Morton, as she turned
from the window.
"So pretty. White satin, lovely
shower bouquets, storms of rose pet
als, prancing horses, eight pretty
youngs bridesmaids' and such kind
looking papas and mammas and jolly
brothers; a handsome bride and
bridegroom, too. I'm sure they'll be
happy. It's an Ideal wedding! And
I'm growing a connoisseur In wed
dings. How many have I watched
since we came to this house?. And
you said we should have nothing to
look at but the old chapel, and that
we'd be dull, Janet."
"Some of the weddings are lively,"
admitted Janet, as she cleared the ta
ble. "Others look forlorn enough.
There was one yesterday that made
me feel Inclined to cry."
"Yes," said Miss Faith. "I'm sor
ry, too, when I see no beauty or Joy
expressed but some people do like
quiet weddings."
"Well, you wouldn't catch me mar
rying in a crowded church, but I'd
like s friend or two to wish me Joy.
They must feel a bit dreary coming
away by themselves."
Janet carried out her last tray, and
with another glance- at the quiet
square, looking more deserted than
usual la contrast to the gay throng
that had lately filled It, Miss Faith
returned to her sewing. 1
One chilly morning during the fol
, lowing week Miss Faith looked Into
the chapel to ask a question of Mrs.
Morlanil, the chapel keeper's wife,
who Informed her that there had Just
been a wedding.
"They are In the vestry signing
their names now," she said;
A moment later the bride and
bridegroom, followed by the brides
maid and groomsman, entered. As
they walked through the church Miss
Faith shrank back into a pew. The
girls were gaily and unsuitably
dressed in cheap finery, and already
the rain and mud had stained and
draggled their clothes.
Miss Faith watched the forlorn lit
tle wedding party leave the church,
and then she looked round.
"How depressing! How dreary!"
she muttered. "And I was the first
they met in their new life, and I was
either too stupid or too shy to wish
them Joy. I do wish them every hap
piness, and If I hadn't been so re
served I'd have told them so. Oh,
what a cold world it looks this morn
ing! I wonder their hearts don't fall
them."
The rain boat on the long blank
windows and the wind" howled as it
swept past.
"And I never wished them Joy,"
Faith repeated.
"They'll be soaked before they
leave,. Miss," Mrs. Morland volun
teered; "their train isn't due for an
hour and a half." '
"How dreary the chapel looks!"
said Faith absently.
"The chapel can't always be smart;
It must be cleaned sometimes," an
swered Mrs. Morland, sharply.
"No flowers, no beauty so differ
ent to the wedding last week."
"Well, Miss, some of you ladles
might ornament the place with flow
ers; dusting and sweeping occupies
me." replied Mrs. Morland.
Miss Faith caught at the suggestion
eagerly,
"I'll be delighted to keep the Com
munion table supplied with Sowers, if
I may," she said.
The consent of the officials was
willingly given, and Miss Faith ling
ered over her first attempt at decor
ating for a wedding, touching and ar
ranging the flowers with loving, ar
tistic care, screening with moss and
delicate fern the plain, yellow wood.
"At least, this' pure white face will
mile at them," she thought, as she
looked Into the shadowy depths of a
Madonna Illy.
As her love of beauty and desire
that at least the heart of the church
should be suggestive of gracious wel
come Increased, she covered the faded
cushions with silk, embroidered by
her own hands, and as she worked
sue wove romances about the wed
dings which passed her window ,
One day Miss Faith was carrying
an armful of Marguerite daisies into
the church when in the porch she met
a wedding.
Bhe hesitated; then, remembering
the first wedding she had allowed to
pass by her unnoticed, she said In a
very spasmodic and nervous voice:
"Perhaps I am the first you have met
la your new life may I wisri you
Joy?
The bride and bridegroom were as
ner ous as Faith, but they smiled,
and the bride said; "It's good sign,
uu'am, to hear such kind words for a
tart; we must be going to be lucky
Faith shook hands with them, and
"You shall begin with flowers In
your path," she said, as she left
them.
The couple lived happily together.
and one of their standard stories so
long as they lived was of the charm
ing lady who started their married
life with flowers and good wishes.
Now, Miss Faith, here's something
In your line," said Mrs. Morland.
bustling into the church where Faith
was arranging her flowers one day.
"A wedding at 8 o'clock In the
morning special license some story
behind it, I think!"
Faith finished her attentions to the
chapel with unusual care.
"No one will convince me that they
won't be homesick and need cheering.
1 11 come in and wish them Joy; it
can't do any harm, and it may do
good," Faith said to herself.
The following morning, in the cold.
gray light, Faith slipped into the chapel.
Mrs. Morland and her husband
"Will you come ffcto my hotie? I
should feel It such an honor if you
would take your wedding breakfast
with me," Miss Faith said.
Tho young couple gladly accepted
the Invitation, and while Janet pre- (
pared the meal they sar by the cosy
Are and told Miss Faith of the poor
bride's loneliness In her position as
governess to a very Inconsiderate, sel
fish family living In the town.
"The last time I came to see her I
felt I couldn't leave her alone again.
I'd asked father before I came away,
and he absolutely refused his consent.
I had plenty of money, and there was
poor Dorothy drudging for an exist
ence; it wasn't fair, and I couldn't
stand it any longer."
"My conscience Is making me very
miserable now," said Dorothy, smil
ing through her tears.
"It wasn't as if Dorothy had any
friends of her own to take care of
her," continued Donald, Indignantly.
"She's quite alone In the world ex
cept for me."
Miss Faith was a keen student of
human nature, and she saw that the
young people loved each other devot
edly, and felt sure that Dorothy was
a good girl and . likely to make Don
ald Graham an Ideal wife. At her
suggestion they wrote a Joint letter
to Donald's father, and then, after
their departure, she wrote herself to
the man she had loved all her life.
She told him of her meeting with the
young people, of their remorse and
uneasiness at their conduct, and
begged him to trust to her Judgment
and accept her interpretation of the
bride's character
"I promise you a devoted son and a
charming daughter-in-law, If you will
only be forgiving and patient now,"
she wrote.
After posting the letter she thought
all day of the yousg couple and re
called memories of old times.
Donald's reply brought her a na
ture of Joy and bitter regret.
"I believe your prophecies only
because I never knew your Judgment
wrong. Though I think Donald has
made a hopeless mistake, I will treat
his wife and him as if the wedding
had been the desire of my heart be
cause you advise it."
A few weeks later Faith had an
other letter from her old lover.
"You were right. Now that Doro
thy Is no longer afraid of me, she has
pretty manners, and is charmingly at
tentive to an old man, and will, I
think, help to make my lonely life a
little brighter.
"There has been more sympathy
between Donald and me since the ex-
Quiet Maimers. i
I wish cities would teach their best
lesson of quiet manners. It Is the
foible especially of American youth
pretension. The mark of the man of
the world is absence of pretension.
He does not make a speech; he takes
a low, business tone, avoids all brag,
is nobody, dresses plainly, promises
not at all, performs much, speaks in
monosyllables, hugs his facts. He
calls his employment by its lowest
name, and so takes from evil tongues
their sharpest weapon. His conversa
tion clings to the weather and the
news, yet he allows himself to be sur
prised into thought and the unlocking
of his learning and philosophy.
How the Imagination is piqued by
anecdotes of some great man passing
incognito, as a king in gray clothes;
of Napoleon affecting a plain suit at
his glittering levee; of Burns, or
Scott, or Beethoven, or Wellington,
or Goethe, or any container of tran
scendent power, passing for nobody;
of Epamlnondas, "who never says
anything, but will listen eternally;"
of Goethe, who preferred trifling sub
jects and common expressions in in
tercourse with strangers, worse
rather than better clothes and to ap
pear a little more capricious than he
was. There are advantages in the old
hat and box coat. From Emerson's
Essays.
Prepared For Emergencies.
A woman who works all day and
whose hours for pleasure are not
many has a secret by which she has
been able to lengthen considerably
the little joys which do como oc
casionally, like flowers along what is
ordinarily a somewhat dull pathway.
immediately to the hostess, explain
ing, and saying precisely how long It
will be. Then the hostess Is saved
speculating as to whether the delin
quents may not appear. Rosanna
Schuyler, in the New York Telegram.
A Formal Church Service,
"Dear Miss Schuyler:
"Kindly give full information of
how to conduct a church wedding
when there Is a maid of honor,
bridesmaids, flower girls, ushers and
best man. Also, who presents the
gifts to the bridal attendants? T.
H. Z."
A rehearsal of the procession tho
day before a church wedding Is fre
quently gone through to avoid mis
takes at the ceremony In all details
the rehearsal must be the same as
for the event, and there is no doubt
that the practice Improves the artis
tic effect.
Brides are late at the church, and
probably always will be, so it is not
safe to say that the bridegroom and
his best man should leave the robing
room and proceed to the steps of the
chancel at the moment the ceremony
Is to take place. Theso two import
ant personages are not with the bride,
for the bridegroom meets his future
wife in the church. He does not go
there with her. The safest way of
preventing a delay Is to have some
one stationed at the door who can sig
nal the two men when the bride ar
rives. At such signal the bridegroom, fol.
lowed by the best man, walks to the
centre of the chancel steps and faces
the church to await the arrival of the
bride. She by this time should have
started down the aisle to the chancel,
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Potato Rissoles. Aid a little finely minced ham or veal
to hot Dashed potatoes, then shape into small balls; dip
each ball Into beaten egg yolk, then dredge with cracker
crumbs and fry a goldou brown in deep hot fat. Serve on a
bed of curled parsley.
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Rose Maysival.
. EFYIXG the warnings of doctors. Rose Maysival worked
lor eigne years in sweatshops to support her widowed
mother and two younger sisters and vesterdav died a
victim of consumption. She had been told repeatedly to go
into the country, but she willingly sacrificed her health to
buy food and shelter for the family. When she began work
in the shops where ready-made clothing is manufactured she
was only thirteen years old. When she died she was
twenty-one.
No fine phrases can gild this story. Out of the soil of
the common life it springs, the eternal mystery of selfless
love. It we could see into the heart of that mystery we could
measure the infinite, and the mighty puzzle of the' universe
which the wisest of men have questioned since . human
thought began would He before us as plain as a child's toy.
Pain, weariness, the long days creeping to their end, their
inevitable dark end these this simple giri piled high on the
altar of her devotion. And upon this sacrifice she laid even
the last full measure, the priceless gift of conscious existence
Now there is a nameless mound ovtr her and a siloncs where
she was. Chicago Tribune.
were to have been the witnesses, but
he had been seized with influenza.
"You'll witness, won't you. Miss
Faith?" Mrs. Morland asked, as
Faith came in. ...
Yes," said Faith, In rather awed
tones.
She sat in the front pew, thinking
of the young people, and as the fra
grance of the flowers ascended, her
prayers for their happiness mingled
with it.
And then the bride, followed by the
bridegroom, entered.
Faith gasped convulsively.
She forgot how the years had
passed. Surely this was the man who
had promised to make her his bride!
The wedding ceremony passed
dream-like. Faith heard his name
Donald Graham. Graham was the
name she had once expected to be her
own.
She listened absently to the tear
ful, trembling voice of the bride as
she responded, and she began to
think.
This was not her Donald, for !e
had been unfaithful long io. Twenty-eight
years had passed since" be
had married her beautiful, treacher
ous friend. But it not her Donald,
this might be his son. She had fol
lowed her lover's life with interest,
and knew that his wife, who had died
a few years before, had never made
him happy. Faith was beginning to
guess at the state of affairs sharply
now. This boy had been Donald's
only comfort; why, then, was be here,
being married without bis father's
presence, rerhapc without his con
sent? The wedding was over, and the
n anion signed. Before Miss Faith
had decided what to say or do the
bride turned to her,
"I don't know who you are, and
why you are here, or whether you and
these flowers are connected except In
my own mind, but I want to thank
you for your presence."
"I came to wish you joy," said Miss
Fnlth; simply. -
The bride did hot look Joyful, the
tears were filling her eyes, and the
bridegroom was obviously uncomfort
able, i ,
"I'm sure you've been sent special
ly; you've no Idea how I dreaded this
wedding 1 mean, being married In
this way It is so different to all I've
expected, and It seems underhand;
but somehow you've made It seem
homelike, and the flowers helped,
tO"."
Miss Faith turned to Donald
Graham. '
"I had no idea when I came In who
you were, but as it happens, I am an
old friend of your father," she said.
"Oh! I knew' you belonged to our
lives," said the bride. "You Just
looked like a beuefleent' fairy no,
like a kind mother or aunt," with a
planatlon we had after his wedding
than there has ever been before."
"Now," said Faith to herself, "their
difficulties are over. I'm grateful
that I've had this chance of helping
Donald, and for this little revival of
our old comradeship, but I must not
make too much of it. I must settle
down to my old tranquil life, and stop
this excited waiting for the post and
this absurd feeling of expectation.
"I'm behaving as I used to do at
seventeen, when Donald was wooing
me, and forgetting that I am an old
maid he ceased to care for years ago."
Faith found the carrying out of
this decision difficult, and she had
not conquered her fluttering sense of
expectation when, one summer after
noon, Donald Graham came.
"Will you forgive me, Faith?" he
asked. "Dorothy said you would, but
I didn't think it possible that you
could forgive such unfalthfulnesr as
mine."
"Dorothy was right," said Miss
Fulth, looking at her gray-haired lov
er with a smile that made his heart
throb ar it used to do in the old days
of their youthful courtship.
A month later Miss Faith's friends,
rich and poor, decorated the church
for her wedding, and when she drove
out of the old square it seemed as if
some benignant spirit, as silent and
as fragrant as her flowers, had left It.
London S. 8. Times.
In a bureau drawer, sacred to this
purpose, she keeps a pair or two of
new, or at least perfectly mended
stockings, a few of her prettiest
handkerchiefs, some neckwear and
a pretty set of undergarments. She
never uses these things except for
emergencies, sudden invitations and
the like. Experience has taught her
what to add to thia resourceful draw
er, and even a simple foulard dress,
that she does not wear on expected
occasions but keeps for "sudden
calls," is kept there sometimes. Then,
if the afternoon has been productive
of an invitation of which she had' no
thought In the morning, she is able
to take a fifteen minutes' nap a
wonderful freshener for an evening's
revel before dressing.
The practices of a (rained nurse,
who always keeps a satchel packed In
readiness for a hasty summons, she
also follows to a certain extent. A
new tooth brush, a packet of talcum,
unopened, and therefore not likely
to spill; a tube of dental paste, some
new wash cloths, gloves worn but
once and still quite fresh, a night
dress with ribbons run in all these
are in the suitcase, and they material
ly lessen her cares when a sudden
need for a little journey chances to
arise.
Our grandmothers always had
"pick-up" work for the moments
when the unexpected caller dropped
in on them. This woman utilizes
such moments for the stitches needed
to keep the contents of her drawer
and suitcase in perfect order, so that
no hurried -stitches ne9d to be taken
at the last moment. Washington
Herald.
then threw down a bacdtul of daisies. little hysterical sob
Rather Unscientific.
Hoy E. Tyler, the engineering ex
pert, said in the course of an address
In Now York on the Panama Canal:
"Much of the adverse criticism of
the canal Is unscientific, ridiculous.
It makes tne think of a faker I heard
the other day.
"The man was telling hair grower.
He said:
" 'Yes, gents, one bottle of this un
rivaled hair grower will raise a rich,
luxuriant crop of hair on the baldest
head in the crowd. But let me give
you this one word of warning.'
"Here he paused to pocket a half
dollar and hand a bottle of the liquid
to a baldhead.
" 'My warning is do not neglect,
whon the' full head of hair U grown,
to take the last dose In the bottle in
ternally. That Is, swallow it.'
" 'Swallow It! What for? the
buyer asked.
" 'To clinch the roots,' was the re
ply." Washington Star.
Unprecedented,
"Why should my client be convict
ed of murder?" demanded counsel for
the accused. "No other man! has ever
been convicted lu this Jurisdiction on
such a charge.'' The prosecuting at
torney admitted that it hadn't oc
curred to him in that light, and tho
orIaone- was accordingly discharged.
Central Law Journal.
Prompt Answering of Invitations.
Promptness in all matters con
nected with social life is undoubtedly
one secret of popularity, for procras
tinating persons not only often frus
trate the plans of hostesses, but they
insinuate a doubt of the desirability
of the invitation received. For it is
true that human nature is enthusias
tic and usually prompt to reply to
what pleases and dilatory in affairs
which appear dull. Therefore when
there is tardiness In acknowledging
an invitation, the woraan who sent it
naturally wonders if the recipient
considers it undesirable. Now, such
an idea is an unpleasant one for those
who entertain to conceive, for in the
future persons who inspire it cay not
be asked to dinners, etc.
To acknowledge an invitation In
the mall following that which brings
it is none too prompt, and as a rule
can be done. Naturally a woman
sometimes must wait to consult ber
husband as to whether the time suits
him, but should be be out of town,
so she cannot hear from him on the
same day, she should refuse or accept
the Invitation without consulting him
and adhere rigidly to her word af
terward. ,
It she finds her husband has made
a previous engagement he must break
It, for she cannot upset a hostess'
plan by falling after accepting the in
vitation. Should a woman refuse,
and find later that her husband can
go, she is not at liberty to retract
her refusal. Incidentally a woman is
not supposed to accept for herself,
and decline for ber husband, or vice
versa, when both have been invited.
And It is a wise husband who makes
no social engagements without first
consulting his wife. It he la willing
to follow this course many a contre
temps will be avoided.
When It comes to arriving prompt
ly at dinner, luncheon or whatever
time for which one Is, asked, every
effort should be made to be prompt.
Every hostess should give ber guests
five minutes' grace, but later than
that may mean the ruin of the whole
jncal. When such a delay happens,
the persons causing it are not likely
to bit popular with any one present.
If there is to be a delay, which is un
avoidable, a guest should telephone
though she Is the last of her proces
sion. Heading it are the ushers,
walking two and two. Directly be
hind them are the little flower girls
and then the bridesmaids, also walk
ing two and two.
Tho maid of honor walks alone, di
rectly 1 in front of the bride, who is
escorted either by her father or the
male relative who is to give her away.
When she reaches the chancel steps
she drops her escort's arm and takes
her place beside her intended hus
band, the father or relative staying
behind at her left. By this time the
bridesmaids should have grouped
themselves at the left, with the flower
girls In front, the ushers at the right.
The best man's place is Just behind,
at the right of his friend.
The father stays until he gives the
bride away, when he steps back to a
seat In the front pew.
The maid of honor has no duties
save to hold the brlde'sbouquet, which
is given to nor before plighting the
troth. After the ceremony, before
the bride faces the church, the maid
of honor returns the bouquet and
puts back the veil from the bride's
face.
Leaving the church the order of
procession changes. The little flower
girls start first, scattering flowers as
they walk, and directly behind are
the newly married couple. The maid
of honor and best man are side by
side Just behind them, and then fol
low the ushers and bridesmaids, each
man walking with a girl.
Having taken the bridesmaids to
the door, the ushers return singly and
begin to escort tho invited guests to
the doors.
The brlio presents gifts to the
maids, and the bridegroom gives his
best man and ushers souvenirs.
Rosanna Schuyler, in the New York
Telegram.
What Ono More ICnr of Corn Would
Do.
Professor P. G. Holden, of Iowa,
shows what benefit to his State just
one more ear of corn to each hill on
every corn field would do. He says:
"If ono more little ear of corn to
each hill were added it would mean a
half million dollars more for every
one of the ninety-nine counties of the
State. Ten bushels more of corn to
each acre planted would make $50,
000,000 more to be added to the
total of Iowa's wealth each year. Our
present average yield for Iowa Is
only thirty-five bushels to the acre.
The cause for this poor yield Is barren
seed corn, and the remedy is the test
ing of every ear to be planted and the
election of the best seed corn for
planting."
roots of plants can grow to much bet
ter advantage than In soil where the
particles are coarse. You will also
thus be able to draw plans for your
garden during the winter months
with more assurance of success than
If you leave all tho preparations to the
few weeks of spring, when there are
so many things to take up the time
and attention of the gardener. The
House Beautiful.
Alfalfa and Weed
Oidinarily, If a farmer sows alfalfa
In the spring, he has his old enemy,
the weeds, te contend with. If the
season be damp and cloudly, the al
falfa may not grow fast, but weeds
will. Therefore June may see him
mowing to retard a rampant growth
of weeds Instead of gathering a profit
able cutting of prime hay. It is not
Improbable that he may be doing the
same In July or in September, thus
losing a whole season. Again, the I
spring preparation comes when the
farmer needs to be working his corn
and potato land, hence he Is likely
to slight or neglect the careful prep
aration of the alfalfa ground and so
do a poor Job with, in such cases, the
usual result of a "poor stand." Then,
too. the frequent' rains Interfere with
regular disking and harrowing and
the weeds may obtain a start the
farmer cannoteheck. From Coburn's
"The Book of Alfalfa."
Fertilizers.
In experiments made at the agri
cultural station of Lausanne, Switzer
land, for the purpose of determining
the effect of potash fertilizers upon
natural meadows, two neighboring
fields, having almost identical soils
of glacial marl, showed a marked dif
ference in effect and. very curiously,
the soil of the field that had yielded
the larger crop was found, after bar
vest, to contain more potash than that
of the other field. This remarkable
result has been traced to the Influence
of drainage. The better drainage of
the field which yielded the larger
crop promoted the circulation of air
and water In the soil, favored the as
similation of soluble nutriment, and
caused the roots to extend to a great
er depth and utilize a large volume of
earth. This example show3 that the
fertility of a soil cannot always be
determined by chemical analysis
alone.
The Fine Garden.
What Is a garden? It is man's re
port of earth at her best. It is earth
emancipated from tho commonplace.
Earth Is man's intimate possession
earth arrayed for beauty's bridal. It
is man's love of loveliness carried to
excess man's craving for the ideal
carried to a fine lunacy. It is piquant
wonderment; culminated beauty, that
for all tts combination of telling and
select Items, can still contrive to look
natural, debonair, native to Its place.
A garden is nature aglow, illuminated
with new significance. It is nature on
parade before men's eyes; Glodden
Field in every parish, where on sum
mer days she holds court in "lanes of
splendor," beset with pomp and
pageantry more glorious than all the
kines."
"Why is a garden made?" Primar
ily, It would seem, to gratify man's
craving for beauty. Behind fine gar
dening is fine desire. It Is a plain
fact that men do not make beautiful
things merely for the sake of some
thing to do, but rather because their
souU compel them. Any beautiful
work of art Is a feat, an essay, of
human soul. Someone has said that
"noble dreams are great realities"
this In praise of unrealized dreams;
but here, In the fine garden, is the
noble dream and the great reality.
John D. Seddlng, Garden Craft.
House Beautiful.
Skirts are fuller without being vol.
uminous.
Sleeves generally are still close
fitting and quite long.
Lingerie gowns are taking on
touches of bright colors.
Kimono sleeves remain quite fash
ionable for elaborate gowns.
Colored embroidery on white is
one of the fads of the season.
A noticeable feature of the season's
blouses is the tendency to simulate a
side-front closing.
Suede, patent leather and natural
kid belts are In high style with silk,
wool and linen costumes.
Long skirts are worn for afternoon
and evening, but even at such times
many women wear short skirts.
A unique and most effective trim
ming for a rown is made of shir
ring of satin over colored satin rat
tall. The shawl-shaped collar, cut pretty
narrow, is quite prominent, being
faced with satin, moire and even vel
vet. , Rather striking are the long even
ing gloves of white suede with the
back stitching of the seams done in
black.
The chantecler belt pin may be in
gilt or sliver, with the rooster head
In gold and red. The head is In half
relief.
Coat lengths vary a ' good kit,
though most of them are below the
hip depth, and a number have novel
vest effects. -
Coat lengths are a bit shorter,
varying from thirty-two Inches to the
half length, which Is usually that of
the Russian blouse.
Carnegie says he has made forty-
vo men millionaires.
Tho Abnormal Appetite of Cattle.
Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin State
Veterinarian, says many cattle with
an abnormal appetite have a strong
desire to lick the walls, dirt and filth
that a healthy animal would have no
desire for. This would indicate a de
rangement of the digestive organs.
If animals thus afflicted are neg
lected they will soon run down in
fl03h, drop off in their milk and be
come a bill of expense rather than a
profitable animal.
To overcome this trouble the ani
mal should be given good, clean, nu
tritious, digestible feed and with
same a tonic to regulate the digestive
organs.
Oftentimes an animal thus afflicted
la disposed of at an unreasonably
small amount, and If by chance this
animal is purchased by one well
versed In the care and treatment of
such animals, is converted into a
profitable animal at a very little expense.
Caution About Corn.
Several Ohio correspondents report
that the corn which they expected to
sell for seed has shown such low per
centages of germination that they
cannot offer It for that purpose. It
looks all right, but it does not grow
Western exchanges report that ger
mlnatlon tests made thus far indicate
that a very large proportion of the
corn saved for seed will not ger
mlnate, though it is apparently very
good and in fine condition. A few
years ago much of the cam didn't
look as if it would germinate and
people became very careful about
their seed corn. This year's condition
is more dangerous, because tho corn
is apparently sound, and farmers will
therefore believe it to be all right
without testing it. Testing seed corn
is so easily done, and Its importance
so great that it should become uni
versal practice, especially when there
is to much doubt about vitality as
there is this year. National Stock
man and Farmer.
The Jersey Cow.
A correspondent asks us how it U
that Jersey cattle are so preserved In
uniform appearance and conforma
tion. If our correspond3nt will con
sider and reflect a little upon the law
of the Jersey Island, that for a great
number of years back in the cen
turies, no other cattle could be
brought there. Under this law the
purity as well as uniformity of the
breed has been preserved down to the
present, and this has made the Jersey
cow so generally regarded as the dom
inant butter breed of the world. In
his reference to some of the early im
portations to this country, the well
known writer on Jersey cattle, Val
ancey E. Fuller, says:
Like every breed, the Jersey breed
has strains or families that stand out
prominently. One of the first to at
tain any considerable notoriety in
the olden days was that of Albert 44,
who was the sire of six daughters in
the fourteen-pound list, the most
famous of whom was Couch's Lily,
who made sixteen pounds five and
oue-half ounces in seven days, and
seventy-one pounds In thirty days. I
knew Couch's Lily, and while she was
considered a great cow and a great
breeder in tho3o days, she was not
noted for beauty. Lady Mel 2d was
another daughter of Albert 4 4. who
deservedly had a national reputation,
as she had a record of 183 pounds
in sixty-one days. I question if she
was as well known as Couch's Lily,
and yet she should have enjoyed even
a butter reputation.
And so In preserving this great
dairy breed constant Importations are
being made from the Jersey Island,
and fresh blood infused in the breed
ing of Jerseys.
Getting the Gurden Ready.
When one w tones to start a garden
la spring it it nearly always worth
while to begin operations the pre
vious autumn. Very often the ground
to be used it covered with tod, In
which case It is always necessary to
plow or tpade it the fall before In
order that the frost may act upon it
and enable the gardener to get the
soli Into good workable condition
when he wishes to plant the spring
crops. The ground very often is full
of roots ot witch-grass or quack-grass
and It la very necessary that these
roots should be eradicated before the
crops are planted. The best time to
do thia la In the autumn, when the
gardener has comparative leisure.
And- the best way to do It la to dig
out the root stocks with a fork, which
will not break them off at does a
hot or spade. The ground also Is
likely to be more or lest filled with
ttonet and rocks, and it is very de
sirable that thett thould be removed
before the crops are planted.
Consequently, If you deslrt to have
a successful garden next season, de
cide on It location this fall, get the
ground at well prepared as possible,
and leave It In such condition that
the freezing and thawing in the win
ter will help In giving tho toll a finely
pulverized condition, lu which the
Minister and Farmer.
From an interesting address be
fore tho Twentieth Century Club, Bos
ton, by Wm. H. Bowker, on the
"Farmer Minister Needed," we clip
the following:
"In my Judgment, the country
minister has not lost his bold; he
has simply lost his bearings. When
the sky clears and he can take obser
vations on the sun and stars, he will
steer himself and his craft, of which
he is captain, into the new channels
of industrial as well as spiritual
progress; only we must give him the
opportunity, the helping hand, the
encouraging word. And why should
he not be a leader in this old, but to
him, new field? In the firs, place, he
Is generally a student, trained to in
vestigate, to use books, to think on
his feet, to express himself, and us
ually he does it remarkably well.
With his training and alert mind he
can become of great assistance in pro
mulgating the new agriculture; he
can help to popularize the. sciences
which underlie It, chemistry, botany,
entomology and espocially bacteriol
ogy, which deals with tho hidden,
forceful life in the toll.
"For example: If he has only a
garden, why should he not experi
ment with garden crops, and if be
loves flowers, with the growing ot
sweet peas? He can show bow the
Inoculation ot the sweet pe. seed with
bacteria cultures will increase the
nodulet on the roott ' f the plant,
thut enabling it to gather nitrogen
and product abundant flowers. On
Sunday he can take a vase of these
flowers to hit pulpit and In a prelude.
If you please, or after the service, he
can explain how, bt tucceedod in
growing tuch beautiful blossoms.
He might display some ot the roott
of the plant with the nodulet on
them, and thow how Infinite and won
derful art God'a wayt. ,
At the tweet pea belorgt to tht
great leguminoua family, which em
braces peas, beans and clover, he can
show the farmers ot tot rrlno who
htppen to be prevent (and they would
bt present If they knew he had a
message ot this sort to deliver), how
the Inoculation ot the clover teed
would insurt Its growth and thereby
increase the fertility of the farm by
drawing from the great reservoir of
the tir stores of nitrogen which art
needed tor ttt upbuilding ot crop
life.- Her It op ot a hundred mes
sages or little preludes or sermons,
which th rural minister way carry
to his farmer neighbor aud pi:-:,i-Utaers."
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