SUMMER GOWNS. KOVRti F-KKRCTJI IN WOMAN'S HOT WKATIIKK DKICSSK9, t'slng Artificial HnfM For Trim ming Myllsh Way of Wear ins Sleeves Plus Our Grandmothers I'sed. t I HE French ffressmakers are I , using srtiflcial flowers for the 1 entire trimming of Mine or . i r (m iceir loveliest ciiuitcimuo) and it will be easily Been what charm ing effect may be produced iu this way. For instance, an evening gown made by Doncot has a skirt with a rink atin front hanging in four godets. On each fold is a group of shaded roses at the bottom, with a rose vine of green leaves extending up the skirt about three feet. The short train to thin dress ia of green and pink flow ered moire. The bodice ia of pink mousseline de soie, made with a deep, square neck bordered with rosea of various shades with a green vine from each rose brought down to the waist, rr.ETTV AND SIMPLE ad confined with a green velvet belt, A gronp of the same roses 11 fastened to the left hip with the trailing vine hanging below, and the sleeves are of the green and pink moire. Another fairy-like robe was of figured organdie, with a blouse corsage all bunched np with different colored chrysanthe mums. The little Frenoh gown in the double column illustration is the pret tiest and simplest thing imaginable. It is of flowered silk, made with ex quisite daintiness of cat and fit. THE riNS OF OUR OnAVDMOTHT.RS. Colonel John M. Bandidge, now re siding in North Louisiana, sends the Picayune some quaint samples of the PINS OUR GRANDMOTHERS USED. linds of pins oar grandmothers used in early days in this country. Our artist has faithfully reproduced sev eral for the benelit of our readers. Bays Oolouel Bandidge : " 'She' knows, doubtless, of the wiseacre of anoiout times, who declared the glow ing looks of a womau's head to be her 'glory,' and as our grandmothers of the Revolution'ofttimes had nothing better than strings aud pins from a thorn bush to keep their looks in plaoe, I beg to offer a sample of the pins so nsed taken from iUo looust tree, growing in all parts -of the oouu try. My grandmother taught me to whittle them into fanoy if not orna mentalshapes, but none of them, I suppose conld bo put to use to arrang- wit l f ina the snezerrinctnma and cnrHeti ruma of their granddaughters, who as represented by 'She,' in the Pica yune, seem tohoidjthe world in a awing just uow---l)ut lor the topknot, notu ing could be better." Now, it would be a quaint and pretty style, "She" thinks, for our girls to cut their pins from the locust trees during their outings this summer. When one is loitering in country homes, one still seeks for pretty efff ct to dazzle the eye of theconntry swains and the city beaux who follow ; the "locust pin" would have a fresh "woody" effect, and the dark brown would be really quito ornamental against golden noils. Another thing, it would be a delightful way of pass ing the dull summer hours fer belles aud beaux to go on a "locust pin" bunt, and then one could ait within the shades of tho locust tree, and whilo "He" whittled the pin into "funcy shapes," who knows but "She" might "piu" him forever to her side by her winning waya and gentle ap preciation. Oh, dear me, the possi bilities suggested by the "locust pin" are manv in addition to use and orna ment, and "She" gives the "pin" to SUMMER OOVYX. tho summer girl to make tho most of it. New Orleans Picayune, CRASS-LINEN ACCESSORIES. The fancy for collars and other ao cessories of ecru grass-linen on sum mer dress, according to Harper s lift zar, grows rapidly, and each week novelties are shown among them. Thev are thoucht far more stylish f finish to dark dresses ot crepon or 01 mohair than are the collars of heavy lace worn last summer or the velvet revrrs so long used. The grass-linen of which they are made is known to some as ecru linen batiste and to others as crass-cloth. It is sheer and fine linen in the ecru or unbleached tint of flax, a shade not always beconv ina. and requiring often a bit of yel low lace or a colored necK riobon violet or rose to make it so. It is especially liked in very large collars wrought all over or else mereiy nor dored with open eyeleted English em' broidery, which is also known as M deirn-work. These ere for sale in the shops in many stylish shapes square cornered or pointed, flat or codeted, flaring ont bb epaulettes, and coming down in frontin revers or in a single point to the belt. Suoh a collar trims a black, corn-flower blue, or brown crepon waist as eflectively as one of creain-white batiste and yellow Valen ciennes trims light taffeta silks, or those of embroidered nainsook com' plete. simple frocks of giDgham or diui' itv. Cuffs of embroidered grass-linen are made to match the large collarettes. There are also straight collar bands of this embroidery, and many smaller pieces meant to turn over on a collar band of ribbon. It is considered good style to have the entire blouse waist of the ecra linen, with dark blue canvas used for the sleeves and skirt. When com pleted by a stock collar aud narrow belt of rosy-violet velvet or satin this is a favorite summer dress with young women and with girls still in their teens. The waist may be of plain linen or eyeleted, but it should have a luge, spreading eollar, or else epau lettes trimmed with embroidery of the same. Embroidered bands of grass-linen, in both close and open designs, button-hole stitched with darker brown, with white, or with the natural linen color, are sold by the yard. Their edges may be plain, to that tho band can be inserted, or else both edges are soulloped, so that it can be set on as a border. Out of 29,01)0 student matrioulated at German universities this semester, 2150 are foreigners. This is the larg est number on reeoid. FOR FARM ASI OAUDEX. I nAlfllXO CHICXP.N. Whilo under favorable circumstances tho huu mother is to bo preferred, yet the step mother has soma advantages, particularly at certain seasons. It is possible to give tho chickens raised in brooders moro care and attention and to guard them against wet grass and exposure to cold. They also start in life froo from vermin. Whatever method of raising tho chickens is adopted, the importance of these two points cannot bo overestimated. A largo hatch avails nothing unless the rearing is equally good. New York World. RAND OX TOP OK TUB IIIMi. In mining melons, squashes nnd to matoes on a heavy soil like mine, rites n subscriber in the Massachu setts Ploughman, I And great advan tage in using snud on top of tho hill, say a couple ot nielies tiiieK , me satin lraws the heat ot the sun, which more thoroughly warms up the roots, and when wot quickly absorbs tho moist ure, which when drying does not rack, which in heavy looiny soil is the ease. This cracking is very bad for th growth of tho plants, ns it breaks uTT tho small roots and lets the Irouth into the hill. ORAPF. rilHTS. drape-destroying insects are the rose beetle, or chaffer J fungi, black rot, downy and powdery mildew. Tho rose Initio continues to bntllo tho ef forts of scientists, but pyrethrum is the best remedy in use. To prevent rose beetle, black rook and mildew in- ury, spriy (1) with the lio gallon bor deaux mixture, just before tho buds burst ; 2, again with tho 25 gallon bor deaux mixturo, and pans grcon one pound to 100 gallons; 3, repent when tho petals full ; 4, spray with bordeaux mixturo alono at intervals of two to four weeks until fruit is two-thirds grown, when one or two sprayings ot ammoiiiiical carbomito oi copper should bo made if the weather is moist nnd warm. Americtu Farmer. MANAOEMRST OF DUCKMNH. Ducks are tho most easily reared of all domestic fowls, when properly treated. Breeding ducks must be kept warm and comfortable through the cold months. Coop by themselves, with no other poultry. In January and February they begin to lay. They lay very early iu tho morning, and their eggs must bo gathered before they become chilled. Keep them, largo cud down, on wheat bran for warmth. A thin blanket over them at night will help retain warmth, but it should bo removed in tiio morning. Put tho eggs under common hens Uliev make better mothers. Keep tho ducks laying and the hens setting, for they grow last and are most prolitublo on our early market. Incubation requires twenty-eight days. When hutched look after them, for tho young ducks are vory shy, nnd tho hen docs not know how to mnnago them at first. Each hen should bo placed iu a house end yard by herself. Feed at first boiled eggs and corn-meal bread, and always keep water by them in shallow dishes. As they mature feed coarser food, boiled potatoes and more water, and some groon stuff, suuh as kale or turnips, also fresh meat and but little grain. Do not let them get wet in a heavy rain. allowing in swamp mud is better than letting them go to ponds or streams. American Agricu turist. RULES FOR ROJTATION, Enough has been stated to show tho necessity of a chango of crops, and the following are found to bo the best rules to observe in practice : 1. Crops of the saino species and even of the same natural order, should not succeed each other. 2. Plants with perpendicular roots should succeed those with spreading and artificial roots, and vice versa. 3. Crops which occupy the soil for several years (like asparagus, rhubarb, etc.,) should be followed by those of short duration. 4. To crops alike favorable to the growth of weeds should not occupy the soil iu succession. 5. Crops taking largely from the oil the sulphates, phosphates aud ni- trogeneous principles should not fol low each other immediately, but be succeeded by those which draw less from the soil and more from the at mosphere. These exhausting crops should be followed by those which bear and will profit by heavy uiuuur ing. 6. Plants grown from' their' roots or bulbs should not follow those grown for the same purpose and still less should plants grown" for their seeds follow each other d'0' in succession. ct.ovp.n as a FF.nTtuzrn. There ia very littlo difference In the cnonncai constituent ui iuu ui':i species of clover, but they vary groat- ly in their growth, somo being ex ceedingly feeble and dwarf iu habit, whilo others are rank growers. White clover is of dwarf growth, more suit able for lawns and sheep pasture than for a fertilizer. Tho common red clover is tho species most generally employed for what is called green manuring or ploughing under in tho more Northern Htatos, but in Dela ware and Maryland an nniinal species called scarlet clover is tho favorite for this purpose. It is sown lato iu sum mer and then ploughed under tho fol lowing spring as soon ns it comes into bloom. It takes two sensons to get a good stand of red clover, although on some very rich soils tho plants might reach, a fair sizo tho first season if the seed is sown in March, but as a rule they are not largo enough for turn ina uuder until tho second year. In our opinion, however, it would boa waste of timo to raiso clover to ninko a compost for violets, because you cau secure the same fer tilizing materials in ono-quarter of tho time by simply using tho common varieties of tho garden pea, and more than twenty times the amount on the same area of Intnl. How the pens in rows as usual, nnd when the vines are well tilled with green ami half-ripened pods pull up and compost between lay t-rs of good, rich soil. You can raiso several successive crops of the peas in a season, adding each to your compost heap, and by turning it over once month, von will securo what you are seeking in one season instead of hav ing to wait two, nnd then porhapa fail unless the weather is favorable. Pens aud clover belong to tho same family of plants, and if you will look up tho chemical analysis of both, you can see how slight is tho difference in their ciimtiosition. If vou want to not the - i - full benefit of th? pens for a fertilizer, eonmost the seeds and all tho roots pulled up with tho vinos. Common garden beans may bo utilized in tho sa mo way, and nro almost equal to peas for grccu manuring. New York Bun, FARM AND GARDEN NOTE1. Never nso lime on land intended for potatoes. Cultivated berries are less linblc to njnry by frost or drouth. If any plants newly set fail to livo, put others iu their places at once. Tho fruit and vegotablo garden re- piiro richest soils and best culture. Of all farm work it pays best for work done, and sutlers most from neg lect. Ashes or other forms of potash nnd bono meal are good fertilizers lor peas aud beans. Severe pruning of laterals will not only improve size and quality of fruit but greatly increase tho yield. liy careful mating the sizo of the eggs may bo increased. Tho Wyau- dotto now lays a larger egg thau she did wheu first introduce:!. Most fruit gardens are deficient in potash. Au application of wood ashes will supply this wnut and is especially valuable for light sandy soils. Cultivate often. It warms tho soils iu early spring. It allows eveu light rains to penetrate tho soil and retains the moisture for use in Bummer. Frequent cultivation stimulates an early, vigorous growth. I he roots striko deep into the mellow soil, uud the ordinary drouth is harmless. In pruning the raspberry and black berry, cut off tho long slender later als, forming an even, well rounded bush. Rjiuovo all small weak cane from the hill. The secret of easy cultivation is in stirring tho soil as soon as it will work ufter each rain, killing the weeds be fore they are visible uud preventing a crust from forming. RiMiiove the winter mulch from strawberries. Cultivata between tho rows. Stir tho grouud around eaoli plant, replace the mulch and large berries, and lots of them may be ex pected. The host time to fight chicken lice is before thoy appear. The truth of the old saying, "An ouuoe of preven tion is worth pound of cure," is no where more apparent than iu the poultry house. It is generally considered at good rule to retain about ten per cent of the best ewe lambs, and to soil that proportion of the oldest sheop euoh year. This keeps oft the infusion of young blood aud steadily enhances tho value of the flock. Columbus, Ohio, is the wheelmen's paradise. It has 121 miles of asphalt pavement and everybody ridos. qt'Aivr Axu ttiuots. Hoard is nix cents a dny in India. Vermont is first in marble output, A Dunshee (Scotland), man is work ing on n flying machine built on the bicycle plan. Iu the Buhara on a summer day It is ust about as warm as it is in tho hot room of a Turkish bath. In 1700 Virginia was tho most pop ulous Btato in the Utiiou and it hold this position for thirty years. One out of a thousand folks lives to be seventy-fivo. Not more than ono in 0,000 reaches tho century mark. C. li. Cory, of Boston, recently killed n crocodile at Cord Hound, Fla., measuring thirteen foot six inches. The letter O sounds odd for a name, but there is a distinguished family in llelgittm w hose numo is O, no more and no less. l'ope Leo's triple crown of gold and jewels is too heavy to wear and at solemu functions ho uses a papier macho imitation of it. The British Museum possesses a collection of old Greek advertisements printed ou leaden plates, which show that tho practice is very ancient. An iceboat rnn from Mncinao Island, Michigan, to Hois Wane Light, a dis tance of seven miles, iu three nud a half minutes ono doy last winter. Over 400 diamonds are known to have been recovered from the ruins ol ftabylon. Many are uncut, but most are polished ou one or two sides only, A Spanish mathematician, figuring out average allowances for sloop, ill ness aud the like, says a man of thirty has really lived ouly about fourteou or fifteen years. The total duration of bright sun nhino for a week in Aberdeen, Scot land, recently amounted to nine hours, aud iu London but a little ovei a quarter of au hour. A Parsou snored fire, which is burn ma in a temple nt Leiaulo. Persia, is known to have not beeii extinguished sinco tho days of Hapiboreth, who lived twelve couturioB ngo. A curious burial custom exists in Assam. ATT corpses m lowered from tho roofs' Willi rSfcs, ft being contrary to tho laws of tho country to carry a dead body through a door. Tho Maharajah of Kiich Hollar is having made for him in Birmingham, England, a silver dessert service which w ill cost moro than $15,000. Ho is thirty-threo years of ngo nud succeeded his father iu 1HD:). Ho rules over 000, 000 people. Tim Chini'sn Buy Our Sniig." "There is quite a trade iu ginseng," saiil tho broker. "Wo export it to China, for tho people of that country have a profound faith in it elllcucy. It seems to bo a cure-all with them. It is nu old woman's remedy here no ono considers it as of uny value, but tho Chinese think differently. That which comes from Mantahooria is es teomed better than ours, but then they take all wo send gladly enough. No European nation sends any. "The crop begins to arrive in Juno and keops on coming till frost destroys the tops. We use tho roots, and I be lieve they say the more forked they are the better. The last crop con sisted of about a quarter of a million pounds. "Yes, it is growing scarce, for in the scurch the 'sung diggers' are ex terminating it. Biuoe I have been in tho business say in twouty yenrs tho price has risen from eighty cents per pound to $1. The plant grows in moibt woods in leaf mold in every every State east of the Rocky Moun tains. You have read a good deal about tho 'sang diggers' of the North Carolina Mountains, but there are peoplo just like them at work within a hundred miles of the city men, women and children, who find their work materially helps in getting a liv ing. "A mnn up iu Onaudaga county in this State has begun cultivating it, but at present ho is giving his attention more to producing soed and urging others to cultivate it than producing the roots for market. He is an en thusiast ou the subject." New York Press. Vowels aud L'b. "M. 3. C," a Republio reader ol Wheeling, W, Va., writes as follows: "That 'numo oddities' in tho Republio reminds me of something equally as euriouti, Vr. Hubert, of Greenbrier oouuty, '.his- State, is the father of fif teen children whose names all begin with tho letter L and end with a vowel. Tho children's names are Lodouu, Lavira, Llvignn, Loreiin, Lycemt, Lu- izo, Leanoy, L:icelln,Ladiirii, Lonnidu Latins, Lydaho, Lomeg i, L;mida. uud was room enough for almost auy-Wic,"-Bt. Louis Republic. ' thing." Yonkors Statesman. . WARTIME TALES RETOLD. A RAW RECRUIT- Bis Esperlsnne Following- Sherman OK the Meridian Raid In December, 18(13, 1 was a loyal 15-year-old lad sutTftrlng from a tnsliirnant form at Dlxln tnvar, contracted upon the firing upon Fort Rumtsr In tbe spring ol lflflli and as an only means ot rellet folded my Rfth render In the old frame school house standing out on ton snow-clad prairie In the little villags ot Nnplps, III., to bscoms a raw recruit In tht tanks ol I'nnls Hsni. 1 lien alter passing a rigid surgical examlo- atlun, and a little prsvarlcstlon on mr part ' concerning ttitt ilnte ol my Dm dlauovery or Amrrli'ii, I was nnnlly acccptml as n targnt tor His rnbs. Then I saw Ills old spectsclmi Burgeon Jot down mjr ngs nt 17. the prntttnst 17 1 ver witnessed punned the shuI "that transformed me from a schoolboy to a Union aoldlt-r. 1 went Into the ranks of the old 14th III., then lying In winter qunrtrrs at Camp Coweo lu the rear of Vu-ksLurg, Miss. I hd ImrHr rKChl the rtrlmni and eon- nnetrd with ( o. K when I'nele Hilly Hlierman dropped down from Memphis, and we were oft for tho fnmeus Mertdlnu raid, 80.H0O strung. It win a march ol 31)0 miles Into tbe very heart of the Votiledernuy, with our com munications completely severed lor au nays. wiint made tue excursion ine more enjoy able for me was the Htb. When 1 tormcd Its acquaintance It bad pawed Its dny ol rigid dlsclpllue, nnd the mess ol nine old soldiers to which 1 had been assigned Informed ma that they were lllernli'ts In belief, holding that all prltate property in 1'ixie, rspeeiauy fresh liors, poultry, and sweet potatoes, be longed to the prlvntet. Hence, they said, wheuever 1 was favored with the opportunity of lifting nn old ben or rooster off a Houtbern sassafras pole, I must lift. And, should the privilege present Itself ol peellug tho bnlry envelope oft a Dixie potker, t was to peel, and then be sure and not permit either tha lifting or the peeling to puncture the peace of my conscience. For It was simply appio prlntiug privets provender by a private for a patriotic purpose, and In no possible manner could It be construed to mean stealing. 1 This most reasonable and easy doctrine teemed to exactly tit my faith and Inncy, and I at onoe dropped tbe nncbor ol my small sloop In the old soldiers' doctrinal harbor. At Camp Yates, III., before leaving tha snowy and frown North lor the suuny and fragrant Houtb, I had the misfortune to have my nose, tnes, ears, Angers, and forehead Iros-en, and on this march they peeled off. These burning and smarting rents In Na ture's uniform, added to other serious losses of precious rawhide on my youthful anatomy In the sbnpe ol stinging and painful stone bruises, blisters, nnd galls, I think, consti tuted mo unquestionably one of tbs rawest ol raw recruits on the Morldlan raid. How ever I was one ol those unripe recruits ol our Uncle Hamuel whose patriolio rnwuess easily ens I led blin to extract an Immense amount ol loyal comfort out ol his maiden excursion Into the flouthern Confederacy. After our return to Vicksburg I very gladly CXcbnngid Sherman's leather pontoous, as tho old soldiers styled my big boots, lor a pair of sewed army brogans, and la the future trod Dixie mud and dust with much more comfort. On ,he third dny of October, 1HM, .1 was tnltt h crlsonot fn the valley between tbe Ken- cuw and AHnioona mountulns.Oeorgln, light ing to save Khvtman's bnse ol supplies at Allntoona pnss. I was carried to Auderson ville nnd confined there and In other Houtb ern prisons until the close of hostilities. From the effects ol wound, scurvy, and ex posure, I contrnctod dlseuse ol tbe spine, , that resulted In the entire loss of the use of both lower limbs. For the past 14 years my only mentis of locomotion bus been in a small three-wbecled chariot propelled by aa at tendant. And although my ardent lore for the Union when nn armed boy In blue bus cost me a Ufa ol suffering, I nnve nevor regretted lor a Ingle moment that I folded my fifth reader for the Inst lime at 13 to follow the dear old stnrs nnd stripes. Will I), tjmltb, Lawtey, Fla., In Nntloual Tribune. A NOVEL MACHINE. The Icjrclo Is a Clever Compound of a lllt-yclo and a Bkuto. Icyclo Is tho novel and appropriate nnino given to a new machine recently, Invented liy A. I,. Jordan, of this city. This machine is a combination of bi cycle and skitto. Or, to tie more ex plicit, It Is a sknto attachment that can bo used on uny bleyelo for lee rid ing. The attachment consists of a steel runner about eighteen Inches long fas tened mi a hollow steel frame. This frame Is so constructed that It can be easily attached to tho fronk fork of a bleyelo Instead of the front wheel. A steel bund for tho reiir wheel furnish ed with short spikes completes the con trivance. Mr. Jordan gave his Inven- tlon Its first practical trial Inst Sunday on tho largo lake nt Forest Park. A short tlmo on tho leo convinced him that the new contrivance exceeded bla most fmngtilno expectations. Owing to the density of tho crowd he had no opportunity to test Its speed, but he la coutldent that a tremendous velocity can bo obtained, lie says that tho ex ertion of propelling It Is not enough to keep a man wnrm. This being tha case. It -will bo possible to use a vory high gear, perhaps us high ns 1:20. On smooth Ice nnd a straightaway course a rider like Johnson t un very likely rldo a mllo In considerable less than n minute. Johnson has n similar ma chine of his own, but It is a much clumsier affair than Mr. Jordan's. St Louis Star Suylugs. Mast Reckon with Gladstone Again. Mr. Gladstone may pretty xrtluly be reckoned upon n an active political foreo In what remains of tho present session, and prsbnbly In the general election which will follow It. He is said to have expressed his conviction that the real feeling of the country Is In favor of the policy of the present Cabinet, nnd he Is not likely to lose any opportunity of making It favorable. If, a year ago, his henlth bad been what It Is now, he would certainly be at thle moment Prime Minister of England. In one form or another, the Unionist party may make up their minds to the fact that they will hnvo to reckon with him in the House of Commons, and at the polling booths. London World. Bho "I think there Is considerable room for Improvement lu ladles' dross es nowadays." Ho "Well, in tha alcoves especially, I should say there
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