THE RETURN TO
D tht Hills old town Hint 1 left one day,
lleennan It Wll ipllnf, mill
tin the name Hint It had whnn t wnnt Way,
An I stand" nn tlin ssinn old lilll)
But lli onus that were lnr In tha little nlil
town,
With U mm wl'ln mrxxt running up and
down,
nnvnoi-a.o.l to "It on tlin por.-lina wtmro
Tim rn-na worn lrnlno.1 to climbs
rin-y linvn rnnsnil to sow ninl to whittle
there.
A tlmv til l In tlin ilKiir nl I ti n".
Th little obi oliiin-li wit li tlx wooden alinls
HUH man. Win It alooil of yore;
Tint thn mm who kimlt mul who howoil ttiolr
h"'l
Ars wor.!ililn thorn no more!
Ami the lllllo nlil school whora 1 carved my
nnmn
On thn homitmntlit il"'k stand Jnt thn
unmo
unt tho Imv who nro ti lt Hint thn hill ti-ibiy
Anl III" Mill" iniil.K fill r mi l Iron,
Aro not tho elill.lr.in who inn I to ilny
tin tho eoninion thoro with mul
THE FORKS OP THE ROAD.
$
An Episode) In the
Vj; n Young1
Vw-I-.v.ri;:;:'';';;
O hiiimmmmI, hunt
fur tint llngor-
iioarn wucii you
oiiinn Id Hid forks
of the road. Find
it. Study it.
Then o ho u n o
your way."
A wise nmn said
Hint to his mti,
mul ho rnmon
liered it otio
troulileil ilny
long afterwards.
riiil F.vorelt was to Imvo boon A
doctor, like nil the Everett innii, lint
aftor tlio accident thnt mini o his father
helpless cripple, lio gavo thnt up
mul wont, into llio Krenl Iioiiho of llyril
A Hull, thoro to lonm liiiHiniimt ami
make a livin.r for tho family, for it
win foil nil thnt thvre wnn littlu money
to the foro.
lie fnnod a now life thorn; lin iliil
not evon know tho Iiiiikuukr of tho
ntrmigo worhl thnt ho hml net out to
. cmiiiuur. Hut no nutttor, Murk A
ploloit mailo fiioniU with hint nt onoo,
ami wimlom ami Murk Ailotim
trarolnil top;i)thor. Mark know it all;
he hml the whole nynlom of liitHinonit
ntuiiffht mul olonr in hin niiml. Anil
ho wnH ro In ivjlit ami friomlly anil nl
togotlior captivntinp;! Hitch n frinml
must ho tho nnfiint of all Riiiiloa if he
were not the mont lmrilinm.
Inxtritation liann at onon. In Hin
entluisiiim for work, l'hil liil somo
ttiing thnt auothnr wnn expeatoil to do.
Mark tliHhpprovoil of thnt.
"Do the work you're pniil for ilo
inr, ami lot tho roHt alono, 1'hilip.
Oh, yos, I know, you woron't think
ing ahout tho pay; hut thnt'n tho only
thing to think about. You ilou't wnnt
to earn money for aomo oilier follow;
that imi't liiiHiuoaa. "
riiil'a arilor for doing tho lOHt ho
oonld wan a liltlo chillod. Auothor
day he moilostly lot an ohlor man liavo
au oxoollont niNiguinont that ho liiu;lit
have had Utiiiaulf. lie waa lnugiiuil
at by tho rent, and Mark luoturod him
again.'
"Hero'a tho flrat prinoiplo of buii-
nosa, my friend: (lot clone up to t'no
bandl Never loso a cliauos to got
to tlie front!"
That waa tho anbstnnno of Mark
Apploton'a Imainoxs cioo.l; and day
uy nay rim nearu tlio Uotaila of it
"Somobody has to mnroh bohiud;
tea that your ro not tho onol
"It's jitat ai fair tor you to push the
rest back, a it would bo for the rest
to pnalt yon back."
"If you take the prize, tbo rest aro
no worse oil than you d be if some
other follow took it."
"You'll bo shouldorod out of Tour
plaoe if you don't ahouldor somobody
else oat. Never mind about theothor
follows. The place ahead of you is
yours, if you oan got it."
"You can't stop for question.
Snooess That's what you want. !And
aftor yon get that, there won't be auy
' iiuBiuious anueti.
Phil listened, fanoinaled; soon ho
called the talk inspiring; next he
found it oonvinoiuur. The talk he
nsed to hoar from that olhor comrade,
bis father, was very different, but
then well, thoae were new Minos, and
old nations were out or date. Ho the
loving son of an honored father took
counsel with the ton mor of new no
tions, and said nothing about thorn at
name.
At last one day. aftor tho new ro
emit had followed Mark Appletou's
nag pretty far into tUo swamp, be
oame to the forks of the road.
This was the day for the Frew as
sigument, the bast one ot the Tear.
The Frew contract was hard to cot.
and to be ohoson to go after it was in
itself a promotion. The one so
trusted was understood to be well
started on his buaineas career. Gen
erally the assignment oame in rota
lion, bnt that rulo was subject to ex
oeptions. This time it was expected
o go to jonn warner; run was clad
of that, for be liked John, and thero
were bara times in the Warner house.
.run was wording alone, wnon an
order came for him to go into tho
private office of Mr. Bluok, the inau-
ager ot the department. lie went.
wondering. Mr. Blaok began ou him
witn bis imnal abruptness.
"You haven't been here vory long,
Everett, lint you ve bad plenty of in
trnction siuoe you came; and" he
smiled here, a queer little smile
"you appear to be a rather willing
learner.
"Your father and I have always
Deen menus, aud l am willing togivl
yonr father sou tu bout otisnce
oau put in his way." lie stopped
gain, aud loolcud oj into sudor
wuile Phil bsirau to tnru hot and cold.
"XI i i little m-eju'nr, but the Friw
1 I
r
L w. 11'
mhm
El xrrw 'i B0
THE OLD TOWN.
Thn lltti house, nn dear, o ilnsr,
Htntiftn Just where It iikoiI tn standi
Hut not lor many nmt ninny ynnr
Hn ths Intel! ohny.nl linr lined
Tho hiiml In wlilrh my Immt u InM
Wll n n itiy;ilrnt (nw fullering HI "in Wi
in n. In
Ami In tlin lltlln ol.l pirlor them,
O firliinkliLt tho hiilo Inwii,
Anot'ior sit In lior winy ohnlr
Ami hour thn clonk tick on,
I) tho lilt In nil town that I lnt onn iluy,
lionniiiiii it wn unlet, still
Him thn iminn thnt It hml Wlmn I wnnt
nwny.
Ami sinnd nn thn snmn ol.l Jhlll;
Hut thn frlnn.U thnt 1'vn trim. In. I
"ImnU
liumn" to nnn
Am Riiiin nr nln nrn lint strangers
to
mo.
Ami ovnr thn door of tho llttln nlil
moron
Am mrnn tlml I never know,
Ami tlin ilronm Hint wan iloitr nf thn "ol.l
11111110" Imro
('.in unvnr, iiIik, a imn Irnol
-H. V.. Kluor.
4
Business Life of
Man.
nMHimimiMit is yours, if you wnnt it."
Thn I 'row nHsignmont! His if ho
wanted it. Ho sliimmiirod out siilno
thing, lint (ho mnnngor intorrnptml
him with n gnsttirn of iIimihIhhhI Im
foro lio could won say how thankful
ho was.
"That's nil right, but tnko n liltlo
timo to think it ovnr; it tnnv Imvo
mnro than onn sidn to it, you know.
(Nimo lim-k in flfloon tuiuulnn. Of
conrsn you would likn to consult your
father about it" l'hil winood Blight
ly nt that "lint thoro ixu't timo. You
might nsk Appletou's ndvion, though,
if no liappons along.
1 lul wont out. ilizv with nxulta
tion. ThoRoou triuiiipb of nnthuuglit-
of suoooss sot his blood to (lancing,
Hero was his clinnen to "got nlosn np
to tho bnud," and thnt was tho fl rut
principle of luiness, Mark said.
why should ho tnko II It con minutes
to think over it?
Then tho thought of John Warner
gnvn his triuunih n chill. Wan it fair
ii shoulder faithful John out of his
rightful plnco in this way? All
Mark's glib sayings wnnt bubbling
through his brain to answnr thnt, but
somehow they seomml loss inspiring
than nt first. "Consult your father!"
Well, what would his father say
about it?
That question was a flashlight, and
alt at once ho saw thn forks of tho
road before him. Tho way ho took
now ho would travel in, for bettor or
for worse. Down ho wont among tho
muddy woods) of iho swamp, mid
gropod for thn fiilluii ilngor-lionrd.
He found it, and ho rend it; then ho
must choose.
"ft isu't fair, and I won't do III"
lie had iiiado his choice; ho would not
go liack from it; lmt "Its pretty
hard to give tip such it nliaucnnn Unit.
would ho hnrdor for the follow the
chance belongs to, though!" Ho
sighod, then smiled. "I know wnll
enough what futhor would say 'If
you nro not quite sum it's right, you
may bo pretty sure it s wrong 1 ve
hoard hiui say it niuuy a timo." Ho
started for Mr. Black's ollloe ngaiu
1 1 o'l I laugh at mo for being silly,
out I can t help that."
Hollo, Philip!" There wns Mark
Apploton, witli more novico, no
doubt. "Know what I'm bore for?
Mark asked complaeontly.
No."
lo apply for tlio Drew assign
mnnt. It you cau t reach what you
want, ask lor it.
You won't got it. It isn't your
turn, you know."
It s anybody s turn that can get
it, my friend. If I cau got it by ask
ing, so much tho hotter for me. K
Wurnor's too groon to ask for it, so
uracil tho worse for him."
Is that fair? It would go to
Warner without asking, if nobody
interfered. And you know as well as
I do how mnch he needs it." '
"You're pretty groon yet, little one.
Tho survival of the fittest, you know
Hint s business."
Is it? Thon I'm all right, for I've
got that assignment. Mr. lilank gave
it to me not tlfteen minutes ago.
Murk gasped, turned palo, thon red
and was spooohless with oonstornalion
for tha space of half a minute.
" ha-a-a-t! ho stammered then
You yon don't say yon've boon
mean enough to take it! What right
have yon to it? The last one taken
on, aud you go cutting in ahead of ull
the men that have been here for years!
Talk about mean things! I didn't
think you'd play snob a triok on me,
anyhow, after all I ve done for you I
"OH, l don't kuow." Phil had
malicious pleasure in the miserable
logio of the situation. " 'The prize
is there for whoever can take it,' yon
know. 'Never mind about the other
follows. The place ahead of you is
yours if you can got it.' 'Aftor you
get snooess tbere won t be any ques
tions asked.' 'If you can't get close
up to the band ' "
"Oh, shut up! You've played
mean trick on a iriend, and that's all
there ia of it. I trusted you, and you
wont bacic on me.
"You? What right haJ you to it?
But there; it is a mean thing to take
another fellow's salary I mean ohauoo
just because you can; it would be
jnst as honest to take his pooketbook
I was just going in to tell Mr. Black
that I wouldn't have the job. Come
on."
Wondering whether anybody oould
be auoh a fool as Phil Everett mode
himself out to be, but determined to
make the most of his foolishness
Mark followed him into the private
oniee.
"Mr. Blaok." Phil looked straight
into the manager's eyes and spoke out
bravely. "I've thought it oyer about
tha). assignment and I've decided not
to keep It."
"Tnst as yon please," Mr. IllaoK
salu Indifferently. "Bnt whnl'e the
matter? Why won't you keep It?"
Ho glanced susplniounly nt Murk.
"Well, I can't make nut that il lie
lungs to inn. r can make il sound nil
riiiht, lmt somehow 1 cuu't make it
feel light."
This I i inn Mr. lllnck smiled, (he
smite queer smile. Mill k opened his
month to npouk, but l'hil gave him no
chance,
You gnve the chance lo inn, Mr,
Black, mid I give it linek to"--ho
punned tlin fnieliim nf a second. It
was Mark that smiled this time; Mr.
lllnck wits seowling "lo John War.
tier. It really belongs to lilin,
Mr. Black itnoohsoiounly drew A
long breath.
"Winner shnll have it, hn said, lit
hin usual business tntio. Then he
surprinoil Hill by suddenly slinking
linmls Willi htm. "inn vn coiiin
through it well," hn said cordially.
Hasn't hn, Applelnn?"
Hut A.iliilim had not wnilnd to an
swer any iiucHtious,
It will do your father a lot of good
when hn knows about it, said Mr.
Black, nt ill holding Iho young fellow's
liaml.
"I'alhor? Oh, hn won't know any
thing about il," l'hil said In a half
Im t fill, half shamed tone.
"Won't ho?" Mr. Blaok laughed
out. "Wnll, perhaps. Hn wns will
ing that I should mako dm IonI, but
he told mn just how il would turn out
Ho wiih sine that bis boy would cdiiid
lo no real Inn in - yet. Now go back
to your work, mid nfler this well,
such a father as yours is just about
the best adviner a young follow can
bnvo."
LYDDITE IS A FEARSOME THINC.
Thn Itratriirtlvit IXiilnnlv H'lilrh ltrnl
llrtlnln Is lining In Africa).
(lencral .louliert has protested to
(leueral White against the line of lyd
dite. on tho urounil Hint its use is
barbarism, intolerable in "civilized"
warfare.
Iiyddiln intnado by treating carbolio
with nitric acid. It is therefore picric
acid. Hut picric acid is so enormous
ly explosive in its impulses as to be
incapable of iiho or oven of safe bun
dling. In Um manufacture of lyddilo
picric acid is subjected to a secret
process which renders il nn safe to
handle ns ordinary gunpowder with
out in thn least impairing its tcrrillo
explosivn force.
Lyddilo is thn most destructive ex
plosive that can ho hniidled with safety
by its user. Ouiino for ounce it is
from live to seven Minos more ileslruo
live than tiitro-glyeerino and from
forty to llfty-six times mnro powerful
than thn best gunpowder.
It is snfi) lo lutmlle, and no other
high explosivn is. It gives off no
sickening fumes. It can be 111 oil from
ordinary gunn without (lunger of ex
plosion from concussion.
A shell full of lyililito thrown Into n
regiment produces tha samo effect ns
ilyniimito exploded in a ntroam full of
IIhIi til im blood and luaneliiiK uml tho
siittmln of creatures iu anguish. Now
York World.
Tell Itollnr for a Hlrmll"
F.ngliNli connoisseurs of violins nro
junt now dismissing tho reality of a
"Htrad which, It is allogml, ban boon
roHcued from tho shop in tlio Midlands
of a pawnbroker who did not know its
value. According to tho story, says
tho Loudon Daily Telegraph, nil ilino-
rnnt musician wun unublo to pay his
bill at mi inu in Wolverhampton and
left bin violin instead.
Tho landlord took it to a pawn
broker and raided a litllo money on it,,
aud gave the ownor tho tlnkot, so that
be might rudnem it when his services
wero ilumieially nioro appreciated
than up to then they aparuntly had
boon. That consummation never ar
rived, and ai Bouifuou could play a
littlo ho purchased tho unrodoomod
fiddle from the touiporary holder for
$10 and played on it for his own
amnsement. Kvorybody was struck
with its peculiarly rich tone, aud at
last, acting on advioo, he submitted it
to oxports, who declared it to bo a real
"strad." Insidu was found tho in
scription, "Anlonius Htrndivarins,
1710." This romarkablo fiddle will
no doubt form tho subject of many
more discussions.
H id the Tlnkat In lilt Mniitli.
The spootaole of tho nbsaut-miudoil
man franticully going through his
pockets iu a vain searoh for his trans
fer ticket while that valuable sky-blue
docuinont drooped gracefully beneath
his mustaoho was bugoly enjoyed by
tho passongors of an uptown oar the
other evening. Even tho stolid con
ductor caught the joke end betrayed
an ainouut of patience which should
have aroused suspicion on the part of
the viotim. Finally, when the trans
fer threatened to be entirely de
molished, the conductor mildly indica
ted its locality to the embarrassment
of its owner end the delight of his fol
low travelers. Presently the absent
minded man readied his oorner, and
as be got to the roar he stuck his
head back into the door and fired a
parting shot attheoonduotor: "Ta to,
old boy. That's all right. The trans
fer was a week old, aud I was just
oUewing off the date." New York
Commmeroial Advertiser.
Automobile Artlller.
It passes oompreheuaion that we
should at this age be using horses to
draw cannon when there wns steam
artillery over 130 years ago. The
obstreperous, balky, stampeding mule
is used by Great Britain in the Trans
vaal war. Instead of sending bospi
tal ships, Lady llandolph Churohill
would end the war sooner by provid
ing the conservative South African
"urits" witn a few automobile capa.
ble of climbing mountains and draw
ing loads of 6000 pounds. We ca
make them. New .York Press.
NEWS AND NOTES
FOR WOMEN.
Nnw ailks Pnr Wlntor Wmr.
Homo of tho now heavy silks for the
winter ere extremely soft end pliablo
and have a lustrous snlin finish.
Tits Una of lions.
OIovps, kerchiefs, veils, fntis, Imvo
oncli given pectin inspiration, but thn
poet who is to sing (if lions lingers
shyly in the background still, unless
hn bus caitelit sight of tho latest
novelty it thing of bentily while it.
Insls for ilclicnin ns tlilntln down is
tho marabout bun, It takes Hih form
of a short stole, while on both ends
hangs eight marabout tails, four on
Iho bottom and a pair in two rows
above thn four. I'iiIii lints of bluo
ninl rose pink I1ii1h!i llio ends of lliesn
cloud while tniln, Riving an added
ohm m.
For Afternoon f'ntla.
A smart street costume nf serge like
rlnth is trimmed with scrolls of slitchod
strappings in silk, mid a vest mid skirt
panel of silk out in points nt either
side, molt point being fiintened with n
wen blnck velvet billion. Another
rather originnl frock in nf palo gray
rnrileil cloth of silky texture nrrnugoil
with groups of triny tucks on the skirt
and bodice, The bodice fusions on
Ihn loft side Willi a bordering bund of
imhlo, the tnwny tone of tlio fur being
cleverly reproiliicoil in a Hurt of Ib bu
drapery of chiffon, which ie drawn into
a wniHt bell of faintly gray siillu mul
fiiHlened with a hunch of crimson roses.
Iliivlvnl f nn (Mil FhbIiIiiii.
"Old things are becoming new,
said a woman of fashion, "nnd iiiiiny
liltlo nrls of dress esteemed llfty yenrs
ego arn ai'niu In use. A sloping
shoulder is unco inoro a stiiiiiliird of
beuiily. To keep Urn sleevo entirely
Hut, nnd yet not bnvo it loo severe,
blind nf three tucks is inmlo nt the
top to lit nronnd thn armhole. Nalil
rnlly. with the plain, sloping shrnil
tier, thorn Is n revival of Helms mid
nearfn. Thnnn nrn made of lino or
L'liiiilio or but into, nnd tunny nrn beau
tifully embroidered. Tor elderly
women the noft surnli silk lies with
rich, brocnilcd ends, so faHliioiiublo
long ngo, nro In favor."
lrrnM Itruaftr'a ItlifiiimtlUitt.
Mrs. Kruger, llio wifo nf the Presi
dent, Is a woman of very few words.
1u Ibis shn resembles thn majority of
her eolinlry winneii, silence being onn
of tlin most marked ohiirncloriHties of
thn Boer "frau." Though a devoted
mother, shn lakes absolutely no inter
cut iu her husband's schemes or af
fairs of HI ale. Hlie hasnn extraordin
ary nvcrsion to medical men, though
slie is ever iu search of a remedy
for her chronic complaint rhouiuatiHiii
any onn who succeeds in recom
mending oven a temporary euro earns
her most profound regard. Mho drinks
mi inordinate amount of eolTon, a cus
tom that among soiun of her country
people commences ut dawn and ends
only with daylight.
Ili-nrelfl For Wnlrliea.
With Iho ilcpnrliiro of thn chate
lainn mid tho advent of tlin chain
there has been a demand for some un
obtrusive mul convenient means of
carrying one's tiuiepleeo when wear
ing n shirt waist or thu equally severe
tailor gown, when good tasto forbids
mijlhing couHpioiious iu tho jewelry
linn.
For soinn timo English women have
worn leather strap bracelets for hold
ing watches, iiidiiipousahle when trav
eling or engngod iu outdoor sports,
mid Americans will tnko groat com
fort iu this fashion of their cousins
across tha water. These wrist, straps
aro to bo had at tho various s lops iu
dark or light leather, and aro i n inex
pensive and vnlunblo addition lo one's
outing costume.
lima Trliiiniliik-a In Vin.
Velvet scorns to bo indcod a most
favorite trimming this winter, and tho
most delightful appliquo designs are
laid on delinato backgrounds with a
happy result. Au evening gown, for
Instance, of palo blue, tho .natorial
that rich soft brilliant itio silk which
has all Iho quality mid sheen of satin
without any of its stiffness, has a knee
deep itoiinco of white point d'esprit,
heavily overlaid with a delicate sort
of conventionalized vinawork of a
ruther deeper shade of bluo velvet,
The edge of tills flounce is trimmed
with a deep full niching or chiffon
with very narrow rows of blue velvet
edging it ob both sides. Chcnillo is
also largely usod iu this way, and in
variably with good effect. Artificial
flowers fcr evening dresses do not
seem to be very much ia vogne. A
few smart French dresses are to be
seen with floral shouldor straps and
occasionally long garlauds of blossoms
dangling from the left shonlderor else
twistod around tho arm. But beyond
this the exoosaive use of flowers is not
at all apparent. Tho handsomest
dresses, indeed, dopend largely upon
beautiful embroideries and exquisite
fit for thoir speciol adornment.
Mourning Ureas For UIITaraiit Perloda.
Dressing in mourning is divided
into periods or seasons, for each of
which a certain style of dress is ap
propriate. Some widows have lately
worn colors within a year of their hus
bands' death, but thoso are extreme
cases, not adopted by more conserva
tive women, who wear crape for six
months or a year, aud plaiu black for
the seoond year, touohiug it up with
a littlo white during the last aix
mouths.
For a child tho parent wears black
for a year, crape for six months, if it
is donned, as sometimes it is not for
small ohildren. Grown children are
often mourned for in a black garb for
two years, and for a sister or brother
the same rule bold good. It may be
lor 1. 1 o jeais, but must be for one:
and while Hie length of time for the 1
wearing of black I marked, the nsenf
rape I left to the option of the
wenrnr, except In the ense of a widow.
If a ilsughler-ln law or a alstor-ln-lnw
puis on black It must bo nn the same
ities as I hough thn wearer were the
decensnd's own ((slighter or real sis
ter. For an unlit, cousin, or any re
latiou further removed than Ihn iin
mndlatn family, ritstom dons not de
mand tho Biisuiiiption of tho mourn
ing gnrh, but if wot it, plain blnck Is
eorreet fornix month", and black and
while for Ihn remainder nf thn year.
Ill nek ilrossefl nrn Immensely pupil-
Inr, but thn averngn woman prefers to
touch them tip wild a color to innko
them becoming. Ladies' Homo Jour
inu.
flnaalp.
Thn Queen of llclgium has a fad for
thn collodion of lace,
Arcade, N. Y., has a woman who
owns a milk route and delivers her
guilds to customers.
A eollegn In which Mrs. Alinln Ho-
sail! Is win inly inlnreiiled is being built
by the Hindus nt Benares.
Thn new press law of Jnpnn pro.
hibils women from beeomliig pubtliili-
crs or editors, as Ihn "dtHchnrgo of
such work by women is neither proper
nor ilesirablo."
At thn recent Installation of Ihn new
rector (f (hn I'liiversily of Berlin,
(Icrmniiy, it was mniotiticnd that in
IH1IH 1.'I7 women studied In Ihn uni
versity, where formerly none wero ad
mitted. Mine Iliirndn, who Is believed to be
thn first Japniienn wmiinn to lake the
slop, recently received eili.enship
pnpers iu Iho United States Circuit
('.mil iu New York Cily. She is
Ihirly-six yenrs old.
Mrs. Mmido Bnllinglon Booth ad
ilresied eleven hundred prisoners iu
tho Hlato penitentiary, nt Juliet, III.,
recently. About eight hundred nl
Hie convicts nrn now members of the
I IikiI II I'riHou League.
Sophio Tornia, Hie Hungarian archie
ologint, has been given tho degree of
doctor id philosophy by thn Univer
sity of KlaitNoiiburg. She is thn sec
ond woman in Hungary to receive this
degree, the first having been Carmen
Hylva, Iho Ijueeii of Itoumania. lv,
Toruin is about sixty years of age.
Miss Lutin A. Lytln enjoys the
proud diiilini tion of being one of Hin
two colored women in the United
Stales who have been admitted to tho
bur. Miss Lytic is twenly-throo yenrs
old, of moil i ii in heigh), nnd very light
iu color. Shn has a plcnniuit voice,
but speaks with a strong English ac
cent. Fencing nnd rnlcslhmiics have al
ways been n regnlar part of the daily
physical exercise nf tho daughters of
tho Princess of Wales. Tho rapid,
gliding walk, the erect carriage with
out stillness mid tha well-poised head
of tho Princess of Wales are attributed
lo her thorough practice of cuius
thouics. Tlin dress of woman nurses in tho
United Ht ntes Army, it has been de
cided, shall eousist of a waist, with
adjustable cuffn, and an apron of srhitii
linen, worn with a skirt mid necklinol
tho army blue galatea, A jacket ol
the galaten stylo is
also provided, to
bo worn when desired. Csnsarenot
to bo used.
Miss Itnbecca Laidi. of Chehea,
Mass., celebrated her ninety-sixth
birthday tha other day. Her grand
father wns an intimntn friend of Paul
l'.overa, whom she remembers distinct
ly. Her particular playmate in early
girlhood wus Hiirrint Bevere, a daugh
ter of thn colonel and grnuddaughter
of him of the fatuous ride.
Fnalilon 1 1 In ta.
Muffs to match must bo w
all furs and fur trimmings.
with
Cray furs, and black and white, will
have a groat selling for dressy wear, i
Coin bells are coming in again.
They are usually fastened with a small
clasp, leaving several of the coin links
pendant.
Hats of tan or gray broadcloth arn
high in vogne. These are not draped
hats, like thn usual cloth -toque, but
have straight stiff brims.
Costumes for evening, as well as
street wear, are including an amount
of the soft furs in their design, notably
chinchilla, cantor and ermiuo.
Kid hats iu brilliant colors white,
tan or scarlet are other idols of the
tailor-mada girl; they have brims of
white stitched kid and are faced with
block velvet.
The most stylish white silk blouses
are made perfectly plain, of eorded
ilk, the cords at regular intervals, or
iu clusters of three running Bayadero
fashion around the body and sleeves.
An odd and lovely fan is made of
black net, spangled with green and
purple, to represent a peacock's feath
ers, with the bird's body in tbo center.
So ingenious is the spangling, and so
perfect the likeness that the fan i
striking in effect, besides being a real
work of art.
Althongh not always strikingly be
coming, handsome black toilota novel
lack charm or distinction if well made.
A combined trimming of jet ornamenti
and black velvet ribbon will often
transform the uncomplimentary effect
of a dull black cashmere or drap d'ete
gown, especially if a bit of rich lace
or a touch of color be added near the
fuee.
The fancy increases for smooth very
close-fitting skirts without a particle
of fulness; but the flat, seamless, out
lining habit stylo is doomed, and in
plaoe ot this severe, nnoompromising
fashion are brought ont models with
box-plaited backs, with the drapery
slightly lifted, with medium-length
pieoee of the skirt fabrio set into the
sides at the baok en jabot, or with
banda trimmed with braid and but
tons and usually lined with silk of
contrasting color.
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FARM TOPICS!
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The proper leveiing'of the fool to re
reive the shoe deserves special atten
tion, fur It is at this stage of shoeing
that the horse is often most ornellj
punished for an indefinite time. If till
foot Is properly leveled no bad efTeol
need ordinarily result from shoelng
thn neglect of this, however, often con
torts not only the foot, but the llinbj
mm I.I..I. 41. a Lli.a - II 1 1 1 ft M Im
painful ai.d oftentimes incurable die-
orders, it is a comparatively easy
mul tor to preserve the foot In good or
der, but it is not nn easy tnsk to
remedy a defective foot or limb as t
result of bad shoeing.
Ilronklnaj I'P l olonlea.
The American Ben Journal sny.
that when a colony, being without
queen, has laying workers In It and
builds only drone comb, it Is better to
break il up than to try to Introduce
queen to it, ns the laying workers are
apt to bo present In largo numbers,'
aud such a colony Is npt to be unwill
ing to necotit n queen. If the comb
nrn divided among other colonies, the
laying workers, being old, will soon
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hn thn stronger for tho combs given''
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I fill. mill IMII lILIlfir ITIIIIMIK-I. Will
lucm.
When thn eggs of the laying work
ers have developed into drone larva il
ndvlsns slicing off the caps from the
drone comb and the bend of the larva
with them, then sprinkling the nn-
sealed larva wun linn suit anil allow
ing the bene to clean the ooiub, which
they will d o very quickly.
ftpprlnl I'nnltry Fooilfl.
When crowding yonng stock I have
successfully used cracker waste or
bakers' crumbs mixed with other food
and moistened with milk, to advan
tage. I have found It necessary sev
eral times, in crowding exhibition
stock up to thn standard weights, to
iisii blank molasses, sorghum or brown
sugar. When Mich materials are nsed
in cases of this kind, the other food
must be carefully regulated or the
birds will "go slain," as fanciers term
it. However, this food would tiof
prove advantageous from practical
standpoint.
I use oil meal each fall for onr
moiling linns, and have found it a
great fenthnr easting stimulant and
havn noiiio to look 011 it as a necessity .
during Iho molting period. It is fed
in proportion of one spoonful to eanli
fowl throe times a week. H. M.
Lewis, iu Now England Homestead.
Tarn of Tool.
There onght to be a society for the
prevention of cruelty and abusive use
nf farming tools and machinery.
When wo seo mowing machines and
reapers sheltered iu winter under
apple trees, plows nnd barrow in
fence corners, and other tools jnst
where tho owner left them when bo
used them last, wo feel indignant.
We know that it help to make trade
good for the manufacturer, and gives
employment lo many men who must
supply no it tools iu place of those
runted and broken, but we know that
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m I. ..bum Mill .tr . , . 111 n
m n.iin. wii, wui n. un.-.-Ti uub-;
machines than ho would have needed
to if they had been properly oared for,
and men and boys must work harder
as well and do loss effective work.
Homo tools we know aro not sheltered
bocaunn the owner has not roof enough
to cover all that he owns, but in more
eases it is but the result of careless
boss, Thi is one of the leaks on the
farm that prevents the stream of pros
perity from filling tho farmer's pockets
nnd building np bis bank account.
' J'rJr 'iSve Ihein oil housed before
winter, anil before spring comes bave
Ihein overhauled and cleaned, iroir
j work oilod, wood painted and every
part in working order to begin with
next season. American Cultivator.
II A Ilon.y Hraokflhnnao.
This smokeTiouse can be made of
, wood, bnt brick is best, as the build
ing will thon be fireproof. A chimney
' is built on the inside, reaching to
7ithin abont two feet of the roof.
TUB SMOKEnOL'HE, BIIOW1JO CHIM3ET.
which carries smoke to the meat with
out any danger of fire coming in eon
tact with it, even should some of the
meat fall to the ground, as is some
time the case. The fire is fed through
a small door in the end of the build
ing. With door made of light boiler
iron, and a good lock attached, the
building is burglar-proof. No flie or
other insect will touch it. Tbere are
few buildings on the farm more need- .
ed than a good smokehouse, and on
built in conformity to the sketch will
prove very satisfactory to the farmer.
New England Homestead.
Tho News Nought film Oat.
A yonng laborer who i employed
in the Uampstead district yesterday
in hi dinner boar purchased some
thing to eat, which wa handed to
him in a scrap of newspaper. When
he had finished his meal he aeanned
the reading matter of the wrapper,
and then learned that hi brother, a
private in the Manchester Kegiment,
bad been killed in action. London
Chronicle.
A man who know y that the
past aeason at Saratoga wa the big
geet oo in aisteen year.