3 FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
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Ferns n Vfons rinnts.
A veil grown, thrifty fern makes a
beautiful house plant, hut delicate nnd
tender kinds me Uot united for parlor
or Hitting room. One great advantage
of ferns as hoise plants in that they
lo not require in fact, do not like
much direct sunshine, although they
lo reinire plenty of lis?ht. The ma
jority of ferns thrivo bent in a coin-
rinsf nt ttirfv lonm idil lAnf anil Ami
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luiiiu, nun n tiiio nuitrj) mind, vtiunn
growing fernn me benefited by a lit
tle iiinimre. If succulent drainnge in
given they can hardly be over-watered;
but the most important requirement
of ferns in to have thorn sprnved over
head two or three times a week.
Wlisn In Sno'nlt,
' Whether or not snbsoiling will im
prove the ground depends altogether
upon the character of the noil and also
tipon the mil. mnt of rainfall during the
growing seasou. In dry sections
where the subsoil is very compact,
snbsoiling U usually profitable. The
breaking up of the impervious sub
surface layer lessens evaporation from
the surface, of the Roil and provides a
largo storago place tor moisture in the
upper few feet of soil thus loosenod.
Tho roots of plants are l etter able to
0 downward mid secure the noces
nary plant food anil moisture. If the
soil is moderately loose, with ft windy,
open subsoil, this method of treating
the ground is not profitable. Thon,
too, if there is sufficient moisture al
ways available during the growing
season, it is not necessary to subsoil.
Try the subsoil l,.v in a limited way,
carefully noting th ) effects on subse
quent crops. You will then soon bo
able to determine w hether or not snb
Hoiling is profitable. New England
Homestead.
I.lm In rh finritpti.
Usually the garden soil is full of
huuiiiH, and lime may be used on it to
- good advantage. Lime is one of those
olements of the soil which is essential
to the growth of plants ami trees, and
when it is properly used n vast difl'er
orenco in the growth of the vegetation
is noticeable. All farmers and horti
culturists use it in many ways, but it
is probnbly as often abuse ! as used.
The full and direct efTei ts of lime
upon plants under all conditions have
not yet beon fathomed, bnt enough
knowledge concerning its general ef
foot is possessed for one to use it in
telligoutly on many crops. In the
vegetable garden lime is invaluable.
It is the best preventive and check for
mildew on cucumbers and diseases of
potatoes. As soon as the cucum
ber vines show signs of the dis
ease, the powdered lime should be
epriukled over every part of the plants
that are afl'ected, and the operation re
peated after rnin so long as there are
nny signs of the mildew. If one
watches the plan unrly in the spring,
and applies tlu. lime as soon as the
disease manifests itself, it will never
be allowed to make much progress,
bnt sometimes in the case of plants
being nearly dried up with the disease,
the lime will give them new life and
growth. Farm, Field and Fireside.
Olnndfirt In Horars.
Glanders in horses and mules are
liable to occur at any time, and there
have been recent reports of the dis
ease in certain sections. It is ordin
arily a fatal disease, ouly a few cases
in man or beast ever having recovered.
It is such a dangerous disease tliut
treatment is too tull of risk aud too
uncertain to be warranted. The pro
nounced symptoms are tuberoles on
membrane of the uasul passages aud,
when these break dowu, there is a
discharge of pus from one nostril and
a swelling under the lower jaw. '1 his
swelling is usuully about the size of a
walnut, is tender to the toncb, and
not very firmly connected.
The disease in some horses does tibt
make rapid progress, but remains sta
tionary, giving no evidonoe of being
dangerous. Uut sueu cases are ex
ceedingly dangerous and are often the
. ausfl of spreading tho disease broad
cast. Horses have been knowu to
have glanders iu a mild form for a
long time, to keep iu good order and
work right along, the real trouble
never being auspecteil. In advanced
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WO UURIQU. A Kll-J, WUIUU ISCBUHttU VJ
tue same germ, is ludioated by faroy
buds swellings ou the ekiu, usuully
on the legs which break and dis
charge freely. The legs swell and be
come a mass of sores. Animals that
oven slightly ahow any of these symp
toms should be immediately isolated
until the character of the disease is
determined. If it is glauders, kill the
nuimal at ouce, and wash the atables
and everything with whiob the horse
has come in con taut with a solution
ounipoaed of one ounce of corrosive
sublimate iu two gallons of water.
Wash several times at intervals of two
or three day. Agricultural Eplto
mist Importune of Milk Veins.
An examination of the stomach of
' an average cow that is producing milk
will reveal thereon, extending from
the udder along each aide, a milk veiu
about one-half inch iu diameter.
These milk veins, at the point most
distant from the udder, pass through
what are called the milk wells in the
walla of the abdomen. Those orifices
through which the veins pass should
be of good size, thus permitting a
strong flow of blood through them.
As a rule, the greater the milk se
creting power of the cow, the larger
e.ad wore twisted of uutliue will these
vein l. In such a ease the cow may
have three larga vein, the third being
a shorter one between the outer two,
and branching over the udder and on
the belly immediately in front of the
former, may be found quite a number
of very pronounced smaller veins.
These veins extend in no definite di
rection, being usually very irregular
and somewhat knotted. The develop
ment of these blood-vessels becomes
most pronounced with nge, nlthonnh
tliorc is a noticeable difl'eronce in their
size ami extent in young heifers.
The writer has seen cows with re
nifirkably largo, long, elastic veins,
which extended from the udder and
disappeared high in the armpit nt the
front left. Such veins may measure
an inch in dinmetor, aud on compres
sion with the fingers exhibit great
elasticity.
Writing of the milk vein, nearly
twenty-five years ago, Hazard stated
that, if Inrge and tortuous, with a
considerable opening through the
muscles of tho belly to admit of its
passage outwards, it is frequently
connected with a rich udder; but far
greater reliance can be placed on the
net voi k of veins sen beneath the
skin oM-r i ho foroquarters of tho ud
der. Thin characteristic is little no
ticed by aiitliors.and dairymen ordeal
ers in cattle rarely speak of it. But
both the veius and the udder itself,
nnd those w hich puss npwm ds behind
towards the tail, when Inrge, are sure
tests of a competent milker,
Sclpnttfle i'nrmlnir.
Scientific farming is farming iu ac
cordance with n at lire's immutable
laws. That is what farmers have been
trying to do sinco the very first be
ginnings of the industry. Theso laws
men have measurably learned by ex
perience. Should each depend on his
own experienea for the knowledge
needed to guide him in his industry,
he would not le.irn in his lifetime the
alphabet of farming, lie has uncon
sciously benefited from the accumu
lated experience of nges. Could be
not benefit more, now that so much
has bepn learned, by frequent fanners'
meetings, discussions of methods and
exchange of experiences?
Farmers should learn tho objects
nnd appreciate, the value of the nTii
cnltnral experiment stations. The
object of the station is to ascertain
what crops, nud what particular
variety of crop iu its own state will
give the host results, how they can
best be cultivated, protected from
damage by drouth or insects, cared for
during aud after harvest; how the
values in the soil may bo maintained
at the lest cost, and what manures,
commercial fertilizers or crops will
best maintain fertility.whnt is the best
rotation of crops; what varieties of
fruit to plant, when to plant and how
to core for thorn by culture, mnuuring
nnd pruning; how to feed livestock to
obtain tho most nnd tho bist quality
of meat at the least cost and in the
shortest time; how to do best all the
many necessary things iu the care of
the dairy herd and the making nnd
care of dairy products. These are
only some of the mutters which the
stations are investigating with a scien
tific and practical training and with
such equipment as can only be had at
such public institutions. Each inves
tigation entered npou is followed up
persistently until results are obtained
that enable the station to say in its
bulletiu thereon something that has
practical value to the farmers, aud
the officers of these stations are al
ways glad to give freely the informa
tion thus obtained to the farmers who
will take the trouble to apply for it.
The farmers themselves could extend
the value of this experimental work
by organizing local farmers' associa
tions, undertaking cortain experimen
tal crops, metho.ls of culture, etc,
under tho advice of the station offi
cers, discuHsiug the work at their
meetings and reportiug results to the
Btution. Texas Farm Journal.
THE COTTON BELT.
YViiers Our Twenty Million Acres of
Cotton Ave.
The cotton belt covers 24 degrees
of longitude and 10 degrees of lati
tude. Excluding from the count the
greator part of Virginia, more than
100,0 JO square miles in western
Texas nud the whole of Kentucky,
Kansas, Missouri, Utah, California,
Arizona and New Mexico, iu all of
which cotton has beeu cultivated, aud
where a larger dumaud might cause
itB culture to be oxtouded, the cotton
growing region measures nearly
U00,000 square miles, almost one
third of the totul area of settlement
iu 181)0 of the United (States. The
20,000,000 acres pluuted iu cotton
oounpies barely five acres in every 100
of this extensive region. Hcarcoly DO
per oeut. of this territory is iu farms
aud uot wore than one-fifth has at any
time been tilled This section con
tained in 1H90 a population of over
8,000,000 whites aud something over
6,000,000 Degroes, in all, 18,051,007,
every 100 of them producing 53 bales
of cotton, nu average of 261 pounds of
liut per capita.
"In 1801 South Carolina led the
other states iu the production of cot
ton. Iu 1850 Alabama stood first
Mississippi led in 1800-80. Texas
stood at thi head in 1890, aud still
does. The centre of production was
near Moutgemery, Ala., iu 1850; thia
centre bad moved two miles west by
18(10. In 1870 it was uear Carthage,
Miss., and iu J 880 was iu Noxube
couuty, Miss. In 1890 it was (i(
miles uorthwest in Attala couuty. It
is moving west all the time ou account
""of the increasing erops iu Arkausas,
Texas aud the Indiau Territory, noi
to mention Oklahoma." Ainslee's.
The oldest resideut of the town o.
Emporium, Kan., is J, P. Mather,
who is said to be a direct desoendaul
of Cotton Mather. Though 83 yean
of age he goes daily to a gymuasiuu
aud exarcise ou the bars. i
LAWTON'S WIDOW.
CHARMINGI WOMAN TO WHOM
HE WAS DEVOTED.
A Onitffnt Conn try Will Sec That th
Object of Ills Affection ghnll Mot
WnnV tor Ilia Comforts af Life As
Heroes Die.
"I am ready to die a soldier's death
it any time. I have no fears for my
self. Hut I am sorely troubled when
I think of what would become of my
wife nnd children in such nn event."
Thus spolio (Jen, Henry W. Lawton
to a friend Inst summer. He died as
heroes die at the head of his men In
a warm engagement nnd while aiding
a wounded subordinate. Ho left no
fortune. Forty years of his life were
given to his country, but his pay was
Inadequate to do more thnn support
himself and his family. Hut a grate
ful country will rare for them. The
fund which Ib to bo presented to Mrs.
l.awton 88 n testimonial of Americans'
admiration for her gallant husband
will probably reach 175,000. It Is
growing fast.
Mrs. l.awton was Miss Craig, of Rert
lanus, Cal., and the general's happiest
dr.ys were spent on their fruit farm In
California, when tho great soldier was
stationed nt Los Angeles. The orange
groves nnd the residence nt Rcdlands
are heavily mortgaged, but the fund
will provide for this and for her futuro
comfort. Mrs. l.awton nnd the chil
dren ore nt. Manila.
The marriage of the general nnd
Mrs. l.awton wns unusual. At tho
Craig homestead, nenr Louisville, Ky.,
lives a favorite nnd Invalid cousin of
Mrs. Lawton, who wns anxious to
witness the marriage ceremony. A
few days before the date set for the
wedding tho cousin began to fail. It
was ser-n that she was dying. She
realized It and nsked that Gen. (then
major) Lawton nnd his bride-to-be be
summoned to her bedsido nnd there
(the day before the appointed date)
Miss Craig became Mrs. Lawton.
AFTER THE GOLD BOOMS
Importance of Rrnctlnn In Ilotermtn
Ina Population.
The law that settlers follow tho ltne
of least resistance suffers an exception
when men arc seeking gold. In tho
natural order of things, population
would hnve worked Itself In a continu
ous progression toward the Koeky
Mountains, crossing them only by
compulsion, as tho Alleghnnics wcro
crossed and the Mississippi and the
Missouri rivers. Hut where there is
gold In sight there is no law. Human
ity goes Into Alaska with the same
blind avidity that it went Into Califor
nia fifty years ago, with the same fatu
ousness that it swept to Tike's Peak
in 1S58. Population forsook all its
domiciles, its patronages nnd Its pros
perity, in the Argonaut period, and.
as it driven by some monstrous wind,
surged over the uneven earth to the
Pacific and to the Rockies. The whole
world knows bow it did so and the
suffering that ensued is as common a
story as the fortunes that were won.
But the thing that is not known, the
matter of lasting importance that ia
most often overlooked, ia the migra
tory reaction, the settling back of tho
big flood to the places In which, either
by necessity or by the choice, it must
finally rest. The character of the
great west, the transmlssourl, with its
multiple variations, is determined by
this phenomenon. A map and a book
of census statlbtlcs will tell the story.
It is the story of the oil from the
pitcher again. Men and women touched
the crotit of the continent at Leadvllle,
In Colorado, in 1858, but fell back onto
tho plains again before the '60a were
expired. The Mormon emigration filled
the valley of the Jordan in 1847, but
the general tide of people either went
to the lower valleys of the Sacramento
and tha 8an Joaquin on the oriental
side of the Sierra Nevadas or receded
on' the eastern elope of the Rockies.
Successive mining discoveries enticed
rushes of prospectors Into northern
Idaho and lirttlsh Columbia, but tbt
greater mass of the movers went back
MRS. MARY CRAIG LAWTOX.
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Into the warmer regions of California
and Oregon. Where the Comstock and
tho Consolidated Virginia silver
mines once magnetized so many set
tlers as to beguile congress Into mak
ing a state of Xcvmln, there Is little
left now but the evidence of what has
been nnd the promise of what may be
when the immigration of tho west be
gins to movo ngaln, for less glorious
promises than acres of oranges for the
mere tilling of the soil and monster
tlmbar for the mero hewing of tho logs.
The mesas of the two southwestern
territories, Arizona and New Mexico,
seem to have absorbed the hosts of
traders nnd adventurers thnt went Into
them ns tho sandy soil of their great
areas drink In th freshets from the
mountains." Alnslee's Magazine.
AN ELOQUENT CLERGYMAN.
One of the most eloquent clergymen
In New York city at the present time
Is Itev. Thos. It. fillcer, pastor of .Ml
Souls' church. Although a compara
tively newcomer In the metropolls.hav
Ing removed there from IlutTalo three
REV. THOMAS EL1CEU.
or four years ago, Mr. Bllccr has al
ready made a largo placo for himself
In the religious, political and civic life
of the city. He Is one of our best after
dinner speakers, and Is In constant de
mand for functions of this kind. An
excellent example of his style and
trend of thought is furnished In tho
following paragraph from his sermon
on Thanksgiving day: "Tho first busi
ness of every American," said Mr.
Sllcer, "Is to be fit for America. Ho
may regard It as a good stand for busi
ness to enrich himself, but being en
riched he Is the trustee of those riches,
and not their owner. He may regard
It as a great opportunity in which to
be free, but the only purpose of free
dom la to live tho higher life. 1 be
lieve In tho sovereignty of
the rcop'o In the great de
mocracy, which is working out its
salvation and the salvation of the
world." Dr. Sllcer Is actively engaged
In aiding the movement in favor of
municipal reform, and ia one of the
closest and most confidential friends
of Gov. Roosevelt.
The Twentieth Century. .
It ia quite time that everybody who
la disposed to be eloquent over the new
century should realize that it does not
begin on Jan. 1, 1900. The first cen
tury began with the year 1 and ended
with the year 100. Unless there has
been a year Inserted somewhere, there
Is, therefore, v escape from the con
clusion that ' 'nineteenth century
does not end '.be close of the year
1900. A curious .act In reference to
the now century ia that It will have
twenty-four leap years, the greatest
number that can possibly occur in
century. The same yearly calendar
that did servico in 189S can be used
again in 1901, and may be used again
at successive Intervals of six, eleven
and every eleven years throughout the
century.
Nam Wmkiiwi
Visitor (at prlsuu) Why are you
here, my manf Convict Same rea
son you are mum, I'm a poor, sloppy,
morbid, neurotic, half-baked degener
ate. Judgt. '
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1 1 FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.
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"Petllrnst atn't'" t'nlrorm.
The question of dress Is nt present
causing much agitation among police
matrons in Now York City. Opinions
differ ns tr the proper cut for tho now
uniforms which were ordered some
time since for the "petticoat squad,"
but till the moot question is settled
the dark blue serges will lenmiii un
cut, Popnlnrltv of the I Inner I'tirse.
The many "snatch" thieves who In
fest the street have driven the pot k
otless woman to various expedients
for protecting her purse. The English
"finger purse," with n strap through
which tha hand , asses, has proved its
right to popularity by successfully re
sisting a number of attempts to snatch
it during the holidays. A newer idea
is the bracelet purse, which consists
of a padlocked bracelet, with strong
chain firmly attached to the purse.
Count? Trmsitrrr Minn Tnllev.
San Juan connly, Col., has for its
treasurer a young woman, Miss Nellie
Tulley, sistor of Thomas H. Tulloy,
private secretary to Governor Thomas,
Miss Tulley was born iu Tonawaudu,
N. Y., nnd went to Hilvei ton, Col., iu
1805. Hhe was appointed deputy post
master in that town, a position which
she held until her election ns county
treasurer. Miss Tulley wns a candi
date on the Democratic ticket, nud
after nn unusually lively campaign was
elccte 1 by a majority of !125.
Tli (iin's l.numlrr.
(Jiieen Victoria's laundry occupies a
most picturesque rito on the borders
of Hiehnioud park, which, despite its
nearness to London, is still one of the
most beautiful sylvan scenes in Eng
land. "White l.odgo," the home of
the 'fecks, is also lo. nted in Richmond
park. An ivy covered cottage guards
the entrance to the drive. A tine
drive, lined on both sides with lawns
aud flower beds, sweeps up to the en
trance of the house attached to the
laundry, where the suporinteudeut,
Mr. Wilson, lives. The laundry is a
large square building, with a small
wing at one side, and herein her maj
esty's personal linou is laundered.
Huge cupboards line the stoue pas
sageway. They are filled with soap,
Which is purchased by the ton. The
entrance hall is stacked with big bas
kets, iu which the linen is packed.
Tho "sacred wing" contains three
rooms, sorting, washing nud ironing.
The majority of the liuon is worked in
red cotton V. 11. L., with the palace
tindorneatb; (). H. means Osborne
House, H. 1. liuckingliniii Palace, W.
('., Windsor Castle, aud so on. Most
of the laundering is done by machin
ery. It requires a largo army of per
sons, who in thomselves would form a
little colony, to attend to this laun
dry. Mans of Spring-.
Signs of spring nro upon us just as
the, coldest weather has come. Tho
florists are displaying sweet peas, hya
cinths and azaleas, which usually ap
pear at Paster. The dry goods stores
are exhibiting the thinnest of muslin
and lace underwenr, summer oi gaudies
aud the now shirt waists.
A pretty sight is the filmy ribbon
trimmed lingerie now on view iu the
high class shops, Ouo exquisite cor
set cover is a dainty lattice work of
narrow lace insertion nud fine lineu
lawn. Narrow pink ribbous form the
shoulder straps. The next thing will
probably be all over lace underwear.
Extravagance cannot go much further.
Tho new shirt waists show scarcely
nny change from last season's stylo,
nlthough thore is a growiug tendency
to elaborateness, especially iu tho
white waists. Some 1 eautiful n odtls
in white are composed entirely of lace
aud embroidory insertion in alternate
lengthwise strips. Others are tucked
all over, even the sleeves. Hem
stitching is used a great deal. There
are several waists iu solid colors, such
as pink, pule blue anil laveudor, with
a dainty, vine like pattern in white ou
either sido of the pleat. Tucked yokes
will be worn again, often a white yoke
with colored waist. Stripes will be
almost ns popular as Inst summer,
whon everything was criss-crossed.
It is going 'to be another white year,
without doubt.
A llrlr-n-llriio 8uraon.
The art of meuding precious pottory
and statuary has long beeu an inter
esting one, and one that has been fol
lowed with more or less success, but
it was not until recently that it at
tracted particular atteution, through
the work of a Boston girl, who makes
a specialty of repairiug all aorts of
porcelaiu, statuary, fine cnt glass and
precious pottery. Iu one year she
patched up 8300,000 worth of fragile
ware, and as she got nearly ten per
oent. ou the value of the goods ie
deemed, it can be figured out what
her income for a year amounted to.
The girl began by indnoing a large
department house to allow her to re
pair, uot only their own fine pottery
andglusBwaie, but to take orders from
the customers of the bouse who
brought their broken ware there in
the hope that there was some one iu
the establishment who could fix it
She was an artist, to begin with, and
in addition she had a good Ueul of me
obauicul ingenuity.
Later she took a contract from an
art museum in Uoston to do such work
of this kiud as the museum could sup
ply. This included many rare vases
aud other articles whioh are dug up
iu tho old world fluids, and whioh reach
the museum mass of a thousand
fragments, The little plecei are taken
to the studio of the brio-a brao sur
geon, aud there the artist uiechauio
spends boars and da; a sad weeks in
assorting the fragments and putting
them together.
She uses a particularly fine hind ol
cement, which is made from the nlbo
men of eggs, mixed with evaporate)
whey. This cement will endure heat
and moisture, nud is everlasting.
One of the Inst triumphs of this girl
is a built up glass uru from the valley
of the Nile. 'I bis precious rollo is ex
hibited iu a hinsi'tim. It is apparently
flawloss, nnd through it tho I eautiful
hues of the rainbow shimmer like the
dancing colors of a soap bubble in the
sunlight. Yet this urn came to the
museum in thousands of little bits.
So carefully have these fragments
been put together thnt scarcely a trace
of the mending can be seen even by
tho keouest eves, Daltimoie Herald.
atronc Cnllea fllrU.
In reopening the regular gymnasium
work for the year nt Smith college,
President Seolye took occasion to em
phasize his well known position with
lespect to the value of such work in
college life and placing it upon an
equality with intellectual training,
says tho lloston Trauscript.
To it also bo attributed much of the
Improved health of American women
iu the last twenty-live years. This is
no optimistic fancy, but a demonstrable
fact.
The gymnasium work nlono would
hardly account for the improved phy
sical condition of collego women, bnt
taken in connection with the system
of rational athletics which prevails at
almost all theso institutions it has
made a noble record.
The time may come, if in fact it ia
not already here, when instend of fear
ing thnt the daughter of the family
will bo broken down hyoverstudy and
graduato with a mental equipment
gained nt the expense of a weakened
body, she will be sent to one of these
institutions as much to strengthen
her physique as to improve hor miud.
itieycling, swimming, skating, ten
nis, golf, basketball, boating and other
forms of lie il t li ful out of door exer
cise that keep tho muscles firm and
the nerves well braced nro working
woudors for the piest-nt generation ol
young women, and this influence is
extending out from the colleges and
having its Influence upon the loss pre
tentious educational institutions and
npou tho social life generally.
Novelties Nfn In til fthopa.
Black silk stockings with real lace)
f routs.
Lorgnette and fnu chains in
heavy
rope designs.
Extra heavy niuff chaius with en
ameled slides.
Chinchilla and mink turbans adorned
with flowers aud lace.
Many Venetians nnd broadcloths iu
various shades of violet.
Embroideries of colored silk show
ing gold or silver traceries.
Mane nigrettes nnd piiilotte-encrust-
ed fancy feathers iu millinery.
French flannel wrappers in a varioty
of soft colors trimmed with lace.
Eton jackets made of velvet or val
our edged with sable or other fur.
Nets aud transparencies covered
with flitter in cuirass arrangement.
Fur muffs aud collars trimmed with
chill'ou pleutiugs or rich cream lace.
Jack tar reefers of kersoy, chin
chilla and frieze for small boys' wear.
A great variety of small artificial
flowers for decorating evening cos
tumes. Oriental jeweled lolts, buckles,
purses aud boxes in elaborate assort
ments. Novelties in pocketbooks, upon
which are embossed various figures in
copper tints.
Silk undervests in light colors elab
orately embroidered in addition to ap
pliques of cream laca.
liuched boas of white silk edged
with loops of black chenille having
long stoles of chenille fringe.
New designs in white cotton shirt
waists, many of which are elaborately
trimmed with lightly patterned lace.
Dainty dimities, Swiss and corded
muslins, cotton mousselines aud piques
in a full line of exquisite new designs.
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A Min of Iron.
"So General Lawton has at last
falleu a victim of his own recklesa
daring," said Robert B. Kling of St
Paul, who served in the Philippine
campaign with the Thirteenth Minne
sota, "I am not really surprised, nor
do I think any one will be who waa
familiar with the general's utter and
conspicuous fearlessness. Me out
wardly better fitted the descriptive
phrase 'A man of iron' than any one
else I have ever seen. His great
height and powerful figure, without
an ounce of superfluous flesh;, his
skin tanned a dark brown by exposure
iu all sorts of olimates, aud his gray
hair aud mustaohe gave him a look of
absolurely tireless strength, while his
pieroing.yet kindly, eyes lighted and
lightened the dogged look of bis face,
whiob might otherwise have teemed
almost sullen,
"Personally, of course, I never
came in ooutaet with him, but bia
men absolutely idolized him, and would
go anywhere ha snut or led them.
The insurgents feared hiia more than
they did auy.and parbapa all.the other
American ooiuuianders. Think of his
i-tsndiug there in front of his men,
olad in Cspe Cod tarpaulin, aud ot
what a oouspiououa mark that ait-fool
form of oilskin mad si How sad that
bis death should coinei with the war all
but ended.