I HEWASANOBLESOUL THE LATE HENRY BARNARD. EDITOR-EDUCA TOR A noted editor and educator paused away In the person of Henry Barnard, LL. D., whose death occurred recent ly at hit homo In Hartford, Conn., In Ms 90th year. Dr. Barnard was widely known In this country as the pioneer missionary of education and he was al io considered one of the two most fa mous educators of modern times. Pos sessed of remnrkable oratorical pow ers, he took to the platform In the In terests of education at an early age, and In ten years lectured In every state of the union except Texas. He realized the decadence of the school system In Connecticut and In other states, and sought to bring about a change. His native state early estab lished a fixed cum for school purpoys, which at flrHt was sulTlclent but, as school children Increased, the annui 1 amount for each child decreased until schools were In session but three months of the year. To reform the school system was the task to which PROF. he gave himself. He was elected to the legislature In 1S33 and succeeded In having passed unanimously a bill which placed free education on a solid basis. His reform movement Included provision for better education of teachers and their training In the art of teaching. The Connecticut legisla ture refused to make an appropriation for normal school and, In 1839, Dr. Barnard at his own expense opened a school and engaged the best tutors In the country. Forty young men at tended for seven weeks. In the spring, m... ... ..St .-i. .. ..ir . v j;lj. r Mif , --'i i,iknW!lHi """ ,-,-Lr-lJ-u-1J-Lru-u-Lnj tliUitUlltlUUUiiUUUUUaiiUltiiUiiUMUUiiiiUiliiitiiliUiiililitillAiiiiuaiuni.umi - "DIANA Or ADIRONDACK' 3y a display of snlendld duck and tipurb aim in an adventure with a bear, which she shot and killed ) Adlrondacks. recently. Miss May Stanton, a Boston girl, has been llalmed "Dl -na of the Adiron- Cks" for the year 1900 hv the con vention of Adirondack sruides. The DlanashlD of the 'Adirondack! Is en bonor that Is bestowed annuully upon the most successful hunter and flshor --traps.-' ' MISS FAY L. STANTON. la the woods each season. Only un married women are eligible for the distinction. The custom waa Inaugu rated In 189(1 by Miss Edith Rockefel ler, now Mis. McCormlck, of Chicago. The adventure to which Miss Stanton owes her honors occurred while the party with whom she was hunting wm encamped at Long Pond. This place is In one of the deepest recesses of the forests. Miss Btanton was awakened mrly on morning by tho unmistak able growls of a bear and hastily don Blnf ber bunting skirt seised htr rifle another school was opened for young women and thus the normal school system of the country began. Normal schools all over ths United States owe their existence to Dr. Barnard's Initial efforts In 1S39. Dr. Itarnard was Ions; recognized at the most progressive editor of educa tion the world has ever seen. His works constitute the most complete encyclopedia ever Issued. One of his publications contains over 10,000 treatises. Ho Issued over 800 tracts on educational topics which were dis seminated to all parts of the globe, and carried great Influence. Dr. Ilnrnard graduated from Yale college lit 1830, studied law and was ad mitted to the Connecticut bar. Binco his school days he had taken a keen Interest In that which became his life work and he gave up law and went to teaching. In 1833 he was made presi dent of the University of Wisconsin and later transferred his Interests to St. John's college at Annapolis. In BARNARD. IS 67 he became the flrt United Statci commissioner of education. Dr. Barn ard visited Europe seven times and In terviewed such men as Wordsworth, Lockhart, De Qulncy and Carlyle. He returned to this country with the most advanced Ideas. Dr. Barnard lived a single, unpre tentious life and while nt home passed most of his time In his library. All his life he was a very early riser. Ht was born In Hartford In the same house In which be passed his laal hours. and ran out of her tent Bruin stood fair In the moonlight and taklnir a steady aim she sent a bullet crushing through his shoulder; then running up to the struggling animal she put a bullet throuRh his brain. Miss Stan ton is the object of many congratula tions ror her plucky deed and even the old guides marveled nt her courage and nerve. The young Diana Is an orphan and lives with her uncle, J. Estes Weed, of Brookline, Mass. She has been a redoubtable hunter and fisher from early girlhood, but it Is only during the past three years that she has invaded New York Btate. Rerun's reoil'a Theater. The Conteniporury Review gives an account of the Schiller People's theater which was established in Berlin to give the people good plays at a reason able price. The idea was suggested nine years ago by a young working man. The basis of the scheme was that seats should be sold for 12 cents, and hence it was thought that it could not be profitable. Nevertheless ho succeeded In Inducing several hundred people to Invest an aggregate of 125, 000, which was enough to start the plan. After renting the theater ho found that it would cost $8,000 a year to run It, and it seemed impossible to secure such an amount. However a theater union was formed, each mem ber of which pledged himself to buy a ticket once a fortnight, and then the theater began. At first it was unable to pay any ctor more than $40 a week, and at such a price could not get the first-rat artists. The first per formance was grven in 1894, and every one, expected a failure. On the con trary, the scheme has been a success from the first, and the 8 blller People's theater is now In tho first rank of Ber. lln playhouses. HINTS raltlvlln with n links. Tow people know the use of a rake nr:oiig Utile stuff In the garden. There In no tool morn Important, (ret n wide- rnlto, with long, straight teeth not too i loop together. You enn lo more work In nn hour with It than you can In II i hours with mid other twl. Hake right across the plant: never lour that you will pull them up. You vill b' surprised to see how neat y :he plant slip through the teeth. Young onions, radishes, beets, onh bniro, tomatoes, etc., run !: quickly nud easily gone over. In plowing "radishes, pens, potatoes, corn, etc., when young, they often lutvo to be uncovered. 1 need to stoop t; uncover each plntit, but now I take the rake mid run uncover utmost as fast n 1 walk W. I-. Andeison, in Orange Judd Farmer. I!l!inrn to rrnst. They are ttylng a peculiar rxperl meiit nt the lthodo Island Htutlon. In !'.! they planted throe varieties of beans In a hot In il, mid one eolil nlKlit they removed n snsh so Hint liumt of the plants were killed, a few were In jured but did not die, and a few es caped with but little Injury. From those hlHt few they saved the foi l, ami iniiile a similar tent t'.ita spring. They removed the kiisIi the night or May 10, when the weather records nearby showed n temperature of 2" decrees. Tho results Were similar to that of the year before. Many of the plants were killed ciitriglil, marly nil lost their leaves, nml one stood ns if nothing had hu );Mied. They pro pone to continue the experiment, nml see If they cannot from that one plant, and perhaps from some of the other that only lost their h av s. develop a strain of beans that they ran wiirmni ns hardy us puis lire now. Rt nn Avptiiko for tlm Hnlrjr Cnw. When n mini of ordinary Intelli gence accomplishes something there Is no reason why Un iv should not ha n great mmiy others who eonlcl do the snine thing when working under the same conditions. Many dairymen surreal In securing from their cows an average of sny DOO pound of butter n year and nil this is done by paying strict attention to business which Is homethhiM that cvvry dairyman could do should ho Chose to. It would be dollar and cents In th. pockets of dairymen who would try tho plan of setting n fair average for his rows, nnd when he had Mier -eded In milking his rows keep up wah 1st. average to slightly Increase it year by year and make the herd live up to It by occasionally weeding out tin poor rows that keep the average at the herd down and by pin tiring scleiilille nnd Intelligent folding. New York Weekly Witness. Flat Turnip for lren Mnnnre. If flat turnips are sown among th? growing crops of coin or other crops nt the hist hoeing In July or August, they will get n foothold so as to grow rapidly when tho shading crops nro removed. Before" frost comes many of them will have grown large enough to have become lit for table use, while tho others may Ik? plowed umler ns green manure, or they mny even Iw left to freeze nml rot where- th y nro. In this last case they serve ns n par tial cover crop to keep tho soil from wushlng. Or they might be plowed, under early enough to ullow of sowing rye ns a corw crop. Wo do not think m vt' - , they eurhij mo ground as much where they freeze nnd rot In tho ground as wleii plowed In, but tho difference ' Is rot very great. Nor nro they ns valuable as clover for green manuring, but they have considerable value, and seed costs but a trifle nnd the labor Is not much. If this Is done, corn may bo planted ngaln whero corn has grown this year If desirable, ns iorn Is of tho grass family, und may be grown many years In succession upon the same soil If tho fertility Is kept up. ii miner I'uitnro. In summer the pasture Is severely taxed. Some f.iriiKis b.'li"Ve the pas ture from close and constant crop ping by growing some kind of green crop, such ns sweet oirn, oats or row pens, tho rattle beli:g turned on the crops when the plants nie young In order to' take theiu off the pasture long enough to give the grass u start. As the plants so grown ran be used at any stage of growth, it r.iulivs but ti short time to provh'e such green food for the stork. Hut Utile lab.ir U required, the land being stirred with il disc, the seed liroiideas'.ed and thu luud rolled. Tho cost of such n tem porary crop Is but little, whllo tho rest that Is given the pasture will be of great benetlt. If there Is danger from trampling thu green food It muy be rut nml fed to rows. A mixture of oats nnd pons, broadcasted to gether, hus long been Uvd by some farmers, but any kind of green crop will answer, as tho objort U to take the cows off the pasture and at tho sin m time provide u substitute for grass In a manner not to diminish the yield of milk. When tho days nre worm nnd tha atmosphere is dry, there Is constant loss of moisture by evaporation, eva poration not only from the plants but also from tho Miirfaro of tho ground. When the top surfiiru U loosened It becomes a mulch and lcsens the lu4 of moisture. The Importance of pre venting the psenpe of moisture may bo shown by the fai t that In order to produce one ton of hoy on one nerp, 4SO tons of water nro used, which Is equal to nearly four Inches of rainfall. To snve moisture, Hrst plow the land to a depth that limy bp permitted without throwing thp subsoil to the surfnep, allow no wppiIs and keep the surface soil always loose nnd Hnu. Tatting Read Corn. F'-en nt Hip risk of repenting a more than "thrice told tale," we ran not refrain from a word of caution nbotlt the necessity of good seed for thp production of a good crop. To look through the agricultural press hi curly spring, one would say that nil hud been sutd Upon tho subject of testing seed rorn. In order to be sure that It would grow vigorously, that need bo said. To rldo through thp rorn belt later In the season the np peariinee of many Holds would Indi cate that ruougli hnd not been said. Aiming nt a golden mean, we nro not going to say n great deal, but merely to drop n word of caution that It I" Hot enough for seed rorn to look well. When nssuroneo of tho vigor with which It will grow ran bo so enslly obtained, u test should always bo made, nml In making the test do not provide conditions that nre too "cod dling." Try to make them ns hourly llko the Held conditions under which tho bulk of the seed testnl will have to grow If It I to make a crop nt all, and carry the test fur enough, tis, to furnish melius of Judging what kinds of plants tho seed will make. A germi nating test between wet clolhs will furnish an Indication of the percent age of seed that will put forth rootlet , but It takes n test In soil, where the plants are iicluully permitted to come up far enough to Judge of their vigor, lo determine what percentage of the seed will produce vigorously. Many tl grain of corn that responds nil light to n test between wet cloths might make at best only u 'nubbin" producer If planted tinder Held conditions. Test Hie seed, and In order to inako the test tell what wo want to know make it under condition as n ally ns possible like those that nre to lu given lu the Held. Live Stock Indica tor. l-'IcM Kiriimnt Willi FertllUnni. The application of a complete ferti lizer, without cotisld. ration ns to whether tho crop In question requires three plant food or only one, usually results In waste. The purpose of the Held experiments being carried on by the Cornell college! of iigrh nlturo Is to Interest farmers In testing their soils In order to loiim that plant food is liicklug f-jr the crops liny wish ti raise, and also to lind out whether commercial iVitillzois nro nioie or less profitable than stable liuinure. The question Is often itsked by th'i Intelllg. nt farmer. What fertilizer shall I use on my land? The question Is a hard one nml can only be an swered niter n series of experiments. A poor yield of liny crop may bo due to one or more of sevi rul conditions. The soil may be too ncld or It may bo dellclent In potash, nitrogen or phosphoric mid. Again It muy bo too heavy or cold or there may bo n luck of humus. To apply nitrogen or potash to n soli lacking phosphoric! acid Is both useless nnd Unwise, ris In all probability these plant foods tiro present In Hiifliolent quantity. Then there often happens to be nn lusiiltt tient amount of buinus In the sal. On such a Held nn nppUcutioti f commercial fertilizers would hiivo little or no beneficial effect. The work undertaken by tho Cornell 'jxpertment Htntiotihns forJnlm help ing the formers of the suite t:o detect und Improve Inferior fields. 'J'Iip station spuds to such farmers ns agree to do the work n sulllelent quantity of tho three plant foods, nitrogen, phosphoric nchl nnd potnsli separately nnd In combination. These experi ments, ennied out according to direc tions, enable the farmer to deride what plant foods his soil requires. During the past three years n study of all th: experiments shows that of the three plant foods, nitrogen gaTe the largest yield In 'Jit experiments, potash in :J, nml phosphoric mid In TiS. This Indi cates that wiien tin so plant foods nro used separately phosphoile mid ,yiio rally give the best results. When a mixture of two plant fouds nltiogun nnd potash gave the best results lu 24 experiments, phosphoric Held unci pot ash lu 48; the nitrogen and phosphoric acid lu 52. In a comparison between tho complete fertilizer and stable manure the complete fertilizer gave better results In IIS experiment, whllo lu ."4 cases stable manure produced the larger yield. Tho good result obtained from the use of stable man ures were probably due ns much to the Improvements of tho physical con ilition of the soil ns to the plant foods they contained. William Macdouald, In American Agriculturist. Where Vnndsl Slnnd In Awe. The two places In Washington whore the vandal stands In a wo nre the su premo court room and the White House, tho former being the more awn soma. In nil other public places may bu found tho dirty linger prints of tho vandal. The monument Is chlpp.nl, Htutues nre imirred, fragment are cut from tho furniture und hangings of the senate und house of representative, ami mimes have been scratched Into tho marble and on the bronze doors, but something holds the most ruthless In chock when ho comes to tho supreme court. Wushlugtou Htar. ThH ETS)lTrS New lork City. The smart nml at tractive waist Illustrated Is almost on. rersnlly becoming nnd Is suited both to the thin materials of midsummer wonr, foulards and tho soft wool stuffs of cmiy autumn use. It was designed by May Mnuton. Tho yoke nnd the waist proper are laid over n foundn tou, which flts snugly to the figure ahd, closes at tho centre front. The yoke Is nttnehod to tho right side only, nnd hooks well luto place, but the full. soft portion couiob together with tho lining, the closing being concealed by tho folds. The flchu, which outlines tho yoke, is singularly graceful nnd Is so shnped ns to provldo folds with out the lenst suggestions of clumsiness. Th6 sleeves nro both quaint nnd ef fective. Tho upper portions lit smooth ly nnd nro laid over a lining of the same shnpoj TUcy n,ro iqceu "id turnqa up at the elbows to forni' cuffs. As shown, the yoke as wcllj thg jjij; drtslecvjs Is trnnsjinrcjntj f hoTfiate rials choson'tor tho modcn'rij pgut'cd foui'nr'd Jij pistol blue jyjfl w'ujtfi M ovpr net. .wltlj coM? Rud fiill j Hfc monlzu? lirJk jFpr JAt0.'i;5A? cTinb nro all nn5 lith heavy' i;ui icj?a ivuioy cui u nvuiuu vi uii-' "elglith eighteen Inches wide, will be required. . . ,.... ...4 'el'lt ' ..rwi.w.-.lf' No flounced' or'fopc? skirt ever tnVcs the plnco' of tho convenient; practical plain ono $Uh May Mnnton model shown on the loft of the largo drawing has tho merit of fitting with perfect smoothness nt the upper por tion, while It flares nt tho feet. Being cut in sis gores, it is nvallnblo for silk and nil narrow materials, as they can be cut without piecing. Tho back, which falls In graceful folds, can be pleated In two single or one double bos pleat, or can bo gathered if preferred. As Illustrated, the material is cream whito camel's hair serge, and the skirt is de signed for wear witli soparato waists, but it is equally suited to all wool goods, to taffeta nud to washable stuffs, such ns pique, linen nnd mer cerized duck. To cut this skirt In the medium size four and ono-hnlf yards of material fifty Inches wldo, seven yards thirty two Inches wldo, or eight nnd one-hnlf twenty-one Inches wide, will be re quired. An odd skirt Is a necessary adjunct to the wardrobe, and for ordinary wear Inerpeustre skirts of unllnod light weight wool or some of the pretty washable fabrics are a great econ omy, Tho skirt Illustrated on tho right of tho Inrge cut Is of bine and white striped linen batiste, two straight flounces of the material edged with fine Insertion and embroidery giving a fluffy finish to the foot. Tho fashion ablo shaping Is accomplished by iilve gores, single, darts ftttlnj the sides smoothly over the bips, end the full ness st the back may be gathered or disposed of In a series of pin tucks U preferred. A FANCY WAIST. flttjiii "glzo t$jj tynd thres-guiirK'r yards tbrfS fftfy? iCliif-Uvd IiichCB wldo. with ohe and onbeIglith yards of not Of FdlS10N. The skirt tins the stylish dip and measures nearly threo yards ahd quarter at the lower edge In the me dlum size. Medium and llghtwelgq suitings, serge ami cheviot, foulard taffeta nnd wash silks, pique, linen, duck, lawn nnd swiss nnd organdy will all develop attractively by the mode. , "4K$( To mnke this skirt In the medium si zo (without the frills) will require six yards of material thirty-two Inches wide, or three nnd one-quarter yards fifty Inches wide. One yard nnd ft hnlf extra of thirty-two Inch goods Is re quired for the two frills which are cut four nud one-half Inches deep. The War to lVinr Ctinntllly Tulips. .Fortunate nre you If you possess black chnntllly lace woven In Uie ad mired tulip pnttcru. These enn be de tached from ono another, Instead of being used ifs flouncing or ns a trans parent. Tho proper way to display these beauties Is to Introduce a panel of white taffeta silk on the sklrt.clther nt the front or slightly to the loft. Now apply your tulips over tho silk and n most charming effect Is tho result. These black chnntllly tulips over white taffeta can bo used with almost any silken gown, excepting ono of brown. But with a white nnd black foulard, nn India or black taffeta, tho Idea reaches Its better development. It also Is n good wny of testing a grey foul ard, speckled with black. The panel should bo triangular, with tho base at the foot. It Is not necessary to uso chnntllly lace lu any other wny ou this costume. However, If you have a tu lip loft when your panel Is complete, use it over white taffeta on the bodice, either ns a gulmpo or as u loft-slde decoration. rraltjr Cycling Skirt. A pretty skirt for cycling Is made with n rather deep yoke pointing down lu front nnd nt the back, the lower part being box-plonlod ou to this. A Sinnrt Frock. Llttlo girls nro never more charming than when simply dressed. The smart Mny Mnuton frock Illustrated hero has tho merit of being eminently practical, at the same time that It Is stylish and ul'-t34?&. -Ti10. &."i$s fljjiiroa bntlsio'wluj toU.nr of needlip work, but nil the wasHablb stuffs' are iltabjeT and such light wools as chai ses' wUJi the popular India silk In, an appropriate childish design. ""J.'i. 'Tho skirt is straight, hemmed at thp pTcCeT twj full pCiiliSllC ap'd bvcfto the yoke, tho 'oVpflffltoJaf JW Tom being detached from the gown. .15 yoke is seamed at the shoulders, tCa full portions nre seamed under the arms, then gathered nt both edges and Joluoil to tip yoki nnd wnisTMrii m3vms foils coflhf ts piece. dors and again at tho wrists, where thoy are finished with bands and nar row frills. - - 'fflfterjjT' To tunko as Illustrated, for a girl of six years of age, three and a hnlf yards of material twenty-ono luetics wide, or two nud n half yards thliiy-two Inches wide, with thrco-clghths yards of em- ainL's xoxb waist pkbss. broidery for yoke and collar, two and a quarter yards of edging and one aud soven-olghths yards of heading will be reoulrcd.
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