J
After all, oven If tho French solved
thd problem ci( Retting Into F.nRlnnd,
llii-y would Btlll lie confronted with
'the other um how to atny there.
Tin? OroRon's Rreat trip around the
Horn cobI $I7.H7 ami r.O,22(l for coal.
It cm well worth the price, seeing
that It proved whnt our shlpa roulil Uo
In the nmttor of distance.
An American girl employed In one
of the departments of the 1'nrln Fx
position received 177 proposals of
marrhtRo from men of fourteen differ
nationalities. The American Rlrl la In
demand wherever Bhe In.
American exports In New Zealand
are rapidly Increasing, spoelnlly hard
ware. The American firms have wise
ly adopleil the plan, which Ilea al the
hose of all successful export trade, of
supplying what the colonics desire and
not tryliiR to force on them whatever
the manufacturer!) w I nil to sell.
The thousands of sardine and other
tin boxes that are thrown awny every
month form the hnnla of an IndiiHtry
which linn reached vast proportloiiH.
These refuse tins are stamped my ma
rhlnery Into tin soldiers, and sold an
cheaply thnt the poorest children can
posses them; yet the manufacturer
make a fair profit, which he could
not do If he used new material.
Frederic Harrison, In the North
American Hevlew, scnlhlnRly arraigns
the low moral tone of llrlllsli social
life. "During the relRH of the Queen,"
he declares "wanton extrnvnmmce In
dress, In IIvIiik. In Riiyetles, has never
lieen so crazy as now. with such sor
did devices to scrape together the
means for extravagance, such open
sate of rank and person ny thosi who
claim to lead society and to dictate
taste."
To he naturalized In (Ireat llrltaln
an alien must have lived there for at
least five years, or have served the
Crown for a like period: and he must
continue to reside In the llrltlsh Juris
diction unless he continue In the rov
ernmeiit service In a foreign country.
A naturalized citizen has all the "po
litical and other rlRhts, powers and
privileges" to which a native horn
llrlton Is entitled, and Is subject to the
samo ohllRatlona as la the latter.
A dispatch from London Intimates
that the llrltlsh are becoming recon
ciled to American meal, and no longer
demand that It shall be Imposed upon
them under the guise of a product of
tho United KlnRdom. Home preju
dices are hard to break down, but It
will be admitted they are all liable to
succumb to reason and other allure
ments when we find John Hull virtual
ly surrendering the Idea that there Is
no meat like "the beef of old Eng
land." The University club of Baltimore,
a capital of gastronomy, tho other day
treated Itself to a muskrat supper.
Tho muskrat Is much prizd by the
' Fronch-Cnimdlans, we believe, and by
a number of Americans, but his merits
as food are too littlo known In the
United States. Tho University club
steward served him In the Maryland
style, stewed In his own gravy; in tho
Now Jersey stylo, which offers him
up wholo; and In the Virginia stylo,
which splits and broils him. Accord
ing to the Daltlmore Sun "the muskrat
was declared by those present to be a
most toothsome delicacy, almost. If
not', quite, equal to the dlamondback
terrapin and much superior to the
rabbit."
Chicago papers do not tire of sound
ing the praises of the city's Juvenile
court, and of the good work It is
doing In tho reformation of wayward
boys. The reports made are ample
Justification for the praise. In the
last year six probation officers, aided
by 16 policemen, 20 truant
officers, and 40 volunteers, have
handled 3300 cases of delinquents In
the BluniB of Chicago. The fact that
the Juvenile court has jurisdiction in
all such cases, with power to compel
obedience, has a restraining Influence
on boys and a disciplinary Influence
on parents. In many cases the of
fender is not taken before the juven
ile court at all. The probation officer
sometimes the principal of a publlo
school notifies the father that unless
the erring boy complies with certain
rules he will be taken before the
court and possibly sentonced to the
John Worthy school or to the refor
matory at Pontlao. Then the boy is
given a trial. No one In the neighbor
hood or In the school he attends knows
that he Is on probation. If tho boy
chooses to avoid the court he has the
opportunity, and In nine cases out of
ten, according to the Chicago Inter
Ocean, he makes good use of the op
portunity. "
LET U9 SMILE.
Ths thing that goes tho furthest toward
ninking life Worth while,
That rents the lrnst and dors the most Is
juat a pleasant onulo.
The smile thnt bubbles from a heart that
loves Its fellownien
Will drive away the rlotids of gloom and
nn t lip mm again.
It's full of worth and goodness, ton, will)
manly kindness blent
It's worth a million dollars, and It doesn't
cost a rent.
There Is no room for sadness when we see
cherry smile
It always bus thn mint good look it's
never out of style
It nerves us on to try ngaln when failure
mnkes us blue;
Thn dimples of encouragement are good
for me and you.
It pitv a higher interest, for It is merely
lent -
It's worth a million dollars, and it doesn't
rost a rent.
A smile comes very ensy you enn wrinkle
up with ilieer
A Inmilieil times before you enn sipirers
ml a soggy trnr.
It ripples out, moreover, to the heart-
strings tlmt will tug.
Ami always lenvrs nn echo Hint Is very
lihe n hug.
So, smile nwav. Folks understand whnt
by n smife is mennt,
It's worth a million dollnrs, snd it doesn't
cost a rent.
- Ililliinore American.
QUKKU MISS MAMA,
lly .1. I.. Ilnrliiinr.
NO one ever knew the exact
ciniHo of the estrangement
between Mnrln Devlin ami
her distinguished brother, thn
lion. Horace lMvlln, The Devllns bail
always been wisely reticent regarding
their family affairs. It was understood
that there had been a violent quarrel
over the largo eslnte left by the father
of the brother mul sister, and that
they had never spoken tu each oilier
since the division of the properly. The
estrangement must have been einbnr
running to both of them, since they
lived In a small town and could not
help moot Ink frequently.
Tin lieu. 1 1 ora ci' wns much moro
popular thnii his sister Maria. Hhe
hint always been somewhat eccentric,
and this eccentricity had become more
marked after her quarrel with her
brother.
Iler father had been n man of very
simple tastes, and had lived all Ms life
In the plain old red bonne Hint had
been his father's and his f.-rniiilfnther's.
It was a great and bitter trial to Malra
when her brother, not long nfter their
father's death, tore down the old
house and built on its site a very large
and pretentious modern maiiHlou.
.Miss Mnrln had her father's simple
tnstes, and her associations of tho old
house were very dear to her, even
when It wns no longer her home. The
big, showy mansion was an offence to
her eyes every time she passed It. In
marked and striking contrast to her
brother's house was her own. It wns
as much an eyesore to her brut liar as
his house was to Miss Maria.
When tho Devlin estate had finally
boon divided. Miss Marin moved Into a
tiny old house once occupied by her
father's gardener. It wns hnrdly tou
nntnble, and Miss Mnrln mnde few re
pairs before moving Into It. It stoed
directly across tho road from her
brother's line home, and was a decided
blemish on the landscape seen from
his spacious front piazza. lie had,
through his attorney, mado his sister
an offer to buy It at a prleo far moro
than Its value, but the offer hnd been
so promptly and so decidedly rejected
thnt It lind never been repeated.
It was thought thnt Miss Marin al
lowed tho old house to remain In a
state of neglect, and tho premises to
bo In a stnto of continual disorder, for
the sole purpose of adding to her broth
er's nnnoyanco and mortification. She
also added many Irritating traits to
her many eccentricities of character,
and was nearly always spoken of by
tho peoplo of the town as "queer Miss
Maria."
Her sister-in-law was nn extremely
fnshlonnblo Indy, while Maria went
about In the shabbiest and most anti
quated of garments. Sue wns far
from belug scrupulously tidy, nud
seemed to take delight In setting aside
the ordinary conventionalities of life.
It was known, however, that she was
very good and kind to tho poor, whilo
her brother was by no moans noted
for his generosity toward them.
The IIou. Horace Devlin entertained
Invlshly, wnllo his sister never enter
tained at all, and did not go Into so
cltey. It wns regarded as scandalous
that Miss Maria should have chosen
to spend tho afternoon in her front
yard with a man's hat on her head and
her skirts pinned up about her waist
on tho day of her brother's grand lawn
party, when lie had a carload of gnosis
out from the city.
No tho breach between tho brother
aud sister widened until there wns no
probability that it would ever bo
wculd ever be bridged over. When
they met they stared nt each other In
Stony silence.
Wenfleld, tho town in which tho
Devllns lived, wns a small manufac
turing plnce. Most of its inhabitants
worked in tuo mills. Many of them
were thrifty meu and women, who
saved as much as they .could of their
earnings, and deposited them In the
ono savings bank In Wenfleld.
The Hon. Horace Devlin was cash
ier of the Wenfleld savings bank, nud
never had there been such wild excite
ment throughout the town as ou the
morning wheu a placard appeared ou
the bank door bearing the two omin
ous words:
BANK CLOSED.
Men nd women left their work and
hurried to tht tinntc with eager and
anxious faces. Many had In It the snr-
lugs of a lifetime, aud they stared nt
the portentous words with wildly bent-
lug hearts. There was the most out
spoken Indignation when the truth be
enmo known. Thn fact was that tho
Hon. Horace Devlin bad brought
shanin and disgrace on an old and hon
ored name, and privation and possible
poverty to many homes by becoming
a defaulter.
It was discovered that he had for
years been speculating with money be
longing to the bank, and his defalca
tions vera sutlleleut to embarrass It,
It wns feared that Its doors must be
permanently closed, and that the de
positors would lose all, or at least the
most, of their savings. The Hon. Hor
ace Devlin was missing, and no trace
of his whereabouts could be found.
A week after the closing of the bank
another notice appeared on lis doors.
The second notice wns ns follows:
Notice All creditors of the Wenfleld
Pavings Hank lire hereby requested to
meet in the lows hull on Friday even
ing at H o'clock
Many who were not creditors of the
bank crowded Into the town hall with
the bank depositors ou Friday even
ing. Indeed, the hall wns tilled to
overflowing, and no one ' seemed to
hnve any definite Iden of what was to
be done.
When N o'clock came no one had
yet appeared, on the platform, but a
few minutes Intel' a door at tho rear
opened, mid to the amusement of nil
present. Miss Maria Devlin walked
forward and faced the people.
There was an Instant hush. One
could almost hear the breathing of the
spectators. Miss Maria herself seemed
calmer than any of them. Her voice
wns perfectly stonily when she began
to sicnk. lOvery word could be heard
In nil purls of the hall.
"My friends." she said, simply, "I
nm here to make reparation for thn
wrong tloiie you by my brother. Hor
net Devlin. The Devllns have always
been honest people. No man ever had
a higher or a more deserved reputation
for honesty than my father. He owed
no man anything, nor do I. I feel flint
I owe 1' to my father to make full
amends for his sou's wrongdoing, nud
to do all that I can to remove the
shame and disgrace he has brought on
n good nud honorable name.
"Now I am here to say thnt I will
pay every dollar due the depositors
who hnd money in the Welilleld Hav
lius Hank, and; "
"Hooray for Miss Marin!" shouted a
wildly excited man In the rear of tho
hull. "Hooray!"
The crowd took up the cry and the
ball rang ns It had never had before.
"Hooray for the Devlin name!"
shrieked some one else, when pnrtlnl
order hnd been restored, "Hooray for
old Judge Devlin, as good nud honest
n mini ns ever walked the eartht Three
cheers for lilni and his honest daugh
ter, MIms Mnrln!"
Again the hall resounded with the
plaudits of the mull II mil-. When or
der wns finally restored, Miss Maria
said quietly:
"My lawyer, Mr. Dawson, will tnke
charge of the matter of making tho
payments due. Thnt Is all I have to
say, except to express my deep regret
thnt this shameful tiring has happened.
Good night."
Queer Miss Marin left tho hall amid
the reucwed applause of the great
crowd.
"8ho Is her father's daughter, that's
what slio Is!" said Dr. Hale, as tho
people were going out of tho ball.
"You couldn't say a better thing
about her," said Dawson, the lawyer.
From thnt time forth Miss Marin
had a new place lu tho affections anil
respect 'of the peoplo of Wenfleld.
Hhe was Btlll "queer Miss Maria," but
tho people knew thnt her heart was
right. Youth's Companion.
No Library Far Architects.
"Tho architects of New York City,"
remarked one of them, "nre handi
capped In one respect, ns are tho mem
bers of no other professional class. In
tills entire metropolis there Is no such
thing ng a working reference library
on architectural subjects; no publlo
library, I mean, nor any similar collec
tion, outside of tlioso obtained and
owned by individuals. Your lnwyer,
desiring to refer to a rare book, has
several places to turn to and can enrry
out almost any cuurse of Investigation
right here In tiwn. Whnt with club
nud other organizations, he Is well sup
plied. .Even physicians nud the clergy
uro fairly well off. Hut where enn nn
architect ilnd any reference book lie,
youd tlioso of tho most popular or rudi
mentary sort? He must buy his own.
My partner and I have this year put
$1100 Into a library for our otllce, und
thero Is hardly anything to show for
It. A small bookciiHo ngnUist oue nar
row wnllspaco Is not calculated to Im
press either clients or clerks with oui
storcd-up lcurnlug. Aud when out
draughtsmen take out a book of valu
able plates nud throw it around the
work tables there's uo telling bow
much of tho book will ever get put
back in place. Ho our $1100 Is as good
ns lost In advance. If wo hod fll.OttO
to spend, wo might get u library that
would mnko a good show for ou archi
tectural oftlce, considered ns furniture
merely. Uut it would melt away as
the books were put Into rough-nud
ready use. The New York architect!
need not only the books for a public
or semi-public library, they need a
bouse for it, too, and the surrounding
and special enre to moke tho colloe
Hon permuueutly serviceable," Now
York Sun.
The people of Detroit register more
letters than those of an other city.
Chicago ranks nest.
IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOUOOO
FARM TOPICS 8
3000000000000000000000000
Farm Work In Winter.
All work thnt can be done in whiter
Is so much Rain. To rut the food for
stock may be laborious, but labor that
cannol be employed entails ns heavy
n loss as when uo remunernlloti Is re
ceived for that devoted to matters on
the farm.
Kfllrleney of t'henn t r "'era.
Cheap fertilisers nre best for
some crops. It Is possin.e Hint the
land may be well supplied with nitro
gen from the growing ou the soil of
clover or cow peas. The farmer will
then need only potash and phosphoric,
acid, which can be purchased nt about
five cents or pound. As nitrogen
sells for about fifteen cents per pound.
Its cost Is three times as much ns thn
oilier substances. Tho cheap fort Ills
ers nre therefore the most elllcleut ac
cording to clt'cumstaticcs-
A Peril Mntiger,
To make n durable feed innnger gel
the base of nn old base burner stove,
wire the doors together and set It In
A it a not vr.r.n MANnan.
place, (hit a circular piece of board
and let It lap oun Inch around the top
of the Iron manger, to keep thn feed
from falling around the outside.
American Agriculturist.
low lo Keep Oul Urn Wln.l.
It costs something to shingle or clap
board nn old ham so as to keep the
wind and cold from reaching the sta
bles, but some have sealed the stables
by light boarding Inside the studding,
not quite to the top, but so as to cut
off direct draughts from the animals,
while forcing fresh air to enter nt the
top of the stable. Others have lined
the walls with straw, held In place by
battens, and some have covered all
cracks with tarred paper or even sev
eral thicknesses of newspapers to keep
out the wind. These are but cheap
makeshifts, but they are better thau
having eold stables.
1'rnner Food For (trowing Anlmnls,
The growng animal requires more
lime In lis food thau one that Is ma
tured, as the bones are composed of
phosphate of lime. Corn and oals
contain but very little lime, while clo
ver, bran and linseed meal are rich lu
that mineral. A strong and vigorous
animal cannot be produced from an ex
clusive grain diet. In some sections
where hogs were fed almost exclusive
ly ou grain Invest Igallons resulted in
the discovery thnt disease wns duo to
a lack of the foods rich lu the mineral
elements. Many cases of supposed
"swlue cholera" hnvo been traced to
the feeding of torn to the excluslou of
other foods.
Economy In Feaillng.
Economy lu feeding Is to sell all
produce thnt brings a fair price In
market aud buy the cheaper by-products.
Corn nt fifty cents per bushel
mny bo sold to advantage If bran,
middlings, linseed meal, cottonseed'
meal and gluten meal rnn bo pur
chased nt 115 per ton, ns thn corn
would giro o profit ou such an ex
change. A pound of linseed meal Is
worth more than two pounds of corn
ns food, ns tho linseed meal contains
moro protelu and mineral matter. The
samo may bo claimed for bran and
middlings. They nre more complete
os foods than com or oats, though
corn and onto mny also bo added to
the ration for some kinds of stock.
Where the farmer makes a largo gain
by the exchange, however, Is in the In
creased value of tho in a mire. Thn by
products being In n flue condition re
quire no grinding, and when fed In
connection with hay, straw or corn
fodder, cut line, effects a saving In
food nud gives a greater variety to
tho anlmnls. Ruch foods may be
used every mouth lu tho ycui I'bilii
delphla Itecord.
I-osa by Uruilng.
There seems to bo much truth In thn
following statement mndo by Secre
tary of Agriculture James Wilson at
Canton, Ohio, not long ago: "With re
gard to meat-producing animals, the
prices are high and will continue high,
because tho people west of the Missis
sippi Itlver who graze their stock on
tho range country hnve been destroy
ing the grasses so systematically that
they ore uot able, in many of tho
States, now to malutaln uioro than
fifty per cent, of tho ment -producing
animals found there a few years ago.
The meats of tho country In the future
must be produced on the farms of tho
country." Thero hi, and always must
be, a loss by grazing, and probably
the aereugo that will feed one aulinul
running at large would feed three as
well if the green product were cut aud
fed under suitable conditions. There
Is a loss of fodder when grazed, by Its
belug trod down by animals lying on
It and by their evucuatlons spoiling or
cohering It. When we have machines
which will cut and gather the gruxs
and take It to the barn cheaply euough
while the animal has only to ent and
digest it, we shall be ablo to keep three
or four times as many as now, and
tho saving of all the manure tit tho sta
bles will enable us to make our land
much more productive. American Cultivator.
Bill 5
THE eisists
New York City. The demand for
fancy waists Increases monlh by
month. The Mny Mantnn model Illus
trated exemplifies the latest features
and la suited nllkn to the entire cos-
WOMASj'sj FANOT WAIST,
tutne and the odd skirt. Fan no vel
vet, safln sultan, taffeta and still new
er panne plush, are nil suitable for
thn latter, all dress inn toIn Is for the
former; but nn shown the waist. Is
mado from soft finished while taffeta
In combination with cream guipure
over white hnd pale yellow pnntie vel
vet. Tho foundation Is a fitted lining that
closes at the centre front and should
A STORM
be carefully honed. The back proper
fits smoothly across the shoulders and
Is drawn down In fulness nt the waist
line. The lace plastron Is attached
to the right lining front Included In
tho shoulder seam and hooks over
Into place at the left. Single box pleats
are formed on tho edges of the fronts,
a socond being Invisibly applied at
evenly spaced distance. Tho trtmmlnr
of velvet-edged Insertion passes
around the back at round yoke depth
and finishes In pointed ends over the
pleats In front. Soft decorative straps
of velvet In graduated widths hold thn
fronts In position ns Illustrated. The
sleeves are In bishop stylo, finished
with pointed cuffs. At th neck Is a
stocc collar that curvei upward In
stylish points.
To cut this waist for a woman of
medium size three aud a quarto- yard
of material twentv-one Inches wide, or
one and three-eighth yards forty-four
Inches wide, will be required, with
three-quarter yard eighteen Inches
wldo for plnstron, and two and three
quarter yards of Insertion and one
yard of panne velvet to trim as Illus
trated. Ths Maw Storm Goat.
The value of the coat that covers
and protects tho gown is too com
pletely self-evident to require urging.
The exceedingly smart May Manton
model shown In the large cut has the
merit of belug absolutely simple and
practical, as well as In the latest styl
and can be made to serve for a general
utility garment, or a wrap to wear
over evening gowns, as well as for
stormy weather. As illustrated tho
material Is waterproof cloth and tho
cloak Is adapted to damp days; but
made from broadcloth and llued with
wadded silk It becomes an entirely
satisfactory "sortie du bal." aud made
from covert cloth or other suitable
I material ia again transformed Into a
op fashion.
stylish ulster or automobile coat.
Thn back Is seamless, hut curved to
the figure with ease and grace and Is
Joined to the fronts by menns of un
der arm gores. The box fronts art
loose, and lap mm over the other lit
dolible-brensted style, a generous
palch pocket being placed on each side.
Over tho shoulders fall two elrculsi
capes and the neck Is finished with
deep turnover collnr. The sleeves
hro two-seamed and comfortably snug
wmioot Doing tight.
To cut this coat for a woman of
medium slzn six yards of material
forty four Inches wide, or four nml
three quarter yards fifty Inches wide,
will lio required.
A Fine, Flimsy Affair.
The single iiichIi veil, a line, filtnf
affair, Is lu demand Just now In t'arl.4
and London. It will be right welcome;
on this side of the Atlantic If It sun-
plants thn nrniitn fancy tissues nml
fish net cnprlees which make for Indies
au effectual disguise.
Woman's llreakfaat Jacket. .
The breakfast jacket that Is stylish
and comfortable at the same time tins
liei'oino essential to every complete
wardrobe. The May Manton model
Illustrated compiles with all the re
quirements both of fashion and of
the wearer and Is smart at the samo
time that It means ease and comfort.
The back Is seamless, but, together
with thn under-nrm gores, curves to
fit tho figure gracefully. The centre
fronts are laid In narrow tucks at the
tipper portion and fall free below the)
bust. The fronts proper are also
tucked at the shoulders aim are joined
to the ceulre portions beneath the
trimming, which can bo embroidered
COAT.
on to the scalloped edge, or applied,
ns preferred. The sleevees are well
shaped, but not too snug for ease, and)
the scalloped ajver edge flares ovef
the hands. At the neck Is a simple
turn-ovpr collar scolloped on Its free
edge, thnt enn be worn with any style
of necktie that mny bo chosen.
To cut tills jacket for a woman of
medium size three yards of material
twenty-seven Inches wide, two and
three-quarter yards thirty-two Inches
wide, or two yards forty-four inchew
wide, with three-quarter yards of con
trasting color for centre fronts will
be required, or three and three-quarter
yards, twenty-seven Inches wide, thre
W . af mt: J' . . .Vl
wiue. or two ana a cair rt"i.io
four inches wldo when
only la used.
BBSAJtVASr JACKET.
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