Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVKItY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. HY THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited OrricE: MAIS STREET ABOVE CEXTBE. FIIEELAND, PA. SCBSCIiIPrION BATES: One Year Six Mouths J® Four Months Two Mouths • *-J The date which the subscription is paid to Is on the address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date, lte port promptly to this ofiiee whenever paper is not received. Arrearages tnust be paid when subscription is discontinued. Male all money orders, cheeks, etc.,payable to the Tribune printing Company, Limited. One year ago it was seriously pro posed to abolish the marine corps, but in view of the admirable services of that body during the recent war it is now the intention to enlarge and ex tend it. Events have shown that the marines knew their business. Two hundred cities and towns in Germany are preparing granite col umns .surmounted by braziers in hon or of Prince Bismarck. On the an niversary of the late chancellor's birth tires will be lit in these. It would be interesting to know what the kaiser thinks of the scheme. If lie is wise ho will insist on designing the pil lars himself. That would show that he had a real sense of humor. The cycle show at one time, bo'.h in this country and iu England, sc.-med to have outlived its usefnlue .. There seemed not to be enough that was new each year to warrant the trouble and expense of a large show. But either the cycling public yearly includes so large a proportion of new coiners as to make what is old to others a novelty to them, or else the people found suf ficient beguilement iu the many souvenirs, together with the few nov elties, to make them willing to sup port an annual exhibition, observes tbe New York Commercial Advertiser. At any rate, the recent show proved to be one of the best held in America. That burning question, the chainless wheel, will be tho chief feature, and next to it will come the automobile vehicles; for the cycle, from a fad,has come to take a similar place to that of the trolley ears in the public mind as a necessity with a certain pleasnrable ness about it. The chainless wheel is a problem on which everyone is work ing. Like the storage battery, it ap pears to be foreordained, but just iu what form and who shall be its proph et are as yet undecided. We cannot expect that our crops will always be abundant, or that a great yield will always be coincident with a shortage abroad; but the growth of our exports of manufac tures cannot be checked by conditions like those which may reduce the ship ments of products of the soil. There is rich promise in this growth, which i shows that iu important industries we nre not only supplying the homo de mand but also marketing n large sur plus in foreign countries. I.art year we were shipping manufactures from our ports at tbe rate of about $1,000,- 000 for every working day. There is nothing so significant and encourag ing in the returns as Ui se figures which show the rapid increase of the exports of iron and steel, not only be cause of the great importance of tbe iron industry the world over, but also for tbe reason that the inexhaustible supplies of our raw material easily and cheaply obtained, and tlie progressive* improvement of our processes of man ufacture cannot fail to establish the supremacy of the United States in the world's iron trade. We are now ou the threshold of a great conquest in the field of manufacturinc industry. Animals nnil Tliolr Toilet. Cats, large and small, make the mosi -.- refill toilet of any class of animals, excepting some of the opossums. The iions and tigers wash themselves In ex actly the same manner as the cat,wet ting the dark india-rubber like hall of forefoot and inner toe and passing it over the face and behind the ears. The foot is thus at the same time a face sponge and brush, and the rough tongue combs the rest of tho body. Hares also use their feet to wash their faces, and the hare's foot is so suit able for a brush that it is used to a> ply the "jaint" to the face for the IUH Principle. "Are you in favor of an open-Cooi policy?" "Well," said Aguinaldo, "1 suppose the'door will have to be opened. But I want it understood right now that I propose to be there taking tickets." Soft SYTrtcr. "When I was discharged my em ployer let me down easy." "How so?" "He said I could get work more readily than an inferior man.'—Detroit Free Press. THE PRISONER. A man's sTctill Is liis life-long jail; Behind Its prison bar.?, From its eve-windows, doth the soul Peep at the earth and stars; But unlike jails of wood or stono, Ite prisoner ever dwells alone. Though through its front doors perfumed gales Are blown from glens of gladness, And through its back doors music strains 801 l in waves of maduess, And though we hear and heed each tone. The prisoner still must dwell alone. 1 A DAY OF WHOLE THINGS. I p /As BY MARY E. MITCHELL. fl DlfH Si you can sit down i ust 8 momont tdl I finish the O§T buttonholes,then y°u can take the .S' jacket, Miss Flor cnce; thore ' right by the window! That barrel-chair ain't so uncomfortable as it looks. I'm real mortified you should have to wait when I promised it the first thing, but you see, little Benny Holden is very low and I sat up with him most of the night, and I suppose I slept too long when I lay down in the morning." "It's a shame for you to do a : stitch!" exclaimed Florence, impul sively, as sho noticed the red, tired i eyes and the pale face. "Ted doesn't really need the jacket to-day." "It's good iu you to say that, but t if it ain't the jacket it's something i else; I can't afford to lose a whole i dhy." Miss Ferry's needle flow iu and out of the fine, blue cloth. "Your little brother'll look real nice in this suit; he's a handsome boy, anyway," i she said. i "How do you like my new gown, Miss Ferry?" asked Florence. i Miss Ferry looked at the girl. The brown hair waved about the soft face; c the dark eyes sparkled with happy i young life, and the cheeks glowed with healthful color. The new dress was simple, dainty and perfectly adapted to the girlish figure. "It's sweet!" said Miss Ferry. "It looks just like you." Florence laughed. "Do you know that's a very pretty compliment?" she i said. "I suppose, now, it's new—nil new —not made over or anything?" asked tho little seamstress. "Why, yes," replied Florence, amused at the question. "Why do you ask?" "Nothing; only I was thinking how ' nico that must be. I never had a new dress in my life." i Florence stared at tho small, thin figure. "What do you mean?" she 1 said. i "Just that, dear. I never had a ] whole new dress in my life." "I never heard of such a thing!" I gasped the girl. "Very likely not, Miss Florence. 1 Your pa is a rich man and you're his only daughter. There were eleven of us, counting the bovs, aud little enough to feed aud clothe us on. Six girls, and I the youngest. Dressea were handed down from one to another till they were all worn out. My gowns were mostly made of two or three put together. The children used to call mo "Patchwork Quilt.' "I remember one dress iu particu lar," she went on smilingly. "I can see just how it looked. The skirt was stripes, the waist was in spots and the sleeves were kind of flowered all over. You see, it was made ont oi Ellen's and Jane's and Sarah's. Mother was real proud of having made me so neat and comfortable, but I was just mean enough to bo ashamed. It makes mo feel sorry when I think how hard mother worked for us, and wo not half appreciating it." "Didn't they over buy you anything new?" exclaimed Florence. "£ think they were unkind." "No, no, dear child! You don't un derstand. There wasn't much money to spend on clothes, I can tell you. I remember one apron—'tires,' we called tliem—that was bought ou pur pose for me, and I was proud as Punch, till it was made up. It was real pretty, white with narrow blue . stripe, but being a remnant there was n't enough to get it all out. So mother put it on a yoke made of a piece of an old dress of hers—dark brown cal ico with a yellow figure. Somehow they didn't go together very well!" "But since you've grown up, Miss Ferry, you must have had new dresses." "No, Miss Florence, never. I'm forty years old, and I've never had a new dress. Y'ou see, Jane got mar ried and so did Sarah. Well, Sarah died and left me all her clothes. Her husband was pretty well off there was some real good things amongst them. Thou tho olher three died hero at home, and of course I got all their things, except what I gave to Jane. Jan;.- has a havd time; her husband's a dreadful ailing man. Well, I've been wearing out the clothes ever since, and they ain't all worn out yet. "It's been lucky for mo getting all tlioso clothes—me having so much sickness and not being able to earn right along. But once inn time I get real ungrateful, and think it would be kind of nice to have something new nil over—not any scraps or pieoiugs. There, you must think I'm awful com plaining!" "Complaining, Miss Ferryl But why don't you buy yourself a real pretty dress without waiting to use up all those old things?" "No, dear," said Miss Ferry, 9gen tly. "I need the money for—other things. There's bonnets, too," re sumed the little woman, biting off a needleful of twist, "I guess there are Though past tho windows of the jail Sweet scenes of solomn splendor. Ami through the doors llout hymns of joy, Or dirges deep and tender. The prisoner hears tho mirth and moan. But in his jail he dwells alone. No lover ovor knows the soul Ho loves in nil its swerftness; Tho fullest love, however strong, Is marred by tueornplotoness; No heart is ever fully known, Tho prisoner over dwells alone. —Bam Walter Foss. enough bonnets and trimmings to get me through my natural life. "Sometimes I think most every thing iu this world is a patoh or a make-over," she proceeded. "If it ain't done-over meat it's warmed-over potatoes; and if it ain't them it's a lit tle mess of beans aud a dab of hash to be got out of the way together. There's always leavings-over! I don't even work nt anything real good and steady. Sometimes it's mending nnd sometimes it's nursing, and again it's buttounoles. But it's always some thing, thank the Lord! Leavings over are a heap sight better than fall ings-short!" "Miss Ferry, you said you couldn't afford to lose a whole day's work. Don't you ever a take a holiday?" "Bless you, Miss Florence! I don't remember over being idle a whole day. I was going to, though; I was going to the Baptist picnic last week. You know they went to Oak Grove, a real sightly place, tlioy tell me, ami right by the lake. I got all ready, a.ul if Mrs. White didn't go and sprain her ankle. "Why did that keep you? She has a daughter, hasn't sho?" "Oh, yes; but Rose is young, and of course wanted her good time. I saw sho was terribly disappointed, so I said, 'l'll stay with your mother, Rose,' and you never saw anybody more tickled. There, Miss Florence, there's the jacket, and you toll your mn I hope it'll suit. It's been a real refreshment to seo you,' nud I hope you won't think I'm cross and un grateful, complaining as I have!" Florence stooped over the little woman with a sudden impulse. "There's a whole kiss all for your self," she said. Miss Ferry's tliin cheek flushed un der the unwonted caress. "Bless her kind heart!" sho said, ns sho watched the girl's light figure go down tho path. "I declare, I'm fairly ashamed of having run on so about myself. It was real grumbling. I don't believe I'd have done it if I hadn't been so worn out sitting up, and then being disap pointed about that henrietta. Well, Jane needs the money moro than I do tho dress—poor girl!" Florence Heath walked slowly along tho clm-slindod street, thinking of Miss Ferry. The sun was high and hot and the road dusty. Colonel Heath's lawn stretched smooth aud in viting. As Florence turned toward the house, one of her little brothers came rattling down tho broad drive in his shining cart behind liis pony. The big mansion, which stood back on the top of the slope, looked cool aud restful with its wide piazzas and gay awnings. "Never anything new or whole, nnd I never had anything elsol" thought tho girl. Florence found her mother on one of the jriazzas, swinging slowly to and fro in a willow chair. "What is it, dear? You look tired. It was too warm a walk for you. You should have iet James drive you down." "Mamma, I have everything and Miss Ferry has nothing. Why is it?" snid Florence, as she throw herself into a hammock. "That's a pretty hard question to answer all at once," responded Mrs. Heath, with a smile. "Tell me about it, dear." Florence told hor story. "I don't think I ever knew," she concluded, "just the difference there is between my life and some other people's. Oh, I Biippose I knew, but I never saw it 30 clearly. It doesn't seom right at all!" Mrs. Eeath watched her daughter's face. "One can always share," sho suggested. Florence was silent a moment; then she said: "I'd like to give Miss Ferry oue good, whole day!" "Miss Ferry might have whole things if she didn't share, Florence. She has a sort of shiftless sister iu Greenville whom she helps a great deal. I suspect the larger part of her earnings goes there. Sho helped those poor Larkinsos and made clothes for the children,' and sho is always going whero tliore is sickness. I don't know of auyouo who does so much good in a quiet way and with so little means, as Miss Ferry." Florence sprang out of tho ham mock, scattering tho soft pillows right and loft, went over to her mother and kissed her. "I think I'll try a little of the shar ing business myself!" she said, and went into the house. The phoobe-bird uttered its plain tive note in tho horse-chestnut tree close to the window and woko Miss Ferry from a round morning nap. "Mercy!" sho exclaimed, as she looked at the toud-ticking timepiece which adorned her mantel-shelf. "Fivo o'clock! I'm getting into a dreadful habit of sleeping late. It's mortal lazy, and a sinful waste of time, but somehow I ain't so spry as I used to be." She flung onen the (green blinds JJ--■<*. —.SKA and let in the radiance of the early morning. The sun had risen into a blue and cloudless sky. The feathery tree tops stirred in the gentle breeze, and flower-scents and bird-voices filled the air. It was just the morn ing to fill one's heart with a pleasant premonition) of corning good. "I feel as if something nice was go ing to lrappen!" said Miss Ferry to herself, as she looked out into the beautiful, fresh world. "But there! What am I thinking of? It'll be buttonholes, or maybe Jauo'll want mo to tend Willie through one of his colic spells!" Breakfast over, Miss Ferry sat down in her little sewing chair and took up her ftork; but for some rea son the needle would not go, and her thoughts would wander far from the little garment she was fashioning. Sho wns gazing at the swaying elm tops, and her work had fallen from her hands, when a rousing rap at the door started her into the conscious ness of the present. "Good land! What's come?" she exclaimed, springing up, to find that it was only Colonel Heath's coachman with a bundle. "The work Mrs. Heath promised me," thought Miss Ferry, as she laid the big parcel on the old lounge. "I don't believe I'll open it now; some how I don't want to see more work to day." In a moment, however, she changed her mind. "Mrs. Heath's real good to me; maybe it's something she wants done right up;" and she proceeded to undo the numerous wrappings. "Seems to me it's done tip mighty careful for just being sent down here. What under tho sun is it, anyway?" sho said aloud, as she took off the cover of the long pasteboard box and unfolded a pretty dark blue dress, all mado and finished. "Something Miss Florence wants altered, I guess. It's too small for Mrs. Heath. Hero's the directions," she continued, as an envelope fell from the folds of tho skirt. As she rend, her thin face flushed and she laid the note down with a gasp. "Oh, I can't! And after all I've said to her!" she whispered. Then she read it again. Dear Miss Ferry—l was tn the city yes terday and saw this dress, wliieh made me think of you. I thought that as you wore so busy taking stitches for other people, perhaps it might he a little help to have something all made up, ami I think it will (It you. Will you accept it with my love: Please don't mind my sending It. dear Mis- Ferry, for you share so much with others you must let others share with you some times. Mamma wishes me to ask you if you will come and spend this beautiful day with us. We uro going to drive in the afternoon to Pine Point, and it will givo us so much pleasure to have you with us. Please come and wear the new dress. James will call for you at eleven, l'ours very truly, FLORENCE W. HEATH. "Tho good Lord bless her!" said Miss Ferry, with a little sob. "It seems as if I couldn't take so much from any one, hut it would be down right ungrateful not to." And then tho joy of possession entered into her soul. She examined the dress with the ap preciation of a skilled seamstress. "Just see those silk facings; aud it's finished elegantly. I never expected to live to see this day. And after all my complaining, tool I ain't deserv ing! But, oh, even Miss Florence can't know what it means to me to have a new dress!" Promtly nt eleven James, impres sive in dark blue livery and shining buttons, helped the fluttering little woman, in her trim new suit, into the soft-cushioned carriage. I am not going to describe the wel come Miss Ferry received at the Heaths' nor the long day of delight sho passed in that beautiful home. It, is needless to say that the dainty lunch horo no suggestions of being warmed over, and that beans and ha3h played 110 part in the elaborate dinner, like unto none that Miss Ferry had ever [.before tasted. It was such a satisfaction to rise from the table with a feeling of luxurious leisure! Not even her kiud hostess could appreciate what it lueaut to tho little woman to leave tho dining-room with 110 thought of unwashed dishes on her mind. After lunch came the drive. The roomy victoria rolled over the roads with delightful ease, and the sleek horses, that tossed their heads and shook their glossy manes, bore their load along at a pace that was pleasure to their well-exercised limbs. They drove through pleasaut wood roads, and the fragrant breath of the pines was like balm to Miss Ferry's tired lungs. They drove by the beach bordered bay, and the sea sparkled and danced before them. It seemed to Miss Ferry that the out-of-door world was never so bright and fresh and clear as it was that af ternoon. She lay back in rapt enjoy ment, abandoning herself to tho pres ; eut, knowing that seams would be le3s j monotonous and buttonnMes not so I much a nightmare when lightened by the memories of that drive. When the long day was over and Miss Ferry bade the Heaths good by, sho tried to make plain a little of her gratitude. "It's the first day of whole things I over had," said she. "You can't quite guoss what that means to me, who haven't had anything but pieces and patches before;" and then she wa3 driven away, funding through happy tears. "Well," said Florence, standing out in tho moonlight and watching tho carriage roll slowly down the drive, "what fun it was! I thought I was tho oue who was to do the giving, but I declare, I've got lots more than I've given. It's been a day of whole things to me, too—a whole day of good happiness,"—Youth's Com panion. "Was that your daughter I saw you with last night?" asked Kip, "No; il wns her sister," replied Heep, absent ly.—Philadelphia North American. I NEWS AND NOTES 1 I FOR WOMEN. | Adornments I'or the Shoulders. The shoulders of the woman of fashion are not adorned in the same fashion theso days. With a smart, low-cut frock one shoulder has a strap of roses, whilst on the other a bird is perched with outspread wings. For blonds tho blackbird is the favor ite, while bruuettos wear tiny flamin goes, canaries or dainty little hum ming birds. l>eneflt of Women l'liyMclalis. The increasing number of women physicians has been an actual benefit to women and children quite aside from the fact that by opeuiug the pro fession to women many of them have been able to care for themselves in a way that they could not otherwise have done, says Dr. Alice Blackwell, the pioneer woman physician. She considers that women patients are more frank with a woman physician than with a man, and that a woman can treat children more successfully. Laws of Ilenltli For Women. Here are the laws of health for women laid down in monosyllables: Don't worry. Don't hurry. Don't overeat. Don't starve. Breathe fresh air every day aud night. Sleep and rest a great deal. Spend less nerv ous energy every day than you make. Be cheerful. Work like a woman, hut don't be worked to death. Avoid passion and excitement. As sociate with healthy people. Health is contagions as well a3 disease. Don't carry the wholo world on your shoulders, far less llio universe. Never despair. Lost hope ia a fatal disease. Tempting Summer Silks. Some very tempting shepherd's check silks, plain or satin-bordered, are already put upon the market for warm-weather gowns, and, matching these silks, are some of the most de sirable silk petticoats that have been exhibited in many seasons. All uso less fripperies, frills, pinked flounces aud ruches are absent. The breadths ■ are "French-gored," making them fit smoothly under the dress skirt; and on tho lower part is a very deep accordion-plaited ruffle of the checked silk trimmed with rows of satin ribbon the color of the darker shade in the check. These rows are four or live in number, and each row is narrower than the cue below it. One skirt in iris blue and gray check has dark iris blue satin bands, another in rose color and gray, deep crimson satin bauds, aud so on. New Skirt* and I'rtriiceß. Fashion has issued a dccreo that the tip to dato bbdico shall button up tho back. What woman or girl gazing 011 this latest creation of tho modiste will not in fancy, afterward in reality, un dergo all the tortures and gymunstie contortions of her early childhood, when her poor little arms had to climb up half way, then down the other half in the agony of getting her waist prop erly buttoned behind? The new bodice is freakish enough to satisfy Dame Fashion for once, but not content with turning waistdown hindside foremost she must do the same thing with the new skirt, and tho edict has gone forth that this must be buttoned in front. This new skirt is cut to fit skin tight over the hips and down to the knees, flaring greatly from there down iu Spanish flounce stylo. It maybe fast ened in thrco ways—either buttoned down the front to the flaring flounce or buttoned down tho entire length of the left sido seam, or else half way down on both side seams, after the fashion of golf or bicycling skirts. Novel Design in (Miilis. A gold chain of a now and most in genious design was seeu the other night at the opera. All girls know what a nuisance it is not to be able to get tho neck of an evening gown to fit closely around the shoulders, nnd how often it happens that tho drawing string will break and make 0110 feel most uncomfortable. Tlio gold chain in question was of very tine gold, chased, and it was fastened nt the shoulder seam by a small turquoise put through a small hole iu the chem isette, which began there nnd met in the ceutro of the bodice. At the top of this chemisette, made of the finest kind of muslin, sheer nnd delicate, was a narrow beading, and in and out of this beading tho gold chain was passed. It was fastened iu front with a lovely fjewcled clnsp of turquoises aud diamonds, which pushed up as on an eyeglass chain, and tho chain then hung down to tho waist line; at the end of it was a drop of turquoises and diamonds to match the clnsp. The wearer of this charming invention said it never slipped or loosened, and wns the "comfort of her life."—Harper's Bnznr. The Treasures ol Children. The treasurers collected by tho children, such as leaves, twigs, peb bles, nuts nnd flowers, may all bo nsed as object lessons, and they have an added vnluo because brought in by tho children themselves. Teach them to look up into the sky for color, for lovely cloud offects, for changes of the moos, and for constellations. Show them that each season has its own attractions, nnd help them to group the characteristics of each. The opening buds, tho returning birds, the streams that run full and free after their iey fetters are broken by tho warm winds of spring, tho full leafage and abundant bloom of sum mer, the mellow primo of autumn, with its gathered harvests, and the white silence of winter, with its won ders of ice and snow. The delicate coloring and veining of the first spring blossoms, the tiuts and struc ture of the butterfly's wing, the blended glory of the autumn leaf, and the exquisite symmetry of the snow crystal; if these things are revealed to the eager gaze of the little child what possibilities of intense enjoyment are presented! Another lesson is taught of great value, namely, that these beautiful things must bo enjoyed without touching, as theyr.ro too deli cate to bo handled without injury or loss. Very many moral lessons grow out of this reverent, loving study oJ nature.—The Gentlewoman. A Novel Woman's Club. It was while the recent convention of women's clubs of the State was in session in New York that a new club of rather an unusual character sprang into existence. This is a little circle of eight women who are banded to gether without President, dues or any sort of [red tape, for the avowed pur pose of being frivolous. "Wo de cided," said one of the members (all of them, it should be said, are devoted clubwomen of the conventional sort), •'that we women are taking ourselves too seriously. We are doing every thing from tho thoughtful, difficult standpoint, and while wo do not in the least decry the value of this effort, we do feel that it would be woll to 'frivol' occasionally, so we have formed this little circle. We are to meet once every month in alphabeti cal order at the home of a member. Even the date of tho monthly meeting is not fixed, but rests with tho hostess. The simplest sort of luncheon, con sisting of three courses only, and simplo courses at that, is provided, and each member is compelled to tell a funny story, or relate a funny ex perience or sing a funny song if she has the talent, or contribute in some way to tlio gayety of tho occasion. Tho circle is intended as a protest not only against tho seriousness of wom en. but against the extravagant hospi tality of the time, which is eliminat ing easy social intercourse. Nowa days to offer any sort, of hospitality to one's friends, means caterers, favors, prizes, and usually professional enter tainers. That, we consider, makes hospitality too serious and kills lieighborlinoss in tho true Reuse oi the term. We are not starting any crusade, however, or doing anything in tho world except amusing our selves."—New York Post. Governor Stephens, of Missouri, has appointed a woman, Miss Fannie V. Mudd, inspector of oils for the city of St. Charles, in that State. The widow of Millet, tho French artist, is a simple peasant woman, and is living on a sum raised for her by the admirers oi her husband's work. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has issued a decreo that tho dowagei Queen of Holland shall bo styled hereafter "Queen Emma of the Nether lands." Miss Atelia Cromwell, daughter ol a professor iu Howard University, is a freshman at Smith College, aud the first colored woman to enter that in stitution. \ monument to tho memory of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria is about to bo erected ut Mentou, where she spent so much of her time duriug the last few years of her life. Since the founding of Oberlin Col lege, in 1831, 123 women have gone from it as missionaries to foreign fields. From Mount Ilolyoke they have gone out at the rate of three u year. Mrs. S. T. At wood, of Denver, Col., is one of the most successful proprie tors of labor bureaus iu this country. Tu the last thirteen years she has hired over -10,000 men for work on Western railroads. The Baroness Burdett-Contts has two very strongly marked characteris tics—an intense interest in art and o great love of dumb creatures. She has assisted many poor painters, and her gifts to institutions of all sorts de voted to the welfare of animals have been most generous. Gleaning* Froii. I'-O Sliop, Children's wash i. . .-os showing cords and plaitiugs. Many fctripod and dotted piques, with white grounds. Black corded silk jackets with Per sian-lamb trimming. Many spangled nets in black flitter, cut jet and chenille. Girls' white pique dress with low necks aud short sleeves. Enamelled scarfpius in white and crystal and collego i-olors. Broad plaid wool waists without yokes, with soft tie attnehed. Scotch and French plaid ginghams iu all the brilliant colorings. riauen laeo nllovers for waists and guimpes and general trimmings. White fancy pique stock collars with narrow ends, to tie in a plain bow. A world of embroidered aud heavy corded summer goods on white founda tions. Many newly opened chambrays and fancy cotton fabrics that are selling quickly. Wired coiffure bows made of white satin ribbon, aigrette of butterflies and rhinestones. Superb tnffetas in evening colorings, with. insertions of tinsel and pearl passementerie. Bowkuots, zigzags, pompadour stripes and bayadere effects on silk and cotten materials. Pompadour warp prints on a white grouhd showing bayadere stripes and satin broche figures. Rich passementeries of spangles, pearls and jet, on, an antique lace foundation in the form of a galloon. Long coats of black velvet with Rus sian flare and short cape trimmed with chenille and jet. Collars and rovers of Russian sable.—Dry Goods Econo mist. GOGasCGOOOGQGGCOCGGGCGGGOD I FARM TOPICS! o o GOOOGCOCGGGGCCGGGGOCGOGGGQ Preventing Apple Hot. A writer jn the Practical Farmer, says: "Oil my father's farm is a Janet apple tree about twenty years old wkiclr never produced any sound ap ples until recently. The tree bloomed freely and set a great many apples, which rotted before maturing. On examining the tree wo found the bark rough and scaly, and under the scales hundreds of bark lice. The leaves also looked badly, having a pale green appearance. Iu May, 1896, I pulled oil' the scaly bark and applied with a brush a mixture of soapsuds and car bolic acid, half pint acid to two gal lons suds. In 1897 we sprayed the tree with the Bordeau mixture just after the bloom bad fallen and again two weeks later. During the summer the foliage was of dark green, aud in tho fall we picked several bushels of excellent apples." A Cheese .Lesson. A leadiug grocer in an Eastern city gives tho following experience, and draws a lesson from it for the benefit of every cheosemaker in the country. The grocer advertised "Old cheese, a year old to-day. It is rich and mellow and of delicious flavor, butnot strong." He had the goods, plenty of them, aud they wore just as advertised. Ail day and late iu the evening the people gathered around that cheese-counter, waiting to be served, like the crowd at the Friday bargain-table in a de partment store. The cheese melted away about as fast as the attendant could cut and put it up. Very few asked tho price. Tho quality was there, aud they were willing to pay for it. It was high enough to cover what WAS paid tho producer a year ago, storage, interest on the invest ment and a fair retailer's profit. There was probably more cheese sold at that counter on Saturday than there will bo of the average run of grocery cheese in a month. There is an object-lesson in this in cident that the cheese producers of New York would do well to study. They are making cheese for export, competing with countries that can produce good cheese at lower cost than here and selling to a combina tion of operators in tho poorest cheese market on* earth. There is a trade right here at home that will take all the good cheese offered at twice what the maker gets for the article pro duced. It is a fact that here i,u the cheese centre of the United States it is difficult for tho critical consumer to find a satisfactory piece of cheese. The grocer referred to filled a long felt want, and he was rewarded with a big trade.—Connecticut Farmer. All in Knowing; llow. It is not a rare tiling for the dealer to get more money out of a horse than tho man who bred aud raised him to marketable ago has received. Such instances are quite often held up by the farmer's mauy and willing advis ers to show what the farmer who bred the horse failed to get—all because be didn't go on and lit him for the city buyer. Wo have little patience with the people who can always see where the farmer has missed it iu instances of thi3 kind. They rarely know any thing about fitting horses for the city market. They have no idea of tho time, patience, money and skill re quired. They do not see tho five or more horses that are bought and tried and found wanting for every one the dealer succeeds iu malting into a real good one. They don't know that nil this is simply impossible for the farmer, even though he were capable of doing it—in which case he would have no business farming. Doubtless many farmers sell horses for less than they are worth to the dealer because they don't know how good tho horse is. But the dealer doesn't know all about it cither until he tries the horse. Every man who raises a horse should study to know what that horse is worth and then to got it. In the latter is included the fitting of tho horso for the market just so far as it can be douo profitably. This means iu the majority of cases to show him to tho buyer thoroughly broken iu good flesh and good spirits. The farmer' has neither time nor op portunity to do much more than this, and iho dealer is entitled to all the profit he can get out of the horse after this. More men lose money by not making their horses fleshy than by failure to fit them for the select city market.—Stockman. Poultry Note. See that the eggs are clean before being sent to market. No fowl should bo allowed to get thoroughly wet, except a duck or goose. The question of profit or loss in poultry keeping depends largely on care or carelessness. The incubator should take tho place of tho hen, if you iutend to make the chicken business pay. The earlier the hens shed their old coats the sooner they wHI begin to make a winter egg record. Two roosters when but one is needed. If that is the way yon are conducting the poultry business, your system is wrong. Give as much 'of a variety as pos sible. Young cliieks soon tiro of the best of feed if confined to it for any great length of time. A chick which ha 3 been thoroughly wet and chilled might as well bo killed. It has been robbed of its vitality aud will never amount to much. Whatever kind of birds one selects, ho should have the best of its kind. For them to be off in size, or laying qualities, or vigor, defeats the whole ••urpose of keeping fowls.
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