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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
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/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.
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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.