Spanish and Maltese Luce. Spanish laee, In tlie black and creamy tints, is coming in again for Incrustations and Bouncings, and is peculiarily applicable to the silky sur face of erystaline. Mixed tvith coarse L guipure it is also effective, the con ft trast sewing to display the good points of the lace. Maltese lace is also being applied to mercerized muslins and linens, and looks well. Wedding Cuke Itoxefl. Wedding cake boxes are in any de sign which the bride is pleased to or der, if site gives the instructions long enough in advance. At present, how •i, ever, there is a tasteful preference for severe shapes, with dependence upon the best materials for distinction. Heavy "white water color" papers are the proper sort for the covering of boxes, on the tops or sides of which the monograms, usually of both bride and bridegroom, nre blended in relief, either in white or in gold and silver. Ribbons for tying the boxes are of moire, taffeta or satin. Apparent Simplicity. Some beautiful white Irish guipure Jace is shown off to great advantage as a wide flounce on a gown of white linen so handsomely embroidered that the simple material is almost hidden. A dainty little blouse, all of finely r tucked white muslin and lace, with a touch of black at the neck, is for house wear, while for out of doors a charming bolero of guipure lace with a deep double collar and cavalier cuffs of embroidered linen is worn over it. A picturesque white hat looks charm ing with this pretty gown; it has a wide flat crown of guipure lace and black velvet, the under brim of white crinoline straw, and quaintly nrranged between the two brims are white os trich tips, which fall over the edge of the lower brim uplifted by a black yelvet rosette. lion- Ono Girl llecnme Original* "Miss X. is a most original girl, don't you think so?" he remarked. "Why, no!" returned his companion, somewhat astonished at the adjective, "I think she is extremely nice and in telligent and well informed, but I should hardly call her original. Why, she is just a quiet, everyday sort of girl, and does nothing especially to ■distinguish herself from any one else." "That is just why I call her orlg lnnl," answered the other. "Every other girl I know does something one plays golf very well, another rides beautifully, a third knows all about a boat and sails her own dory; another •drives four-in-hand, a fifth is philan thropic and has taken to slumming, a 6lxlli is intellectual and goes in for the higher education, or is artistic and ex hibits in the Salon, etc. So, I repeat that I find Miss X. original—delight fully so!" New York Tribune. Millinery Novelties. For veiling floral trails a. very fine gossamerlike Chantilly is employed, and is undoubtedly effective, the while it bints at an importance somewhat lacking in tulle. An all-white tulle il lusion toque is sweet veiled in this eame fine blnck Chantilly, worn well tilted over the eyes wjth a great jet butterfly serving as a species of cache pelgno at the back. This is the very airiest, fairest piece of millinery con- L ceivablo and eminently before the hat • decked with many feathers in the af fections of the smart woman. Bi zarre wings, when found, should be made an immediate possession. That these mostly figure on the best and tr.est exclusive trench models ac counts for the long price asked for such creations. But now and again— the fates alone know how or why—out of a boxful of mediocrity there may be turned up something out of the or dinary happily passed over by hun dreds of unseeing eyes. Makes Money by Cleaning: Jewelry* In London there is a woman who has made herself famous and invalua ble among the wives of wealthy peo ple by taking care of their jewelry. Once a week in the height of the sea son she makes a round of the jewel boxes, and carries all her cleaning ap flia nces with her. When she gets to V work she fastens about her waist a to big apron of chamois skin, and then t" opens half a dozen different bottles I and boxes of cleaning fluids and V pastes. With a little instrument she first I tests the settings, and then dips the Ting or pin repeatedly in a little cau j do Cologne. While she works she i uses a powerful magnifying glass, and for a stone that has an nccumula- I tion of dust or grease or soap on its under side, as often happens with rings, she dips it alternately in soap cuds and cau de Cologne, and occa sionally uses a very fine, soft camel's hair brush to reach In delicately be tween the prongs of the setting. When the stone is thoroughly clean it is bur- PJ in a jar of fine sawdust to dry. Emeralds and other green stones she cleans by soaking wads of absor bent cotton In pure alcohol and bury ing the gems therein until all the alco hol has evaporated. lOnce iu every season she restrings A the necklace of pearls under her care, 'T and when the owner cannot arrange to Iu wear a fine string of these gems at [ft least once in a fortnight the cleaner A lays them In a "up of warm flour or lukewarm fresh milk, just to keep their skins in good condition.—London Answers. A Comparison In Wemen. The women of to-day, in the opinion i of Susan, Counted of Malmesbury, | nre not radically different from those of past generations. In a recent arti cle which the Countess contributes to an English periodical she seeks to rid the mind of* the fallacy that outdoor exercise is a special attribute of the women of the present day. Our moth ers and grandmothers, she reminds us, could sit a horse, wield a salmon rod and use an oar. We know, too, that Mary Queen of Scots could never keep her health unless she rode twenty or thirty miles a day, and that the ladies of her court accompanied her when she went out hawking. Both the women and the men of past days led, forcedly, lives which were in the main quieter than ours, locomotion being j so much more expensive, fatiguing and | difficult. Many things which formerly were done at home by the mistress of the house and her maid servants are now best accomplished elsewhere. We no longer brew, and do not often bake— at least, for the entire household. The doctor and the druggist of to-day are more reliable than those of the I past; therefore, the mother of the fam ily does not find it necessary or even advisable to concoct medicines for those about her. Certainly the principles and practice i of to-day appear to have created a j race of fine upstanding young women, j many of whom leave their homes, where they have been loved and deli- ! cately nurtured, to follow their hus bands, enduring all manner of hard ships without complaint.—Detroit Free Press. pgrngovdoiv Chat Sarah Orne Jewett is now a doctor of letters. At Bates College, Lewiston, Me., this year, sixteen of the twenty-flve honors were captured by girl students. Somebody declares that Sarah Bern hardt eats only two solid meals in n day—the first at 1 p. m. and the second at 1 the next morning. Charlotte Cipriani, a graduate of the University of Chicago, is the first woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of. Paris. Of 4018 homesteaders registered In El Reno, Oklahoma, the other day, 103 were women, and a separate reg istration booth was established for them. Women were first permitted to be come employes In Government offices in 1803, when Secretary of the Treas ury Salmon P. Chase appointed six women clerks. An authority states in a medical journal that the height of a very tall British woman was, fifty years ago, five feet seven inches, while now the height averages five feet six inches to five feet ten inches. In the performance of her duty Ida Hathaway, a nurse at the Hartford Hospital, contracted ophthalmia from a child patient and became blind. Hartford people have raised a fund of SSOOO for her support. Elizabeth de Belle, an Atlanta (Ga.) young woman, is making a distin guished name in law practice in Chi cago. She recently won a case, ac cording to the Woman's Journal, in volving real estate valued at SIOO,OOO. Traveling gowns of mohair arp dressy and serviceable. Crinkled crepe muslin is one of the novelties in sheer fabrics. Linen gowns embroidered in cash mere colors, with a glint of gold, are among the novelties. Poplin barege is one of the late sea son importations that is much liked for its softness and clinging qualities. White, cream, castor, beige, cafe au lait, leather, pale blue, rose and light yellow are the tints favored in Paris. Platinum or gold pallettes, or i combination of both, represent the latest development in spuugled trim ming. Ribbons of all widths, fabrics and colors play an important part in the devising of smart summer toilets; gold and delicately enameled buttons also. White lace hose forms ono of the striking novelties of the summer. Sometimes a touch of color in a clock or an embroidered flower is preferred to plain white. A blue linen gown is trimmed with bands of a coarser blue linen em broidered iu white silk. This outlines the flounce at the top, the edge of the jacket, and sleeves. The neck to this jacket, which has no collar, Is cut square in front. In the millinery line about the pret tiest novelty just now is the hanuuer chief hat. Three shades of straw are employed and the brims three in number—nre of graduated sizes, one turning up against the other, but In such away that no two points meet. Simple negligees of muslin are Qnishcd In the back with a Watteau pleat, over which falls a broad collar of white, which is carried around to the front, where it broadens and then slopes down to the waist line, finish ing with ends which tie fichu fashion. There is a rutllc of the pink or blue, or whatever is the color of the gown, on the white fichu or collar, edged with lace. oooooooooocoooocoorococooo IPAEM TOPICS 1 n a UGOOQOQGGGOQCOOGGGGOGGGGGG Proper Cleaning of Cowi. The cleaning of cows by using the brush and currycomb on them, as well as giving them a scrubbing and rins ing with a sprayer may appear as a waste of labor to those who have never tried the plan, but if cows were so treated the result would be more milk and butter, as the cows would be more comfortable. It is more impor tant to brush cows than horses, as the dirt from cows easily finds its way into the milk. A Keinedy For Scours. A new remedy for scours in calves has been discovered, and tests made at the experiment stations verify the claims made in favor of the remedy. It is to give the calf a tcaspoonful of dry blood at each meal, care being taken to stir the blood in the milk to prevent its settling to the bottom of the pail. The effect is almost imme diate, only two or three feedings mak ing complete cures after all other rem edies failed. This remedy is one that costs almost nothing and is harmless. Spraying Swarms to llclp In Illvlng. In hiving swarms it often happens that the bees are persistent in taking wing, when they arc dumped in front of their new hive, instead of crawling into it. I have had a few swarms go hack and cluster on the same limb af ter they had been carried to the hive two or three tines. I recently tried a little spraying on a few swarms to overcome this difficulty and with very good results. While the bees are yet hanging on the tree take a small spray pump or syringe and wet the cluster with one or two quarts of cold water. Then take your swarm catcher, run it up tinder the cluster, get them into It and they will cling together while you carry them to the hive. When dumped in front of It they will not readily take wing again, but will run Into it. Swarms that ltp.ve been hived a few hours and seem restless, or cluster mostly on the outside of their hive, can also be made more comfortable by giving them a little spraying. Bees need a great quantity of water during summer, and the beekeeper can sup ply their needs in a few minutes where it would require hours for the bees to gather it themselves.—F. CJ. Herman, in New England Homestead. Propel' Swine Feeding. Swine feeding should be just as clean and wholesomely intelligent as that of any other farm animal. The quality of the food must indeed be considered. Do not dump great quan tities of refuse in the pen, and then if the animals clean It nil up rest con tent with the idea that they have made good pork off of food that cost you nothing. Sometimes the pigs will cat n great amount to find a very little nourishment. I have seen such slops turned into a pen where the pigs quickly devoured it all eagerly, but when they had finished I calculated they had about half enough to eat, al though they were stuffed full. There was little or no nourishment In the food. Notv the pigs do need a good deal In quantity, hut there must ho some quality also. If we feed them on the husks we must add grain or milk or other good food in fair pro portion to give them the nourishment they require. We cannot expect to make good pork or bacon out of loaves and the barnyard rakings. If we could pork would go a good deal low er than it is to-day, and farmers would be quickly doubling their profits. Yet a little intelligent feeding will enable us to dispose of slops and other cheap foods to advantage. It is all in bal ancing the ration so wo do not cheat ourselves by trying to cheat the swine. —William Conway, in American Culti vator. For Pulling Down ITay. Whore hay can be pulled down from a big mow, instead of going up with a fork and pitching it down much la bor will he saved. The cut shows a hay hook that will he found service able In this connection. The pole should be long enough to reach the J if' 1 1/ A SERVICEABLE HAT FORK. highest mow. Small iron rods are bont Into the proper shape by a black smith, and inserted in the end of the pole as shown. They surround the pole, so that even in the dusk one can pull down hay without having to see that his hooks are turned in the right direction. Five or six may he used, instead of the four shown. The lower end turns into the pole, and staples and stout wire hold the upper part firmly In place. The tips should be moderately sharp. With such a pole hay can bo pulled continuously from narrow scaffolds and from the whole front of deep hay mows.—New York Tribune. Never judge a man by his coat. He may have borrowed it for the occasion. p^OENTIFIC Two French physicians hnve made experiments which led to the conclu sion that a nutritious meat diet and absolute bodily rest are the best means of arresting consumption. Three aluminum electric transmis sion lines have recently been installed in Italy near Naples. The lines trans mit power at 300 volts from three horse-power turbines to the valley of I'omoii, to Sarno, and to Torre Au nunziata. Tlie lengths of these lines are two miles, nine miles and two miles, respectively. A sheep raiser in Guadaloupe County, N. M„ is shearing his sheep with power furnished by electricity. He has established a camp on the Rock Island extension two miles from Juan Pais and is there shearing 25,000 sheep. The machine secures about three quarters of a pound, more wool from each sheep than did the old hand method. One man can shear 200 sheep a day. The prize of 5200 offered some time ago by the Association des Indus trielles of France for the best insu lated glove for electricians was won by Mr. Franz C'loutb, of Cologne. The prize-winning glove had an electrical resistance of 02,000 megohms and in a break-down test it withstood „a pres sure of 11,000 volts for three minutes and 12,200 volts for one minute before being penetrated. The glove is of rub ber lined with tricot. Geologists, after a careful study of the question, have given it as their opinion that the new oil belt, which at present is doing so much to boom Texns, extends from Beaumont down the Gulf Coast to the mouth of the Rio Grande and far into Mexico. Should this prove true, that country has before itaperlodof prosperity such as its people never before dreamed of. American prospectors are already at work, and are sinking pipe-lines in hundreds of places in the State of Chihuahua. M. Beequerol reports to the French Academy of Sciences that as a result of carrying in ills pocket for several months a small bottle of salts of the metal radium his skiu under the pocket became considerably burned. M. Curio also reported that the exposure of his hand to radio-active material six hours caused a burn which did not heal up for several months. Iu their power to burn, therefore, as well as in vari ous other characteristics, tlie radium rays show analogy to the X-rays. Fiber pipes and conduits, made from wood pulp and treated with a preserva tive, arc now being put in use. After the usual grinding the pulp is washed, screened, passed through a beating en gine, then screened again. These op erations completed, a thin sheet cf the pulp is wound on a core until the de sired thickness is secured. After dry ing the tube is treated with a pre servative. Its ends arc then finished In .a lathe to any desired form. It Is claimed that this product possesses the advantages over bored logs of a homogeneous material throughout, free from grain, and thoroughly Impreg nated with the preservative, thus avoiding variations in hardness, dry ness and amounts of resinous matter. Manila in ir.SS. Manila Is well planted and Inhabited with Spaniards to the number of GOO or 700 persons, which dwell in n town unwalled, whicli hath three or four small block bouses, part made of wood and part of stone, being indeed of no great strength; they have one or two small galleys belonging to tlio town. It Is a very rich place, of gold cud oth er commodities; and they have yearly traffic from Acapulco iu Nucva Es pana, and also twenty or thirty ships from Cliinn nnd from the Sauguelos (people from Sanga, in Japan), which bring tliem many sorts of merchan dise. The merchants of China and the Sanguolos are part Moors and part heathen people. They bring great store of gold with them, which they traffic and cxchauge for silver, opd give weight for weight. These San guelos are men of marvelous capacity in devising and making all manner of things, especially in all handicrafts nnd sciences; nnd every one is so ex pert, perfect, nnd skilful in his faculty, as few or no Christians are able to go beyond them in that which they take in hand. For drawing and embroider ing upon satin, silk, silver, gold, and pearl, they excel.—Cavendish—First Voyage Like a Lady. A litile girl from an East End slum was invited with others to a charity dinner given at a great house in the West End of London. In the course of the meal the little maiden startled her hostess by propounding the query: "Does your husband drink?" "Why, no," replied the astonished lady of the house. After a moment's pause the miifla ture querist proceeded with the equal ly bewildering questions: "How much coal do you burn? What is your husbaud's salary? Has he any bad habits?" By tills time tlie presiding genius of the table felt called upon to itak her humble guest what made her ask such strange questions. "Well," was tlie innocent reply, "mother told me to behave like a lady, nnd when Indies call at our house they always ask mother those questions."— Uondon Sparc Moments. A FISHINC SONC. Far off from the city— From the dusty town; Green bank of a river An' the cork a-goin' down! Fish, fish, fish, An' the line a-goin' "swish!" An' tlie perch is sieh a beauty^ When he's fried and in the dish! Fur off from the city— Cheeks a-tannin' brown; Ripple on the river An' the cork a-goin' down! Fish, fish, fish. An' you realize yer wish; An' aint't the perch a beauty When lie's fried and in the dish! —Atlanta Constitution. "Doctor, I feel stupid all the time, lladn't I better do something about it?" "Oh, uo; you can't improve on nature."—lndianapolis News. Clara—"ls Hetty happy in her mar ried life?" Esther—"She ought to be. No less tlmu three girls iu town were after her Charley."—Boston Transcript. The poet sighed, as poets do, "If all my dreams would but come true!" 'Twould be a sorry lot, no doubt, -Unless fate cut the night mares out. • —Washington Star. "This," said the funny man," is the tale of a dog with liydrophopia." "What a mad wag!" murmured the quiet man in the corner.—Philadelphia Record. A little girl said to her mother one day; "Mother, I feel nervous." "Ner vous!" said the mother; "what is ner vous?" "Why, It's heiug iu a hurry all over."—Tit-Bits. "What did you say the sinking fund was for?" asked the new director of the treasurer. "To meet the floating debt," replied the latter.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. "If you die first." said Mrs. Drear, "You'll wait tor me, 1 know." "Oh, yes; I've always had to, dear, 'Most everywhere we go." —Philadelphia Press. "Oh, you cruel hoy. to take those eggs out of the nest! Thiuk of the poor mother bird when she comes " "The mother bird's dead, miss." "llow do you know that?" "1 see it in your hatl"—Punch. "Is it true that Mr. Poindexter has committed suicide?" asked Miss Fos dick. "Yes, it's true," replied Hunker. "I was an intimate acquaintance, and—" "Was there no other reason for the deed?" interrupted the girl.—Har lem Life. Miss Prism—"Don't let your dog bite me, little hoy." Little Eoy—"He won't bite, ma'am." Miss Prism—"But be is showing liis teetli." Boy (with pride) —"Certainly he is ma'am; and if you had as good teeth as lie has you'd show 'em, too."—Tit Bits. Time—loo years henee. Scene—Liv erpool—Aged British Inhabitant (point ing to liner steaming out of harbor)— "That boat, sir, is one of the most re markable vessels in this country." Stranger—"lndeed! How is that?" British Inhabitant —"It's the only Brit ish steamship that doesn't belong to an American syndicate."—Fun. "Huh!" exclaimed Mr. Rox, after reading his morning mail; "our boy's college education is making liirn too blamed smart." "What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Rox. "1 wrote him the other day that I thought it would he kinder for me not to remit the cheek he asked for. Now he writes: 'Dear father, I shall never forget your un remitting kindness.'" Philadelphia Press. Wu'a Autograph on the Flag. At the conclusion of Wu Ting-Fung's address at tile Fourth of July celebra tion in Independence Square, there was a pretty little ceremony not down on the programme. One of the young women seated on the platform passed a small American fiag to the distin guished Cliiuose diplomat, with the request that lie write his autograph on one of the white bars. A fountain lien was forthcoming, and Minister Wu graciously complied. Tile incident was witnessed by others and in a short time a perfect avalanche of small flags poured down upon him, with similar requests from their owners. Wu took it good naturedly nnd for quite a while was kept busy Inscrib ing his autograph.—Philadelphia Rec ord. Negro Lived 115 Yi'nrn. Osborii West, colored, aged 115, died on Willey Brothers' plantation at Heckatoo, Lincoln County, Ark., the other day. West was probably the old est citizen of South Arkansas. lie came from South Carolina wljen a hoy and distinctly remembered the first time cotton was brought to Arkansas. West lived almost continuously on the Arkansas River in the vicinity in which he died, and his health was ex cellent up to several days before ids death. He was highly respected by white people in tlie neighborhood, ns well as by his own color.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Johnstown Flood Waif Just Found. John Smith, of Dayton, Ohio, has found a son whom he supposed lost In the Johnstown flood twelve years ago. Smith, his wife and n three-year old sou resided in Johnstown at the time of tlie flood, and the father sup posed the boy was lost with ills moth er. A few weeks ago he heard that his son survived nnd the search re sulted most satisfactorily wheu youug Smith, now a sturdy youth of fifteen, met his father. The boy was adopted by Rufns Price, a farmer near Youngs town, Ohio, and a visit furnished the i clue which led to tlie reuuiou.—Pitts burg Tost. The Care of Trees. The growing of trees, whether for fruit or shade, is growing a crop, and the trees deserve rich soil, care and fertilizer. If trees die or become dist eased there is a cause, which should be discovered aud some remedy ap plied. Training Strnwbcrry Runners. While the matted row system for strawberries is preferred by the ma jority of growers, yet it will be an ad vantage to train the first runners to grow in the rows, and not have the rows very wide, by cutting oil the late runners that appear. Growing Good Pantiles. In most parts cf the North pansies are in their full glory. Of course, it should be understood that they favor shade and never a too hold exposure to tho sun's direct rays. There is no flower that pays better for cartful at tention to its habits. Groat results have been attained by cultivation. J. C. Vaughan, who is good authority in horticulture, has his rules for growing fine pansies. The following: ■ "The soil to grow good pansies in can hardly be too rich, using cow dung in preference to any other, and a lib eral sprinkling of bone dust from time to time. The strains of pansies that are grown uow will well repay for good cultivation, and they require it, as no such slovenly culture as is often met with will grow good pansies, no matter how choice the strains of seed." —Farm, Field aud Fireside. Transplanting tbc Evergreen. It is recognized among planters that more risk attends the transplanting of evergreens than deciduous trees. This applies with more force to those of a broad-leaved character, such as the holly, evergreen magnolia and ma honia are examples of. Why this should he is a surprise to many, yet tho cause is not far to seek. When deciduous trees are planted It is either spring or autumu, when they are bereft of foliage. At such times the calls on the roots are not so im portant as they are when foliage is to be supplied. Tho evergreen is never without foliage; and it is be cause of this so much more care is required in transplanting it. There is no reason why so much care should be taken to preserve the leaves, whou, by reducing their number, the safety of tho tree would be so much ad vanced. Beautifying the Farm Home. Tho illustration shows a simple yet most attractive rustic fence, which may be easily built and will be an added attraction to any farm liome, used either as a dividing fence be tween the house lawn and the farm proper or as a line fence bordering the JM isii^ AS ATTRACTIVE RUSTIC FENCE. road. It will not he necessary to make the entire sketch of fence of this rustic work unless desired; a sec tion or two will answer, and is espe cially attractive when used iu connec tion with a hedge. The artist lias drawn tho illustration from a section of fence which separated the lawn from an orchard. 'The length of rustic fence on either side of the gate was but ten feet, and beyond that consisted of a well-kept hedge of California pri vet. The posts in this case were parts of tho trunk of a cherry tree which was destroyed in a storm. The' tubs on each gatepost were small tobacco palls cut in half and covered with bark from tho woods. In them each spring was planted roots of dwarf caunas,' which in the fall were taken out and stored in the cellar. Such gates aud fences can lie made at a trifling expense, and are handsome enough to surround any home.—New York Tribune. Single nnd Double Flowers. Florists invariably look with disfa vor upon single flowers, for they neith er handle well nor appear attractive to their patrons. The petals of a sin gle flower fall sooner, as a rule, than those of a double flower, which may be accounted for in the fact that the Inner petals of the latter are trans formed stamens, aud these are more firmly attached than simple petals. The objection to single flowers is generally confined to those used for cut-flower purposes. No one will deny the beauty and fine form of a well grown single peony, and even a good single rose reaches the heart of many persons before a double one. Single hollyhocks, too, are attractive and less formal than the double. Many persons will not .appreciate the reference to the single peonies, for, strange to say, they are very un common. A single tree-peony is even more rare. The writer considered it a treat to see a number of the latter re ceutly. Fully expanded, tho fldwers measured seven inches lu diameter— the color, a royal purple.—Meelinu's Monthly,
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