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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,