Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, October 25, 1901, Image 3
NEW FALL WAIST IDEAS. Golf Hod. National Blue and Purple the Correct Shades. The flannel shirt waist promises to be quite as popular as ever this au ■' tnmu, except in the heliotrope shades. This last, for some Inexplicable rea son, is to be adjured as quite passe. ... 3a The correct new shades for the flan nel waist, those that will be worn by ™ the stylish girl, are golf red, national k blue, myrtle, Nile and chasseur or a? hunter's green. • • The Persian trimming effects, new this time last year, have disappeared, and this season are no longer consld ered desirable as garniture. ... The very long-walsted effect became so exaggerated that It foil into disfa vor with particular women. This au tumn the waist line will be lowered a trifle to give a becoming slenderness, but no more—not the very ugly length ening way down In front. ... Advices affirm that the uncertainty In regard to the waist buttoned In the back is past, and that, notwith standing its Inconvenience, its popu larity Is assured on account of Its nov elty. This fact is especially noticeable among the new silk waists, where the buttoned or hooked back is decidedly In the majority. 4 Panne applications are among the latest garniture notions for very elab orate waists. Light green panne ap pliqued on a blue silk waist is consid ered very smart. ... Rows of bebo ribbon, cither velvet or satin, joined by a herring-hone stitch to form bands about three Inches wide, aro a late trimming effect for silk waists. ... Sky blue and castor are a fetching combination that will be much favored this fall. Castor alone will be one of the favorite shades for flannel shirt waists. One reason for Its popularity Is that It is a shade that will blend be comingly with any light shade, so ad mits of a great diversity of stocks and girdles. J,,#;"'*''-*- i**"" ... ......... / On some few of the advanced mod els of separate waists there Is an ap parent effort to make the postilion back popular Instead of the straight /jl belted back. Those postilions are t tucked, pleated or square und flat. Velvet waists, for the most part se verely plain, as any attempt to tuck them results In a very cumbersome ef fect, are on view, but are not apt to be generally worn, as irrilady does not seem to take kindly to them.—Phila delphia Record. . . .-r—— "-- 5 . .. "" A lllred Girl.* Union, The regulation of servants Is not as easy iu this country and this time as It seems to have sometimes been in some countries, and the American woman who manages a large house, or several houses, without being over burdened by household cares, Is ex ceptionally lucky. There is never an end to discussing what solution. If Any, the great servant question Is com ing to. New and suggestive news touching that comes i*rom Chicago, where some of the hired girls, organ ized as "The Working Women of w America," have laid down rules for the regulation of household labor. These rules stipulate that house-serv ants who belong to the union shall have two hours off every afternoon, and an entire evening twice a week; they demand toleration of club life "(whatever that it), respectful treat- ! ment of gentlemen friends In the "kitchen and back porch, and due al ! lowance of time on Monday to visit the bargain counters, and Rule Five declares that all complaints shall be made to tho business agent of the union. It scorns hardly profitable to discuss these stipulations until tho union which has formulated them shows some evidence of ability to enforce 1 them. House-servants, like other folks, arc entitled to make the best bargain they can with their employ ers as to hours, wages and conditions t ot service. They don't owe anything more to society than society Is willing to pay for. Nevertheless, the relation between mistress and servant Is usu ' ally a very personal relation, and the prospect that it can be regulated by union-made rules does not seem to be good. But a worse thing might hap pen even to Chicago than a successful hired-girls' union. In that Russian city on the Amur P.tver where last year the enthusiastic citizens drowned all the Chinese residents, the great multitude of the drowned Included all tho house-servants In tho place. They |j were all Chinese. Into the river they went. But no moro Chinese servants H came to take their places, and the || householders In that city have made their own beds and cooked their own H dinners.—E. S. Martin, In Harper's Weekly. Tno Queens Who Wear No Colors. In Europe Quecu Alexandra has i made black popular, and Queen Wil- M hclmlna has created a vogue for white, flt Circumstances have, of course, had Wf all to do with the choice of these au tjffl gust ladies, hut It might just as truly be said that lovely Alexandra lias made mauve and violet shades popu- lar as that she has proved how beauti fully and gracefully black may be worn, for since her first born son's | death she has favored very little else. I The young Queen of the Nether lands is quite right to choose white, for nothing Is more suitable to one of the richest women in the world, who is also young and charming in appear ance. Since she took her own dress making orders under her control Queer Wilhelmlna has commauded scarcely r.ny dress that Is not altogether or nearly wholly white. She is naturally fond of embroideries, and these on many of her dresses take the form of gold and silver threadwork, and of lus trous silks, which, in the hands of the exquisite needlewomen of Holland, are beautifully wrought. The Art of Walking. ~ In correct walking there is the poetry of motion, the delicacy of poise and the scientific adjustment of the weight of the body which the ancients knew so well, but which the moderns slur, If they do not absolutely ignore. The girl who walks correctly Is a Joy to herself and all who behold her. She has some purpose In life. She Is, nine times out of ten, neatly dreßsed, bright eyed and healthy. Watch her, and you will see that the ball of the foot Is the centre upon which the weight of the body swings; and that upon the heel and the toes there Is an even balance of the strain. If such it may be called, the heel hot being called upon to do more tban the toes or the toes more than the heel, while the sole Is the medium between the two extremes. In correct walking the foot Is placed evenly upon the surface, with the pressure first upon the heel, then upon the ball of the foot, and then upon the toes. From the ball of the foot and the toes the Impetus and elasticity of the stride originate.—Woman's Life. Packing Trunks For a Living. A professional trunk-packer talks as follows about her calling In the Wo man's Home Companion: "I engaged my sister as my assist ant, and we earn a good living. I al ways do the packing, while she sits beside me uud jots down In the little book which goes with each key the different articles us I put them in. She tells as nearly lis possible, just where each article Is to be found, so that the owner will have little trouble in unpacking. I make a point of pack ing all trunks in as nearly the same wuy, so that persons who have once had trunks packed by me will find little difficulty In locating the various articles In any other trunks that I handle for them. "My methods are all my own, and there Is one point which I believe has gained and held me more customers than anything else; It is the quantity of pink and white tissue paper that I always use. It gives to the trunks that look of daintiness which every one Is so fond of associating with his belongings." v. Ostrich Plumes Popular. Long black and white ostrich plumes are very much worn this season, and they are put 0:1 the hat to droop not a little at one side, touching the shoulder in some Instances. NEWEST /JVVI FASHIONS. Silk for infants is tabooed and linen takes Its place for every kind of gar ment In India silk there Is a pretty little tan waist made with a tucked yoke and two groups of tucking with a baud of lace Insertion between run ning around the waist below the yoke. Narrowly gored skirts or striped silk satin, or other fabric for short, stout women are about the only styles that this season are not decorated in some manner, even for simple morning wear. Pretty little colored flannel under petticoats for women are the most attractive In tho French twilled print ed flannels, in delicate shades und simply made, frequently trimmed with lace. An attractive white petticoat has tho lower part of the flounce made of broad and deep panels of all-over em broidery set In bands of laeo insertion, and finished with a rude of the lace on the edge. Laeo threaded with black velvet ribbon—this fashion has not tho least abated. It cannot bo said to Lo more fashionable than ever because long ago tho force cf this popular, and very effective aud becoming, mode could no further go. One way of finishing the neck cf a nightdress of cambric Is to have a wide binding, perbap3 two Inches of the material, outlining the neck, and through this is run a wide ribbcu which shows through slightly, and io tied In a big bow In front. Sash ribbons cf gauze striped with threads of gold over which is a stamped design In colors aro now and effective. Black and colored vel vet ribbons will continue to bo used throughout tho season for many pur poses. A note cf black, be it of velvet, chiffon or tulle, always gives char acter to the toilet in light colors or white. Pink, blue, yellow and white pique dresses are made In a variety of styles. The simplest have a bolero, aud a skirt with heavy rows of stitch ing; tlie more elaborate are covered with Incrustations of yellow guipure and embroidery and are worn over an under petticoat trimmed high with ruffles of chiffon, each edged with a ruche. LICHTS ON IN THUNDER STORM.' Unique Trolley Car Order in Force is Kansas City. During a thunder storm at any time of (lay the lights in the trolley oars of the Metropolitan system are always turned on by order of the company, says the Kansas City Star. There are two reasons for it. One is for the protection of the car and the other for the protection of tl.o passengers. When the lights arc on and the ear is at a standstill the trolley pole becomes n lightning rod. When a car Is in mo tion the electric current, which leave 3 the power house and Is carried along on the trolley wire, passes through a wire in the trolley pole, into the motors of the car, setting them in mo tion, and then down through the wheels Into the rails, by which the current returns to the power house. Thus the trolley wire, the car and the rails form n complete circuit. When the car is at it standstill the connec tion between the trolley and the motor Is out off, breaking tile circuit. How ever, turning on the lights lias the snme effect as putting the car In mo tion; that Is, It completes the circuit. That is the exact reason why tho lights are on during a thunder storm. Should lightning strike a trolley wire the flood of current would be carried with a rush to the nearest ear. If tills car should be In motion IT the lights be turned on so that the circuit with the rolls was com plete there would be a chnnce that the extra current of tile lightning's stroke would pass down the trolley pole and through tho ear Into the rails without doing any harm. The prin ciple is the sajne as that of a lightning rod, which carries tile electricity of a bolt of lightning Into the ground. But when there Is no connection the cur rent of a bolt of lightning would burn out the motors of the car, and If strong enough would shatter the car and Injure tho persons who mlgh': be riding In It. The Metropolitan Company has lind the rule for turning on the lights In trolley cars during a storm In effect for a long time, and it is believed that by tills simple fact many serious ac cidents have been prevented. WORDS OF WISDOM. Self-denial Is that which exalts the beggar above the dignity of a king. Life, without tho absolute use of the actual sweet therein, is death, not life. Great causes are often made to ap pear as fanaticism through too much talk. He who always complains of the clouds receives little of life's sunshine and deserves less. In this world It Is necessary to look at things in tlicir best ligbt. Life Is so beautiful and so short! Slow natures are often, nt critical times, most decisive. Right and wrong stand out to them in distinc tive colors. There Is no such thiug as self-deception. It Is easier to And an old friend than an old mother. Friendship begins with liking or gratitude—roots that can he pulled up. Mother's love be gins deeper down. If a proneness to egotism has been brought about by too narrow a life, the evident remedy is to widen It. To come into frequent contact with many people of different occupations, tastes, opinions, standards, who look at life and men from utterly different points of view, will do much to unseat tho self-sufficiency which is so displeasing and so often attacked in vain. To Keep £t;Kg Fresh. Dr. W. Hanlka gives the results of his studies of eggs In a German paper In which ho says that he found In the pores of even newly-laid eggs micro organisms which cause decomposition, and that It Is evident from this that methods of preservation which aim only at the exclusion of the atmos phere must consequently be useless. He proposes in place of the various processes now In use the following novel one which ho says attains the desired end completely. The eggs to be preserved, which should be as fresh us possible, are laid in warm water until they are warm through out. Every particle of dirt should bo removed from the shells. The eggs are then put into a sieve basket aud held for five seconds lu bolllug water anil remove thence as quickly as pos sible into cold water. The eggs, still wet, are laid on a clean cloth and let dry off spontaneously. Under no cir cumstances are they to bo dried with a cloth. As soon as they are quite dry they are packed with sifted wood ashes or wheat bran, which lias been dried by heat previously. The live seconds' dip In boiling water is suffi cient not merely to kill tho microbes In the shell substance and between it and the Inner skin, but to cause the coagulation of a thin but all-sufficient layer of albumen lying next the skin, nud thus form an Impassable barrier. Regulating a Clock. It is not, of course, possible to seize hold of the hands of a clock and push them backward or forward a tenth or a twentieth part of a second, which is about the limit of error that it ." lowed at the Greenwich Observatory, so another method is devised. Near the pendulum a magnet Is fixed. If It Is found that the pendulum Is going either too fast or too slow a current of electricity Is switched on, and the little magnet begins to pull at the metal as It swings to and fro. It only re tards or accelerates the motion by an Infinitesimal fraction of a second each time, but It keeps the operation up, and in a few thousand swhtgs the tenth or the twentieth part or the al most invisible error Is corrected, thus malting the clocks "keep step'' at the proper Instant cf time.—London Dally News. | AMOLTDEAL j The Management of Cattle. While the use of the best cows is.a very important matter, yet the man agement of the farm and the cattle have something to do with the produc tion of milk. There are cows that will give more milk on some farms than on others, due to better varieties of grass, more grain food and more com fortable quarters. An Indifferent farm er may have good cows from which no profit Is derived because of poor management. During loug periods of drought the pasture may not provide but a fraction of the grass compared with its capacity early in the season, and it, therefore, becomes more diffi cult for tlie animals to supply them selves. This deficiency the farmar should observe and supply. The Summer Diet of Chicken,. There is no perfect summer or win ter food for chickens, but with a little ingenuity In mixing their diet we can supply them with what may be called perfect food. A good deal depends upon the nature of the chickens and fowls In regard to the food, and also upon the season of the year. While a fair supply of corn may do for winter' feeding, it could hardly be recommended for summer feeding. It is altogether too fattening aud heat ing. On the other hand a little l'lce' is good for the fowls in summer, and totally unsuitable for winter. There Is practically no heating elements In rice, and this Is what we need for summer feeding, food that will nour ish without heating. Now when we feed summer or winter for eggs wo must consider food from a different standpoint. We need to supply the fowls with egg-produc ing material, aud for tho time we must consider the relative importance of heating and non-heating foods much less than formerly. Usually, however foods that make flesh aud fat do not contribute to the egg-producing abili ties of the hens. The foods adapted to the latter are usually in a class by themselves. In addition to them we need consider only such other foods necessary to repair the dally waste aud loss of heat and fat. In cold weather the loss of the latter is much greater than in summer, and conse quently the proportion of these foods must be far larger. Both fowls aud chickens indicate what they most need if turned loose. They will pick of grains, seeds, worms, slugs and all sorts of natural foods. The mope of this natural l'ood they cuu secure the better will it be for them. Chickens that can fornge for a living in summer will always be healthy aud robust But we must not forget that very often they fall to secure enough to keep them In good growing condition. After they have foraged for tho day they need addi tional food. But in the summer this food should not be corn, which so many think necessary. A little, aud a very little at that, will suffice. The evening meal would be much better for tho poultry If composed of a great variety of seeds, grains, rice, scraps from tho table, ground fresh bones, grit, oats, barley and so on. Make such an evening meal as varied in Its composition as possible, adding as few fat-producing foods as the ease will warrant. Feed the poultry freely with this mixture every night, giving them til they will eat up clean. In the morning turn them loose to forage again, feeding them artificial food only when night comes again. Of course, where there are many colonies kept, the foraging grounds will be more limited, and the birds will have to re ceive more artificial foods.—Annie 0. .Webster, In American Cultivator. An Excellent Scratching Shed. In winter as well as in summer it Is imperative that fowls should he kept busy. They delight always to use their feet, aud for this reason no better method of affording them requisite exercise is to be met with when the ground is mantled with snow than supplying the poultry house in some way with a good, com modious scratchiug-shed. Truth to say, the seratcliing-shed has come to stay, aud If only rightly constructed It forms a most pleasing tidjunct to any poultry-house, uutl < s peclally to tne inmates. The klea of what is required can ho seen in the accompanying illustration, although this may he varied to accommodate whatever style of house one happens to have. The point of view is to have the shod so situated that when the sun is shining it may derive all the benefit possible from* its rays. It should therefore occupy the south side of the house, as indicated in the picture—the more so for the reason that it is then out of reach, as near as can be, of the cold northwest winds. Now, to build this form of scratch lng-shed erect in the first place a simple, ordinary shed, with a good roof; then, to exclude animals of pvey and the like which may be prowling around even in the daytime, cover the three open sides from the exterior with good wire netting, extending it from the ground or base boards clear to the top. This accomplished, con struct on the inside cotton-cioth screen doors to match the netting, and have them hinged nt the top so that they can be turned up to the celling when the weather is suitable. When the weather Is very stormy, very cold or exceedingly blustering, the doors may be dropped and the fowls left to enjoy their "gymnasium" with scnrcely any inconvenience at all, the cloth admitting light sufficient for them to execute the most "foul" antics imaginable. On warm, sunny days, however, the "curtains" may he raised, as likewise they may in sum mer, and the poultry have a frolicking place well ventilated and pleasant lu every respect. This is of decided ad vantage where fowls have to be con fined more or less all the year, as Is generally the ease in and about vil lages. One thing more. To realize good results from such a shed a quantity of straw, liay or the like should occupy It (this to be replaced with fresh every onee in a while), and each morn ing some grain, such ns rye, oats, wheat, barley, buckwheat or even grass seed, be sprinkled among it Thus will tho fowls be encouraged to work, so that the laziest among them will obtain a proper amount of exer cise and lay In return more eggs eggs of a much better quality, too.— New York Tribune. Shrinkage on the Farm. The loss of corn and fodder by shrinkage varies according to climate and the conditions of the atmosphere. Experiments have been made la dif ferent sections, and the results show that there is a wide difference in £he shrinkage of corn, wheat and other grains, and that sometimes the loss by shrinkage Is such as to render tho crop unprofitable. The Michigan Agri cultural Experiment Station has given the results of several years' work In solving the problem, aud also published facts from other sources. Referring to the relative weights of cars, leaves and stalks. It was found that on Au gust 24 about 24.3 per cent, of the total weight of the corn plant above ground was in the ear. This per cent gradually increased until near har vest time (September 14) above 35.7 of the total weight of the plant was in the ear. At harvest 40.3 per cent of the dry matter of the entire plant was In the ear. This experiment was repeated the next year, when it was found that about 47 per cent, of the total dry matter of the plant was in the car. At harvest (September 14) the ear contained 45.57 per cent, of dry matter, the stalks 21.53 per cent, and the leaves 27.27 per cent., the ears, therefore, not being relatively as dry as the leaves and stallm. It may be claimed, byway of convenience, therefore, that the amount of dry mat ter In the cars Is about equal to that of the whole plant. Ensilage corn, cut at different dates, showed the fol lowing percentages of moisture: Au gust 10 the moisture was 82.00; Au gust 25, 70.13; September 0, 72.51, and September 15, 05.14. One lot of 10,155 bushels of corn, of 70 pounds per bushel, was carefully weighed when cribbed. It was to be delivered in July. It weighed at the elevator a fraction over 14,800 bushels, showing a loss from shrinkage of over 1258 bushels, or about 7% per cent. In one experiment 7000 pounds of corn shrank 400 pounds between October 10 and January 10. At the end of the year the kernels of corn contained 12.14 per eeut. of water aud the cobs 25.82 per cent. It has been demonstrated that there is a slight loss of weight in wheat between complete ripeness and the stage known ns dead ripe. There is not only a loss by shelling when the grain becomes over-ripe, but a given area, kept in tho ordinary manner, will weigh less If taken from an over ripe field than If taken from a field cut at the proper time. The amount and [ quality of the flour, as well as the germinating vigor of the grain, are also less If the grain is allowed to he- J come overripe. Wheat will shrink if the climate is dry, but when the wheat is taken from an intensely dry climate to a comparatively damp one the gain in weight may amount to as much as twenty-five per cent. In eighteen du3's in an absolutely dry atmosphere the loss In air-dried wheat was C.2 per cent.; oats, 9.3 per cent., and barley, 7.8 per cent According to this there must naturally be a gain if ex posed agalu to moist air, the gain in oats in eighteen days being 10.8 per cent.; barley, 20.4 per cent., and wheat (in 14 days), 18.8 per cent. In a very dry climate the grain from such may greatly increase in weight if shipped to soihe point where the air is moist, the purchaser making the gain by the absorption of moisture by tho grain. Experiments also show that wheat lost and gained in weight several limes In a season by reason of being exposed to dry aud moist conditions. The difference In loss or gain of weight depends upon the condition of the wheat when cured, and hard wheat loses less than tho soft varieties. '1 ho same rule applies to corn, oats and other grains. Shrinkage usually occurs when grain Is kept dry, but loss from shrinkage docs not occur lu all places with uniformity, as a gain in weight may result during damp periods.—Phil adelphia Record. The egg and poultry crop cf Mis souri dragged nearly 513,000,0(30 Into the State last year, while mule sales, even under the stimulated demand due to the South African war, amounted to only $9,000,000. More than eleven per cent. (ll.Ci of the inhabitants of Switzerland (392,- 000) are foreigners. In Trance the proportion of foreigners is three per cent., and Germany only one per cent. ODE 10 AN OLD DOLLA.i w„.u I. 0. ragged, faded thing. Thy odor is not reminiscent of tho rotor p How lirtjp thou nrt! Unto thy edepfs clin(J Te:i lillion deadly microbes, I suppose— And vet there's independence in thee, too* And courage—vea, and strength! There's that in thee Which makes me long to do The best that lies in me — There's thac in thee which makes no daro To pass a thousand daggers every day— There's joy in thee! Where thcu r.rfc there Hope builds her nest and frightens doubt; away! IT. Ah, thou are clammy to the touchy- 1 But, ve3tcrday, mayhap, thou dicTjfc re lease From some white throat a demon'*! angry clutch — With thee, perhaps, went peace To some dark haunt, where hate fr sor row sat —who knows What aehe3 have fled because of thee, What little children thou hast caused to laugh, how many a rose Has bloomed because of thee?—Ah, me, Here on thy emeared and faded face I read the history of man! Thou art the boon For which he goe3 through dinger and disgrace— And I, alas, must part with then po scon!. —Chicago Record- Herald. "Hot? many servants have the TVriglcya?" "Two; a deaf took and a dumb waiter."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Sunny Scutb—"Do world owes every nan a living." Break O'Day—"Yes; but it costs mere ter collect It dun wot It's worth."—Puck. Our latest submarine named tho Adder. Her business will bo to sub tract from tho members of tho enemy., —Boston Transcript. "Blackwood has bitten the dust," caid Deedlck. "Well,, ho always did want tho earth," commented Fosdick. —Detroit Free Prc3s. "Man wants but little here below," remarked the landlady. "And hero is the piece to got It," continued tho facetious hoarder.—Tit-Bits.. He —"I hear that Jack Dashaway ;i blowing a lot of money nowadays." She—"You ought to try and get to lee ward cf him."—Brooklyn Life. Love; laughed loudly at a man, Laughed until he fairly cried. "Why so merry!" I inquired. "He's a locksmith," Jove replied. —Philadelphia ltecord. Traveler—"l cay, your razor's pull ing most confoundedly!" Local Tor turer—"Be It, zur! Wull, 'old en tight to the chair, an' we'll get it oft zum mow!"—Punch. First Caddie—"Wot hev yer got dot breastplate an' muzzle on for!" Sec ond Caddie—"Do wimern oir goia' ter play terday an' I ain't takin' any chances."—Ohio State Journal. "I had a good job on hand last night," said the first burglar, "but I was stopped by an open-faced watch." "Cot out!" "Fact. It was a bulldog in tho yard."—Philadelphia ltecord. Said the old Oak Tree to the Noisy Dog:; "Be still it will do you good." And the Noisy Dog replied: "if I had A bark like yours 1 would." —Judge. ' "How did the bearded, woman take It when the manager discharged her!" "She faced It like a man till she went In the dressing-room, end got her false whiskers off, then she broke down and cried like a woman."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Village Doctor—"How is ycur hus band to-day, Mrs. Brown?" Mrs. Brown—"Oh, ever so much better, doctor, thank you kindly. These last few days he's been uncommon cross, but this morning bis temper is quite normal."—Punch. Of course it was all the result of her business training. "Be mine," he urged, and started to plead his case. "My dear sir," she replied, "put your proposal In writing and submit it by mail. I have no time to listen to oral arguments."—Chicago Post. Given the Right of AVay. European automobile manufacturers spent prodigious amounts in insuring their entries against delays In the re cent Paris-Berlin contest. One firm alone spent upward of SIOO,OOO. Me chanics on bicycles were posted along the entire route; small reservoirs of gasoline were established at many vil lages and towns; duplicate parts were sent to various points on the route, with squads of machinists on hand to make necessary changes quickly. Tho tire manufacturers established sta tions In almost every town; spare tires of every size were provided in abund ance, not only at tho villages and towns, bu; between them. To guard against accidents the Duke of Meck lenburg had the roads guarded by pickets during the trausit of the racers across his domains. Tlie "Old Mini" Plant. In nearly every old-fashioned garden In the norlli of Europe, says Median's Monthly, a plant of wormwood is re garded as essential. The leaves dried, reduced to powder, mixed with bread into a pill, is an infallible remedy as a vermifuge. It is also called "old man"—hut why is not ou record. Singularly, on the Pacific, Artemisia California is also culled "old mail." The Indians believe they can foretell the weather. If before the rainy sea sou comes, the roots are not more than six inches long, there will be plenty of rain—if over a l'ool, there will be a dry season. It Is supposed that the plant knows beforehand that there will bo little rain, and so seeds its roots deep, in order to prepare for the drought at the surface.