In Serge and Linen
PROMISING STRAWBERRY
CROP CUT SHORT BY HEAT
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.Early Pickings Camt Soft and Light In Color. Striking
an Unreceptlve Market Glutted With Low
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SERGE Costume. This costume Is useful and Kmart in navy-blue serge
The scams of skirt are wrapped and stitched on the right side; tlx; jacket
is semi-lltting, and is trimmed with Mack mohair braid of two widths, and
braid-covered buttons; the collar Is faced with silk. The fronts just meet,
and are hooked ou the bust, each side bring trimmed with a silk ornament.
I'.lack crinoline- hat, trimmed with white roses and green leaves.
Materials required: Eight yards 4S Inches wide. 5 yards sateen for skirt
lining, 5V yards silk for jacket lining, t yard silk for collar, about 8 yards
wide braid. 28 buttons.
Linen-Dress The skirt and over-bodice of this dress are in dark brown
linen. The skirt is in a very smart shape, with panel effect front and back
that is continued from the back Into a deep waistband. The over-bodice is
cut tip in deep tabs that are buttoned to the waist band, buttons also form a
trimming at back and front. The under-bodice is of white cotton, spotted
with brown. The yoke and sleeves are tucked; the high collar and wrist3 ol
Kleeves are finished with pleated lace.
Hat of brown coarse straw, trimmed with shaded ostrich feathers.
Materials required for the skirt and over-bodice: Six yards 42 Inches
wide, 13 buttons.
FASHION'S DECREE IN GLOVES
Models for -All Occasions Are Dis
played, and Most of Them Are
Attractive.
Gloves especially adapted for tennis
playing girls are of one button length
in white or yellow chamois, a ma
terial which will not only withstand
boiling but become softer and more
flxlble with every laundering.
The most practical gloves for golfing
are the mousquetalres of colored
mocha, which come with quite long
wrists. For driving and riding there
is nothing quite eo smart as the
white leather gloves with black but
tons, stitching and gauntlets.
Tan, mode, white and black gloves
for the street are of fine French
glace kid In three and six button
lengths and of finely spun silk, with
double finger tips and composition
clasp fastenings.
Young girls' summer party gloves
are of white or delicately tinted twist
ed silk In elbow lengths. They are
seamless, the thumbs hemstitched
and some of them are exquisitely em
broidered. ELABORATE MILLINERY.
Hat of sliver gray chip lined with
black satin, a long wreath of delicate
silver roses (shaded by a silver gray
aigrette mixed with marabou.
Glove Mending.
To mend gloves properly, never
i:se silk, as It cuts the kid. Select
Instead cotton the exact shade of the
gloves and with a very line needle
buttonhole around the rip or tear;
then catch together on the wrong
side, taking one stitch at a time from
one loop of the buttonhole stitch to
another. When tho rent Is joined in
this way It is scarcely perceptible
and wears longer than If sewed
through the glove.
To Avoid Being Struck by Lightning.
Though It is Impossible to avoid the
danger of being struck by lightning
altogether, these 'ew reconunenda
Mons may, with advantage, be borne
In mind:
Avoid fireplace. Lightning ol'en
enters by tho chimney, on account
of the h.."ernal coating of soot one
of the bodies for which lightning
evinces a preference. For the same
teason, avoid metals, gildings and
mirrors, on account of their quicks!!-
SYRIAN WORK MUCH IN FAVOR
Popular Type of Embroidery That In
Without Rival In Conventional
Designs.
A type of embroidery that Is spe
cially adapted to conventional deslgnt
is the Syrian work, that gives an ef
feet of overlapping scales. Tho de
signs which are stamped for this em
broidery are divided Into sections b
lines running at regular Interval
across the scrolls and other figures.
The method of working Is both
simple and rapid. The sections ara
filled in with a filling cotton and then
worked In satin stitch following tho
growth of scroll. Three sides of sec
tion are then outlined so that the
design when finished looks as if ono
scale sprung out of the other.
This is particularly effective for
borders or table covers or sofa pll
olws or the centerpieces made of
homespun linen used on tables bo
tween meals.
As the embroidery is done in Turk,
ish floss or other heavy, glossy silk
suitable for large designs, it workt
up quickly, yet has a handsome solid
surface. There Is room for Infinite
variety of shadings but it Is well to
keep the designs if possible in sev
eral tones of tho same color. Thus
a line of reds makes an attractive
coloring or old blue Chinese greens
and yellow verging to orange.
Engagement Luncheon.
A recent engagement luncheon was
arranged in this manner: A lovinf
cup wns placed in the center of Mu
table and was filled with tiny boxi
of bonbons. Ferns and roses were ar
ranged in the cup. Ribbous were
drawn from each gift to the plate
and one little box, when opened, held
a tiny card with tho engagement an
nouneement. Another method is to
write the announcement on a placard
that has a heart and silver dart ruu
through it. This may be placed Ir
n conspicuous place on the mantel.
Convenient.
If you will take a strip of burlap
licking or any stout goods, and tack
It in the closet you will find it mos'
convenient for pinning skirts to.
piece a yard and a half long will hi
heavy enough to pin a half-dozoi
skirts to. Florists' pins are usefu
in attaching dresse,s to the strip oi
safety pins can be used.
Branch as Ornament.
A branch of the most ordinary tret
in your back yard will ornament th
center of your dining room table ir.
the absence of flowers and sometime)
this easily obtained foliage Is a pleas
ant relief from the expensive bios
somes which are more offjn seen.
ver. The best place Is the middle
of the room, unless there should bf
a lamp or chandelier hanging from
the celling.
The less contact with walls or (loot
tho better; and the safest place wer
It possible to arrange It would bo a
hammock, suspended by silken cords
in the middle of a large room. In
the absence of means of suspension,
the next best place Is on substances
which are bad conductors-- such ns
glass, pitch, or several mattresses.
A very promising struwberry crop
was cut short by drought and extreme
heat following the unusually cool and
moist weather of lato May, says Rural
New Yorker. Tho early pickings camo
soft and light in color, striking an tin
receptive market, glutted with low
grade southern berries. Fair fruits
realized less money than at any slm
'lar tlmo for many years. Quality and
prices steadily Improved, however,
until the full effects of tho hot wave
became apparent in lessened size and
Impaired flavor. The average yield per
acre of good commercial plantings for
the season would probably not reach
3.000 quarts, and the average price of
that-class berries cannot be estimated
at more than seven cents the quart,
thus bringing possible profits to very
Moderate figures. The variety Sue-
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New Cross Bred Strawberries.
eess proved a heavy cropper, perfect
ing Its berries better than kinds ma
nuring later. Trobably greater revenue
is to be credited to this productive
?arly variety than to any of the later
jnes. notwithstanding the low prices
prevailing at the beginning of the sea
son, as it has been the most generally
(danted. It is admitted to be too soft
for shipment, but is locally liked for
ts good size, fine color and satisfactory
quality. The plant Is a most thrifty
nd healthy grower. The bloom is
staminate, furnishing abundant pollen
for other sorts as well, and there are
ilways plenty of strong runners, mak
ing propagation easy and certain.
vVilliam Ilelt shows Increasing weak
jess In plant, but the berries are as
(veil liked as ever, surpassing all other
established kinds for table quality. It
IU be long planted, but is not likely
VINE CUTTER
ON CORN PLOW
Prevents Clogging of Shovels and
Also Breaking Off or Cover
lag Up of Plants.
To prevent the clogging of the
shovels on a corn plow and also the
breaking off or covering up of the
corn while plowing, bend a piece of
A Vine Cutter on Cultivator.
old wagon tire, three feet long, ns Indi
cated at A and attach It to tho beam
of the plow close to the arch.
This cutter should be bent out
from the beam so as to bo In line
with the first, or Insldo shovel.
Three holes should be drilled in the
bar of the cutter so that It can be
adjusted to set deep or shallow as
desired.
Use of Manure.
The Maryland experimental station
shows by repeated tests that fresh ma
nure spread In winter did not give ns
much Increase as the same amount
rotted and plowed down in the spring.
Turning the manure while rotting wns
better than leaving It without being
turned. Commercial fertilizers plowed
under In the spring invariably gave
larger yields than when sowed on the
surface just before planting.
Home Surroundings.
The environments of your home
may not be Just what you would like,
but there are few farms that cannot
be trade beautiful by the right appli
cation of labor and skill. Study your
case and do the lest you can with
the means at your command, and you
will see how your homo can bo made
attractive. Trees, vines and flowers
caa We umil te r.erk wondxrs.
to maintain its present local Impor
tance. (Hon Mary fell from grace this
year, and may have difficulty in regain
ing Its previous Btnndlng as an Indis
pensable market variety. Vigor and
productiveness are Its strong points.
It Is a fair shipper, but quality and ap
pearance are rarely commendable,
though there are even less attractive
kinds in genernl cultivation. The
main reasou for growing It I that It
is normally a great basket filler and a
tellable, though not excessive plant
niaki r, spacing Its runners about right
for matted row culture. The blooms
are imperfectly stamlnate, and do pot
always take kindly to pollination from
othc r sources, thus resulting In many
knotty and malformed berries. The
results of excessive humidity at the
blooming time of Glen Mary were ap-
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Indian Strawberry Below.
parent In the green-tipped and unat
tractive fruits as they appeared when
packed for shipment. Strawberries ol
this class must "mako good" every
year to retain their popularity. Presl
dent finished Its handsome fruits as
well as usual, but the weakened plants
produced only a light crop. Gandy in
heavy soils ripened a profitable crop,
notwithstanding the Intense heat pre
vailing at the time. While rarely a
bountirul yielder, and too sharp In
quality for many palates, Gandy re
mnlns one of the most satisfactory and
dependable late strawberries for the
grower who plants in moist, rich soli
and nfforda proper cultivation. Intro
duced in 1884 as a cross between Glen
dale and Jersey Queen, It holds Its
own in this locadlty as the firmest,
hnndsomest and most generally desira
ble of lato varieties.
FARMER SHOULD FIGURE COST
Only Practical Way of Telling Which
Are the Best Paying Crop for
the Farm.
A Btory is told of a lawyer who was
employed by a railroad company on
account of his shrewdness to secure
the right of way through a certain
part of Texas. With most of the
farmers tills lawyer had no troubl
In securing the right of way thro.jg'i
their lands, many of them giving It
without any compensation. Hut thers
were a few farmers who would gel
out n pencil and go to figuring. They
figured that the land would be worth
as much, or more, to the railroad com
pany as it was to them. And those
farmers always received a good price
fur the land they relinquished for tho
right of way. The lawyer remarked
that whenever he saw a farmer take
out a pencil and go .to figuring that
he would have to pay that man fub
value of his land, and he called then
' ligurln' farmers." There Is a good
substantial moral to this little jtory
Kvery farmer ought to be a "flguria
fanner." He ought to figure on what
It costs him to raise the different
crops, and whnt he receives for them
It is the only way he can tell whlcfc
are the best paying crops for his
farm. He should keep a book for thli
purpose. It will only require a very
small amount of time each day to
keep these accounts and It will ho
tlin1 most profitably employed.
No Eggs for Horses
It has been claimed that It Is a good
thing to feed eggs to stallions during
the breeding season, but a noted New
Kngland veterinarian says a well nour
ished horse would not bo greatly bene
fited by being fed eggs. It Is a fact
that eggs are highly nutritious and
might be used to advantage If an ani
mal lacked vitality. However, the di
gestive system of the horse Is not ca
pable of digesting animal protelds,
and consequently ho would not be
able to secure the full benefit of such
foods.
The Bumble Bee.
Tho bumble bee is a friend of the
farmer. In sections where cloverseed
crops are depended upon tho value of
tho bumble beo as an agent In fertiliz
ing the clover blooms is fully appre
ciated. A knowledge should be bad
of the useful as well as the destructive
Insects, which would prove that the
farmer has quite as many good insect
friends as he has destructive ones.
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ftlVCfi YALLty
'I he old saying, "Famillnilty breeds
contempt," does not hold good with
Alaska; on tho contrary, It begets a
fondness which swells into enthusi
asm as one fact after another is dis
covered and demonstrated. In somo
wsy or other tho country has a draw
ing and winning effect upon most per
sons who havo lived there, if only for
a short period. Some aro attracted
by tho beauty and magnificence of tho
scenery, and others find rest and re
turning vigor In the mildness and even
ness of the climate; somo, again, at
tracted by the wonders of tho veget
able and animal kingdoms, and others,
the majority perhaps, delve Into tho
richness of the mineral treasuries,
writes John 0. nrady, ex-governor of
Alaska in Independent. The adven
turers into British Columbia, the Yu
kon territory and Alaska aro a hardy
and buoyant stock.
Taoso who have gotten up our phys
ical geographies were pumping from
dry wells when they camo to treat of
the northwest coast of America. Much
that was given was erroneous. For In
stance, Mount St. Ellas In one edition
of the Encyclopedia lirltannlca Is
spoken of as a burning volcano. Many
well educated people well ulong In
mlddlo life becomo Impatient when
the deficiency Is revealed to them. It
Is well that this is so, for by a reas
onable amount of diligence they can
make good the loss and have much
pleasure In acquiring Information so
much at yarlance with preconceived
Ideas. The Yukon Is one of tho mighty
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rivers of tho globe. Captains who you particularly wished to call thnli
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nave noa ineir training uu Bienuiouais
upon the Mississippi and who now
have been a number of years on tho
Yukon believe that during the months
of navigation as great a volume of wa
ter is dlschargod Into Bering sea as
into the Gulf of Mexico. Its head
waters begin In tho mountains east of
Skagway, in HritUh soil, somewhat
south of the sixtieth parallel, and flow
In a generally northwest direction.
Two branches, the Lewes and the
Pelly, unite at Selkirk, at which point
It takes the name Yukon. On Its
northern trend It receives tho volumes
of other large tributaries before Daw
son is reached, near tho mouth of tho
Klondike. Keeping a still northerly
course It crosses the boundary line
in latitude 141 degrees, 90 miles from
Dawson, Holding V.I11 its main direc
tion at Clrclo City, It widens Into
numorous channels and great flats till
a few minutes north of tho arctic cir
cle, where it la Joined by the Porcu
pine, coming In from the rortheast.
Here is bend and takes a generally
southwest course, gathering as It
goes the Tanana. coming up from the
southeast, and farther on the Koyu
kok, a mighty meanderer from the
north, and at last discharging throng
numerous channels over an Immense
delta Into Bering sea. It Is nav
igable for largo steamboats as far as
Dawson, a distance of 1.C00 miles.
From that point smaller steamers ply
to White Horse, 112 miles by railroad
to Shakway. The summit Is but 20
mile from this town and is at an ele
vation of 2,700 feet. This river drains
a mighty basin.
Many good things are stored there
in, and it does seem as though the
Creator Intended It for tho use of his
creatures. Gold has been found on
most every stream throughout the
length of tho valley where men have
made an effort to reach bedrock, even
far beyond tho arctic circle on the
headwaters of tho Koyukok. The pro
duction of this metal, which Influences
mankind so powerfully, Nature's mills
have been grinding and reducing and
sluicing in past ages; That has been
separated from the lodes has been
gathered and froien securely In her
safe deposit raults. Nearly every camp
has Its own peculiar gold. There ts
a wide difference Is regard to shape,
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size, color and firmness. Dealers nntl
miners becomo wonderfully accurate
In these matters. Cold production in
tho north called for new methods and
these were Introduced and Improved
yenr by year.
Tho possibilities for stock raising
and dairy farming aro almost beyond
calculation. Sunlight and moisture,
sufficient for plant life tiro unfailing.
The limits of this article will not al
low even a brief discussion of other
rich resources furs, copper, lead, sil
ver, tin, gypsum, marble, Iron, coal,
fish and timber. '
Surely Alaska Is a goodly herltngo,
nnd wo now hold In grateful memory
William H. Soward, Charles Sumner.
N. P. Hanks, yea, Andicv Johnson, be
cause what was called "folly" has
proved to-bo wisdom. The present pop
ulation ts small, possibly 35,000 na
tlvei and about tho same number of
whites. Tho aborigines nro a good
stock, nnd with fair treatment and
encouragement will do their full ehnra
In labor ami development. They aro
doing It to day In tho fisheries, tho log.
glng camps and In the mines. We
can hardly contemplate) tho history of
our ownership of tho vast possession
for tho past 41 yeara with prldo.
Tho next need Is railway transporta
tlon. Tho whole southeast and south
ern roast has good harbors, which are
nccesslblo at nny season, nnd for tho
most parr rates aro reasonable. Hut
when one leaves tho coast and (starts
Inland tho unit Is no longer tho ton,
but tho pound. At tho road houso CO
miles In from Valdez tho price or oats
and hay for your horse Is 20 cents per
pound. Alaska needs railroads, and
It cannot develop without them. Trails
nnd wagon roads servo their purpose,
but how can such mighty resources be
developed nnd distributed by such
frnil means? Tho world needs butter
and beef, coal und copper, and rail,
roads are n necessity In dealing with
these things In Ala.-ika. !
Resorted to Duplicity.
One night I sat at the right of I.onl
Randolph Churchill, who was only ona
chair removed from the host, and tha
conversation between them turned on
the difficulties of pi,lj(. Kj)r.aUfll;i
"Have you ever been embarrassed by
finding that after telllnc Vor n,n.
ence there were three points to ut,t..i.
attention, nnd after elaborating tho
first two you could not remember a
iu vi wuai you meant to say on tlu
third?"
Tho question was asked
host.
by thu
"Yes," Churchill replied; "that hart
happened to me more than once, but
It never gave mo nny trouble. I found
an easy way out. 'Gentlemen.' I havo
said to them, 'l told you that there
were threo things which I desired to
emphasize. I have mentioned two
Much more, very much more, could
bo said, but I appeal to your lutein
genee. Is It necessary for mo to go
any further; to waste nny more of
your time or my own on a question
the answer to which H bo obvloua"
Haven't I said enough to convince you
as fully as I am convinced myself?'
They havo been quite satisfied with
this, and whllo they were applauding
I have swung into nnother part of tho
subject. Gross duplicity, but It has
saved me as, sometimes, only duplicity
will do."-W. II. KMclng in MeClure's.
Using a Vacant Lot.
Tho Second church of Springfield
O., has a vacant lot in tho centrai
part of the city which it is reserving
to build on a little later. nt tha
trustees determined that It was not
right to let the lot lie until It could,
bo used for building, and so they pro,
vlded that it should bo fitted up 09 n
playground for children of tho neigh
borhood through the present summer.
Flower beds were laid out nnd some
lawn sown, but tho most of the lot
wns given to swings, slides, and oth.
er suitable temptations to childish
play. Moreover, observing that there
wns no public drinking place in the
neighborhood, the trustees provided a
coll of water pipe running through n
box to be filled with Ice, and thus inv
provlsed a public Ice-water fountain.
Tho public has shown great apprecia
tion of both provisions ou the part ut
the trustees. The example may cer
tainly bo commended to other churehi
is which nro holding vacant property,
Grin and Barrett.
'11 That lecturer is a tiresome
talker.
'12 WtIV to "or" Is human, you
know. Harvard Lampoon.