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X lirt trouble with domestic help left her practically helpless save for the aid offered by her husband, gladly aci-ej, ted his service and allowed him to no to market with a feeling of security which was raiher marred when the result of his shopping had ar rived, and the kitchen and refrigerator combined were Inadequate to accommo date the generous supplies tin- kind hearted but misguided man had sent home. The writer, w ho chanced in just as a very bewildered young woman was imploring the butcher to take back at leas; .me pair of chickens and the grocer hifd consented to depart with four out of the six boxes of berries or dered ,y the husband, was greeted by a Woebegone, 'Oh, what shall I do with all ibis stuff?" ami from that the con versation drifted into a serious strain, bearing, of course, on the topic upper most in the mind of the bewildered housewife. A tot generally acknowledged char acteristic of men In their Wholesale habit ol doing things. They have al most no regard for smaller details of living. Women, on the contrary, pay scrupulous attention to little things, leaving the larger ones to take care of themselves. This may Imply that men have a larger, more liberal way of looking at things than have women, but It does not necessarily follow that such way is the wisest or the most econ omical. There was the man who, when bla wife asked him to buy her a min ihade, brought home six. "I thought I might Just as well get several," he said by way of explanation. A woman once uggesled that her husband order some toilet soap on his way down town. The top tdielves of nil the closets In their home are still filled with the slowly de creasing pile of toilet soup that he at auce had sent home, and that was some rears ago. "Whenever 1 come home full of the praises of some satisfactory purchase," said this woman, "my hus band always says: 'Well, why didn't You gtt more f it?' He can't utidcr itand that one may Ilka a thing, and yet like but little of It, according to her need." Give a man a free foot In shopping or marketing or "ordering," md you will find that, however excel lent his taste as to quality tuny be, he has no discrimination whatever with respect to quantity. Give Htrcnicth and Hrn.,t, One of the wealthiest heiresses now sojourning at Newport has at her home a splendidly fitted outdoor gymnasium In which she and her girl chums take almost dally exercise. The place Is so arranged that no prying eye can gaze on the work done. The floor consists of the smoothest possible greensward, the care of which devolves upon a gardener who has no olhei diities to per- MA KINO A llhCOKIl. form. All around the high wall sur rounding the retreat are stacked abun dant supplies of every conceivable gym nastic appliance. This season the heiress and her friends hit ire gone til ebletly fur vaulting, I" which a number Of them IlUVO become adepts. Among those who have amused themselves wKU the vaulting pole. In this select spot are Mr, ".lack" AMtor, .Mrs. Itoyal Phelps Carroll, Mrs. Burke Kochc and other equally well known In eastern society. The live daughters of Levi P. Morton are nil clever gymnasts, as Is also Mrs. Duncan Elliott, who. hy means of constant outdoor cxerelscstlil retain thi! beauty which belonged to her as Sally Hargous. Vaulting for a record wag indulged In a few days ago by a party of Newport belles, married and single. The winner was a girl well known In million-dollar society annals, and she wore a coatum specially got ten tip for the occasion. Has Agalnat Hex. Tlie "new woman" wan unmercifully cored lit Hlnnlnawa, Wis., in a recent ddretw by Kev, J. M. Cleary, of Min neapolis a prominent Catholic priest, who will probably be appointed bishop Mom I Fall dl.Joeee. The addresx Of k was made to the students of .St. Clars Academy. "Never since the demon drove Eve out of I'aradise." said Mr. (ieary. "has a more dastardly und villainous attack been made on humanity's happiness than is made In the name of woman's independence, under a standard of tin reasoning and delusive warfare. All who watch the trend of the times iu the camp of the loud-voiced champions of woman's emancipation will know that this is not overdrawn. Their the ories have been pushed to serious ex tremes. Their boldest defenders have dared even to claim the unholy privi lege of revising the inspired Word of bid to suit their mad purposes and of bringing into the world a woman's Bible, prepared by woman and publish ed by women, iu which man will be as signed to the Inferior place for which they claim nature Intended him. lier banner beat's this device: "The New Woman; Man's Inveterate Foe' Think of that! This means, if 11 is carried out, war iu every household. Sex against sex." Famous Women of Litters. Mrs. Oliplmnt. Mrs. burton Harrison. Mrs. Hurverford. Margaret Dj and. Ir. I'urkhumt on Karly Marriages. It Is closely iu keeping with the whole train of argument to say a word In re gard to early marriages, writes the Uev. Charles II. Park hurst, I). I)., in an article on "The Safeguards of Mar riage," in the Ladles' Home Journal. That Is the natural order of events. Divine Intention scents quite distinct upon the matter. Such marriages when properly consummated are a means of personal establishment and security to the parties Implicated. For a young mau or a young woman to be whole somely married Is the next step to be ing regenerated. To lie. out of that condition Is counter to nature, ami to disregard nature subjects to all kinds of exposure. It Is sometimes forgotten that nature's arrangement and Inten tions are In Uie nature of a divine ordi nance, which may be of the same an thorltatlvettoss as though drafted lit erally and included in the decalogue. Patents Issued to Women, The New York Times has been inves tigatiug at Washington the patents Is sued to American women, and Muds them to number 5,i;tH. The negro woman Is also appear, ug on the list. A recent, patent Issued to a dusky daugh ter of the South for a self-waiting table shows great ingenuity of construction. A movable circular portion of the table, supported on rollers, Is mounted on a central pivot, so as to admit of Its being tunic J. Articles of food are placed upon litis rotary section, so that a per son wanting anything from ilie oppo site side of the table has oiu,;- to turn the central section to bring It within easy reach. What Mnri Kxpet'f of n Wife, A man expects his wife to be belter than he, writes Mrs. Iturtou Kings land In the I-adies' Home Journal. No matter how little religion a man may have himself his Ideal wife Is always a woman with the purity of soul that only a Christian can have; and to a good man It Is usually part of Ids religion to believe that his wife Is morally higher and nobler than himself. Won First I'rlsee. rn Boiton competition this foot w declared perfect. The duke of Hamilton'! only datigh ter, 11 years of age, Inherit a fortune of $1100,000 a year ft X' J V . BAD SCHOOL HOOKS. CHILDREN'S f YES AFFECTED EY POCR PRINT. li-form Dcniau led iu Kxistins t of Orudin -jrov li of College Orutorjr uud Orutora in the Veat bchool and College Note. fet-Bult of Ki-icnt Inve.tUatioi:. The result of the investigation con ducted by a professor iu iale college regarding the effect t small print text books on the eyesight of pupils awak ened interest in a matter of grave coii teru to parents. It was shown that iu a large majority of individual tests the text books in common use were injuri ous to the eyes ot the young, while some of the books were printed from type thai would unduly strain the eye sight of grown persons. As a clincher to his argument the professor proved by statistics that the use of glasses by school children is markedly ,m the in crease. 1 he subjec t is one that should arouse among parents a strong, persist ent demand for reform as will obviate the dangers so dearly shown. Defec tive eyesight is an atllinion not only of a lifetime, but extends through gen eratlons. This has lieen proven by tesis recently conducted in tin- public schools of Toronto. Over olio children between the ages of 7 and 17 were sub jected to rapid individual sight tests. Tlie examin.il ion revealed some Inter esting facia concerning tin- prevalence of defective vision among Juveniles. Ou: of th,. .mm i children examined fifty, or 10 per cent, of the whole, were found to possess marked defective sight. Of these fifty, thirty-five were gil ls and fitieen were young boys. The doctor said iliat the x-ii entage would have been higher had the children been those of professional men or students rat iter than of business ne,.,.i i many Instances eyesight, is permanent ly Injured by straining the muscles of the eye. The doctor says that no child should be allowed to get too close to his work, while printed matter and writing should always be from fourteen to eighteen Inches from the eye of the child. I "ale yellow and pearl gray are the colors least trying to the eye, and Philosophy, hchoo.mastcr Why did you not tell me this before, Jones, minor? I er throws a Hogged " 8U"J,,ct- Vou ftre !10W at liberty-ex to outsider yourself er not Hhotild be used as much as possible in the materials with which children work. Only ten of the .MX) children exam Ined were entirely color blind, but in nearly 2." jkt rem. the sense was prov ed markedly deficient. The color test was a very simple one. From a light wooden rod hung a fringe of small skeins of wool, the colors being ar ranged In a certain order-greens min gled with fawn shades, pinks with blues, and reds with yellows. A knot of green was placed in the child's band and he was told to throw over the roil my similar color he discovered among 'he fringe of skeins. Where the sense of color was acute the greens were in stantly selected; where It was feeble much hesitancy and searchiinr were dis played, In cases where the sense was mark edly deficient fawns and greens were mingled, blues were pronounced identi cal with pinks, and no attempt was made to distinguish between yellows and reds. The child In whom the color sense was wanting chose every color lu turn. In no Instance was the child Aware of his defect, the deficiency up- I)..,.-.,,,,, uoi uavuig come under the m, tlce of Its parents. In view of these facts. It becomes the duty of parents and school managers to Insist on such changes as will cui.vk and ultimately prevent Injury to the eyes of children in the schools. CollCBC Oratory In the Went. For tw niy-tive years tlie ruling pas- iou of the western college student has been the passion for oratory. Ku far as we are aware, says the itevlew of Reviews, uo one has ever attempted a general estimate of the causes or the results of this unexampled devotion on the part of at least a hundred student communities through the entire period since the war lo the art of public ad dress. But to deu;. the fact itself would be to confess total Ignorance of all the springs mid motives of the life that ha long dominated the undergraduate groups from Ohio to Colorado. To ome extent this ardent student passion for proficiency in public speaking has been encouraged by the college authori ties. Hut for the most part it has been neither encouraged nor recognized by the faculties of Instruction. Like col lego athletic In ftie east, the cause of college oratory In the west ha been promoted by the unofficial co-operation of the students themselves, with the tolerance rather than the full approba tion of teachers who have been Jealous nt anvthlntr HiM threatened In wonkwn lit to class risitt. .rk. I I shoulder or the Nrcs detit or pre ot eve-v western fessors. tiie students college have persisled iu jttac-!i'U- all enormous iiiiiiortatn-e to ihet- ,eli'-Ji ret ted, self-taught, co-operative schnob of debating and oratory. The so-called literary societies of the western colleges are iu fact for the most part training M-hooU in the art of public speaking. The extemporaneous debate, c,irH m) on under the strictest possible parlia mentary discipline, has always bis-n I the favorite exercise of the literary to j cleties. Most colleges have several oi iiiese associations, which compete with each other for the acquisition of the brightest of the new lads ai tl e opening of the year. The student who does not join one or another yt( the so cleties is a very exceptional fellow; and the older members consider u their loyal and brotherly duty to help every new member, no matter how timiu and tongue tied he may be at first, to ac quire the art of expressing himself i the reseii-e of an audience with So.i.e degree of freedom and confidence. It docs not follow that all western students become orators; but it certain ly does come to pass that practically all of them acquire the ability lo i,t,ii,d upon their feet in a public place and say anything that they may have occa sion to say with directness and without undue embarrassment or confusion of manner. Li. i Dr. D, ,' sity of J; gradual School i, ' In our , . s the I'uhlic Schools, i r, president of the i'niver i.ois, in his address to the if the Indiana State Normal 'e.-re Haute, said In part: iiiblic there is one institution which towers above all others and was not created; it has grown. w Inch was not created; it It is ooeif lo all, free from Intolerance, providing an equipment for any liveli hood. It Is the great free schisil sys tem of the country, with Its lic.vxxi teachers. Its l.'i.ijiin.tKX) children, and costing SHo.iHXt.fxHj annually. It is at once the best exemplification and the best inspiration of American char acter, it Is the capstone of our temple and It holds the place of honor nearest the (lag. We are accustomed to say that the teacher makes the school and we say rightly. In the plan of the old education the school was a place of detention, the work was only routine, and the teacher was the embodiment of force. In the plan of the new educa tion the school is a workshop; the teacher is a helper; all are to do orig inal work together. More than one school has been borne down by too much profundity, administered with too miicli solemnity. Wluit They Study at Yale. An interesting table has been pre- I pared showing tlie hours or instruction devoted to different studies by the class : of lMMi In the academic department of j Vale (which will graduate next year, tint whose schedule of electives is now made out), and Ihe class of bSil2, which graduated as '!Mi entered. From this It appears that the classics still lead; In deed, they make nearly one-fourth of the work of lSbii, but they were as much above a quarter for lN'.IU as they arc below It for l.s!tii. Furopean lan guages are practically in the same ratio for the two classes. Mathematics take a tiotewoiih.v and comforting drop from H.N per cent to !I.S and from second place to lifth. r.ilitical science ad vances from 7.U t. i.h and Fngllsh hap pily moves up from to 1').!). History gains, too. Following is the schedule In detail: 1S!K1. isirj Studies. l'eret. l'erel. Ancient languages. . F.nropean languages History Kiikiish Miithemastics , ...2.'U . . . . H.2 .. .12.2 .. . .l'l.'l . ... !1,H ... !1.S S.fi , . . s:a ... 1.N ... II..-, ... 0.2 27.1 U.D !).! s.r, 1 I.X 7.)i K.a K7 0.8 Political science Philosophy Natural science Biblical liter it ore Art Military science. Music Physical culture 0.2 0.1 Boanoke college In Virginia seems likely to become tlie educational head quarters of ('oreiins In this country, Surh Beting Kin of Seoul has been a successful student at Uoanoke since January of last year and now Mining Hyen Mo has arrived at the college to study Kngllsh, preparatory to matricu lating as a student next autumn. This college has had Choctaw students for Rome twenty-live years and a few years ago enrolled among Ita students three young Japanese, sons of members of the Imperial privy council. No phase of the growth of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania has been so strik ing as the number of new buildings. Within the last five years Ave new buildings have risen on the college cam- i the aileghnce f sio.j. drill or i.ilMifnior.v v j Vet ili spite of the -i, I acme opposition of ALL ABOUT TIIE Fa 1121 SUBJECTS INTERESTING TO RURAL READERS. Derice for Removing Uacka and Was on Beds Arrangement for Winding Barbed Wire-Cheajj, Portable Pout try Fence Farm and UarJeu .Note. A L'aeful Contrivance. The accompanying illustrations, from the American Agriculturist, represent contrivance by which heavy racks and wagon beds can be taken off and fin without much difficulty. Iu Fig. 1 the uprights, a a. are 4x fxs tim bers. Tlie cross- C w o pieces, b b. are one inch boards. The crank, c, is frni an old self-bin. lor. The tiottkft-s Ht the too ft are secured by a 12- inch bolt, which al so bears a pulley. At the bottom the uprights are 2. feet apart. The rope may lie of any rK. j. convenient siy.e.anu the hook should have an opening of 2' inches. Drive an old bolt into tlie low er end of each upright, so that the frame will aland secure. Now set four posis, f Fjg. o, y fPci apart each way, nail strips of boards, e, on each side at the top, to keep the crosspieces iu place When you want to unload or load the rack, drive or back in between tho posts. Mock the hind wheels, set the pulley frame directly behind tlie wag on. fasten the hook to the hind cross piece of the rack, and with the crank hoist if high enough so that the cross piece, d, can be put In place. Do the same with the front end, and you will have your rack high and dry. In load ing hoist only high enough to pull out the crosKpieee, then let the rack down on the wagou only one end at a time. The posts must be of sufficient height to permit of the wagon with the rack on Ixdng driven underneath the cross pieces. The rack should be kept under shed or shelter and will then be In ser vice for several seasons' usefulness. Anyone handy with tools can easily construct such a device, the use of which will goon save enough time and hard work to pay for Itself. To Grow the Largest Melon. The Watermelon Bulletin glvea the following directions for growing the largest melon; Select your hill or hills that you want to try for largest melons In your deepest and clearest sand, that has been well fertilized to begin with, not allowing more than two plants to the hill; one Is better. Now perforate the ground with holes, such as a broom handle would make, from near the hill to three and four feet in circumference; then with a liquid fertilizer from stable orcowpen. fill In these perforations, rake the surface and repeat once or twice dining the progress of vines, to cover ground. Give for your largest, melons the form, or young melons, with the largest and stockiest stem, as Indicat ing Its capacity to draw on tlie parent vine. For RolllriK Wnrbed Wire. The illustration represents a very dimple and convenient method for tak ing up and winding barbed wire. It is made simply by driving two forked slicks Into the ground, ro that, the forks will 'be three feet above the sur face. In these forks lay a stick two and one-half Inches In diameter, and BAIUIED WI1IK WINDLASS. on one end of this stick fasten a culti vator wheel. Attach the wire to the stick, ami by simply turning the wheel It can be secured In a compact roll. If a device of this kind is arranged on a frame rind placed on wheels, the wire can be quickly rolled up. By attaching to t In- loose end and turning the culti vator wheel the machine will be pulled along as the wire is taken up, and the work Is done very satisfactorily. Or ange J iiild Farmer. lo Not Thresh Barley at Once. A urewur of Petersboro, (int., sends tills word to barley growers: "When you cut your barley dou't thresh It out at once, but let it slay In the stack or j mow for a mouth before llireshlng to I sweat. This sweating is a chem.'cal process which greatly Improves batiej for malting purposes. Barley threshed as soon as cut never nialta well. Bar ley Is better for being cut slightly green and alowed to stand in the field until dry enough for housing." Dry Bordeaux Powder. Kor some years a dry powder similar to bordeaux mix lut e, that Is, consisting of copper, sulphate, and lime, has been on the market under the name of Da vid's power. In 1S87 It was hesitating- 1 fiT " ' tKO H FIO. 2. ly recommended by the Department of Agriculture for tiie use of potatoes. It has, however, been entirely superseded by Bordeaux mixture, since the latter i more economical, adheres better to the foliage, and, according to the expe rience of most growers, says the Con liectieut Experiment Station, is easier to use. Fitting a Home Collar. How properly to adjust the collar of a horse, says the Agriculturist, is a knowledge that all men do not possess, and many disagree on Imjtortaut mat ters. Some men keep the inner surface of tlie collar soft and pliable Every time the collar is put on it is pressed and puuimeled until it is soft. Others, equally as good farmers, never soften the wearing surface of the horse's col lar, but simply rub off the accumulated hair and dandruff. The latter plan la most practiced. The wearing surfaces of ox yokes are as hard as seasoned wood can make them. Iu purchasing a horse collar take the horse with you and have the collar titled. A short col lar will choke the animal and cause dis tress. If a tiilie too long It will do no harm if raised up at the bottom by put ting a pad under al the top. The liatnes should always be buckled close and fit ted snugly at the collar, t'siug tlie cob iar on other horses runs the fit Portable Poultry Fence. Poultry fence making is often consid ered a great task and therefore many choice specimens are practically spoil ed for breeding purposes. For letta ble fence construction as shown below, take a piece lx(i inches and ,'i feet long PORTABLE, BECl'KE AND CHEAP. and another piece 1x3 inches and of Hufliclcut length to reach from ground to top of upper rail of panel. Nail these pieces together at right angles and a support is made. Drive a 30-penny spike nail Into the edge of the upright deep enough to hold firmly and bend up ward to form a hook on which to haug the panel. Drive tlie spike so that when, each section rests on It the pickets will clear the ground. The pickets or panel may consist of lath nailed to light scantling. By the use of this fence, you can regulate the size of tlie yard and if no fence is wanted, it can b taken apart and stored under shelter. A. F. Whltright, in Farm and Home. Intelligent Breeding. The animals Intended especially for breeding purposes should be fed in a manner different from those that ar being fatted for market. A very fat animal Is not suitable for breeding, and many valuable mares, cows, sows and ewes that are very high in flesh either die In giving birth to their young or fail to produce vigorous offspring. Th many cases of milk fever which occur among cows and ewes may often be traced to the use of too much concen trated food and a lack of judgment In feeding. j Cultivation of Corn. 1 Practically without exception the ex periments conducted iu a dozen States, by practical men with scientific accu racy, have given results In favor of the shallow cultivation of corn as com pared with deep cultivation. In every case cutting the roots of the corn re duced the yield. The best results are got by a thorough preparation of the ground before planting, and after that stirring tlie ground to a depth of only two or three Inches enough to break up the crust that sun and showers form on the surface and to root out tlie weeds. A;rlctiltnral Notes. Improved farming improves the farm. Don't fall to make that damp cellar dry. Keep air-slacked lime 'x your coops and about, your houses. One advantage witi fecks Is that If they are properly UA they are rarely sick. Turnips and potatoes are best fed by boiling and mixing with wheat bran. The best results are obtained when not more than 100 fowls are kept on an acre of ground. For egg production there can be no mistake In selecting either tlie Leg horns, MInorcns or Anemias. One advantage with sheep is that they will pick up a good living In places where cuttle would nearly starve. Vou are liable to Infect sound trees by using on them a knife with which you have cut out diseased wood. It is difficult to decide which is the best strawberry. A variety that suc ceeds finely In one locality may be a failure In another. When plants are set in the ground great care should be taken about water ing. In the vast majority of cases evening Is the best time. Chopped raw onions given to the fowls two or three times a week act as a stimulant to the blood and an appetizer. They will do no harm at any time. The health of a horse depends on the soundness and proper adjustment of his teeth. They are the millstone that grind his food, and frequently need attention. Good cows, well cared for, and their butter product well made and Judi ciously marketed and all the by-product used to the best advantage com prise one of the most profltabU branchen of all our agriculture. When ireat production of any kind Is profitable, mutton production must be. The sheep Is a double source of Income, and to produce a pound of mutton certainly cost no more than to produce a pound of any other meat.
