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i TO visit some home where there lippa Faweett, the lady senior wraug ar children Is to undergo torture ler of England, declared her to tie for " - that has no equal, while in oiuer case the little folk are a Joy and de- litfht, and never, no matter what the license they enjoy, become annoying. Every uialher, of course, has her ow n Iieeuliar method of briuging up her lit tle folk, and there In not one In the land that could be Induced to acknowl edge thtt by any possibility there could be the slightest flaw in her especial plan. When, however, an outsider see a group of well-trained children it is but natural to praise the system that produced such pleasing results. The writer well remembers a recent eojourn In a family where there was an only child a litle boy. who rvet to be the best behaved yet most hi i oughly charming bit of humanity that she had ever seen. Out visiting for the day the guest was Informed by kind friends of the mother of this baby hoy that he was simply ruled with a rod of Iron, and that his exemplary con duct was due largely to a species of governmental cruelty exercised by his another. Now we had been beneath foe roof of the aforesaid cruel ruler for Jen days and had not witnessed any of the torturing measures which were snppoted to be used In order to reduce the dear little child to submission. What we did see was a mother geutle but firm, a mother who said yes or no, and meant defln'tely one or the other ac cording to her expression. We saw a woman who d'd not believe In a baby's digestion being ruined by Indiscrim inate eating or a baby's bump of order Jelng destroyed by the reckless scat tering of toys or books. Now where the cruelty in that systematic ,n4e of government? The result was ,a htp7. rosy-cheeked child, who was ,a pleasant companion rather than 'tiring nuisance. Far better would It ' ,5 be If more mothers would choose such , a form of tyranny rather than think It 'necessary In order to enhance the child's happiness to indulge its every ( whim saas reason, snns Judgment, .making of a tractable human being a captious, disagreeable creature, that In a short time no one but the parents can tolerate 0'T Loctor from China. About eleven years ago Hu King Eng. a little girl, came to this country to study medicine. Her father and grand father -" Christians in Foo Chow, the latter baring been a Methodist minister in China for thirty years. One of ber broth ers also became a minister, and a sis ter teacher In a missionary school. HuKiugEug on her arrival in this coun lit" KINfi ENC,. try went to IMaware. where she learn ed the English language thoroughly. Then she entered the Woman's Medi cal Coliege of Philadelphia, the oldest Institution if Its kind in the country, where she- studied for several years, paying, special attention to diseases of women and children, and to diseases of the eye. After a two-years visit to ber home In China she returned to her studies. I.ast year she received her medical degree, and was chosen to serve ou the polyclinic, where she took her postgraduate course, being an as sistant iu the eye clinic. She Is now ou her way buck to China, having beeti sent there by the Foreign Board of the Women's Home Missionary Society. She will become one of the Internes in the Hospl'il for Women at Foo Chow. Only one other Chinese woman ever took a course of medicine iu tills coun try. She is Dr. King, and never prac ticed In China, being afraid of an av aricious masculine relative. The Chiffon Veil. The white chiffon veil still holds Its wn. There seems to lie no symptom of Its doing otherwise. About every other woman that you see upon the streets has her features so shrouded. The shops say that the supply Is really not equal to the demand for the stuff. The reason for its popularity Is self evident it is becoming, than which there can be none greater. It casts a rice-powdery glamour over the most in different features and the worst com plexions. The summer girl swears by Jt and "girls' who are not especially umtnery And It both useful and orna mental. The Bilk Petticoat. The silk petticoat hag become an arti cle of artistic elegance, made of rich brocades and moire silk and trimmed with Uce-covered ruffles and flounce of chiffon, and is almost as Important in Item of dress as the gown which la worn over IL A very dainty skirt Is made of black and white atrlped silk, with a flounce of yellow satin at the bottom, over which la a plaited silk muslin raffle, edged with narrow black guipure and headed with black inser tion and niche of muslin. White tin and white chiffon are the Ideal combination for a bridal petticoat I a ad Ram at jr. The ancient belief that blue stock lata were alwiyi attenuated, wore blue 0Cflm and that well-educated women wnee neceeearily plain and nnattnu ttve, la .raoairUMt many rnde ittocki nrrtvttTa Oh Kngllnh paper notices Cta aWfrfat that Maw Grace Oku- nSt twanM Britain, who lias just been made a Ph. I), by the University of Gottingen. Is remarkably handsome am artistic. The Figaro, of ! Paris, lu commenting upou Miss Phll- wonder extremelv "chic." while In our own land such brilliant lights a ; Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer. Mine. Al bert!, Miss Evangeline Hathaway. Miss Katherine D. Blake, Mrs. Miriam jGrecly, Mrs. Elizabeth Bislaud Whet more or Miss tjrace Gould would be notable for their physical lieauty if they had not already gained distinction by J their intellectuality. lr. Sargent, it is ( said, remarks that the American col lege Women are the linest specimens of . physical beauty extant, and he proba lily Is as good an authority on the sub i Ject as we can have. In Moment of Peril. There is an old saying that one never knows a woman's true character till he sees her in a moment of danger and seldom then, might well be added. A couple of young ladies were on top of a high building. Otic walked boldly to the very edge of the roof and razed yTimililir l,itn l... ... ....... i.i I the thrill of a nerve or the quiver of a muscle. "Brave girl, that." observed ( a man. "Stout-hearted i She'll make some man and fearless, a good wife. I hum. in al mat oilier one, he ex claimed in disgust, as the stout-hearted girl s companion shrank back and cried hysterically: "oh, hold me. I want to Jump offr -What a little fool.'" said, Il.ll.f I ... I . .. M. .1 .. . the man. "A baby to te -tted. Wants I to jump off! Vou couldn't pull her off there with an ox team." They were I Just starting down the narrow italr j day when some one shouted: "There-! , a mouse!" The brave girl who had , stood unflinching at the edge of the i high roof let out a wild scream and I rolled to the bottom of the stairs, while , her companion laughed till she was al- most hysterical, "Girls are all fools," declared the cynical man. The Average Woman. Some one has suggested that a copj of the statue of the "average woman" recently exhibited lu Boston, should 1m placed in every girls' school In this country, In the hope that It will serve as a much-needed object lesson. The statue Is the result of 5,(0 measure ments taken by Dr. Sargent, of Har vard, from yoniig girls. The re salt Is a figure at least "TiO per cent removed from a perfect type," showing concln slvely the crying need of physical cul ture for American women. The staroe of the "average man" obtained In tu same way is a much more nearly per fect figure. Compleiion Gloves A point, strongly recommended these days by skin specialists. Is the rough flesh-glove, which Is made of a wiry material, covered with cmrse hairs. To give the arms and neck in fact, the entire body a dry rub with It every night, will render the skin smooth. This glove can be purchased for a reasona ble amount, or made, for that matter. Almond paste perfumes the body and I keeps It In excellent condition. Plaids, In combination with crepons, are the most fashionable silk trimming. An effective gown iu crepon Is made with guinqte and sleeves of plaid silk. Wide taffeta ribbon sprinkled with Dresden figures and flowers Is the pret-' tiest sort for trimming leghorn hats ' and simple summer dresses dresses to which the word simple applies only to their apiearauee, for they are often elaborately contrived. Full skirts will be fuller than ever this summer, stiff behind and flaring at the bottom. Many are untrltnmed, but a few have Spanish ruffles. Silk i ruffs are always a pretty finish to a i frock, Rnd they say (they are so Impor-' tant In a story about fashions) that the foot looks much smaller when the skirt Is finished with a full ruche. www A pretty collar, and one easily rash-'.nll chartered thirty years ago. and toned by the home dressmakej, Is cut ' .ned for students In 1SW, during the square Just like a boy's sailor collar, 1 .,r,dency of Audrew Johnson. The and Is made of fine linen lawn. All mMK of Kev. John Harvard, of Eng around the edge l a double frill of ac-' ,awl and Massachusetts, lias been com cordlon plaited India muslin, bordered nmorattnl for more than two centuries with very narrow Valenciennes lace. ul a half as the founder of Harvard If carried out Iu pure white this col-1 n,.(te, now known as Harvard Unl lar has an airy freshness which In rerslty. The name of Ellhu Yale, bora dog dayi ought to be positively be- ,n New Haven, Conn., died In England, witching. j ; embalmed In Yale University, form- Though the diaphanous costumes rly known as Yale College, which en modlib women are wearing have a loyed hli benefactions in the first quar aweetly almple air It Is ilmpllcity that ter of the eighteenth century. In Call decelvea. Swiss, organdie, mull and fornla there Is Stanford University, plain figures and dotted muslin are , Mmd after a eon of the late Leland the material! used, but the fun of the itanford; there la the Jobni Hopklm thin lawn party g own cornea In with the University In Baltimore; there la Van acceeaortea, which Include allk linings, University In Tenneaaee; there and, aa a rale, fragile flower parasols vaaear College near Fongfakeepete, and naeh trifle aa glorea, hate and p,, after Matthew Vaaear; there la enoe that can only be of the moat ele- rTnlvaraitv In Omaha, fonnd- gaat oaaerlptton an lmnMMalat-i f' ' OUIt PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE INCREASING COST VOKES CRITICISM. PRO- ftfiicber Education oi Women nod Marriage Kndarinx Educational .Mnuuiurnt-Trachcr and Text Book The Schools of Japan. Schools of Common People. The proceeding of the late National Educational Convention at Denver have been variously commented on by several newspapers. Most commend able real was manifested by superiu teuiieuts and teachers iu their work Method were compared and improve incuts suggested, and very naturally the office of the superintendent and teachers was magnified. AH men are Inclined to do that a fact which St, Paul remarked lu bis time. What has been most criticised by the papers which have comiueuted upon the con vention is what it did Dot do. There was much which looked to larger ex penditure. more costly buildings and aimaratus. but there was not a word about economical management of the public schools. The Chicago Journal, one of the pa peri criticising this omis sion, calls attention to the last report of tin? National Commissioner of Edu cation, which shows that the cost per capita of educating pupils lu the public schools has been doubled during the nast twentr years. The increase has i uecn largest in me .oriu wesiei uoui-, and particularly In those States which 'received land grants for fie suptiort of public schools. It seems that the land grand, Instead of decreasing the amount to be raised by taxation, as was the design, have apparently In creased it The same paper says that twenty years ago the cost of support ing the schools of Chicago was oue- fourth of the entire expenditure for municipal government, while at the present time the schools require nearly as much mouey for their support as ail the other departments. In all cities, says the Indianapolis Journal, the expenditure for schools baa Increased very largely during twenty years This Is due In part to the Illogical relation which school boards sustain to other branches of the city government, or, wore accurately, because the board are practically in dependent of the control of the regular city government. To th(se boards Is given almost jnllmlle! power to raise and expend money. In Indianapolis the Mayor and the boards under tiito cannrit expend a dollar which has not been appropriated by toe Council. An engine bouse cannot be built without a special appropriation; but the school board cu. by n majority vote, build tchool houses and lavishly equip them. The Mayor and the boanls of public works, safety and health cannot nego tiate a loan for fl.iMH) without the au thority of the Council, but the school 1 board can Issue bonds at a high rate of interest to purchase property not need jed. As tha resnlt of this anllmlted j power school buildings have bwn made exjietislve by elaborate constroctleo ud finish where plainer and less costly buildings would be iK-tter, because the influence of such buildings is to teach that public money can le lavishly ex lieuded and to cause the mass of chll Jren coming from humble homes to uch luxury to b discontented with their condition!. Education an Matritnonj. The higher education of women in J Kirglaud appears to diminish their pros pect of marriage. nd the hlgbvr the mUoiK taken the less the conjugid pros Mtt iMt-oiiies. of the ex-studeuts of Jirtoii. Newnbam. SomoryUle Hall, ilolloway ami Alexandra colhires to .lie number of l,4sk whose post-grad u tie careers have been observed. It is found that W) are tugnged in teaching, -leven are doctors or medical mission iries, two are nurses, eight or nine are u government employment, owe Is a xKikbimler, one a market gardener and tie a lawyer, while only 20S of the whole number are registered as married -only about oue-seveuth of the aggre jate, which Is a poor showing on the Jomestlc side and In the bearing ou ,oMterlty. No similar tables have been kept ou this side of the water, but ' .here Is not much donbt that they would j diow a like result, and It must be set ! lown as a fact that the higher a wo nan's learning the less use she has for l tiuslmtid. Jt is discouraging to the M an,i generally an educational and tociologlca! fact which is depressing, nit it has to be reckoned with and can iot lie put aside or ignored. Enduring Monumenta. A iiiiiii may win widespread and long 'iidurlug fame by founding an Insti tution of learning which shall bear bis lame. The cry "Cornell" was heard jver in England last mouth It had nut' tieen fnrnllliir In the 1'rilleit Hmtt , ,, ,,,.,, ,,,. ,h luemory of Ezra Cornell, who founded he university at Ithaca, N, Y., which Mwsrd Crelguton, and there are man otha nnli unt tin or - ooHiaea called after their founders or benefac tor. Hev. Dr. Marcus Whitman, a pioneer lu the furthest west. Is C"in uieinorated lu Whitman College. s.,u to be a university. In the State of Wash ington. If one cannot found a univer sity or a college, a seminary uiay -rvo to perpetuate b s nam,.. At l ast liatnp. ton. in Massachusetts, th-re is Willistou Scniin.iry, naui'-d after Its focuder, Samuel llliston; und there are Iu the country hundreds of other institutions of the klud named after their founder. It may lie inferred from the examples here given that the mail who desires to perpetuate bis memory would do Well to establish a university, college, sem luary or other Institution of learning, and give it his name. Summer School of Theoloay. The first Summer School of Theology held In this country lias just closed a ten days' session at Cleveland, O. T he school, modeled Upon the Oxford sum mer school plan, was arranged for ami sujwriutended by I'resldeut Charles F. Tbwiug of Western Ileserve Univer sity, the sessions being bell lu the chapel of the Adelln-rt College build ing. The attendance from out of the city, though not as large as the project merited, was widespread. Thirteen Stales were represented. Vermont and Oklahoma being ihe extreme regions east and west. There were also several clergymen and laymen from Canada. The general theme of study in t lie school was "The Revelation of Uod," which was presented In codrses and In slugle lectures. There were given lu all thirty-nine lectures by fourteen dif ferent lecturers. The list of lecturers Included some of the leading theologl aus. professors and pulpit orators of our day, representing the extremely liberal and the stauuehly orthodox schools of thought. One of the features of the school was the unity of spirit which prevailed, a unity In doctrinal discussions umld all the diversities of subject and of treat ment Another feature was the xil- tivenes and the cumulative character of most of the teaching. Throughout ail the discussion, also, the value of philosophy as an aid to theology was very strongly emphasized. It is the universal verdict that In all respects the school was a marked success. Teacher and Text Book. In our schools It Is rare to find reci tations that may be regarded In the light of instruction, says Dr. J. M. Kice In tlu Forum. Iu the thought studies. where scientific teaching is particularly required, the mechanical teachers al- temut to do little. If anything, In-youd hearing the pupils recite their lessons, either lu the words of the liook or iu their own words. The progressive teachers, in addition to bearing the pupils recite what they have studied from the text books, will take pains to exp, am o4core matters, toclabo ati and. when possible, to illustrate isiiuts bv means of pkrtnres, charts, and ap paratus of various kinds. -Hut It Is tear that even lu the latter Instance, the recitations are based on lessons studied iu advance from the text Ismk, so that Uiey still must Isf regarded as son bearing, though in a modified form. True Instruction will not lie ob tained until tlie- teacher is sutmtltuted r the text book, sud it Is then otily that the principle of teaching can Imj properly applied, la suggest the re moval of the U'X book, without recom mending anything lu Its stead, might justly lie reganW as destructive critic- Ism: but surely no one can construe my emarks in this light w hen I offer, as a substitute, the teacher herself. I'nlitic Schools In Japan. The teachers in the- public: schools ot Japan are nor allowed to have any thing to do with politics or religion, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Hecord. and their religions belief Is never the subject of Inquiry In their examination. Some of them are Chris tians, having been educated In the missionary chils. Some are Catho lics. A larger proportion profess Budd hism, but a majority have no religion at all. The tendency of educated natives is to discard the national religion and to become materialists. Their investi gations 111 science and literature demon strate to them the InsiiltUiency of the Buddhist faith, while they do not pur sue their studies far enough to ascer tain tb? merits of other religions. Al though the school of free thinkers In (iermany and France has sent no mis sionaries to Japan, its adherents In that country number hundreds for every one who follows Chrl't, regardless of the fact that millions of dollars and hun dreds of earnest and able men have been devoted to the Introduction of the Bible and the cross. Educational Notes. William Stuart Symington. Jr., of Baltimore, who has been elected pro fessor of the Romance languages at Amherst, spent five summers in Paris studying French literature aud philol ogy. One of the youngest professors In the country Is Allen It. IScnner, Harvard, ' who has Just been made head of the Greek department at Philips, Ando ver. He was a brilliant classical scholar throughout his college course. By comparing the statistics of Eng lish and Scotch universities In a given year it was found that Scotland, with a population of 3,725,1100, had 0..V10 uni versity students, while England had only (MHO students out of a population about six tlmei a great. Mr. Thoniai McKean, of Philadel phia, has glcn $.V),01J0 to the Univer sity of Pennsylvania In response to Provost Harrison'! appeal for $.1,000, 000 for buildings, equipment and en dowment This la Mr. McKean'a aeo ond contribution, aa he gave an equal amount a few montha ago- Thla gift It without restrictions. Another gift of 110,000 waa made by M". Icnard t. Loper. POE'S EARLIEST EFFORTS A Poem Not Included In His Uurlt Uecentljr liiaro vered. The "(ireck Eetter Societies" of tb University of Virginia, called "Corks and Curls," which has just been li-siied, contains a uevi r-before published poeiu by Edgar Allan I'm'. We regret that we cannot reppMlin the lltie.gi apoic : facsimile of the last verse and the sig ' nature "E. A. I'oe," which is ebarly kliow u in "Corks and Curls." The story of it discovery Is thus told: The poem was discovered by H. Dal: on Dillard Feb. lit, lsX., In volume 1 of Rollins' Uistotle a nclt tine, in the University of Virginia library. A search of the rec ords by the librarian, F. W. Page, show ed that the book had licen borroued by Poe while a student here In lSL'ti, and had ut been taken out since his time. Iu this poem the peculiar genius of Poe may be seen at first glance, and traces of the philosophy that minks "The listen," "Dreamland," und other productions of Ids "lonesome latter years," are dearly apparent. As the poem must have been written when tint boy s.et was only 17 years old, it Is In teresting lu that it disproves ihe state ment of his biographers that there was nothing cynical lu the tendency of any of his earlier jxiems. The manuscript is not particularly ueat; Iu tin; third stan.a esjieclally, several a Iterations and erasures occur. The verses are as fol lows: MY SOUE. Sailing over seas abysmal, From a world of shame; Once a vessel, strange und iliuiul Phantom vessel came Toward a fairly isle and otilen, Where ill angels etnhehohiell, Tenanted Fate's ghostly golden Fsue of Doom and Fame. Fane of Fame! by seraphs builded, In the duys of yore. Here a temple ctiau'd and gilded From the earthly shore. Up to lien n-ii rose it gli-niiiing, All with lluie and lleauty Is-miiing il.ike a dream f Aidenn seeming Hud it seem'd no morel) Unt the pilot Hearing, steering Fitr that temple bright, ' Ever found the islnnd veering Froui his Bi lling sight. Till, from mighty shores appalling ( niue t lite solemn darkness fulling lu his hungry clnsp enthralling i-it tui and sea and light. Then, the veasel, sinking, lifting Over liotc sublime (Perished hopes!) came drifting, drifting To a wild, weird clime; Here a visitor nmlauiitfd. In that desert land enchant til. Still is seen. III vessel Iinuiited, Out of Space and Time. Paper Nails lor nhlpa. An Innovation In yachting circles la now being talked of, nothing less than sails made of compressed pajs'r, the sheets being cemented and riveted to gether lu such a way as to form a smooth uuil strong seam. It appears that the first process of manufacturing consists in preparing the pulp in the regular way, to a ton of which Is added one pound of bichromate of potash, 2"i pi ui tn Is of glue, ,T2 pounds of alum, 14 pounds of soluble glass and 4) pounds of prime tallow, these Ingredients be ing thoroughly mixed with the pulp. Next the pulp Is made Into sheets by regular paper-making machinery, and two sheets are pressed together with a glutinous compound between, so as to retain the pieces firmly, making the whole practically homogeneous. The next operation is quite import ant aud requires a specially bulll ma chine of great power, which, Is used In compressing the paper from a thick, sticky sheet to a very thiu, tough one. The now solid sheet Is run through a bath of sulphuric acid, to which 1" per cent, of distilled water has btvii added, from which It emerges to juiss between glass rollers, then through a bath of ammonia, then clear water, and lluully through fell rollers, after which It is dried and polished between heated met al cylinders. The paper resulting from this process Is in sheets of ordinary width and thickness of cotton duck It is elastic, nlr tight, durable, light and possessed (if other needed qualifications to make It available for light sallmak ing. The mode of putting the sheets to gether Is by having a spilt on the edges of the sheet, or cloth, so as to admit the edge of the other sheet. When Ihe split Is closed, cemented and riveted or sew ed. It closes completely and firmly. Ma rine Kecord. Americans Fond of Lawsuits. A mnu of figures has been calculat ing ns to the mm. ber of lawsuits which are brought In the various countries of the civilized world In a year, and he has crime to the conclusion that the United States stands at the head. He has ascertained that, taking the figures for the butt ten years as a fair average, there are l,2.V),(xio lawsuits brought In England every year. T.VUXiO In France, 1,4(I,000 In Italy, 3,.too,000 In Germany and 5,.Vi,ooo In the United States. It Is not to lie Inferred from this that the people of this country are much more prone to litigation than are the people of another, but the explanation Is to be found In the fact that the conditions of litigation vary exceedingly. A Ltegal Phrase. The words "smart money" mean ex emplary or vindictive damagei In ex cess of the Injury done. Courts allow such damages only when a defend! nt'i conduct hot been peculiarly outrage ous The term has appeared frequent ly of lata, used as though It were yn onytujua with "Indemnity," which la by no means the case. The World'! Highest Tree. No tree has yet been measured which waa taller than the great encalyptua In GlpeJand, Australia, which prored to be 400 feet high. MICROSCOPIC CHIROGRAPHV. Inti re.t lnB Hoer Im nof W rltins Pre I aerved in a ahingUn M uaeum. f Among the collection of microscopic objects at Washington Is a siteclmen of microscopic writing oq glass, which contains the Lord's prayer, written In characters so small that the entire 'J27 lef.er of that petition are engraved i within an an a measuring 1 13'lth by j 1 -ills! of an inch. So far this statement ; does not trouble us. If, however, we go a little further we easily find that the 'area having the above dimensions (would be only the MWCVItli of a Lnru Inch uinl ei ill senllell 1 1 V tlolf ail Inch square covered with writing of the same size, or counting 7 letters to each such fractions, would contain 4:;l.-i.Vi letters. I-t us put this figure Into a concrete form by seeing how much of a book this timiilH-r of letters would represent The Bible Is a book of which we may safely assume that every one has au approxi mate Idea as regards Its general size or extent Some one has actually deter mined the number of letters contained In the entire old aud new testaments, and finds this to be a,oiHi.4s). Hence the number of letters which a square Inch of glass would accommodate, writ ten out like the text of the Lord's pray er on this strip of glass. Is more than eight times this last iiuiiiIht, or, In oth er words, a square Inch of glass would accommodate the entire text of the Bible eight times over written out as is the Lord's prayer on this strip of glass. I am free to confess that though this fact has been known to me since 1N73. and I have had in "my possession photographs taken with the microscope of this writing, I cannot say that 1 fully apprehend or mentally grasp ths fact Just stated. I cau form no mental picture of a square Inch of glass with the entire text of eight Bibles engraved upon It and yet, when I have verified the measurements aud calculations leading up to this conclusion, I feel ab solutely certain as to Its truth, not as the result of Intuition, but as a deduc tion from experience which has not yet develojied Into an Intuitive conscious ness. Cassler'i Magazine, Tbe Women of I'sbnnl. In character the head dress Is more Italian than Breton. The coif is small and square-shaped, with a wide flap hanging down behind, and It Is white when the wearer considers herself dressed and not In mourning. Bright colors, chiefly scarlet and blue, are often Introduced at the side of the head, especially lu the case of children. But the strong singularity of the coiffure Is the manner In which the hair Is worn. It hangs loose uMin the back of the neck to the length of six or eight inches. The first Impression the women make Is that they are all recovering from a fever and a cropping. The hair Is gen erally lank and wiry, like a hone's mane, and very dark. It Is rare to see It really gray, even on the head of a, very old woman. The short aud thick locks are ofteu without a sliver thread. although the face of the wearer may be as furrowed as a block of sea-worn granite. Itaby girls, young women and old women have their heads dressed in ex actly the same way. After her swad dling wraim the child Is given the style of coif ami other clothing that she will keep through life; consequently, as she toddles about lu front of the cottage door, she is one of the oddest of little figures. In fall dress the gown Is always black but a brilliantly colored handkerchief. In which scarlet predominates, Is so worn as to show a little down the front of the bodice. A small shawl, general ly blue or red in the case of children and young girls, completes the cos tume. 14M from Storiiihc Pottitoca. Potatoes are perlluib!e property. Even when not affected by rot there Is a natural shrinkage by evaporation, and especially towards spring by start ing of the eyes, which always draws heavily1 ou the substance of the jta- to. A fanner reisirts that last fall ho tried an experiment. Most of his pota to crop he sold at 75 cents per bushel, but he put up 100 b'.ishe n ti see whether the price could not be raised to $1. When he took out the jxitatocs In spring they had shrunk to 7,H bushels of tio pounds per bushel. The price itUo had declined, and he could only get lio ccuts a bushel for them, and was lucky to get that The 100 bushels in the fall would have brought 175 with less labor and trouble than was required in extra handling to get $4fi.Si. At one time this spring jMitatoes could hardly 1st sold for 20 cents a bushel. Grain Not Put In Phnrk. A harvesting machinery Is Improved so as to lessen the labor required from the harvester, there is a genera! dispo. sitlon to shirk all the work that the machine cannot do. We have known farmers to let the grain bundle lie on the ground as the machine delivered them Instead of putting them Into shock. This Is very bad practice. The bundle lying on the ground are damp on their under side, and if rain falls are much more Injured and require more time to dry out than If standing up. Mostof tbe unshmked grain was filled with Canatla thistles. This only made the matter worse. The thistle Is full of sap, and when bound In a bundle with grain It needs t be exposed to the air ai much as possible, In order to dry out and not heat the grain when put In mow or stack -American Cultivator. Pleasant Hammer in Iceland. From Iceland the news come that the long, cold spring baa given place to a warm, pleasant summer. The whale fishing baa been unusually rich. At a mall whaling station there hare al ready been caught seventy w bales, tacb worh 8,000 to 4,000 crowns.