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oOOi WOMEN AS FARMERS. TUB question of occupations lor women Is one of individual inter est, as well as of economic impor tance, and therefore the remark! of one speaker at the Farmers' Congress ro cently held in Macon, Ga., have attract ed special attention. lie urged that women should consider farming as a - life-work, and he ma .e out a goi! cases The old fashioned farmer guided himself by tradition largely, and con ducted most of his operations by main strength. Successful farniiug at the present day Is a matter of machinery aud method. Much of the work a farmer does is as easy as many Indus trial processes. A woman who could tend a loom or run a sewing machine can guide a harvester, and be the bet ter for it. physically. A precedent iu this field was estab lished long ago. Women have suc ceeded aj fanners. When they have figured as fruit growers, llurists, bee keepers or poultry raisers uo one lias Intimated that theirs was not "wom en's work," and there is little dispo sition to belittle the achievements of widows or daughters who have made wise use of an Inherited farm. Iu no way is the good old profession of agri culture fenced In, and It seems to offer a special welcome to the self-supporting women who long for that free mid wholesome life which no city enn afford. Such women might regenerate many a rural community that seems now to be going dowu hill. The telephone, the trolley aud free mall delivery pro vide them with resources that were unknown to the last generation, and with the help of these they can In Tlgorate the social life of any region, and thus become public benefactors, probably to be recognized and honored as auch. But, that aside, the happi ness they would find In health and In dependence would be their own suffi cient reward. ,r.. Try green pepper sandwiches for a luncheon dainty. Hub a bit of soda over meat or poultry that seems overripe and wash in cold wafer. for sweet potato waffles, mash cup ful of potatoes; add four teaspoonfuls of flour, one each of sugar and butter, half teaspoonful salt, and milk to make thin batter. Cream cheese toast Is an excellent savory, and a very good way of using up a small piece of cream cheese. Cut thin slices from a roll, lightly spread with dissolved butter, season with cayenne and salt. Put a slice of cream cheese on each and brown quickly in the oven. Serve hot. Raw oysters enter frequently into a salad combination of which the other component parts are broken walnut meats and celery cut Into dice those arranged on a bed of lettuce hearts with a French dressing poured over the whole. A necessity for the success of this salad Is that the oysters should be very cold, and the celery and lettuce of crisp perfection. If when making a fruit tart you make little opening In the center of the crust and Insert either a straw or a lit tle paper funnel, the steam will escape through It as through a chimney, and all the Juice will be retained In the pie. The great thing In baking a custard is to prevent It from boiling, because If It boils It Is full of holes, and the ap pearance Is completely spoiled. To pre vent this, place the dish the custard Is In In a larger dish half full of water. The water will boll. 'but not the custard, and It will cook quite satisfactorily. Take out ns soon ns It Is set. On Children's Dress. It does not seem to be sufficiently recognized that soon after babyhood Is forsaken children of both sexes usu ally licgln lo be si'iislble of their out ward appearance. And their half un conscious satisfaction In be.ng cleanly and appropriately dressed has un doubted Influence upon their manners. Not a few mothers, wise and sensble women. If ft trltle short-sighted, hesi tate to accept tills view from fear of stimulating vanity. Hut a certain and proper vanity Is Innate In many na 'tures, and It Is far better to encourage It than to awaken ft feeling of resent ment In sensitive children who sec their playmates more curefully dressed than themselves. Do not dress a child extravagantly; neatness, comfort, Hiid care that noth ing should le worn In a manner to re tard development are the Important essentials; daintiness and thought ns to "becomlngness" of color and style make up the rest. The Happiest Woman. I think the most serenely happy per son I have ever known was a young woman starting out to travel around the world with very little scrip In her purse, and no appreciable amount of luggage In the ship's hold. She was as near) care-free as It Is given us to be In theae days of civilization. Hho could leave her stateroom with no fear her bag of Jewels would be discovered and abstracted the bad no bat; of Jewels; Wore on her persoa tbe brooch that bid descended to her from her mother, the tiny Swiss watch her father had given her, her sole golden possessions. She had money enough to take her to the next port, and was confident there she could earn sufficient to lake her to the one beyond. And the friends she made she could accept as seeking ner ror tier own worth; she had not wealth nor power to use as decoys. Arid friends not a few there were she gathered to herself on her travels; men aud women attract el by her truthful, buoyant personal ity, whose contagion they sought as the moth the flame, but with happier results. The last I heard of her she was half way round the world, still with a light purse and tl light heart. This friend lacked the possession of beauty, yet wherever she went she won her way to the hearts of those about her. Observing her set me phil osophizing thus: Happiness Is the mos; attractive holding one can have. Ii is belter than beauty; for beauty is as a flower of the grass, while a happy spirit is one of the things that Time need not corrupt. Katheriue Pope in the Pilgrim. Kconomk'Hl Hints in Dressing. The first great economy to practici Is to take care of the existing ward robe. When removing a coat, dress or hat, brush it and let It air a Uttln before putting It away. Let there he at least two loops with which to bans up a skirt, and for bodices and fonts a loop at each annhole. A basket work skirt dummy will be found of great use, uoi ouiy in uressmamng, out wuen a skirt is damp, as putting It on the dummy to dry will prevent its wrink ling. When purchasing a dress length get an extra yard or so; this will be found invaluable In case of accidents, and If tbe dress Is to be altered at any time an extra piece is a necessity. The most economical dress for even ing wear is a black one, to which va rlety can be given by wearing differ ent colored sashes, or fichu or lace col lar. It Is by no means economical to buy very cheap things they do not wear well nor really look well when they are new; but especially and abo e all eschew cheap boots, shoes and gloves. Underllnen must always be kept In repair. Dainty underskirts may be made of zephyr or muslin for sum rner, or satin and moreen for winter Hut perhaps the most Important, and it may lie the most difficult, way t economize is to avoid all Indiscriminate buying of "bargains," and to strenj ously refrain from purchasing things of whi-ch there is really no need. To be neat is to be well dressed. Some Great Men' Wives. 'the wives of great men have, Id some Instances, not contributed to the happiness of their talented partners though it must be added that this wa not always the fault of the woman The poet Heine, on the day after his marriage, drew up a will, In which he bequeathed all he possessed co his wife, on condition that she married again. He desired, he said, that at least one man should regret bis death. Fielding, the novelist, married a serv ing maid. Sir Thomas More's wife scolded him on the eve of his execu tlon. Milton had trouble with both of his wives. Hazlltt's wife enred nothing for his ability. Her temper was Intense, and the tragedy of the unsympathetic played Itself to the bit ter end. Coleridge left his wife and children without nn apology or fare well, aud never would see them agnln. Mollere, at the age of 40, married an actress, aged 17. She ran away from him. Shelley married an Innkeeper'B daughter. He soon deserted her and she committed suicide. Health and Heauty Hints. Benzoin In sufficient quantities tt make the water milky will aid in tight ening the skin. Hough soaps obtained from the kitch en are not such bad skin bleachers. The skin can be scrubbed with this soap, which very often contains powerful acids, and then con be Immediately washed again, so that the acids are no( left to eat Into the skin. The physical culture doctors those who guarantee to raise the height de clare that there Is a great deal In the simple straightening of the figure. They hold that the body Is built upon u framework which often bends from lin k of care or twists from some physi cal defect. An excelent recipe for the cure of clinicd hands and lips Is as follows: Dissolve In equal quantities of while wax and sweet oil a small piece of cam phor. It should lie put In a stone Jar on the hob and melted. It must then be kept closely covered. To be applied to the hands after washing and pre vious to drying them. A surface burn which only scorches the outer skin, shriveling It, causing much pain, but not In urlng the under tissues, Is a first-degree burn. No blister forms under the skin of a burn of this sort, which a water treatment should cure entirely. A rub with olive oil for a couple of days will usually semi every trace of It away. Very often a dark neck will be light ened from one to live shades by scrub bing with a fine scrubbing brush and yellow soap of the kind that Hrldget uses. Do not, by any means, let It re main on the skin, but after using tlm soap bathe rlie neck with one quart of hot water In which there Is a table spoon of powdered borax dissolved. THE BOOMING CANNON RECITALS OF CAMP AND BAT TLE INCIDENT8. Survivors of the Rebellion . Relate Many Amusing and Startling Inci dents of Marches, Camp Life, Foragt lag; Experiences and Battle Scenes. "Forty years ago," said the Major, "things seemed going to the dogs. The year 1802 was a blue one for the sol dier In the field. The rebs seemed strong In front, and the people at home seemed divided in our support. In Illinois the Republicans were so ab sorbed. In the war that the Democrats in November, I81JI, elected a majority of the delegates to the constitutional convention here that met in 1802, and that convention was as much a thorn In our sides as Vallandlgham was for the Ohio boys. "The constitutional convention, through one of its committees, asked for reports from ihe several regiments as to whether troops from Illinois were well equipped and as well cared for as troops from other States. This Impertinence roused the soldiers to ac tion. Major Quincy McNeil of the Sec ond Illinois cavalry, wrote tbe com mittee declining to answer any ques tions, and adding: 'You were elected to make a constitution for the State of Illinois. Why don't you do it.' "This remark of Major McNeil's made him very popular In the army, and a good many soldiers wrote home to the same effect, and in the end the work of the convention was rejected, the soldiers in the field being almost unanimously against It. However, the elections In November, 18(12, gave lit tle comfort to the boys In the army. In fact, the first note of comfort that came to us In 18G3 was when Gov ernor Yates of Illinois, sent the Legis lature home, and when Hrough car ried Ohio against Vallandlgham. The latter came In October while we were penned up In Chattanooga, and the Army of the Cumberland made It a personal matter." "Under the Ohio laws," said the Ser geant, "every soldier from that State, no matter whether he was serving In a Kentucky or Missouri or West Vir ginia regiment, was entitled to vote. If there were only three Ohio voters In a regiment the boys insisted that they must vote, and at least two of the Kentucky regiments the major ity of the men were residents and voters In Ohio. They were never more considerately treated than on that day, when Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan soldiers surrounded the polls to see the Buckeyes plunk it to the Copperheads. "All were very quiet, however, par ticularly the men who came In from the outposts, relieved from duty that they might cast their ballots. Late that' night one of the squads was re turning to the picket line, when the Colonel came over from division head quarters to say that a dispatch report ed that Brough had been elected by 60,000 majority, home vote. Instantly It seemed to nie that great camp was awake. In ten minutes bands were playing and men were cheering on the right, on the left, and down the center. "The men headed for the outposts swung oft at an eager step. They went out from the Intrenched lines into the plain that lay between the Union army and the rebel army, perched on Missionary Bidge and Lookout Mountain, and marched erect to the outmost Union vldette line, and shouted to the rebel pickets In front: "Sixty thousand majority for Brough. Put that in your pipe, Johnny, and smoke It.' And a Johnny replied sar castically: 'Oh It Is Hrough, Is it? I thought maybe you had captured a corporal.' 'But the soldiers In both armies un derstood the significance of tbe vic tory. The people at home were no longer Indifferent They had aligned themselves with the men who were fighting In front. The boys didn't know John Brough, but he stood for the cause they were fighting for, and that was enough. Tbe beleagured army In Chattanooga was vibrant with the spirit of victory, and the be sieging army on ridge and mountain was correspondingly depressed." "My first vote," said the Captain, "was for Lincoln In 1XC4. Our division was near Atlanta, and Ihe ballot-box was in the rear end of an army wagon. We were even then preparing for the march to the sea, and the' regiments voted as they were concentrating for the new movement. When we knew that Lincoln had been re-elected Sher man cut loose from the Atlanta line. and Jubilantly we marched eastward and southward. We had don" our best for Old Abe at the polls, and we pro ceeded to do our level best In the Held. I never go Into nn election booth now without thinking of the old army wagon near Atlanta nud my first vote." Chicago I n t er-Ocea n. Wntchmnn'a IIWtr'cC nlr. James Etter, n doorkeeper In the War Department, frequently occupied a chair from which he could not be In duced to part, because It was once used by President Lincoln, and at the same time he wore a badge of a watchman pinned on the lapel of his coat. Mr, Etter explains the Incident iu tills way: "One day during the civil war I was sitting here, when a tall, angular gen tleman entered the main door and asked If the Secretary was in. I told blin that It was too early for the Sec retary to be In his ofilee. " 'Af what hour can 1 depend on find ing him here?' be asked. " told hi in, and with a pleasant Tbr.Jk you," be d parted. "Promptly eo tbe hour tbe tall gen tlemen ascended tbe erepe, walked ti tbe door, and I was almoet knocked speechless when he asked me If I would not go In the Secretary's office and ask hlra to step out Into the halL I re covered myself and told tbe stranger that I could not leave my post of duty, and even if I could I did not think tbe Secretary would come out to see him. " 'Oh, yes, he will,' was the answer, 'and as for leaving your post, I will be personally responsible for that. I am Mr. Lincoln, and I will simply take your badge and keep door for you while you deliver my message.' "Well, I couldn't doubt him, and he stepped up to me and unpinned my badge, stuck It on- his coo, took my chair Just like an old-time watchman and remarked, 'Think I can fill the bill?' - ' - " -' "I said I thought he could, and with a smile playing over his face as I walked away lie said Ijc'd keep things straight. I delivered his message to the Secretary, and It was only a few min utes before he and the President were talking together here In the corridor. "When the President gave mo back my baflge he pinned It on, and thanked me for what I had done, and you must remember that watchmen are not usually thanked by those in power. I would not take any amount of money for this old chair, and I don't use It all the time, because I am afraid It will wear out. It Is my 'Abe Lincoln chair.' " New York Tribune. A Duel to the Death. G. II. Casler, who served in the Armj of the Potomac us a member of Com pany II, One Hundred and Twenty-second New York Volunteers, told the fol lowing story to a Chicago Jtecord re porter: "I shall never forget the scene the longest day I live. It was May 6, 18'H. Just before General Gordon be gan his attack on us I said to my cap tain: 'It's mighty quiet over there; bet those rebs are up to some deviltry.' But the captain thought not. Then, as some of us were pretty tired and hungry, he gave us permission to go out and cook our coffee and bacon. We crept down among some bushes just outside of our lines and began to make preparations for a meal, when a bullet came whiz zing along beside our heads, making me drop a coffee pot and fall flat on my stomach. As the shot began to come thicker we looked up and saw the rebel skirmish line closing In on us. Thi-n we dashed back Into camp and In less thau ten minutes we were en gaged In the hottest fight we had dur ing the war. The rebs seemed to come from all directions at once, and we found ourselves penned in like rats in a trap. On our right we had a very formidable breastwork. Here I was with Loomls a few minutes before he was killed. He was standing upon the Inner edge of the breastworks and load ing and firing with cool and deliberate aim. Suddenly a lull Georgian leaped upon the opposite side of the breast work and started toward him. Twice was Loomls wounded, yet he held his ground. Then the rebel soldier aud he began a hand-to-hand battle. I tried to shoot the rebel, but as Loomls got in the way I did not dare. Suddenly the big fellow raised his gun, and the next Instant plunged the bayonet through the body of poor Loomls. Then with the rebel's bayonet still sticking In his body he managed to plunge his bayonet Into the Georgian's body, and the two men fell side by side, deud." He Was It. Cholly I wish you'd go driving with me. It's perfectly Rafe, don't you know. Stableman said this horse was afraid of nothing. Miss Peppery-Well, If he Is he'll be likely to run away if he sees you, won't he? Philadelphia Press. FoMwlint A nt ici pntory. "A man Is going lo try to cross the Niagara Hlver gorge on a bicycle with grooved wheels." "Is he? Wonder If he'd like grooved wheels on his hearse?" Cleveland Plain Denier. (find Cnmhltlntion. Kodrlek Yes, the minister lives on one side and the great divorce lawyer on the other. Van Albert 1 I'm! they should get out a combination sign: "Knots Tied and Untied Here." His Kute. First Actor Did you have a lon run In New York? Second Actor No; but I had a long walk coming home, The U. S. Geological Survey has for some years pant been Investigating the water supplies of the country In their economic bearings, and at the hcgluii.ug of the present season It hue taken up their consideration in a hy gienic point of view. The Investiga tion alms to discover the changing con ditions ns atrectcd by pollution of vs rlous kinds, dra.nage and sewage, man ufacturing, etc. TUu. itLliiO, blililinhil l.I.NK tLua,Au IS Useless Clause. Old Gotrox I had a clause inserted in my will to the effect that if any of my relatives should contest it they are not to get a cent. Mr. Neighbors That was altogether unnecessary. Old Gotrox Why was It unnecess ary? Mr. Neighbors Because if there is a contest the lawyers will see that your relatives don't get anything. Keal Unkind.' Mrs. Jabbeil.v They say that money talks, but I never heard it. Jubberly Of course not, my dear. Even money couldn't get a word in edgeways when you are around. Her Dilemma. "What Is Flossie In such a deep study about?" "She has two proposals one from young Dedbroke, who was so deeply In debt that he had to have a rich wife, and the other from young Darem, who went almost bankrupt in his effort to impress her. Each of them has to have the money, and Flossie doesn't know which is the most deserving." Point of View. "I wiah I had your teeth," remarked young Uardupp to Miss Elderleigh. "Do you, really?" exclaimed the fair and nearly 40 maiden, who scented a compliment. "I do, Indeed," rejoined the practical young man. "Why, there must be at least $50 worth of gold In them." Pride of Position. "What is the trouble between wife and mine?" asked the first your mos- quito. "Oh," wearily answered the second. "You ought to know these women. They had a disagreement over which one had the most and the latest style of germs." Baltimore American. Qualified. "And you want to occupy our chair 6f astronomy?" again queried the college president. "I do," frankly replied the applicant. "What do you know about astron omy? For Instance, how would you fix the distance between the earth and the sun." "That's easy. I'd guess half way and multiply by two. Gimme sump'n hard!" Baltimore News. The Stupidity of Luxury. Landlord How do you like your new steam-heater? Old Man Oh, yer honor, me an th' ol' woman wuz jest a-sayln' It wuz drefful lonesome 'thout th' ol' stove pipe a-droppin' on us, ivery now an thin. The Wonders of Nature. "Don't you love to gambol on the green ?" t'nele Zenas Nopey! I tried It when I wuz In ther city last winter and there was nothln' doln' but red an' black! Hie Kenl Thin?. Biff I understand Wlndlg has quite a reputation as an extemporaneous speaker. Bang That's what When It comes to talking fluently about nothing with out any previous preparation Wlndlg Is In a class all by himself. Cutting. "He always gives me such nice pres ents on my birthday." "He believes in the law of compen sation." A Different Thing. "It's queer how hunters Iu the Adiron dack mistake men for deer," said she. "Isn't It?" assented he. "Now If I were to take vou for a dear It wouldn't be strange at all." Pessimistic. Fowler Do you believe that "luring he courtship It Is a case of two souls Mi hut a single thought? ' Urowler No, I don't. A courtship la a t houghtless affair. His Impression, "Hiram," queried Mrs. Meddergrasex "did you ever see one o' them air cas tles'?'. -- - -. - "I 'low I hev, mother," replied the old man. "I seed one o' the tarnal thing! last time I wuz tew th' city." "What air they built out uv, Hlramf asked Mrs. M. "Gold bricks, mother," was the sig- nificant reply. Laying in the Winter Coal. Lady It is a wonder you are not dis gusted with the cheap beds in the lodg- ing houses. Tramp I am, mum; dat Is why I slept on a very costly bed last night Lady Costly? Tramp Yes, mum; I slept on a toi of hard coal. Apt to Wabble. Mrs. .Taggsby Yes, you can go to thr lodge to-night, but you must promise ti come right straight home after yoi leave "there. Jaggsby My dear, there are som things in this world that are possibly but not probable. The thing you asl Is one of them. Double Work. Comedian After I did my turn th audience wanted me to come back ans do it over. Sweet Singer Well, I guess thej thought of the maxim, "One good tun deserves another." In the Same Class, Tired Tatters Dey say dat sum ui dem poets git $1 a word. Weary Walker Dat's nuttln'; I got $2 a word wunst. Tired Tatters Wot fer? Weary Walker Fer sassln' de judge, Pressing Invitation. He You have a very bad cold. She Yes; and I'm glad of It He Why, pray? She Because I'm too hoarse te scream if you should attempt to kls me. She Wasn't Afraid. "Truly, Is there ghosts, mammy f' "Dey sholy Is, honey." "Well, after I get under the coven you show me one!" Behind the Scenes. "Hurry up, Kowland," called the leading lady, "the people are mad be cause we are keeping them waiting." "Then I will not go on at all," storm, ed the heavy tragedian. "Why not?" "Because I refuse to play to a madV house." Snre to Make a Hit. "That boy we discovered in the Malm backwoods is going to make a wonder ful violinist." "Are you going to star him rignv away?" "No; we are going to send him over tl Poland to get long hair and a lone name first." Wanted to Know. Lady Are you quite sure that waa a canvas-back duck you sent me yestc day? Dealer Certainly, ma'am. What made you think it wasn't? Lady Oh, nothing only I though! you might possibly have made a mis) take and sent me a leather-back; in stead. Friendly Consolation. Edyth That Rpiteful Clara Billing! has been saying all manner of meat things about me the hateful thing! Maymc Oh, I wouldn't mind wha she says, dear. She merely repeats what others say. She Knew. MalNle I know I'm very dear to blm Her Father I suppose he said yoi were worth your weight In gold? Malsle No; he said I was worth mj weight In coal. Outrageous. Giant The glass-eater baa lost hli Job In this museum. Bearded Lady Wh'at for? Giant Why, (hey caught blm eatlna anthracite. Her Kxperlence. He That ancient Joke about thf scarcity of men at tbe summer resort Is still doing a stunt, I see. She-Well, It may be In the antique class, but It's no joke. It Won Id Seem 80. Tom The way to win a woman Is ta talk to ber about herself. Hess And the way to win a man la tt let him talk to you about himself. Friendly Critic. Jaggs You cun lead a horse to water, you know, but you can't make bin drink. WaggsThat's all right old man, ba you're no horse.