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English Rain Coat.
Smart coats that cover and protect
the gowns are in demand for many
other occasions as well as for wear
during stormy weather. This one,
while primarily designed for rain, is
available for trav
eling, driving and
all occasions that
are liable to mean
dust and can cor
rectly be made of
silk, linen or mo
hair as well as of
rainproof cloth, al
. though shown in
ft cravenette mate
rial, Oxford gray
in color, stitched
with corticelli
silk.
The coat is an
exceptionally good
^ ohe and is made
with loose fronts,
fitted backs and
•iue-backs, over which the outer por
tion, that is stitched at its edges and
which falls over the shoulders, is ar
ranged. There is no collar, the neck
being simply faced and stitched and
the sleeves are the comfortable loose
ones with flare cuffs. At the waist
is a belt made in two portions.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 11% yards 27
inches wide, 6 yards 44 inches wide
or 5% yards 58 Inches wide when ma
terial has figure or nap; 10% yards
27 inches wide, 6 yards 44 inches
wide or 4% yards 58 inches wide
when material has neither figure nor
nap.
In Lavender Linen.
A captivating model of lavender
linen worn within the week was of
the coarse weave. The skirt was laid
in shallow box plaits three inches
wide at the top and four at the point
at which they were released. The
plaits were stitched a quarter of an
inch from the edge to the point ot re
lease, and there was less than an
inch of space between the box plaits.
The plaits were pressed down. The
skirt was short. The bolero jacket
came two-thirde the way from the
collarless top to the waist linear and
had a yoke piece of heavy white lace
which extended in a deep point over
each shoulder. A narrow band of lav
ender linen was inserted around the
edge of the lace yoke within an inch
o»’ the edge of the lace that joined
the body of the jacket. The back of
the jacket had two pressed-in plaits,
with lace between them, and with
icore white lace-all these insertions
being the same width as the box
plaits—let in at each side between
them and the armholes. The front
was finished the same way. a box
plait on each side, but dipping lower
than in the hack over the lace under
House. The sleeves were kimono
shape.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Cheese Sandwiches.
A circular cracker, of the va
riety known as water thin, is
crisped in the oven. It is then spread
with rich cream cheese, rather thick
ly, and topped with a layer of ruby
bar-le-duc. This is made of stemmed
red currant* floating in a delicious,
thin jelly.
The other cheese sandwich consists
of two oblongs, 3x1% inches, of brown
tread, cut very thin and freed from
crust. The filling is prepared by rub
bing some cream cheese very soft and
blending it with minced watercress
and two tabiwspoonfuls of mayonnaise
dressing. The brown bread sandwich
is served on a crisp lettuce leaf. It is
r tasty and delicious sandwich for
summer hmcheons and for picnics.
Nothing can fill Its place.
House Jacket.
Pretty house jackets are among the
comforts of life that no woman
should be without. This one is quite
novel, inasmuch as it includes a yoke
cuudi mat ^Attfiuis
well orer the
shoulders, and is
both simple and at
tractive. The orig
inal, from which
the drawing was
made, is of white
batiste, ring-dot
ted with blue and
trimmed with
bands of embroid
ery, collars and
cuffs being of
wipie; nui an me pretty washable
fabrics used for garments of the sort
are appropriate for immediate wear—
challie, albatross and the like for cool
er weather. The shaped back gives
admirable lines and also an effect of
neatness, while the loose fronts are
both graceful and comfortable. When
liked, the hex plaits can be omitted
and gathers used in their stead.
The jacket coasists of the fronts,
joined to a round yoke, backs and
aide-backs with full sleeves. The yoke
collar is separate and arranged over
the whole, and there is a choice al
lowed between a turn-over and stand
ing collar. At the wrists are shaped
cuffs that harmonize with the yoke
collar and are exceedingly effective.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 4% yards 27
inches wide, 4% yards 32 inches wide
or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with 4
yards of banding to trim as illus
trated. *
Novel Linen Wrap.
Cut upon the lines of a very full
cape, there is a hint of a sleeve very
cleverly managed. That portion
which covers the shoulder and arm
ia cut longer than the rest, seamed
for a short distance and decorated
with a turnover band of embroidery.
An empiecement of the linen appears
ever the shoulders, and the little turn
over collar and the strap that runs
down the front are of the same em
broidery that decorates the sugges
tion of a sleeve. The accompanying
skirt is gored, with a box plait in each
goic, and simply finished with a
braid-bound hem.
Natty Yachting Costume.
Yachting costumes are the fad oi
the hour, and not only the experienced
yackts-woman is ordering them by
ihe dozen, but even the woman who
cannot set foot on even a ferryboat
without suffering the pangs of mal de
mer is having her share of the nautical
touch in her gowns. The material
for one of the most effective is a
round thread white linen and the sail
or collar, cuff, belt and skirt band
are in navy blue linen embroidered
with white petit pois, or little peas,
as the French call our familiar polka
dot. The blouse follows the usual
shirt-waist lines, except that it is cut
c'own to meet the collar and a chemi
sette inserted. The sleeve is the fa
miliar shirt sleeve with the embroid
ered cuff. The skirt is widely gored,
thirteen of them, and the embroid
ered band is edged with navy blue
soutache on either edge. The hat
band follows suit, and the shape is
the regulation masculine design.
Checks Coming Into Favor.
There are indications of a revival
of checks, and certain fabrics are ex
tremely stylish in this design.
Checked voile, for example, is being
made up into some extremely smart
and practical little costumes. Blue
and White, brown and white, green
and white and black and white
checked patterns are found in this
goods, as well as in taffeta and mo
hair.
Materials for Wraps.
Warm wraps and pretty ones as
well are being fashioned out of all
delicate colors of casu meres and soft
siik and wool materials and for that
matter out of the two combined. For
ir.stsnce, the thin fancy silks that
look no heavier than chiffons are
used as the outer side and the same
color lines the cobweb and gives it
an air of practicability without rob
bing it of its daintiness.
Girl’s Frock.
Long-waisted frocks always are be
coming to little girls and are exceed
ingly charming made of white muslin
and all the many attractive fabrics of
cotton and linen.
The model shown
is exceptionally de
sirable and allows
of making with ei
ther high or low
neck, while it is
adapted both to all
the materials men
tioned and to the
pretty light weight
wools that are so
becoming and attractive. As shown,
however, the material is dotted ba
tiste with yoke and trimming of em
broidery.
The frock consists of the body lin
ing, which is optional, waist and
skirt. The yoke is formed by facing
the lining to indicated depth, and the
waist is gathered at both upper and
lower edges. The one-piece skirt is
straight, gathered at its upper edge,
and is joined to the waist, the sash'
concealing the seam.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (6 years) is 3
yards 27 inches wid«, 2% yards 32
inches wide, or 2\'a yards 44 inches
wide, with % yard$f of all-over em
broidery and 7 yards of edging to trim
as illustrated.
Scarf for the Shoulder.
A novelty for summer wear is the
lace scarf, or shoulder throw. This
is generally lined with chiffon. There
are others of silk that will be worn
when expensive lace cannot be pro
cured, and they are dainty, too, when
worn with light summer gowns
Black is always a popular color foi
them, and is generally the choice of
the one who cannot match her gown
and hat.
Glove* for Hot Weather.
Kid gloves are rarely worn in hot
| weather, the silk, lisle and chamois
[ taking their place. They are shown
In all colors, as well as white and
black.
Japanese Playthings.
When a daughter is born in the
home of a Japanese family a pair
of images, called hina, are purchased
for her, and with these dolls she plays
till she is grown to an age when It
is not considered necessary for her
t* play with dolls any longer. When
she is married these dolls are carried
with her to her husband’s house and
are *v;fully sav^d so her own daugh
ters may have them afterward and
add to the collection as she grows
up.
These dolls are made of carved
wood or enameled clay, in the image
of the Mikado and his wife or some
of the nobles of the province.
Japanese children have a curious
collection of Images that teach them
the stories of the heroes of the aa
cient Japan.
Banners at a Chinaman’s Funeral.
Whan a rich and Important China
man dies his funeral is conducted with
much pomp and splendor.
His friends and relations, instead of
sending wreaths, send inntimerable
banners. These are made of white
silk, with inscriptions beautifully
worked In black velvet, and express
the sender’s good wishes to the de
ceased himself, or to the members of
his family for many generations.
On the day of the funeral these ban
ners are carried by hired men, who are
all dressed alike for the occasion
After the funeral, which lasts several
hours at the cemetery, is over, the
banners are all brought back, and
eventually grace the rooms of the late
Chinaman’s house.
LaMewEFOTE
Corn Planting in Argentina.
Aside from lack of cultivation, the
principal mistake of the Argentine
corn grower is his unwillingness to
give his plants room enough to grow
and get air and sunshine to mature
and ripen, says Frank W. Bicknell in
a report to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. As previously
stated, most of the corn is planted
with a machine attached to the plow,
and the rows are generally about 20
inches apart—simply drilled in, re
sembling very much a field of fodder
corn in this country. A few of the
farmers are learning better, and per
haps 100 American corn planters have
been sold in Argentina. But no check
rowers were seen, and there is so
little cultivating corn two ways that
it is still spoken of as a curious thing
—this “North American checkerboard
plan” of planting corn—and scarcely
a farmer in the country follows that
plan. The Basques, the most indus
trious and successful class of Span
iards. go in for better methods. The
Catalans, from the Province of Cata
lonia, Spain, are also engaged in corn
growing in the Province of Buenos
Ayres. In some sections, notably to
the southwest of the city of Buenos
Ayres, where some of the best corn
farming is done, it is noticeable that
the better the farming, the more ex
perienced and successful the farmers,
the wider apart the rows are. and
occasionally a field is cultivated both
wrays. The rows in the better culti
vated sections are from 24 to 30 inches
apart, and the plants in the rows
about 20 to 24 inches apart. Corn is
hardly ever planted farther apart than
this, and the greater part, in fact nine
tenths, is in rows 20 to 22 inches
apart, and the plants no farther apart
in the rows and generally much closer
together.
The Argentine Department of Agri
culture has tried to teach the farmers
the benefits of planting farther apart,
but they are hard to oonvince. Men
have been sent around in various sec
tions saying to farmers: "Give us a
hectare of land and we will plant It
and cultivate it the way we think it
should be done; we will bear all the
expense and you may have all the
; crop.” These experiments have al
ways resulted in producing twice as
much, or more than twice as much, as
the farmer raised alongside in the old
way, because the corn was given
plenty of room and was well culti
■ vated. But the ignorant farmers have
; not always been convinced. When
asked how they were going to plant
next year, some of them said they
intended to go on as before. When
asked why, and if they had not seen
the good results of the improved
methods, they have replied: “Oh, that
was just luck; you couldn't do it
again.” Until recently corn was sim
ply sown broadcast, by hand, covered
in some primitive fashion, and nothing
more done with it until it was gath
ered in the fall. Even now much of
this is being done in / some p^rts,
though not in the districts where
corn grows best.
The Peanut as a Field Crop.
The peanut is assuming every year
more and more importance as a field
crop. Its natural home seems to be
in the southern part of the temperate
zone, but it grows far north when
properly cultivated. It is successfully
cultivated as far north as the Great
Lakes. We are not sure that this will
not yet become one of the successful
field crops of the sandy regions of the
middle west. We have been treated
to so many surprises as to the adapta
bility of plants to large areas of coun
try that little in this line now sur
prises us. If the peanut can be grown
in large quantities on our very sandy
land, it will prove to be a great boon
to our agriculturists. Belonging to
the leguminosae it has roots that car
ry nodules in which live the bacteria
that gather nitrogen from the air.
The edible portion of the nut is there
fore very rich., in nitrogen. An analy
sis of the edible portion shows it to
contain, in per cents, water, 9.2; pro
tein, 25.8; fat, 38.6; carbohydrate,
24.4,'and ash, 2. The protein content
is therefore iremarkably high, and
makes the nut very good food when
it is ground to increase its digestibil
ity. It is an improver of the soil, as
are all the legumes. There is no dag
ger of growing too many peanuts, as
the surplus can always be used as
food for swine. One man declares
that the peanut can be grown In ev
ery state In the Union and even in
Southern Canada, and asserts that It
is now being grown as far north as
the lower peninsula of Michigan. If
for any reason a crop of peanuts
should faM to ripen, It would add nitro
gen to the soil by being plowed un
der.
Docility of Pure-Bred Hogs.
It is a great point in favor of pure
bred hogs that they are more docile
than the others and less liable to run
about. The fencing of them is a com
paratively easy matter where the
fencing of the others was a herculean
task. This point should be of Itself
sufficient reason for the fanner to pay
a little more money and get pure
breds when he has the choice of buy
ing them or of purchasing others of
the mongrel sort with roving and rest
less proclivities. It is not a pleasant
thing to have hogs always breaking
out of the yards and pastures and hav
ing to hunt them up in the highway or
the neighbors’ vegetable garden. Then
the common sorts are hard to drive
and it is no easy matter to return
them' to their pens and yards once
they have broken out. The quieter
animals are more valuable for food,
as their muscles are tenderer. More
over the quiet ones make better use
of their food and will make more
pounds of gain per hundred pound of
feed than the others. The breeders of
pure bred swine are constantly select
ing, though unconsciously, in the di
rection of greater docility and tract
ability. The interests of the breeders
of pure bred swine and of the farmers
lie along the same line.
W. S. Swarzo has been appointed as
sistant dairy and food commissioner
of Iowa.
Method of Cultivation.
What is the best method of culti
vating the orchard? There is no best
method, so long as the orchard is cul
tivated. The chief idea is to culti
vate to keep ‘down weeds and to keep
the moisture from escaping from the
soil in times when the rainfall is so
light that moisture needs to he con
served. Clean cultivation is the best
for the orchard as well as for other
crops, but clean culture is not a meth
od but a result. Whether the culti
vation shall be done once a week or
once a month must depend on so
many things that each man must
adapt his method of cultivation to
what he believes his orchard needs.
There are some fundamental princi
ples only that need to be understood.
There is no one method that is best
for all locations, but what is best for
one orchard would be destructive to
another. Take an orchard on the hills
where the soil is of such texture that
it would easily wash away if dis
turbed often, and it is evident that
cultivation can only be given at cer
tain times of year and that the ground
roust then be covered with a crop to
hotd the soil in place. On the same
kind of a hill, however, the soil may
be of a clay so firm and retentive that
cultivation at any time during the
growing season would not result in
the soil w-ashing. The method of cul
tivation is a problem that is worth
being worked out hy every orchardist,
but there is little advice that will be
of value to him except advice of a
general nature.
Select Scions This Summer.
It is now quite generally believed
that the scions for grafting trees
should be selected from bearing
branches. We have supposed in the
past that it was enough to get the
scions from any part of the tree, even
from the suckers growing on the
side. But some nurserymen now claim
that many of the best and thriftiest
shoots on the trees have in them
some quality that does not make for
fruitfulness apd that the use of these
as scions in the top working of trees
has resulted in many of the products
of such top-working being unfruitful.
It i3 also claimed that such apples as
the Gano were secured by marking
branches on Ben Davis trees that bore
finely shaped and finely colored fruit
and grafting other trees from them,
and that in this way a variety of Ben
Davis was developed that seems In
appearance at least to be an improve
ment. It is safe enough to assume
that this is true, whether it is or not,
for the other side is not the safe one
till it is settled that the opinion ex
pressed is an qrror. It will be well
for the orchardist to now mark the
twigs that he expects to use in the
making of scions. He can select only
those that are actually bearing fruit,
and so increase the fruit-bearing prob
ability of the trees resulting from his
graft. The summer time is the best
time in which to do this selecting,
while the leaves and the fruit are still
on. The vigor may be largely known
in this way.
Save Money With Good Plants.
The planter should always remem
ber that it costs exactly the same in
labor to cultivate and care for a good
plant as a poor one. In the buying
of trees, vines and plants generally
the comparative cost should cut no
figure. One strawberry plant may
cost a cent while another one may
cost only one-fourth of a cent. In
the light of the production of a good
or bad variety how much does a cent
count? The samo is true in the
buying of trees. A good variety
should be secured, and it is never
necessary to pay a fancy price for
any of the good standard varieties.
But frequently poorer varieties, being
in larger abundance in the hands of
the nurserymen, can be bought cheap
er than the standard variety. The
fruit in a single season may be worth
a dollar more on the good tree than
on the poor one and that will more
than equal the difference m cost. The
chief concern of the tree planter
should be to get a tree that will bear
an abundance of the right kind of
fruit. Saving a few cents per tree
may prove disastrous in the end.
Preparing for the Hot Bed.
Every farmer should have a hotbed.
Start this in the fall by digging a hole
three feet deep and six feet square
and fill with coarse manure. A frame
size of hole fifteen inches above the
surface on the north side and six
inches less on the south shonld be
provided. Fill this hole in the spring
with fresh hot horse manure and thor
oughly tramp as filled, being careful
to keep level. Four inches of surface
dirt, consisting of leaf mold or ordi
nary loam mixed with sand and well
rotted fine manure should be secured
in the fall and kept from freezing.
Thoroughly wet down the manure be
fore applying the surface dirt.—J. L.
Hartwell.
When a garden can be placed under
irrigation conditions the results will
be very encouraging, as the crops
can be controlled. Many times, no
matter in what state of the Union,
crops of lettuce, radishes and other
garden stuff are lost by reason of the
drouth checking growth. A good
many gardeners in the country are
placing irrigation plants so they can
be effective in insuring a crop. This
is proving both pleasant and profit
able.
The winter apple is still the great
money-maker among fruits. Men lose
money less often on this kind of fruit
than on any other, judging from con
ditions as they exist.
People easily take cold when a cold
draft of air Is allowed to blow over a
sweaty surface, that is, a surface that
is both warm and moist. The over
heated horse must receive attention
as soon as his hard exercise is at an
end. It may seem a hardship to
blanket him when he is already hot,
but this will be a kindness and will
prevent other suffering, as it will per
mit him to cool off gradually.
A Good Example.
Many of our milk producers can
well afford to take a hint from the
great bottling establish'ments as to
the care of their milk. We wish that
when the opportunity comes readers
cf this department would make it a
point to visit some of these places
and see the extraordinary care that is
used in cleaning bottles that have held
milk, and in keeping clean all things
that are to contain milk, or that are
to come into contact with milk. W’hat
these establishments do on a large
scale the farmer can do on a small
scale. If it pays the big establish
ments to keep clean it will pay the
small establishments to do likewise.
Water and heat are used in great
abundance. It may not be possible
to have steam in the farm home, but
hot water can always be had in large
quantities. Hot water is destructive
of germ life if it is left long enough
in contact with the utensils. The
man that has a good deal of milk to
handle will find it to his advantage
to arrange for tanks of hot water in
places where he can use the water
when it is needed. Frequently the
little kitchen stove and the teakettle
are the only means of heating water,
and when the farmer has a dozen
cows, this way of heating the watei
makes it necessary to be very econ
omical in using it. The gallon of hot
water has to be diluted with cold wa
ter to make it go around, and the tem
perature that results is not too high
for germ life to stand. In the big es
tablishments the bottles and other
utensils receive a soaking in hot wa
ter that will remove any kind oi
germ or put it in a condition where
it cannot develop. It is often said that
it is possible to have too much of a
good thing, but this is hardly true oJ
hot water and heat in the cleansing
of utensils and vessels used in the
milk room. We believe that the men
that are running the big bottling es
tablishments are setting an example
that should be followed as far as it is
possible to do so.
The Kerry Cow. ,
The Kerry cow is being written
about quite extensively in our foreign
exchanges, and it is not improbable
that she is among the breeds that will
some time be known in this country
Whether she possesses any points that
would adapt her to some particular re
gions of this country is a matter of
conjecture. Perhaps in some of our
more mountainous districts in the
south and in the far west she might
supply a demand for a dairy cow that
is poorly supplied at the present time.
The cow has already assumed consid
erable importance in England on ac
count of being small in size and being
also able to thrive on poor short pas
ture. Evidently she has been devel
oped under hard conditions. Some of
her English friends claim for her that
she will give more milk and butter ac
cording to her weight and on poor pas
turage than any other breed of cattle
on the same kind of pasturage. On
the other hand, the use of good pas
turage seems to be against the Kerry
oow, as she at once begins to take
on flesh and shrink iu her milk. One
man says that the Kerry will live and
do well where a Jersey cow would
starve. She is said to possess one
quality that certainly is not common
with cows and that is the ability to
regain her milk flow when it has been
shrunk for months from poor feed.
This is a point iu her favor, If it can
be established. The Kerry is said
to be very haruy and to be able to
pass the Irish winter without shelter.
Silo Building.
Profeasor McKay of Iowa Is credit
ed with the statement that there are
probably not more than ten silos In
Iowa. This is surprising in view of
the fact that silage is one of the best
foods in the world for dairy cows.
The maximum feed of silage for dairy
cows is 40 pounds and an acre of
good corn will provide the rough feed
for a cow for 750 days. Think of it!
And the cow will eat the entire stalk
of the corn up clean when it is served
to her in the form of silage. It is
surprising to learn that' in some of the
states of the Union this great saving
is ignored. This is especially the < ase
in Iowa and IlHnois. There are st ites
in> the Union where silos are numer
ous, notably Wisconsin and New York.
Professor McKay says that in Iowa
milk is produced as expensively r.s it
was 20 years ago, in spite of the
steady advance in price of the land,
and the consequent necessity of pro
ducing milk more cheaply. It is safe
to say that if every farm that has
dairy oows on it also had a silo, thous
ands of the cows that now do not pay
their board would be kept at a profit,
because the feeding of high-priced
feed to poor cows is one of the surest
ways to lose money. We have advo
cated the letting go of the poor cows,
but if the farmers are determined to
hold onto them they should at least
stop feeding them a high-priced feed
out of which the cows find it impos
sible to return a profit.
Dairy Associations.
Most of our agricultural associa
tions are condacted on a high moral
plane and the more this is the case
the easier will it be to make them ef
fective in the performance of the
work they are organized to do. The
dairy association, the association of
creamery managers, the association
of creamery buttermakers, and what
ever the name of the association may
be, will do well to see to it that a war
is made on every form of dishonest
dealing. Dishonest practices can be
prevented almost entirely when asso
ciations of the kind named take a
firm stand in regard to them, so far
as those practioes are found among
their own members. There is noth
ing so potent as public opinion, and
frequently this is enough when mani
fested to stop abuses.
Too little attention is paid to the
matter of the quality of the dairy bull.
We are all the time learning new
things about soil bacteria, and we
may yet find plants that have the
power of increasing the fertility of the
soil outside of the supply of nitrogeo.
WITH THE WORLD'S
BEST WRITERS]
EXPORTS OF MONEY BY ALIENS.
An important matter in connection
v/ith the immigration question is the
drain upon the monetary resources of
this country caused by the presence
of an immense alien population
whose members have relatives or in
terests in the land of their birth.
Consul MeGinle** says that the best
opinion in Greece is that the 20,000
('reeks in the United States send
home every year not far from $2,000,
000. Taking this as a basis for the
home-sending power of the other
twelve or thirteen million foreign
born residents of this country, we
have an annual tribute paid by the
United States to Europe on account of
immigration of more than $120,000,000
a year! In ten years $1,200,000,000
in American gold lost to the country.
But this average of $100 a year for
every foreign-born resident as his
home-sending capacity is evidently too
large, though when we consider the
raving capacity even on small wages
(and many of them make big wages)
of many classes of immigrants and
the well-known custom among these—
notably the Italians and to a consider
able extent the Scandinavians—to
send t® what they still call "home"
| the larger share of their earnings, it
^ is not so greatly in excess of the ac
i tual amount as would at first appear.
! But even halve it, calculate the aver
age amount sent by the Greek immi
j grant to be twice the sum sent by the
I average immigrant of other national
ities, and the amount sent abroad each
year is so immense that a less pros
perous, a less wealthy and a less rap
idly developing country would long
ago have felt the drain seriously.—
New York Press.
FOR HAWTHORNE MEMORIAL.
In all probability Hawthorne was
never happier than when he lived in
the little red cottage at Lenox, Mass.
During his residence there, amid
those Berkshire Hills, he wrote the
"House of Seven Gables." A move
ment is now on foot to erect a suit
able memorial to Hawthorne on the
site of this little cottage. The present
year would be a most appropriate
time to build such a monument, as it
is just one hundred years since Haw
thorne was born. Surely this centen
nial anniversary of his birth should
not b? passed by unnoticed.—From
| "The Haunts of Hawthorne,” by
James Melvin Lee, in Four-track
News.
LEPROSY AND FISH.
The recent announcement of a cure
lor leprosy dees not appear to have
| created much of a stir among the
1 medical faculty in this country. The
! reasqn is that reports of this sort are
i never trusted till it is proved that
! they are based on long, careful and
I cuthoritative experimentation, and
; again, there are so few cases of lep
i rosy in this part of the world that
i the local population and local prac
tice are practicably unaffected by it.
The item of prevention is more im
portant.,’ in this as in all other dis
eases, Chan is that of cure, and for
some time the exemption of civilized
races from this appalling curse has
engaged the thought of scientists.
Leprosy occurs slightly among the
Norwegians, but is Sound chiefly
among the Chinese, the Syrians and
the kanakas. The only part of the
United States where it has obtained
any hold is in the Gulf states, and it
is easy to see that it might have been
taken to them form the Antilles,
where eases are occasionally found,
and where a few leper colonies have
been established. The indication,
therefore, is that it is associated witH
the sea, and the English medical men
who have been discussing the matter i
sustain the view that it is a result of
eating fish.—Brooklyn Eagle.
LET U8 BEAUTIFY OUR CITIES.
There is no reason why American
cities should not be made as attrac
tive as those of Europe. We have
the means, and there is no lack of
true love of the beautiful in our city
populations; but in the rush to lay
up material belongings this has been
allowed, to a large extent, to lie dor
mant, although indications of its ex
istence are not wanting in the older
communities, where the people have
largely gotten over their rush for
wealth and have time to “spruce up
about the place,’’ as the phrase goes
in New England.
Let us multiply these pleasant
places “in our midst.” It is well worth
while, for they are not only sightly
and restful to the dwellers here, but
a re attractive to the strangers withiu
our gates, and so draw business here.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
WOMAN IN INDUSTRIAL WORK.
A man sacrifices nothing by doing
such honest work away from home as
he <*m get. A woman sacrifices
much. It is undeniable that her pres
ence in the industries is essentially
illogical, even disorderly. Yet human
development has taken the turn in
this direction, for what inscrutable
purpose no man and no woman knows.
It would be a harder task for the op
ponents of woman in industry to drive
her out of it than for Kuropatkin to
drive Kuroki out of Manchuria.—New i
York Mail.
ENVY OR INSPIRATION.
Envy. has always been counted
among the vices, but it is a near
relative to ambition. It is envy of the |
proud position occupied by (say) Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman that In
duces men to contest seats at by*
elections; a lad is induced to stick ,
to his brush at the Slade school by
reminding himself of the fact that
Royal Academicians are permitted to
hang six pictures at Burlington House.
—London Queen.
WHAT “OLD GLORY” MEANS.
Old Glory ' signifies more to an
American than anything in the world.
It speaks with an eloquence unsur-^e
passed; it represents high ambition J|a
voiced by millions of people; it fi! *
the heart with a sense of duty, a de
sire to stand by the colors and for it
has teen made the claim that it has
been in more battles and seen more
\ ictories than any other tlag in th»
v orld. No other standard i> there foi
v.-hich so many men have fought and
d cd, and which has never j>i t*u struck
in token of submission.
Nothing can be more bea •;f,,i that
the flash of blue and trim- m an*:
white, and. as it spreads maj. i.-al;-?
tc the breeze, or ripples in t:. vary
ing winds, there comes to tin on.
looker a sort of wireless m* .-age
bringing him closer to the
something that will cling to the I . •
ner forever; a something given - . .?
by the principles it represents: : .
the thought of long and wear?
marches; of sea fights and land fights
grim and great; of the thousands win
have followed it from seeming deb ,
to victory, and who have gone dow:
into the valley of death, their last < r*
a wild huzzah to urge their corura
onward that the ‘‘Stars and Strip*'.-'
might be planted on the highest ram
parts.—Four-Track News.
THE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS.
The exasperating, if legal, course
of the Russians may have in the end
a good effect, if it stimulates an in
ternational conference on the rights
of neutrals on the ocean. At present
international law is the will of the
Power that has the most guns at sea.
It is simply a thin veneering for prac- 4
tlcal anarchy. It is binding only so l
far as a nation considers it expedient
to observe it. If Great Britain were
now to give notice that she intended
to observe how far her neutral rights
were respected, Russia would close up
her books on international law and
her admirals would acquire great cau
tion. If the world wishes to take an
other step forward now is the time. i
with the shame and destruction of
the present conflict fresh in mind, for
the strengtening of the Court of Arb
i tration and an extension of its :uri
■ diction.—Boston Transcript
l
FREEDOM WITH VARIATIONS.
With hardly an exception employ
I ers have fought for the right to h
workmen who were desiral>le, in-! •
penrfent of the dictates of any union,
or other organization. The opponenc >
of the unions have condemn -d them
because, it was said, thej dispute i
this inherited right. But now. tb:>
National Metal Trades Association,
this avowed champion of free shops,
has made an alarming discovery. It
has discovered that it is dangerous to
allow individual employers to hire
anybody, and that this right belongs
only to the organization. Not the
labor organization, of course, but th
Employers' National Metal Trades As
sociation.—8tuar Reid in the Federa
tion^.
FIFTY YEARS A CLERK.
A few years ago a Wall street ank
clerk celebrated the completion of the
fiftieth year of his service in the em
ploy of a single bank and tbe papers
singled it out as a matter of note that
an American ted been content to
serve one master for 50 years. Ami
it was a matter of note. We printed
some little time ago a striking little
article on “American Quitters.'' Those
were men of brains and energy who
quit w-hen their Job was done in or
der to go higher up and do a better
job, better still. But most of us are
more fitted to clerk it than to ontan
ize, and what Is energy in abler men
is often just piain restlessness among
the rank and file. To serve one mas
ter well for 50 years is an achieve
ment. It ought to be made distinctive
ly an American on*.—Leslie's Month
ly.
CHECKING MOTOR MADNESS.
It Is time to put a stop to motor
madness. We mean both kinds of
madness, that of the begoggleX
“scorcher." w-ho drives his locomotive
at furious speed upon the highway
without regard for limb or life of
himself or of others, and also that of
those who in impotent exasperation
hurl stones or shoot bullets at the
“scorching” law-breakers. Doubtless
tt is not right to shoot at motormen
or at their engines, though It is not
jiflieult to understand how strong the
provocation to do so is at times. That
form of madness must be cheokud
But so must be checked the inciting
cause off it. which is far mo e prev
alent.—New York Tribune.
LAND OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
A problem that will some day eon
front the American people and to
which very little attention is being
paid at the present time is that which
concerns the future of the Republic
ot Mexico. . Reciprocity with Canada
is all that can be heard of, but the
time is coming when reciprocity with
Mexico will be a topic of absorbing
interest. Mexico Is a great country,
with boundless opportunities. It has
the finest grazing lands in the world
ind furnishes thousands of hides year
y that are made into shoes in Ameri
can factories. She is a great importer
>f our machinery and farming imple
ments. There are openings down there
'or many articles of American mam>
'acture. The great trouble with the
country is that President Diaz is tht
lead of a machine that dominates the
•epublic with an iron hand. The politi*
cal machines of the United States are
lothing compared to It.—Detroit News
rribune.
The manly part is to do with might
ind main what "you can do.—Eme^
son.
