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Modes of Trimming.
A favorite trimming Is a 'broad,
double full) put on ua a tuck, or, when
I Jwltly Kal'"roil tt Hoiinri. From ono
lo-flvo of those, according to tbolr
width. frequently adorn skirts, whero
they aro arranged In a zig-zag move
ment In preference to a atrnlght line.
S(tiH'tlmt's they are of the same color
and material as the costume, at oth
ers contrasting both In color and tex
tllf, In which ease cither sill; or vel
vet la employed.
Another elfcctivo trimming conalats
of n very heavy description of lace of
extremely lnrge design, through which
black velvet of the very narrowoat
width Is passed so aa to follow the
frame and contoura of the design. Tho
same Idea la also carried out with col
ored velvet of two or three different
colors, anil Is very decorative. This
la more an adornment for cloaks and
bodices than skirts, on uccount of tho
weight.
A Graceful Visiting Gown.
A particularly graceful visiting gown
Is of n soft shade of blue cloth. Tho
yoke and the lower part of the sleeves
nr- of buff embroidered chiffon, while
the panel front of the skirt, tho bertha
and the extensions from the yoke to
the bolt are appllriued with graceful
scrolls for which Cortlcolll silk Is em
ployed. The lower part of the skirt Is
ornamented with several wido tucks.
This model fully emphasizes the fact
that the tabller front Is to bo well
represented among tho new gowns,
not alone thoso intended for nfternoon
but for evening wear as well. It will
perhaps interest our readers to know
of a recently Imported skirt In which
the tabller front was preeminent. It
BEAUTIFUL GOWNS FROM PARIS.
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The skirt of the first gown Is of
white guipure over almond green tnf
feta. The Louis XV. coat is of alm
ond green aatin, tho points in fiont
appllqued with lace, of which the
Jabot, forming a sort of collar and
re'vefs', nnd tho sletve ruflles aro also
made. These ruflles are headed by
a band of guipure, like the skltt. The
is cut in four divisions, each ono bias
nnd shaped to give tho necessary Hare.
Each section Is shlrrod to tho other
with tiny up-standing frills and tho
lower one spread out Into a very full
flounce. Tho skirt Joins tho tabller
at either sldo nnd tho edges aro fin
ished with rosetto bows of narrow
black velvet ribbon, threo or four
Btrands carrlod from ono to tho other
ull the way down.
A Serviceable Jacket.
A Jaunty and serviceable garment
Is made of black broadcloth of an
exquisitely fine texture stitched with
white Cortlcclli silk. It Is cut with
a long turn-down collar and hns whlto
moire rovers. Fancy stitching, In
which tho favorite diamond recurs
ngaln and again, as well as stitched
straps aro features of trimming fof
which Cortlcclli stitching silk, size D,
is almost always employed. Other
modes of garulturo aro cording, per
forated ptraps and straps of pcau do
sola or Fstln, as well as molro, fol
lowed by a varied assortment of
braids. Perforations following some
blouse Is of white moussellne do sole,
and the girdle Is of tho matetlai, fast
ened with a handsome gold buckle.
Tho second gown Is of veiling,
trimmed with veniso Insertion nnd
black velvet libbon. The little plas
tron Is of whlto linen, shirred and
puffed. Tho sleeves are 01 a new
and elahorato design. Welncr qhic,
dainty rattern.or design and showing
the foundation of somo special lining
aro very handsome, also tho ap
pllqued trimmings of cloth, taffeta or
molro.
A Negligee Gown.
Every woman ' wnnts a ncgllgeo
gown. Thero aro many pretty ones In
tho shops, but here Is a homo-mado
ono: Uso flowered muslin over silk
pink or blue. Lay a deep yoke In mod
orato width tucks, sot closo together,
running straight across tho back, but
diagonally In front. From the edge of
the yoke let tho muslin fall in nccor
dlan plaits. Finish the neck according
to fancy.
A pretty yoke nnd stock for a light
silk gown is of rullled tullo, tho ruf
fles being so tiny ns to look almost
like simple shirring. Over both aro
set small pearl beads, as cIobo to
gether as desired. A fold or twist of
satin may bo used at tho top of tho
stock and at tho lower edge of tho
yoke.
ATTwhlte.
Whlto gowns without a touch of
color aro Immensely popular. They
aro gorgeously voluminous. Indeed,
they appear to bo a mass of feathory
flutters in their lacy and transparent
billows of fnbrlc.
Somo of theso whlto gowns seem to
ho an artistic combination of cntlro
doux of laco and embroidery. A
conspicuous faturo Is tho ribbon bow
mado of many loops, and Ingeniously
tied In tho center.
A chic whlto gown of whlto mull
18 llounced three-quarters up tho skirt,
each llounco being finished with a
laco edge. Tho waist Is of lace and
mull, vecry pouffant In front.
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Past Profits In Strawberries.
It Is Interesting to go bnck In
mind to tho time when strawberry
glowing first became popular in this
country. Tho real Interest In straw
berry raising began Just beforo tho
Civil War. Strawberries of tho cul
tivated varieties were then vory un
common. The wild ones sold for por
Imps 10 cents n quart. Whon tho
Improved varieties camo Into tho
market they commanded a very high
price, especially Just beforo or after
tho natural season for tho wild ones,
Hy tho end of tho war tho profltablo
culture of strawberries was drawing
a good deal of attention. Men mado
from $000 to S00 on slnglo ncros of
ground. Tho phenomenal profits In
duced thousands to rush Into tho
business. In timo tho prices dropped
so thnt many cultivators that went In
with high hopes of making great for
tunes abandoned tho business In dis
gust. Following thnt camo a season
when tho Industry of strawberry grow
ing had settled down to a commercial
cnterprlso on commercial lines,
where It has rcmnluod over stneo.
Though tho profits nro not now phe
nomenal, yet they aro nutllcicnt to
Insure a contlnuanco of tho very largo
supplies of tho mu3t popular of all
berries.
Biting and Sucking Insects.
Hrlclly stated, thero aro two classes
of insects biting and sucking. Tho
latter group Includes thoso Insects
which injure tho plants by Inserting
their tubo-llko mouth parts Into tho
plant tissue and draw up tho sap of tho
plant. Common form3 of those Insects
are tho scale Insects, red spiders, woolcy
aphis and other plant lice. Tho rcmo
dy must be ono that kills by contact
with tho Insect body such as koroscne,
kerosene emulsion and tho soap mix
tures. Tho biting Insects are thorn
which chew and swallow some portion
of tho plant or fruit- Tho grass-hopper,
many boetlos and tho codling moth
Inrvm aro good Illustrations. The di
rect poison, such as Paris green or
other nrsenlcals, which can bo applied
to the part of the plant that Is eaten by
the Insect are tho surest remedies.
New Mexico Experiment Station.
Tho catalpa treo Is growing In favor
ns a tree for fence posts. It Is a quick
grower, as trees go, and the wood will
last a long time when used for fence
posts. Hardy varieties only should
be grown.
Tho reason why more trees are not
planted Is that It takes too long to
bring them to any bIzu. The farmer
wants quick returns.
Sweet Corn.
Sweet corn for family uso should bo
planted at different times throughout
tho season, that tho users may havo
It coming on at convenient periods.
Tho same is true green corn la to
bo sold In tho market. There aro sov
oral advantages In tho raising of
sweet corn. Ono of thorn Is that Bwcot
corn can bo harvested much cheaper
than can Held corn, as tho harvesting
consists only In going through tho
fields nnd snapping off tho cars that
aro ready to use. Another advantage
is that the stalks may bo fed green
to tho milch cows, and will produco
a largo rovenuo In that way, provided
a farmer havo several cows that aro
giving milk. Tho fact that It doos
not all reach marketable size at tho
saino time makes it far oasler to nan
dlo the crop than Is tho caso with
field corn. In addition, thero Is no
fear of fall frosts, for tho corn docs
not hnve to bo ripened and thus
makes tho necessary growth In a
much shorter season than docs tho
field crop. In fact, sweet corn can
bo grown much farther north than
can tho corn for common uses.
Starting Cantaloupes.
Cantaloupes can be started In hot
houses and afterward transferred to
tho fields. In somo vineyards tl0
practice is followed of solving ono
seed in a box tho slzo of a cigar box
and allowing' It to dovolop to good
slzo beforo transplanting. Tho boxes
aro then taken to tho field and tho
sides and ends torn off, tho bottoms
being left to hold tho roots fn placo.
When placed In tho ground tho plants
go on growing as If nothing hnd hap
pened, for tho plccos of boards re
maining do not provent tho spread of
tho roots latorally. Tho advantages
of this mothod aro soveral. Ono of
them Ib that while tho plants are un
der glass thoy aro protected from
their Insect enemies and make a good
growth. After thoy become strong
and vigorous, lnsecta do them llttlo
hnrm. Of course another advantage
Is that tho melons aro ripened several
weeks earlier than thoy otherwlso
wouli be.
Setting Apple Trees.
From the Farmers' Review: In your
Irsuo of May 2i I read an artlclo on
orchard management, In which Mr.
Aldrlch advises setting troes leaning
to tho Southeast. This presents a
now phaso as to leaning trees.
Neither southeast nor southwest Is nd
vlsablo. It Is my oxporlenco that ll
should lean toward tho sun nt im
it
tweon half-past twelve and ono
o'clock. Edsou Gaylord, Iowa.
Whether potatoes aro to bo grown
on tho lovel or In ridges doponds
Inrgely on tho soil and to somo ex
tent on Uio soason. It would bo a
mlstuko to nttompt to ralso potatoos
by lovel culture In a clay soil badly
drained.
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The Battle of Grass and Weeds.
The dominant vegetation existing
In any section of country, If loft to lt
Holf, usually rcpola Invadora. Tho roa
son that certain kinds of plants only
nro found growing predominantly nny
whero 1s becnuse, for tho tlmo being,
they nro best fitted to survlvo under
local conditions. Thoso less well fit
ted aro crowded out, nnd perish, in
an old plant rrglon, aa n forest or n
prairie, vegetation of a particular sort
has established Itself as tho result of
centuries of competition with other
plants contesting for tho saino space.
Seeds of Invading species, howovor,
may lie dormant for some time In tho
soil, awaiting the clearing of tho land
to germinate and grow. Notlco the
new plants that nppear where land la.
cleared of trees or sod nnd left to It
self. So long ns the conditions In na
turo surrounding tho wild pralrlo
grass remain tho same, they will con
tinue to grow In about tho samo pro
portions and to about tho samo extent.
Man, however, changes natural condi
tions violently. Hy breaking soil and
putting la crops ho opens places
which afford room for strange plants,
weedB, tho seeds of which aro carried
thence to neighboring grazing land.
Even then they will not drlvo out tho
wild grasses If tho latter aro left to
themselves. On the contrary, If a
farm la nbandoned, woods may riot for
n few years In tho broken Innd, but tho
sod retakes tho soil eventually In tho
pralrlo regions, and tho weeds nro
crowded out. II. F. Huberts.
Sweet Clover as a Soil Amellorant.
Hulletln 233, Ohio Station: Those
who havo carefully observed tho hab
its of the wild sweet clover (other
wise known ns llokhara clover or mol
Hot) havo noticed that Its volunteer
growth Is practically confined to road
sides where tho surface soil has been
scraped away or where the ground has
boon puddled by trampling, and to sim
ilar locations elsewhere, such ns the
bottoms of nbandoned brickyards or
places In pasture fields where the soil
hna been trampled while wet, or hill
sides from which tho surface boII has
been washed away. It Is practically
never found Invading pastures or
other lands which havo been kept In
good condition. At tho Ohio Experi
ment Station tho sccus of this plant
havo repeatedly been sown on Bolls
which were merely thin, but not
washed or puddled, but Invariably
without success. The only case In
which It baa bren Induced to grow
WttB whero It was sown on tho bottom
of an old brickyard at Columbus In
1SS8. Hero - full stand nnd vigorous
growth was obtained, and tho crop
was allowed to stand and ro-sccd Itself
until tho fall of 1891, when it was
plowed under and tho land sown to
wheat. The result was a yield of 2G.9
bushels of wheat per acre on tho land
whero molllot had grown, ngalnst a
yield of 18.6 bushels on similar land
alongside, which had been cropped
with corn and oats tho two season's
previously.
Developing the Rice Industry.
Tho work of Introducing now plants
Into thlB country Is proving exceed
ingly beneficial from a commercial
standpoint. Tho Introduction of rlco
from Japan a fow years ago illus
trates this. Secrotary Wilson in a
rcccut report said: In my last report
attention was called to tho fact that
tho introduction of Japanese rlco re
sulted In an Increased production,
amounting to at least 11,000,000, of
this commodity In Louisiana, and fur
thermore, that tho Impetus glvon to
tho work In Louisiana and Texas led
to the Investment of not less than
120,000,000 In tho Industry. In 1900
about 8,000,000 pounds moro rlco woro
produced than In 1899, and this year
65,000,000 pounds moro were produced
than In 1900. With tho rapid In-
crcaso In our own production tho Im
portation of rlco from foreign coun
tries Is falling off, as Bhown by- tho
fact that In threo years tho Imports
have decrcasod from 154,000,000
pounds to 73,000,000 pounds. All tho
increase In homo production can not,
of course, be ascribed to tho depart
mebt's Introduction and distribution
of Japarceso rlcd, but tho great im
potUH to Its production In this coun
try was glvon by tho department's In
troduction threo years ago. Evl
dontly It will bo but a fow years until
tho Unltod Statos will not only grow
all tho rlco consumed hero, but vrtll
export part of tho product a3 well.
Improving tho Land Through Feeding.
On many of tho European farms tho
owners plan to feod their animals
rich food for tho purposo of Indlroct
ly benefiting tho land on which tho
droppings aro to go. Immonso quan
tities of cotton seed meal and llnseod
cake aro yearly fed to cattlo and tho
hlgh-prlccd laud thus Improved. What
Is a good thing for tho European farm
ors should bo n better thing for farm
ors on this sldo of tho water, because
wo aro at tho baso of supplies. Tho
Europeans havo to buy theso rich
feeds vory largely from tho United
States. They pay tho cost of trans
porting across tho water and over
railroads, and for handling Hovernl
times, besides tho toll to tho various
mlddlomen undor whoso chnrgo It
comes at various times. Wo should
tako Into consideration tho manurlnl
valuo of tho things wo buy for our
cattlo and othor stock, with tho oh
Ject of obtulnlng manure as rich as
posslhlo In fertility moat needed on
tho land.
THE RETURN.
A little hind l ktiorkltiK nt my heart,
Ami I li.ivo ctiMi'il tlu door.
"I pray thro, fur the Iovh of Ood, depart;
Thou Htialt oomo In no more."
"Open, for I nm weary of the w.iy;
'I'lio iiIkIiI It vory Murk;
t have been wuihIitIiik iimny a nlutit and
d.iy.
0H'ii. I have come b.tek."
The little Imttd N knookltiK p.illonlty:
I lliten, (Intuit with pain.
"Will thou not oiwtt nny moro to mo?
I llllVO COMIC tl.lL'k HHIlltl."
"t will not fipon nny more Pep.irt,
I. Hint once lived, nut ttoitil."
Tho li.nul tlmt hud liton knocking at tny
heart
Whs mill. "And l?" alto mild.
Thero I no notitnl h.ivo lit tho winter air
The aottttil of wind and ruin
All (hut I loved In .ill tho world stands
there.
Ami will not knock nRnlii.
Arthur Bymons.
Chicago's Street Boys.
Thero nro In Ohlcngo about C.,000
newsboys, of whom 1,500 nro em
ployed In what la known as tho down
town district, north of Fourteenth
street, nnd extending n short distance
west to tho river. Hut this Is not nil
of tho rough-and-rendy element. Thero
Is a vast army of messenger and tolo
graph boys, another nrmy of boot
blacks, and Ht 111 another of ollleo boys
Then there lire tho "sleep-outs" tho
walfa and atraya Of tho nowaboys 80
per cent nro Italians, most of whom
havo hiitnes; 10 iter cent nro Jows,
must of whom havo homea, nud tho
other 10 per cent nro chlolly Ameri
cana There la n considerable num
ber of homeless boys who sleep where
they eau find n placo In tho News
boys' Homo or In some lodging houao,
or in sonii) building or alley. The boys
In the downtown district have consid
erable leisure tlmo, which they em
play In unprofitable ways. Including
gambling. John F. Alklnaon, for threo
and a half yonra llnnnclal seeretnry of
tho Illinois Chlldren'H Home and Aid
Society, la endeavoring to organize n
"lloya Club and I'lcnaaut Evenings"
in the downtown district.
Blindfold Artists.
When the recess bell has sounded
Its welcome dlng-a-dong let a dozen
or no of you go Into a mom whero
thero Is a blackboard and tako scata
In a row facing It, for you aro going
to have n drawing contest, uud tho
blackboard Is the field where you are
to display your skill. Someonu must
be selected ns director of the contest,
but not necessarily aa the Judge.
When the board has been cleaned
off from ono end to tho other tho eon
teat begins by one director's calling
on the player at the head of the row
to como to tho board. Then ho blind-
folds tho player with a handkerchief,
places hi in in front of tho left-hand
end of the board, nnd, giving him a
piece of chalk, tolta him to draw on
tho board a picture of a horse. This
tho player does to the best of his abil
ity, but no matter how careful ho may
be, every lino ho draws will mako the
other playors shout with laughtor;
nud no ono will laugh louder than tho
plnyer himself whon tho handkerchief
has been taken from his eyes and ho
sees the funny picture ho has made.
A Puritan Conscience.
Hero Is a story tho Youth's Compan
ion tolls of a little New England girl
tho workings of whoso Puritan con
science Involved her In dllllcultles on
ono occasion.
She wns studying mental ailthmetlc
at school, and took no pleasure In It.
Ono day sho told her mother with
much depression of spirit that she
had "failed again In mental arithme
tic," nud on being asked what problem
had proved her undoing, alio sorrow
fully montloued the request for the
addition of "nlno and four."
"And didn't you know tho answer,
dear?" asked her mothor.
"Yss'm," said tho llttlo maid, "but
you know we aro to write tho answers
on our alatos, and beforo I thought I
mado four marks and counted up,
'ton, 'Jevon, twolvo, thirteen;' and
then of course 1 know thnt wasn't
mental, so I wrote twelvo for tho
nBwor, to bo fair."
Butterflies and Birds.
Of all tho "ehlldien of tho nlr" that
gladden a June day, the monarch but
terlly Is one of tho most notlcenblo.
Ita wings shimmer like gold nlloypd
with copper na It pursues Its lazy
Hight In the .sunshine. Tho mnlo mon
arch Is a true dandy and carrlu on
each hind wing n blnck sachet bag
containing a strong perfume, most
attractive to the other sex. Tho mon
arch is Immune from bird enemies;
tho callow blrdllng that takes n blto
from It wipes his beak In dlsguat
nnd forover nfter connects tho noi
some tnsto with orango wings. A too
hasty conclusion, of which tho vlcoroy
butterfly takes advantage, and, by don-
BJls-"p
itlng tho monarch's uniform, escapes
ncntheleas, although any bird might
find It a beaksomo moraol. Country
I.lfo lu America.
An Electric Experiment.
Paste a strip of tinfoil around tho
middle of u lump chimney, nnd nn
other narrow atrip of tinfoil length
wise from one ond to within ono Inch
from the other strip. Wrnp a silk
handkerchief or piece of silk around
the chimney cleaner (tho llttlo brush)
nnd rub the Inside of the chimney In
diiatrloiialy, being enreful not to touch
the strips of tinfoil with your lunula.
If this experiment la executed lu tho
dark nn electric spark can bo Heon
Jumping from the ring to tho strip
us often na the broom Is pulled back.
Fasten n piece of wire around tho
tinfoil ring and on Its end a few strip
of tiaaue paper. Hy nibbing the Inside
of tho chimney with tho silk covered
brush the ring Is filled with electric
ity, which pnsslng through tho wire
affects the strips of paper, cnualng
them to lly apart.
This experiment should bo tried In
dry weather, as humidity Is disadvan
tageous to electrical expurlmonts.
Ilroom, silk cloth, nnd lamp chlmnoy
should bo nbsolutely dry.
A Novel Game.
Iloro'n a gamo thnt Is enjoyed by
every ono who playa It. Mako two
cornucopias of fairly stiff paper, leav
ing tho small ends largo enough to
pass plecen of twine through. Tako
two plocos of Htrlng, and allp each
through ono cornucopia, ntreachlng
them two feet npart, as tight as you
can across tho room, fastening tho
ends to either wnll.
The strings should bo high enough
from tho ground to cnablo you to blow
Into tho cornucopia. Tho objoct of
tho gamo Is for two peoplo to stand
at tho ond of tho strings nnd blow
Into tho largo openings of tho cornu
coplas, anil seo which ono can get
It across tho room first.
It tnkeB a person with a good pair
of lungs to send It tho length of tho
string In one blow.
Paper for Invitations.
Thoro Is specially Imported station
ery for little maldons to uso lu send
ing out their party Invitations. Ono
stylo hns tho amnll sheets of heavy
white paper decorated at tho top In
colors with a llttlo girl nnd small hoy
fencing. On tho other are two wco
"new women" In bloomers exorcising
with dumb bells nnd Indian clubs.
Othor notepnpor bears on tho top a
sceno of tiny summer hollo and her at
tendant cavallor on board a yacht.
What Is known as "harlequin papor"
la decorated with an elephant In scar
let trousers ploying a trombone, nnd
below:
Tho elephant played tho trombono
With lila trunk so vory long.
Ho played tho airs so finely,
That never a noto was wrong.
Coin Trick.
Place a llttlo mucllngo on tho rim
of a wlno glass; turn tho glass ovor
on a sheet of whlto paper, nnd when
tho niucllago Is dry cut away tho pa
por closo to tho glass. Put tho glass
mouth downward on a sheet of papor
like that which covers tho mouth of
the glass. Make a paper cono to fit
over tho glass. Now lay a penny on
the large sheet of paper by tho sldo of
tho wine glass. Cover tho glass with
tho paper cono nnd plnco tho wholo
ovor tho coin. Command tho coin
to disappear, and on taking off tho
cono tho coin will appear to havo
obeyed your command, To causo It
to reappear, replace tho cono and car
ry awuy tho glnHS under It.
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Hold theso figures boforo a looking
glass and you will seo tho names of a
boy and a girl. Or hold tho pago up
to tho light and look at It through
tho back pago and you will got tho
samo effect.
Work of the Frost.
A frost problem Is the cracking of
tho earth In severo cold, nnd tho way
In which rocks and clods aro reducod
to powder by frost. Water, whon It
freezes, oxpands with Irresistible
force. Consequently anything contain
ing water Is rout asundor whon that
water turns to Ice. In this way rocks
aro rapidly worn down. Chalk holds
moro water than most othor forma of
soil, and that Is why tho roads in
chalky counties nro usually In such o
shocking condition whon a thaw fol
lows frost.
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