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Show fr: " t I thinly tblekly than on the mors od- pilots.' The expert me cars the opinion that the thlc est planting earn, the moet profitable fd silage OP INTEREST TO Is We MATTERS some1 of oar alio sure are that AGRICULTURISTS. above, hut ista will disagree with tl 8will sustain others know also that Indian Trior Injunction. Hints Aboal OnlMsw the conclusions reached, Some want A decidedly interesting situation is of ion grain to grow a goodly proper h will tloe of the Boll end Ylehto TborooC plant developing in Oklahoma, where the Hortlcnltarat lltlimltnrs tad Elorlsnl-tar-s. with the stalks and su the other States federal government has at wider distances, pi heard H. B. United been to throw open for setonce; planning writer the band, Kiowa. ComGurler remark that he intended find-to- tlement the lands of How to Soil Kmtt. onl stalks, u anche I and on Aug. 9, and raise dims closer Apache plant fruitR. M. Kellogg, the well-knoirifr It more profitable tosa IUT the grain says an editorial writer in the Chicago grower of Michigan, writing in his an- needed than to raise taking .Into News. As has happen. d heretofore nual catalogue on the way to sell fruit, consideration his lnci ilng necessl- - when Indian lands were opened for says: ties for silage. boomers in . large the settlement, Never give the market a thought unnumbers have lined up along the bortil the berries are ready but spend Broad or WIndio Boon. der of the territory. Some of them, in your time growing such a grade of (Vicia fabaL their lest they be unfortunate This la the bean of history, or In theanxiety fruit that customers will wait for your have crossed the distribution, coming. You will not have to run that which was earlier cultivated. in of all line, 2 feet spite restrictions, stakThis bean grows erect, 'about around to drum up trade out claims which seem desirable ing and stem, rednish a If your fruit is right you will not high, has square, and to seize leaflets. and hold them oval of preparing made are leaves up the the have any trouble In arranging with at the end by force. To obviate this, the federal thicker are The broad, have. pods handle all to dealer you leading conofficials have arranged a novel plan 'Get a neat circular letter printed de- and generally curved and pendent, Sevof drawing lots; the man drawing the seeds. thlcklsh. bulging one left have and taining scribing your berries In are first number receiving the right to take Europe varieties grown with every family who Is a customer eral food. human for and his pick, 'the one drawing the next fodder for both where dealer! them of your they telling number securing second choice and can be bad. Have notices put in the so on. effect. Pack same your papers to the As there are only 13. 473 homestead fruit honestly In a nice, clean box and dont forget to put some big berries In claims, it was certain that many of the the bottom. The people will find them boomers must be disappointed and the and give you a good deal of credit. If prospects for an open clash were you ship to a distant city secure a rebright. Now, however, a new and liable dealer In the same way and have wholly unexpected complication apa neat stencil or label which shall act in the Bhape of a protest from pears as a trademark, so that people will beLo himself. The humble red poor come accustomed tb It and insist on in man, the person of one Lone Wolf, no will You have brand. having your through his attorneys, propose to plead occasion to make consignments to a in the courts that under the constituto be will commission house but put tion ho person shall be deprived of to fruit to end wits enough get your life, liberty or property without due supply tegular customers. of law, and that therefore the process If you are so fortunate as to have of the Indians land is uncontaking fellow common fruit, do as the other stitutional. Whether or not Lo Is a does: sell It for what it will bring person is for the courts to discover. but never put your name on it so that he has not always been treatcame Certainly It out find that people shall ed as such, but his present attitude of A good from your establishment. resistance indicates that he may have reputation Is a splendid stock In trade. been undergoing a process of evolution It gives you the advantage on the marwhich Is turning him Into one. ket and causes people to pass by the other growers and patronize you. Have a neat letter head and bill head "Death of John FirKe. to use when you have occasion to A popular vote undoubtedly would write to a customer or present a bill. have given John Flske the foremost Take pride in your business and do ly executed. His sudden death now business In a business-lik- e way. I have made most money selling direct to private families. I never failed to secure for customers nearly every family on all the principal streets. Bread or Wlndaor bean. Other growers would tag around after not does but continue as long In It bercustomers their me and offer my as beans. other It la said to be bearing ries for two or three cents less per more eaten the poor there generally quart, hut I paid no attention to them. than by the wealthy, but, by as it has a Always Insist on a fair price and distinct and agreeable flavor of its back it up by a comparison of values own. quite different from the kidney and you will have no trouble in get- bean, it should be better known among ting and holding customers. Be firm us. It Is when full grown, and courteous under all circum- but unripe, gathered as it is then best flavored. stances; dont get angry if they do The Broad Windsor Is perhaps the best quit you. but express your regrets and known of the cultivated varieties, but leave them In a mood in which they it is less successfully grown in the can come back without prejudice. It United States than in Europe, the clicosta nothing and it is pleasant to mate being apparently unsuited to Its be known as a gentleman with whom best development It is imported to everybody likes to deal. Dont cut some extent in exchange for varieties prices but look up new customers if grown here. you have a surplus of fruit. Don't JOHN FISKE. peddle indiscriminately from house to Iniprvlnc Hi Reed Corn. among place living American historic house but have regular customers The Illinois Seed Corn Breeders Asiins. His fame grew steadily as each whom you supply dally. sociation takes pride in pointing to its year added a new link to Insist on a good price for fancy record of one year .from its primary succeeding the of American hiselaborate You It. will and fruit always get you From the moment of tories which heseries organization. and part-leavhad planned will rarely or never lose a customer, its first meeting it has constantly kept but that unfinished, enterprise more on but you will keep getting before the farmer everywhere and in the sufare still completed portions fruit of as the your quality patronage every way the importance of improvof the ing the Seed Corn of the state. By ficient to give him a permanent place becomes known. Nine-tentby the side of Parkman, whose succespeople will buy the best fruit they can Resenting the matter before the vasor in many respects he was. In artisget, and a reasonably high price cuts rious Farmers Institute meetings and tic of diction he was not Park-mabeauty no figure If they can only know where at all. of Stock gatherings n to get a regular supply. Any grocery-maequal, but in breadth of knowlmen the Interest In this respect has his of sells will tell you he always sympathy, and of outlook he been greatly awakened and today no edge, no had low and first among all the hisfruit the superior grades .fancy is more strongly fixed in the has produced. Protorians nation the laBt The word goes from one family subject mind of the corn growers than the was fessor to another and to their friends in dis- necessity Flske familiarizing Amerthe improvement In seed of their countant towns, where families will club corn. Weofbelieve icans with the history there is no matter together and have several bushels of greater importance before us than try from the date of its discovery. He shipped dally by express and divide Seed and had the faculty of infusing interest them among themselvea. I have al- the Breeding of Corn for. Feed Purposes. Since it is well known Into the driest periods. His historical ways had a large trade of this kind. knowledge was encyclopedic, yet witb When selling one kind of fruit en- that all tne available cornweland is now his great powers of memory he alsc not have under that cultivation, gage the next coming on, so as to have in ten a rare Judgment that enabled him years 'materially increased the had everything sold in advance. You will to tell the interesting things and leave not increased at all have and the soon find all your time occupied In yield as a against this fact that out the rest. He wrote history hi? selling fruit and directing work, and Quality, and that stories. While writes novelist good you can hire the drudgery done by in ten years corn products have greatof corn from work was not always free from error people of less enterprise. Pay your ly Increased and exports remen good wages, so they will prize 31,000,000 bushels in 1891 to 210,000,-00- 0 it was in the main remarkably brilaim did not He at the liable. 1900. more We raise must in their places, but let them understand bushels and better quality per acre If liancy of Macaulay or Froude, but he s, that everything depends on careful work. When they see the we are to keep up with the onward was more just and more accurate. Hr drones being weeded out they will march of progress. F. A. Warner, did not describe the manners, customs and conditions of the people as take the hint; and dont forget the Secretary-Treasure- r. does, for the longer period oi worst use you can make of a man is covered would not allow of it he time to quarrel with him and call him hard l)efrotlnf of Meat. tolerant His Bpirit, bis kindly but names. Just say to him kindly that InIn the foreign meat trade great and his clear and no attitude, and are judicial his services longer needed, terest la being manifested just now natural his books demake English let him go. A neat personal appear- in the discovery of a new method of ance Is a good stock In trade. Wear defrosting meat. As everyone knows, lightful reading. a good business suit and keep your meat which has been preserved by After Long J'er'tfice. shoes blacked, and be In condition to freezing Invariably presents a flabby 'T. S. Gold of Cornwall. Conn., has j make a and approach wealthy family washed-eu- t appearance on being resigned as secretary of the Connect!- a good impression, and never offer a and thawed by the ordinary process, but cut state board ol customer berries In an old dirty box. Mr. as neat and attrac- by the new method discovered by agriculture after a FARM AND GARDEN. - News and views Cp-te-D- he never again showed any inclination to go into the garden. Little Folks. Tha Caka That Wm Barer. There was a little cook, and she made a little cake, rfhe put it in the oven Just to bake, bake, bake; It was full of plums and spice, And of everything thats nice. And she said. An hour. I reckon, it will take, take. take. And then that little cook went to have . a little play. With a very charnfing cat across the way, way. sy; She forgot the cane, alack! . It was burnt, well, almost black. And I wonder what the cooks mamma would say, say, say! w The little cook ran off, and confessed her tale of woe. For to find her cake a cinder was a blow, blow, blow: Cheer up." the mother said. As she stroked the golden head, For accidents will happen, we all know, know, know. might cool off. Grandpa lies on the lounge to rest, you know, Teddy, said grandma. But I don't want to take a nap! said Teddy. , Nor does grandpa; you see, he just lies down and reads the paper, and If he gets sleepy he goes to sleep; that's the way h does." All wight! said Teddy, seizing a and newspaper climbing on the But I want some grasses, lounge. grandma. I can't see to read wivout grasses, you know. Grandma found some eyeglass bows with no glasses in them; and Teddy held them astride his nose with one hand. Mua I read to you, grandma?" be asked. If you please, sir; Id like to hear the news. The news Is er er," staring at the upside-dow- n paper, and seeing the a of boat; theres a awful picture storm and the boats all turned over, and the people's all drownded dead! You don't say so! cried grandma. And theres a war, continued (he little reader, and the men wiv guns shooted some uvver men, and and Here the little fellow began to yawn. He stared hard at the paper, but hla eyes would close; then down dropped the grasses, ' and Teddy was fast asleep. Fussy, the Woodchuck. Dorothy lived with her grandparents on a little farm among the mountains. Se loved animals, and was never without a pet of some kind. One day as DorothyB grandfather was taking the cow to pasture, he noticed three little creatures playing near a large rock. He thought they were young foxes, and he started to catch one; but before he could reach the place, two of the little fellows had tumbled into their hole. The other was about half way in when Dorothys grandfather grabbed him. It was not a fox, but a baby woodchuck a queer, fuzzy, little ball of fur, with beady black eyes, stumpy tail, and big yellow teeth. The baby woodchuck bit and scratched and struggled to get away. But at last he was tied in a handkerchief, and then he was carried to Dorothy. Dorothy was delighted with this new strange pet; and though her grandfather said woodchucks rarely became tame, she was sure this one would. She named him Fuzzy, and then took down her old squirrel cage, and lined it with soft hay and placed him in it, with some fresh-cclover and a little dish of water. For a few days Fuzzy was very wild. He beon haved very badly. He Insisted his would and he snap .water, spilling and bite whenever his little mistress he saw replaced It. But that Dorothy did not mean to hurt him. Then he gave up biting. In two weeks he would drink from his dish without upsetting it. and would nibble clover from Dorothys hand, and let her. scratch his funny little head. In a month Fuzzy had grown to twice his size, and had become so tame that he would let Dorothy take him in her arms and rarry him about. One day little Dorothy - forgot to fasten the cage door and Fuzzy walked; out. But he did not go far, and went back to his cage-oliis own accord. The door wus never fastened again, and all day long Fuzzy would play about the veranda or iiibl'le grass in front of the house, but he a!ways returned to his wire house for the night. One day Dorothys grandmother was baking cookies, .and she gave one to Fuzzy. It was funny to see the little woodchuck taste it then taste again, as if he were not quite able to make up his mind whether he liked it or not. Finally he decided that he did like it and he ate it all. From this time, As cookies were his favorite food. soon as Dorothy's grandmother began to bake he would run to the kitchen, and sit on his haunches in the doorway. and wait patiently until his cooky was given him; then he would scamper off to one of his grassy nooks and eat it at his leisure. Several times during the summer Fuzzy wandered off to the woods and spent the day. At last one cool October day Fuzzy went off and did not return. Dorothy was afraid some one had killed him. All winter long she mourned for Fuzzy. One fine morning in April as Dorothy was walking down the road with her grandfather they espied a big red woodchuck sitting on a stump in Oh. grandpa!" cried Doroa field. see that woodchuck, doesn't he thy, lock just like my dear old Fuzzy? Perhaps it is Fuzzy, said her grandCall him and see." Stepping father. to the side of the road. Dorothy waved her hands and called, Fuzzy! Fuzzy! And what do come here. Fuzzy! you think happened? Why, the big red woodchuck first looked at Dorothy for a minute, with his head on one side, and then came running across th field and it was her dear old FPzzy. coming back to her after his long winter sleep. Dorothy took the great red fellow in her arms and hugged und kissed him. Fuzzy seemed to share her delight. He rubbed his nose against her cheek ami mumbled down in his throat as woodchuck do when they are pleased. Of course Dorothy carried Fuzzy home and fed and petted him. to make tip for all the time he had been away. That afternoon Dorothy's grandma got out her baking tins and rolling pin. And the moment Fuzzy heard the sound, he started up and ran to the kitchen door, and took his place again, to wait for his cooky. During his long winter seep he had not forOne day gotten about the cookies. f"'ind his that Dorothys grandpa nibbled off. and had hepn vegetables as Fuzzy had never ben known to go into the garden he thought some wild woodchuck had made his home close by to be near Fuzzy. That night he set a trap. The next day when he visited the trap, there, caught fast by one leg. was Dorothys Fuzzy! Poor Fuzzys leg was broken. He moaned and groaned while it was being bandaged. He was put to bed. and Dorothy smoothed him and petted him, and cried over him. and she felt that Fuzzy understood how sorry she was for him. After a long time Fuzzy was able to go about as well as ever, but ut by-and-- by Ni f j . Elirmpuel Shell, The new England Bhrapnel shell Is solid steel ana formed out of white-hthen drawn through successive narrow rings to toughen the metal and to ren- der it more elastic. Each shell Is filled with 300 bullets, each weighing about a third of an ounce. The fuses are regulated by hand, Without an; mechanical assistance, the burning pe- riod being twenty seconds, sufficient tc make them effective at a range of abou; It is claimed that the 6,000 yards. maximum rapidity of fire with shrap-- j nel would concentrate a ceaseless stream of 5.000 bullets a minute upoq any desired area. ot . f Nap. Teddy Teddy was out In the back yard, digging a well with an old Iron spoon. He had on hla grandpas straw hat, which, of course; kept falling down over his eyes. Teddy, ' called grandma, it la too hot for you to stay out any longer; you must come In now. It was time for Teddy's nap. but she didnt say so. 'I aint Teddy, said the little boy; I'se grandpa, and Iae diggin a well. is all tarvin to deaf My bossy-cofor water, so I'se got to dig it. But grandpa comes In to rest when the sun is very het, you know. said You may go out to work grandma. when is cooler, just as grandit again pa does. Grandma bathed the hot little face, and took off his dress and his shoes and stockings, so that his neck anI his arms, and bis little pink feel I A flag Hay Krlin. Flag Day was observed in most ol the public schools of New York recently, and the members of the Grand Army of the Republic in most cases were the speakers at these public exer- cises. For 125 years Old Glory has been our national ensign, and to its original design of thirteen stars have and to its glory been added thiity-twand grandeur today no human eulogy can do adequate justice. Hunting with thn fnin-riThe new sport, begun by naturalists. of hunting all manner of wild creatures with the camera, spying upon them in the supposed privacy of their retreats, studying their habits, customs and individual domestic traits, offers a pursuit infinitely more significant, more elevating and of greater value to humanity than the sport whose vista Is bounded by the l. It certainly sights of a calls for a higher courage; and Insomuch is a more manly occupation. Tracking big game to Its lair, circumventing it at short range in order to get it In a good light, waiting for it to strike an effective posa, then calmly snapping a shutter, while unfettered by cumbrous weapon and ammunition. is a braver deed than touching a trigger at rifle range. It certainly demands superior skill and yields superior results. When the object of the chase is some little harmless animal, it is usually a much more difficult feat to secure its reflected image than it would be to slay it with a charge of shot or to land it with a hook. Through camera observation, a vast new department of education is being opened up to the student, a vast field in delightful surprises, and a tender, intimate appreciation of animal life, which cannot help but make better and wiser those who probe its mysteries. The hunt with the camera is an uplifting occupation, educating to a new reverence for the humblest of created things, and free from the brutalizing influences of sport which has killing as its end. It is an ideal pursuit for young people. many of whom have shown themselves most successful in the delicate and stealthy finesse, the patience movement essential to drawing near their quarry without disturbing it. In field and orchard, in canyon and vale, among the high mountains and in the lorest depths, among birds and insects and shy things, weird and fawinatir.z life stories are watting to be unfolded which- have never yet been told. San Francisco Chronicle. o. v. . gun-barre- four-foot- ed - The Board of Trade of Worcester. Mass., will raise $15,000 of the $50,000 desired to erect In that city a statue of General Devens. te es hs ns the-Liv- . cah or Auocirrr. The question of cash or accounts is ne that is debatable in the mind of the modern woman, particularly the city woman. Distances in a large city are so lnexorsblee that tha conveniences or mail or telephone shopping Is very tempting. It is possible nowadays, indeed, to take advantage of bargain counter attractions at long range. Many women, knowing their shops well, will unhesitatingly telephone for a marked down article on opening the morning paper to find it advertised, some shoppers holding an account at different stores for no other purpose. Sometimes. Indeed, these purchases can be sent C. O. D.. but often they cannot. In the matter of exchanges, too. the charge customer has an advantage in the ease and celerity witb which she these . transactions. ican manage 'Against, however, this saving of time and strength and of opportunity must be set the objection, obviously important, of a temptation to extravagance, says Harpers Bazar. When an article is to be charged it seems much easier to make the purchase. One of the phrases common among women hesitating at this point: It will only need a little larger check, and a few dollars one way or the other will make no difference, and it rarely fails to tip the scale in favor of the purchase, yet It is Just here that the danger of an account lies In the establishment of moderate means, and the woman who finds herself slipping along this, easy, dangerous road can find safety only In stern represssion, or tb permit the account to lapse. An every day balancing of accounts is a wonderful safeguard for a housekeeeper, and seldom occurs with the woman who charges things. spiritual to be conquered, and this needs all the strength, and all the; time, and all the powers of the Individual. "Progress la the realization' You have built your of Utopias. castle in the air, salr Thoreau: now No1 put your foundations under it. dream can be too fair for realization.: and life is a period in which to realize' these highest individual possibilities. LK SUIK BATHING SflT. blouse Made with bolero tucked-ove- r of white peau de sole. Collar and bands of white duck, with bands of dark blue duck. NEED A MOKE SIMPLE LIKE. In writing of the boasted progress An American of the last century. mother asks in the Ladies Home Journal for June, "What has the 19th. century done to the woman herself? Are her school training, her colleges and her work in art and literature making her a more womaply woman,, more fit to be a wife and mother? If not, they are losses to her, not gains., The chief change which the last century made in the American woman was that it tempted her to give up for the new occupations of art, reform and money making, ber own real work as and mother. The. a homemaker, 19th century has dragged our women from their natural base. It has given for their them noble surroundings lives; literature, art. 'social power. But they are not content. They, are nervous and restless beyond any former race of women. The food given them la too light. They look out on, the world with starved eyes. The wiser among them are finding out that what they want is not show and public work and applause, but a simple life, repose and the homely affecWith embroidered lace ruffle and tions of home. Yellow and white lace Insertions. black hat. MOUIll HAIR COLORING. Fasliioiaibie hair in Paris now is WORK FOR WOMEN. dark mahogany shade. It is said to Science and art op"n their treasure be far more beautiful than anything houses and offer new realms of explor- hitherto accomplished in the way of ation and pursuit. Life is full of fas- changes from the natural hue, says cination and enchantment, and thus the New York Press. Nor is the procfiner Inflorescence of culture, this ess of transformation so difficult as true development of the individual was the yellowing of hair. Probably comes from insight and energy. The because the mahogany hue now in Norse heaven had seven fiixr.-s- . each vogue so much more nearly resembles of which was entered after conquering the natural dark coloring of at least the Frenchwoman's hair, the little irthe one preceding. Life has its many floors, and after regularities in the working of ths conquering th materials there is the chemicals are not noticed. PALE YELLOW BOLIN. e THREE NT YI.IMI SIMMER DRESSES. first-clas- Me-Mast- er Keep your wagon tive as possible. rbln n. Thick Corn Ilsntlug. IIow thick should corn be planted when it is to be used for ensilage? A. H. Chapman, sheep farmer, of Ku-ro- w, the defrosted meat presents quite as fresh an appearance as the fresh meat which has never been frosted. The new process consists In wrapping meat in a waterproof and airThis question is of considerable im- up thecanvas while the carcass is beportance, as the thickness of planting tight and this method is said thawed, ing has a direct bearing on the yield pos- to be in preventsuccessful altogether sible. No absolute rule can be given which alIosb of the freshness, ing that will suit all soils, since it is evi- ways results when frozen meat Is dent that light and heavy soil will thawed In the ordinary behave differently, and that difference that at present thirty tons of fertilization also has much to do estimated of chilled and frozen meat are conwith the result. weekly In Edinburg alone. It At the New Jersey Experiment Sta- sumed is to nee the huge postherefore tion last year one acre of ground was sibilities thateasy are tor any perthere acre plots and divided into fected which will bring over system planted to Southern White corn, June the meat In better condition than can Sth. The corn was planted In drills British be done at North present. on all of the plots, the drills being Agriculturist. three feet and six inches apart. i Plot 1 was planted at the rate of Brick Preserve. six quarts of corn per acre. The stalks The Australians, it appears, are putstood ten inches apart in the drill. the torm up fruit preserves Plot 2 at the rate of five quarts per ting of bricks, and the United States Agacre, the stalks standing twelve inches ricultural department ha? apart. in the subject, as terested 3 rate of four the at Plot quarts per that in a country, Caliispecl H' n acre, with stalks fourteen inches apart. fornia. where fruit Is so plentiful, that Plot 4 at the rate of three quarts a vast be eveloped In per acre, with stalks sixteen Inches preservesIndustry can The orm. in up put this apart. consists simply in ompresslng The results were entirely In favor process into bricks an 1 wrapping of the thicker plantings. The yield fruit-pul- p of silage corn on plot 1 was at the them in oil paper or other dmHar sub" rate of 9.03 tons per acre; on plot 2 It stance that will keep out tl e moisture. was at the rate of 7.79 tons per acre; The method has the advai tSe of away with glass or ti n packages on plot 3 It was at the rate of 7.49 tons to .the acre; and on plot 4 at the which are necessary in iQuld preserves. It is also hoped ttpt the brick rate of 7.48 tons per Sere. It was noticed on plot 1, where the preserves can be made t corn was planted the thickest, that It fresh fruit, but complete took the moisture from the soil more not yet been attained in rapidly and suffered more from the of over drouth than the other plots. The ears Kangaroo skins to the were also noticeably smaller on plots a million dollars, a year s re Imported 1 and 2, where the corn was planted from Australia to the Unified States. one-four- th d-I- ng continuous service of t h i r t y- our years. Mr. Gold claims that the. Seckel pear is the 1. Green and white figured muslin, acme of perfection trimmed with white lace and tilacK In fruit, thereby velvet ribbon; closed at the left side challenging the of the front. old saying 2. Gray linen, with gored skirt and doubtless blouse. The band about the tucked might - have the cuffs and the belt arp of peck, a better white linen, with French knots done than the strawberry, but doubtless He In yellow. The nariow braid which never did. -f The Empress of Japan is just about a year older than the emperor, although she seems younger. She is rather fine looking from a Japanese standpoint, being short and petite. She now dresses in European style, although when first married she Japanese clothes and blacked her teeth, as did all good Japanese wives thirty years ago. Today her teeth are as white as those of any American beauty and her clothes are of the latest Paris fashion. w-o- In omng. Not till we reach the gulden age of housekeeping may we expect to find the high virtues of cleanliness, order and scientific knowledge embodied in our cooks; so we might as well lower our expectations and take the needless strain from our tired nerves. Marriage is declared a failure, chiefly because man expects a mere woman to exhibit the perfections of an angel, and woman expects a mere man to lire on the lofty plane of a demi-goBlessed are the bride and groom who do not expect too much of each other. Their way is not likely to lead to til divorce' court, and it may branch out in the direction of the kingdom of heaven. But what is to become of all our high ideals, and all our high hopes and high desires, as the poet says? Well, If we must have these, let us have them for ourselves alone. Exercise a healthy toleration toward other people, but hold up the highest possible standard for our precious selves. Ws shall be perfectly afe in doing this, for we are not likely to grow cross, pessimistic and prematurely old d. J.. W. Bell, member of the Canadian lower house of parliament, suffered a paralytic stroke on July 1. and is now at death's door. He was elected to a seat in parliament from Addington in 1882, and with the exception of the term of 1891-- 6 has served ever since. He is considered one, of the most energetic and popular members of the commons. King Edward VII has accepted from Scott Montagu, M. P., a number of American bronze turkeys, taken to England in a wild state. They will be housed at Sandringham. covers the seams of the skirt and finishes the waist is also yellow. Hat of white straw, witb yellow flowers and black velvet at the back. 3. White pique, wifli appliqued bands of black batiste and all outside stitching In black. Hat of white straw, black and with white plumes velvet. in worrying over our own shortcomings. OCR COOKING SCHOOL. Itlaekbarrj Vlnvgnn Make this by tbe recipe for rasp berry vinegar, only putting in five and a half pounds of sugar to every three pints of the juice and water mixed. Cbsrry Biscuit. together a cup of sugar and a cup of water, and when the sirup threads remove It from the fire and beat until It is cool. Now beat in a pint of whippet cream, a cup of half candled cherries, a cup of blanched and chopped almonds, a tablespoonful of Bherry and a tablespoonful of vanilla; turn all Into a freezer and freeze. Boil Roaa Win. rose leaves In hot water, tbe Steep as you would tea leaves. Strain while, hot, sweeten to taste and put over the fire Just long enough to melt the sugar. Add a cup of brandy to each gallon of liquid. Bottle, cork and seal- - |