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Show i was quite sensible that she had tacitly encouraged Katherine's visits to Semple House, even after she understood that Capt Hyde and other fashionable and notable persons were fre5 A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK quent visitors there. Lysbet Van 4 Heemskirk, saw no reason why her younger children should not move By AMELIA' E. BARR. s 1th the current, when It might set Author of "Friend Olivia.. I. Thou end the Other One. Eo. them among the growing aristocracy Copyright, 1888, by Dodd, Meed aod Company. of the New World. She tried to recall Katherine's demeanor and words during the past CHAPTER I. of pale yellow hair that it made light and she could find no cause for The Van Heemskirks. of its ribbon sucod, and rippled over day, in alarm them. She could not was It May in New York one hun- her brow and slender white neck in ter anything at all which ought to dred and twenty-onyears ago, and yet bewildering curls. make her uneasy; and what lysbet the May A. D. 1886 the same clear was over, did not Long before supper air and wind, the same rarefied fresh- Madam Van Heemsklrk had discov- imagine. see or hear, she could not ness, full of faint, passing aromas ered that this night Elder Semple had Yet the from the wet earth and 'the salt sea a special reason for his call, and when been full ofpast ten hours had really danger to the young girl. and the blossoming gardens. the meal was finished, aud the girls Early in the afternoon, some hours In the city the business of the day gone to their room, she was not astonbefore Joanna was ready to go, Kathwaa over; but at the open doors of ished to hear him say, "Joris, let us erine was dressed for her visit to of apof the shops little groups many light another pipe. I hae something Semple House. It stood, like Van prentices hi leather aprons were talk- to speak anent Sit still, guidewife, Heemskirks, at the head of a garden ing, and on the broad steps of the we shall want your Void on the mat- sloping to the river; and there was a ter. City Hall a number of good deal of pleasant rivalry about men were slowly separating after a On what matter, elder? these gardens, both proprietors havsession. civic They Anent a marriage between my son ing very satisfactory impressed their own individuality Van were all noticeable men, but Joris Neil and your daughteMvatherine. upon their pleasure grounds. Heemsklrk specially so. His bulk was The sfoifli!? wilii' d sharp disThe so great that it seemed as if he must tinctness, not unkindly, but as if they was an space between the two bouses meadow; and this afhave been built up; it was too much were more than common words. They ternoon, eneiored the grass being warm and to expect that he had ever been a were followed by a marked silence, a dry and full of flowers, Katherbaby. He had a fair, ruddy face, and silence which in no way disturbed ine followed the narrow large, firm eyes, and a mouth that Semple. He knew his friends well, through it, and entered the footpath Semple was at once strong and sweet. And and therefore he expected it. by the small side gate. Near he waa also very handsomely dressed. Joris at last said slowly, For Kath- garden this was a bestone gate The long, stiff skirts of his dark-bluerine the marriage would be good, and low the level of the daily, sunk delia ground his coat were lined with satin, Lysbet and I would like it. However, coo!, clean spot even in the breeches were of black velvet, his ruf- we will think a little about It; there ciously hottest weather. Passing it, she saw fles edged with Flemish lace, his is time, and to spare. One should not that the door was open, and Madam shoes clasped with silver buckles, his run on a new road. Say what you Semple was busy among Its large, beaver. finest of cocked hat made the think, Lysbet." shallow, pewter, cream-dishes- . She With his head a little forward, and Neil is to my mind, when the time was beating tome rich curd with eggs his right arm across his back, he comes. But yet the child knows not and currants and spices; and Katherwalked slowly up Wall street into perfectly her Heidelberg. And there ine, with a smile, asked sympathetic northwesta took and is then Broadway, more; she must learn to manage a delightedly: bank, river house of her owrn. So in time, I say, erly direction towards the Cheesecakes, madam? his home was on the outskirts of the it would be a good thing. - We have Just cheesecakes, dearie. face been long good friends. city, but not far away; and his Oh, I am glad! Let me fill some of "We hae been friends for four gen- these lightened as he approached it. " pretty little Councillor Van Heemskirks father erations, and we may safely tie the do naething o the kind, KathIll the and bad built the house planted knot tighter now. The land between erine. Youd be spoiling the bonnie garden, and he had the Dutch rever- this place and my place, on the river- silk dress you hae put on. Go to the ence for a good ancestry. Often he sent side, is your land, Joris. Give it to house and sit wi Mistress Gordon, his thoughts backward to remember Katherine, and I will build the young She was for you no an hour asking or side, father's walked his bow he by things a house; and the furnishing ago. And, my bonnle lasleaned against his mother's chair, as and plenishing well share between sie, dinna Katherine, gle a thought to one word of the us. they told him the tragic tales that black-eyenephew o hers may old Barneveldt and the hapless De There is more to a wedding than say to you. Hes here the day and heart glowed how or his house young and Witts; land, elder. A young girl gane and Jhe lasses that fatherdear of the memories to their should be wooed before she is mar- heed him will sair hearts to them-selget of the ried. You know how it is; and Kathland, and the proud march erine, the little one, she thinks not of republic. The bright young face shadowed, Good evening, Mr. Justice. Good such a thing as love and marriage." and a sudden fear came Into Madam a stood he and Wha kens what thoughts are under Semples heart as she watched the evening, neighbor, minute, with his hands on his garden curly locks at seventeen? Youll hae girl turn thoughtfully and slowly Gaasbeeck Van noticed, madam, that Katherine has away Into the house. gate, to bow to Justice and to Peter Sluyter, who, with their come malr often than ordinar to Sem(To be continued.) vives, were going to spend an hour ple House lately? cr two at Christopher Laers garden. That Is so. It was because of Col. COLORED INKS IN TATTOOING. Men can bear all things but good Gordons wife, who likes Katherine. ays, said Peter Sluyter, when they She Is teaching her a new stitch in English Expert Now Does Work in ad gone a dozen yards in silence; her crewel-work- . Many Colors. Hum m m! since Van Heemsklrk has a seat in Mistress Gordon In an article on the subject of tatto is a way it council long room, likewise has the a nephew, a vera handbis bat. some lad. I hae seen that he takes a tooing, In Pearsons, the marvelous results obtained by an English expert civil, was very deal o interest in the crewel-stitcCome, now, he are thus described : Sluyter. He dows like a man not likewise. And Neil has Been it too Until comparatively recently only for Nell has set his heart on Katherused to make a low bow, that is all." two colors. Indigo blue (or India Ink one every with time, ine and this afternoon there was a Well, well, black) and red weie used in tattooing, gets Into his right place. In the city look passed between the young men i but a Japanese increased the number Hall, I may yet put my chair beside dinna like. Well be haelng a chala permanent brown, bis. Van Gaasbeeck. lenge, and twa fools playing at mur- by discovering and Sutherland Macdonald has now So say I, Sluyter. and for the presder, next I am glad you spoke, elder. Thank added four more to the list, so that he ent it is all well as it Is. This little envious fret of his neigh- you. Ill turn your words over In my works with co fewer than seven colbor lost itself outside Joris Van Heem-eklrk'-s heart. But Van Heemskirk was un- ors altogether. The difficulty has been borne. Within It, all was love der a certain constraint; he was be- to get a color that will bold; any color and content. Madam Van Heemskirk ginning to understand the situation, can be pricked into the human skin, was a little woman, with clear-cu-t to see in what danger his darling but those made from minerals will all features, and brow'n hair drawn back- might be. He was apparently calm; set up, sooner or later, a state of inward under a cap of lace very stilly but an angry fire was gathering in his flammation of the skin and the color dress of eyes, and stern lines settling about the will be forced out again, leaving only starched. Her an ugly scar to mark the spot. blue taffeta was open in front, and lower part of his face. But by careful experiments on his an show to in order behind My Lysbet Is the finest lady In the looped up own experiments which have elaborately Quilted petticoat of light whole lani. Let her daughters walk been body, on for years now, he has going blue camblet. Her white wool stock- in her steps. That is what I want been able to produce a very beautiful her with blue, clocked were is there and Now, also ings there enough, green, a permanent ultramarine blue, shoes cut very low, and clasped is some one coming. From her buckles. small silver with It will be Neil and Bram; and, as a lavender, and, most difficult of all, trim cap to her trig shoes she was a the words were spoken, the young a rich yellow, all not only perfectly harmless to the most delicate skin, pleasant and comfortable picture of a men entered. but colors that will hold, and by blendwoman; smiling, domestic are happy, Again you late, Bram; and some of these together he la with. live to and easy looked the father In his ing peaceful, curiously When the last duty of the day was sons face. It was like looking back able to produce brilliant effects, which finished, she let her bunch of keys upon his own youth; for Bram Van to the uninitiated would appear to be fall with a satisfactory all done Heemskirk had all the physical traits altogether impossible. in so many colors, with Jingle, that made her Joris look at of his father his great size, his com- all Tattooing of shading, is a their he asked: graduations Then smile. a with her manding presence and winning adWhere is Joanna and the little one? dress, his large eyes, his deep, sonor- lengthy process Mr. Macdonald will spend a matter of sixty or seventy And Bram should be home ere this. ous voice and slow speech. I am not uneasy, Joris. They With the advent of Bram and Nell, hours in completing a design to cover were to drink a dish of tea with the consultation ended. The elder, a man's chest not at a stretch, of Madam Semple, and .Bram promised grumbling at the chill and mist, course, but worktug two or three to go for them. And, see, they are wrapped himself In his plaid, and hours a day for twenty or thirty coming; but Bram is not with them, leaning on his sons arm, cautiously days. only the elder. picked his way home by the light of a Elder Alexander Semple was a great lantern. Van Heemsklrk put aside his MONUMENT DID NOT 8UFFER. man in his sphere. He had a reputa- pipe, nodded gravely to his son, and Washington Memorial Came Well tion both for riches and godliness and went thoughtfully upBtairs. Through Severe Ordeal. was scarcely more respected in the In his own room he sat down on a United States Attorney General market-plac- e than he was in the Mid- big oak chest; and, as he thought, his dle Kirk. And there was an old tie wrath slowly gathered. Semple knew Knox Is a man much below the medibetween the Semples and the Van that gay young English officers were um in stature, says the New York Heemskirks a tie going back to the coming and going about his house, Times. One day he met a Pittsburg days when the Scotch Covenanters and aud he had not told him until he crony who was in Washington doing the Netherland Confessors clasped feared they would interfere with his the sights, Well, sir, do you know, remarked bands as brothers In their churches own plans for keeping Neil near to Then one of the him. He remembered under the cross. that Semple the general, that as long as I have Semples had fled for life from Scot- had spoken with touching emphasis of lived in Washington I have had so land to Holland, and been sheltered his longing to keep his last son near little time to get about that I never the mounment until last In the house of a Van Heemskirk; and home; but must he give up his darling visited week. from generation to generation lSie Katherine to further this plan? So Did you go to the top? I like not it, he muttered. God friendship had been continued. Oh, no. I contented myself with there was much real kindness and for the Dutchman made the Dutchvery little ceremony between the fami- woman. That is the right way; but I walking about the grounds and standlies, and the elder met his friend Joris will not make angry myself for so ing at the base and having my photowith a pleasant good evening, and much of passion, so much of nothing graph taken anu a very good picture 8at down in front of the blazing logs. at all to the purpose. That Is the it was. "How did the monument, bear the Joanna tied on her white apron, and, truth. Always I have found it so. at a word from her mother, began to the Jokingly Inquired Then Lysbet, having finished her contrast? take from the cupboards various Dutch second locking up, entered the room. friend. Well, it didnt look nearly as Indainties, and East Indian jars of fruits She came in as one wearied and trouand sweetmeats, and a case of crystal bled, and said with a sigh, as she un- significant as you might imagine. bottles, and some fine lemons. She tied her apron: Out of the Game. was a fair, rosy girl, with a kind, Joris, the elders words have made cheerful face, a plessant voice, and a trouble in my heart What did the Samson, awaking to find himself shorn of his locks, wept bitterly. amlle that was at once innocent and man mean? rolled Who can tell? What a man says, Why so sad? asked Delilah. Inbright Her fine light hair was high and backward; and no one could we know; but only God understands deed, I always said you would look have Imagined a dress more suitable what he means. But I will say this, better with your hair short." woman! to her than the trig dark bodice, the Lysbet, and it is what I mean: It moaned Oh, woman, Don't you know that this quilted skirt, and the white apron she Semple has led my daughter into the Samson. wore. way of temptation, then, for all that simply shatters all my hopes of ever for the Beeraheba Her father and mother watched her is past and gone, we shall be un- being University eleven?" with a loving satisfaction, and Elder friends. Then at last came upon the woman Give yourself no kommer on that Semple was quite sensible of Joannas presence, and of what she was matter, Joris. Hove not some of our the full realization of the evil she best maidens married Into the Eng- had wrought doing. At this point Katherine Van Heems-kir- k lish set? Jhere Is no harm, I think, Then He Saw it came Into the room, and the elder in a girl taking a few steps up when Von Blumer (roaring) Who told on the wedding ring. she and said, chair puts his moved slightly Mean you that our little daughter you to put this paper on the wall? Come awa my bonnle lassie, and Tet Decorator Your wife, sir. And Katherine should marry some English ub hae a look at you. Von Blumer Pretty, Isnt It? HarLook, then, I would rather laughingly pushed a stool towards the pers Bazaar. fire, and sat down between the two see her white and cold In the I will have no Englishman men on the hearthstone. She was the Women are more ambitious In love daintiest little Dutch maiden that among the Van Heemskirks. There, I will speak no than men; not only do they wed the ever latched a shoe very diminutive, let us sleep. more. heart, but they . must share the with a complexion like a could a madam not But She such aud quantity thoughts as well. sleep. eyes, great jlue ! The Bow of Orange Ribbon f Tucked Sailor Blouse an Indispensable Adjunct to the Wardrobe-Sm- art Box Eton Adapted for Girlish Figures Some Approved Recipes. i e grave-lookin- e patty-pans.- x h tight-fittin- g high-heele- d sized turban or sailor Is perhaps in better taste, but the vogue of the wide drooping shoulders in costumes dered without Lingerie Hate. the entire waist havThe lingerie hats of exquisite ba- and wraps will undoubtedly make tbe ing to be ripped apart, as is generally more ever. hat than popular tiste or mull or fine Swiss embroider- picture the case. In the simpler styles of The of delicate ies and Valenciennes lace are lovelier blending pink and gown this is most desirable, but it than ever this season, and innumer- blue is a feature of many hats, and in Is also carried out in the more elabthe association not only of small orate ones, and for the same reason able changes are rung upon combinations of lace and flowers. Nets plain flowers but of ribbons as well is this that the laundering of any lace or or dotted with large chenille wafers discernible. Green also is a favored embroidery is a difficult task unless for to and a hat the are shirred and plaited into airy, color, complete the entire waist is cleaned at tbe broadrimmed shapes and trimmed green toilette or to be worn with a same time. In many such respects natural-coloreblack or dark blue or a with flowers and soft silk scarfs. fashion becomes more and more pongee or Shantung gown, it is practical as time goes on; one reaShaded straws and straws of countless new weaves are shown. Linen a most attractive shade. Green trimson, however, being that absolute hats Inset with lace and picturesque mings plumes, aigrettes, breasts and cleanliness and perfection of detail ribbon velvet in shape are among the new offerings provide this smart are required in any garment that Is as well as more severe linen models touch when the hat is black, blue, to be considered at all smart. Brown and green is eerti or white for outing and mourning wear. Garden bunches and flower wreaths another popular combination. Smartest Facing for Hats. No form of headgear is more charmdivide the honors and there are many By all odds the smartest facing for the made than hat flowers and bud fringes which are ing dainty lingerie hats tc be worn with tailored dresses used profusely. Cockades, choux, ro- in simple "baby" shape out of tbe is that built from narrow lingerie settes, mercury wings, cupid wings finest lace or embroidery, kwith a frills. A facing of net is cut to fit the and quills are called into service for large bow of ribbon as Its only trimhat, then covered with Innumerable the sailor hats. ming. These hats have a girlish ef- ruffiea of narrow lace, either gathered successful to be and should fect, they or accordion-pleated- . Valenciennes be worn only by the youthful and lace lends itself best to this sort of with dainty frocks. From The Defacing, and it a vest, collar and halt lineator for July. sleeves of lace edged flouncing are worn with the linen suit, the harLinen Gowns. for the Trimmings monious effect with the hat Is very ultra-linefor the Trimmings good. gowns are of endless variety, ranging design to Misses' Box Eton. Making starch with soa'by water Is from the most elaborate of laces, and often Box Etons are essentially smart and way to produce a gloss and the of two will these combination a be suit girlish figures to perfection. This prevent the iron from sticking. The best way to mash potatoes Is artistically arranged on one gown. one Is adapted alike to the suit and Large lace motifs are exceedingly to rub them through a wire Bieve; you can then be sure there are no pretty when arranged in irregular designs and skillfully joined by tbe lumps left. Never put table linen Into soap- dressmakers hand work. The delisuds until the stains have been re- cate tints of linen now In the market moved by pouring boiling water furnish an Ideal foundation for the lovely assortment of trimmings and through the linen. When making a pudding dont for- tbe varied methods of construction. Quaint little boleros are the choice get to make a plait in the cloth at the top of your basin, so as to allow of the youthful set, and charming Indeed are the many oddities arising the pudding room to swell. When boiling green vegetables, add from this style. Rarely have these a piece of sugar to the water; It Is boleros come In for so great a share quite harmless, and preserves the of popularity, and each individual seems to have originated her own color as well as soda would. Before using a lamp wick soak It idea for her Jacket, hence the countin strong vinegar, then dry It thor- less assortment. Some are fitted to oughly, and it will burn brightly and the waist line; others fall loosely In without any unpleasant smoke or side or box plaits, showing the belt beneAth, while a great many hang in smelL Ink spilled on the carpet may be a sort of kimqna fashion, showing a taken up without leaving a stain If large front blouse beneath, and the As sleeve reaches to the elbow only, aldry salt be applied immediately. the salt becomes discolored brush It lowing the white puff of the underoff and apply more. Wet slightly. sleeve to figure prominently. Continue till the ink has disappeared. the general wrap and to a variety of materials but, as shown. Is made of Tucked Sailor Blouse. natural colored pongee banded with The sailor blouse is ever in demand. stitched silk and matches the skirt It may vary in detail, but essentially The wide sleeves are graceful in the is always the comfortable favorite extreme and allow of wearing over that is so indispensable. This one Is Fancy stocks are much simpler back and is fitted by means of shoulnovel, inasmuch as it includes fronts seams. The wide der and under-arbox plaited and tucked for tbelr entire than last year. Turnovers of finest linen are de- sleeves are cut In one piece each and length and sleeves that are tucked are laid in box plaits that are extendabove the elbows while they form full cidedly dainty, j A Boas of any sort are not very much ed to cover the shoulder seams. puffs below, and is made of pale blue linen with collar of white and in evidence. shaped band finishes the neck and A new heavy pongee has an almost tbe full ones of the season's waists shield and trimming of embroidery, without danger of rumpling, while the but is quite as well suited to a long shaggy surface. A favorite braid for voile gowns la extended box plaits give the drooping list of fabrics. For yachting and similine eo essential to present styles. hercules. lar sports It is admirable made of light the Tbe Eton is made with fronts and Wreaths of daintiest small flowers weight serge or mohair while all the many linen and cotton fabrics are done in velvet, especially delicately front edges and both tbe lower edge and those of tbe sleeves are faced to much to be desired for the cotton pale blue trim hats of the correspond. The latest development gowns. The quantity of material required The waist is made with fronts and sleeve frill Is the employment of fine back and is finished ai the neck with lace dyed to match the shade of the for the medium size Is 2 yards 21 a big sailor collar. Tbe back is plain, gown. Chiffon is also largely used Inches wide, 2Y4 yards 27 Inches wide but the fronts are laid in a box plait for sleeve frills. or 1 yards 44 inches wide, with 1 at each edge with three tucks at The fashionable decolletage line Is yard of silk to trim as illustrated. each side and beneath the box plaits somewhat higher this season, for, althe closing Is made. Tbe sleeves are though tbe corsage Is cut lower, It Is To Renovate Satin Slippers. e In one piece each, tucked at their upfinished with a dainty tucker of How often the toes of a satin shoe and de sole, chiffon or net. per portions gathered into get nibbed and shabby before there Pelerine collars slightly draped In Is a sign of the shoe wearing. Take straight cuffs. The shield and stock collar are separate and arranged un front and finishing to a point, leav- a piece of paper and pin it on the ing the throat free, will be much front of the shoe, and then cut the patworn this summer. Another effective tern as far back as is necessary to collar yoke Is a yoke and bertha in look smart. A quarter of a yard of one, fitting closely on the shoulders a piece of guipure wtll be found sufand then falling with a full flare. ficient If care is taken In gutting the pattern, and then all that remains la to stitch it neatly on the front of the Separate Yoke and Collar. The new plan of the yoke and col- slippers. It Is suggested that the lace lar being separate from the rest of he not too heavy and of a design that tbe gown Is an excellent one, as it wtll applique well, otherwise a clumsy permits of their being easily laun- - shoe will result n thest Told in Hc,r Boudoir bright-surface- forget-me-not- mous-selin- A HANDSOME der the waist, being buttoned into place beneath tbe sailor collar. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 4 yards 21 Inches wide, 314 yards 27 inches wide or 214 yards 44 inches wide, with yards of all over embroidery and 2 yards of applique to make as illustrated. , Strawberry Baskets. Cream 14 cup butter, add gradually 14 cup sugar. 1 egg slightly beaten, 214 ounces flour and 14 teaspoonful vanilla. Bake, shape and fill with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored, and with strawberries. Serve at once. When the ingredients are mixed, roll out very thin and cut with a round cutter about four inches in diameter. As soon as taken from the oven and while yet warm, roll two sides up so as to form a sort of boat, and set them close together in a dish, to hold them in that shape until1 they are cool and hardened, then prepare the filling by cutting the strawberries, sweeten with powdered sugar and mix with thick whipped cream. Fill the baskets, and place a whole strawberry on either end. Do not fill the baskets until time to serve, as the cream softens the pastry, if allowed to stand, and the baskets lose their shape. full-bac- k dead-chambe-r. To-nig- sea-shel- l, d i The Millinery of Summer. The large and the small hat are in s For equal favor this season. medium- occasions the smal' semt-dres- BLOUSE. Taking Care of the Crops. The greatest handicap which can be placed on a miller is to have to contend with the wheat . Wheat that has been wet In tha , shock, bleached, musty sprouted, stuff, mean to handle and impossible to grind, this Is the worst of all evils which may beset the operative and one of the greatest sources of loss in running the mill. There Is Blithe wheat which haa $ gone into the stack In apparent good ; shape and because of bad winds and ,, heavy rains become soaked with water and then by heating become stack- burned and mouldy, or gone into tha bins In a damp condition and coma out later as wheat, which is not only deceptive stuff to buy, but which makes unsound flour and . loss if by any mischance It reaches the rolls. No other subject la of more vital Importance to millers than the quality of the wheat they grind. The miller, by force of business necessity, has no use for poor wheat. Unlike tbe statistician or the crop estimator, be Miinks less of the numbet of total bushels raised or tbe given number of bushels per acre than be does of the quality of tbe grain and tbe proportion of It which finally reaches his bins In a condition which will allow it to be milled Into tbe pure, uniform product upon which his trade Is -- d based. In tbe settlement of a new country, where tbe production of wheat largely exceeds the local demand and the farmers are poor and have not the means to build granaries to hold their crops, there is a heavy movement of wheat from the machine as the quickest and easiest method of getting the grain raised off their hands. To get the money It brings into circulation is the one ambition of the farmer. The greater the number of acres of wheat be can raise, the cheaper the cost of production, and tbe celerity with which It is rushed to market counts for more than quality of product. Under such conditions there is little stacking of wheat and all the rains and winds have full opportunities to damage. The most promising outlook of a fine quality of wheat will be ruined in a week of bad weather while the farmer is waiting for the machine, and as his neighbors are In the same expectant attitude, a period of bad weather succeeding harvest will ruin good grain and cause the loss of thousands of dollars in the lowering of grades. The best and most successful farmers have learned from years of experience that it pays to stack their grain, especially their wheat That mysterious process of going through the sweat, by which wheat is Improved In color and strength after being cut, bad best be passed in tbe stack, for Investigators and experts have found thathe longer the period during which the berry remains In the ebaff and straw tbe greater is the Improvement of its quality. The market depression which fob lows the custom of rushing the wheat to market Immediately after harvest is too well known to need any comment. The supplies are temporarily larger than the power of absorption and prices are lowered in consequence, to the greatest detriment to the farmer himself. The miller later on suffers from this cause by having the cheap wheat exported to Into competition later In tbe crop year. Tbe Interests of tbe miller in taking care of tbe wheat and having the farmer hold it as long as possible for gradual marketing is evident There Is nothing which can be done to regulate or control tbe weather, but all arguments favor the best protection which can be given the crop from the elements. As the harvest season approaches farmers should be urged to stack their wheat and give It the best chance possible to be high in grade and dry and sweet when threshed. If threshed In a dry condition there Is little danger of a loss of grade afterwards. A difference of 10 to 15 cents a bushel In price because of quality alone is often tbe result of stacking wheat In a wet season. The farmer Is the winner and the miller Is glad to pay full prices for the best grain, and he dont want the poor stuff at any price. The question of the best care of the crops Is of increasing importance as milling demand requires more of. tbe wheat raised. Advanced farming methods grow up side by side with increased milling facilities and both are benefited. There are no two classes which are in such close dependence upon each otber as the miller and the farmer. The success of the one usually means the success of the other. In no other particular 'do the two interests harmonize as in the Improvement of the wheat crop. No other element will improve the quality more than the care of the crop after cutting. It is in the Interest of every miller to urge "stacking the wheat, and both will be the gainer and by better qualities. Milling , . , Grain News. Handsome blouses are ever In demand both for the odd waist and the gown. Here Is one that suits both purposes and allows many variations, but is shown In pale green messallne satin, with tbe yoke of tucked chiffon, vest and trimming of Chinese embroidery, on white edged with silk Palatability of Food. Tbe value of any food for an animal Is indicated to a considerable degree by Its palatability. No matter what , balances of protein and carbohydrates a food may show on analysis, if It is not palatable enough so that the animals will eat It and eat a good deal of it, it will not be of any use In the economy of the farm. Tills is illustrated by the experiments carried on at the Indiana Experiment station in feeding distillery grains to horses. Those grains may contain a great quantity of digestible protein and certainly do, bat tbe horses did not find them palatable and refused to eat morn of them than they were compelled to. of the station, after card, the deep fall below the vest and This is the reporttwo years. Reports those In the sleeves being of cream a trial lasting from teamsters on Llerre lace. To make the blouse for were also secured and they agreed with the a woman of medium size will be re- ,thls point of the station experimentexperience 4 of 414 material 21, quired yards ers. There are many other kinds of 44 27 Inches wide .food that would make good and eheajy or 2Vi yards yards with stock food It the cattle, horses andt yards of tucking for yoke, r lace for cuffs and 3 other stock eared tor them; but they yards of . do not. yards of lace for frills. |