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Show world which we are glten to occupy is. and will be, precisely what we choose to make It, says Womans Life. A FEW TOPIC3 OF DISTINCTLY Whether we do light or wrong, whether wo are hupp or otherwise, depends FEMININE INTEREST. very largely, if not entirely, on ourselves. 8mart and Useful Dress of Woolen-Blo- use We hate all experienced the feeling Suits for the Little Gir' of brightness which a sunshiny womThe Proper Way to Pack Fl( an brings with her wherever she goes. She may bate just as many worries to face, just as many anxieties to bear, hut she overcomes them largely No Extra Weight. a blight and sunny disposition. We Theres a tendency toward light- by are not all capable of laughing In the weight wool fabrics for autumn yea, face of trouble or adversity, but we even for winter gowns. Praise bei can at make an attempt, and women are tired of dragging heavy even if least lacks the ring of the laugh cloth' around well what useT nene is Infinitely better than it heartiness, at all since the lighter weights aru the frown or sigh. Just as warm and so are suitable for cold weather wear. For the Little Girl. The weight of a fabric Is often due Blouse suits are always becoming to a concealed mixture with cotton or to little girls and make the best of all to stuffs used in the dye. It is cumbersome and not nearly as warm as a lighter weight material that is all IIEAATH AXDBOUDOJE briculture a. Why California Rais'iv. Grower! Organized. M. Tliwilore Kearney: Tl.e Ques tion how shall we market our crops BO ul to produce the best results its onf that la attracting the greatest attention among the fruit growers of California. Raisins have been produced lu California for many years, but it was not until 1885 that the Quantity reached tho round figure of ten million pounds. The production rapidly increased each year thereafter until nine years later or In 1894 the output was 103 million pounds. During this period, which was one of great prosperity In the United States, the demand was In excess of the supply, except In 1894, and the raisins were sold f. o. b. shipping points at steadily advancing prices. The panic of 1893 and the excessive crop of 1894, together with the dishonest and suicidal practices of some packers in filling orders with raisinB of a quality much Inferior to the grades Indicated in the box marks, brought about a total change In the methods of marketing the crop. Thereafter the dealers In the east refused to pay for except after arrival and upon examination; and as the demand was very much reduced by this change, and the crop of 1894 was much in excess of previous years, the growers were obliged to ship their raisins east on consignment. I think we hare all learned the bitter lesson of the consignment system and 1 need say no more on this point than that with nearly every crop in the hands of a separate broker, for there were almost as many agents selling tho crops as there were growers, each grower's crop was used against every other grower's crop to beat down the price and ruiu the market. The logical result of all this was that when the commissions, freight, packing and other charges were paid the grower had not only nothing left fur his labor but was actually out of pocket on the year's transaction. In fact raisins dropped to $13.00 per ton In Fresno In 1897 and tho farmers found It cheaper to use them, and did so use them, as a substitute for barley In feed ng their work horses. As a further Jesuit of this condition great areas of raisin vineyards throughout the state were uprooted, ami in Fresno county alone the assessor's books show a reduction iu acreage In two years of lG.nOo acres, representing a loss to the growers in labor aud material of at least $100 per acre or 51,000,000. Of course this meant widespread ruin to the raisin growers and hundreds of inort gages wpre foreclosed and tho farmer uiid bis family turned adrift to comlabor pete lu au already market tramping nbout the stite In search of a day's work. Farmers Review. rais-sln- s over-crowde- d Necessity for Pruning. Weak plants often show a great profusion of bloom in the spring, but at harvest time the berries are few and inferior. The stamens anil pistils not being vigorous, the pollen lacks popower, and, as altency or where there are no ready explained, seeds there can he no fruit, and weak seeds always produce inferior fruit lu plants unrestricted and propagated promiscuously, you will always notice some plants fruiting fairly well, others sparingly, and still others entirely bar ren. Notice that when apple trees bloom very full white as snow when every twig Is loaded with blossoms, very little fruit sets, and what does grow is small and inferior in quality. This is because the tree does not have the ability to Impart potency or life to so much pollen. Our largest crops of fine fruits are grown when we have moderate bloom, or the trees have been restricted by closo pruning before blossoms open In the spring. They can then concentrate their powers on fewer blossoms, the potency of pollen is strong and the seeds are vigorous, with consequent full development of fruit flesh. This Is why the successful archardlst prunes his trees and vlues every year, cutting off a large part of tho buds. Everybody knows that unpruned orchards, vineyards, or fruit hushes quickly become unfruitful R. M. Kollogg. life-givin- g , i ' Palm Oil In Oleomargarine. Commissioner of Internal Revenue has "notified the Chicago manufacturers of oleomargarine that they will not be permitted to use palm oil in the manufacture of oleomargarine. This the manufacturers take exception to. They say tbs law per mit8 tho use of vegetable oils and .that they will go into court to defend their rights. Itut the path of the commissioner Is plain. It takes less than one per cent or palm oil to color tlie buttcrinc yellow like butter. The fraudulent intent in its use Is j The Onion Crop of the United States. We have no full statistics of tho onion crop In the United States later than 1899, t.he year covered by the twelfth census. In that year the yield was over 11,099,000, and the acreage was in excess of 47,000. The farm value of this crop amounted to 50,637,413. New York leads as a producer of onions, the yield that year being 2,177,271 bushels. Ohio followed d with 1,671,442 bushels. Almost of the entire crop of the country In 1899 was produced In these two states, their combined output amount ing to 3,848,713 bushels, valued at one-thir- 4. The five states which rank next, and together produce about of the entire crop, are, in the order of tlieir importance as producers, Michigan, Massachusetts, Illinois, California anil Indiana. The combined product of these five states In 1899 amounted to 3,098,807 bushels, valued at 51.028,776. No state other than those, mentioned above produced as much as a half million bushels. Connecticut Is credited with over 400,000 bushels; Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Wisconsin each raised upwards of 300. 000 bushels; Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Oregon, Virginia and Colorado each produced a crop of upwards of 200.000 bushels, and the combined product of the group of the ten states last enumerated amounted to 2,814,-32bushels, or almost 24 per cent of the entire crop of the country. It Is thus seen that about 82 per cent of the onion crop of the United States in 1899 was the product of 17 states, the remaining 18 per cent being distributed among 32 states and territories. one-four- th 0 Rich Land. The man that dreams of farming always imagines himself owning rich land. There is no other kind that It Is a pleasure to till. There is no other kind that will yield a profit from the operation of tillage. The richness of land regulates the value of the farm both in the market and in the operatipn of fanning. Yet In ike face of this fact, millions of acres of our most valuable aid productive land have been allowed, to deteriorate in fertility. The great problem of how to bring them hack to their former state of fertility is one with which the best of scientists are working. It is not practical for a man to buy enough stable manure or commercial fertilizers to at once bring hack his land to its original state. A few facta In relation to the composition of the soil helps us in determining the best course to pursue. One of these facts is that the poverty of the land comes principally from the exhaustion of available plant food and not from the exhaustion of the plant food that is not at once available. In the process of years the new unavailable plant food becomes available, some each year. We have but to put back on the soil year by year as much as we take off In the way of fertilizer to gradually bring hack the laud to a rich condition, by the annual Increase of available plant food from natural causes. This is a slow process, but it Is far better than no process of recuperation. well-know- d Soft white wool goods are conspicuous in recent exhibitions, as well as bright and more subdued colors. Deep greens and blues, violets and lavenders, grays and browns all are shown in lavishness and with a certain tint In each that Is deliciously new. Isn't It a bit odd that every year the old colors come hack to us conspicuously new? To the end of time, likely, they will be the same still, always with an unusual freshness of hue not seen in any predecessors. Smart and Useful. The smart yet useful dress depleted frocks for school and knockabout Is made of a soft gray twilled woolen wear. This stylish model is suited to material and the simple coat bodice serge, flannel anil similar wool fabrics can be worn over a Mouse or with a and to both linen and cotton of the front of lace and muslin. The skirt Is sturdier sorts, but as shown is of blue simple and of a convenient walking serge with bands of black braid and length; while the coat can bo worn gold buttons. The quantity of material required open to show the Mouse or front befor the medium size (8 years) is 4 Vi neath, or buttoned up iu double-breast n Seed Wheat Much of the trouble with raising wheat comes with the quality and condition of the wheat we sow. Some forget that in varieties there has during the past few years been great Improvement At various experiment stations Investigations have been carried on that have shown that some varieties are worth double what others are. A few varieties havs given large yields year after year on various kinds of soils and under all Yet this Information Is conditions. of but Blowly. taken advantage being It will pay to have good seed and the proper amount per acre. Cars must be exercised to keep out the impurities. which are frequently the cause of great crops of weeds In the wheat seed only should Held. be used. Seed containing weed seeds should not be purchased at any price, aa the weed seeds will take mors nourishment away from the growing wheat than the whole cost of tho seed will amount to. Every farmer should know how to clean his own seed and should do It where necessary. The farmer that sells a bores In poor condition is almost certain to lose money thereby. The ordinary buyer wants a horse that Is sleek and fat. So much Is this the csss that some men in the cities make It their business to caier to this requirement They buy horses poor in flesh and get them cheap bemuse they are poor In flesh. They fatten them up, finish them off with oats and sell them at a gooi aiUance. A henpecked husband is generally crowed over by his wife. Well-cleane- wool. ed fashion. For traveling or for wear yards 27 Inches wide, 3 4 yards 44 on one of the dull days we meet with inches wide, or 2 yards 52 inches so often now, there Is nothing so con- wide. venient as a dress of this kind, which To Pack Flowers. Is at once soft and warm and yet by It is a mistake to use cardboard no means heavy. Woolen materials of different sorts are Indeed very fash- boxes In packing flowers to be sent ionable, as womankind has found out by mail. Always use a tin box, linthat they crush and soil less easily ing it with a sheet of damp moss and above this a sheet of florist's paper, or tissue paper if the other la not at hand, taking caro that it fits into the corners and around the sides. The flowers Rhould be placed In, row after row, until there Is a layer of flowers fitting Into the other all over the bottom of the box. Never crowd nor put one layer on the top of another. The rows must be as close together as possible; the flower heads of each row should be on the stems of ths row immediately preceding It, so that when the box la finished only flowers are to be seen and no stems. Breezy Frille. Shaped ruffles finish elbow sleeves. Lace is much threaded with ribbon. Picture gowns should accompany picture hats. Pompadour taffetas are made Into adorable little dress rigs. Veils and trimmings are still worn dangling at the hack of hats. Velvet hat bindings are often over A Useful Gown, an Inch deep on the outside. than muslin, and are really so light In Even a gathered rutile is prsttlsr texture that they are almost. If not If it be shaped flared that Is. Elbow sleeves may he finished out quite, as cool as the more diaphanous fabrics. with the revived white undersleevei A lot of very pale r ream-pinroses makes lovely a white shoperdess hat Wanted, Sunshiny Women. Some muslins and organdies are Feme of us like to complain of the world and the spot we are destined to often as sheer as mousscline or chifoccupy iu it. Things are not Just as fon. we want them nor as we feel they Theres a certain chic In the pictuShould be for us. But we overlook re-hat binding of black or corded velvet. In the fact that the pailicular spot this k - SOUTH NEEDS MORE HUSTLE Its Mr. Yerby Gives an Illustration of Happy-Go-Luck- y William E. W. Yerby Ala., Ways. of Green the president of the Ala- bama Press Association, which is now seeing the sights of New York, principally admires In New York and the east the way ppnple value time, makI don't ing every moment count. think It necessary to run up and down stairs, to leap off and on cars at full speed, and the like, as you do here In New York City, he said yesterday at the. Hotel Empire, "but still 1 wish that we could Inoculate In Southerners the germ of punctuality and appreciation of time. As an Illustration of how some of our roads are run, for Instance, let me tell you of an experience a Northern friend of mine had In the South. He hoarded a street car, and as a section of the road lay through a sparsely settled district, and as he was the only passenger, ths motorman turned his power partially off, came into the car, and talked with him. The conductor joined them, while the car jolted slowly along just as It felt like it. Of course this was very hospitable of the motorman and conductor, showing one trait of Southern character not to he deplored, but it Is hardly the way to conduct an road or make connections on time. The South needs more hustle and less wasting of precious moments If It is to make commercial and industrial advauce equal to its natural resources." New York Tribune. NEW PRODUCT OF SOUTH. Are Evolved by Agricultural Experiment Station. "Dried potatoes" is a new idea and Industry? and like many other successful experiments promises to be a big thing. It is the product of the South Carolina agricultural experiment station. During the process the potatoes are boiled, peeled and evaporated In a cannery, and will remain, it la claimed, in perfect condition for years. The preserved iiutato becomes fit for eating after being soaked In warm water for an hour. Liko many other new Ideas, this promises to be a big thing. It insures to tho farmer the perfect preservation of one of hia most prolific and most Important general food crops, at the same time fitting it for safe and economical shipment to distant markets heretofore closed to It, and effects these ends by a mode of preparation which Is so simple and cheap that It can be employed on any farm. When it is noted that In one ease stated In the table an acre of land yielded 357 bushels of raw potatoes, which In turn yielded 105 bushels of the dried product, the possibili- -' ties of the process in the way of developing the culture of the vegetable In the south and introducing It to the world's commerce and comfort begin to appear in truly vast proportions. How "Dried Potatoes Why She Wept motor car When the Juneweds rounded the curve in the lane, almost in the midst of a gypsy camp little MrB. Junewed declared sho must have their fortune told. Ill slip off my wedding ring, she urged, "and that will confuse them so that I can tell If they really know. So Mrs. J. distent Into of the gypsy, the appeared queen, while her husband held tightly; the tiny gold band that he had so, lately placed on her finger. After j a long time she came back on tho! run. "Drive me away, quick! ah4 sobbed. "Oh, the horrid thing! And; she burrowed her head in his shout-- : der. Oh! she t told me I should be. married t twice! He soothed her. "Maybe it might; be Charlie Luzu, he said cheerily. You know ho Is richer than I, and. was in love with you before I saw' you! She shook her curls and sobbed harder. she walled. "I: "It Isn't that, m married! wouldn't mind being g again, esjieeially to Ch Charlie!! If only you h hadn't got to die! Luxuriance In Hotel Equipment "The demand for costly and luxurious things in the way of hotel eqnlp-meseemingly has no limit, said J. F. Dean of New York. "I represent a house that manufac-- ' tures silverware, and we sell to the! big hostelrles all over the United' States. Only a few days ago we sold to a new hotel, just opening for business in New York, its entire silver It outfit, and the bill was $82,000. looks like a huge Investment, but in the long run It is the most economical way to buy silver goods, owing to the nondestructibility of the material and Its capacity for looking as good as new through a long series of years. No, this outfit I spoke of was not sterling silver, but plated ware of the very best quality Bilver on a base of nickel. In the manufacture of this class of goods tho Americans are away In advance of all other countries, especially In artistic excellence of their designs. i nt The wise man knows more than he tells, and th fun "11s more than he I |