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Show o FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OP INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. 5 Crlnn. Fom of on Ao Trial of tk frafMakiul Woman Mourning Uowu Uow to Dm th. Bull Evening (iovu. Cortona. HE depths of mans dark soul, For thou couldst tell of passions fierce which Oer wild Its waves roll; And all too deeply h &d s t thou learned The lore of wo- man's heart The thoughts In thine own breast that burned Taught thee that mournful part. tertal selected t drap deete, which drapes and clings so delightfully. The skirt Is adorned with 'a braided design, starting at the waist in a single line and branching out toward the bottom In most graceful scrolls. The bodice back la of the material, and so Is the broad vest. At each side of the vest, below the arms, is s puffing of black mouvteline. The .fame puffing appears on the sleeves, which are finished at the wrist with pointed and braided cuffs of the material, and at the shoulder with short, scant braided flounces. With the gown a crush todu of dull silk, with soft paradise plumes in black, and a dull jet buckle Is worn. Nothing more tasteful than this outfit can he Imagined. trMlnf (ha Bark. Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget of New Tork has been giving some very pretty dances to the younger set in honor of her brother. Captain Payne Whitney Thine never was a womans dower Of tenderness and love. Thou, who couldst chain the eagles power, Could never tame the dove; Oh, Love Is not for such as thee: The gentle and the mild. The beautiful thus blest may be, But never Fames proud child. M Th.rmt HorUrultur and FLorlcultnra. For Evening Wear. particularly graceful evening gown Is made of clinging pale-blu- e liberty satin and adorned a 1th Neapolitan violets and green leaves. A comfortable enlng cloak hangs straight from throat to feet and Is of deep orange mirror velvet lined with ermine. A email cape goes round the shoulders of s tawnier velvet, having a high collar. This cape, likewise. Is ermlne-llned- . Several fluffy frills of pale yellow chiffon encircle the collar and form a jabot down the front, fastened with a diamond clasp. A short cloak for evening reaches only to the knees. It Is made of a brocade, with branches of lilac on pale-blu- e satin and the lining le white-fofur. A huge white-fo- x eellaF with an Inner ruffle ef cream lace and lace ties in the front, complete IL A handsome cloak Is of Ivory brocade, woven with threads of gold and cut shorter at the back and sides than It Is In front, the front being cut In two long points. The lining Is first soft pink silk and then wlilts chiffon, the chiffon lining being edged all around with chiffon flounces beaded by n ruche of violets. A deep shoulder cape of violet velvet falls over three flounces on pale pink chiffon and a plaited violet velvet collar lined with the pink silk and white chiffon. An tncroyable bow of pink chiffon with Its ends fringed with violets and fastened with a diamond buckle comp'etcs this exquisite evening wrap. of Yale, and at all these entertainments Profnslonal Women's Trials. While the business and professional women of today go freely If not always Joyfully along the line of their chosen work, it fa not long since woman was preached to and constantly reminded of her duties, lest she should step outside of the narrow circle known as womans sphere. Jane Austin, out of deference to the views of her relatives. concealed her writings from the gaze of chance visitors by laying a handkerchief over the pages of her manuscript:-Mr- Somerville-w- as' et: treated not to bring disgrace upon her family by persisting In her studies of mathematics; even the clergy was disquieted, and she was condemned from the pulpit. Caroline Herschels glorious work In astronomy was done amid discouragements, and there is something pitiful In the thought that her laborious life was embittered by social prejudice. But how thoroughly womanly the most gifted women ever are! Professor Marla Mitchell left the most delightful memories to her pupils, and many a student endured the mathematical work of astronomy for the sake of the professors personality. One of these pupils said that she had forgotten all she ever learned about the sun, moon and stars, but she never could forget the gatherings where Miss Mitchell was the hostess, and she PARIS FASHION TIPS. should always remember the bouquets and souvenirs at every plate, and the ke In poetry, handwriting, dlnner dances she wore a gown in made for every one of her Mourning Gowns. girls. standblack brocaded the the have silk, no figures longer Mourning gowns mauve. out reone The skirt was in ing distinctive air which ffiafle them so Wadding Imimnta. ones back and front, with pulsive to the average woman. They of the fitted A reader asks: L Is It proper to a around chiffon - do Bot ruffles the foot send announcement cards to the sisters tiny suggest something sprt, slashed of thing In the world but not of It .They The bodice was a pointed one. the groom If they are not at the do not parade the grief of the stricken In points over mauve tulle. The neek wedding- ?- 2.S6ould one wear bat and vewas of finished black with a band before the eyes of an unsympathlzlng glovea If married in a traveling dress? public. Dame Fashion no longer coun lvet below which fell a deep ruffle of 3. Is a bride ever attended by two lawear ecru lace. The sleeves of the gown dles and no other dvSjytpees such garb. She says escort; and if so, black wish, but do not wearJt were mauve tulle over mauve sllk.A where do the ladles stand? Answer; !; to announce your grief. Wear It rather gown ofs this kind can be duplicated In It certainly would be good form to send with precisely the, the cards to all of the relatives. Such because bright colors are Incongruous cheaper-materialwith your sorrow and Jar upon It same effect as the expensive one worn little courtesies should never he omitTherefore. It is that the mourning by Mrs. Paget. ted, -- S.Ifenels married at home the dress of today has few distinctive fea- ljat and gloves are not needed, hut if tures, but it is made much on the same the ceremony is performed In church Gnmdrops Ar Loaded. Confectioners nowadays are turning good sense demands that they be worn. their art to something besides the pro- 3. There Is no reason why two ladles duction of harmless sweets. For In may not attend a bride; Indeed. It They stance, therels the new-styl- e gumdrop. might be V very pretty idea. It comes In little, fascinating red drops should stand just at the side of the bride, and on a line a trifle back of that come forth in the dressing-rooor some sly corner to da duty as a her position. rouge pot! Think of the frauds those red candies are! But thats what the A Little Uantaf la Dangerous Thing. red comfit that leads this double life Saunter A, Long Dey may say all can do and nobody be the wiser for it. dey want ter 'bout de pleasure In being Its not so easy to carry a box of fed eddlcated. I know dat my early eddl-catlIn hygiene lias taken away paint and a little rag around, but a that no nearly half de pleasure in eatln ter candy is so blameless-lookin- g me. one would guess it would ever. In passEverett Wrest 'Bout all de eddlca-tlo- n ing between the portals - of "pearly a feller really needs Is enough ter on route the and the teeth, rouge lips eay nothing to any one about It, There be able to tell de symptoms of fatigue. Saunter A. Long Dat's no dream. Is another use to which the harmless twisted little bonbon Is being put that of car- But now I cant even eat rying cologne to brighten the eyes. Eat fried cake witout all de joy In de act knocked galley-we- st n piece of sugar common "JoaF and bein hy me put a bit of cologne on It and see what knowln dat Ive got ter put in tres happens. They say that It brings tears hours stlddy work digestin de Flng. to the eyes anil that the velvet orbs swim In moisture that adds to their His Finish. He Maud Darling will always have brilliancy,' but It Is something of an experlmentto try It. However, there something to remind her of her pet are girl who do thla sort of thing and pug that died last week no amount pf argument would keep the She Have him cremated and save one. cologne candy from their Ups. . wine the ashes t for t any black gown as plan He No. she had a xausag-make- r materials are still selected, but comes In for a share of the confectioa crash- ners art here. And when it comes to convert him into link they are not loaded down with French liquors and all their tempta- To Date. , material that of crepe, weight ing v It does seem hard that the chocotions ones to very chill a strikes which worn late not be is which may drop trrusted long Both Missing It. heart Here Is a gown Master Pat, I have been missing my hy one of Gothams daughters, who. with the other things people believe in. -hlle mourning a dearly beloved Another thing that must be put down liquor n great deal lately. Butler So hov 01. sir, I tlnk It bother, knows that an extreme ln with the shattered ldola of the person Somber attire Is quite aa Illbred ae an who has lost faith In bonbons la the would be a good oidea to raypllnUfc - tact that belladonna Is carried ' Undue display of gaudiness. The maabout tw bottle Jrlry noight, eor. that-prlnt-U- f - - m on Lot-terte- cuff-butto- n. s I ii - TO About and Ylalda lo T lilculluro Good Ra ill ' A s. Hlata ryllU of the Hull x none Is as tastefully dressed as the young hostess herself. Mrs. Paget Inherited from her mother, the late Mrs. Whitney, a talent for gowning herself and from her father a good share of Whitney diplomacy. At the last of her GARDEN. OF INTEREST MATTERS AGRICULTURISTS. rose-color- When mid the halls of state, alone. In queenly pride of place. The majesty of mind thy throne. Thy sceptre mental grace Then was thy glory felt, and thou Didst triumph In that hour When toen could turn from beautys brow In tribute to thy power. And yet a womans heart was thine No dream of fame could fill The bosom which must vainly pine For sweet affection still; And oh what pangs thy spirit wrung. Een In thy hour of'prlde, When all could list Loves wooing tongue Save thee, bright Glorys bride. Corinna! thine own hand has traced. Thy melancholy fate. Though by eartha noblest triumphs graced, Bliss waits not on the great. FAIttP- AND in them, which, when swallowed, makes the eyes grow dark and large about the pupils. All these candles are made In forms that closely resemble the other simpler ones, so that only an expert could tell their hidden charm. But the girls have some sort of a code by which they become aware of the contents of the mysterious ones and know howto buy them with the eye of the connolseuse. The wine candies are hard to carry about and soon perish If they ere not speedily consumed. They were originally designed to give the girl a bit of choice refreshment between the acts." Excellent work is being done In New and ImJersey In the conunirtlon provement of roads The movement U said to have begun in 1SS3 by the organization of a highway Improvement association and the passage of a law of Imposing upon the state one-thithe eoet ef good roads constructed under the direction of a state road commissioner, Under this statute 238 mile of macadamized roadway has been constructed at an expense of $466,-89- 5 to the state and upward of a million dollars to the counties and the s, property-ownerpeople can now travel upon a bard, mudless highway In air kinds of weather. It is solid and smooth as a boulevard from Jersey City to Atlantic City and from Paterson to Camden. The work of construction has continued tor series of years In 1893 and 1894, seventy-fou- r mite1; X895, slxty-sl- x and miles; 1896, fifty-on- e miles, etc. The coat has been diminished by experience from an of 36,999 per mile la 1693 to $1,999 a mile In 1897. The soil and other physical conditions in Illinois ar eo similar to those of New Jersey that It la believed the tame methods and estimates would apply equally well to both states. . In New Jersey opposition to the new system has almost entirely died Out and fhe applications for state assistance are' ao numerous that the appropriation will be increased from this year. The $190,909 to $300,000 farmer have found that they actually av more than the amount of tbelr taxes In repairing their wagons, harness and in horse shoes, without considering the wear of the animals and th economy of time. The road commissioner of New Jersey puls A practical lesson iq mathematics before the cents a bushel, It, costs 9 farmers. he says, "to ehlp wheat from Chicago to New York, a distance of 900 miles. It costs 3'centa bushel to haul wheat on a level road a distance of five miles and on a sandy road It would cost at least 9 cent per mile to haul it. The saving on a bushel of wheat with good roads for a distance of five miles would be about equivalent to that of 37S mile One mile of good roads by railroad. would make a saving equal to seventy-fiv- e miles of railroad transportation. Thus every mile of good road place mllee by rail the producer seventy-fiv- e nearer to the markets. It Is astlmated that tbs cost of filling 700,909,000 tons of farm products to market Is $2 per It Is ton, or Just about $1,400,000,000. also estimated that about 0 per cent of thla last amount, or $340,000,000, would be saved each year If farmers were able to do this hauling orer good roads. "The real cost of transportation that burdens our agricultural classes," he says, is the part of It between the farm and the town or railway station rather than between the railway station amt the market The loss due to bad roads Is one of the greatest wastes of energy connected with farming aa It is carried on in this country." , rd one-ha- lf av-era- Cnn.' Bmewala. E. G. Lodeman; Department of Agriculture Report; A few terms must be clearly understood before any, of th details of grape training can he satis factorlly considered. The following definitions explain many terms used In this article: A shoot (fig. 1, ) Is a green or immature growth less than one yer old. A cane (fig. 1 d) Is a matured shoot, as found at the end of one year's growth. An arm (fig. 1, g) Is a matured cane, twoor more years of age.; it length and form are not changed from year to year. Its office being to produce canes or branches. An arm Is also frequently called a cordon. especially by Europeans; the cordon is spoken of as horizontal, vertical, or oblique, depending upon the direction in which It lies on thetrellla, A branch ing; !, h) !s an arm which varies In form and length from year to year, being modified by the addition of spurs, or by the cutting away of older portions of Its body. It is commonly composed of spurs more than one year old. A wparlfig. 4, b) Is a shortened or pruned cane, generally bearing from one to four buds; if cut longer, such a portion is commonly spoken of as a cane and not a spur. Spurring refers to the operation of cutting back a cane to the length of a spur. Stem, or trunk (fig. 1, 1), refers to that portion of the vine found below the origin of the lowest arms or -- tetor IDEAL VINE RENEWAL METHOD, branch; It extend to the ground. In the Knlffin system the stem proper generally extends to the top wire of the trellis. The operation of prfinlng the vine Is performed for th sol purpose of removing such wood as will not hear, or such as is supposed to Interfere with the production of the finest crop of fruit that the plant Is able to mature. Its primary object, therefore, la to reduce the amount of bearing wood, and thereby thin the fruit, so that the roots of the vines are not taxed beyond their capacity. Fig. 2 presents a vine which has been systematically cut back every year, and which is once more ready for Its annual pruning. The various portions ar lettered, 1 being the stem, g the arms. S spurs, d the cants of last year, thi J matured shoots of the last growing season. Not entering here upon the subject of renewal, which is treated in detail elsewhere, we'wlll assume that the prnnlng is to be done only for the pur-pose of removlug superfluous branches. All the frultls of course borne npon the shoots, which grow from the buds now found upon the canes; the canes, therefore, must be removed and not tha older wood, tor the latter serves as th framework upon which the canes are maintained. In cutting away the canes sll wood which has not properly matured should be removed, and those shoots which have made an excessive growth, forming bull canes " are also Medium sized, short-jolnte- d undesirable. wood is to be and preferred, and such wood only. Yet some of this wood must also be sacrificed nntlj the amount allowed to remain upon the plant is reduced to the proper proportion. Assuming that the plant can mature the buds (the fruit produced by twenty-fou- r number of buds left may vary from two to fifty, or morel about thirty buda could be allowed to develop. These should be uniformly distributed, according to the system of training employed; they may be left upon five canes, each cane having six buds, as shown In tbs Illustration, or the distribution may be varied according to circumstances. But such la In general the method adopted In the vineyard for estimating the proper amount of bearing wood to leave upon' each vine. Aa a result of each systematic pruning th fruit upon th vine la larger and more fair; It la also produced more regulsrly, inc the maturing of too heavy a crop weakena the vine eo that it Is unable te mature even an average amount ef fruit the following year, A vine properly pruned and fertilised should bear about the same amount of fruit each year from the time it comes In full bearing. A secondary benefit derived OUR BUDGET OF FUN. SOME COOD JOKES, 'ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. f Task All Discerning Ms'.Jru JJJJJ - Onion Growing. Ml A and Jrt- - Flat little mId -- What do yon a k all day? Wbat are the that longings most arise When you rest your weary play? (And she said, Me wants some pan- - from ton Dear little girly of fourteen years, When your eyes have that longing air What ar the wlohes teanr that bring the Ttff maiden eo sweet and fair? (And she said, "I want a bicycler) . Dear little woman just come of sg With mind on your hats and attire. Fray let me read In your hearts first Page - What is your great desire? (And she said, I want a husband 1) gay, my lady of thirty-tw- o ,1 With the angry fire In your eyes. And' the firm set lawr and th hair askew Wbat is ths wish you prize? (And she yelled, I want a divorce!) Ellis Parker Butler. Harder Twk, SYSTEM, from pruning is ths reduced stature of the plant. This allows more vines to be act upon a given piece of land, and enables the work of cultivating, spray-ln- g harvesting to be performed much more easily and profitably. - Bard-- erolm-- .with big brown eyes A RENEWAL Bllllrt Friuinlnlty. EAR well-matur- BRuCTON Th. lUttrlml Poem Femininity, 1 Jimmy An apple core got stuck In me troat ylsterday, an U took two doctors over free hours ter git me ter cough It up. Johnny III bet Itll take dem over Free years ter git yer o! man tee . , ough np dr pay. Ijjrto-Da- t. The most popular varieties ef onions for market ar the following: White Globe; red. Large Southport Whit Kind Ratar. and the Hnolloa Trail. Red Wethersfield; and yellow. Yellow Sniff Those Kansas fanners make ' Globe Danvers, says Country Gentleme tired. Here they are continually man. There are others, but tha above grumbling about hard times, and yet are considered the best and most profitonly a sv ort time ago they had a storm able. Yellow onions being. greatest In in which the hailstones weighed over demand, the Globe Danvers variety, a pound. owing to Its uniform shape, bright colMrs. Sniff Why, what' the hailor and excellent. quality, la universally storm got to do with their prosperity? accepted as the standard; It will keep Sniff Why, think of It! Hailstone better than any other kind, and even a pound scattered around weighing If accidentally frozen In storage, It rich and poor; and here w for alike more covering is added and it Is left hide the thermometer to keep alone until thoroughly thawed. It will have to of Ice from melting before our lump come out little the worse for Its expeIt in the refrigerator every we can get rience. The writer has grown no other morning. fifteen for for market years. variety Much of the success of the crop depends A TminiMi Addition. upon the quality and freshness of th "The work of these spiritualistic meseed sown; it is better to pay a dollar a pound more for a selected strain of a diums said th Chicago official, has reliable need house than to be fooled set me to thinking." seed is "Ah, their work has had on good hy cheap seed; northern-grow- n preferable to California. In the yield result at least. But what was th naof onions per acre there Is a very wide ture of tb thoughts they Inspired range, from two hundred to on thou"Well, I have been wondering If we sand bushels; and these numbers ar had not ought to Include all these denot quit the extremes either, for occaparted spirits in our population sta- -, To Data sionally a crop of U0Q bushels le heard tlstica. of, and It Is by no means uncommon to gee crops of lens than 209 bushels; hut A Pimnloi Balden. a man who can average 600 to 609 may have Old Gottrocks What reason consider himself a successful onion man this for young thinking you grower, while 400 to 600 is a very fair doesnt want to marry you simply becrop. The width of the rows, the qualcause I am rich? ity and quantity (varying from four to Miss Gottrocks Because it was not aix pounds per sere) of seed sown, th after I told him all your proper-4ywuntil and the extent adaptability of tha soil, In mamint's name that he proto which It is fertilized, the attention to me. posed and cleanliness cultivation to given these are the factors governing th sis ' A Kemnrknbln Snlwsl of the crop, You surely do not expect that dog of court to win a prize, TenspoL-IF- n Warning Agnlnnt Frnndn.- A letter just received at the Ohio Agnothing butt mongrel." ricultural Experiment Station from MiThats Just It, Gllgal; more breed ami county states that a man giving the of ubgs are represented In that animal name of Oliver Hawn and claiming to than In any other In the entire show. have been at on time connected with Said station Is traveling through that Willie's Heroism. county and selling material for sprayand spray ing fruits, foods for poultry stuff for lice killing purposes, and ' claiming that his materials have been experimented with at the station and proved successful, - Another communication from Stark county states that a man giving the name of Essig la trying to sell in that county a recipe for the prevention of pear blight, which ha claims to be Indorsed by this station. This party Is said to show letteri written on the letter heads of the station, but without signature, and claims that tb state, through the station, has presented him with a fins gold watch. There men are both frauds. The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station does not Indorse or recommend secret Mamma How did you get your compounds or processes of any descripso badly tom? tion whatever, and prosecuting attorn, clothes Willie Tryin t Veep a Uttl hoy neyg throughout the state are urged to from licked. being arrest and prosecute, or obtaining Mamma That was a brave deed. false under pretenses, any permoney was the boy? sons who may claim to have any such Who Willie Me. Indorsement from the station. f as y Acting Secretary Melklejohn of th navy department at Washington is arranging to send a military expedition up the Copper river route In Alaska to map out the topography of the country and finally establish ths value of this rout te tb Klondike gold fields. 'I . htriMiiB, "Why, the member from Wayback was asked, do you think the measure Would bring cslamlty upon us? "Because," he replied, "It was not Introduced by a member of th party to which I belong." , |