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Iirinj Ont Tour Old Larr. Collectors of old lace will have an opportunity to display their "real" old fabrics tins fall, for there seems to be an abundance of lace on almost all the new costumes. Heirlooms are be* Ing ruthlessly slashed into, and one l*/v? > l\t-/\l f/vl *- ??/\f no tA I vaco.^i_iai\n uu^uiuicit? ici u^tu iw handle old lace unless she could cut it as she chose, t ring that even the kandoome laces are far from decorative If clumsily arranged. Long lace Empire coats are among the season's fads. Some of them are lined with efiiffon and adorned with ermine collars. The color is n!>out the only warm thing about thrin. and, as they are being designed for winter wear, it looks as if pride would shiver this winter. "New RiiiTi In Dtmanil. Several of the milliners who go abroad every summer brought back with thi rn this fall oner novelty in the way of an addition to a woman's toilet that Las already caught on like wildfire. It consists of an Elizabethan ruff made of colored net. and is usually made of a shade of the tiluy stuff to match the wearer's gown. The favorite colors arc the light shade of blue that is so popular jnst now. though some of the ruffs arc seen in pink, and they are also made up in black and white. Mrs. Clarence Maekay took her Duchess of Marlborough to her favorite milliner one day this week, and before ibe Duchess left she had ordered half a uczen of the new rufTs. Those triflta Cost from $13 to $110 ench. aud the demand for them is so greut that in the few tig shops that keen them there is a strict rule that none of the ruffs may be sent out of town on approval.?New York Tress. Fnr High In Furor. Fur is to be immensely fashionable, and long coats, short jackets, and fancy wraps of every description are very smart. Mink and caracal are to be iu great demand both for neckpieces aud muffs to match and in long coats, the long caracal ulster and the threequarter-length coat being worn not only for autoing. but for street wear. Bands of fur are to trim all kinds of cloth costumes, both rough and smooth c?oths. and will also be used on house and evening gowns, and the most ex kw?nsivc as well as the cheaper qualities will be employed. Greer., gray. red. blue and brown will all be fashionable colors, while allblack and all-white gowns will be far owe popular than last winter. In general appearance there will not be so marked a change in any detail of dress as there was last year, and yet there is enough individuality about the fashions for the winter of 1900 to make them extremely distinctive. ^ In Footgear. Speaking of footgear reminds me that the openwork stocking is -^ue mode.'" tlio plain stocking has taken its place. From an esthetic point of -clew there is nothing more attractive than a plain silk stocking molding a dainty instep and ankle. Whether in black, white, light tan or gray, with shoes to match, they are the stockings that a fastidious woman affects. For tie fashionable satin shoe for -evening wear the new stockings are -inserted with small lace medallions instead of the width of Chantilly, either black cr white, that was so general. Wiih pretty gowns It is indispensable that shoes as well as hats and gloves shall correspond in tone. The smart new shoe is made of thin glove kid and fastens mysteriously at the side. This model does not show a pretty foot to advantage as do the shoes opening in front, still it's a fad. A pair of lilac liid glove shoes were very fetching with buckles in brilliants, fastened to black patent leather straps. Our grandmothers wore colored shoes and used to send to the shoemaker a piece ? * ?511- A<w*U ?o\r cHrt Oi SUk ur >atiu iivui ravu UV" ?< The elegantes of to-day are equally anxious to match the color of their shoes and dresses, but they have kid dyed to hariaoniz^ with the samples of . material they send. This it appears is no easy matter as very fine kid does liot take the dye as easily as the coarser kid. School Hat*. The most serviceable of school hats arc these made of cloth with stitched -brims and soft crowns. Sometimes the entire hat is stitched aud is entirely devoid of trimming except for a small quilL There is no end to the range of colors in which these arc shown, and ill the new and fashionable shades are reflected, thus having one exactly matching the little one's coat or frock. Ilib'jons are very markedly a feat ire of juvenil millinery. The simplest of flats tied about the crown with wide sash ribbon, knotted in a big Low in front, is always in the best , of taste, and ;ty!e as well. There are other Cats ir. soft French felt, faced half way underneath the briui with velvet, and the flat crown almost entirely covered with a thatching of ribbon loops. Still another good model is of the French felt?and. by the way. a mother who can afford it will do well to buy a good quality of felt, its service is so much longer. The brim of this hat falls in graceful lines, and the small vrown cf the shape is replaced by a Jarge^Tam crown of silk exactly the shade as the felt. Wide bands of t . ' silk, the edges doply stitched. ?w^-iaioitgd to forui the huge front bow. Velvet hats will be chosen for the lit' * ?! TKb. 718 EQ1SS ari'JSltrr ajipnuuutr. iuig ^winter will probably see more of these larje velvet shapes than have appeared for some time past. Of course, they are out of the question for school w?xr. but many of theui r.re picturesquely simple in outliue and lu trimmi r;;. , Ostrich Is shown on some of them, Ibnt many mothers, even in the wealthier classes, have' an aversion to the Bsc of this piuninge on little folks' ******** >- y* tk ^eal/rk bonnets, and these will choose the large velvet hats rolled away from the face slightly to one side of the front, bent over the hair in the back, the crown and upper brim caught with a huge bow of the same material. Women Who Kara Money on the Farm Much has been said and written of the l>oy and the farm, and of methods and means wherewith to check the constant movement of the young men toward the cities. Yet we hear little of plans to keep the girls on the farm. With the ever-increasing list of opportunities open to women in the business and professional world, the rural communities are l>eing as swiftly drained of the best of their young women as of their young men. Where one remains at home to take an active interest in farm life, ten go forth to swell the army of teachers, stenographers, bookkeepers. clerks and factory bands?the living tribute money yearly demand*1 by the great centres of civilization. One great factor in producing this movement is that the girl on the farm too often has no money of her own. but is dependent upon her parents for ciothes and spending money until she marries. Many giris leave home for hard and often uncongenial work in an office or factory simply because it offers them a chance of having money of their own. There is. however, an opening for girls upon the farms, which, to those who have a taste for out of door life, should prove more healthy, more attractive. equally remunerative and less confining than many professions commonly adopted by women. Some ot the lines vhich appeal particularly to women and along which women are to-diry securing fair incomes, are poul try-keeping, bee-keeping, pigeon-raising. either fancy breeds or squabs; flower-growing, either out of doors %r green house work; forcing of early vegetables, orcharding and the raising of aromatic or medicinal herbs. There is 110 reason, also, why women should not own and operate successful grain, dairy or fruit farms. Within my own circle of acquaintances three women have gone extensively into poultry keeping, another is successfully managing a fair sized greenhouse, and another runs a small fruit farm, \yith strawberries as it principal crop. A girl just graduated from college is going into partnership with her brother in a large fruit raising venture. Three of the women have been successful teachers, and several are college educated. One girl, the daughter of a prominent New York business man, became interested in a wornout Vermont farm, which was classed as a losing number In the list of the family's goods and chattels, since both father and son had tried their hands at managing it. She took a course at an agricultural college, begged and received the farm from her father, and within two years it was giving fair .1 ? , ? if.* tiott* mf)iin(vnr Not all gtrls. of course, ware for the farm or for farm life, but give those who ilo n chance. Let them have something of their own. of which they bear all the expense of running, and from which they receive all the income. If they are interested in crops or vegetables let them have a plot of ground, teach them how to till it. help them secure labor and show them how to market the produce to advantage. If they like poultry give them a flock of two hundred or three hundred hens. Make your girls take an interest in farm life by giving them something to be interested in. and there will be fewer permaturely old women coming home to rest, broken down by the nervous strain of the schoolroom, or the long hours and close confinement of the office.?Philena B. Fletcher, in the New York Tribune. If the girdle is right, the gown is pretty sure to be. It will be all right to touch youi black gown up with bright-colored collar and cuffs. ^ Braiding is again in vogue, and is <.onsj ieuous on many of the new autumn costumes. Long kid gloves with lace insets are nice, if you care to pay $13 a pair for your hand coverings. Besides the licliu proper, every one who can afford it owns a collection oi scarfs to wear over the shoulders. The newest thing in leather purses is shaped like a fan and worn on a long chain around the neck. Small curls, with the point of adherence earefuily concealed in the well* dressed coiffure, are extremely fashionable. There is a delightful new chiffon veil, bordered with applied velvet leaves in the red. brown and yellow tints cf autumu. The woman who desires to be fashionably gowned on a small income will find a safe investment in black broadcloth. More curious than pretty are some new shirt waist sets, wherein each button represents a black cat's head with green eyes. Melted colors is the most descriptive term to apply to the new plaids, in which several soft shades run together imperceptibly. Flat bands are going to be used a lot on skirts, and one of the newest notions is a band of taffeta with a border of little silk balls sewed flat to each edge. Coral jewelry is much to the fore. The dark silk shirt waist suit is enlivened by belt buckles and studs of coral, and often the hatpin tops are of*coral and a necklace of the same red hue isfworu. . / V-i'." . - ?3<l . < 7 A I .-V- 9 1 "'I ' ? ^HOUSEHOLD ini CLEANING INDIA ItCBBER GOODS To clean India rubber goods a piece of clean household flannel sliouuld be rubbed upon a bar of common yellow soap. When a lather is obtained, apply the flannel to the rubber and pass it briskly ovt?r the surface. This will speedily make the article clean Set to dry in a cool breeze. TO REMOVE IXIvSTAIXS. Chloride of lime and water will remove inkstaius front silver if well rubbed on the stains and then washed off nt once, the silver being polished as ordinarinlly. Tlie solution for 1 lie purpose is four ounces of chloride of lime to one and a half pints of water. This may be bottled and kept ready for use. USES OF KEROSENE. Instead of using water to wash painted walls take a basin of kerosene and the walls will look as if just painted. Kerosene is aiso good around the sink to keep it clean and to he a menace to the omnipresent Oroton line:. Try kerosene on your sewing machine if it clogs at all. Kerosene by its lubricating qualities prepares the machine for its special oil. HANOI NO CURTAINS. The most effective way to hang curtains. especially if tiny are of line material and attractive pattern, is to drape them straight over poles and let them fall to the floor without being caught to the sides of the windows with ribbons of silk or silk cord. The number of chairs in parlor depends entirely on the size of the room and The persons in the family who will use them. They should all be put in convenient places and near the wall and so arranged that they will be inviting and not stiff or formal looking. No tidies. lace or any kind of hanging should ever be put on parlor furniture, and even the most elaborate sofa pillows art out of place in a well regulated one. Women who delight in decorating their homes with pieces of fancy work can rightfully in dulge this fad only in their bedrooms, but good taste demands that these should be simple. TOMATO PASTE., Tomato paste is a good thing to have In the house, and may be made when tomatoes are plenty, ftalf a peck of tomatoes, a carrot and an onion may be sliced together, and to them is added a good sized bunch ol' celery cut in pieces, leaves as well as stalks. Boil all very slowly until they are a sof' paste that can be .put through a vegetable press., Return this pulp to :he tire with a tablespoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of pepper, and cook slowly once more until a little, spread to cool in a saucer, thickens to a jelly. Spread it out in pie plates in layers about lialf an inch thick and let it dry in the sun or in a cool oven. When it is dry it must be packed in boxes or wide mouthed jars. To use. cook topether a tablpspoonful each of butter and flour until they bubble, pour on half a pint of water, put in a piece of paste about three inches square, and stir until the sauce is thick and smooth.?Harper's Bazar, fgt recipes ::?| Preserved Plums?Wipe your plums. clmnl.l lu rir\n nml firm Make a syrup of two cups of sugar to a quart of water. Drop pluuis in boiling syrup and cook until soft. Can while boiling hot in clean hot jars, filled to overflowing with about two-thirds fruit and rest of syrup. Lemon Jelly and Nut Salad?Make a stiff lemon jelly the day before it is to be served. Wheu ready to use cut in dice, add sliced orange and English walnut meats minced, moisten with French dressing and serve in orange cups or on lettuce leaves with a teaspoonful of thick mayonnaise on top of each service. Canning Corn?If the corn is young and juicy it will require no water, but if, on the other hand, it is old and dry. you should add just enough water to make it moist. It should be slowly heated on the back of the stove aud stirred often. Bo sure it is heated to boiling point before putting in cans. Fill cans full and screw on tops immediately. Chicken and Nu. ,o,l?Stew until tender a lump, om * bid chicken, having the broth in wuicVit is cooked well seasoned with salt, pepper nnd a little celery salt. Let the chicken cod in the broth over night;, when ready to use take the breast of the chicken and cut in small pieces, adding an equal quantity of tender celery and a half cup English walnut meats or butternuts. cut in small pieces; mix well, adding a little more pepper and salt, if needed, and a squeeze of lemon juice and moisten with a little of the until ill which the chicken was cooked Add mayonnaise to taste and toss ligntlv; arrange on the lettuce leaves and crown each portion w}th mayonnaise. A Ml~hty Voice. A new method of sending a mighty voice across the sea involves the use of a diaphragm which is made to vibrate by electricity. To this are attached two huge megaphones which emit a deafening roar that can be beard for many miles. The machine goes by clockwork, and when wound up attends to business for weeks without reciiriug further attention. A dynamo ft' nishes the requisite current. The tfc-rible blast that bursts from the gapinf mouth's of the twin horns, each of which is fifteen feet long, can be beard above the noise of the fiercest gale. It literally shatters the air. Once started, this vociferous guardian does duty | night and day, and never goes to sleep. It is designed specially for use on points of rocks where bell buoys and I whistling buoys are inadequate by reason of the fact that the noises they make are drowned by the roar of the surf. V ** ' I ' _ 1 ' " Chile IF I WERE QUEEN. ' If I were Queen of Anywhere I'd have a golden crown, And sit upon a velvet chair And wear a satiu gawn. A knight of noble pedigree Should wait beside rav seat i To serve me upon bended knee With things I liked ta eat. I'd have a birthday cake each day. With candles all alight? I'd send the doctors all away, And sit un late at night. ?Lucy Fitch Perkins, in St. Nicholas. WHY THE OCEAN DON'T FREEZE. If the ocean did not have salt it would freeze somewhat more readily than it does now. but there would be 110 very marked difference. The ocean is prevented fron freezing not so much by its salt as by its size and by its commotion. On account of its size, large portions of it extend into warm climates at all seasons, and by reason of its great depth it is a vast storehouse of heat. Its current distributes much warm water air^ig the cold.?St. Nicholas. THE BABY BEETLE'S CRADLE. IU at any time of the year, <ve walk tlu ugh the woods where the red, searlet. black or pin oaks are growing? that is, where we iind those that ripen their acorns in two seasons and therelore belong to the pin oak group, says St. Nicholas, we shall probably find 011 the ground fallen branches that vary in size from that of a Jerd pencil to that of one's thumb or even larger. These at the broken end appear as if cut away within the wood, so that only a thin portion is left under the bark. Within the rather uneven cut. generally near the centre of the growth, is a small hole tightly plugged by the "powder post" of a beetle larva. Spilt open the branch or twig, when a burrow will be seen, and the little, white, soft, hanl-Jawed larva that made it will, be found or perhaps the inactive pupa. A HEELING MATCH. By looking at the picture you will sec just what is needed to prepare for a "heeling match." A stout broomstick for what you might appropriately call i your "heel bit" and two lengths of strong clothesline or light rope securely kuotted to each end of the stick for the reins. Grasp the reins firmly in your clenched lists and draw the "heel bit" taut so that the balls of your feet are off the ground and your weight resting entirely on your heels. The course must be short, as the race AT THE START OF THE MATCH. f must be run entirely on the competi ' 1.1 A nit tors' lieeis. 1X115 WOUIU nut aetUJ at un hard, but the "heel bits" must be kept in place, and it is this condition which makes the race much more difficult than it appears. The second you lift i your heels from the ground there is a J chance of your heel bit slipping out of its position, which instantly disqualifies you. You are also disqualified if you let the ball of your foot touch the ground, a ruling that will compel you to pro eeed slowly and with care ir you want to show your competitors "a clean pair of heels."?New York Evening Mall., TRICKS OF ANIMALS. There are a surprising number of Quaker animals?animals whose regular method of self-protection is to offer no resistance to their enemies. The^ 'possum's trick of "shamming dead" is an old story. The hedgehog and some of the armadillos refuse'to fight, hut they are protected by sharp spines or armor. Among marine animals Is a starfish, often called the "brittle star." which is the despair of collectors. It seems to make it a point that none of its fumlly shall be shown in a bottle or on a museum shelf. When taken i * from the water this starfish throws oft its legs and also its stomachs. The story is told of one collector who thought he had succeeded in coaxing a specimen into a pail, only to see it dismember itself at Ihe last moment. W. II. Hudson describes the death-feigning habits of a small South African fox common on the pampas. If caught in a trap or overtaken it collapses as if dead, and to all appearances is dead. Some kinds of beetles, many of the wooly caterpillars which have poisonous hairs on their backs, and numerous spiders adopt the same trick. Perhaps the commonest instance of pasI sive resistance is the land tortoise, which draws up its front piece and pulls in its head and legs and defies its foes by locking them out, THE SPELLING EXAMINATION. The day of the spelling examination had come at last, and Johnny went to school in a very nervous frame of mind. * He had worked hard and faithfully, and had studied his little blue spelling-book until it seemed that he knew it all. There was to be a prize for the child pasjiing the best examination. It was a beautifully bound book of stories. Johnny did so want the book, and now at last the day had come. i Each scholar was given a strip of paper ruled off into twenty-five lines. The teacher was to read the word^nid give three minutes to write it in. There were to be twenty-five words. Johnny tried his pen, and, because it did not write easily, he raised his f hand and asked for a new one. It was given him, and, with liis little fore? 9 ' r ' . > head drawn nto a scowl, ho wrote the j heading and waited for the teacher to give out the word. lie looked around, and he was so excited that nothing seemed natural. The clock looked as though it was laughing at him, and | the big insurance calendar seemed ' twice as large as before. 1 "Kunning." The teacher pronounced the word slowly and distinctly. Johnny knew how to spell that ull right, 1 and he quickly wrote it down. It 1 seemed an age before the teacher gave ( out me D2Xt wuru. Johnny soon got used to waiting, and 1 when the twenty-fifth, the iast word I was about to be given, he knew he bad all of them right so far. If only ho could get the last one! "Business." said the teacher. Toor Johnny was heart-broken! It was the j one word iu the whole book that lie could not remember. Did thc'i" come before the "s," or was it "b-u-si-a-e-s-s?" For the life of him ho couldn't tell, fc'o he sat there looking blankly at the calendar, slowly reading the advertisement. Suddenly a liush came to his cheek?, and with a quick glance at his teacher, he wrote down the word correctly. The next day on which the prize was to be given. Johnny went to school with a sorry little heart under his jacket. Even the thought of the prize cou 1<1 not make him l'ecl happy. After the morning exercises, the teacher stood lip to give the prize. "The spelling of the class has pleased me greatly," she said. "It was a hard examination, and I did not expect any one to have them all right, but one boy did have them all right, and another bad all right but one. I am going to give the prize to Johnny Fairbanks, as he had every one right. Tommy Jones had all except one." Then she started to pass the book to Johnny. Johnny was very white and seemed to be trying to say something. Finally be burst out: "Give it to Tommy. I cheated. Miss Hawley. I couldn't think bow to spell that last word, and I was looking at the calendar there, and the word was on it; and I didn't say anything about it, but wrote it down just as fast as I could." TV-"v ? T/vK?r.?.? I f Ka Kn/ln'f 1/wbnH n t t i I UU1 UULZ11UJ? 1L uu uuuu c iwavu ?*% i the calendar he might have had the i prize; for without that last word he 1 had as man}' as Tommy. But the t teacher had given the book to Tommy t as he had asked. i That evening at the supper table c Johnny told all about it to his father s and mother. His father said: "I had 1 rather see you man enough to own up than to see you win a thousand prizes." So Johnny went to bed happy. Two days later his joy was made j complete by a handsome book of , stories, prettier than the prize book. On f the first page his father had written: j "To take the place of the spelling prize t which your honesty made youjfivc.uD.'' , ?Success. j i NOVEL TAPER BOX. 1 Cut a seven-inch square from heavy paper and fold first?through the ce:i- ? tre, corners to corners; next?fold each . corner to centre line; thirdly?fold each 1 corner to lino beyond centre; continue ' folding until you have a square of ' squares, as the dotted lines in the cut 1 indicate. Now we are ready to do some cuttin?, says the American Home .Tour- [ nal. The three-cornered pieces ' marked X must come out. Then cut 1 the slots marked C. allowing the small ' squares to turn iu, forming the cor- 1 ners of the box. The slits marked A are cut in the cen- ' tre of the points, and those marked 1 B are cut from opposite sides of the 1 other two points, and then fold to the centre of the point, making tt possi- 1 ble to slip the one point through the ( slit in the other point. Uv ; / .. Tv?' v . *> ?? - \ 1 V' ^\. /|>\ / 1 ! ^/KQ. .aA -/-V. \* \ *y\ V/ / ->v. '?- /*" i ^ / \ A B) : : V. v Kr'Sfi/xX /x\?/; M : rr.ettr little pipe?, box. i When both sides are carefully closed 1 you have a pretty aid unique little souvenir box. When f iled with small ' candies, they make nice bonbons boxes for a children's party. The boxes may be made in many ' sizes and different colors; a group of them hung from ribbons are a pretty ornament, and the making of them will help to pass away a rainy afternoon. Weird Funeral of a Maori Chief. Major Te Keepa ltangipuawhe, the last of the great chiefs of the Arawa tribes of New Zealand, who died at ' the age of eighty, has been accorded ?l-.uu t'nn orol n t Un. a remaikaui) ncuu <.uuv>u. torua. New Zealand. After bis death the Arawa tribet assembled for the obsequies, and held a "tangi" for three weeks?weeping ' and feasting. A ipilitary funeral was accorded by the government, and the procession, which was strangely diverse in character, comprised many hundreds of natives and Europeans. The body, covered with the Union Jack, was carried by native chiefs to a grave on the summit of a conical hill, while Maori children chanted hymns, and part of the funeral ceremony consisted of throwing huudreds of loaves of bread into the air for the sustenance of the departed chief.? London Daily Express. # A Diplomatic Giant. Sir Brooke Boothby, who is attached to the British Embassy at Brussels, is the tallest man Ln the "diplomatic service, being over six feet seven.?The Onlooker. / - i - Road* and Road Making:. HE problem of pood roads | ___ is always uppermost in the ) 'P O farmer's mind. In some'Io ( X oallties we have stone 01 pravel roads, but in nurner ous sections of our eoun ry nothing but dirt roads can be found, f there is anything that will depre late the value of land it is a pool oad. It is not always necessary thai i dirt road should be a poor road, bill he system of working the roads ir nost of the districts is abominable, tc say the least. It is not an uncommon iraetice for the road boss to plow a drip of land alongside the road, and cry carefully have this loose mass pul lpon the road lied only to make a mirt >f it at the next rain. We have seen i road lio.ss order a man to plow shul vagon ruts, and 10 continue plowing or >otli sides until the last furrow was lutside of the road. Such methods art jot road making, but road destroying Irainage and a hard road bed are the wo principles involved in all road mat ng. In constructing a road it is neeessarj o cut it sutilcientiy in the centre t< five drainage. The arching varies vith the soil and the lay of the land >ut for the average twelve foot road ve would suggest about a four inch irching. In our day soil it is essen ial that the aater is carried away as apidly as possible. The ditches along he side should be wide, but rathei shallow, and seeded with grass to prerent washing. On hillsides an ocea iional dam. built of stone, across the '.itch to break the rapidity of the watei s advisable. When the road bed is once made il 'an be kept in good condition by the lse of King's road drag. This drag Is mule of two half logs with a piece ol iteel as a cutting edge nailed to the ront piece. By hitching the horses ofl he centre the soil is pushed into the oad froni the outside, thus maintainng the arch. In many communities he farmers have decided to keep up lie road along their land; by the use >f the drag soon after every rain renarkable results have been obtained K??+ .? mitntfac tn fitti .1 I ftlllil U III i\ 1CU IllJIiUHO K\S &U?i he drag up and down once or twice a> ho road demands it. and it does away vitli the foolish, time wasting method >f "road working."?F.. Knorr. Milium ;ota Experiment Station, in Inland "'armor. / I'fllsp Shonlrlcr*. Many a highway commissioner. nnx ous to serve his town.and advance his oad work, leaves what are known as also shoulders on the side of the road n operating his road scraper he fails o put the toe of the blade clear to tlic litch on the side of the road, but daces it a foot to a foot and a hall learer to the middle of the road, thus naking a new ditch and leaving a thotihler of dirt between the new ditch ir.d the old one. Some highway commissioners do this 11 the expectancy that the next yeat hey will cut this shoulder away to the iriginal ditch and gradually widen heir road to the lines of the foriuei litch. These highway commissioner? tlways open waterways at frequent in crvals between the new ditch and the )ld ditch through the shoulder, letting he water run to the proper pine \ Others neglect to put in tiies e water vays through the shoulder, and thej soon find that the roadbed Is badlj vashed. and tho.v wonder why It is thai hey have such bad luck, when thej ried so hard to serve their town well. It is not an easy thing to be a high ?vny commissioner, and it is not ar ?asy thing to build or maintain a road ind it requires experience from the re stilt of mistakes. If a man who has jeen an indifferent highway commis (inner his lirst year improves in hh ivork the second year, he' may be re elected, and become as valuable. x>mmlssioner as the town could ob tain. He must have his heart in hi.< a ork or he yannot do his town credit. New York'd Wucon Trafllc. Over 12,000,000 tons of agricultura products are carried over the ordinarj wagon roads in the State of New Yori each year, and this is not taking iut< consideration the delivery of quarrj md forest products, or merchandise fertilizer, etc.. carried away from tin marketing points back to the farm it seems safe to say tlint at least 40. ino.ooo tons are carried over the wagoi roads of New York State every year. Therefore, if the roads of the Stat< v?? v?"l- Imnrnrwl until tllOl JL 1V?I\ ?n.i? were equal to those of European conn tries there would he a saving of ovei SotUHXuMX) each year to the people 01 the State of New York, in accordance with the best estimate made bv tin Department of Itoad Inquiries of tin ("nited States Department of Agricul lure.?Frank D. Lyon, in the Auto Ad locate. Safe ami (food Rnaiti, New York Tribune: "If by a eompar atively slight increase in the cost tin main highways of the State may b< brought to the degree of excellence de ma tided by modern ideals and up-to late methods of travel, and at the sanii time made safe from the danger o grade crossing accidents, neither thi State nor the towns affected shouli grudge the expense. Experience ha shown that the railroads are ready r< stand the share of the cost which th law compels them to assume." Travels Willi Hli Cat. t'wo of the most novel visitors t< Winchester this week were Mi Charles Iioe and his large maltfse cal Mr. Iloe came from Baltimore., an< after spending the day in Wfncheste left for Natural Bridge, completing i portion of a trip from Maine. As long as the weather is good an< the roads in condition he walks, ridin 0:1 the train only when had weatbe compels. His companion is an eighteen poun maltese cat, which he saved from deat eight years ago and which follows hit everywhere. ? Winchester correspoi deuce. Baltimore Herald. - f INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS H Pr~ DECEMBER 3. W Subject: Xehemiah Rebuild* the Wall*** SHI .Jerusalem, Neh. lv.,7-30? Goldea T?xt? Matt, xxrl., 41?Memory Verse*, IS, M ifflj ?Com. -lentary on tbe Di;'i Leiaon. I. A conspiracy (vs. 7, 8). a BH 7. "Sanballat." An officer of-tfie , Tersian Government, holding a mill- ' tary command at Samaria. He was a BM jmuie ul iue laiiu 01 jiouu; uiereiure his hatred to the Jews. "Tobiah." A. SB descendant of the hated race of Am/ R| monites. "Arabians." Headed probably by Geshem, and in league with H the Samaritans against the Jews. Bead 8;* The building of the wall was constrated feuo a design to fortify them* flfl selves and then revolt and become an * BH independent State. "Aslidodites." Inhabitants of Asbdod, one of the great cities of the Philistine plain. 8.. "Gonspired." The enemies of the Jewrw# , so bitterly opposed to the rebuilding of ^B| the walls that they employed every [ form of opposition in their power. t j II. Praying and watching (vs. 9-11) |H v. .>evtrriueiess. i uisiauuuu) the conspiracy and all other discour- ^H| agements. "Made our prayer." Xehe- HB miah was conscious that he was working according to God's will, and he knew the source of power. "Set a ^ESfl watch." Opposite to the place.where they were encamped, probably^ on the UHI north side of the city. Faith aud works I n go together. Watching and praying, H| weak when apart, a Gibraltar of BH strength when united. 10. "Jadah B9H said." That is, the returned captives, H H } most of whom were of the tribe of Jto1 dah. This verse expresses the despair, of the little nation. Many of the neos' I pie had no heart for the work; some^bf the nobles were in correspondence with the enemies (6:17-19). Even the high priest had relationship with hoitile foreigners (Ammonites?Tobiah and liis sou married Jewish women), and gave them favors (13:4, 5, 28). "Strength?decayed." From the extent of the work, the fewness of the laborers, and the exhaustion of their physical powers they seemed unable to complete their task. "Not able." ; . Their statements were probably cor-"> rect, but their conclusion was wrong. They were able to build the wall, and ; they did it. 11. "Adversaries said." y In this verso Xehemiah condenses the | ? 1 hostile utterances of their enemies. ! This would cause a constant and dis. heartening fear. III. Precautions taken (va. 12-14). # 12. "Jews which dwelt by them." , g Those who dwelt among the Samari1 tans and other enemies and found out 'j? ! their evil designs. They were anxious to have their friends and kinsmen return to their homes and families. "Ten i times." Equivalent to "again and j again." "Ye must return" Leave the work and go hgjne because^-^ oj , of the threatened danger. 13. "Lower places." Within the wall where it was ,\j yet raised to its due height, and 1 therefore most liable to the enemies' assault. "Higher places." Where the wall was finished nnd towers were 8 *" from whence they might shoot arrow u or throw stones. This would show the v enciny that they were fully prepared, for their intended assault and wonld ! give notice that rheir secret plan was known. "After their families." In i family groups, so that the men that J-< .' > guarded the wall had their kinsmen fd : nearest them. Thus the soldiers need > I not be distracted by anxiety for their % families, for those whom they, desired ' . J| to defend were at hand. 14. "Be not A q 1 ye afraid." The pagan allies^-Jiad"*' 1 joined their forces: their army was advancing and d'ofibtless in sight, and an attack impending, when Xehemiah made this short, stirring appeal. No conflict followed, for the enemy saw from a distance that the whole people awaited them in perfect order and equipment; so tliey lost heart and u 5 $? > KnnL' "Pomomher thp T,nrd_" T Ill I uru uuv. a. The best of all arguments for patriotic ' courage. ; IV. Working and watching (vg. 16* . 20). 15. "We returned, all of us. to . the wall." Noble persistence In a good . purpose. The momentary withdrawal v from the work to be ready for the Lord's battle had neither changed their purpose nor dampened their ardor. 16. "My servants." Probably a ane-^ cial band of men given as personal - guards, by either the King of Persia i or the people at Jerusalem. "Half-* wrought?half?held." This is no una- i ! sual thing, even in the present day in Palestine; people sowing their seed are ^ often attended by an armed" maji, t% fho irnha frnm mhhintr tfiem jMlMClH lUt Atllvo - 0 5 of their seed, which they will not fall to do if not protected. "Habergeons/***^ i An old English word for coat-of-mail, *y - from "halo" (neck) and "bergen" (to } protect). "Rulers?behind," The chiefs stood behind the laborers, stationed at different places along the wall, direct* ing and encouraging them, ready to , lead on the armed force if an attack -i was made upon the laborers. 17. "They which bullded." Masons, : bricklayers and the like. "They that > bare burdens." The carriers of mate* rial. 18. "That sounded the trumpet." I The workmen labored with a trowel in .Jl ? one hand and a sword in the other; and as they were far removed from each other, Xehemiah, who was night and day on the spot, kept a trumpeter 1 by his side, so that on any intelligence * of a surprise being brought to him an - alarm might be immediately sounded ' and assistance rendered to the most - distant detachment of their brethren. 19. 20. "And I said." etc. By these f vigilant precautions the counsels of the , enemy were defeated and the work ^ was carried on. God. when He has portant public work to do. never fails to raise up instruments for accomplish I inf ir The work was completed in the . { - brief time of fifty-two days (6.15), end- " in? the last of September. The walla must hare been three or four "mile* Ions to reach around the city. i Shot Fox with Golf Ball. Foxes have been trapped, shot and * poisoned from pionee# days, but It has 0 remained for Mortimer Fagan of Troy, f N. Y., to kill one with a golf ball, and p Mr. Fagan Is extremely proud of the 1 exploit. s I <n thp week Mr. Fagan weflt EJCIAIJ am V?W _ 0 out on the links to practice and h^d e made the third tee when a strong head wind came u^and he was forced to drive with all liis-strength to send o the gutta percha ball any distance. .J Just beyond the tee was a natural hazard consisting of a stone pile aad Jj * a brook, and to clear the latter he m struck with all his might. -V a The ball went a bit low, stATck the ^ stone pile, caromed and, bounding over j the water, struck in the bushes close * 1 ? to the bank. The instant the ball r landed Mr. Fagan heard a weird, peculiar cry, and ran forward. The next (l instant he came upon a red fqx writh^ ing at the edge of the brook. The hard ball had caught him between the H ^ eyes as he was drinking and he died u before the man reached him. whH