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SUTHERN *C f TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT Making Poultry Profitable. if you want good, strong chicks, you must "begin at the beginning.' and see ihat the stock that produces the eggs is strong and vigorous, since a healthy chick can only be hatched from a strongly fertilized egg. The germ in an egg from weak, diseased stock will always be weak and will never produce a strong chick, if it hatches at all. Dry feeding is the very best for young chickens, and any of the pre pared chicken foods are good. Feed thi.; for the first two weeks. and then feed wheat, rolled oats. and cracked corn and you will raise ninety per cent. of all chickens hatched. Keep clab bered or buttermilk before your chick ens every day: it will make them grow. help keep them in good health. and make the hens lay more eggs. A good dry chicken food is made as follows: Cracked wheat, twenty-five parts: pinhead, or rolled, oats. twenty parts: finely cracked corn, tifteen parts; millet seed, ten parts: meat scraps, ten parts: granulated charcoal, five parts. This can be fed five times a day, -all they will eat up clean. and your chicks will never have bowel trouble, the poultryman's worst enemy. When a farmer says he would like to keep poultry if he bad a suitable place for them, he simply means that he is not interested enough to make a place for them. When your fowls are droopy, and ailing, it is alwr.ys a good plan to first find out what is the matter with them, before beginning the indiscriminate ad ministering of drugs. As soon as an ailing fowl is discovered it should be removed from the flock and isolated. after which its casrshould be studied. and medicine. if given at all, given very cautiously. A hen may be considered to consume one bushel of grain yearly and lay ten dozen. or fifteed pounds. of eggs. This is equivalent to saying that three and one-tenth pounds of corn will produce. when fed to a hen, five-sixths of a pound of eggs, but five-sixths of a pound of pork requires about five pounds of corn for its production. Tak ing into account the nutriment in each, and the comparative prices of the two on an average, the pork is about three times as costly a food as eggs. There fore, it will pay better to feed waste milk to fowls than to liigs, if not enough for both. There are little things in the poultry business of minor importance. apparently, that, if neg lected, will c'hange success into failure. There is no other live stock business wherein punctuality and eternal vigil ance are so necessary as in the rearing of poultry. Sorehead among poultry is of very -common occurrence at this time of the year. It is a phase of roup. catarrh or - inflammation. aggravated, if not caused. by neglect. foul air, damp quarters or -exposure on the roost at night. In an advanced stage the head becomes in. flamed and swollen on one or both sides. often obstructing the sight and many times resulting in the loss of one or both eyes: but the appetite is good up to the last, unless internally affect ed. Roup, or sorehead. usually appears as on epidemic. and if a cure is not effected. will spread through a whole flock. In the early stages of the dis -ease, a cure can be effected by injectong into the nostrils with a machine "'squirt'' can a. little kerosene oil, and putting a few drops down the throat. Anoint the head, if swollen, with carbo lated vaseline. It is not advisable to save a bird that has lost an eye from roup. as nine times out of ten they never fully recover from it. and are sure to have the disease again as soon as cold, wet weather sets in once more. Doctor in early stages, but use the ax if too far gone, and bury the carcass. Fowls that have the run of a green clover patch will lay more and a larger number of fertiie eggs than on any other kind of food. They will do this even on no0 other grain ration than corn.-Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. * Home Garden-Prize Article. A good vegetable garden is a real luxury that even t'ie poor may enjoy. if willing to devote a little time and energy to its culture. Vegetables and fruits should be furnished freely to the table all during the season, and a supply of winter varietics ready when cold weather comes. The size of the garden should be regulated by the size of the f~mily and their fondnoss for vegetables. It should contain 'besides a full variety of vegetables, an asparagus bed and a number of the small fruits. -The garden spot should be a rich. sanldy loam, well draised. The soil should be thoroughly pulverized and mixed wvith some good manure. Most people prefer well-rotted cow manure; but if fowl-house manure is used spar ingly it cannot be excelled. Owing to the strength of this manure. if used too freely it will cause the plants to burin. The best garden spot will be a fail-4 Jets and Flashes. Deafness in women is due to their iailure to practice the part of listen ing. No, Cordelia, an undertaker isn't nec essarily familiar with the dead lan guages. Every girl thinks there is a chance .for a young man to attain perfection d by propcsing to her. A weomn's idea of a secret society is one tihat is organized for the purpose of swapping secrets. The soorer a man gets rid of the iaea that he was cut out for a political lead er the sooner he will become a useful citizen. A fool bigamist tries to get rid of his first wife by taking a second. It takes a genuine society woman to say unpleasant things pleasantly. Soldiers who are to take part in the Chesapeake Bay war game went into camp on the shore of Hampton roads. King Edward and Queen Alexandria arrived at Algiers. Three Marylanders were among the 15(0 Americans received in audience by ARM :. fIOTES. -R. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROW ER. ure if an inferior quality of seeds is used. so great care should be taken along this line. Buy from a reliable seedsman and select only those varie ties that are not for quality. In the home garden we want quality rather than quantity. Supposing that our garden has been thoroughly prepared, the best seeds used; we have only to see that we give it the best culture. and we may expect success. Even when drouth is expected we can greatly reduce its ef fect by frequently stirring the surface soil. As soon after every rain as the ground can be worked, the garden sur face should be stirred t,. prevent a crust forming. Seeds should never be planted in lumpy soil and often seeds sown in mellow soil are lost by not making the soil firm after planting. When plant ing seeds by hand the firming is quick ly done by gently pressing the foot on the seedbed. It requires a little thought to know just how deep to cover seeds. Some gardeners say a covering of soil three times the thick ness of the seed planted is right: others say half that is sufficient, but no certain rule can lead us. We must remember that germination depends on warmth, air and moisture. and try to cover so that all these be freely sup plied to the seed. In winter a lighter covering is required than in summer, when the moisture is seldom equal to the warmth. Seeds germinate faster in the dark. and with the small seeds that re quire such a shallow covering of soil it is a good plan to shade with piper or straw until signs of germination appear. when this covering should be removed. Don't plant too thick. Crowded plans never make fully developed specimens. We should consider every plant in excess a weed. also plants out of nlace. such as cabbage in the bean patch and tomatoes in the potatp patch are weeds. Those who grow all their plants should have a hotbed for starting the varieties that are not hardy. such as pepper. tomatoes and egg plant. After danger of frost is past. transplanting should be done late in the evening, or on a cloudy day. Later, when plant ing for a succession, it is best to plant in rows and thin to a stand. Trans planting is most successful if the tops of the plants are shortened by cutting off almost half of each leaf. When sowing very weak seeds, some seeds that are strong growers may be mixed with the weak ones to break the crust for them, as harrowing the seeded just as the plants are ready to come out of the ground often de stroys many of the plants.--Writtenl for the Southern Cultivator by Mrs. E4 W. McElmurray, Augustt. Ga. Fighting the Boll Weevil. I am the originator of three methods 'hereby the Mexican boll weevil and all other noxious insects preying upon otton may be destroyed: By planting in alternate rows ricinus tnd cotton, the dehalation of the former will kill all insects in- nll states of growth. By adding to the fertilizers the con entrated poison of the crushed beans the cottonl plant will feed upon it and become immune. By adding to the fertilizers hematite iron high in phosphor and low in iron pyrites and sulphurous silicon. I am the first to suggest the use as plant food of phosphor compounded with iron, which will be accepted by the plants more readily, and the inval-' uable device of providing soluble suil phur and silicon to the roots of culti vated plants and trees and shrubs. The cost of the ricinus beans, crushed, is next to nothing, while the >ther three ingredients wili not exceed 4 a ton. Adding these ingredients to the fertilizers used at present, half the usual quantity would be sufficient and a saving of about fifty per cent. could be effected. If used for tobacco the advantages of this fertilizing com pound would be: All insects would be destroyed or driven away. The tobacco plants would be shaded by the taller ricinus plants. The permeation in time of the soil with iron, making it like Cuban soil, which is rich in iron.-A. J. Lustig, in the New York Su:a. A Home-)Iade Grubber. Mr. J. H. Curry is the fastest and most expert "grubber" we have ever known. Neither Davidson nor Forsyth County has his equal. I watched him for five minutes one day this week, and. I think he took up more bushes and trees in that time than I had ever seen done in one hour before. His plan is this-he has a large log chain, hooks it around a sapling about four feet from the ground, hitches two nmnis, gives the word. and the bush comes up. It is a real euriosity to see him operate the machine.-Pilot i.N. C.) News. News of the Day. The Swiss police are being train~d1 in the London model. The chief. who recently visited England. was much impressed by police methods there. Probably the best description that has been given of the 3;032 carat Cul linan diamond is that of a London newspaper man, whd saw it and said it looked like "a diece of washing soda." The man .vho found the dia rnand has been baid $10,000 by the Premier Mining 'Conny. An English laborer arrested on a charge of theft which proved to be false was found, ton being searched at the police station, to have gold, silver and bronze coins in various parts of his attire to the aniount of $870. The weight of them wat 40 pounds. The South Kensington Museum. London, is rejoicing 1.1 the arrival of a skeleton of a diplodccus, a present from Andrew Carneg:e to King Ed ward. It came-from Pittsburg in 36 cases, having been found in Wyoming. It is the first diplodot-us to visit Eu rope. and is an intertesting comnbi-1a id. in its structure, of reptile ad bird. CHIJSTIN ENOA!OH NOTES MAY SEVENTH. The Making of a Christian: his exer. cise. Jas. 1: 22-27. (Conse cration meeting.) There is no virtue in listening and hearing; it is nothing until transmut ed into doiag. There is no reality in an image in a mirror; as unreal and unsubstantial is speech without action. Yet it Is by this "foolishness of preaching" and hearing that men are to be saved; the danger Is r.ot In the hearing, certainly, but In being a "forgetful hearer." Even religion may be "de-led'; and the religion most defiled of all in the eyes of God is the religion of a hypocrite that is made up only of words. Suggestions. It is a sound principle never to al low one's emotions to be stirred in favor of a good action, without at once performing it. That a Christian is "known by his fruits" is not to say that the fruits make the Christian: it is the Chris tian that makes the fruits-it is the union with the Vine. Christ's desire for us is not that we bear fruit, but that we bear much fruit. We are not half ambitious enough in our Christianity. Every valuable exercise my be carried on without apparatus. It does not need wealth and learning to do grand things for God. Illustrations. One may harm his body by wrong exercises as much as he benefits it by right ones. See that what you do for Christ is what He wants you to do. When we are weak in a certain part of the body, you take exercises adapt ed to that part. So there are kinds of church work that will build you up just where you are weak spiritually. To be most beneficial, exercise should be regular and systematic. So with our Christian labors. The athlete keeps a record of his 4 growing powers. and the record hElps him to grow strenger. We should know in the same way that we are. growing stronger in definite Christian service. Questions. What definite Christian work am I doing? is my work for Christ up to the measure of my powers? Is there any work which Christ wants me to do that I am not doing? NORTH LEAE LESONS SUNDAY, MAY 7. The Making of a Christian; His Ex ercise.--James 1:22-27. The Epistle of James is one of the nost practical of all the books of the Bible. It combats those tender cies which threatva to paralyze the spirit Lial life of the church, and never mnore han now in this age. It exalts thet octrine of salvation by works. The I special section which we study is the I istinction between hearing and do ing. It emphasizes the thought that othing can avail in real religion., ther than really doing the will oft od. Profession is not enough. :here ust be the exercise of the Christian races. A Christian is made not by ~ being bor:1l andl fed alone, but in the 1 xercise and dlevelopment of Christian races.I There is a vast difference between 1 earing and doing. One may be a evout hearer without becoming a oer of the Word. But one cannot t e a doer without first bei-.g a hearer. The gospel is God-s message to a 1 lost and dying world. The institutiont f preaching is God's ordained plant Cor saving the world. We can hardly verestimate the value of hearing as a eans of grace. No activity in Chris tian work can atc'ae for a failtre to I hear the Word. If God calls men to ( preach, he calls others to hear. But e the danger is that we become only earers; that the repetition of the 1 essage will harden the heart unless it be heeded and obeyed. To hear and fail to do is practical athism. To be a "doer' is more than doing. It is more than a single act f obedicace; It is a habi:: of obedi- r mee. To be a doer is to so habitu- d ly obey that we translate all pre- I epts into active life. To hear and to e o is the whole duty of man. We are a o be doers along both the two lines ' f within and without the church. We lI are to refrain from unbridled tongues, having respect to persons, ad neglect , of the poor; we are also to keep our selves unspotted from the world. Not services, but service. Is the true criterion. Not attendance upon the. preaching only, but transforming that1 preaching into life, Is thie highest ~ Christian duty. The true ambition off noble life is service. We are to hear the Word, of course; but we are o watch against. only hearing. We are to "work out our salvation" In the sense of doing right. WE are to be ome a-n habitual "doer of the Word." WOMAN HATER FOR 60 YEARS ~ Now Daughter of.Girl Who Jilted Him C Gcts Silis Fcrtune. Isaac Sliders of Webster City, ~ o~a, reh'iously kept a vow for six y ars that no woman shou d cross af threshold or enjoy a cent of his wealth. Now that he is dead the carefully drawn will by which h~e hoped to perpetuate his vow has been broken, and the bulk of his estate goes to the daughter of the woman who jilted him and made him a hater of all womankind. Showers came West years ago from New York to make his fortune, leav n behind him a girl who had prom ised to wait for him. When he be came wealthy, as wealth was counted n in those days, he journeyed back to e :laim his bride, only to find that she ci had married his brother. Without a y word he returned to Iowa. When his c father died, leaving a considerable F estate, he refused to take any share of T it because his brother was adminis-. b trato'. , In his own will he left his vast acre- y age of valuable lands to various F schools, aid societies and churches. ~ Mrs. Edward Price. dauighter of the p girl who jilted him, contested the V will and has broken it, and will in- S heri somen mno than $250.000. U POPUL~l SCIENCE C An anemometer at San Francisco ;howed a wind velocity of over 120 niles an hour on May 19. 1902. At the nountaiff observatory on Puy de Dome 56 miles an hour was recorded on De ember 9, 1901. Twentieth century physicians are ather slow-going plodders, after all. "ingalese books of the sixth century ire stated by Sir Henry A. Blake, Gov rnor of Ceylon, to have described six y-seven varieties of mosquitoes and 24 kinds of malarial fever caused by s osquitoes. b The nerves of eyes and stomach show remarkable interdependence. A late medical writer finds that eye-strain -auses digestive disturbances, seasick aess and even constipation, and that tomach disorders affect vision, while emorrhages into the stomach are ometimes followed by blindness. ( A new single lens, the Zeiss "Verant,' t auses photographs to stand out In re ef as under the two lenses of a stereo cope. The lens is conveo-concave, so hat the axes of the rays from different t arts of the picture meet in the eye. nd the focal length should equal that )f the camera taking the photograph. The electric waves of Herz were t: ound by him to measure 150 feet from rest to crest: but those used by 'Mar n !oni in telegraphing across the Atlantic ire 600 feet long, or more. These waves ravel at about the same rate as light -aves-which measure only a few mil ionths of an. inch-or with the almost neonceivable velocity of 184,000 miles er second. s d Plating iron objects with cadmium is he interesting new metallurgic.l Lchievement of a German chemist. The b ati is prepared by dissolving cad- ( nir m chloride in water, precipitating ith sodium carbohate solution and isolving the washed precipitate. while till moist, :n a solution of potassium yanide in water. Cadmium anodes, tre used, with a current of four to e volts. The deposit, after buffing, as the same color as tin, but is harder. Two Germans have discovered a nethod by which they can hear plants -row. In the apparatus the growing lant is connected with a disk. having n its centre an indicator which moves isibly and regularly, and this on a cale fifty times magnified denotes the rogress and growth. Both disk and udicator are metal. and when brought n contact with an electric hammer. the lectric current being interrupted at ach of the divided interstices of the isk, the growth of the plants is as erceptible to the ear as to the eye. Little Girls "Bait" for Fishermen. Mfore fishermen are supported in the b shing season at the little town of * ~ardo in Norway than :n our own amous Gloucester, or the Ernglishb ;rimsby. At Vardo everybody helps i13 e work-men. women. aiid even the bilden. JIames B. Ccnnoliy writes,inr [arpers Magazine, that hle saw innun rable little girls of :ine or ten sturdily~ tanding in the cold air that rande ther 'aces and fingers blue, while they p a ietly baited their fatherz' and~ broth ns' trawls. Their nothers perfomemd a he same wcrk whiil th, exhatusted shermen snatched- the tv~o-hours' sleci F hat constituted their night'.: rest in f he busy season. It is ne uucon~mon t hing for a single merchant to have C everal hundred thoasand nair's of fsh ianging out to dry at once. in prepara ion for the market. Mr. Connolly ailed and fished with the fishermen eselves, and gives a very enter-r ainig account of their peculiar ens How MJark Twain MIade Five Dollars. All boys like to earn a few pennies ow and then. but Mdrk Twain tells f a very unusual way in which he nec made the princely sum of $5 as a mall boy. At cne e-chool he attended nere was a strict rule ::gainst mar:' g the desks. Any boy discovered mu ating a desk must ->e punished-being ffered his choice between paying i35 tc r taking a public whipping. The ir sistible combination of a shiny-topped .esk and a brand-new knife in his ocket was too much for Mark: he sue- a umbed to the temptationm :nd whittled vay until the ' teacher caught him. he punishment was set for the fol wing day, and Marks father, think- m ig it a pity the lad should be publicly fu~ L-hipped, gave him a lecture and a $5 'ill. Five dollars looked pretty big to hi ark. He thought it over carefully, fc nd when the time came, with the bill a his pocket, went up and took the km -hipping. Cultivated Ugliness. I Here are some of the deformities hih careless women cultivate: A heavy lower lip-induced by a pout. D)ulI eyes with heavy lids--induced y apathy and indifference. Creases between the eyebrows-in ned by had temper. Pimples-induced by tight lacing and vereating. Round shoulders-induced by wrong . tting and wrong reelining and failure h take exercise. C Goggles-iduceed by straining the C Hollow cheeks-induced by nervous Stubby fingers-induced by biting the bc Bent toes--induc'2d by wearing tight y Freckles and tan-induced by going TI atless in the hot sun.-Pittsburg Dis tch. so Yawning For Health. A German expert on gymnastics an- on ounces that one need not go to a well- an quipped gymnasium in search of a N urre in health-giving exercises. Deep n 'ing practiced as a regular exer se the cheapest and surest road to er t health. We are still familiar s P. :he theory that systematic deep ra. :iing is an excellent thing for the ongs, and it is on similar grounds that awning is rnecomn~ed~e. The ex ansion of the breast-bones and the retching of the arms which accom any a whole-hearted yawn. together ith the filling of the lungs, forms a lendid daily exercise.--Chicago Jour- p1 NlTandHUMOR f THE DAY Conectors. Mother has a lace collection, Sister goes for rugs; Others go for books and pictures, Buttertiies and bugs. One thing, though, they all omitted So, the whirl to join Father works with toil unceasing; He collects the coin. -McLandburgh Wilson. Flat Terms. "Five hundred dollars for my vote?)" orted the crooked legislator. "Sir! ow dare you offer me this gross in alt?" "Pardon me," replied the lobbyist, 'ho knew his man: "this offer is not ross. but positively net."-Pblladel bia Press. Terrible. "Why is Belle so bitter against arlie?" "He arose and gave her his seat in Je street car." 'Why. I should have thanked him." "She did, and he said: 'Not at all. [other always taught me to be polite ) old ladies.' "-Chicago News. Commercial. Skemer-"I think I'll get married." Ascum-"You surprise me. I didn't aink you had a girl." Skemer--I haven't yet. but a fellow ave me a wedding ring to-day in. part ayment of a bill he owed me. and I've ot to get the worth of my money." lhiladelphia Press. Not Exnctly the Same. "I received Your Majesty's message." aid the new missionary. "Did I un erstand you would do me the honor to all upon me and dine to-morrow?" "Almost correct," replied the canni al chief. "I said I would call and rii upon yon to-morrow."-Catholic tandard and Times. A Misunderstanding. "John." said Mrs. Oldham. "this is [ae Summergal's intended." "Do tell!" exclaimed the old man. 1 Glad to know ye, Mr. Legion." "Pardon me. but my name is Browne, r." "Why, she told me her beau's name uz Legion."-Philadelphia Press. Boy Nature. "Let's go over to Baxter's pond to :te." "Oh, it's too fur. Let's skate here on ie crick." "But the ice is a heap thinner over at axter's." "All right. Come ahead."-Logisville ourier-Journal. Trouble Began Bight There. "I am going to compil'e a book of my ty's smart sayings." declared proud [rs. Noowed. "What do you think ould make an appropriate title?" "Borrowed Brightness," suggested iss Sulfuric. This was why they stopped speak g.-Louisville Courier-Journal.1 Work After, Not Before. "If you had a million dollars would keep on working or would you nock off and take the world easy?" ked Blobbs. "You have got that twisted," replied lurry. "You take the world easy be re the million comes, as a rule. and en you have to work to keep it." Lcnnati Comnmercial-TribuneC. I Not Worrying. a lid Sufferer-"Does pulling a frontg oth like this one of mine hurt t Husky Dentist-"Not a bit! I nevert rained my arm over anything but moar."-New York Press. His Good Point. Bins-"You don't seem to take to y little boy. He has some mighty e p points."t Splnks-"Yes, there's one thing about rn that any father should be thankful Bns-"Ah! Thought you'd ac owledge it. What is it?" pinks-"Hes not a twi."-Cleve ud Leader. . A skatorlal Sensation. 'Do you skate?" 'I skated once." 'Do any fancy stunts?" 'Write your name on the ice?" No. But I wrote it large in the wspapers." 'How was that?" "I skated into an airhole and they d to drain the pond to get me out." eveland Plain Dealer. Motherin-Law Wanted. 1rs. Homer-"I wonder where Mrs. ees will make her home now that t of her daughters are married thh her son-i-law in Newv York or th her son-in-law in St. Louis?" jer - "I don't knowv, I'm sure. icy oth want her." dr Homer-"ndeed? What dutiful [oe--"Oh. not necessarily. The e in ew York wants her in St. Louis d the one in st. Louis wants her in ww York."-Chicago News. Just a Suiggesi~on. heheadoring mother surveyed her La son with an admiring eye. II don't know what to do with my lli." she said to her next door ighbor. "he has such a large head:" [he neighbor had children of her n., and was both resourceful and -nbl-tngued when it came to pay off old scores. 'If there is any danger of his top u oer you might weight his feet." - said thouhtfully - London Tit Redt For the Mober.I W You cannot serve your ramily better a :han by resting yoursel. An over- ol red mother cannot makt sunshine in ki he home. Try to take ,ven half an hi our of complete rest somt time during d( he afternoon, says Womal's Life. It will often be hard to ge away, but m nake a duty of it and youwill accom- ti, lish it. If you were ill be children in rould have to get on with'ut you; let bi :henl. do it while you are kieping well w :or their sakes. Think ovet the things k hat can best go undone, and leave ;ome of them whil! .-ou sleq. Rest is G nuch cheaper and .more agrfable than ti i doctor's bill, and if you d( not ba-e C( me you -will surely bate~ th( other. cl Mestructive Dress Trimming. . If a hostess his rr uncertin -smile c, nd a wandering glance when greeting T guest. it is -safe to suspect that she . s looking for sharp buckles ,nd but- 01 ons before venturing to seat tle new >omer in one of her mahogany chairs. tE f signs of these tabooed ormments ai e discovered the wearer is gently per- w uaded to try a seat padded an( cush- le oned. With feminine perversty she isually manages to wriggle into the test bit of. polished carved wood-while he hostess is momentarily distracted q watching another arrival. Ix this f onnection it is interesting to note that he popularity of cut steel and :et is P s unabated as that of mahogany.- ai ebraska State Journal. Tips For Spring Season. . P All-over embroidery constitutes many b; f the handsome gowns for evening d -ear. p A few of the spring coats repeat the b alla- wes effects of last year, but the n najority hare flat turn-over collars. f1 All the sheer materials that were for nerly confined to. summer are now p ised for evening hose wear all win- r4 er. One of the prettiest hat fashions and m ne likely to be repeated next winter v s the small turned up French felt t! vith a wreath of tight little roses a Iropped on it by accident. half on the e rown and half on the brim. t Embroidered linen crash is a spring b ovelty. Stripe effects predict much favor.- o ew Haven Register. t] Let's Brush Up. e Too many women when they become n ives and mothers cease their reading a .s they forget their songs. Bright i peech and a good story may be told u rer the coffee with much better effect han the recital of the household wor- * les and the ways of the handmaiden, n opis in high favor with most women t4 rhen the man of the house returns at ti ventide. There is nothing as fascinat- ~ ag to the masculine nature~ as the ele aent of uncertainty in life, in business l d all the contingencies of life. That l why he gambles in great things and d small. Chance is the modern Circe.f nd well do women know this. yet it t experience alone that teaches thenm f hat the only way to hold the love and b aterest of a man is to keep him guess. ag what chameleon trick she will next e pring upon him. Once realizing and a eting upon this knowledge. she holds a he key of the citadel, his heart, and r aay defy the world. b New Thin Goods. The shop windows now biossom witht he thinnest and daintiest of fabrics, t* he first offerings of spring and sum- c aer cottons. These patterns are of the hoicest and very often are exclusive d- not to be duplicated later. For thate eason rather high prices are usually ~ sked for them-.r If one may judge by the first cottons own, the coming year will be notable or the number and the beauty of tub owns worn. The old favorites, or ndies. dimities and flowered muslns,0 re on hand, as usual. Organdies with .eep borders are sure to attract atten ion. The old rose designs are beauti- a u in these bordered patterns, and here are many new d~ysigne. One int pple blossoms waz lovely. The colorst rere green, brown and white, just h ouched with bright pink, as the realt pple blossoms are. An arbutus design ras also charming. The new ginghams are very attrac h-. Besides the ordinary thing, there d re silk ginghams as fine and as lus rous as foulards, although laundering ~ night somewvhat diminish the gloss of he surface. There are lace ginghams., ome of them as sheer as net. Theset re not expensive, and will make pretty norning and house gowns.t There is a new cotton voile very like ingham in texture, which comes at a ow price. It is to be had in white and carly all coramo, colors. The light due is especially good. They are ad iable for shirt waist srlits.-Philadel hia Telegraph. A Woman's Pocket. For one blessing man is enviable-his )Ockets. Woman occasionally has a oket but she can't use it. "Put in a OCkt,'' she pleads. and the dress t naker sends home the new skirt with pocket stowed away in the recesses f a ook-up placket hole. It is not a -orkabe pocket for three reasons: First, it bulges if there is even a ~ anndkerhif in it. destroying the sym i itry of the outline. I Second. things aimed at it rarely sue- J eed in forcing a'n entrance. but fall t logiside, downward with a whack on lie foor. Third, who could fumbie through a role row of hooks and eyes. placed in h centre of the seam at the back? Xs a trifing obstacle in the way of ,lnd manipulation it may mentioned hat such hooks are usually of a tricky aent, or they would not stay fastened At the hem of the garment, under bee foundtion'' frill, pockets like a inv crescent-shaped pouch may also e found lurking. A handkerchief can 1 eeose in one in safety. merely involv a some suppleness in the owner, who must execute a kind of dive in with-.1 rawing and reinserting it. A silk< toundation sometimes accommodates uite anpracta-lookimg receptacle, to 1 ich the unwary at first intrusts even purse or a pocket k".' rd jects dangling on a . the ee are ill companions, and tnose who ve once knelt on a latchkey never sire to repeat the experience. 'I asked for pockets and they gave e handbags," is the plaint of the pet ,ated throng, who wonder who will vent them a third hand for their um ellas while they guard their money th their right and with their left ep their garments from the mud. In -the meantime, says the London aphic, whbie fashion is decreeing at sovereigns shall jingle in jeweled at of mail-from the end of a slender Lain, apparently designed for the ady pliers of the thief, womankind. ore cunning than they sbem, are rving a way out of the difficulty. ley may carry their purse for all the orld to see, and a handkerchief peeps it of their sleeves, but in many a ken underskirt. where it will not in fere with the set, is a pocket, roomy id secure. There it is that the wise oman keeps her gold and her !ove tters. Unemployed London Women. Women as well as men are suffering om lack of employment. Many. omen are casual or irregularly em oyed workers; many women's trades e peculiarly seasonal fluctuations. That some provision for unemployed omen, as distinguished from unem oyed men, is required, can be doubted no person acquainted with the con tions of industrial life; and if such ,vision Is to be really helpful it must built-just as any such provision for en needs to be -upon a basis of care tI examination and classification. Certain differences in the industrial sitions of men and women were cently dealt with by Miss Wyatt pworth, who.pointed out: (1) The ay of escape provided for women by irious forms of domestic'service; (2) e fact that, because many women e not dependent upon their own unings. the wages of women often nd to be calculated upon what may termed a "parasitic" basis; (3) the illingness of women to accept forms work and rates of pay to which men ill not stoop. Touching lightly upon e facts that the total proportion of nployed women to that of employed en slightly but steadily declines, hile that of women in factory work Lcreases, the paper went on to classify iempoyed women under four heads ) Casual or irregulhr workers; (2) orkers in season trades: (3) woriers t wanted in the callings they at mpt; (4) workers personally defec e or economically ineificient-a group 'hich might include "harge numbers of 'omen over forty." With the genuine idle-the female counterpart of the afer and the tramp-Miss Papworth id not deal; and the omission is just, r such women soon drop out of even e lowest ranks of labor; their case rms. indeed, a serious social problem, it the problem is~not industrial. Next came references to the various isting agencies for meeting the trou le. and a remark upon the necessarily kisleading chardeter of statistics de-. ved from registries and employment ureaus, as at present arranged, since ie figures cannot possibly show either e degree of overlapping or the degree which* the clients of these institu ons are merely actuated by desire for tange of employment. None of these agencies, however. iost of which exist for other ends. in claim to have solved the problem. [iss Papworth classifies suggested !medies under three heads: (1) Those ealing with improved conditions of 'ork: (2) those dealing with improved ~lucation and training; (3) those deal ig with the provision of work or of pportunites. It was justly point at that "physical degeneracy is the iost irremedial cause, and the effect so, of unemployment. -Therefore any iing that is done to improve the na onal physique is 'a direct contribu on" toward the solution of the prob m. Among such measures were noted ie prevention of child labor, and the vveling up of the conditions of home ork by registration and inspection. hortened hours and better pay con uce also to physical efficiency. What we need, first of all, is to bring -er into the chaos of industrial comn etition, to make, as Germany has ade, centres of communication be een the work-seeking worker and~ the oseekin temployment. hroiemen The open front seen on most of the idels will give the lingeie blouse an p~ortunity to show. Generally speaking the leg of mutton eeve is the preferred style for street The redingote will continue .to hold s own, undoubtedly, but the short. tket or blouse will be preferred by l majority of women. There are any number of short bo .os, some of them resembling thc oe cape bolero of last season. hld~r-s frocks and coats show the ame lavish tendencies whe' distin-~ nh grown-up fashions. Very pretty little directoire jackets.. rih fancy waistcoats and broad, oted lapels also . appear amona png walking suits. A charming black straw hat has the rm olled and pinched back and side ri a jaunty shape. impossible to de Tis is a good model for a linen suit )eeloped in blue, pink, chalk white, e brown linen, with plain straps. i1 rold be charming to wear with thin . ie lnn blouse In hot weather.