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# I WSMi \ Velvet KbiiiU ii? Trlmmlii|?*. Black volvot bands and straps are quite the most general fashion note, pervading almost all styles of gowns at the moment. From laee to cloth, and on organdies and silk muslins, the narrow velvet trimmings uro almost universal, and though all kinds of sashes are worn, those of broad black velvet ribbon with colored linings are the most affected. The brightly colored linings in these sashes, which are tIn* latest Parisian fnd. add a charming new note of color to the gown.?Harper's Bazar. Victorli* I.ovc* H?>r Gwrden. Queen Victoria Is said to have a knowledge of every detail not only of the various houses, hut also of the parks and gardens connected with the many royal palaces, which is wonderful. Within a very few hours of the <*ourt arriving at Osborne the Queen makes a tour of these gardens which are close to tile house, her tlrst visit generally being paid to the lovely myrtle painted by the l'rlnce Consort in lHoN from a sprig taken from the KmoresM Krixloi-li'lt'ii w,?l.u.w? ........ gay. The sprig flourished, nml is now n tlno bush, ami (luring the Inst 40 years it lins supplied Innumerable pieces of myrtle for the embellishment of royal bridal bouquets. When I'urffi'lly Proportioned. The upper arm of the perfectly formed woman should end at the waist line, so that she can rest her elbow on a table while standing erect, and her forearm should extend to a point permitting the lingers to mark a point, just below the middle of the thigh. Her nock should be of the same circumference. A plumb line dropped from a point marked by the tip of her nose will fall at n point one Inch In front of her greut toe. Her shoulders and her hips will make a straight line drawn up una aown. Her waist will taper gradually to 20 Inches, her hips will mcasuro from six to 10 inches, inoru than this, and her waist will call for a belt from 22 to 2S inches. If her height Im> from live feet three to live feet seven Inches, says a writer in Woman's Life. She should measure from her waist to her feet about a foot more than from the waist to the crown of the head, and her shoes should show a number half that of her glove. A "No. t$ hand." for Instance, hAltl/l Ko n?, 1 1 1.? ? v'- *? avvuni|iaiiirii i?> II .Ml. O shoo. Her weight. for the heights * given, should tn froiu 125 to 140 pounds. .font n Little Wrinkle, It is oonHiderrd fashionable Just now to nddress n personal letter or an invitation to some entertainment with a certain addition. Tills is In the nature of a prolix and it really adds to the formal appearance of ?hc envelope. Slightly to tile left of the address and always above It. never on the same line with it. put the word "For" or else "To," besides the usual superscription. For Miss Van Alen To or Mr. Oliver Hazard. Tills Is never used in writing a busi- ! ness communication, hut it is much 1 liked on personal correspondence. It : In n ltiiirL* .if iinmAiiiil 1.1....? *1-.-. ... ?. .*? ?> *? ??, |M ! rwiMii i wiir?iU'-| niMMl, I to l>e n recognition of the ?li^nlty of 1 the personam to whom the letter is addressed. No doubt it is the Ainerienn adaption of the stately old French form of nddreaslng tin1 envelope of a letter: "Mine, a Mile.?, or "M. .1 Mine.?" At all events the formality j is n pleasing one. Take notiee when tlie mail bags are ! next distributed and you will see mis. | elves In the fashionable feminine handwriting of the present day with the prefixed preposition duly In place. The ! sending of a letter In some wise resembles the sending of a gift. Any- j thing which adds to the consequence of the Individual to whom it Is ad dressed gives hitn or her additional pleasure.? Philadelphia Record. Physical Culture for Womrn, All women cannot have perfect featUrea. All women can and should have perfect forms. Physical exercise, taken Judiciously the right amount at. the right time will work miracles with the "female form divine." Ten times ont of a dozen the female form is anything hut "divine." This is mr iiiuir or parent*. envlromnent. laziness. overeating. tight lacing nml mnny other things. Men all the world over prefer henut.v of form tt? any other attraction or charm In women. For this preference they exhibit excellent philosophy a* well ns excellent tasto. For n woman with n beautiful form is alio n > woman with a lienutlful tcniner anil beautiful health. And the possession of the two mentis perfetft happiness to any mortal man. Some women fear that physical enltore spoils the round symmetry of form. This is an absolutely erroneous Idea. On the contrary, it (fives to the body strength, grace and exquisite beauty. rounding out angles and aceermatlug curve*. The first important rule for women who take up physical culture?not a fad. hut as an aid to health and beauty?is moderation. The great troaM" with the mx is tli.it It Is apt to <rver<ln along the ij^io of work as B along ninny others whl<V but recent t> opened ay to it. The result is always disastrous. 1 & \ ' g.* 'Mm Women must bear in mind that they are not training us prize lighters; they arc Ktrlviui; o net their bodies intq physical condition. Their efforts an1 f heai't. strength, suppleness; a Inxiy Kymoiet'lcHlly beautiful and free fron. ail sipertluous fleob. a mind alert trtuupll and not easily rulllcd. TlieHe tt-^u are the ol?Jeets of physical cultv*: Wdlktil* jK superb exercise. Tliere i Ik no otli r tH*t ran equal it for all around jr< )(j fosults. lint in order to develop n iUDii>trlral beauty of limb, arm and husf'h* other exercises must l>e added 0 p. The is'stj hiil'S for a woman anxious to try phJslcifl culture is to take a tew h'Hdoig lyoin a thoroughly competent teii|lerJ as it is almost impossible to iicnr^dely deseribe the dif ferent without practical IIluxtmtlon. Tli1'11 sin* can practice them at Tlic l>est ]mt? exercise is just on stepping ou.0f bed In the morning. Be sure tt h,,ve plenty of fresh nir when ex? sine; otherwise you ?1 ? yourself inor "sarin than good. Never | exercise to te point of fatigue. 'Continue each e.ercise until the uius:-l?s used in tlui particular exercise are | slightly fatigued. Then desist and try the next. Be sure and adopt a system of exercise that will equally develop the up >er and lower parts of of the body. 1 o not develop legs and muscles to th detriment of chest ami waist; always remember that symmetry Is Unuty. A woman ot weakly or sickly constitution should not at first attempt the very vigoro s movements, hut as she gains hi str< gtli slie may successfully adopt then ( ymnn.stlcH ni I athletics develop mind ad well hk tody. They bring the motor ijerves In o play nnd tints accelerate the bra i"s activity. (Sood lienlth n so means success In life. Every one likes tlie wholesome, rosy cheeked wo; inn; she is invariably good tenijicred i id charming. Some philosnpl cal writer says there . is no such thin, as a red cheeked criminal. lie mi ht have added that there is no sue thing as a rosy checked shrew. Some women it ingine that exercise, especially the dlf erent gymnastic exercises. tend to Increase the si/.e of the waist. That this Is not so is amply proved by the fat t that all strong, active athletic men have proverbially small waists in comparison to their Ki'/ll mill i*a1.vI\*>>.>I*? ik.- ? . .... VIM et ' 'II I lit" contrary, persons who lead sedentary lives always commence to put on fat at the waist lino. Tight lacing really Increases the size of woman's waist, for lacing weakens the waist muscles, renders them flaccid and Inactive, so that when t he (corset, pressure is removed they fall mbout and spread, and the result Is allargc Increase in the natural waist meiwuremcnt.?New York Her^ p *c The craz<l for gold trimmings is developing lit a most effective way IIIMIUKII coaiuillUllOU \VHI1 Heavy lUt'O. I A now garniture much in favor 0011- j slsts of rings of guipure linked 0110 ! through th<^ other and applied as a i hand.* Automobile eonts for autumn wear are shown in eranherry red eloth. heavily strapped, severely plain, and three-quarter length. The abbe eolhir. made of linen or wired laee and turning down hi talis j in front like a priest's collar. Is a fancy of the moment In Paris. Itroad velvet cravats and girdles, gold fringed and drawn through gold clasps, arc worn with soft wool morning gowns, for which they furnish almost the only trimming. Around the edge of many of the boleros on the new wool gowns there are, instead of the ordinary laee border. embroidered holes, through which is drawn velvet ribbon or soft lace or chiffon ending in ehoux on tin* bust. Itolerns of guipure, point do VcniHi', <'urrlckross, etc.. arc applied upon gold tissue ami finished with cold buttons or tass"is. Hands of the luce also are applied to bands i f Hold tissue and used upon cloth or silk with excellent results. Point d' esprit, on which are applied trailing sprays of lace, is to be one of the most popular materials for young girls' evening gowns during the win 1 ter. It is more durable than chiffon or moussellne and achieves consider able distinction through skilful use of the lace. A new trimming much in use among Paris dressmakers is a scallop of glace silk united to a scalloped edge of the gown materia) by openwork herring-boning. The lierring-boning is seen also aboye flounce hems, down sklit gores, atnjl, in fact, wherever an openwork effect la desirable. Tucking. ed>tod with narrow gold luce, is Hern in the vests of wool gowns: and a particularly good tlnlsh for tic lmttoin 'of a skirt is furnished by a number of wide folds, looking like deep tueksj. and edged with gold Inee. It is said that gold lace will also figure largely lit winter millinery. ' "he three qua rtfr length coats seem dentin'd to take the place of the trailIn <r tVi'ifi t U Af' 1 ? - - - ? it . * %/???.-? ??? mnii r?< iiovill, 1.1 r H ^ HI' vere cloth coats are concerned. They will be much nxjiro easily handled end will itccuuiiilnte fewer genus; but tiiey cut the sf Irt length sadly. and only a tall. slim Wviimn cnu wear theui wolL i m mam lliiiii I'luwinx Cow I'cua I'ntlrr. When cow pens produce pods sind the pods Pepin ti? turn yellow, they should be plowed under. If prown for bay cut the vines when the pods lire nhout four inches lonp. When prown us n innnuriul crop the Ion per the vines remain on the protind before they tire plowed under the more nodules will he formed on the roots, hence the more nitropen added to the soil. Fooit for I.nylnc Urn*. For our layinp hens we t>reparc the food as follows: We pet preen hones and bony meat that are su'bible to run tliroupli the bono cutter, nre pulled out: the rest we put into a larpe iron kettle, and boil them until the whole is thorouphly cooked; then we pick out tie' holies, and mix with the soup, or broth, chopped clover and mill feed. We stir in enouph of this to make a stiff mush, boil it well, cover it. and as we need it. feed it. In the winter when it is very cold, we take enouph for one feed and place it into the uiixlup troupli. put hot water on it. :iutl put with such mill feed as we h;ive ;it luiml. This is 1 lit* principal meal for tin- morning At noon, we pive ahout one <pmrt of wheat to elpht or 1<> chickens, and in the evening we pive nhout the same amount of corn. I hiring the day we have iiKinp-ls or rutahapas hanplnp around in their pens. M. Ilarter, in The Kpitoinist. To I'rcvonl !.?> ?? of Molnlnrf, Ttoll111 is an advantage in preventinn tlm less of moisture from soils not compact etinunh to hold much water. The compaction of such soils by repeated rollinn decreases the amount of water that passes through them and beyoyd the reach of roots. When tIn* object of rollinn i* t.? save soil moisture, tooth harrow should be used if possible after rollinn. so as to form a layer of loose soil on the surface: otherwise rollinn will decrease the soil moisture. The roller should lie used with caution on clayey lands. The purpose of usinn the roller after seed inn durinn dry weather is to compact the soil, thus incrensinp the capillary action, which carries the necessary amount of moisture to the seeds to cause pcrmination. The tidier is sometimes used after the plants are up. which of course favors t lit* rise ?>i water to the .voting roots. Tito addition of humus to soils ?lotieient in orgsinie material will greatly Increase tlioir rapacity for holding water. This insty l?o supplied by using vegetable mold, oovor crops, rotations. green insiiitiros, siiul stsihlo niiinuros. Soil moist tiro may he sttvoil liy other means hut those mentioned above are the most Important. PrulW In I!illt?rmnhI eg. To sell milk off the farm is to sell all the fcrtili7.hu: elements there sire in the milk, hut these are not sis great as those that were in the grain .anil fodder that the cows site. " . e 1 V >? * % grain no snisill part of tliose elements sire left in the manure heap: not quite sis iinteU of elover hay, yet more than of the grasses. If one is selling his milk he should determine Unit a part of the money lie reeoivi s for it. shall he returned, either in grain bought anil fed out. or in fertilizing material put upon the tlehls. Only ill this way run me mo 11 no Kept Up lo Us conditlon. Hut 0110 who keeps cows ami makes butter at homo, using his skiinmilk for growing calves ami hogs, ami buys (train to feed out, will ever liiul his laml Improving. his crops crowing larger If properly en red for, ami ho should grow richer by reason thereof If prices maintain their proper relation to one another. The man who polls milk may improve his farm and still make money if the milk prices are high enough, but we cannot help feeling that it is doubtful for those who Jiave to sell at the prices established by tin' milk contractors who buy for our cities. When we sold milk at the prices we now pay for it. or from live to seven cents a oiiiirt. we thought it noi!i< too in noli. but i made n Itvlnjr ;it if. To have sold itf prieos paid l?v contractors for the supply of Boston would luivo soon men lit bankruptcy for us. nnd wo should linvo I proforrod to fin re brought out the tin I pans, tlio churn and other apparatus i In use in those days, and made butter again. Today, with more modern applianees. we think butter making should ho much easier nnd more profitable.?Boston t 'lilt i vat or. Ornin for Cow* on ('nature. The majority of dairymen do not believe in feeding grain to their cows while on pasture, as they claim it does noi nav. On the homo form ? .. fed grain to our rows the year round for bo vera 1 years, and a number of our most progressive neighbors have done likewise. Many people doubted the wisdom of fundi praetlee at first, but some of them are now following our example. A year ago I met one of our most sueeessful daiiymen on his way home from the station with a large load of corn meal and bran for his rows. I asked him if lie was satisfied that it paid him to feed so much grain during the summer months. II? said. "I do net ihink that I could afford to stop feeding grain to my rows while they are on pasture." I might saj that Is"-s man ha no; only bought ami paid for bran ami ?orn meal lor his cows, but with the it. I r. turns from i his cows he has purchased and paid 1 . & for three flne farms for hl? sons. Tito views coincide with mine exactly, for I feel that my father lias made money by feeding grain to the cows while on pasture. It is true, perhaps, that for a month or so. while the grass is plentiful and succulent, the cows will give ns large returns without grain feed as with It, but during times of drouth an the fly season, grain fed cows will always hold their own untcli better than those not so fed. They also milk much better during the last few months of the lactation period. The quantity of grain to lie used will depend to some extent oil the condition of tlie pastures and the size of the cows. It is not generally advisable to feed mniv thnii frnm four to elglit pouiuls per cow per day. The university dairy cows nro fed dully from three to live pounds each of n mixture of equal parts of corn meal and gluten feed, depending on the size of the cow ami the length of time she has been milking. Our large cows get more than the small ones, and we also feed our fresh cows heavier than those that have been milking several muntlis.?\V. J. Kennedy, in American Agriculturist. I ti? purl no t In Poultry Ituinrro. The American tlninc Keeper, which from the name should he authority on the fowl subject, gives the following simple directions for protecting setting hens against lice ami mites, which is their besetting annoyance: A cheap and easy method of destroying these pests and keeping them from the setting hens, it says, is tit place one or two of the camphorated balls tsueh as those displayed in the windows of drug stores! in each nest. Tiny cost very little and by putting them in the nest the work is done, a single ball lasting through the entire wnfrm season. Every time the hen goes on the nest she imparts heat to it. and a portion of the eamplior odori7.es her laxly and also the material of the nest: lire giving it a wide berth. One of the balls I if plneed in a vial ??f sweet oil and npi plied to the heads of the fowls and ehieks. on the shanks or under the wings, will also prove serviceable in preventing scaly-legs and destroying the large liee. For chirks only use one or two drops of the mixture, as grease of any kind is injurious to ehieks. If preferred a mixture may lie prepared by using one part lard oil. one part linseed oil. a few grains of eamplior ami two or three drops of oil of sassafras, shaking the mixture well l>ej fore using. Whitewash the top and sides of the j hen house and use plenty of enrbolie arid in the wash; put it on thick over the roosts, nests, and every hoard, to kill the insert eggs, liee, mites, and germs of contagious diseases, if there are any. and to purify and keep things healthy. Chicks will commence to scratch when they are hut a clay old, no difference whether they see the old lien scratch or not. It" they are hatched in an incubator and reared in a brooder they will scratch just the same. This proves that scratching comes by intuition and is nature's plan whereby fowls may get their living. It is a sensible thing to believe that fowls should be made to scratch fo? nearly all they eat. Scratching will end to make them vigorous and prollIT 1 "arm nnd cj?r?ten Note*. ??m i,? nuvni 111^ IlliM f <11111 IM l" tcr wool. Ciini fodder is excellent feed for horses, especially us ;i change of diet. Kuril pigpen should be divided into two parts, one for sleeping and the J other for feeding. I.literal amounts of protein tend to j inerense the tlow of milk and lessen the natural shrinkage due to lactation. Salt, sulphur, ehnreoal, ashes and hone dlist should oeeaslonally he plaerd where the pigs can get at it. Mutton growing, with wool as an ineldetital product. will eontinue to be tin most protltahle method of sheep breeding. Kariu yard manure or feeding highly concentrated foods on a pasture supIt 1 y the most appropriate fertilizing elements for permanent pasture. A growing pig must have food that j will promote growth. Milk shorts, I clover, peas, oats and a small allowance of corn will he found very satis! factory. Wood and all materials that decay 1 easily should he avoided in Irrigation works as much as possible. Of course those must he used In many eases and In that event should he carefully watched. The advantage of feeding sllageover corn fodder is that there Is practically no wiimp. in inn our passing a nairy farm and untieing tin* cornstalks in the cow yard this fact is impressed upon tlictn at once. lli< hness in nitrogen may l?e measured in a large degree by the humus contained in the soil. Of course the stage of decomposition of this organic matter is an Important faetor In determining the availability of nitrogen. i uruip-i mm sweues urn w tneir I'ootl supply from tin* surface soil. Their power of taking up nitrogen from the voil is greater than cereal crops. As a < onsequence clovrr and cowpeas should occur frequently in the rotation where turnips and swedes are grown. A r?cl Rrrnk. "Your wife seems to have taken a violent dislike to Meeoliem." "Yes. \Yh< u he was at the house other day he 1-aiicd his head hack against one ot the oriiauiented tubes .:h?' keeps on the rocking chains,"?(!lilj cago Tribune. fj? ^Childrerts^ Mlit Fret and MUs Lau|h, ci ies little Miss Fret. In a very groat pot: '*11 hate this warm weather! It's horrid lt| scorches my nose. Avid it blisters my toes. At id wherever I go I must carry a fnu!" Cltirps little Miss I,r.ugh: "Xw'hv. I couldn't tell half Tble fun I am having this bright summer I sjinp through the hours, Atid cull the bright flowers, Arid ride like :i queen in the aweetsmellinc hiir'** ?Christian Register. Wlial One (irnln of Wlirat I>I<1. Tj>id you ever stop to think of tho possibilities or n grain of wheat V We are] so used to seeing tho Held sown wltlh wheat ami tho erop conic up ami ripen that wo quite forget how caeh little grain does a great work through tho. summer clays in multiplying and adding to the farmer's harvest. A fariuer near IMioenix. Ariz., planted one train of white Australian wheat, and at harvest time from it had sprung HUM) grains of large, fat wheat, lie planted ten acres of this wheat and harvested ITT sacks, each weighing 138 pounds. The single grain spoken of produced ."U! stalks, so you see even a grain of wheat helps wonderfully. )Ilow Prince* Are Piuiiahetl. at there is no whipping hoy in Continny was evidenced the other day when the empress sent her eldest son. tne ruture emperor. from the table <?n neeount of his rudeness. Tin* prinee. it appears, was unmannerly to a you *ger brother, ami the empress, turning to tlve French tutor, who on that occasion hail charge i t the princes, said: M nsleur, I hrg that yon will ask me to excuse his royal highness, the prince." The tutor begged that the prince lie excused, and that young gentleman was foreed to leave the table without finishing his meal. It is well known that the royal hoys of Cerman.v have had to grin and hear many a sound Hogging administered by the imperial hand, along with a vast deal of discipline from governors, tutors, etc. A different state of affairs this from the time when ji hoy was kept to lie punished instead of a prinee. In England sueh a youth was eulled the whipping hoy. and a famous English artist. W. A. Staeev. painted a portrait of Prince Edward, afterward Edward VI, trying to defend his whiptlillir t't'iim ? ?w? I. 1 * - - I -r> ?? ^ mi il uv himself rtcsorvpil. in those days ;i prince who was to bo a king was looked upon ami treated as a person of great Imparlance. His person was liehl to he sacred. ami so It would never have done to punish him. If an Knglish prinee missed his lessons, was rude to his teaehors, or committed any of the other naughty tricks -0111111011 to saucy children his whipping hoy was Hogged.?t 'leveluml I/cader. Tlo? LITe ??r Clilnpic Many Chinese girls have bright, attractive faces, and all have black or very daik ? y??. Th y wear their raven locks dressed in different ways, according to the province in which they live. | In most parts tin* hair is drawn hack and twUted into one heavy strand, which hang* down tin* hack and is tied with scarlet cord. Frequently 111 front hair is cut in a fringe. Sometimes two plaits are made and hunched up at either side of the head, being decorated with gay Mowers. At other times pf'orliiliv i'? tlie whiter season, they we;?r a strange little lieaddrc consisting 01 ,t idt.it cinhroidercd hand, wth a thick black silk fringe hanging down over the forehead and ears. When !: girl is about 1d years of age her hair is put tip in womanly style. It Is tw.sted around curious wire frames o" various shapes. Some are like butti rMies' wings, othrs resetnlile a teapot handle. Again, girls wear enormous chignons, and Mauehu girls linve tlieirhalr tied in a large how upon the top o' their heads. t titil tlidr marriage most girls wear ?I,.. I . i > I i nt huh ii iiuin wit >>?'(! iwimti, K (*1 11 j ing the natural appearance of the fore, head. After the wedding it is dressed square. 'Hiis !ip;>e:ir:ttiee is ohtaiincd |iy pulling nut the hair round the forehead, making it look l?roud si nil high. I-A en little girls frequently went* heavy earrings. Imcelets and rings if they belong to a rU'li family. After tl age of eight or ten the daughters >f the wealthier elasses are kept within the walls of their own homes. It is thought improper for them to bt seen out of doors. They have few amusements, and though tluv have not to endure the hard, grin' ing poverty of the poorer classes. tl*'ir lives are much more cramped, a id they have little variety In them. S*tne girls an* taught to play on musical Instrument*. ami to sing songs or selections from ill ' classics in a high mruit-urnl key. by no menus attractive t<? our ears. They speid much time In working embroidery. The paper patterns for these wonderful birds. flnw< rs and Ggui'fs are us-d in the ornamentlou of Chinese clothing can be purchased nf embroiderer*' shops, but the girls frequ utly nrtgnate tli -ir own designs. Sany won en have helped t make liie history >f China, ami stories are rciat d of th.- various viitues poss* *s?*d by heroines of past ages. -New York ' Tribune. lifel 1 ifSi v ?$ Bow Tud Crowed tb? Klwr. *k Fred's father was going to Mexico to examine a silver mine and Fred was going with him. They expected to travel four weeks horseback and camp out every night, and every l?oy in Fred's school wished his father bought mines. T They went by rail to the city or , I Chihuahua; there Mr."Bell bought their outtlt for the Journey of :'?< <> miles into tlio mountains. There was a stagecoach for lf?0 miles, hut as Fred was not very well ids father divided to give him as long an outing in the mountain air as possible. So they were to go I oil the way horseback. Mr. Bell bought two mules for himself and Fred to ride, as mules were safer In the mountains than horses, and he bought four burros to carry the packs of iK'ddiiifr. clothing and provisions. There were two mozos, Mexican servants, wlie went afoot to take care of the paek-burros and to prepare the meals. The second day, about noon, they reached the Santa Ysabei river, and found that the early rain in the mountains had swollen the stream so that it could not he forded. What was to he done? Fred and Ids ! father sat on their mules, on the hunk, j and looked in dismay at the Mood of i water that dashed and foamed past^ | them. Finally some men who saw them j from a neigh I airing ranch and told ; them they could get the hurros across. ! by letting them swim, and swimming at their heads to help them. So the burros were unpacked and the packs divided to make them lighter. Knell bundle was wrapped in oilcloth and tied securely. Then a rope was fastened to the burro's head, one of the men took hold of the other end. ; the animal was led into the water, and j 1 lotli the man and the burro swam : across. The hurros had to swim very mini to Keep irow neliig wiisihmi nmvn tin* stream, but the men who swam with them helped them hy keeping th?ir heads turned toward the current, and tliey all crossed safely, lhit they had to make three trips to carry all the parks across. Fred and Ids father, who had dlsi mounted to give what help they couid, | stood and watched them until every* I thing was on the other side. Then Fred mounted his mule, to.xwim across. I Ills father told him to hug the animal ! with his legs so that he would not lose his seat in the saddle, to keep his mule's head turned up-stream, and not I to he afraid. Fred said he wouldn't he afraid, and urged his mule into the water, and , they started all right. Hut before they 1 were half way across the river something happened. Fred never knew Just what it was. Hut suddenly, th^ mule's head was turned down-stream and they were whirling along with the i current, sometimes endwise and souicj times shlewise. Mr. Hell shouted to Fred to turn tlie j mule's head up-stream, hut the water AT"** made so much noise that the little fellow could not hoar, and he would have hoon unnhlc to obey If be had heard. The mule made many frantic efforts to recover control of himself, but the stream was too powerful: ami he always ended by whirling along as l?c tore, sometimes endwise, sometimes sidewise. Fred clinging last hold with { both arms and legs. Mr. Boll ran along the bank on Ills t-ide of the river, trying to think of some way to help Fred, and the Mexicans ran shouting along the bank on their side. But Fred and his mule t continued down stream at a speed that Fred thought must he equal to that of an express train, though it was really not so fast that his father and the Mexicans could not keep up. About half a mile b low the ford, the river made an abrupt turn to the right, and just at the turn the lower hank was quite flat and sandy. Mr. Bell was very anxious about what might happen when the boy and mule reached the swirling water of the bend; but luckily the two were dashed along close to the lower bank, and when the mule felt the sainly bottom beneath his feet, he made a great effort and partly scrambled, ami partly was dashed by the water, up on the hank?and then he staggered tiloug for a few feet and sank down on his knees. .... I 1... M...I - - ? j.in.- .ih-ah nun via in** running up. Fred slid oft' the mule's back dripping. entirely unhurt though feeling inlher dizzy, and waved his hand to his father, whieh was the same as if he had said. "I told you I wouldn't he afraid!"? The Favorite. Ciowoal llie NiOionnt ('iipitnl. A well-known supreme court official was husy at his desk the other day when his attention was attracted by the cawing of crows near the roof of I the capital. The erica were so frequent and loud that he concluded there must he something unusual going on. Looking out of the window, he saw two big ldaek fellows alight on the I roof near by and begin to claw in a rain-spout. They soon had a nest of young sparrows exposed, and It took ; only a few moments to dispose of the whole sparrow brood.?Washington Star. The World** Sinillrit .Initrnni. Probably tin* smallest journal In the world is K1 Telcgrafo, Ciuadnlnjurn, Mexico. It appears every Sunday, | and is published in eight columns, l1 14 1-2 inches long and 1 1-2 Inchpi wide, on thick nianila paper. Its I staff includes an editor and director, nn administrator or business manner. V the printer and last but by no means \ least the capitalist or owner. 1 Kaolin lias been recently found in the iMmiberland valley, Pennsylvania, and the industry is being extensively I developed. jgitii- ^ i Jfi