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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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