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SUNDAY MORNING, Th I'oiitl tur HiM'kiin •*. Duckling will perish if allowed in ponds of cold water, but after the wa ter bei omes warm they will enjoy the exercise and find considerable food. It is claimed that the Pekin variety thrives without ponds, which is true; but Jill varieties preftr water in which to swim, and will keep in more thrif ty condition if given such privileges: but young ducks should m i be permit ted on ponds until they are well feath ered. Farm Kx|+rlmnt. No farmer wants to be uncondition ally tied to the principle of never try ing anything until it has been proved aa indubitable success, nor. on the ■other hand, should he be so bigoted as never to credit the experience of others, but regard his own trial a3 the only conclusive one. The extent to which a man may indulge in experi mental works should be determined by his resources. If his credits each year be only equal to his debts he may well be conservative in hazarding his income on uncertain experiments; but if he be a man of means, the luxury of experimental work on the farm seems justifiable, for without causing hardship to anyone, he may save oth ers less favorably situated from fu ture failure. But whoever performs experiments let him give his neigh bors the benefit of the trial; if success result it usually finds its way to the public eye, but failure not so often.— George P. Williams, in the Epitomist. Hsnt on * Small I.nt. We are often asked if it is possible to keep heas successfully on a small town lot. To the question we would answer: Certainly, yes; if not too many are kept, in fact, we have of ten wondered why so tew people in cities and towns, who are really so comfortably situated, do not keep 10 or 13 hens. This number can easily be provided for in a yard 20 by 40 feet, and this much can easily be spared and still leave plenty of room for other pur ' poses. One roll of five-foot poultry netting will serve for a fence, and ar rangements for housing will cost but a -trifle. Two piano boxes, with backs taken out and set against each other, will keep them comfortable, and. in the ab seil e of something better, will do sur prisingly well. During the late fall buy early hatchpd pullets or one-year old hens, and look carefully after them, and they will supply the family with eggs throughout the winter. It will be an easy matter next spring to raise a few broods of chick*, the males for the table and the pullets for the layers. You will find the cost very little and the pleasure very much it you make the attempt,—Home and Farm. Well Broken Hore*. Has anyone ever noticed that a si lent man has usually the best broken horses? It may net he true, but ail the men of my acquaintance who do no: talk much have well broken liorsies. Drive with them and you will w nder how they manage their horses. No management is visible. The horse goes where he is wanted without apparent effort on the part of the driver. One famous turfman • at least has been noted for his art in driving a horse to the limit of his speed without making a move, while his rivals were lifting and yelling and t Wbipping theirs. How did he do it? Don't know, but he was a man of few words. Probably there is a lesson in thi3. The average horse understands hut a few things thoroughly, only a few words, signs or commands. The si lent man gives only a few. and he does not confuse his horse. The horse is n aile to know them thoroughly. He understands the man who under stands him. It is a pleasure to drive a horse that understands. Few pleas ures in life can equal it if the horse k, a good, cheerful driver. There would be more of this kind if they \?ere made to know a few things thor oughly—the right things.—National Stockman. irHrintc Having noticed a complaint from farmers a number of times of loss of valves from scours, I feel it almost a duty to tell a little of our own expe rience in the rearing of calves. Ac one time a heifer was so badiv par alyzed by the birth of her calf that she could not suckle it, and we undertook to raise it by hand. It was a large, strong, hearty calf, and we fed it with milk from cows that had been giving ’ milk three months. At first it seemed .all right, but after a few days it be gan to scour; at one time it would he ravenously hungry and again would not eat at all, and a few days later was dead. At the same time a calf was purchased that had sucked once, per haps twice, as it was taken from its mother the day of its birth. We fed it on the same kind of miik that the first calf was fed, and in a short time it grew sickly and did not thrive, al though* a calf of the same age. which run with its mother until it was \ week old. ate from the same pail and grew apace. Werfeit sure it would die. when a calf about 24 hours old, slipped over a bank and drowned, and • we put the ailing calf on the latter's mother. It lived and got all right, and male a fine steer. Another calf that we undertook to raise the same way nearly died, but we put it on a fresh cow just in time. The result was as tonishing; the calf wan so weak they l/eld it to the cow the first time, but v in a weev it was ns playful as a kit-1 ten. and is today a tine calf nearly a | year old. Our experience has taught j us to believe the flrdt milk of the i ltesh cow is essential to the new-born | calf, and that, it is best for the calf to j suckle the cow until it is a week old. i If people will follow this plan 1 am assured they will have no trouble from scours if the calf is born healthy. 1 —Miss Bessie Gross, in Agricultural Epitomist. Sct*n<t> in .4grlcaltur. Some important and intorestin;! points on the planting, breeding and s< lection of seed corn are given in a bulletin by the Illinois agricultu ral station, and while our corn crop is just now one- of the most important \ in the country, it is timely to call t- 1 ‘ention to the best conclusions of the i best experts in corn culture. Special > c:'ration is given to the selection of seed corn, which will make all the dif ference in the world in the annual crop of the country. A little more ; wisdom and intelligence are required | in the uniform selection of right seed ; corn, so that in lime every ear will be full and plump, and a '.3rge number on each cob. The yield per acre could j in this way be increased greatly with- ! out planting a single additional grain of corn. Some of the best varieties \ of seed corn are today far better than ; anythiug planted 10 or 15 years ago, and this is due to the fact that they | have been carefully selected and eul- i tivated for 25 years, past until their tvpe and characteristics are pretty well fixed. Argument is given for pedigreed corn. Not much of this is used yet, but more of it may lie nec essary to teach all farmers the great value of using the finest seed corn. Pedigreed corn traces its ancestry lack to remote ancestors, but the se lection of each year's seed forms an established record which goes to show j that certain qualities can be depended upon. Practically the bulletin advises against leaving seed corn exposed in cribs to winter cold weather, which is sometimes robbed of half its vitality. Steed corn should he selected in the fall and carefully kept. Only the best ears and grains should be used, and those ot uniform size and fullness of ker nels. The grains on these ears should test an average of 95 percent in ger mination in the spring. If they will rot there is something wrong, and it, is doubtful policy to attempt to use them for planting.—Prof. S. N. Doty, in American Cultivator. FiMini; Dairy Ammuli for Show. The modern tendency is to make the animal conform to an arbitrary standard of excellence, or scale of points, and its ability to win prizes varies directly as do the conceptions of the various judges who pass upon the conformity to that scale. One of the primary requisites of all dairy an imals regardless of age or sex, is ca pacity. A judge likes an animal with a large paunch as it is very essential In economically converting a large amount of coarse feed into milk. How can we develop this capacity? it is done by oarse bulky food, in a manner best suited to the individual tastes of the animals. Many have had good success by giving cut or chaffed hay and straw, with a mixture of ground oats and bran, a little salt, and a handfull of oil meal, a small amount of the concentrates, and all the coarse food she will cat. The prin cipal object is to make her eat much to gel a small amount of grain. The next thing that appeals to the eve of the judge is the temperament Cf the animal, which indicates wheth er or not she is using in the right way the food she lias consumed. All dairy cattle should he free from tendency to lay on flesh, thin, and under condition rather than too fleshy. A show ani mal should possess quality also, but tnis to a, large extent Is determined by nature, although we can assist by keeping her in perfect health, the hair veil groomed and protected from the sun. which makes it harsh and dry. Kerosene should never he applied to the hair. Where great stress is laid on secretions dispense with the use of water for cleaning animals, as tt makes the skin appear paie. There is a great, diversity of opin ion among judges as to the importance of under development. However, when a heifer is developing an udder we should help her on all we can, as the time to assist nature is when she is doing her best work. Many advocate increasing the grain ration of a heifer at this stage, ev'en though she becomes fltshy, as she will soon milk it off again. All cattle should be handled and well broken to lead. It is also good practice to.,stand in a position that will show .. ) to the host advan tage. Polishing of horns and hoofs, grooming, watering from pails, etc., should he practiced before leaving for the fairs, as there are enough new conditions to become accustomed to even when greatest care ha3 been tak en. This may seem a trivial affair, but many prizes have been lost by leading into the ring a shrunken ani mal which has refused to drink from a pail, or a strange tank. I would commence feeding about six oi eight weeks previous to starting for the fairs. Do net hurry or the stock will have reached their bloom before the exhibition. Avoid feeding corn to show animals, as it i3 heating to the blood, makes grease instead of bone and muscle, and upon the first exertion the animal, will wilt. A dairy animal should not he fed heavily on a grain ration, at any time, as she will bo very easily upset.—Ralph Trott, in American Agriculturist. A man turns 112,000 spadefuls ol earth in digging an acre of ground and the soil he has moved during hie I work weighs 830 tons. |cHjtDfI£NSCOUJMN 1 lii Kitr*Mi*4 Dfincitii; A \it f'arart d’uu intf down t!m lam\ Alrosa ihe nud iiurk lur.un. "Ob, !ome my kitten*, nud hast" n to mol Hey diddle-tliddio nud iiddle-cum-roe! “BHeUward and forward and ladies chain, Aero ihe middle and hack iiiiHin! My dear little kitten?*, com*, listen and see; Hi teach you to dunce with my riudle-cum ree! "Balance to corners and all pronm.ade: We'll t:ive our next party down here in the yard. Ami tlie very best dancers in town you'll be; Hey dlddle-diddlo and riddle-eum-ree!” Detroit i’’reo Press. Ou**r NuiglilHir* l* a Tree. John Widgeon, the field collector of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, says that birds and reptiles sometimes live in close proximity to each other. Several years ago. while exploring Kent Island, t ventured up a 40-foot hickory tree to inspect a large fish hawk's nest. When almost to the nest 1 was surprised to see an enormous black snake wrapped around the heavy sticks at the bottom of the bulky nest. The snake, although at such an unusual distance from the ground, did not lose its presence of mind, but dropped gracefully from limb to limb until it reached the ground. Continuing to the nest, I found a large family of field mice. Above this was a nest full of little sparrows, and upon the top of the hawk's nest there were three young hawks just hatching.—Washington Star. HPMy't* Ktittinv. “Please, Mr. Joynes, there’s a little boy at the back gate to see you.” "At the back gate? Bring him in, Peter.” "He won't come in. sir; says lie's awful busy and hasn't got time. “How big is he?" "About as big as my fist, sir.” said Peter. The good-natured gentleman went out to the back gate. “Well, country man.” he said pleasantly, "tvhat can T do for you?” The small boy—he was a very small hoy—took off a soft, dirty hat, and held it behind hint. T ve come to tell you, sir, that Bray's got to ho killed.” “Bray, my big Newfoundland dog? And who sent you hero with that in formation?” asked the gentleman, losing all his pleasant looks. “Nobody sent me,” answered the boy, stoutly. "I've come by myself. Bray has runned my sheep free days. He's got to lie killed.” "Where did you get any sheep?” asked Mr. Joynes. "My sheep are Mr. Ransom’s. He gives me 15 cents a week for watch ing 'em.” “Did you tell Mr. Ransom that Bray hail been running them?" "No, sir; 1 tolled you.” “Ah! that is well. I don’t want to kill Bray. Suppose I give you 13 cents a week for not telling Mr. Ran som when Bray runs his sheep. How would that do?” As soon as the little shepherd got the idea into his head, he scornfully rejected it. "That 'ml lie paying me for a lie,” he said indignantly. "1 wouldn’t tell lies for all the money in the world.” When he said this, Mr. Joynes took off his own hat, and reached down and took the small dirty hand in his. "Hurrah, herdsman!” said he. ”1 beg your pardon for offering you a bribe. Now 1 know that the keeper of Mr. Ransom’s sheep is not afraid of a man four times his size, but that he is afraid of a lie. Hurrah for you! I am going to tell Mr. Ransom that if he doesn’t, raise your wages, I shall offer you twice 15 cents, and take you into my service. Meantime Bray 3hall he shut up while your sheep are on my side of the hill. Will that do? All right, then.. Good morning, coun tryman.”—English Magazine Kutio'* Siilnnhy. “Dear me!” sighed Katie, when she got up that Saturday morning. “What can he the matter?” said mamma, laughing at the doleful face. "Oh, there's thousands and millions of things the matter!" said Katie, crossly. She was a little girl who did not like to he laughed at. “Now, Katie,” said mamma, this time seriously, “as soon as you are dressed, I have something I want you to do for me down in the library.” “Before breakfast?” said Katie. “No, you can have breakfast first,” mamma answered, laughing again at the cloudy little face. Katie was yery curious to know wbait. this was; and, as perhaps you are, too, we will skip the breakfast, and go right into the library. Mamma was sitting at her desk, with a piece of paper and a pencil in front of her. “Now, Katie,” she said, taking her little isjughter on her lap, ”1 want you to write down a few of those things that trouble you. One thou sand will do!” “0, mamma, you’re laughing at. me now,” said Katie; “but I can think of at least ten right thi3 minute.” "Very well.” said mamma, “put down ten.” So Katie wrote: “1. It’s gone and rained, so we can’t go out to play. “2. Minnie is going away, so I’ll have to sit with that horrid little Jean Bascom on Monday. Here Katie bit her pencil, and then couldn't, help laughing. “That’s all I can think of just this minute,” she said. “Well.” said the mother, “I’ll just keep this paper for a nay or two.” THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. That afternoon the rain had cleared away, ami Katie and her mamma, aj they sat at the window, saw Uncle Jack tome to take Katie to drive; and oh, what a jolly afternoon they had of it! • Monday, when Katie came home from school, she said: "O. mamma, I didn't like Joan at all at first; but she’s a lovely seat-mate, I’m so glad, aren’t you?" "Oh!" was all mamma said; but somehow it made Katie think of her Saturday troubles and the paper. "I guess I'll tear up the paper now, mamma, dear,” she said, laughing lather shyly. “And next time.” said mamma, “way not let tiie troubles alone until they are a certainty? There are miyi.v of them that turn out very pleasant, if you only wait to see. By waiting, you see. you can save the trouble of crying and worrying at all." —Sun- light. 1 lit* Pquirrfl. You all know the pretty little gray American squirrel which runs and scampers about the woods and cop pices, darting from tree to tree with marvelous quickness, and glancing about with its quick, bright little eyes always on the lookout for danger or enemies. The squirrel is one of the most ac tive little animals in the world, and is able to spring such long distances and ak such a height, that one would think it would he dashed to pieces at any moment. But not a bit of it. The squirrel is very sure-footed, and rarely makes a false step. If it should by any chance lose its foothold, it spreads out its legs and furry, bushy ta.il. drops lightly to the ground, and bonnets away again, as though nothing had happened. If you have ever seen this little animal run. you will have noticed that its movement is something between a hop and a gallop; it can cover the ground very quickly, but it is much more at home in the branches and trunks of trees. It is extremely dif ficult to kill a squirrel in i<!s wild slate, for it has such wonderfully quick eyesight, and is always so much on the alert that it scents danger in a moment, and will hop behind a tree or a branch with such agility that nothing can be seen of it beyond an occasional glimpse of its bright little eyes or the tip of its bushy tail. Squirrels arc very domesticated,and having oneo made their home in a tree, , ay in it year after year. The parent squirrels share the same nest, which is carefully made of leaves, moss, grass, little twigs, hairs, feath ers, odd scraps of wool which the sheep kindly leave on the hedges for them, anil anything else that comes in their way. and which they consider will make the nest warm and com fortable. The whole is woven so carefully and neatly together that no rain can get into it, and it is so firmly wedged into some forked branches that no wind can blow it away, and here they bring up their various families with the greatest care. The nest is prepared in the spring, and when the young squirrels appear in the summer the parents take care of them until the following spring, when they are made to go out and get their own living. But, the autumn is Ihe busiest, time of the year for squirrels, for then they collect, and lay tip their stores for the winter, and very hard work it appears to lie. Their chief food consists of nuts, acorns, beechnuts, corn and all kinds of seeds, and these little crea tures may lie seen scampering about, and taking all sorts of treasures to their various stores. Not a single unsound, worm-eaten or empty nut doe-3 the squirrel ever store; he looks them all carefully over beforehand, using his funny little feet to turn and twist them about, and examining them all over with his keen little eyes. Then, when he is sure that he has some nice, sound, wholesome nuts, or any other dainty in the shape of food, he trots off with it. and bids it in all sorts of little clefts and crannies near the tree in which lie has his home. Now the squirrel has a wonderful memory, and although he has his storehouses i itind his home in all sorts of holes, nooks and crannies, he never, by any chance, forgets where he has put them. And when the snow comes and covers all his hiding-places with a soft white mantle, making everything look much alike, the squir rel is not in the least uneasy, but when he, or his wife and family, want something for dinner, trots off lightly and nimbly to one of his storehouses scratches away the snow, and then scampers home again with some dainty. One of the prettiest sights in nature is to see: a squirrel eat a nut. He takes the nut daintily in his fore paws nips the end of the shell off with his sharp teeth, takes out Ihe kernel, and stripping the husk, crunches it with an air of great enjoyment.—Journa of Educgition. Hy m pat li*t if. Recently a lithographic firm received a circular announcing the death ol the head of a well-known business house. In reply they wrote: “We regret to learn tile loss sus tained hy your firm in che death ol Mr. , and beg io express our heart felt sympathy. “We notice your circular is printed by Messrs. . We arc confident that, had you asked us. we could have quoted you cheaper and better thas any other firm in the market, and Ie the event of a future bereavement we hope you will afford us an oppor tunity of making you an offer.”—Tit Bits. ' FOR.V/o/AAt+’S f . tF|TsH Fruit. TriiiiniHit Cherries in their natural hues arc preparing to put in a perennial ap pearance. and to onset for the nonce the plagiarisms in black and white so extravagantly affected during the ear lier months. It is whispered, more over, that this fancy in fruit is likely to he followed shortly by prunelles mignonnes of a delicate mauve tcao, together with equally small fruits, while grapes would seem to be always with us as a milinery adjunct. In fact, frankly viewing the prospect, the fruit kingdom is prepared to say a large word in this particular millinery mat ter. —Chicago Ti ibune. A Difr*r*n?'. Some fashionable fads stand for dis tinction without a difference. This is not the ease, however, with the lace yoke which is either strapped or gar nished with lace. If only more women would under stand these little things! We have seen a lace yoke in a tail ormade broadcloth costume, which even particular women might have worn on the promenade. It was strap ped with the cloth and was eminently tit and trig, with no trace of foolish fussiness. On the other hand, we have seen plenty of lace yokes—either over satin or the bare skin, which were never in tended for anything save house wear. Applique edges, little frills or ether fripperies do not. enter into the con struction of the lace-yoked dress when said dress belongs to the street class. —Philadelphia Record. l'rovrb< on Women. Respect always a silent woman; great is the wisdom of the woman that holdeth her tongue. A vain woman is to be feared, for she will sacrifice all for her pride. A haughty woman stumbles, for she cannot see what may be in her way. Trust not the woman that, thinketh more of herself titan another; mercy will not dwell in her heart. The gods honor her who thinketh long before opening her lips. A woman that respects herself is more beautiful than a single star; more beautiful than many stars at night. Give heed to her to whom children have come; she walks in the sacred ways and lacks not love. A mother not spoken well of hy her children is an enemy of the state; she should not live within the king dom’s wall. A woman without children has not yet the most precious of her jewels. Give heed to the voice of an old woman; sorrow has given her wisdom. A woman it hat is not loved is a kite from which the string has been taken; she drivetli the wind and cometh to a long fall.—Philadelphia Times. The f'ol Inel Intr of Old Silver. As interest in old silver has quick ened in this country, many of these spurious pieces and much counterfeit Sheffield plate have been sent to be sold as genuine. The ordinary col lector who confines himself to colon ial or American silver, which in pur ity of design and quality of work manship is unrivaled, need not fear the counterfeiter. The old designs are reproduced continually; one firm of silversmiths is manufacturing today pitchers from a pattern that has been standard in this country for more than i century, but I know of no attempt on the part of dealers to manufacture bogus American silver. The ideal collection of old silver, :>f course, is the one that has come down as an ancestral legacy with many family traditions clustered around it. hut the practice of divid ing the family silver among the chil dren has prevailed to such an extent in this country that, there are few possessors of enough ancestral silver today to equip a tea table. There are few households, however, that do not boast, of some pieces of ancestral sil ver, though they may he only a few well-worn spoons that belonged to a great-grandmother in the days when silver spoons were a luxury. The in terest, in collecting antique silver ia now so genuine that such gifts at sev eral of the recent fashionable wed dings in New York outnumbered all others.—George Barry Malion, in Good Housekeeping. Wom*t) I,iiiiittltjr Men<lrn. The competition between the Chi nese, steam, and hand laundries has grown so strong that enterprising members of the trade devise ail sorts of new modes of attracting custom. One of the latest ia the employment of a linen and dothes-mender, who re pairs and plus in good order all articles sent in to he washed. She gets a fair salary from the laundry, or else is paid hy the piece. A few laundries charge the customer for’this work, but most of them do it without extra pay. The mender must be skilful! in darn ing, knitting, crocheting, and needle craft. She repairs hosiery, the lace upon womans wear, the buttonholes of men’s shirts, collars and cuffs, and rents and tears in garments and house hold linen. She also sews on buttons, prepares tying-strings, patches apparel and in serts new cuff and coliarbands upon shirts and shirt-Waists. One of these menders, in speaking of her work, said: SEPTEMBER 21 “i was formerly a dressmaker and had a fair business. I worked very hard, and tor several years did well, but of late there has been a change for the worse, tt seems to me, in the business, on account of the great number of poor foreigners who have taken up needlework as a calling. Prices have declined from $3 and $2 to $1 a day and leas, and in the past 10 months girls and women have ap peared who sew ai! day for 50 cents and their needles. So 1 gave up my 1 business and took up laundry mending, i am a rapid seamstress and work by the piece; i labor about eight hours a day. and make a very fair income from my needle. The work is much easier than might be supposed. If the clothing is examined when it goes to the laundry and the repairs are made In lima, much trouble and work will be spared the mender. In this field, the old adage of one stitch saving nine applies with great force. A great deal of my sewing is applied to but tonholes. They appear to need more attention than any other part of the garments, masculine or feminine. [ use both the needle and the machine, and keep, in addition, several cards of buttons, ranging from the little pearl affairs which old-fashioned men still wear upon their shirts, up to the large, flat horn and bone buttons used upon the aprons and shirtwaists. —New York Post. Wlinl Not to Buy. To know what not to buy is the first thing a woman must learn if she would he a good shopper. Most ev ; cry woman knows what to buy, and if ! she has plenty of money and can buy ! every tiling she wants she is fortunate. | To the woman with the limited in- I come it is most essential to know what not to buy. and if she-does not know she should ltarn at once. The first thing before starting on a shopping expedition it to know just exactly what you want and make nctes, for in going from one store to another and looking about one is like ly to forget. If she can. afford to have one good gown it should by ail means he black. Crepe de chine, say, nt about a dollar a yard, would be the most desirable material; for this, as it wears well, can be worn on all occa sions. , It should be made up all in black, with lace trimming, so that at any • time, with a touch here and there of ribbon or a sailor collar of cream lace, the gown will look entirely different. The woman who can sew is more for tunate than her sister who cannot, . for she can make her own gown, and with the money she would be obliged to pay the dressmaker can buy her self another gown, say of white dotted swiss, and make it up daintily, trim ming it with black insertion. Four shirtwaists should figure in her season’s outfit, and if by making them herself she can increase the num ber to six, all the better. The lighter fabrics trimmed with laces or embroid eries are the most comfortable shirt waists, although the mannish effect looks very smart. A woman must have at least two hats, one for ordinary wear and one for dress occasions. A black lace hat trimmed with black silk and velvet flowers and two or three buckles will answer for dress occasions, and for shirtwaist wear almost any color straw, trimmed with ribbon and quills, may be worn. And to change the appearance of the hat a chiffon veil can be draped on it. In buying a chiffon veil it is always better to buy the best, for the cheaper qualities are very perishable. Under wear can he had for a dollar a gar ment and even less, and if one pre fers a silk undervest there are those of silk and lisle at 35 cents each. In buying gloves it is always well to select some standard make, as they are cheaper in the long run. There are good standard gloves at $1.50 a pair.— New York Journal. Pink and blue shot silks are hav ing their ‘.linings and are extremely popular. Red and while silk braid in' a showy plaid pattern trims the bodice of new morning frocks of linen. Woolen lace of white, cream or a color to match the dress fabric is used to trim light wool dresses. An odd Hat of fancy silk tuscan lnaid has for trimming a cluster of cherries above which hover small black bjrds. Chain bracelets have pearl, topaz or amethyst settings between the links, in direr t imitation of the now long pop ular neck chain. Large white felt outing hats are trimmed with a crush band of black velvet, a loop and end of the same fall ing over the brim at the back. For the woman who feels she must wear a green veil there is a chiffon veil of dull leaf green that is far bet ter than the more common emerald green cloud. Black stitches and French knots are very effectively disposed of on gowns of white linen batiste, which, by the way, has quite superseded dimity, pique and gingham. An odd parasol of deep blue rilk is decorated wilh bias bands of white silk extending from the stick in ftraight lines across the blue until they meet a deep hemstitched border of the white, the effect being showy and unusual. The human voice has been heard in the open air at a distance of 15,480 feet.