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; ylfrafo^froßNwa SCENE AFTER A SUMMER SHOW ER. BY AXDBKWj NORTOJf. 3s>o min is o’er—how dense and bright Von pearly cloudslie! Cloud abate cloud, a glorious eight. Contrasting dark blue sky! In eratcful silence earth receives 1 lie general blessing; fresh and fair, Hi h rieiver expands its little leaves. As glad the common joy to share. The sunbeams pour around A fairy light, uncertain, pale; The wind flows cool; the scented ground Is breathing odors on the gale. '.Mid yon rich clouds' voluptuous pile, Meihinlis some spirit of the air Might rest to gaze helorv awhile Then turn to bathe and revel there. HOW THE DREAM ENDED, A WIDOWER’S ROMANCE. jCTW"— bwg) FTER the wedding there S' vs was a supper at a bottle -7¥ yard restaurant and, after TX the supper, a dance. Early hi the evening Marina "■ ' I.mnnler approached (he radiant young bride and extended his hand. “Good by, my child,'’ lie said. “Arc you going so soon, father'! Please stay a liitle longer,” Cecile coaxed, looking at him affectionately. '.No, yon cannot persuade me. I fee! -rather tired.” And he added with a dismal smile: “I am not so young tig i used to be." Hr made his adieu* to the bridal pair and walked slowly home to his cot tage at Montrogue. .Marius Fournier was fifty years old, and possessed of a modest fortune and a philosophical disposition. He had long been a widower, and his ex perience of matrimony had not been pleasant enough to tempt him to re peat it. One drizzling November night, as lie entered bis garden, bis attention was attracted by the vaguely outlined fig ure of a woman who at that Instant sank rather than sat down upon the public bench hard by. He peered through the darkness at the shadowy form and, seeing that it did not move, tmelianienlly reopened the gate and walked toward it. He found a girl of perhaps twenty, poorly clad, but with an appearance of distinction. She seemed utterly ex hausted and her face was bathed In tears. lie questioned her gently, tint her replies were vague and unsatis factory. “Hut you cannot stay here in the rain.” said Marius. In spite of her resistance—which wna hut feeble, poor thinu!—Marius ra!*H her from the benrh and drew her toward the house. When at last she was seated l>efore a cheery fire she consented to tell her sad story. Her name was Cecile MarM. aud she was the daughter of ao army rap tain who had difd in the service. With her mother sh* had come to Paris In the hope of obtaining a tobacco simp license which had teen promised U> J uelr Inst articles of furniture, tbetr few inkets. had Imcd to ob tain fends for the journey. Soon after their arrival the mother had died very suddenly. leariuj; r>c!!e alone and almost penniless in the great ciry in wh> h sh- d-d not know a human soul By dint of great economy th* girl had contrived to lir* for a few weeks on the little money remaining in her purse; but that morning h*r landlady had informed her with great polite net* that she must either par her ar rears of rent or g'> < !sewhere. She had w andered through the streets all day. without eating nr resting, and t night had turned her steps instinct ively toward the cemetery at Mont rogue when* her mother lay at rest. This pitiful tale, told in almost in audible tones, and Interrupted by fits of shivering and weeping, affected M arias very deeply. He hastily pot together the elements of a rudimentary fv.'i. in spite of her desire to show h**r ap preciation -if this unhoped for succor, could uot ct a mouthful Though the room was warm, she shivered more aud more, until at last, overcome tty fatigue. she closed her eye* and f-ll asleep. "Thl* will never do,” thought Marina. ‘\Shv will got pneumonia or amncthlng lu her damp clothes.” "If only there were a woman In the houae! Then we could put the poor child to bed.” He wrapped a big cloak about h°r and fel* to atndying her face. It was not atrikingly pretty, but it waa a pleaaing faec nud a gooff face. Ita great eat beauty was now veiled—the large, vel vety black eyes, tender and pasainnatc Suddenly she moaned, ami then Marius aaw thnt her face was sear let and her breathing labored. "Ah! Just what I feared!" he pi claimed, and ran to fetch a physician. The doctor pronounced the case very serious, and sent a nurse to take care of the girl during the night. In the morning she must he sent to the hos pital. "The hospital!” thought Mnrlut, who had a horror of hospitals. "Hasn’t the poor child suffered enough already?” He lay awake all night, thinking, and when the ambulance came in the morn ing be eurtl.v sent It away. Months elapsed before Cecile was pronouucod out of danger. Marins Lournler found himself Intensely in terested in the battle of life and death, and was overjoyed when the physician Informed him that the crisis was passed. Soon youth and health resumed their sway. Cecile wrought a wonderful transformation in the lonely cottage. Thoroughly feminine In taste, she loved everything that Is pretty and delicate, and .Marius, enchanted by the simple elegance which had succeeded to the former disorder of his home, smiled gratefully upon the fairy who had brought about the change. He took his meals at home, and long conversations with Iris Chatelaine re placed the nightly sessions at the card table. He was so happy, basking In tfcia mild and wholesome pbyalcal and 1 he Hun breaks forth—from off the iicene Its floating veil of mist is flung; And all the wilderness of green With trembling drops oflight is hung. Now craze on nature- -yet the same. Glowing with life, by breeze; fanned, l uxuriant, lovely, as she came, El-chin her youth, troin God's own hand: Hear the rich music of that voice, Which sounds from ail below, abevet She calls her children to rejoice, And round tiiem throws her arms of love. Drink in her influence—low-born care And all the trrin of mean desire Refuse .to breathe this holy air, And in the living light expire. moral atmosphere, that he took no ac count of the (light of time. After some months of this Idyllic existence, she suddenly became very serious and sad. Marius, greatly surprised, ques tioned her, and finally she said: “I think 1 hat 1 ought not to live- any longer at your ” But Marius frowned so fiercely that she cheeked herself. “Oh, do not doubt my affection,” she exclaimed. “I am not ungrateful, be lieve me*. But 1 must earn my own living. Sly self-respect demands that.” "Well, well!” said Marius, impatient ly. “We will speak of that to-mor rw.” But that very day a friendly neigh bor, an old lady, said to hint: “My dear M. Fournier, I feel it my duty to tell you that people are begin ning to talk. I know that you are the soul of honor and that Cecile Is an angel, but evil tongues will wag. Why don’t you stop them?” "How ran I?” "By marrying Cecile.” “What! Do you imagine that site ” “I Imagine nothing. I know she is In love with you. Trust a woman's Intuition.” And the old lady added with a smile: "What if you arc fifty, so long as you don't look it?” Marry Cecile? He? What an ab surd idea! But the more he thought aliout it the less absurd it appeared. And. look ing squarely into his heart. he saw that he loved the girl passionately. The little fairy had given him back his youth and awakened the heart that he had thought dead forever. Ah! if the old lady's Intuition were correct! Then he began to pay great atten tion to his dress and manners. ll even gate up his pipe, f’ee-ile notleed his rejuvenation and complimented him upon it frankly, and then be f'-lt Inspired to tell his love and ask her to be his wife. She listened in smiling silence and. in a burst of grateful affection, put her hand in that of her benegactor and said: "Yes." Meanwhile Marius lived at a hotel, but came every day to bis old house to see bis young sweetheart, who al ways welcomed him with a smile of tender affection. The rummer wore on. ami i’nere came a tine when the smile gave place to grief and tears as soon as the uncon scious lover's back was turned. Tbetr. os e evening, he came and heard Cecil.'s voice and another's com ing tro'n the unlighted parlor. He recognised the Other voice as that of a young architect who was spending his var-stion with his mother, the lady who had suggested the marriage of Marius and Cecile. Ihe situation at once became heir* rllily op at to Marius He listened. "You ate unkind." Cecile was saying. "! cannot be your wife; you know that.” "I oniy know that I hate the old foolthe young man replied. "Hnh! Robert! You shall uot in niilt him." "I hate him. I say! He has ruined my life "He loves me. Robert, and I owe him everything. I have given him my promise—and I will keep it.” "But It Is enough to drive me mad! T will tell him to his face that I love yon and that you love me!” "If you love me as you say yon do, Robert, you will let me do my simple duly." Marius had heard enough. He went hack to his hotel, staggering like a drunken man. He was an old fool, then? An old fool? He asked his mirror and it told him tlie truth. How had he eonie to forget his thin gray hair and the erows’ feet about tiis eyes and to fancy that Cecile could realty love him? Ye! He was an old fool. To a night of agony succeeded a heroic resolve. lie sought Cecile and said: My child, I have conic to ttie con clusion that an old fellow like me. who has been single so long, had bet ter remain single. 1 give you back your promise." Cecile'* heart leaped for joy, but she replied: “1 do not understand you, dear Ma rlus.” "Hush!” said he-. “Call rip 'Father.* won't you. my dear?" She comprehended the admirable, self-abnegation expressed in those words, and cried: "Oil, bow good you are to me al ways -Father!” “Ami now," said Marius, with hi* old time, good nntnred smile, “suppose we ask our neighbors to dinner.” New York News. Tost of Ills I.vlmnilv Airship Advices just received from Europe state that the l.chauily airship made two ascents on the morning of April U. On its first trip the airship cov ered over fourteen miles, and attained an altitude of one and two-thirds miles. On the second trip, made a half hour later, two and a quarter utiles alti tude was attained, and good progre' made against a atrong northeast wL How to Hang Silk Skirts. To make a silk skirt keep fresh looking, sew loops under the flounces, and hang it upside down when not in use. Hanging in this way in the opposite direction to which they are worn makes them stand out, and gives a skirt with somewhat crushed down flounces anew lease of life. Hot Weather Hints. Be out of doors as much as possi ble. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables. Fet fruit be the chief feature of the diet. Abjure meat more than once a day. Drink plenty of lemonade or take lemon juice in some form frequently. Do not neglect the daily bath. Do not sleep in a draught, or where the night air blows on you, or that tirod feeling will be unpleasantly pro nounced. You can have good ventila tion without running this rj.sk. How to "Refresh” Bread. How many housekeepers are aware of the economic art of refreshing bread and cake that is slightly stale and hard by the s'mple device of baking it a second time? Ends of loaves, bak ers' rolls that have been left over for a couple of days, and pound or cup cake that has lost its first pristine ex cellence should lie passed with the swiftest movement through a pail of pure cold water and then put in the oven to recuperate. And these odds and ends will recuperate in most won derful fashion and be twice as digesti ble for their rejuvenating experience. When not dipped into water, it is al most as effective to sprinkle the cake or bread before setting it in to bake a second time.—New York Press. Passing of Orange Blossoms. The orange blossom, that most sen timental of all flowers, is sew’ng days of adversity, for Dame Fashion, who knows nothing about sentiment and care les3, has decreed that for a time at least the up-to-date bride shall wear as her chosen blossom the lily of the valley. One weuders how the orange blossom ever came to rank as the symbol of bridehood. It is hard to ordain and not especially graceful. At the same time it will be hard to ac cept any other blossom as tho real bridal token, for those little white petals carry in their sweet-scented, waxy hearts much tender association and sentiment. And whether or not we <are to acknowledge the fact, we ore ail sentimentalists at heart. —New t York Journal. Ar. Artistic ROrtiere. By cleverly combining burUp and leather a Brooklyn woman has made an extremely artistic portiere which will hang between the parlor and din ing room ID Her e.-mm..- - Ola ‘ "" no nap is soft brown in tone, and dec orated with iigures cut from red leath er. There are open circles containing a trefoil, the Intermediate portion of the leather being cut out. The ligures are put on at distances of a foot in a kind of large ehe* ker board design. A fringe ol red leather ornaments the top and bottom of the portiere. This same desigu is worked out in another portiere in putty colored denim and red leather, wbiie instead of these trefoils, large violet fieur de lis appear on a third portiere, also of putty color.—Brooklyn Eagle. After a Round of Shopping. If you come' in alter a long round of shopping and receive a sudden sum mons to the drawing-room to meet some unexpected guest, do not lie dis mayed at the crimson face which meets your eyes as you stand before your dressing table mirror, says the Phil adelphia Inquirer. Likewise do not seek a remedy in the bathroom. Many women think the only way to cool off is to bathe the faee lavishly in cold water. This is a great mistake, and, "'it!* a thin skin, will only intensify the color. Hash the water on throat aud neck as freely as you choose, particularly at the back of the neck; but if the faee is bathed at all, let it he done spar ingly; then sponge it with .Florida wa ter, and, lastly, apply a generous coat ing of rice powder. You will look ghastly, but let the powder remain while you add the few necessary touches to your toilet. Then, just as you are *o descend, dust off all super fluous powder lightly, and you will welcome your guest fresh and cool, uot only in appearance, hut in reality! Their Ider of Pretty Girls. To begin with men are, without doubt, susceptible to beauty's inllu enee. pul they no longer expert their wives to be a household ornament and nothing more. They expect her to combine many womanly and wifely qualities with her physical charms. Men think that merely pretly girls cannot interest themselves properly in the affairs ot the household; that they are lar too much absorbed with the ways and means of enhancing their beauty, and that they require, after marriage, constant expressions of de votion, and are not apt to he content to adorn o tly their own homes, hut must seek admiration and adulation out side. One discerning man expressed the firm belief that pretty girls w-ro in variably fickle, and after marriage dis satisfied and reckless; while plainer girls, with no pretensions to beauty, wore far more satisfactory as wives, because they devoted to their hus bands and children tho precious time and thoughts the pretty girl wasted on tier prettlnoss. He furthermore as serted that beauty often caused self pride. followed by petulance and often stubbornness. An < ligibie bach* or frankly re marked that there wvs nothing more (harming to admire than a really beautiful girl, "but that as a wife, well—she. wo.;ld not do.” his very THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. commendable reason being that she was accustomed to flattery and would not be happy without it. Such a girl, in bis opinion, would spend her time flirting with other men and making her husband miserable. The soundest doctrine, however, Was given out by a war Med mail, wlib said; “Marry a pretty girl, if possible, but do not marry her for her beauty alone. Fet her also be sensible and good.”-* American Queen. She Manages Three Farms. Mrs. M. A. Speakman, of Pennsyl vania, has the unique distinction of being one of the few successful farm managers of the gentler sex. She has a record in her chosen field which many farmers may well envy. Mrs. Speak man was educated for a schoolteacher, but at the age of 22 married a very energetic farmer, and together they purchased a farm of 123 acres, paid half down for it and then went to farming in earnest. By careful attention to detail and shrewd business methods, they were scon able to clear off their indebted ness and at once bought a second farm of 108 acres. A year after this Mr. Speakman died, leaving his widow with three children and the manage ment of the two farms. Friends ad vised her to sell the farms and put the money in Kansas bonds, which were very popular at that time. She decided that her opportunities were better on the farm, the children were better off ip the country and it would he to her advantage to remain where she was. This she did and took upon herself the active management of the farms. She has been superintendent of these farms for 16 years and the farms are now in a good state of cultivation, the children-grown to manhood and womanhood, and she has never had occasion to regret her decision to stick to farm life. For nine years Mrs. Speakman was director of public schools and she has been active Ift other ways. Since her husband’s death she has bought a third small farm, which makes three in all. She ships milk to Philadelphia from two large dairies, reciving 4 cents per quart. She finds farming a lucrative business and does not hesitate to credit much .of her success to the aid she had re ceived from agricultural papers. Mrs. Speakman has shown conclusively that a woman can succeed in farming as well as in other walks in life. What she has done other women can do if they have pluck and determination and go about it the same businesslike way.—American Agriculturist. How to Dress Smartly. A woman who has a reputation for suart dressing, yet who has all her gowns made at home and frequently helps in the operation herself, attrib utes her success in sticking to these three rules: Find out the latest novelty and adopt it before it becomes general. Finish all home-made garments perfectly and neatly, both inside and out. Too many home dressmakers neglect these details, which, though seemingly unimportant, mean much to fit and hang of a gown. for too much simplicity. most advice on the subject, for home workers are usually told not to try tci great elaboration and to pin their faith to simple effect. But this clever woman says: “Simplicity is ail very well, if you go to the best tailor, but a simple home-made gown Is generally very dowdy, while good taste in color and originality in designing are often shown at their best in gowns that are built by a day dressmaker undei cap able supervision.” * As an evidence of what she can do, she has just designed and achieved an exquisite summer gown along novel but delightful lines. The gown itself was fashioned out of the fairest white organdy, with long, shm skirt, fluffing out at the bottom like a convolvus flower, on the underside of tnis she arranged different shades ofgreenchit fon, cut in the shape of different sized maple leaves, one overlapping another, ami tacked to the organdy with invisi ble stitenes in fine white thread. The leaves were arranged in a thick girdle just below the hips, with ends running down the seams of the front breadth, and a band of the leaves around the bottom of the skirt. The flowing sleeves of the bodice were confined around the arm just above the elbow by a tight-fitting band, and the waist had the tame trimming across the chest. Under the leaf-bedecked or gandy was a filmy skirt of yellow chiffon, over a taffeta skirt of the same color, looking, as someone said, "like sunshine filtering through the trans parent green leaves.” As the leaves were placed under the organdy, there was no occasion to turn in the edges, which would have taken much away from the transparent effect of the shadowy green foliage.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Fashion Notes. Smart white voile costumes are made entirely white. The fitted bodice is one of the pre dicted autumn modes. Wide girdles and corselets still pre vail upon the handsomest toilettes. The summer shirt-waist suit of plain white China silk is very much worn. Ecru muslin gowns trimmed in black lace and black velvet, are very fash ionable. Crepe de chine trimmed with re pousse lace is one of the aristocrats of corsetdom at present. Many of the dainty effects in em broidered handkerchiefs seem especial ly suitable for summer. Whispers are heard of the return to fashion of the mantella of 1830, but in a much modernized, modified form. , The collarless bodice, with elbow sleeves Is fashion’s favorite for both afternoon aud evening toilettes for summer. Woolen fabrics, far less than for sea sons past, are not being used for country and seaside frocks. Linens and muslins are much more popular. In white tailored costumes and sep arate skirts butcher's linen is most favored. The suits are made with a blouse or a coat in the style of a cor set coat. |||g||||i ©ld Reliable Varieties; Do not abaudon the old reliable! va rieties. Try all the novelties that are brought out, for some of them may be excellent; but dd not venture on them until entirely satisfied that new varieties are adapted to all s">ii3, cli mates and conditions. Ventilation Needed for Fowls. It sems to me that the chicken busi ness is getting demoralized instead of revolutionized. Instead of the big, long and wide sod houses, straw houses or log houses, poultry keepers must have thin wall houses made tight as a drum, with the notion that it is the right way to keep out cold. It they don’t open up their poultry houses, let in some air and tear down the fences around the prisons, in a ft>v more years the constitution of the great American hen will be broken down so that roup will be a tame thing alongside of hen tuberculosis and a dozen more constitutional com plaints.—J. Hefner, in Orange Judd Farmer. Notes on Pig Feeding. Pigs should be well, but not overfed. A good bacon pig of 12 stone ought to be produced in seven months from its birth. It should not be crammed, neither should it be half-starved, but fed steadily and regul&rly. Pigs fed steadily and regularly will give the most satisfactory results to the feeder when weighed in the factories. A hog which has been half-starved at any period of his life, even though well fed afterwards, will not do so. Feed three times a day at fixed hours; never leave food in the troughs after the pigs have finished. The flesh of the pigs is soft and flabby if fed on biew ery or distillery waste or on turnips or beets, and in comparison to their size their weight in the scale is mis erable. They may deceive the buyer who buys by “guess,” hut they will not deceive the scale-weight. Chickens and Orchards. As all fruit growers agree that the young orchard must be cultivated dur ing the summer, some put the soil into vegetable.! which is not objectionable if they do not draw too heavily on the soil fertility; one good way of turn ing tHis work to profit is to permit the young chicks to use this orchard a3 a run. There will be sufficient growth of the trees to provide shade for the chicks, and if light cultivation of the soil is done the chicks will pick up many insects. It is a good plan tc do some of the grain feeding for the chicks in this orchard, scattering a small quantity of grain over consid erable space, immediately after cul tivating, so that the birds will need to do more or less scratching to get the grain. Have some plan of supply ing water near the orchard, or in it, and the chicks will grow wonderful way be being thp r *> tt- 1 ” Co-Operative Egg Selling. At the present day there are in the province of Hanover, Germany, 95 co-operative societies lor the sale of eggs, of which 36 are connected with poultry-breeding societies, 12 with co operative dairy societies, 10 with agricultural societies and two with societies for the purchase and sale of agricultural produce, 35 ‘ being inde pendent of other organization. The eggs are mostly sold to wholesale dealers. The sale of eggs by mail to private per sons has not answered expectations, the quantities so sent, addtd to those sold to private individuals on the spot, being scarcely five per cent of total sales. So far, only a few societies have been in a position to sell eggs by weight; nevertheless, nearly all buy in that manner, a least weight being fixed as a guarantee against under sized eggs. This manner of selling has, nevertheless, been adopted by other German towns with the best re sults. For packing the eggs, wooden boxes, with cardboard apartments, are used. The result of tnis co-oper ative method has been to increase the price received by producers of eggs. When a Queen Bee is Lost. It is very important to be able to learn at once when a queen is lost during early summer. The loss of a queen fiorn a hive, even for a single day, will make a marked difference in the strength of the colony, for a good queen will lay from 2000 to 3000 eggs in a day at this season. Whatever you do be careful and not drop the queen off the combs when handling them at this time of year, and do not interfere with her work by changing combs about to expose brood. By a little attention you may be able to detect a queenless hive by the manner in which the bees act on the outside. When they stand around in a care-for-nothing manner and no bees going in with pollen, it would be well to open the hive and take a look at them. If you find eggs and worker brood you may be quite sure the queen is there; if not, go ahead and find out if there is no queen. Finding none proceed at once to taka a frame of brood from another hive and watch if they start queen cells in about 24 hours. If not, then they have been some time queenlecss, and if such is the case, give them a queen if possi ble.—George H. Townsend, in New England Homestead. Speak Softly. It is a mistaken idea that some drivers appear to entertain that the horse is deaf. They must think so by the way they address him. It Is uot uneomon to hear a driver speak to his horse in a voice resembling a fog horn. Especially is this noticeable on the part of teamsters and plowmen. There are men that will sit in a wagou and yell at a horse as if the animal was on the far side of a 10-acre lot. There is not the slightest use in bois terous vociferation when addressing the horse. Asa matter of fact, the horse is very acute of hearing—much more so than man or even the dog. The trainers of circus horses know better than to yell their commands. They know that it is a useless waste of words and physical energy. They speak to the horse in ordinary tones. Usually the horse in the ring however, does not obey the word of mouth, but the motion of the whip. But suppose the ringmaster in a towering passion should yell dfld swear at the horse. Need auy T one be told ihfete would be no performance; that the horse Would lose h's head like the man? In many places Itl ' this country horses are driven to the piOtf Without reins. They are guided entirely by the word. Tho horse understands the different words of command and obeys them implicitly. We have worked a team day In and day out to plow and har row without reins, simply by the word, and we did not yell, either. —Newark (N. J.) Call. Importance of Cleanliness. Ws do not intend to repeat any further how essential a feature of successful dairying is the observance of proper cleanliness, but at the last meeting of Eastern Ontario Dairymen Dr. Connell gave some fresh figures on the question which afford further con firmation of the position held by all progressive dairy workers. The doctor gave the results of an alyses of milk taken from cows under tho different conditions as to cleanli ness. In one case —where the cows were blushed before milking, the ud ders wiped, the stable kept in a thor oughly sanitary condition, and the person of the milker was also clean — the milk still showed 4,300 bacteria to 16 drops of milk. In another case milk was taken from cows the udders of which had been wiped, which were kept in a fairly clean barn, that were milked into clean pails (but pails that had not been scalded), and by men whose hands had been wiped, but not washed. In this case the number of bacteria Were 15,500. In another case, where cows were milked under the average conditions which prevailed on the ordinary farm, the number of bac teria was 30,000 to 16 drops. The bac teria found in the milk taken from cows under the best possible condi tions as to cleanliness were, it is be lieved, for the most part just inside the teat before milking began. The old practice of squirting the first stream of milk outside the pail has a scientific basis to rest upon. Absolute cleanliness in the stable, cooling of the milk after milking, sterilization of utensils by scalding, cool curing of cheer.e, and no more sending home of whey in milk cans, are pointers which may also be strongly insisted upon. In touching on the question of wa ter supply, it was stated that no fac tory should be considered properly equipped that is without pure water. —The Maritime Farmer. Tending Young Turkeys. A little bone meal added to the dough mixture promotes growth and is a preventive of diarrhoea, but if the food Is always given sweet and fresh the latter complaint should not appear. When about 10 days old, the last meal of the day should consist of A raykfcd -wheat —* — ■ ’ nnTßig enough to eat whole corn, the latter may he substituted; millet and •barley can all be given, and also buck wheat If procurable. Up to the time they develop the fleshy protuberances about the head, which is called "shooting the red,” they need a good deal of care and attention, but once this stage is reached they become hardy, and are only liable to that form of roup termed “swelled head” if over crowded at night or made to sleep in a badly ventilated house. They “shoot tho red” when from two to three months old. A sharp lookout for lice should be kept, for if these infest the poults they fail to thrive; their coop should be moved daily, and the poults reared by themselves. Fresh w'ater is a necessity, and they need gTit or road sweepings. To prevent their getting wet they should be cooped at first on short grass, and the herbage rot* hd the coop kept short. It is not safe to let the hen or turkey mother have her liberty at first when rearing them, as she will run them off their legs. Let the coop have a run in front, and keep them in it the first week or so. ”yit”sW- bylflp-iatwelvedbbvt ssa To hasten growth, some meatmeal and green food added to the soft food is to be recommended, though they should be able to pick up natural meat food in the shape of insects for themselves. When the critical time is over, give them a well ventilated house, and feed them four times a day—twice on grain and twice on soft food. If it is safe to let them be out at night, let them sleep in shrubs or trees; when they do this they are sure to be healthy. If space is limited, or the ground much used for other poultry, turkey-rear ing should not be attempted; they need space and sweet ground to thrive. —American Cultivator. An Object Lesson. I don't see how you can say I’ve been neglecting my home and wasting my time attending club meetings,” pro tested Mrs. Dorcas. “You men are so sordid in your views you can’t see good in anything unless there’s money In It.” “Well, what good is there in that club of yours that keeps you from home most of the time?” "Intellectual good, my dear,” re turned his better half; "something more vO be desired than all the money in the world. For instance, our club has gone in for nature study, and I have learned all about tile habits of the interesting little creatures of the in sect world.” “You have, eh?" sneered Dorcas “Well, all I can say is that if you’d kept away from your old club and stud ied insect life at home, I would have been spared tho shock I receiv'd on opening the wardrobe and finding all my best clothes full of moth holes." The Passing of the Gee-Gee. Nine hundred horses were sold re cently at an auction sale In London. The animals were the property of the London City Council and had been thrown out of work by the introduction of electricity. An alarm clock is ajUethine not so alarming as It sounds. PEARLB OF THOUGHT, i Word-energy is seldom work-energy. Fife's little frets call for ita largest faith. Time spent In courtesy Is never wasted. The waste of time sows the weeds of eternity. Happiness oan only come in where tt goes out. The heavy laden are likely to rise the highest. Love is the best lens with which to View another. Patience and earnestness are pass words to success. Truth knows how to be tolerant without truckling. No need td eat the brambles in order to get the berries. The frost of gold is worse than that of the want of tt The pruning off of sins will not of itself produce perfection. The absence of sanity does not prove the presence of sanctity. The most dangerous hypocrite is the one who deceives himself. Don't buy your frills before you bavs paid for your foundation. The robe of righteousness is not a cloak for the sores of sin. He who seeks to get without giving is a gambler no matter wbat his busi ness. —Ram's Horn. The Veranda in Europe. I “I have often wondered,” aid an American woman, “why verandas, which are so universal in America, should be so completely overlooked, as a rule, in European domestic archi tecture. The very grand houses are almost entirely without any outdoor living spaces, and to get fresh air one has to go out on uncovered terraces, or in very fine weather to have rugs and chairs brought out from the houso and put under some shady tree —a de lightful substitute for a porch, it true, but necessitating a good deal of preparation. In Italy and the south of France the veranda proper is also coiw spicuous by its absence; but, on the other hand, the upper terraces to their villas are generally paved witli marble and guarded by a stone balustrade, while awnings at either end afford spots of cool shade, which, surround ed by tubs containing flowering trees, and furnished with warm hued rugs, brightly covered divans, comfortable wicker chairs, and small tables for hooks and refreshments, leave nothing to be desired. In England, however, ex en these temporary outdoor living rooms are unprovided for and tho American who takes an English house for the summer is apt to miss greatly the comfortably furnished solid home porches. American architecture, how ever, like everything else in this country, Is beginning to find favor with our English cousins. Several houses have been built recently by American architects, with all our American comforts, including the ver anda, which, having at last arrived in England, has undoubtedly come to tv.”—“ll:n: ■'' * T Thrifty New Yorker*. Now Yorkers are thrifty. That is readily seen during a visit to any of the big savings banks. A call between ten in the morning and three in tho afternoon at a bank near Herald square demonstrates this quite pal pably. There Is a constant stream of young and old. wealthy and poor, coming to deposit their savings. There is tho small boy, with‘his first dollar saved; the hard working woman, clutching: In her hard hands the few dollars to be laid aside for a rainy day, and tho young colored “swell’ from Seventh avenue, depositing some of his earn ings at the race track. It is not difficult to see who come to deposit and who to draw money. The latter usually have a sad expression of countenance, while the former seem joyful and jubilant. And this In only natural, as persons who can lay by money have more cause for joy than those obliged to draw it. Another interesting bank wherein to study human nature is a German bank, lower down town. Here tho great east side deposits its savings. Judging from the long lines of persona waiting for the doors to open every morning, the bank does a big business. A majority of those waiting are wo men—housewives—whose husbands ■re working and have no time to spare to go to the bank. They are all typical hausfratien, gome with children in their arms and others with market baskets, and all Bhow on their faces that they know how to work and know how to save. It is these women who are the mothers of some of our best citizens. —New York Herald. Oldest Ship in the World. The time was when American ships carried a broom at the mast head as a sign that America swept the seas. In those days lino shipbuilding timber grew right down to the shore on the Atlantic coast, and there was hardly a bay on the New EnglamJ shore where there was not a shipbuilding yard. So it happens that most of the old sail ing ships are built of American or Nor wegian timber. I have seen hundreds of old square riggers roaming the world under Strange flags whose every stick grew on American soil. Ships built of Es sex oak are famous for their longevity. The oldest ship in the world, the mail schooner Vigilant, running into st. Vroix, F. W. 1., is now under the French flag, but was built, so I have been told, in 1802, of Essex oak at Es sex, Mass., and was long under tho Stars and Stripes.—l-eslie’s Monthly. What a Woman Can Do. A woman can’t vote, but she can push a baby coach, carry a parasol at the same time, and still have a hand left to hold her dross in the latest fashion, which is a heap more than any man can do.—Philadelphia Tele graph. Hard work -does not shorten life." Bancroft, the historian, died at 90, Pe t*r Cooper at 92 and Humboldt at 9Q