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n - a . z., i a J. v ' ' i YV..V A TOUCH OF COLOR. That nil while has been popular .al most tOO long !l 1 1 lilt is evidenced l'.V the Introduction of color In the trim ming on gowns iind waists, mi l in the lace or lace and hatlstc waists there is iniw vl.-lhle a faint blue, green or pink touch of embroidery, or there wiil lie a lining of some color. As yet the all- black is untouched, hut that, too, will undoubtedly- soon have color intro duced in sonic fashion, and white lace 'on Mack waists is already coming In t-tylo. while fancy laces and passomcn terios a"o thought smart. Crepe '.c chine waists are most iractieal for lord wear, if made iu Mack or dark colors, aud oven when made of white or light shades are a good investment, as crepe de chine cleans so wtl!. WHEN WORDS Or WISDOM TELL. "Mother, dear," said :t frank young woman to her parent, who had just been giving her a lecture, "If you would oi.ly stop when you have scored yor.r point and said what I feel is a truth you would make so much more impres sion, but you always go ou and on. and say po much that it puts us both out of temper, aud you lose all the advantage you have pained." Moral teachers always make a mis take when they do not stop r.t the right moment. Many a truth would he car ried home to a culprit and da good work if it were not diluted with dis cursiveness to such an extent that its effect becomes obliterated. Hut the fact in that the generality of people talk too much about everything, them selves, their affairs and their neigh bors. Talking never docs any good, nd it is apt to do a great deal of harm. -New York Tribune. THE DOVE TURF. AN. The wincrs of a dove form one of the very smartest millinery adjuncts of to day, and dove color is sure to enjoy i triumph in the near future. .It looks very old-world aiub beautiful material ized in straw to form one of the very ,V.DiU't peaked toques which share with VI the honor of being anion, the mil jnery novelties of the season of lOO.'h A recently made dove-colored turban was strapped with perfectly plainly applied bands of velvet ribbon to match the straw ia color. The said bands were looped over the brim and crown of the turban, and terminated at the. icli siue -iu u lut tic, liicii i n most hidden by the tail feathers of a large scarlet bird most cunningly placed on the outside of the brim a lit tle to the left of the wearer's full face view. It was oa a rose-colored toque ' that the doves wings just mentioned were disposed, two on the crown lying almost flat, and the tips cf two be neath, where they locked, exactly like 6 the sculptured wings of n;muie .ier fory. Birds of striking colors are de cidedly being made fashionable by the smartest milliners. It is to be Loped, however, that the vivid orange bird that so beautifies and renders amazing a creamy white turban, and the brill iant red creature already mentlonol, are the result of millinery skill and not of the slaughter of real songsters. New York Commercial Advertiser. FOR MILADI DAINTY. Few cf us would care to have si man fall in love with us because cf the beauty cf cur linger nails, as befell one fair maid. We would rather be loved for something of more moment. I' .lint rosy, dainty linger tips certainly lire a great charm, as much of a pleas ure to their possessor as to the observ- VUt one who notes them. It is really not much trouble and little expense to keep one's hands dainty. The linger nails improve so rapidly under cultiva- on it is a wonder that any wojr.au can efcr dough, ugly, dull-kued ones to -;?e of a sheeny transparent shell- .;:o appearance. Four implements will do the vorly curved blade scissors, nail file, chamofs covered polisher aud orange wood stick for keeping the scarf skin pushed back from the nail. For preparation there is the bowl of warm, soapy water, with a few drops of ammonia or tincture of benzoin and a little perfume. This softens aud cleanses the nails. Nails should be kept just the length cf the lingers and should be cut cr tiled iu a, graceful oval to protect the finger tips and give them additional strength. While soft from the soapy bath the scarf skin n-hould be pushed back with the orange wood sti k to show the pretty half i::ocr.s at the t-;..-:c r 111 l I I , I I of the mails. This should h" dene gen tly to avoid hang rails ;:;:d eot:-"quent soreness as well as U'.'liue.-s. If hl.i part of llic operation has been neglect. I'd for sonic time there will be found some dl!!lcu!iy which ( n!y care and time wiil remedy. To 1 luxurious a til. ted cosmetic ami a nail powder should he j rovided. ami l oth cet hut lit lie and last : long time. They should, liowt vt r. hc iir-cd no oltmer than twice a week. --Philadelphia Tele grapu. BOUDQCl!7 .C7 ,-ir . .J) ay- The Duchvss of Mariborcv.gh is intro ducing a fashicn tf drawing loom stat ue ties. The first city ia Germany to granl women active participation in munici pal administration is O.'Lubnig. (Ira ml Duchy of Radon, where eight h-,dy Su pervisors have born appointed recniiy. .7. l'ioi'pcnt Morgan's great rival in the Iron world is Miss Antoinette F..;r tha Krupp, heiress to the great Krnpp gun and iron works in Jflermany. Miss Krupp prob.ahly is the richest yoimg woman in Europe. One cf the latest addition? To the many societies ot women js that lor promoting man imlifferinco. Each member must le over seventeen, be proof against the charms of man and trust abhor marriage. ThL; club is iu Cull ford, England. The Balcony Club, of New York City, is a women's club run by men who seek to give their wives pleasure. Dur ing the dramatic sea; on the club mi ets twice a mouth and dines at some down-town restaurant at the expense of the men; then it adjourns to the theatre. There are no duos on these occasions, each man paying his share. An effort is to b? made to establish at the University of Michigan a mem orial to Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, the distinguished educator, who was President of Wellesky College, and who graduated from the Michigan Uni versity ia 1U If a fund of S 10,000 can be raised a fellowship will be es tablished, but if the amount subscribed should be only 5u000 a scholarship will be created. Queen Wiihelmina some time ago re ceived an odd letter from two small Dutch school boys. It ran thus: "Dear Quecu: Please do see that our teacher will not be sent away. She is good to us and we are fond of her. and really she has not done anything. Father says that you are powerful and good and that you even pardon murderers because you want wicked people to be come sood a'gain." This appeal touched as well as amused the young queen, and she sent a reply staling that the case -of the teacher threatened with dismissal would be investigated. The Indian work for belts and chains, the latest notion, is seen on every side. Plaid straw effects arc seeu in nianj very stylish hats of the less elaborate kind. Plain yet handsome club rnd coach ing parasols are far and away the most favored. The very diaphanous plain black Hilt stocking is no(V more swagger than ha e hosiery. The A cot stock tic; worn by the tailor girl have much phoricr ends than last soasf-u. An ultra tot: oh of Paris crigin. finish ing many smart toilette-., is a, cainry little pelerine. Ilr. ud drswr.werk tT-V'-h are iu the front rank cf separate sleeks of thin white lawn r linen. One beautiful creation in cream etamir.e was trimmed quite elaborately v.'l.li inch-wide ee; u fringe. Fruit Jaiit. r':;: have I'-en st cxten-.-iv.iy used fcr laces that exclusive women have discarded them. The general effect of ike new stocks is delicate i ::d dah.ty. The heavy -cks of a few rears ago are ctLsp.cu u;;s by ihe'.r absmce. WHEN CI DS f.'AKh MISTAKES. lJfitkT t Coiiim-t With ( Uili,!l-ni in!,; Ill IlflllHllll f I III, Ml I ill i (illC it loll). Probably In a st.it ,f M i aiu birds never mal.e i,il-:a!e ) wiim they come iu enntai t with our ci bi;:;'. tloii and at r.iuiOditeil by :; -w 1 1 : : I i UfU-i tbi y cry iiaturaliy make tei t.il.is. For ii'siaiMc, tl.'ir cuin.bc,' ii l: st biiili'.ing Miiie -s 4''..-j-t. them The art vt the bird I, to enmcil !t, m t both jh o p "i!i,.a ami a to v : t --rial, but I'nw iii:.l th 'U it i b'-u cd li.iii wiavii!,' pit i ,s strifl r-'i', ai, d bizarre bi:. of this r that. v. iii.-ii give i;.; s. en-i aw.-.y. r.-.t.l whicl M vh-hte all the leiditi-r.s (if 1m I -; 1 have the jiictui" cf a robin's ?: -t fere :::e, upon the out.-,:ib o whidi art snick a small muMin llower, a 1 af from a small calendar and a photo graph ( t a local ccl.'brity. A more In congruous use of tr, ali rl il In bird ar chitecture I: would be hard to 1". ml. 1 have been told of another n! in's t:e.-t upon the Mil -'.do of wlih :i the bird had fash nel a wooden label from a nearby llower bed. marked "Wake Robin.' Slill nnotli'-r nest I have k-tu buiit up.a:i a large, showy foundation of the paper-like llowers (-f Anlennaria. oi vverlastin-. The wmid thrusli fre quently weaves a fra giocnt of news paper or a wldie J'.ag into the founda tion cf its m st. "Evil communications corrupt, good manners." The Jews paper ar.d the rag bag unsettle the wiif Of the birds. The phoelo bird Is capable cf tbi' kind of mistake or indiscretion. Al the past gen.'j'aticns of her tribe have built upon natural and, then-fore,. i:ea tral sites, usually tmder shelving anc overhanging rocks, and the art of adapting the nest to its surrounding.-', blending it with them, has been highly developed. Rut phoebe now frequently builds under our sheds and porches, where", so far as concealment Is con cerned, a change rf material, say froev moss lo dry grass or shreds of bark, would be an advantage to her. Rut she (b'prrts not a bit from the family tra ditions; she ues the r-ame woodsy mosses, which in some casrs, especially when the nest is piar-l upon unevenly sawed timber, makes her secret a;; open one to all eyes. John l;irrough;' in the Century. V.'ISE VCRDS. The best lightning rod for your pro tection is your own spin..?. Emerson. In all departments of activity, t( have one thing to do, and to do it, i: the secret of success. Lavater. Fcr whoever would be fairer, iilu mlnation must begin ia the soul. Tin face catches the glow only from thee side. William C. Gannett. Refore we can bring happiness tc others, we must first 1 o happy our selves, nor will happiness abide within us unless we confer it ca others. Maeterlinck. When a friend of mine is taken ir.te tha next life, I do not ask to know il he is at once happy. 1 ask oniy te know if he has gone into the discipline of perfect justice. I would not be afraid to give up my dearest to that. Tliomas Starr King. I .v .not know that marytrdom wil! prove any harder than that discipline which renders us quick to forgive which can look upon the success of a rival with loving pleasure," which can maintain a guileless integrity in the minute transactions of life. George Brown. Little Pelf-denial?, little lionrsiles, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, 'gi'mi out brightly in the pattern of life. Canon Farrar. The temper of the inird in which we uiihH the hundred and one tiny cir cumstances of every hour determines our happiness or unhappii:ess far more than does the detail of what those cir cumstances are. We cannot choose the circumstances, but we can choose the temper. Lucy II. M. leoulsby. Dover CuurM by 11 Clinn. On the seashore many curious acci (b, nts happen to birds. Hunters are recording peculiar incidents that come under their notice. There is the ce.se cf the piorer which got caught by a clam. Ia hunting on the expased liat.a at low t ;! It must have caught siuht of a tempting ciam, which was enjoy ing the reer.ory with sh-eil half op.u. The plover's greed might have proved destructive to it if a nearby humor ha .1 not discovered Irs plight. Th.? clam closed Its shell with a vis; -like grip soon as the bird's bill s:ruei: it. and the bird 11 uttered violently and vainly t:ie to escape. It is not very often, how over, that the shore birds get caught in this way. for they give a wide berth to all of the ma'lusks whoe power v contra i t'.on is sullicient to imprison them. A titerm-j- Monnrrli. Thf most literary monarch in Eu rope is without doubt the young Yieioi Emmanuel of Italy. 11 knows, Eng lish, French and German equally a? well as his native language ar.d has evea a reading acquaintance with that very tlilncult language, Russian. IU' srosds -it least three ..curs every d.e.v ia his study busy with cures'::! ii.tr tar cf every ki:.d. SOUTHERN ' FARM fJOTES. TOPICS CFIYTKEST TO 1 75 PLAHTCP., STOCXMMt AVD lMCX Cr.ZWEP., Air. i r,.. We v::t te ' ri'.- to l'e i.oiice rf "'out la i n lafi cr. w ha I i. i oi:.g d -n-' n e:,e oaiii'i!i ,:,il- I I.o'.ii -i:t ue bi the jii : dr.c.'.i ,i o' .' l.'al.'a a',d h it a -oi!"'.'" i !' pi it'.t ii is fc.an 1 to be. Ill liiat ' '. t ; a iiiisblcraiile laimber of cotii ii planters baM for seeral years grown the crop c xp. eia eulaliy, and within the pa-u two or three yi is have I cccine -o flti-ohd cf it proiif-atilene-s that Ihey jiie now growing it largely for maiket. due of these gen tlemen. Mr. W. L. FuMiT, who b.i s foui bi.ii.il'cd acris i!:uiled. says: "It seem-; to me that tiiN qn i ;i of ."l! hay and forage i-lams is too liitle un iii re.nn.l, (theewise there would not be a lo.e of hay shipped into Louisiana. Oil the on.rary, tle'iv would be thou sands of to'is s!i'pp"d ert of the Slate at a bitter prol'.l than is made on eel ton, even af present high price. I am not ohon.bt , bot-tnisf etinugli to say on what binds in the Nlatc it will grow profitably, but believe lhat with propei nu'sing it an be made to grow anywher-' in the State1. I have seen it grown luxuriously on the peer and worn hill land of the Experiment Sta tion in North Louisiana, but much time :ind expense was ; equired. On the liver lauds between Baton Rouge and New Orleans ii ; ems to thrive well. a:.d on the Red Stiver it seems to be perfectly at lani.e. I may say that I use ir as a profit crop on our low. si iff. red lauds that will not produce profit ably any other crop. Its value as a feed for horses, muies. cows mid lings is uuequaled by any other food. Hogs wil make splendid growth on it and fatten readily without any other feed, and that, too, with twenty or twenty five to the acre, where it grows well. Again, it is a line fertilizer crop. Your land is improving each year it grows on it, and when you wish to get rid of it (which will be never unless you want to plant It somewhere else) it is as easily killed as oats or ( orn. I am free to say that if .alfalfa hay is worth as many dollars per ton as coiloii is worth cents per pound, I wouid prefer to raise the ab'nlfa. On our soils, with ordinary seasons for growing mid harvesting, we get three to five cultings. averaging from oia lta'.f to a ton of cured hay per culling, and bringing in our market at Shreve port from to S13 per ton. The cost of handling varies, of course, villi the seasons. It costs just r.s much to cut and rake one-half ton per acre as it does to cat and rake a ton per acre. From my experience, and my alfalfa account, it costs an average of M.2." to $2 per ton to put in shape for. the market. An intelligent negro r.ear our plantation, who works twenty mules raising cotton, told me lie had sold $"00 worth of surplus hay per year off twenty acres. For the last two years off sixty acres he has sold enough to very nearly make his cotton crop clear. I think a very conservative es timate would bo to J?uO per acre net per year, not counting the pasturage in fall, winter and spring. My adv'-e to every one who works land would be to plant a small patch of alfalfa for trial. If he succeeded' with it lie would have the most valuabl? crop that grows; if he failed it would be the most laudable failure he ever made. In RX)0 my overseer made with wage hands 2."3 bales of cotton costing in money outlay $4r.00 and bringing oa the market S10,r7r. In 1001 the same man with the styne labor, on poorer land, hnn-csUd 1100 toi'.s of alfalfa, selling In car-load lots for SI." per ton, or a total valuation of .$K.r00, with a money ouliay for labor and machinery repairs of ? 1.100. Iu. one case it re quired about forty-live per cent, of 1 he gross value of tun cotton to get it ready for the market: in the other it required only ten ner cent, of the gross value of the alfalfa to put it on the re.arkel." With sue-h. testimony as this from a f'ouihern grower in favor of th" crop there should be no hesitancy on the part of all i-Vuthern farmers in making an effort to secure a si and of alfalfa. ffoulbern Planter. A T'oiu V. ifh Vi-1-.ct T.i. In growing velvet beans it is advis able whore possible to provide some thing for the beau vines to run on. more pariicularly b" ca tile ov hogs are to do the harvest ii.'.r. A plan that 1 have found to work well is to plant corn as early as p'!ss;k!r. and whni the crop is knee high then plant th velvet beans between Jim revs. The corn gets the start and kei ps it. When it N ready for cutting top it jn.-t above tin oir, leaving the shorien-d sia'k for the bean vines to climb on: this is bel ter 1 linn leavb'g the whole stalk, as it stands iuui':ht with a heavier weierht through which ihe whole corn stalk would bend over and collapse with its heavy pods when the vine rcae-h.es tn ihe to; of it. There has been a ga-ml deal of difficulty experienced by many farmers in curing the hay properly, because it melds tea lily in the move. It is the ivnst diiiie.-ir hay to eure that I cf, but it can l e dose if prep- 1 1 ly n . .i . A j i.iu I ha i e in ; m;cc: ! I.! end . Id' h I 1' v pi , j, ! t ; 'i I : a s .i.-di l'i.:k.i.!. iooll ii,' th i'.IV il is l it; th' I ' '.! I ;'i a t '.'. ii e : i a I i , i' I ;;i i .! ; i i ; i, t i'.'.v a,.', en put 1 1 e:y si . i r : " fills o.-c;!,,t Li a .,,., f.,n 1. we, I; j ut ti n or t . ei o of lh -siac'es In a la ::.' cm , ca e i h. s b In i ? ilia", ill the l'n I I as h n:; i' ymi can; they w j'l the tain ail riglit. i.!:d v. hen leady tn haul yen can mi My put tic hay in th- ino',v ami it wiil te.t niei-l. 1 1 :!; 's lo:,-cr o cilfi' Veh'et lean bay lirri enw pet bay owing in th tiiickof-s of th ' bull of the pi, 1 and the xtra id' nary ninola r of pols pi i - i nt i i a . T it qvanlily of tiie ha.v.-C. K. M ; ! 1 1 ic, In the Fbirida AgiietibiuKl. D'-ll'I ilMV H V " ? ')'. Jfler th.' small grain csoj s Pave bi ba:eslcil. and when not v 1 grass or clover, run onr tie- stab !.'. villi a eli-k harrow and s.w eiii.T cow pen i r ciim.-on cle.vr.' r snpbug c!oer or rape, with some wheat or nets mir.ed with llne, and thus Cvd ti:, l.'.ud s.ir.ie-lhiag better to do tli.r.i grow a crop of weeds, which only im poverish the land and make no era tril.'iitioii loM'ards ca.rrjipg th" liv. stock of the farm or even furnMi more Ihan the very smallest (juanlity of vegetable matter for making livni'K. It is of vital imporlanee to the main tenance and enhancement of the fer tility of hind in the Scilh that som cover crop should be ki pt on th ' land at all times. Naked land becomes re duced In fertility fasirr than when growing a crop. Where clover or grass has been seed ed with the small grain crops see that the weeds, which spring up as sne.u as the crops are cut, are not allowed to flower and seed. Their doing so n,bs the grass and clover of moictun? and plant food and ofhn makes a gr.ol stand at the cutting of ihe crop a fail ure before win ler peis in. ard in any event sends it into winter weakened and tfi'dtr. and hence more subject to winter killing. Set the mower hinh enough to clip the grass and leave the weed cuttings as a mulch. These will sink down into the bottom and form a proleetion to the roots ia winter. Southern Planter. r.ftt-r Tloui C'otlo". Instead of planting cotton e.nly for a salp crop year after year, it would be belter sometimes to plant a large crop of Irish potatoes, or sweet pota toes, for there may be a great deal more profit in these th.ui in cotton. The writer knows a small farmer with forty acres under fence, who left cot- . ton J" his list one year and planted eight acres of sweet potatoes, and Ids neighbors wondered at his folly. Dur ing the month of November lie sold 1700 bushels of potatoes to a wholesale dealer at seventy-five cents per bushel, cash about eight times as much as he would have received from the same ground planted in cotton. The next year lie planted six acres in Irish pota toes, and sold the crop for more than he received for the sweet?. This farmer kept posted on demand and supply, and when he thought that any of t!te common farm products would bring n good price in its season lie tried it for a money crop. His conclusions were generally correct, or he was a most successful guosser. At any rate he was a very successful farmer. Farm and Ranch. , - , - ' i A t, "C'lilcki n Munpy." The farmer who grudgingly sees his wife feed the poultry from his corn or wheat bin, declaring that "the old woman's chickens cost mote than they come to," should make an effort to in form himself regarding pourtry statis tics. For instant c, the census of IPO'i shows that Georgia's wealili fiom young chickens, turkeys, ge.-se ar.d ducks was the snug sum of ob-io.'-.!1.". while tiie ergs produced were valued at $1. ''.".""!. Alabama's eg:: emu the same year amounted to l.'-'-".S7v. During the fiscal year just passed tio sum de; ived from the sale of poultry and egg-; in Missouri was ?17.0-O over all the other products cf ihe Si ate. combined! Should the poultry of the cor n ivy su.ddtnly succumb to n;i, opl'eia'.e, it wouid nut take long for the fei.ner of Utile faith to change his tune re garding chicken money. Give the old hen a::d th" "old woman" a chance. Tennessee- Farmer. T.'iiid For Divf i". ficd Fumilng. Secretary Wilson, of the National Bureau of Agriculture, "hit Hie ua'd on the c ad" when lie declared that there is no section in the world like tin1 South for diversified farming. And "diversilieJ-' is the best sort of farm in g. Y.hir of Soy IJ.-ntia. Soy beans should be ewperinien' rd wi;li by every dairyman. Tiiey make good green forage, excellent hay and are also good for silage. They slieuid no; be sown until the soli is varm, m they are bet weatk-.r growers.