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By BERTHA. ii. i'i.37i.
"Good-hy, my dear beiebaid,a" slue
said; "there will be the teamtest wel- theme ' i i -when will they marry as
come for you *ben you ehettose to come." sens'hle peteate ,tat etld do. axtd pus a Stop
He was too bewildered for spot•,• i; to this •:tet.': •abes state of things? I
when he raised his eyes again t%htni heed g must we ash,] nes ]ter. I :that tens
se
quitted the room. He called "Daisy." her to ua lr: y t: mew," apes, fu'.: of tiara
but she did not hoar him. She was idea, Min' Lockwood went to Lady
gone. Intl between his two loves he pas stay's ivazt$.'
left alone. Ntitahittg multi possibly roaike •
his pt sition a dignified one --he knew C:l .1?TEet LIV.
that: therefore he • thoualht the most .. My tower IS n susses v,'"
seasibie plan was to retreat. The house
was all silent. He had heard, the loud. It Ives tw:Iiett when Miss Lownod
tk
elan.; of the bast door and he knew- that rapped at • Las?- May's door. At first
Daisy was mate. He would fain have theze was ao response; then Mara Leek-
aslieti for Lady alley, but he dare not. wood sand:
Ile tried to di::ti*igtaish the sounds. in - "May, w1: Yoe see me tor a few mia-
the house; he eou:;i not hear her light utes?"
fotneteetc, or the rustle of her silken "Yes; come in, dear. I dal net know
dress -•all ems silent and lonely.. This, it was pre" sail a voxes, steeet anis
was what his sin had brought aspen hem gentle as ewer. but with i all the eine,
this .was the wretehea result a has and mn gone' from it. The eller
• folly and chis blind. :mai passion. Fe• lade went in. The Mem v‘''115 s rn••sst
twee% two loves be had, as it were, lost dark, and a reuse ,if sones tu' a"snaps,
both. Lady hiay be would never see of eorattereolug Walaing in the atm :where.
ageto—he knew hoe tidally she coteri atruele alien Le wS sed fon eve.
.keep her word --never ag^-'iu' whew '.Yon are a:: .n dark:We , me ae:tr•.et
Deasy, his wife, had suddenly izssunled she said; "'wh.i• not bade the Lamas
a supererity over him that surprised lighted?'
him more than he had cared to own. • "1 rise n'e retreire thenar" was the
]Ian is but mortal the slettttge st meta lasag^tid ren=y'.
is barely woof against flattery. =el. in Miss Letlew.tod tetra ad round letial ly.
oldie of his blind infatuation for T stay "Noes that ee'thlhee's my. s a' +tel.
?,say. he wee lust a little battered to "that, Weal stone , apse ea: ettlier. Wee
think that Datsy !need hero so dearly ere 3'ill. I die=iel hearing any ate say
after en' It is p.easant to be lewd. e
The Daisy whom he had Married were
Whipped him, he knew; he Siad taken her
worship very coolly—coolly as the ata
takes the love of the sunflower but
this Daisy. this fair -hatred. beautiful
wormen, who ie the sante. instant had
told !aim of bee lore for him and of the
defects in his character, that was quite
vieatots. nail snore sururised. she eon.
Valued: "Sir (denten Adair was, to spend
the day here—has be beets?"
"Yes, he had been. and gene earlier
in the day." Then Miss Lockw,head felt
sure that something bad happened.
"There leas Wert a lovers' (panel,"
she •thou_ht: "'when will this state of
sew: they reefer d.nrkne'ss ' +ezan at
bet^arn 'to tat; thunk ag, a at nal I :note
of na.n+1. "
Never a word replied trade ;:Tay.
"l nun sena'$': that I went out',"
she contented, brielely. "1 sh t.t11 n n
bare gene if 1 had thou -'St thaa yo•a
would be a".e'r:e. I nntierseeei diet Sir
Clinton nue to rend same part a the
smother person. She had suddenly de-., day nett you.
veloped into a woman for Whom he feet The nam*' tertel in that
;swooned w ereet,:n" :man able to think with!, a sash ehh t)minena
sand criticise. May uttered no word.
Besides teas, she had a stronger e4a'fra "Thais he net hem stare?" *bat
on ..hitu—sahe erns `I$e motile: of Ms *gain,
child; the tehilel wlto weu3d one day he "Yeah," was the brie: reply.
the master of Ea1twatli.. anti hear 1$ia "lite ail net reema:n, thee?" Slid, Mesta
nuance and the Muer of his lemee. ere Lust weed.
"He steel rte' tun'." ,-,pl :,d Tady
tad never Witmer malt of that edsild
before. Stable:a??t a seine of what stet Mar; and leg'a'l$ t :A a;l'n^A wee ,: h
owed k game wACer Mita. that the tattle of the ;et:v eeel wat:'a
Thee Sir Clinton rewse from hes seat; , oa the ""3:) ' "r :F+ lily"^qtr c h ,••r L
he bad o stal.t to remain longer in fiMir.," wen Miss Leteet nee tela. et
Ludy Hades Jami to - Wee lienee hie pre- pause. bare Tel e3i': t.S:":,1 w:",a. SI?
ave bad darlen 4 with a abed= that Clinton?'
could never pass. He stood far a Paw "No; I ease no!. I ut'v=r e7i"iarrel
minutes at the deoe. Ion -Ling mune at with any' me, whey ahoa:3 I geared;
tete beautiful :tut ii wherein the hap- with diem?"
iciest ]topee ref tie net had been spent. "There. is sccu$:*th er wrong." t!ion,ht
Never again cheteld lee liner Isere with Mss., Loehwool, "an,1 that som.tbsiu is
that beautiful fate hy his side. never worse thau we have had yet•"
again would he deem to the voice that She, hetes nee; bear the thoneeht Tf
had made- the sweettest music on earth Young newel and Mewed eh;suits;;
tor him. there- is the 3a .; %ederi: a -r>,i. She
Tie I)asaed out of the 'loor. and' want t ->s,:: onu of the tattle was m•ut•'hn: (rem
!home. He Ras deeply, protenndly
wretched; yet, after all, titer" was some-
thing of relief—the worst had balms:lie•d;
site at r•e•om
rip,*. Lana
asked
tee tt.);i. and. eenkini; at Hui 6:?-, she
lighted the temps itafare reedy May le tel
time to hale her f t,te or rirn ,tw:ay..
the sword so long beegine over his head Feil! in the ianene rift int ;,hassle pito
head fallen at lase: tilt' truth that he bed was ;al nl - t,t, T,e seen.
not dared to tell had been teal for him. Mast L a ;a,ab ata i starers bacee with a
There rnigt be wretelet mess and de- cry.
"easels ll+>'t-su:' site Rx•,:ai;ated. "1
span. but there was nn suspense; it
was all over—the worst had happe::el.
Lady May knew that he was married,
and lana.] !dation him g s"e3-by feerterer.
There were no mere ansir.'ts thten::hts.
tie mere glaeamy br..,!i::g .,cera .=-°-ot
that be did net salt' to tole a :-• the
first time for long. dreamy month:, he
4elt somteth ink like pewee; it was all
over, welting mate soled happen: no
more need to dread the postmahi's l:noe:k
or the quick sound of foutteps; no more
need to be always thinking what might
happcu. It !tail all happened now.
Lady May and himself we're as Par
apart as the north and south poles. He
wondered vby he suffered less this time
than before—why he bad this vague
sense of relief on him --why thoughts of
Daisy kept springing up side by slide
with regret for Lady May.
There was some tittle consternation
at Lifdale House—the housekeeper, Mrs.
Jordan bad suddenly left, no one knew
'why or wherefore, only that she was
gone; and the servants, with that love
which distinguishes some of them, lost
no time in tensing Sir Clinton of the fact,
At any other time it might have struck
him; just now it did not; his mind was
full of the startling scene he had just
v itnessed—the meeting between his two
hives. He hamdhy thought of the event
evbiceh had created such consternartion
in his household.
"Gene, is she? Then we must get
some one else iu her place. It does not
matter much, for I do not intend re-
maining in London much longer."
That same evening he received a nate,
weettee in the third person, telling him
that Mrs. Jordan had suddenly been
sent fox to join her son in America. It
eo happened that Daisy's secret never
was known, and that was perhaps the
only secret that she ever kept in her
life.
"Going again!" said the servants.
OeWhen would Sir Clinton marry and
settle, like other men? It was dreamy
work, always going and coming, and
never ;seeming to know his own mind.
,They had hoped for something better
this time."
At Cliffe House there had been no
i comment on what brad passed; no one
asked who admitted Lady Adair; the
servants, there omtly knew that she had
gone away first, and that some time
afterward iintova Adair -
sir C had quit-
ted
ted the house. But of the strange scene
which had taken place --of the fact that
the two whom the world had so surely
Hooked upon as lovers, had parted for
ell time—no one had the least idea.
Lady May gave ordeal that she should
be denied to visitors for the rest of the
day -that she was tired and would net
see any one. It was not considered
straenge, because my Lady May often,
iiprefemred spending half a day alone. Ne
ene was suxpaised, either, when she re-
fused to take dinner, and asked for
some tea to be sent te her room. She
( was greatly beloved by cher servants,
and at the idea •lihat suer ladyship waft
{ asuffeaung (roma beadache, they kept great
silence, hushed voices, huaii.ed footsteps,
f"
meta Miss Lockwood returned in ,the
evening. She looked surprised at the
darkened, silent house.
"Where is Lady Treviyn?" she ask -
tad, and was told that her ladyship was
in her room, tired :aatd not diet:orted for
Root -ern, and qu;'e reckless of ewer
thing, he married the -the girl who hid
been kind to him during his. long ill -
tees."
"I cannot believe it, May. we moan
mild be so base, so wicked. --tee
"Toad mast not call Man. teteked;'he is
not that. It was all my fe'tlt, you see."
"Surely," cried Miss Loei:wood. "you
de not excuse him, do you, `May?"
"I ran make allowances for him.. I
know how madly he. loved Me, and T
know *bast say wicked coquetry drove
itim mad. He did not return to Eng-
land, as we tlheught. to see ane, I den
neat think he meant to see slue again. 1
sought him. you knew," she added, with
quivering lips. "We must never forgot
slant I sought him then, lie was pleas-
ed to see cue, and the ol•l love wart
latae awake again more strongly then
ever in bis heart. I gave tan no time
to tell nae that night. and afterward,
I think. he wee ashamed •or :Linda,"
"May." cried Miss Ile a :woad. in-
d`ucia'htly, "do not reuse ?that there is
uo excuse for him; there t•an l'e Ise
pardon fear hire. I say .such deception
was a etime. not a fault, an error, or a
ain—but a crime. Great !helve ns! that
you. a i+tdy by alb d:let :and refinement.
a woman in tenderness and troths, Met
yea shslehtd seek to excites hire. --it i
me carotis! I wish 'a :hat he were ..here:
he sho)i1d have peen speaking tett
wo'a!ed startle him. Yon may can Sir
Canton vita t you like; I say that he is
a villain to have tame this:"
She stepped gala" etitly. for the etre, alll
pale and trembling. had started beet,
with a hitter ere.
'If you ever say that auxin, if you
ever say one word against bin, you laid
I will part fortwer! He may leave dote
wrong; halt he was nee first male, aml
be will be my las`: i shall know no
otter. and I win not bear • nue word
against him ---no. not one! Every wool
against hien is a sword in my heart
do you now that?"
"Bet, May. be re:isnnsble. Such a
ernes deecption never was pr^aetieed can
any creature; and on you, above all
cabers. May—you, se generous end ler.
hag. Do you know that I really menet
believe it? if the man was married.
why did he net teal me. even it he :lid
Pot like to tell you? Three can be no
excuse its the world for him. May, if it
were another pe'1sin . stow mugs metre
Leen your smite .:f right and wrong
we u]d be? 'Whet can you say in hie
favor:"'
"Nothing." re e:'e"•l Lady May; "but
if I elan mature twitter excuse nor ;ipoleey
fer l ni. at least 1 ran set that my love
s;aa:l shield him tram blame and re-
proaeh--•shall he truer' to him in ad.
•ver.'ity as in prosperity."
"\Moy!" cried Mise Lockwood, in n
voice of horror: seem cannot talk about
loving a marred man."
"No, I cannot: yon are quite right.
After this day hie wows shall never re' s
from my lies at ;all. I will not speak
to him—I cannot speak to hitn. We
shave parted th's day, forever!"
"Quite right, trio." sand Miss Lock-•
wood, indignantly. "Ile ougiat never to
snare returners. ilei engin either to hate
brn'.igltt his wife w`th him, or to haw
trld us about her rt elute. His wife!
Iltnaven help u.! I wonder that you
have patience I hope, I do hope, May.
that you have given him a piece of
your mind."
"I gave itim nay heart long ago; 1
suppose that nay mind 'welt with ir:.
If yea mean ales I scold- or upbraid
Lim—ab, no, dear; never a word!"
"Then I wish to ,leaven that I had
been here, that is all; te would have
had plain truth in plain language. 'I
have no patience with sophistry, May.
I call a spade a spade, a crime a crime.
I would not wrap up deceit like this
and give it a fair name. It is a crime,
May, to have derived yon -ea cruel.
wanton, wicked crime. And you have
parted with him forever? Yon have
done well, May. It was a fatal day on
w2eide you first :itw him. I grieve that
you loved him all the best years of your
life; all the love of your heart has been
given to him, and I repeat that it is ter-
ribly cruet. May, 'how did you learn
this? Did he tell you himself?"
"I would rather not answer the ques-
t;on, " replied Lady May. "You are
head enough upon him now; if you knew
the circumstances of the case, you
would be even shards:."
But afterward, when Miss Lockwood
eamae to make inquiries about the events
of the day, she gave a very shrewd
guess as to what had happened.
"You shall tell me what you like, my
d rlimg, and keepwhat you like from
me. If I could but help you "
"You must help me!" she cried, wild-
ly. "Tehis is the second ordeal I have
passed through; I have tot strength
for it. I have learned to love him with
all my heart. I—what shall I do? Oh,
Heaven! what shall I do?"
Her courage and strength gave way;
she fell on her knees, weeping wildly.
"Heaven help me! Heaven help me!
What shall I do? He is gone; every one
will know soon that he is maraded.
What shall I do?"
"My darling, try to calm yourself,"
said Miss Lockwood; "you will be et—
try to be calm."
But there was to be no calm or peace
just then for Lady May; she had suf-
fered so cradle and the reaction after
her long self-control was so great and
so violent. She dung her white arms
above her head; she fell, witlh her face
on eche floor, crying:
"What shall I do? Heaaveea help me!
wbath
shall I do? Myheart i
s broken.
O!h, • love, love, if I could die!"
So, through the long 'hours of the
night, Miss Lockwood held her in her
arms trying to ehnt the wild, hysterical
cries—they never 'ailed.
"What shall I do? Heaven help me!
what ethnn I• do?"
Not until he morning- dawn .did three
piteous cries cease; thhen tate tired eyes
closed, the tired voice was silent; • she
could weep and cry no more.
Eta -en cosehr airee
Weimer— les lur j•Nx frgh:...i,.d. me'.
Mar.• tat ,•,r .s.« yet were a gloat. So
Sus ar'. lee all rt 'if yet:meld. Whet
has Imernntel to peel?"
r :ne. a,,, lean" -tae ,epees, slowly.
"Tit m 'v:x ie hos happened • t eny one
eh:ea May, 114 a.r, s'trely vit have not
angered Sir Clinton again?"
"No: I hire not," replied the poor
girl. 1 live not angered him, or
quarreiei n *h—hut "
"Bait what? 'Sly dulling, do not teir-
ture me by s'a pense. De you know
what I came upstairs fore"
"No," replied Lady May, in the same
dull tone; "I do not."
"I come to urge you to put an end
to all this, and settle your wedding -day.
Every one is asking me when it is to
be; every one erpreaces surprise that
you have waited so long, and wandera
what you hove waited far. Of course
it concerns no one but yourself; still,
you cannot prevent people from shaking
remarks.
Then the words died suddenly on her
Iipts,
aa she saw the white face and dim,
eosrewfui eyes.
"May, my darling, tell me what it is.
Y have been your friend, your con-
fidant. for many long years—do not re-
fuse to trust me now. My heart breaks
when I look at you. I know it is some -
tains abnuat Sir Clinton Adair—nothing
else in the wide world has the power
to affect you so."
Then Lady May walked across the
room to her friend. She bent her gold-
en head mai it drooped on that faithful
breast; sine clasped her white arms
round the tall figure; a cry of exceeding
bitterness came from her lips.
"Bear with me," she said; "my heart
is broken. Bear with me; I have lost
my Love forever and ever. We shall
never meet in this world again."
"Then you have quarreled!" said Miss
Lockwood, in great consternation.
"No; it is worse than that it is the
worst which could have happened. Chun
you not guess?"
"Does he care about some one glee,
May?" she asked, in wonder.
"No; it is worse even than that—and
it is all my fault. Three people are made
miserable for life; and it is all my
fault."
"My dear," said Miss Lockwood,
Cacalmly,to I never was clever at guessing.
I pray you to telt me what has hap-
pened. How you tremble, May, and
your heart beats so fast—your hands
are cold as death! What has he done
to you, my deed, my treasure?"
"Do you remember," said the girl,
faintly, "whew we read in the papers
that he had returned home? I toad you
that I would lose do time in begging his
forgiveness. You came te London with
me, and I went to see him."
"I remember all about it. What
then?" asked Mass Lockwood im-
pethinVly.
"Been then, even then—Heaven help
mel—the- was monied!"
"married!" cried Mins Lockwood, "and
never told pout Married! and .ler you
make friends with him—kept such a
secret as that from you/ I cannot be-
.laeve it, They."
"It is true; he wars married then. He
read In some false paper or other that
I` was about to marry the Duke or
wn
1 .1 JZ ADEN
+4
THE FLAT PEA,
What Various Authorities Say About
its 'value.
Farmers have fought rather shy at
the flat pea, although it has received
attention from the agricultural press
both here and abroad. The experience
of stations in different sections of the
country iris been thus summed up:
The California+ experiment station
reports that the flat pea maintains a
heavy growth with very little moisture,
keeping. green all summer without it"
rigation. Cattle and horses will eat the
hay. but avoid the green vines. Sheep
and logs eat it readily green. Flat peas
grow best on upland, sandy soils.
Tho North Carolina station reports
that the flat pea requires three or more
years to secure a stand. and then it isof
no practical valve for North Carolina.
"The flat pea WC place next tosachaline
as the nest loudly trumpeted swindle
perpetrated upon the long suffering
public in recent yeare." The Alabama
station reports that fiat peas grow eight
to ten inches high the fist year, with-
etand light frost, continuing to grow
throughout the winter. Cows and horaee
crop the vines, especially before oth-
er plants have started, It is regarded
ate good a soil renovator as cawpeas.
The Nebraska station reports that this
fodder plant appears to be too tender to
stand ordinary treatment and does riot
recommend it
The Iltah att.
ation repute that Lathy-
rus sylvestris dried up during the sum-
mer of 189$, although it remained green
several weeks after the alfalfa plants
growing with it were dead.
The Kansas station reports that
yoling eeedling plants of the fiat pea
withstood the draagbt satisfactorily.
.rAt the Hatch station, Massachusetts.
the fiat pea was cultivated for two
yearn at considerable expenses without
e enring any fodder,
in the Michigan experiment station
report for 189 it is stated that the flat
pea had grown with fair success for
several years, but the feeding tests
showed that niteep and cows bad a de-
citht-d distaste for the forage. Sheep
confined on flat pen pasture lost weight.
and cows fed in stable lost weight and
diiulniebed in production of milk and
butter fat when either green or ensilaged
flat pea fodder was fed as a part of the
ration.
Dr. F. I.aunson-Scribner, in the re.
port which furnishes these fade. does.
not recommend the flat pea where the
usual forage crops can be grown. He
says the land should be prepared for
receiving this crop the same as for
wheat or corn, although it is claimed
that the fiat pea will grow in regions
or in soils where these crops will not
succeed, The young plants usually .come
to the surface within three weeks from
planting and during the first season
make a small growth, 10 or 12 inches
perhaeas. The lend during this beacon
shcnies be kept free from weeds and the
vines cultivated. The second year the
growth is more vigorous, and during
the third year the plants attain their
full size.
In the gulf states the vegetation is
perennial, but in the latitude of Wash-
ington the plants die down in the 'win-
ter, although they are quite resistant
to frost and are slow in starting in
spring. Their heaviest growth appears
to be during the months of duly and
August, and at this season the vines
make a dense mat, completely covering
the ground, often to the depth of three
or four feet. This tangled mass of vine.
is cut with difficulty and must be mown
with a scythe or cut with a sickle. The
vines, when cut, dry out readily, and the
making of the hay is a simple matter.
True to Nature.
Artist (showing picture) -Now, my
dear Gilmer, give me your candid opin-
ion of my wood nymphs.
Gilmer -Perfect, my dear boy. One
would actually think they were made
of wood.
The artist is thinking this compli-
ment over. -Tit -Bits.
The Spraying of Muskmelons. .
Experiments in spraying muskmelons
at the Ohio station leave the matter
about thus:
A limited crop of very early musk-
melons upon early soil may be grown
by transplanting. and harvested with-
out spraying; the later melons on such
vines are almost certain to be rendered
worthless by attacks of disease upon the
vines.
Late muskmelons or late yields from
early vines cannot be secured without
spraying for fungous diseases, and no
one can hope for success in this line
without great thoroughness in spray-
ing, beginning for southern Ohio as
early as July 20, and for northern situ-
ations not later than Aug. 1.
What has been stated applies also to
watermelons.
THE FOREST WORM.
Hard to Fight and Tory Destructive
to Forest and Fruit Trees.
The terrible invasion of forest
worms into. central New York has given
us an immense amount of extra work
when the battle has been fought out,
writes a New England Homestead cor-
respondent. But I ant sorry to say the
fight has gone by default in favor of
the worms in the majority, of orchards,
The mischief was increased by the pres-
ence in full numbers of the tent cater-
pillar. This can be easily disposed of
with fire, but the forest worms :Hake
no nests. They eat over a wide range
and eat clean. They travel from tree to
tree, and when you think them enb-
deed they turn up in double force else,
where, They first appear on plum, then
on apple, trees. But the battle to clean
these trees was hardly on when they
were found to be all over the maples.
The leaves soon looked like bits of rags
dangling from the limbs. The army
could be heard all night.
We killed with torch, with arsenical
spray, with kerosene spraying. But
paris green does little good. and kero-
sene must be used cautiously. I found
it necessary to go over all trees with
mittens soaked in kerosene and crush
the worms. They lay in great masses
on the limbs at noon, In this way by
half a dozen repeated 'killinge nay
grounds were kept nearly free of anis-
chief. Suddenly I found that they had
gone around and were coming in on the
other side. They had already terribly
defoliated any street maples. We climbed
and fought with gloves again and again.
This I have learned—that the worm
will not touch the Norway maples nor
Weise' cut leaved maple, and. as a
rule. they avoid the soft maples. They
do not attack catalpa or English elms
or persimmon or papaw and dislike
the pear and cherry. They attack furs:
ously apple. quince, plum, maple, elm.
asci and oak trees, They will invade a
raspberry patch if not watched, but do
not eat the blackberry or strawberry.
The sweet cherries they much prefer to
the sour. I conclude from my observa-
tions of all sorts of insects that the
Norway maple is our best street tree as
well as the grandest lawn tree in exist-
ence, When the worm entered my rasp-
berries, we resorted to band picking
every morning. My crops are safe, but
there are not a few who have lost all
their apples. It will very decidedly re-
duce the apple output far central New
York.
The Shape of the Haycock.
According to mention made in The
New England Homestead of a Danish
experiment, it was found that spread-
ing the grass or stacking it in the
usual cake shaped piles would not only
reduce its quality, but retard the proc-
ess of drying. "The making of tall;
long, narrow cocks.11 says the report,
"is the lead's characteristic teetcof mod-
ern
i o -
x ac
g che
ern haymaking: Some loss is, of course,,
unavoidable in bad weather and during
long spells of rain, but this will never
be so great as it might sometimes be
under the old method. The low, circu-
lar cocks of bay that one sees abundant
in the fields should not exist."
Sons Things Lime Will Do.
Rabbits, where they abound,: do much•.
damage to young cabbage, cauliflower,
etc. A little lime dusted on the leaves
occasionally in the morning while the
dew is on the plants saves them from
destruction. This is also effectual
against chickens who are partial to this
form of green food: It is a simple and
harmless agent for keeping the aspar-
agus beetle in check during the cutting
period. After that time a little parie
green mixed with it makes short work
of them, says John llobson in American
Gtardeniele
To Preserve Wagon Wheels.
Farm, Field and Fireside tells of a
method of preventing wagon wheels
from shrinking in dry weather, which
a North Carolina man says avoids the
COLLARS AND, BELTS: ,
Novelties la Girdle* and Decide*.
Bicycle Suit.,
Collars of velvet are embroidered with
gold or steel beads or colored spangles,
according to the gown they are accom-
panying. They are finished with a tall
of bead fringe.
A novelty its belts is at leather, with a.
design burned upon it in the same way
that furniture, frames and wooden orna-
ments are decorated. The designs for
belts are eery finely burned and are
usually of a floral (ataraeter. The fasten-
lug for the belts is a plain, tongue.
buckle covered with leather.
Large. old fasbiined brooches which
have been lain aside as out of date may
now be utilized as belt fasteners, taking
the place of a butkte. The belt of rib-
ntGrci.R t:rose:7de.
boa, velvet or other material is provided
with a fastening of hootts and eyes, and
the brooch is pirated on the outa:tde, et
a regular ii'ueele arrangement is desired,
however, a bar and elasp attaebment
are easily ad -hid by a jeweler to •any
barge brooch wbie'li has a metal rim..
A picture is given of a bis ;cele suit of
gray covert elrh. The divined skirt is
flashed- with ti scants "f nears of stitching.
'rhe bolero is tight ane! -double breasted,
the front being eeel:mated in a rounded
tab and fastened with rix large horn but-
tons. The coat roller, rever:a, cults and
all the edgos aro finished whit etitehing.
[ender the baler.) is a White shirt waist.
with pint: diets, with a high collar and.
Nitric cravat. The blaek straw bat i$
trimmed with Wee satin and a gray
feather. JUDrc CIIOLr.ET.
BATHING SUITS.
The ,Amerlean Snits Prettier Thea*
the 1' reneh.
`.Cite remelt idea of a bedding suit is
quite different from the model accepted
iu America. Th' Frenchwoman, • for
once, makes a gag of herself, wearing
t'i,ut c're, wleb b extend half way down
Winn the knee to the ankle, a scant skirt
which falls ouly a IiftIe below the hips,
and eschewing steetticin;s altogether. A.
more awkward looking arrangement can
hardly be imagined. The bodice part,
TARRING A. WAGON WHEEL.
necessity of having tires reset and in
this way soon saves itself in blacksmith
bills besides preserving the wagon.
The trough, shown in the illustra-
tion, is made of sheet iron. In it be
puts a supply of pine tar, which is
heated over a fire to a boiling beat. The
wheel is then jacked np, the trough
placed under it and the wheel lowered
Ito that the tar will cover the felloes.
The wheel is then slowly turned in the
tar, which fills every nick and crevice
in the wood and between the wood and
tire, thus making it impervious to
moisture or air. With a brush the hub
is also treated with a coat of tar, and
if the wagon is old the spokes also in
lien of paint.
Know the Sugar Beet.
To the farmer Special Agent Taylor
of the agricultural department says:
"Make the acquaintance of the sugar
beet. Grow it, feed it and encourage
the sugar industry. The sugar beet is
extending to farmers who live in the
right localities the most friendly greet-
ing of any product I know of that can
be grown on the farm. It is the feeding
valve of the beet. and especially of
the pulp, that ie going to make the
sugar beet industry master of the situ-
ation ad compared with the cane sugar
industry."
Agricultural Brevities.
The pea canning industry is of con-
siderable importance in southern Dela-
ware. The varieties of peas most large-
ly nixed for canning are Alaska, Blue
Beauty and French Cannot. Advance
and Market Garden are canned to a levee
extent. Three general systems of sow-
ing are in vogue among growers—
broadcasting, the 18 inch drill and the
widerow systems.
The green worm on cabbage can be
destroyed by dusting with pyrethrum
or by means of hot water at a tempera-
ture of 140 degrees or 160 degrees, de-
livered forcibly by means of a garden
syringe, says Vick's.
Medium late cabbage may be trans-
planted the latter part of June and the
winter cabbage proper daring July.
New England Homestead reports a
abort hay crop as assured in the New
England states.
Professor Samson of the New. Hamp-
shire station says that in all their.
spraying experiments during the past
four or five years the bordeaux mixture
has appeared ter have but little if any
effect upon brown spot of apple foliage..
From six to seven cultivations of po-
tatoes have given best yields at the.
Cornell station in experiments 0011'
limed for four rear&
IILTHING COSTUME.
however, is often very prettily cut and
trimmed, and useful hints may therefore
be gained fromFrench suits.
the
The only way to keep even very tight
stockings on in the water is to wear cir-
cular garters above the knee. If a band
of wide elastic is run into the edge of the
trousers, it will not only serve as a garter,
but will keep the trousers and stockings
from separating, as they have a habit of
doing, during bathing.
The picture illustrates a bathing cos-
tume of brown serge. The skirt and the
edge of the short sleeves are trimmed
with bands of white braid. The bodice
is gathered to a pointed yoke, upon
which is applied a star shaped trimming
of thin white flannel. There is no collar.
The belt is of wide white braid, tied at
the side. Junto CHo1.ztT.
Crocodile, Steak.
Some of the old Egyptians were fond
of crocodile steak. They thought wheat
and barley poor stuff. The Egyptians,
moreover, never ate beans or the head of
any animal. Honey and raisins they low-
ed and elso likea fight quailand dud&