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:walks, on the floors or steps of public .,., i...â€"._n... SHORT DRESSES. The short wool skirt is conVenient for walking and also when driving, 843 it is never in the way When the wearer gets in or out of a carriage or needs both hands with the reins. If it is not too short it is not unbecom- ing. A writer tells how to make a short skirt properly as follows: The material should be selected and the cutting and making done with as much care as for that of any skirt in the Wardrobe. First of all, a mater- ial that is not too heavy should be chosenâ€"for too much weight is Wearying to. the flesh. The doubleâ€" !aced goodsâ€"not too heavyâ€"are the most desirable, three and a half or four yards being ample, which should be sponged before making. The pat- tern for cutting should depend some- what on the figure of the wearer. These are the circularâ€"graceful for a slender woman but with the tend- ency to sag at the sides; the nar- row front breadth and the circular sides; the wide front breadth, with two pieces having the side seams quite directly over the hips, which is said to prevent the sagging; and the five gored skirt,*which gives the chance of shaping well over the hips ‘ for those inclined to stoutness. No other skirt demands more exact fitting than any one of these at the top. Three and one-half yards are amply sufficient for the width at the bottom. The length, which, correct- ly, is three or four inches from the floor, according to the use for which fit is to be put, should be arranged after the skirt is mounted upon the belt, as that is the only way to get a precise and even adjustment of the length. ri'.‘oo much emphasis cannot, be placed upon this point, as a short skirt, hanging with billowy‘ uneven- ness, is most unpleasantly conspicu- ous. The finish at 'the bottom is af facing, five or six inches wide, of the material, sometimes placed on the outside, but more generally on the in- side, showing the plaid or plain acâ€" cording to taste, and with a number of rows of stitching. Make the bloomers or knickerbockers of either silk, brilliantine, mohair or heavy lawn. Corsage of pastel green cashmere. Vest and yoke of cream lace and (mousseline. It is trimmed with black velvet ribbon at the edges of fronts, and also around yoke in back and over the shoulders. velvet. Sleeves cut with pointed cuffs. Material required, cashmere, 40 inches Wide, 2 yards. THE SPITTING IIABI'I‘. :Boys should early be taught the heinousness of the offense of spitting, both from the basis of decency and danger to public health. It is much easier to prevent the formation of a habit of this kind in a boy than to correct it in a man, and herein lies the mother’s part in the warfare against spitting. _ No extension of- woman's rights is necessary to make mothers :1 power in this neglected realm. All that is required is return to a duty once faithfully dischargedâ€"but in the rush of modern life neglectedâ€"the vigilant maternal supervision of boys during the years in which their habits are formed. The boy who is taught that to spit on the hearth, the stepsâ€"anywhere about the houseâ€"is aninfrin‘gement upon the rights of the family that will not be tolerated is not likely as a man to infringe upon the rights of the public by spitting upon the ,side- Collar of black buildings. or in the cars. _ In Use meantime, however, there is ’1 a generation of full-grown, active spdtters to be reckoned with in the in- terest of the public health, and it is in the opinion of those who have given careful attention to the' matter that these can be reached more ef- fectively by the dissemination of knowledge upon the subject than by city ordinance or law. EVERGREEN VINES. The winter honeysuckle is a climbâ€" ing vine with heavy dark green foliâ€" age. If trained, and vines fastened ilt will go to the top of your house. There are three varieties, white, pink and yellowâ€"all three being nearly as fragrant as the tuberose The " running winter ivy," makes a finer shade than the honeysuckle, and is less trouble to manage as it requires no training or fastening ' of vines. Its nature is to cling and climb and spread fan-like until the whole side of your house is compdetely cov- ered, no matter how high! it may be; this also has a dark foliage, but no bloom or fragrance. Either or both do most admirably for house, porch or cemetery shade, and the best of it all is that both vines seem} to be absolutely frost proof Both are hardy and easy of propa- gation; put your coverings in apan of damp earth, covering all excepting the two ends, and they. commence to sprout at once, Iif you order roots or cuttings from friends, to be sent by mail or otherwise, caution them to send the kinds we name, as the othâ€" ers would only be a half pleasure to you, while these would be a perfect delight. STRAWBERRY SEORTCAKE. One pint flour, one-half teaspoonful salt. one large tablespoonful butter, one heaping teaspoonful, baking pow-‘ der, half pint‘sweet milk. Mix into a soft dough, with a spoon, and. bake in well-heated oven for about fifteen minutes. Put the dough in a but- tered round pan with straight sides about eight inches in diameter. Before mixing the cake have two quarts berries, hulled and, if neces- sary, washed and Well drained of wat- er. When the cake is done break ill in two parts or layers with a. silver fork, butter the inner part of the bottom of the cake and cover it well with strawberries, crushed a little and well sugared. Then put on the other half, brown part up. Butter this well and cover thickly with the rest of the strawberries and sugar ' them well. A little meringue put en ‘ the top layer first will hold the berries in place and make the cake look bet- ter. Eat the cake while warm with plenty of sweet cream. If cream is not to be obtained try this sauce, which is as old-fashioned as this kind of cake: Mix butter and sugar to- gether just as for hard sauce for pud-; dings. Melt this and add to it'straw, berries- that have been crushed and broken into a pulp or rubbed through a colander. Put in a sauce boat and serve warm. Last, let me urge the necessity of using the best butter for cake and sauce, and do not try to make it too early in the season, as the berries have no flavour, and so the cake will be a dis- appointment instead of an absolute pleasure. The quantity here given is .about enough for three or four per- sons. Ins Roundabout Way. A man was going home to his wife and family. It was growing dark. His road from the~statlon was a. lonely one, and he was getting along as fast as he could when he suddenly suspect- ed that a man behind him was follow- ing him purposely. The faster he went the faster the man went until they came to a graveyard. “Now,” he said tohimself, “I’ll find if he’s after me.” And he entered the churchyard. The man followed him. Vague visions of revolvers and garroters grew upon him. He made a detour of a splendid mausoleum. Still the man was after him, round and round. At last he turned and faced the fol- low and asked: “What the dickens do you want? What are you following me for?” “Well. sir, do you always go home like this? I .am going' up to Mr. Brown’s house with a parcel, and the porter at the station told me that if I’d follow you I should find the place, as you live next door. Are you going home at all tonight?” FOR HIS HEALTH. I don’t understand him. He revers- es the usual rule and openly asserts that he is in politics for his health. . Well, if you analyze the statement, that’s all right. How so? Why, he believes .that luxurious living is conducive to health. Well? And money is necessary for luxuri- ous living. There you have it in a ‘ nutshell, but not least, ‘ ~ HINTS FOR THE. FARMER. ~ WHAT SUN‘FLOVV'ERS, ARE GOOD FOR. Somebody who claims to speak from practical knowledge has made out the following lists of valuable pro- ducts that can be extracted out of the smnflower. 1. Oil from the seed. 2. The seed cake. This is the residue left from the seed after the oil 13 extracted. It could be used as a food for cattle; also the heads and seeds, if chopped», up together, can be used as ensilage. C3. The seed alone is an excellent food for poultry. A yel- low. dye is made from‘ the blossom. 5. The flowers produce very fme honey and wax. In England one or two farmers ,make nearly $200 ayear from honey alone. 6. The fibers from the stalks. By treating it like flax, fine, ilky fiber can be obtained in large quantities. The Chinese use it to a great extent in their silk fabrics. 7. .Potash from stalks. 8 The stalks are used as fuel. DRY‘ FOOD FOR HOGS. ’A hog’s time is worth nothing, so let him earm his living by the sweat of has jaw. Some will argue that hogs will put on morefat with the same food if they can eat with “the least exâ€" ertion and then lie :down. But how about digestionl, (They'- will drink it down and. often be compelled to drink more water than they :need in order to get the necessary solids. Then, again, it' will pass through them undigested, and will be quite a loss in this direc- tron. Of course, you need not put so much. water, in, but just dampen it. But by this way they will sxvallow it down in large, mouthfuls, and the diâ€" gestion is no better. Let them eat it dry and they will chew: it and mix it with. saliva, and then itis ready to do the most good. â€"â€" ,COIMPOSTIIN G HOGJ MANURE. Manure from; hJogs ought always to be composted and mixed with other excl emcnt to for ment. The excrement from pugs, does not heat readily, and when drawn on the land to be spread thinly before being plowed under it will not ferment sufficiently to do much: good the finst season. If mix- ed with the excretinetnt from horses the faults of. each; help to correct these of "the other. Horse excrement heats too. rapidly and is liable to fire- faulg or be burned in the heap, leaving not-hung but the ash as manure. Some farmers make ahog yard back of their stables, allowing this hugs to root over the pixies of house manure which are thrown out from grain-fed horses. If the horses are fed on. whole grain this hogs will get thus a good deal of th‘eur keep, and on rooting over the horse manure their own excre- ment will be mixed with. it. . VVIHICH BREED. In discussing breeds Hloard's Dairy- ‘matn says: It is not a question of Jerseys or Gmelrnseys or Holsteilns (Ayrsh'lres or natives at all. It is sim- ply a question of cows. Quantity counts just the same as quality in milk, and; quality in milk is just, as Important as quaintity in the making of cheese. In; other words, the total amount of {fat in the milk is as good- ameasure of its oheesem'aking value as Is possible to have. Now, them, the best‘chleese cow is necessarily the best butter cow, and the best butter cow is necessarily the best cheese cow. It does not follow, however, that at all times it is advisable to make extra rich milk into cheese, because there are times when more money can be got out. of it by making it into butter. LON Gâ€"KEEPIN G BUTTER. Keep-mug butter for aconsidetmbie length of time is not so mime-l in VOgIUJS as formerly, and is practiced only to relieve a flooded market or to take advantage of a rise in price. The strongest demand is for fresh but- for. The keep-lug quality of butter depends largely on the ripening of cream, and the skill of the butter maker in removing the bluvttcrmilk. If ripening and rinsing are well done, butter tubbed carefully and covered with salt should not deteriorate much un several months’ cold storage. The use of preservatives other them cold as heartily condemned. Chemiâ€" cals that promote keeping quality are dangerous adultem‘nis. If, the three Cs of dairying. are observed, v12. cleanllness, care and cold, the. keeping quality will be equal to any reason~ able demand. ‘ ZREGlU-LAR FL‘O\V OF MILK. Unless the ‘cows are so managed as to yield the greatest quantity of (milk possible, everylefforh will be in vain to maintain a. regular flow of milk. 130 a very considerable extent the ‘ manner of. keeping a cow regular in her production, and this in a large degree regulates her profitableness. It Is therefore essential : that her management be such‘ as 'will best maintain the, best possible resulfs in 'lek production, ' . Vi ‘ ~â€"__.__.__ _‘ SCOUTS OF THE SKY. P!" Perils of (‘01. Templer, l}uglui|d's"ll'::nmus lxpcrt “’1”: War Balloons. Wonderful and thrilling has been the experience of 001. James Templer, who brought the English war balloon service to its present point of per- fection. While, to be exact, " Col. Templer wasn’t born in a balloon, yet the greater part of his life has been passed in the air. As a boy at Har- row he was a balloonist, and at Cam- bridge he Was the only undergradu- ate who kept a balloon. A's a. lad he knew all the great aeronauts of Eng- land, and he was one of the first men in the world to make a. descent in a parachute. While London sleepsâ€" if a great city can be said ever to sleepâ€"he has made more than a hundred trips over the city in free balloons. That there is some. excite- ment in these trips can be imagined from the fact that he once missed hitting the clock of Westminster tower by only a yard. Col. Templer Wears a lot of war medals, but these have nothing to do with the scar across the lower part of his face. One time as he and a brother officer were about to make an ascent a sudden squall struck the balloon, just as it began to rise, with fearful velocity. The balloon‘ was carried against the sharp top iron rail of a gasometer, and all the ropes on one side of the balloon were cut through completely. Thus the car swung sideways and downward. Templer’s companion was thrown out ‘ and killed, and all the loose contentsl of the car were thrown out. Col. Templer was thrown against the iron rail and his cheek laid open. The balloon whirled violently round and round as it shot upward, and the tangle of ropes twisted around Tern; pler, holding him fast as he lay in the, car in a faint and ” DRENCHED IN BLOOD. ‘ Heavenward the balloon bounded, unâ€" til, according to the instruments that were lashed to the car, it reached the height of 24,000 feet. When Templer recovered consciousness he was al- most choked by the rarified air, and, as if this was not enough, one of the ropes was twisted around his neck. Releasing him$elf from this rope, he painfully and with great effort man- aged to climb up to the ‘valve and let out the gas. This exertion was too much for him and he fainted again, and‘when the balloon reached the earth he had to be cut out of the ropes. Another companion Col. Templer had with him in an ascent neverhas been heard from since the day they started up together. He was a mem- ber of parliament named Powell, and for an amateur he was an able aeron-l aut. In a big and powerful balloon they were thousands of feet in the air, when they came in sight of Wey- mouth and the sea. POWell pointed out a mansion of a friend whom they intended to “drop in” upon and see. Templer prepared for a rapid descent, for the sea was alarmingly near. The balloon descended at great speed, and the plan was for both to jump as soon as she touched the earth. Tem- pler jumped and was stunned for a time, but Powell hesitated an instant too long. The balloon, suddenly re- lieved of a good part of its weight, shot upward with Powell in the car, and the airship drove out to sea. Yachts, specially chartered steamers, and even war vessels, were sent out to look for the runaway balloon, but nb‘t a trace of it could be found. The last glimpse caught of the balloon it was heading toward Spain, though of course upper air currents might have sent it in another direction. But in a remote part of the mountains of Spain a long time afterward certain parts of a balloon gear were found, and thabis all that is known of the fate of Powell. Until the Czar’s peace conference in The Hague decided otherwise, Col. Templer was experimenting on drop- ping powerful explosives from balâ€" loons. These would tear great holes twelve feet square in the SOlid earth. Once one of these explosives burst un- der the balloon, and again Templer had a. narrow escape from death. -.._._.__..g‘._. .___.,,._ ' Rev. Nowell D, Hillis, whose with- drafwai from the Presbyterian church has excited so much comment, owns what‘ is sairl‘to be the best private library iii Brooklyn. 1. mm. BUT THEY BROUGi-lT VICTORY ill 9!!" Nelson Thus Won Ills Fight at (‘open- llazanOIlicr Instances Showing That ' Strict Compliance With Instructions Would Have Itcen Falal. Literal obedience to the military. orders of the General commanding an army in battle has always been con- sidered a soldier’s duty. By soldier is not only meant this man in the ranks, but the officers in command of a regiment, a brigade, a division are corps, as the case may be. DISCIPLINE REQUIRES IT. Obedience to orders issued from the head-Mummers of the comma nder responsible for the plan .of battle has ever been regarded as the first duty of those .suvbordinate in rank, but in charge of separate units of the whole. Disobedience to orders emanating from such authority during the stress of conflict is a. crime punishable with either death or Countâ€"martial, the sev- erity depending upon the loss sustain. ed or the seriousness of the 'resul’t due to a noncompliance with the orders received. on record, however, which: go to show that the officer in supreme command, not having all the details of a vast field of operations well in hand, or per- haps misjudging the situation, or, again, acting upon misleading infor- mation, has given such orders to a subordinate having command of an important number of troops and hold- ing a position of great value, which, if they had been implicitly obeyed would have entailed disaster and the very result desired would have been? impossible to accomplish; t-hus ‘ tum. ing a possible victory into defeat. IT TAKES NERVE TO DISOBEY. How Nelson received the order to re treat given by Sir Hyde Parker at the battle of Copenhagen is one of the most stirring episodes of history. When it was communicated to him that the signal to leave off action had . been hoisted on the Admiral’s ship, the London, he turned to Captain Foley. who was standing at. his side, and ex». claimed: "Foley, you know I "have only one [eye I have aright to be blind some- 'timesl" Then, raising his telescope to his blind eye,,he added: "I really do not see the signal 1” ' Truly it is an ill wind that blows no one any good, for the hero’s blindness on that day placed a glorious victory to England’s credit. AT. WATERLOO. When, during the terrific onslaught of the cavalry at Waterloo, Wellington Igave orders that certain batteries were to be abandoned and that the men were to take refuge within the squares, Captain Merch ordered those under his command to stick to their guns. They ' obeyed, and with such success was their courage crowned that they repulsed three charges of the Horse Grenadiers with so great ai slaughter that! on the marrow the position they had held could be ascerâ€"E tained by the vast heaps of slain that lay around. DALHOUSIE AT VITTORIA. At Vittoria, in 1813, \Vellington sent directions to Lord Dalhousie to ad- vance with the Seventh Division, Sllpr- ‘ ported by the Fourth and Sixth, and attack the bridge. The Ald-de-camp, to whom was instructed the delivery of the order, chancing to pass Gen- eral Picton, inquired of him whether he had seen Lord Dalhousie. _ “N0, Sir," answered Picton; "but have you any orders for me ?” The other rep-lied in the negative. “Then [ray,-sir, what orders do you bring i” And on the aide-deâ€"cam‘p telling him their purport he added with extreme hauteur: “You may tell Lord Wellington for me, sir, that the Third Division under my command shall, in less than 10 minutes, attack the-bridge and carry it, and that the Fourth and Sixth Divisions may support me if they choose.” Then, with a shout of “Come on, yo rascals! Come on, ye fighting villiansi" he put himself at the head of his men and gulloped forward to redeem his promise. REFUSED T0 RETREAT. Although Colonel â€" afterward Sir Henryâ€"Hardinge cannot be said at Albuera to have acted in direct con- travention to orders, his assumption of command at a time when the commander of the allied armies, Gen. eral Beresford, had virtually ordered a retreat, would, but for its resultant success, have entailed on him serious consequences. ' ' As it was, by ordering Generals Cola and Abercrombie to advance with their divisions he, completely changed thc‘fortunes of the day, and, by driv. ing the French before him down the bill, converted an almost certain as. feat into a brilliant victory. There are many instances~ wâ€"mmm