fi CHANGES
HI STOCK.
SUnaller Hun and QiiUir PiaBf SWa
t .. New Demanded;,,.:, . ,
The law of the survival f the fittest
- holds good In every Ungrfnm mineral
vegetable and animal, ' What was the
-fittest a few yeara ago is, unfit now,
tpid. In accordance with: this law of
shifting necessities, we find that wlth-
ln our memory the whole " gamut of
cattle has been. ran through in sup
plying the larder. with beef. ": ...
Not many years -ago the ponderous.
steer bred on the western prairies was 4
iu oest selling Deer .animal in the
world. He was wanted by exporters, by
batchers, by cattle connoisseurs and
by gourmands. To be In prime condi
tion It was essential that he be four
years old and weigh from 1,000 to 2,000
pounds.
The demand now Is, for a younger
and fatter animal, something through
Which the porcelain teeth of- the age
can sink without effort. To be highly
prized and priced this young animal
should be two years old or under,
should weigh 1,000 pounds and must
have been fed for the market from the
day he was calved. The more, blood
he has In him of these now fashionable
breeds and the sooner af ter birth he is
In condition to be put. on the market
.tjtt better forjhp pockets of the breeds
era.
t Tfee profits of the growers on such
11
teers are greater than on the eld style
&uur;earviuR. ioa iwv-ycnr-vxx ma
tures sooner, sets fat quicker the bet
' ter his blood the quicker he fatten
and, whUe he weighs about SO per cent
less than his predecessor, his cost -per
. pound Is much less also.. The breeder
has the expense of his feed and "car
for only half the time he had Ma pred
ecessor's, one Item In cost of raising
which more than compensates for his
leaser weight It is the breeder's max'
im that the quicker an animal can be
put in condition for the block the
greater the proportionate profits. Good
breeding, careful feeding and early ma
turity are very essential to success ia
Cattle breeding. It Is well for the
breeder to remember that competition is
sharper and prices fewer than in for
mer times and that economy In those
Items of greatest eot food and time
should be considered In meeting the
"demands of the market ' A' steer caft
jp f e4 to a weight of 1,000 pounds
cheaper than It can be fed to a weight
of 2,000 pounds, and, while the immedi
ate profit la smaller. It will come quick
er. Again, the profit on two well bred
wo-year-olds Is larger than on one of
.the old style four-year-olds.
- This argument presupposes that the
'breeder has a good animal to start
iirlth. Scrubs pay poorly at best and
often do not pay. at all. The price of
the coarse grains and feedstuffs Is low,
Jbut to give it to a poor animal ia al
most like putting salt in a sieve, while
to feed it to one of good blood is to use
our five talents to make five other
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the farmer will have had the addi
tional great advantage Of a supply of
manure which will bring very tangible
profits In increased crops. B. Russell
Is Farm Journal.
' Salt For Hob.
I have fed salt to hogs for years,
says a writer In Breeder's Gazette,
Chicago. Hogs require salt the same
as any other animals. It Is best to
feed It with ashes of coal. It keeps
worms out keeps the . stomach from
souring. To hogs that have never bad
alt give only a little at a time, for
otherwise they 'will take too much at
once. It will kilt mem If they get toe
much and afterward too much' water.'
After they become accustomed to It
there Is no danger. Dirt and salt six
ed Is good In winter when hogs are In
pens and cannot get to the ground.: A
little bit of salt for chickens is bene
ficial
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THE SWINEHERD.
Give the hogs plenty of charcoal and
ashes, with salt once a week.
Good .feeding consists In giving as
much as the hog will eat r
Keep plenty of clean water within
reach of your hogs at all times.
A healthy sow can be bred within a
week after her pigs are weaned.
A sow should never be market fat
when bred.
Slops made of middlings and skim
milk, with alfalfa or clover hay, la ex
cellent ration for suckling sows. :
A brood sow should be long and
straight In body, with plenty of room
around the flanks.
A hungry hog will gobble down
most anything you give him,, bat that
la no sign that he Is getting the right
kind of food to make htm f at
To feed one day and starve the next
ia sure to produce rough and uneven
hogs, and they will be slow gathers un
der such treatment
Some sows exhibit a sagacity and
care of their young that Is almost hu
man. If you possess one of that kind,
keep her as long as she will breed.
Some sows are profitable breeders un
til they are ten years old.
Feed the hogs so that they will not
leave anything on the floors or lose
their appetite.
. Do not keep brood sows too fat says
the Farm Journal. You are in danger
of losing both the sow and pigs If
yon do.
The quality of pork depends some
what on the care and cleanliness of the
feeding quarters.
The older the pig the more It costs
per pound to put on flesh.
It Is a mistake to keep one boar for
thirty or thirty-five sows, says the
Farmers Advocate. Twenty is enough.
The very moment you discover one
of the herd ailing cat him out and
quarantine them. Prompt action may
prevent the spread of serious disease.
Aurora THS laUSE.
uMssttsej -'.Far ;
i J pistia Help.
" A sensihb wiggestion "is that of
making a jrorkJiag rata toe sewing
implements. -on the outside ol the
bay instead ol : tne inside. When
spoolsf -needlebobk. i scissors, and
otb.ee articles are carried inside the
bag they are invariably getting mix
ed np with; the work and are hard
to find when wanted. To finally
gain possession of a particular spool
of thread it is generally necessary
to dump the entire1 contents of the
bag out into one's 'apron and then
patiently- put the things all back
again. , If toe different articles need
ed for sewing were suspended from
the rim of the bag by ribbons they
would not only be accessible when
wanted, hut would leave more room
inside the bag for the work. This
plan would not .make it impossible
to carry the bag on the street when
about to start for a thimble party;
the ribbons with: the different ob
jects attached-to ' them could be
dropped inside the bag.
He -Water For Medical Purposes.
Hot water has far more medical
virtues .than many believe. Because
is -- easily procured many think
it yeluetegs..' - "TJb.erea nothing that
so promptly cuts short congestion
of the lungs, sore throat or rheu
matism as hot f water applied"
promptly and thoroughly. Head
ache yields to frequent application
ol hot hrater t the feet and back
of the neck. A towel wrung out of
hot water and held to the face will
generally give relief in neuralgia
and toothache. A napkin wrung out
and put around the neck of a child
suffering from croup will sometimes
bring relief in ten minutes. A tum
blerful of hot water taken in the
morning half an hour before break
fast will help cases of stomach trou
ble. Very hot water will stop dan
gerous bleeding, Housekeeper. -
Te Take Out Paint
Equal parts of ammonlS am tur
pentine will take paint out of tooth
ing, no matter how dry or hard it
may be. 'Saturate the spot two or
three times, then wash it out in
soapsuds. A tablespoonful of oxalic
acid dissolved in a pint of hot water
will remove paint spots from the
windows, four a little in a cup and
apply to the spots with a swab, but
te sure not .to allow the acid to
touch the hands.' Brasses may be
quickly cleaned with it. Great care
must be taken in labeling the bottle
and putting it out of the reach of
children, as it a deadly poison.
To. Remove Iron fturt.
Make a solution of tartaric acid
by dissolving one teaspoonful of the
powder in one-half a cupful of wa
ter. Dip the spots of rust in this
and hang in the sun a few minutes.
It will disappear as if by magic . If
the rust is of long standing a second
application of: the solution may be
' - iisi rm-!'rui
necessary or even fi ixura. . xuirn wyi
remove all the color, so it can only
be used on white goods. It ia harm
less to the fabric, is a vegetable
acid and acta like lemon, only it ia
much more powerful.
A Mendlno Bevloe.
TtTVan a. Tin nr W nrmeere in a
dress do not patch or sew together,
but use the following hint, which
is a very good one: Cut a piece of
mending tissue the size of the rip
or tear, also a piece ox material to
match the garment of the same
size. Place the garment on the
wrong side and over the rip or tear
place first the . piece of material,
then the mending tissue and press
with a hot iron.
- r Household- Hints
A pint milk bottle makes a first
rate pestle ia the absence of an. or
dinary one. - K
If aprons are always hung up by
the strings instead of by the middle
of the front they will not be so lia
ble to become torn and wrinkled.
If the china gets a rust spot on it
rub the place with a eloth .dipped in
salt. It works like magic and does
not scratch the china as a scouring
soap would do.
Care of Volatile Oils.
Cleaning compounds are always
dangerous. ' Never -use - benrine,
gasoline or other like fluids in any
room in which there is a light or a
fire. These oils are extremely vola
tile, and their fumes catch fire at
a great distance, the flames travel
ing back to the source. , Explosion
and scattered fire are the results.
To Avoid Flraa,
Never drape a mantel near a
stove, and be careful that no por
tieres or curtains are so hung that
they can blow against the stove,
Many fires are due to carelessness
in this.
For the Eyalashea.
Strain strong sage tea, add a
teaspoonful of alcohol to a pint of
the tea -and apply it to the eye-
! lafihps with a onf VitiicVi nnra a Aav
to darken them and stimulate their
growth.
Women Da tna Weoiag aod JNeUthej
.The powers freer' extended ;tb 7
women' of Zuni are many, being par J
tieularly favorable to them in do-:
niestlc matters and everything per-':
taming to the home. These pecu- :
liar liberties are manifest beforar . ,l,,0,,ta Bd Cultivation Ban-
marriage as. weUaa1 after, for tha.f ' Ti:v.
alleged privileges of leap year hold Jf'J?'?,?
rule continuously mZunilaid. When ww" mvmpaS;r, ne
t Ay tK- fK- eaarT to maintain shallow cultivation
vuv- v vxxv vaA u.gu nvi a wav a maw .
takes an amorous liking for a young
man she frankly confesses it, and
her parents are- informed of her
choice of a prospective husband. If
phey approve, the interesting -information
is imparted in due time to
his family, and if the as yet perhaps
unsuspecting subject of the selec
tion, is suited, in turn he makes,
through the mutual parents, an en
gagement to visit his admirer at
her home. He is received some
what formally by the maiden and:
her family when something like the
following laconic conversation en
sues between the voune ' neonle.
while the father and mother, with
the other members of the household, j
sit aparlf amiably pretending not to
listen : - -
"Thou comest," she says.
"Yes. How be ye these manv
days? he answers.
"Happy,: Gather and sit": And
she motions him to a seat near her. !
As a never failing hospitality on i
the part of the hostess when' a' Via-!
itOr enters a Zuni home she places" ;
food before him and bids him !
"loosen his belt and lessen his hun,- j
ger. But he appears; preoccupied
and partakes quite sparingly to give I
favor of a prospective husband.
"Thanks. 1 am aatisned," he
says after dining off little more
than a bird's rations. .--.
'Eat enough. : You must have
come thinking of something. What
have you to say?" she asks encour-
1 dont know."
"0b,. yesyou do. Tell me," she
coyly persists.
"I m thinking of you," in a whis
per.
Indeed! You must be mis
taken."
"No.'V
"Then do you love nf
"I lpve you."
"Truly?"
"Truly:" ' ;:' '. '
'Tossiblyl We shall see. What
think you, father?" as she turns in
apparent perplexity to the f amity
group.
As you wish, my child, her
parent, replies.
She then appears to ponder the
matter, for, the. first time, and after
due consideration of the momentous
question consents to become, bis. yi-
lu-kia-ni-na,- or ."his to -be, and
from that time on, they are. as de
voted to each other as are lovers in
any clime:-PearsonJa Weekly. .
Vast Slds of a CaMetsry,
Probably few, people know that
there is a choice side to every Cem
etery. Thus in some parts of the
world the eastern portion, without
regard to its situation, - is , alwai
deemed the most desirable-. bis
preference arise from the eld. tra
dition that Our : Lord will appear
from tile east.- JV tt also believed
that the tfead in feastexn TKirtion
wilt be the rise, -then those
in WiW, Western and norths
rn fii orutr. j-i In England it was
once the custom ' of laying felons
other bad characters- on the
irc-rth side of -the chureh.' -The cus
tom e-f laying the dead in a certain
direction is responsible for- the
Welsh designation for the east wind,
TThe wind of the dead men's feet."
. - ' in t i i ii i i '; 3 ...
. AatiqtHjr of tho Oyator. . .
; The oyster ia an old citixen. The
Roman satirist, Juvenal, sings ka
praises, and doubtless his flavor
was well known to Caesar, Augustus
and the other distinguished gentle
men of old Borne. It would not be!
pressing the case too far to assume
that Plato and his old friende, Soc
rates, Pericles and Phidias, and
the rest of the immortal sroun -who'
made 'Athens famous, knew whit 'it!
was to taste the '"defightful !bi
ralve." ' For that matter, the 'ac
cumulations of 'oyster sheila in .'the
kitchen middens of the' neolithic
age show that oysters wre -appreciated
for thousands of : jean beioB
either Home or 'Athens was heard
of.
iTImo'a CkanBo-
"I takes notice" pbilosotiically
said old Brother. Dinger, whb'was a
Seat hand to cogitate, "dat in dese
ys, whilst we are deas as glad as
we ever was when a sinnahTtef awma,
we don't make se much fuse about it
as we used to. We respects and in-
dawses his action -as much as we
ever did, but we -don't shout so loud.
Nowadays de prodigal bring along
his own calf, if be don't he's li'ble
to butt up ag'in ' disapp'intment.-
We's a heap mo' 'for solid business
dese times and 'lots less -for noise
dan we used to was, yasaah."
Kansas City Independent.
fellSlll
CELERY ' : METHODS.
between rows, not allowing the culti
vator teeth to come nearer the plants
than the edge of the mulch. Where no
mulch ia used the cultivation may be
carried a little closer to the plants, but
It, should be 'very shallow, and at no
time should deep cultivation be prac-
la-I aiiai.ooTst hossb ctmnvAToa.
ticed, as the roots are to fee found very
near the surface of the soli. If a mulch
Is used no hand, cultivation, will be re
quired either along, the sides or be
tween the plants in the row except to
pull any weeds that may spring up.
Where hi mulch la used tt will be
necessarr luthtlr to stir the surface
with -a-wlreel hoa or Iron rake to pre-
vent a crust beg formed after each
rata or watering; Keep the surface of
smooand hi no case allow
'P" earth , to remain near the
r Th. tM ,, ,n i
is a desirable type for working between
while the wheel hoe iltustrat
2 Is esoeciallv useful in cul-
tivating a small area of celery or for
stirring the soli close to the plants. If
TIO. II WHXBIi HOB
a crop of celery is in a good growing
condition the roots will be near the
surface. During a dry season the roots
will go deep into the soil In order to
secure moisture. This can be prevent
ed by keeping the surface of the soil
well stirred to a depth of not more
than two inches, forming a sort of dust
mulch, beneath which the moisture will
be drawn upward by capillary attrac
tion and prevented from passing into
the air by the presence of the loose soil
on topi. Under these conditions .the
roots will work near the moisture line,
and In addition to securing the requir
ed water they will also receive more
air and; Will Be at the point In the soil
where the natural preparation of plant
food la taking place most rapidly. Con
sequently a .huge growth and a better
quality will be produced. The effects
of a drought may'ln most cases be met
by frequent shallow cultivations, sup
plemented by the use of water, If avail
able, W. H. Beattle.
'Plant Food-Not 8tlmulanta,
Many farmers regard the plant food
In .stable manure aa the only kind of -real
plant -food they . can ttst white
the; regard commercial fertilisers aa
stimulants Instead of plant food. This
conception ia wrong. Commercial fer
tilizers contain real plant food, and
their nitrogen, phosphoric add and pot
ash do the same work in plant nutri
tion that Is done by the same constit
uents in Stable manure. : This wrong
Idea has probably come from- the mls.
use , Of- commercial fertlusera, when
proper tillage, soil, humus and, ettfer.
essentials were neglected- .
The use of commercial rertnraeT wsu
not unconditionally insure 'increase
of crop. Am previously pointed out, t
physical conditions of. wH&i 'tillage, cli
matic conditions all - B(lSt be taken
Into consideration. .?
Tne application (commercial far-.
tUisers cannot take'ihe place of thor
ough tillage of 'cWSps. Dr. Van Slyfce
In American Jfcgrlculturiet.
1 SunwriaV 'Faodirig. of Shoop. " ;.
, The semimeV feeding of sheep la not
dlfflcttlt. 7here is no other animal that
can B5intfted from field to field In
sumBysrito consume the weeds as can
aheep. Ahen handled In this way, they
-Wlllceep the fence corners clean. To
wJwit '.better use could you put your
weeds than to turn them Into mutton?
mdulree a grower - in Mew England
sfibmestead. But do not-overlook the
Pfact that they also enjoy- and thrive
upon good grass. In order to keep a
large number - on a small farm yen
should have small fields and. change
them often, for this gives them short,
tender grass, which they like best, and
also keeps them healthy by not allow
ing them to remain upon one pasture
too long.
- Nawtown Pippin.
This fine"apple is famous all over
the world, and it seems to do well in
all temperate climes. Yet it does not
appear aa often on fruit stands as the
larger, showier and Indifferent flavored
kinds of the Ben Davis order, remarks
Gardening. ' Possibly' the fact of its
taking longer -to come into beartng de
ters - some of the marketmen from
planting it. but that should be no rea
son for keeping it out of the home gar
den, where it has ail the attrlbntea of
a first class variety. -
T Jiaktha.lmHa -Oat the- Fewl
V" Without Shooting.
. ' A tribe. of Indiana had' come- for
their, annual trapping and hunting.
ana as l anew many of them 1 spent
several , days in their camp. One
bright, cool afternoon in October a
young buck said to me: "You. come,
me show how catch duck alive. ' No
shopti'- He gathered un a , bunch
of long dried grass, willow twigs
and leaves an4 beckoned me to. fol
low. We went nearly two miles to
the edge of a large lumber slough,
the banks of which for some dis
tance back were covered with willow
and other brush, t Cautiously and
noiselessly he made his way through
the bushes until a view of the: water
could be had, ourselves remaining
unseen,.; A large flock of butterballs
were swimming near the lower end
of the slough. Going back, he di
vested himself of blanket and what
little other wearing apparel he pos
sessed. Picking up the hay bundle,
which was built around a sort of
skull ' cap or head covering;' with
openings for the eyes, and adjusting
it on his head, he slipped silently
into the water. Getting in a,posi-
tion where I could watch him, I
witnessed the gradual floating to
ward the ducks of the small partly
submerged bundle of dried grass
and twigs, now stopping, ' turning
around, advancing a few feet and
then checking again,, naturally and
deliberately, as if moved by the cur
rent until it was in the midst t the
flock1 without exciting any suspi
cion 'on their part. ' Suddenly two
of their number were jerked under
water, the balance of the flock aris
ing with loud quacks and flying
away: In a minute or so the" In
dian emerged from the water, hold
ing a duck in each hand by the legs,
Bhook himself and, 'shifting his
hands, wrung the neck of first one
duck and then the other, threw
them on the ground and with the
Indian "Ugh," said : ' "Me got um.
Had to have." Forest and Stream.
Baby's Unconscious Charm. S
Members of the woman's club
were talking about babies.
"I like them when they're pret
ty," said the president.
. "I don't care especially whether
they are pretty or not if only they're
bright," said the secretary, who was
a literary woman.
The club hostess smiled benignly.
She Was a spinster and was there
fore without maternal prejudices.
It's all in the care of them," she
said. "I once had to take care of a
baby for two weekg It was without
doubt ' the homeliest baby I had
ever seen if any one may apply
that adjective to a baby and it
looked as dumb as an owl in the
daytime. It was thrust upon me
against my will, and I had the sole
charge of it. At - the end of ' the
two weeks I thought it was the
most beautiful thing on earth and
the smartest child that had ever
been born. When' its mother came
to take it away I felt deeply injur
ed." New York Press.
. An Odd Custom
An odd custom of great autwuity
still prevails in thelftwil of Oak
ham, in Eutlandshire, Bays the Ian
dee Advertiser fivery peer of the
realm paasing&ear the castle which
was built by Walkelin de FeWers.ts
expected to deliver a shoe from the
foot ftf one of his horses or 'to Ipay
a fiffe in default. The fiae (usually
takes the form of an ma)nlental
-horseshoe, often surmountiei 'by the
coronet of the peer pretfeSatog it.
3?he -total number of shsses at pres
ent in possession ol ilfce local au
thorities is 300, and among the most
valued are those presented by
Queen Elizabeth, King George IV.,
Queen Victoria nd Queen Alexan
dra. . .
,,' Whlskara.'
Whisker8w was a word formerly,
used to designate the hair on the
upper , lip. Scott more than once
speaks f "whiskers on the upper
Up," aid :so does Defoe' in "Kobinr,
son Crusoei" , Johnson defined ..a
"whisker" as "the hair growing on
the upper lip or cheek unshaven, a
mustaohio' It seems to have tak
en its name from a fancied resem
blance ;t0 a small brush, to "whisk''
protterly .meaning to sweep, and a
whisker having been a particular
kind' of feather brush; also, in the
slang of a former time, a switch or
irod. In the seventeenth century a
'"whisker" signified, among other
'things, a brazen lie, a "whopper."
Recipe For Qood Manners. .
(0f unselfishness, three drams;
f of the tincture of good cheer, one
ounce; of the essence of hearts
f ease, three drams; of the extract of
rose of Sharon, four ounces; of the
oil of charity, three drams and no
scruples; of the infusion of common
sense and tact, one ounce; of the
spirit of love, two ounces. The mix
ture, recommends Sabia A. Oliver,
in the London Gentlewoman, to be
taken, whenever there is the slight
est -symptom of selfishness, - exclu
siveness, meanness or I-am-better-than-jouneaa.
-
' ' , -- -,5-- .,s.t.-- . "
inks in ' irur-nutMrawa i
its Sjway Within . and Without ' the V--Thaatars
af Paria. ! . ii
happy idea of cointr to the theater."
writes one of them, he has to run i
the gantlet, of a rare collection, of v
nuisances . and ; plunderers. First
there is the crowd outside the thea
ter, and then there is another gang
inside. ' " ; ' i !. -?'.
"He must give one tip to thoj
coachman who drives him and an other
to the nimble person who
springs to open - the carriage door. ?
even .if, he opens it himself., Then ,
come. the flower girls and the ticket,,,
speculators and the programme ven
ders. They stand in his way and
importune him. . .He has almost to;
use violence.to rescue his coat tails
from their clutches. "
"At last the theater foyer swal
lows him up. He is saved from one
barking pack, but new persecutors
are ready. : There is, first, the re- -f
reshment counter attendant. Won't
he buy oranges? No, he won't.
m. ; 1 1 t A 1
iucu won y lie uujr vuuuy ior me iJ i
to eat between the acts, and so on -Next,
to thia plague comes, econd '.
the programme peddler only au
thorized.and. official programme,. of .
course and. . third, the onera. Aojul .
man."
ThSre is a f ourth, too, but the'
fAiiwfVi' fviTAv Aw ' Tla fma rtt 4 rA t
auiuiiu Utwi J.vra avaaw wuw nv- -
ter takes a great deal of space and '
ui temper w aescnoe it. one -is ins -ouvreUse,
the official box opener and
seat finder, the counterpart of the :
usher in New' York, but displaying
an itching palm ana a very unpieaa
ant ilifiTWMittnn whan rtt .aiA 4a tva
genial. The ouvreuse is the worst
parasite1 of; the Parisian; theater,;
and few indeed are they from whom i
she fails to draw bloocu ",
Her hand is not extended until "
the close of the performance, but
sne begins to get her nne work in
at once. Not that . she makes anw
pretense of finding the boxes or
seats that the tickets presented to
her call for. The kicker defies any '
one in Paris to come forward andi
swear that she ever found his place; "
for him. Nobody could make suchi
an affidavit without committing pen-
jury, he says. 5ut what she does ir
ab his hat and overcoat and walk- a
g cane. These she rocks up in a '
chamber of horrors which she calls
the cloakroom, and thenceforward
the victim is at her mercv. He can
not escape without paying tribute's
At is no wonder that the ouvreuse
devotes more attention to collecting:
her revenue than to seating the au-'
dience. It is a serious matter for
her. Not only has she to make her
living out of it, but she must also
TTiftkn Tin the nuota of "thfe house." .
In one theater the ouvreuse pays $
francs, or $1.40, a night for her
privilege. Sometimes it is more or
less, but always somewhere between
5 and 10 francs, except in two or
three of the best theaters, which
have tried -to reform the system.
One or two go so far as to pay a sal
ary, but even in these there is such
a pleading look in the poor woman
eyes as she surrenders one s ngnv
baggage that no man with a tender '
heart can keep hie hand out of his
change pockets .He. knows the wom
an is unoer neavy expenses, sne
must be expensively dressed in Up. I
to date lyle to keep her job.
Occasionally a man will re
volt. One tells how one June eve-
ft he went to a variety theeiter
ilione. He dodged the ouvreuse; afc
a busy moment, slipped dows the
aiala. fonml hia seat bv himaellf and;
sat down in it with an expression of:
unconscious innocence. As it was
warm, he had no overcoat, and he'
hid. his hat under the seat. All the
same, toward the end of the ..per-. ; .
xormance tne . ouvreuse appearev
with outstretched hand.
"What for?' he asked. i
"For service," she answered.
"What service?" -
"The customary service." '
"But you gave me none. Why
should I give yott anything?"
"Oh, pardon," she explained in a
good audible tone. ; "I did not rec
ognize that monsieur was a dead
head!" This brought him to time, and he
gave her a franc New York Sun,
.Making Panama Hate,
The panama hat industry is car
ried on in the departments of Cun-
oinaraarca,, xoiima, aiiuoqma ana..
Saptander, in the republic of Co- .
lombia, but mostly in the last
named department, where it is the ,
breadwinner to more than one-half
of .its population. There are no
regular lactones, but the hats are
hand woven by thousands of peasant
women in almost as many "house
holds and sold or traded in the lo
cal stores in exchange for provi
sions or articles of clothing, the hat
being in these regions a convenient
medium of exchange, the housewife
exchanging the product of her labor
for so many pounds of flour,, sugar,
etc.'-.Eanama hats are made .with
the, reins of fibers of a palm leaf .
tne tissues of which are scraped off ,
or combed in much the same way aa '
hemp. Baltimore Sun. s ..