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I A U Statue' of Washington at Caracas, Venezuela, erected, by Ozsrman Blanco

$tatuA of Bolirar. in the Monument to SgrrMerhn, the ' Plazp of the Inquisition, Lima, Argentine Patriot, at Boulogne Peru, France'

SETTIi OUT SHRUBS mm mm Fruit and Shade Trees Set in ! the Fail Are Usually Easier to Start. VINE CUTTINGS IN ORDER How to Raise One's Own Plants From the Seed — Roundabout the Farm. — — itUIT and shade trees may be set r»»J time If the soli Is In proper condition for the working. The I condition of the soli at the time U trees ore set has more to do with the success or failure of the "tree- than does the season of the setting. If the land is In good condition In the fall and the trees can he obtained, it Is better to set them than to wait aud run the risk of not having the soli In good condition later on. The land should be In a thorough state of cultivation und should be moist enough to work well when tho trees are set. If they are In good condition there Is no need of waterTrees set In early winter may be a lit- =

tie difficult to protect from rabbits, bu they ure usuully In better condition ti start growth In the spring than those tba have been heeled In all winter. Then are not so many poor trees sold in thi fall as In the spring, und for this reasot fall setting usually gives better result! than spring setting. Cuttings Can Be Made Now. Few people realise how simple a mntter It is to propagate grape vines, currants, gooseberries and most ornamental shrubs. If the work Is properly done, these plants may be readily propagated by means of cuttlnga made late in autumn after the leaves are off of the plants, but prefer-well-ripeued mature wood thut has grown during the preceding summer should be selected fur the purpose, all soft or Immature parts being discarded. The cuttings themselves should be made 6 to 10 Inches long and the base of each should he cut squarely Just below a bud so the bud is retained at the lower end. They should be tied up in bundles of convenient size, say loo to a bundle, their butts all one way, well shaken down so iib to stand level on n Hat table. They may then be packed In fresh, moist sawdust and he kept through the winter in a veins the soil ran be worked Tn7i>eforeThe bud* have begun to grow on them, the The rows should be about four feet apart, lo admit of easy cultivation, and the cuttings -honid lie set very firmly In the soil. S" lis lo leave :r.) ah- spaces about them. most bud is above the ground. Tliej should then be given clean cultivation and hoed to keep down all weeds during the summer, when usually an excellent growth of plants will he secured. Currants, gooseberries, the Marianne "r "'e barberry, aplrea, mock orange, privet. most varieties of shrubs, willows.^ poplars and some other varieties ^ . "8I"' 1 Growing Shade and Forest Trees. • 'elng set out or advocated for forest t planting. borne are really only fit for treeless 1 regions, where wood of some kind Is t wanted quickly and not for lumbering pur- " , P"8es, such us forest planters have In s view. Of these-flrewood trees they may b lie called— the fast growers arc liox elder, a poplars and silver maple; hut there are 1; some of those with more valuable quail- c ties that grow fast, notably the larch and Ii the tulip poplar. w

» Those most heard of are the oatalpn, •0 black locus' and the white pine. Those it three have been planted In large numbers •e and will be more sought for in future as e the demnnd for timber grows. Ash makes u " «°od tree and has valuable wood; so g has the mulberry and the osage orange; but these last two are often set out as nurse trees sometimes grown with those Of greater value to cause the latter to r grow tall, and agaiD, set along the lioun- :, darles of a plantation as a wind-break. Those who desire to raise their own i plants from seed will find the best way ( to be the forming of seed lieds about , three to four feet wide, and of any eon- . renient length. Beds of this width per- , mlt of belDg weeded niul tended from , both sides without treading on them. Any , eood soil answers for seeds, but the covering soil Is best of a light, sandy nature, permitting the seedlings to push through t It when they start. And, by the way, cover all seeds to about twice their own depth, as a rule. All seeds sprout Iiest In darkness. This darkness is added to by covering the beds with forest leaves, straw or like material, kept in place by sticks or branches of trees. But nurserymen and those who sow large quantities make skeleton frames of lath nulled uu inch apart, and as the seedlings grow the leuves are removed, but the frames are retained until near midsummer, being raised higher and higher, by blocks under them, as the seedlings gain In height. It requires about two years' growth for all seedlings before they are u! suite be 'size co set out permanently. Planting and Cultivating. The practice U to plant and cultivate seedling trees, just us a field of corn is. The trees are set about tl leet by ti feet, j .ooklng to the cutting out ot every other one when the prosperity of the rest demands It. which will l... I ...r. . - .. ,i.

uiaiius ii, wuicu win lie iieioie they are full grown. Cultivation is to continue until the trees have made growth sum cleot to shade tlie ground und keep down required to keep seeds In good condition for sowing. All cannot he treated u.lke all to be sown In spring: lairfiu, mulosage orange, black locust, catul|Hi and all the spruces and pines; and they can be kept dry In a cool place until the time for sowing comes. But before sowing the locust give It a good soaking in hot water for two or three days, then sowing them Immediately. All the other seeds named may be sown either In autumn or spring, but if kept over winter nil must . he taken in hand at New Year's or before , ind mixed In screened sand or soil slight- i y dump, and kept under cover In some - tool place until spring, and then sown , n this way, 1„ damp material, they grow I . fell sown In spring. There are two kinds 1 1

; DUTCH NERVES UNDER STRAIN OWING TO GERMAN WAR ZON! ' Berlin's Failure to Reply to Protest Inspires Fear of Untoward Incident. The Hague, Netherlands, Fell. 22.— A tense undercurrent of feeling has been running through nil classes in Holland for the past two or three days. This is attributed to public concern owing to Germany's action in not replying to the Dutch note of protest concerning the North Sea war zone and nervousness as to what might result from the German blockade and submarine activity, Which possibly might province an untoward incident at any moment. Although vessels belonging to other neutral States have suffered. Dutch ships, up to the present, have escaped damage, but many seamen are demanding increased wages, owing to the risks. Some of the men decline to suil and have left their ships, especially those hound for England. Numbers of passengers for the Dutch East Indies have decided to pass through Germany to Genoa, in order to take ship there. en the Dutch fishing boats, by governmental order, are to he painted in the national colors, whi!c their crews have been advised to carry with them evidences of their nationality. The continued movements of troops toward the various frontier points, and the constant work of military engineers of inundation works have increased the uneasiness of the people. The newspapers generally r.r 'n from commenting on the situation.

-raiues — "At last we are alone. I'v« been hoping for this chance." Mary— "So have I." James (pleased)— "Ah! Yon knew ken, that I wanted to ask von to be niwife?" Mary— "Yes and I wanted to sax No emphatically and get il over with."' Mrs. Fashion— "What ridiculous im possible things these fashion plates Mrs. Style— "I know they used to be hut today many of them are engraved from photographs." of cutalpa well known to cultivators of trees. The best one for forestry purposes is Catalpa Speiiasa. because It is hardy In the colder States and grows more treelike than the other, Catnlpa Blgnonloldes. latter is wild about Philadelphia, and much valued there as an ornamental because of Its great beads of wblte la June.

BAD BEATING FOR RUSSIANS E Repulsed With Loss of 2000 Prison ers in Poland and Galicia. Washington. D. O.. Feb. 22.— Itepnls of many Russian nttacks in Russini Poland and West Galicia, with the cap V ture of 2000 prisoners and much wn: „ material south of the Dniester, wat j announced in an official dispatch froir s Vienna, received tonight by the Austro- , Hungarian Embassy here. The (lis- , patch follows: t along the front in Russian Po- . land anil West Galicia there were brisk , artillery duels. In isolated skirmishes . we held the advantage and easily re- ! " ,so<l 'be enemy. In the Carpathians, there were numerous Russian attacks which continued in the western section during the night. All these attempts against our lines failed, with great losses for the enemy. "South of the Dniester, engagements of greater dimensions developed when Stronger detachments of the enemy made attacks, but finally were repulsed after a long fight. Two thousand pris oners were captured, with four guns and much war material. "The sum of the Russian prisoners taken in the Carpathian battles from the end of January until a few days ago. according to announced official Russian figures, were declared to he increased to in officers. 40,800 men. 34 GERMAN CRUELTY DISPROVED Inquiry by German Judge Fails t | Find Charges Justified.

Rcr'in, Feb. .".-An official inquiry j on* been made by a Gorman Judge into | purges published in England that Brit- j ish prisoners of war at the camp at Mimlen had been treated cruelly. Declaration* obtained from the physicians and cross -examination of pri'smer* proved the nlisoli te untruth of J these charges. I he evidence expressly Mates that when some of the allega"f fucll. v published in England n'r r" 10 "e pria0l,prs- "" ot "be laughter.6" |,res<"t broke out into Swiss Shoot Down German Airship. Rome. Feb. L.-Swiss soldiers open .si hre yesterday on an aeroplane, said to have been German, which flew over . Uonfel. The machine was struck bv J nine bullets and the pilot was forced to descend after hovering over the positions at Keche8y.

3 NO PROTEST FROM OWNERS i- Loss of Evelyn is Accepted as a Natural War Risk. se . Xe"' Y"rk, Feb. 22.-Willi«m T„ Harn nss. of the firm which owned the steamship Evelyn, said today that his firm |r would tnuke no protest to the State Deg partment. as he considered the loss of n the ship dne to a war risk which he ( nan taken. Mr. Harriss said ail of his company's ships are under orders not to go through the English Channel. The s firm 31 'be present time has the fourmasted bark Pass of Balhama and two steamships, the Vincent and the Bryti- | hllda, hound eastward. All are loaded t h cotton. The Vincent, which left here January 29, has 5500 bales aboard, and the Brynhilda, which steamed four days ago. has 5000 bales. The hark left here January 30 with 5000 hales. The I.eelenaw, nnother of the comi pany's vessels, will take on 5700 bales of cotton here during the next few days and steam for Bremen. "Hiram" said Mrs. Corntossel,, at the dinner party, "the table decorations , were elegant, weren't they?" i "Yes," replied her husbund, as he pushed the finger bowl away. "There's - "n.fe.une-.littJe 'bi"g they forgot." ! fiat m that , i- ,7hp-v didn't put any goldfish in the i little aquariums. ' j t

IDLE MEN DODGE WORK Six Hundred a Day In Chicago Refus. to Go on Waiting Farms. Chicn'O. Feb. 22.— Jobs for 100 met on farms near here are going hoggins according to Mrs. I.eonora /. Meder superintendent of Public Welfare. "The farmers are offering tranapor fntion and in some cases board an< washing," said Mrs. Meder, "but tlif men refuse to go to the farms. Last week an average of *100 men n day visited the office and demanded work | of any kind." f "The TnriiTcrS nrirwinmgTO pay goou wages in addition to lodging," Mrs. | Meder said, "and the men would be better off than In working in tho city, but we have not been able to supply the men." The Duty of American*. Fxim The New York Tribune. In 1881 it was the American, the North and South, from their differing battle front across the Potomac and the Rnpldan. which sought the support, the aid of Europe. Rightly, properly, Europe. France. England. Russia consulted their own national interests, not ours; kept the peace at home and declined to send their sons to die for an American cause, an alien lasue. Today our own position must be the some. The response of our own Government. its determination to hold the balance of neutrality true between the con-

testants. Is wise, honorable, the only possible course of u Government charged with the protection of the happiness and the well l>elng of millions of its citizens. But the bands of the Government should be upheld by a people who are not led by momentary emotions, transient aDger, to forget that for us all, for the world Itself, it Is most Wtnl 'hat the United States should p,...iiw Us own work, fulfil its own mission, insist to the uttermost all effort to draw It as a partisan of one of the combatants Into the battle llue of To tbiuk, to feel, to talk as Americans, to recognize that for us American Interests and American rights are of primary, of exclusive, importauce-thls Is the first duty in the present crisis. Sympathy charity, all that can be done onder the Red Cross or the White, in Belgium or loland, in East Prussia or Northern * ranee, to mitigate suffering, save the helpless— this should be done. But nothing more. muio"* EST e5""'

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.'DISTINCTION OF THE :| TAILORED BLOUSES r As Apart From the Ultra Se- <" vere Shirts for Sport- [ ing Wear. y k j MILITARY NOTE APPEARS .Dark Charmeuse Chiffon and ;| Taffeta With Cold Braid and Buttons. [~) HE. foUored blouse, as distinct 1 1 from the very plain sports shirt. I I is an article of dress which is (J demanding quite an amount of attention at present, in view of the tailor-made costumes, which an show just enough touch of the military note to require a bodice which corresponds The suitability of the blouse to the tailor-made with which it is worn is as essential a nuance in dress as is turn par hat "elected for this cosHence a whole set of new blouses have arrived.

i- The Bit of Gold Cord. 1 They strike the happy note between the j trimmed blouse of lace or chiffon and the 8hlrt. most of these are In dark colorings 1 I jffcta, velvet, charmeuse, ribbed silks I and patterned satins. A fascinating spec!- , mea In plum-colored satin, quite plalDly I " " butlo"H r'Sh' UP one side with I tiny amethyst buttons, which fasten over I with little loops of thin gold cord. This ; bloise is cut square, and rather high round the throat line, and has a high collar of Venetian lace bound with a narrow cor i' "I, :e'.:v and a singie "ue °f «°,d or I. it nad long and rather tight sleeves, very close rouad the wrists, and with a rrr entr fa,"n* °ver the ,,and' TOlU "°'d COrCl' Wh'Ch d(>0"ri''*dC the "lace In Tete de Negre. Aral,, !,pl,„ model u, ra «. „d „ „ „„„„ u icireu than the first; It, too. fastens down one side of the front. In four tabs of b l„"uMr"°""1 r°""<i ,,,e ed«®« with brow n silk, each of 1 , < . . t. v,.

",,n 01 which a large button of dull gold embroidery. The col- ' win "i " b'"'1 ''ose 0,10 of "Ilk, fastening hooks and eyes in front and frankly copied from the ordinary mi.ltary eollar. ,1 * ""y '""dcr and little corners worked with dull gold embroidery A Tailored Model. A third very attractive tailored blouse Is of black Liberty, and has two row. of hreld buttons down the centre of the 2 Ni '• twl.ted N. .' ««, SJlSt ' ralMMM Witb O.u, black and scarlet. From this eollar :rh-:r <* «.,.,e ..„i<r„n. rialIlg front at tbe l,n<'k at ,be Mrs. Fashion— "Well, this one can't he. Here are two women going in o posite directions, both with new gowns onj lookl„, b<ck M ^ Restaurateur— "Anything the matter with the chowder, sir?" Guest— "Oh, no. I was merely wondering how in the world you ever discovered so many things cheaper than clams to nut in it "