Pretty Mabel Wright.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 378, 19 June 1889, Page 3

Pretty Mabel Wright.

Perhaps the prettiest girl in New York society is Miss Mabel Wright. Her features are as delicately chiselled as those of the ideal Greek slave, and. her neck is swan-like in its undulating grace. Her complexion is dazzling fair, but her cheeks have all the bloom of a sun-kissed peach. Her daintily-curved lips, which posses* a croel fascination of their own, are as red as Caribbean coral, while her deep almondishaded eyes look out from under their languid lids with a peculiarly haughty yet encouraging gaze. She is, perTiaps, on the whole the most exquisite blonde on this side of the Atlantic. Like the dairy-maid in the old rhyme, however, her face is her only fortune, yet during the two years she has reigned •over society, her sway has been undisturbed and she has probably more admirers than .half of our richest heiresses put togethei*. She has lately developed a pretty turn for art,and an unholy rumour is just now going the rounds that she is about to follow in *he footsteps of Mrs Brown Potter, with a -view of elevating the stage. Withal, she is mot yet two and twenty, and she has a .London season in prospect.

J.X the province of Konisberg (Germany) agricultural societies are numerous, and they do much to improve the breeds of the several farm animals by offering prizes at the periodical shows. They own some 88 bulls, principally of the Dutch breed, said to have cost £1,700, and other valuable animals for stud purposes, and they lay themselves out in every way to benefit the anners. They maintain two travelling teachers of high-class farming, several schools in which everything connected with husbandry is taught, and an institute for chemical research. . These societies obtain their working capital from the State on loan for fixed periods, and they reimburse , themselves from the dues they levy for the use of their animals and machinery. Management of Manure. — During the summer it is not a good plan to allow manure to lie upon the surface of the soil exposed to the heat of the sun, which evaporates a considerable portion of the ' iquid and volatile parts. By harrowing or cultivating as soon as possible after applying this", loss may in a great' measure be ■avoided. When it can be done, a thorough cleaning up of all the manure that can be secured should be made, at least as fully as the other farm- work will permit. And by doing the work after ploughing, the wheat ' crop will be able to derive considerable benefit, while ..with a little pains taken to incorporate it well with the soil soon after applying the' fill} benefit of the j»»nure can be secured.