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^_'__s_ _'_ * ' ? " G TlIOS, J. ADAMS? PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES ; RY '?8, 1895. VOL LIX. NO. 52: The Supremo Court of California hos deoidod that tho holder of a through railroad ticket has a right to stop-over privileges. As a result of stopping tho alot gambling machines in Cincinnati 50, 000 pennies were token to and de posited in tho Sub-Treasury. 1 The Dake of Bedford has imported 2000 frogs from America to free his estate in England from parasites. This shows the inferiority of tho pau per frogs of the effete monarchies. The Census Bureau has passed out of existence, and what thero is loft of it becomes merely a sootion of In terior Department. It will soon bo timo to organizo another, adds tho New Orleans Picayune. The coming boom in farming is windmill irrigation, prodicta the Amer ican Agriculturist. It has provod an immenso success on tho cheap lands of tho West, and thero is no reason why it should not bo evon more profitable on tho moro expensive lands of tho Central, Middlo and Eastern States, The labyrinths at Crete and Lonnos would not be in it with the new City Hall at San Francisco. Mayor Sutro has lately been impressed by the num ber of persons who got into tho hall and find it difficult to get out again. Ho has instructed tho architects to prepare diagrams of each floor, with explanatory notes and an index/which will bo issued in pamphlet form and sold at a nominal sum. The failure of the first effort to launch thc steamship St. Paul, at Phil adelphia, recalls to tho New York Tri bune a similar incident in tho case of tho American war vessel Trenton, which ship was lost in tho Samoan burricauo iu 1839. She was built at the Now York Navy Yard in 1875, and the firstattempt to launch her was onDc combor 30 of that year. Tho construc tion officers and workmen worked hard for two hours, tho length of time that was spent on tho St. Paul, but the ship could not bo got in to tho water. Then the efforts were abandoned until New Year's Day, and she was success fully floated. This exoerienco was sufficient to excito tho superstitions fears of sailors, and tho subsequent disaster doubtless provoked many an ?gl^Id you so.'U^ UHU 'Agricultural Dopartment has recently published a tabular state ment which it calls "an ait amp t to show the world's wheat production for tho years 1891 to 1801." Tho totals indicate a steadily increasing supply, from 2,309,7-10,000 bushels in 1891 to 2,590,121,000 in 1891. Unfortunately, however, states the New York Times, the estimates of tho crops in this country aro those which wero long ago rejected. Everybody knows that for the last four years our wheat crops have been very much underestimated by tho department. The actual ex cess over tho department's figures for the two crops for 1891 and 1892 was about 100,000,000 bushels. The crop of-1893 was larger by at least 50,000, 000 bushels than thc quantity which thc deportment roportod. By almost universal consent tho official report for tho last year'd crop is at least 10, 000,000 short of tho actual yield. If tho department's figures for this country be corrected, however, in ac cordance with the estimates now gen erally received, tho increaso of tho world's crop will still demand atten tion, thc total growing from 2,133, 000,000 bushels in 1891 to 2,615,000, 000 in 1891, and this increase has had some effect upon prices. The growth of tho supply in South America and Russia especially calls for considera tion : South America. Russia. 1991. 43,805.000 108,840,000 IS!?.* 57,202,000 241,579,000 1893. 81.453,000 320,734,000 ISM. 104,000,003 300,000,000 Thc natural effect of such increases in exporting countries on prices can oosily bo seen. It may bo noted, also, that Bussia has this year an export surplus of 192,000,000 bushels of rye, ns against 70,000,000 a year ago, and when ryo is plentiful and cheap, in Europe, as it is now, tho consumption of wheat thero is affected by the uso of this other cereal. Alabaster a Limestone. Alaboster is a fine-grained, whitish limestone. There aro two kinds gypsum alabaster, whioh is firmer in grain. Tho latter, which is used for sculpturing largo objects, such os col umns and chimnoy-pieces, is some times called Oriontal alabaster. Tho name alabaster is now generally given only to tho gypsum kink, which ia carved into vases, statuettes, boxes and small ornaments. No preparation is necessary when carving alabaster. When first taken from tho ground it is so soft that it may bo indented with the finger nail, and tt is cut and chis eled with great ease for weeks after ward. It never gets as hard as marble. -New York Dispatch. A Fad ot the Czar. One cf the fads of the Czar of Bussia is tho study of electricity. He is in tensely interested in everything per taining to electrical scie.".?e, and reads eagerly descriptions of the latest ex periments and appliances in that line of endeavor. He is said to have made several ingenious contrivances himself in the simpler lines of electrical niaa pulation.-Detroit Free Press, FASHION FANCIES. WOMEN'S HATS SHOULD MATCH THE COSTUME. Zn Millinery tho English Styles Pre dominate-Artistic and Captivat ing Headgour-Cloth Jack ets Greatly Worn. 'j I j EE latest hats aro very Eng 8 ; lish in appcaranco both in tho trimming and 6hape. Of Q course, thero aro plonty of other effects-French, Dutch and all other Nations-but tho English leads. Much dopends on tho selection of a hat that an othcrwlso perfect costume may not bo utterly lacking in effect, or that tho good points of a faco bo submerged by an unbecoming head- I i HATS OF Til gear. Clack chip straw will bo much worn ; ono of French design, called "Henri Quatre," will bo vorypopular. Thc Pauauia is an artistic and capti vating hat. Its undulating brim is almost straight in front and stands sharply erect at tho back. Dows of Parma violet volvot and sprays of lilac for trimming. Tho arrangement of lilac and ivy leaves to fall on tho hair at tho back is n very pretty style. Tho "Corcador" is one of tho dainty cape lines which will take thefaucy of most i or a small hat. It is a turquoiso vel vet, laden with buttercups and for get-me-nots, with a group of exquisite leaves made of finest point dc Veniso held in front of tho brim by a coronet of Ebiuo stones. Bnstic straws wear well, but are only appropriate on oc casions. Tho now sailors are lower crowned than last year. CLOTH JACKETS. Cloth jackets are greatly worn by '.ytrtrag hud fuL'ly >ouug tornen. Orre OPEN-FKONT JACKET. of thc nowest just reaches to below tho hips, has a fitting back, strapped seams, and quite plain, straight, cross over fronts fastening ou tho shoulder, and adorned all tho way down with u loading novelty-namely, square but tons. Another lately seen is in mastic cloth with whito cloth vest fronts, draped cloth bolero, and collar of shot ribbon with outstanding loop bows on each side. Both t?esc have tho truo Parisian air. One jacket made of two-tone 1 cloth showing tan and rose, has tho body ot tho tan and thc collar, cuffs and belt of the roso color. It hus a double, looso front, with two rows of largo whilo pearl buttons. Thc back is flttod, whilo tho skirt, forming doep plaits, shows a largo box plait in tho contre A 6trap of tho pink is braided with whito silk soutache braid and fastens at each side with tiny white pearl buttons, ending each row of braid and thus forming a finish for tho back. Thc collar is very deep, slashed over tho shoulders and braided-in de sign, as arc the cuffs, which havo small buttons at each end of tho pattern. The sleeves arc a full Empire shapo. A back used in many of these jackets is in live pieces, tho seams being Sb*'"hod into plaits and tho fullness open. !r>to the skirt, a small pearl button L ' "'"ouch plait at tho waist line. STYLISH COLL. -, AND COFFS. Whito linen collars, both standing and turned-over, aro seen on colored shirt waists, whilo thc cuffs are col orod Uko the shirt. Wash silks, lin ens, ginghams, cheviots, lawns and Swiss muslins are used for these waittts, and there ia very little change in the cut from lust seusou. Thc only differeuoo is in the sleeves, which aro larger. Women's tailors aud mon's furnishing stores make a specialty of custom-made waists. AN OLD-FASHIONED WAIST. It has becomo quite tho custom with many ladies, says tho New York Lod ger, to keep ou han .I oue or two waists of a couple of seasons back and wear thom when it is necessary to go ont for shopping, driving or other out ings, when one is not likely to removo the outside garments. This is so convenient and agreeable and ha:-; suggested itself to so many women that it was quite a little sur print the other day when a dozen or two fashionable women met at a pub lic gathering. One of them invited a number of her friends to ber house to take a cup of tea, but one und all hud 1 Bomo oxease. Finally ono, moro out spoken than tho rest, said : "I would bo delighted to go, but really I cann A. I am not dressed for it. When I go out without any in tention of making calls, I put on a waist with small sleeves, for tho largo ones are not only uncomfortable but aro 60 cosily spoiled. " Thero was a general exchango of glances, and, without exception, every woman who had declined thc invita tion, said: "Well, that is just tho troublo with mc." Tho would-bo hostess laughed and insistod on having an old-fashioned ?ca, as sho callod it, whero small dcevos should bo the ralo, as sho her self woro a waist of that sort. It certainly is a great saving to ?cavo tho big slnevcs at homo, a saving in comfort and tho woar and tear of E SEASON. handsomo fabrics, but it is inconven ient if ono wants to accept an invita ti JU where a fashionable dros3 is a ne cessity. Ono woman has solved this problom by making a littlo capo of laco and ac cordion-plaited Japanese crapo. This she rolls in a 6nug parcel and carries in a long pocket in tho inside of her wrap. It is always on hand, and cov ors tho tops of her sleeves to tho el bows. Sho is wont to declaro that oho can carry a fashionablo toilet in her mufi and mako herself ready for any emergency by this simplo dovioc. NEW EFFECTS IN STOCKINGS. With tho advent of warm weather comes the advent of tho low shoo, and with tho low shoe the stockings must be considerod. Tho smart shops are now showing exquisite styles in hos iery. Laco, beads and embroidery all play a part in t hese designs, making the cost of single pairs of stockings Offeff'rrti?SuTrc-^ The decoration is, of course, lavished on the instep. There aro inserted heart-shaped pieces of laces, outlined with jot; strip?s of laco alternating with stripes of jot; and elaborato scroll patterns of laco insertions with jet and gilt spangles. Less fanciful designs aro in drawn work and embroidery, a now effect in tho latter hoing a guy lacing at tho stocking's sido, giving tho effect of a sidc-lacod shoo. Tho clock is again econ in its old placo upon an othor wiso plain stocking, and combined with other ombroidcry. Tho newest embroidery designs aro pin-s; ripes and snow-crystals in gay color upon black. Thcro arc also stockings wholly given over to stripes in Koman and Scottish effects. SCTT3 OF BLACK BROADCLOTH. Among the new suits are thoso of black broadcloth, a favorito material, by tho way, for tailor costumes, and ono that will bo found extravagantly becoming to almost all women. A perfectly fitted dress of this material is next in elegant stylo and becoming ncss to a black velvet. A handsome costume is of black and whito broad cloth ; has tho body, skirt and tops of thc sleeves of black; tho vest, cuffs and skirt trimmings are of white, tho latter arranged in very pretty and at tractive fashion. A rose ruching of pinked out broadcloth trims tho hera. This ruching is made of ono strip of each color, thc whito hoing placed next to tho dress, tho black on tho outbido nud partly concoaling tho white. Tho vest is closed with fino cut jet buttons, although crochot and sutiu buttons aro popular. NEW RUCHES. All corsages arc now cut low, just covering tho collarbone, the high draped collar giving way either to strands of pearls caught with diamond boas (imitations of tho real article being very effbetivo afid very cheap) or "ruchos." Thoso lattor have also tho advantago of hiding anything Uko wrinkles. Thoy aro getting better and bigger, and aro ornamontod by bunches of spring flowers. PLAIN SKIRTS TUE RULE. Plain, flaring skirts aro still tho rule, and thc most approvod advancod stylos aro raadu of carnell hair, serge and lino cloth. Almost all costumes have a second, possibly a third, mate rial in thom. It scorns to matter but littlo how tho combination is modo or what it is mado of, so long as it is harmonious and put together with stylish effect. THE FAKCX BOW SLEEVE. These pretty KIOOVCK aro worn prin cipally in light silks, percales and cal icoes. If made of wash goods, tho bow should bo arranged so it can be taken oil, washed uud iroued, WOMAN IN WAR, SOME ANGELS OF MERCY AND SOME SIMPLY FIENDS, Tlio Potrolcusc's Share in tho Com mune's Reign of Terror-How tho Queen cf Roumanla Suc cored tho Wounded". THE amount of material which preceded asea havo supplied with refercuco to "Women on tho War Path"-from Helen of Troy and Edith, who searched ia tho glimpses of an October moon for tho dead hotly of Harold, oven to martyred Joan of Arc, and innumer able heroines of moro recent dato - might woll occupy far moro spaoe than is at my command ; hence, it is I have elected to devoto this pen and pencil ?koteh to suoh womon on tho war path as I havo personally met wheu representing tho Illustrated London Nows and other papers at tho front, writes Irving Montague in tho Queen. The very word Potrolonso sends a thrill of horror through those who can reoall tho atrocities sha commit ted in tho second eioge of Paris, as described by oyo witnesses, among whom I, at that time, found myself. Fortified with absintho to a condition of reckless daring and well supplied with petroleum, she sailed forth from hor squalid attic or caberot, at Bollo* ville, Clichy, or sonio other equally disreputable suburb, os night closed in, leaving in her trail death and de struction on every sido in that oity of ruinod palaces, which tho Gormans in their attack and oooupation had so considerably spared. It"was, indeed, a grim sight tc eeo her hurrying over tho dobris prying and peering into such houses as woro still standing, for the most convenient means by which to Aro, and thus add to tho rack and ruin round about a feeling equalled MAR AQUETA-AN INCIDE! '"a7?Tie^y"ThOaTi?Tao^ as I did, some 700 of those abandone . wretches, after tho troops had retaken tho city, securely caged, awaiting Cayenne, or exeoution, in tho Oran gerie at Versailles; suroly, tho fair sex, even in the roign of terror, oould not have appeared to moro hideous disadvantage than these women of Paris in tho second siege ; though it must never be forgottoa that tho highest a3 well as tho lowest mo tives actuated French women of all grades at that time, and that sisters of oharity, vivandi?res, and others who then came to tho fore, justified one's adding to the old proverb, "Le monde cst le livre des femme"-speoially Franco. It is, in fact, quito a rolief A PETROLEUSE. to refer to the heroinos I, over and over again, came across during that, my first campaign, amongst whom I may mention tho daughter of a man of independent means, who not only handed over his entiro wealth toward war expensoe, but also took up arms with his three sons, all ol whom died in tho servico of their country, while (yet in her teens) the dead patriot's one remaining child took a situation at a cafo chantant at Havre, where, with the tri-color wrapped about her, she furthered the cause by nightly singing-sad at heart as sho was patriotic songs to tho onthusiastio sol diery; amongst whom, by tho way, was a young French-tireur, whoso youthful, woll dofluod features and slim contour wore remarked by ovcry one, till it was afterward discovered, whon laid low by a bullet, that this graceful warrior was also a woman ; noi was this by any means an isolated case during tho Franco-Prussian cam paign, in which many women were to thus bo found on tho war path. Taking events in tho order in which they happened, I recall a romatic in oident which I witnessed during tho battlo of Bchobca in thc Spanish (Car lie^) war of 1874.. Ono woman alono had remained in that hotly shcllod village of Dehoben, tho others having escaped across tho frontier river, tho Biddasoo, into Franco. Maraqucta-for such was her name-loved a young Carhst soldier whom she had almost uuraauncd by de termining thus to romain with him. iihe was at last persuaded to take up a com paratively safo position on tho balcony of a houso situated near tho barricade, which, with others, her lover stoutly dofendod as our republican troops swept tho streets from end to end with bayouet and firebrand. Rally upou rally ensued around about that barri cade, till, before her very eyes, bc was fchot dead-Maruquetn herself, almost at tho samo moment receijtdug two wouuds, a bail penetrating ? both tho wrists of her yjasped banda, j Great aa tho genetgJ excitement wai ?hu fflU floea^ tu fall by^ ii yougg of??aer of orar Bide; but aloa! tho bouso waa already in flames, and the broad stairoasc, aa ho anxiously looked through tho open door, was seemingly enveloped in a sheet of Aro. A woman's life, however, was in tho balance, and, to be laconic, only a few moments had elapsed boforo, scorohod but undaunted, thia brilliant aoldior, returning, rushed past mo with his bleeding, but still breathing, burden, who was soon hoing tonderly cared for by the Red Cross doctors ; hor mind, howover, had given way, and I heard whon last in Spain that tho once beautiful and much-beloved Maraquota had becomo a raving lunatic. I have seen, too, in this samo campaign, women actually-supplying skirmishers whilst fighting with ranoia (a cheap nativo wino), ap parently dodging tho bullets as they rushed from man to man. Times out of number, too, have I also seen thom tonding tho wounded out in tho open, quito regardless of self, in tho hail of lead with which brutalized troops greeted thom, and by whioh in many oases thoy were sent to their last account, while ongagod in this Anal oct of heroism. In Sorvia I waa much with tho Red Cross sisters and doctors, who, aa thoy always do, distinguished themselves brilliantly in their self-sacrificing de votion to the sick and wounded. I am here rominded how on one oo cosion, when bringing from Scmon drlato Belgrado seventeen maimod soldiers, I effeotcd tho journey partly in a Borfc of tumble-down steam barge and partly in ' requisitioned wagons. It was in tho small hours we arrived at Belgrado hospital, yet tho Red Cross nurses, already nearly worn out with fatigue, woro indefatigable in their ministrations to my contingent of wounded, working throughout the whole night to alloviato tho pain of tho sufferers. As an instance of tho ruling passior. being strong in death, I may raontion the fact that only two of my charges ST OF THE SPANISH WAR. diod,"ode orr -"tfee^.bargo during the journey, tho othor in hospital. When the case of the latter was found to bo hopeless, ho was told that if he had any special wish it should, if possible, bo complied with. For somo timo ho was silent, then, with a bright smilo, ho looked up into hor anxiously sym pathetic faco and said, "Apples." I at once rushed out and returned with several ; he seized thom with nervous oncrgy and commenced dovouring ono ravenously, dying; in fact, in tho effort boforo he could finish it. * Foremost amongst distinguished wo men on the war path waa the Queen of Roumania ("Carmen Silva"). My first acquaintanco with this most fascinat ing sovereign was at tho Rod Cross hospital at Bucharest, Conigsby, tho London Times correspondent, who was with mo at tho timo, had just loft Philipopolia, whero Lady Strangford waa also devoting her best energies to tho.succor of the wounded. "Tell me," said her Majesty (then Princosa Elizabeth) in excollcnt English, "how many bods has Lady Strangford in her hospital?" "Forty-oight, your Ma jesty." "Then tell her ladyship, when next you see her, Mr. Conigsby, that I have fifty-four." Her womanly pride raised her abovo her social sta tion. "Carmen Sylva" was six to tho good ; there was a merry twinklo in that royal oye. A romaneo worth remembering took placo whilo I was at Plovna, which curiously affected tho destinies of a certain tiny damsel, who was found left behind in a shattered Bulgarian hut by the advancing Russian troops. At ,the end of tho war this littlo waif was tenderly cared for and educated by tho officers and men of thc rcgi mont which had found her, developing eventually into a very lovely and ac complished girl who only a fow years sinco married a dashing young lieu tenant of that same corps which had been instrumental in saving hor lifo. Surely faot ia stranger than fiction. Hero is yot another instanco of a Rus sian cavalry officer who, having just married, was about to start on hu honeymoon whon war being dcclarod, ho waa ordered instanter to tho front, whither, in defiance of military per mission, which could ncvor havo beou accorded, his young wifo, circumvont A VIVANDIERE. ing an enormous number of difficul ties, succeeding in folio wi ug him, aud where on several occasions I saw her riding around tho lines, often drawing fire from the Turkish ritle pits. She somehow managed to remain, never th oles.?, throughout the greater part of tho sioge, much, na hor husband told md. to iii? own discomfiture, hid aux iety for her safety almost eclipsing his sense of duty. Thon thero is that other woman to bo found on tho warpath who follows in tho wairo of carnago, ono who con cerns herself rather with thodoad than the living, whoso hopes and aims in lifo may ho summed up in tho ono word-pelf-as roprcsonted by epau lettes and gold luco, with an occasional watch or signet ring thrown in ; in? deed, I have, with referonco to signet rings, a gruesome memory, which dates back to 1877. It was the night after the battlo at Zevin, in Asia Minor; ono of my nativo followers had purchased from ono of theso hags of tho battlefield a ma?sive gold ring, with a Russian monogram upon it, and was now anxious that I should be come, at an advanced prico, tho proud RUSSIAN HED CR0S3. possessor of this souvenir of tho re cent fight, adding that, if I had any doubt about its genuineness, tho gold seoker who appropriated it would with pleasure supply tho finger of tho doad man from whom it had boen taken. I was, howover, in this case (oven with tho Unger thrown in) not to bo tempt ed, although (minus that dead man's digit) a follow correspondent at onoo acquired thc relic. SWISS COTTAGE, A. Pleasing anti Inflective Design IE Architecture When Americanized. (Copyright 1893.) Thero aro nomo styles of architec ture that aro particularly fittod tc American cl i m at io and sooial con ditions. There are others that can seldom bo used with good effect, bul inasmuch as there aro occasional calls for tho construction of houses of theso styles, it is fitting that they should bo considered. COOP, BU/L D///$PLAHA&& ARC/V/rc-CT?/Y.y Tho design illustrated horewith ie that of a Swiss cottage-a style that is not fitted for this country in general. Swiss architocturo is thc outgrowth of tho needs and conditions of tho in habitants of Switzerland, and like all National institutions is most appro priate to its natural surroundings. The life of tho Swiss peasant is divid ed by his occupations into two sea sons-tho summer, when ho is watch ing and tending his cattle on the high Alps, and tho winter, when ho ?? forced to find shelter from tho rigor ous climate, with its fierce storms, ir the low-lying, secluded valleys. H?E summer homo is a log hut placed be hind somo projocting rock that will break tho sweep of tho wind. This it tho chalet, and on tho mountain side First HOOK it produces a most picturesque ap poarauco, thoroughly in keoping wit! surrounding nature. But thc wintci rcsidonco-tho Swiss cottage, so-callot -is an elaborato example of tho fanoi ful in architecture, combined with anc molded for tho needs and require ments of the inhabitants of this pic turesque though trying (as to climate country. The most strikiug feature of these cottages is tho roof, which tc American oyes scorns almost Hut, ant as a matter of fact is built at au angle of about 155 degrees1, projecting wei over tho oottago si^e to koop tho win dows, balconies, porches and piazzi clear of tho heavy falls ot snow whio'j aro so characteristic of this country, drifting to amazing heights. Swiss architecture, as built in thu country, has boeu, shall wo say, somo what Americanized, and tho uccom panyiug sketch shows a structure thai would bo effective and pleasing i erected in a suitable location. Th< latter point is oue upon which ai architect, versed us well in tho techui cal points of landscape, should ho con suited, as manv a mun spending hi money freely but not discreetly in th< erection of a house, has fouud to< late thai ho has m ado a serious mis take in trusting too confidently to hil own taste. It may bo fouud neues enry for him to sell a honse that hw cost him thousands of dollars, and be causo of its expressing too strongly his own individuality, he finds ho will not bo ablo to realizo a third of his investment. It is the proper duty of the architect not only to draw plans but to adviso with his client upon tho general 6tylo, accommodation and arrangement of tho house to bo choson, as well as, and perhaps abovo all, to see that it harmonizes with its sur roundings and suits tho artistio de mapds of the neighborhood. Tho design illustrating this articlo would bo much out ot place by tho seashore, but for a country rosidon'co or tho suburbs of a city, whero tho land is not Hat but rather mountain ous or hilly, its tasteful and striking a?)pearanco would bo most appropriate. A brief description is given as fol lows: General dimensions: Width (over all), 3G feet ; depth, including veranda, 48 feet 2 inches. Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet; first story, 10 feet; second story, 9 feet. Exterior materials : Foundation, brick ; first story, clapboards ; second story, gables and roofs, shingles. Outside blinds. Interior finish : Hard white plas ter ; plaster cornices iu parlor, hall, dining room and threo chambers ; soft wood flooring and trim, ash stairway ; panels under windows in parlor, hall and dining room; bathroom and kitch en wainscottcd; interior woodwork finished in hard oil. S ggestio ns for colors: Clapboards and sashes, olivo ; trim, dark green ; outsido doors, durk green with olive panels ; blinds, ram conductors and brick work, Pompeiau red; veranda, floor and ceiling, drub ; under side of roof overhanging, medium drab ; pan els on sides of brackets and over bay windows, Pompeian red ; wall shingles dipped and brush coatod with roddish ?ecorVd PJoor stain ; roof shingles dipped and brash coated with Indian red stain. The principal rooms and their sizes, closets, etc., aro shown by tfie floor plans. - r Collar under kitchen and pantry. Fireplaces with hardwood mantels in ball, parlor, dining room and ono bedroom and kitchen rango included estimate. Hall designed to bo usod as a sitting room. Tho attic is floored for storage. Three thousand five hundred and six teen dollars is tho cost for this design as described, not including heater, thc estimate hoing based on New York prices for material and labor, but in many sections of the country the cost should be less. Governor McKinley's Mother. Governor McKinley and wife went to Canton, Ohio, recently, to cele brate the eighty-sixth birthday of thc Governor's mother. Mrs. McKinley, MnS. M'KrXLEY AT EIUTTY-STX. sonior, walked to church on the arm of tho Governor. Mrs. McKinley, 6ays tho Now York World, is distinctively a motherly wo man. All through life her advice has been sought, and her favorito counsel has always been oxprossed in Charles Kingsley's verso : Bo good, sweet maid, and lot who will bo clovur: Do noblo doods-not dream tliom ntl day long So making lifo, death and that vast forovor Ono grand, sweet song. A Koral Sufferer from Varicose Veins. Tho Princo of Wales su flers terribly from varicoso voins, which nocossi tates him taking tho utmost care of himself, and thero aro periods of tho PRINCE OF WALES. year when his legs aro iu such condi tion that they have to bo bandaged up several times a day. lt is owing to tho Prince's afflicted extremities thal knee breeches ?ire so far less woru now at entertainment*, where royalty u present, as ms tbs case up to WO, ? THE LATEST OUTRAGE which the people of the South are-resenting, is the efforts of some to sell them imitations for the real Simmons Liver Regu lator, because they make ,more money by thc imitation ;w and they care little that they swindle the people in selling them an inferior article. It's tho money they are after, and the people can look out for themselves. Now tj)?8 is just what the people are doing, and" merchants are having a hard time trying to get people to take the stuff they offer them iu place of Simmons Liver Reg ulator-which is the "King of Liver Medicines," because it never fails to give relief in all liver troubles. Be sure that you get Simmons Liver Regulator. You know it by WSS3?gfc^a *?e same old stamp h^^?a^M of the Ikd Z on the S IjSpf package. Tt has ^^Sfo never fail ed you, sffclfyiaan(l people who lia ve Wulagi' been per suaded to take something else have always come back again to The Old Friend. Better not take any thing else but that made by J. H. ZEILLN & Co., Philadelphia. THE BISHOP'S BEER. A Chicago Divine Who ls Running a Saloon. Fancy a reverend bishop of tho Re formed Episcopal church selling boors and drinks about a saloon! Yot this is what happens every day in Chicago. And tho bishop not only servos drinks, but deals out hash, kidney stew and pork and beans as well. Tho clerical subject is tho Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D.D., bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church, and tho place where he per forms those interesting things is the Home Saloon, at 155 Washington street. Tho placo has not boon in operation long yet the average attendance per day has been 2,400. Four thousand porsons patronized it on tho opening day. Crowds throng tho place day and night and its promoters have difficulty handling tho crush and furnishing the drinks, which aro be coming famous. Bishop Fallows believes men do not drink boer-that is, the majority do net-for the alcohol that is in it, nor for the tipsiness overindulgence induces. He maintains that they drink it as a beverage simply, and that the ' drunkenness is in most cases the result of unintentional ex cess. REV. DR. FALLOWS. There is nothing to indicato that the place is different in character from the thousands of basement sa loons that flourish in Chicago. In fact, the highly polished brass posts and railings leading into the base ment aro in strong imitation of their alcohol subsidized competitors, and a stranger going into it and asking for a glass of beer would probably leave with no suspicion that ho had not had tho genuine thing, except a slight peculiarity in the taste of the beverage. On the left side of tho basomont as one enters is the brilliantly lighted bar, glistening with the usual glass ware and bottles and decanters ex actly similar to thosoused in saloons and filled with many colored liquids, all non alcoholics. Behind the bar are four bartenders, resplendent in white jackets, well groomed and dex- " terous in mixing decoctions and serving drinks. On each side ol the back bar is a portrait of Miss Frances Willard and Neal Dow, and about tho room in conspicuous places are placards an nouncing the different kind of drinks. Tho beor, or boeretto, or Bishop's beer, as it is variously called is, as explained by tho expert German chemist who makes it, "a pure extract of malt and hop3, and while there is no alcohol in it any beer drinker will declare it to bo a good drink, and a close counterfeit, without any of tho bad' effects of lager beer." ? Its exact composition the chemist says is a secret which he intends to jealously gnard, for he thinks "there aro millions in it." Magic Liquid. Much amusement may be afforded at a party by pouring out of the same bottle a liquid which assumes three different colors. This is how it is dono : Steep logwood shavings (they may bo bought at any drug store) in water, and when a good red color has been obtained pour tho liquid into a wino bottle. Take three tumblers and without being observed rinse one of them out with strong vinegar; put a little powdered alum into the second and leave the third without any preparation. Tour from the bottle some liquid into the first tumbler; this will assume a straw color; pour into tho second, and the liquid will pass gradually from a bluish gray or black on being stirred with a steel key or any piece of iron which lias boen previously dipped in strong vinegar ; pour into the third and the rod liquid will assume a vio let tint. ?uis PK KATE. "It's my last chanco," said Li Hung Chang, when he started for Japan. "If 1 don't make peace any bettor than I made war I might as well get my goods together and start over for au American lecture tour,"