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TIIOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGEFIEL?, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1895. VOL. LX. NO. 24. California has just adopted the golden poppy as the State flower. On the Belgian State railways fares ore lower than anywhere else in Europe._ , Seventy-fivo per cent, of the enlist ments in the regular army last year were of Americans. Something like a boom is reported io the gold region in the North Caro lina foothills. Tho field is like that of Georgia's. Lord Roseberry thinks that tho "new Eastern question" is one of tho gTavest that England has ever been called to consider. "Tho inoculation of foreigners with the American idea," according to Bcv. Dr. Parkhurst, "is the ono need of the country just now." Professor Frank Parsons asserts that in New York City it costs a man from $30 to $100 a year for the same amount of transportation he gets in Berlin for $4.50. _ "In the course of two or three gen erations the survivors of the Indian Territory tribes will be among the richest peoplo in this country," pre dicts the Louisville Courier-Journal. A league has been forn. ed in France to assert the rights of pedestrians against bicyclists. The members agree never to get out o' the way of a bicycle; they think that in caso of collision tho cyclist is sure to get the worst of it. A girl baby was born at Kokomo, Ind., the other day who is tho four teenth daughter of a fourteenth daughter of a fourteenth daughter, a record which is thongbt to be un precedented. The N3w Orleans Pica yune maintains that she ought to be a witch, if there is any truth in tradi tion. Says the Pleasanton (Cal.) Times: It 6eems a pity the white labor ot this locality should be made to take a back seat and allow the Japaueso to como in by tho carload and go into tho and do the work that the idle Ti--:: Tutc? .O?. ' elS?ti surmounts t*?. Pkilf.dc-iphia Civ ?"a.. <uu ?lu .' I'enu Ttratv Pari* This diiiplva?e? j he t?iiz?ua rt?io get onty rear w ; plt-a.-io civijuuuj, v. <^~._.-? has proposed to put the statue on a revolving pedestal, which will be turned around once every twenty-four hours by means of clockwork. The Popular Health Magazine ob serves: "The desire in a child for candy and sweets is a natural ono and bhould not be 6ti(lcd. Good candy and sweets in moderation, if that point can be found, not only do no harm, but are actually beneficial. Too much ^weet upsets the stomach and spoils the appetite, but candy in mod eration if it is not taken before a meal is a food which children crave natu rally."_ The hansom cab will, in the opin ion of members of the cab fraternity, eventually give place to the bicycle, except that m this case tho bicycle is to be a tricyele, states the Chicago Times-Herald. The vehicle will havo two seats, ono for the driver and one for the passenger. This will save the expenso of keeping a horse and give tho cabman needed exercise. It is conceivable that two sets of pedals might be provided and reduced rates given to sturdy passengers who would help push themselves. Ono of the strangest coffins ever told of is that for which the British War Department is said to be respon sible. Tho story is that a workman engaged in casting metal for tho man ufacture of ordnance at tho Woolwich Arsenal lost his balance and fell into a caldron containing twelve tons of molten steel. The metal was at white heat, and tho mm was utterly con sumed in less time than it takes to tell of it. The War Department authori ties held a conference and docidod not to prof ene the dead by using the metal in the manufacture of ordnance, and that mass of metal was actually buried and a Church of England clergyman read tho service for the dead over it. Exit Sir Philip Francis in tho role of "Junins," exclaims the New York Independent. Mr. W. Frasor Bae, in a letter to the Athenroum, introduces new and convincing evidences that Francis could not have been the au thor of the "Letters of Junins," as ho has discovered in the London Morning Chronicle of August 2d, 1774, a hither to unnoticed letter of Juuius, pub lished nearly five months after Sir Philip had sailed for India, and refer ring to current political events which he could not have known. Thero is concurrent testimony of several lead ing statesman of tho time that they knew who Junius was, and that it waa not Sir Philip Francis. His vanity, however, encouraged people to 'at tribute the letters to him. TREASURE VAULTS. WHERE UNCIRE SAM KEEPS IIIS GOLD AND SILVER. An Enormous Quantity of Bullion and Coins in the Treasury Build ins-Odd Figures its to tho Bulk of the Silver. IN the National Capital there is no spot more attractive to strangers than the big vaults of tho Treas ury Department. These vast re positories of gold and silver are among tho curiosities of the town. They rank in interest with the Wash ington Monument, thc Dead Letter Office and the echo stones of the Capi toi. Every day, between the hours of 10 and 12, swarms of strangers descend tho damp, dark staircase in tho big Treasury building to the realms of the precious metals. A guide accompanies them, and as the visitors peer through Ibo iron grating nt tho steel safes holding gold, or tho wooden boxes containing silver, the guido delivers for their benefit a most entertuining lecture. Ho tells them how much of each kind of money in each vault, tho nature of the precautions adopted GREAT SILVER VAULT IX Till against sneak thievery, tunneling and other forms of burglary. Thc most interestiug part of the - ... ... sliver T?tT?H; Tiierol r . ia -.....,.<.:; vaults iii tho Treas- ? ;:ry, astir the total ao;or.ij: :'.o\?, eil- j - . hoH ii with ? hi-!.- .. '.Great .Teliosophatl" exciaimeii ?t ? >rr?!;!,'-:r, wir.': bulging vre-., as be . stood HT tue door thisvaull : -ct?nN bepo^ibl? nU-tW etutV Vu . \ ing-hoaac. "Yes, it's all silver,"replied tue ac commodating aud iutelligent guide. "This bis vault occupies all the spac3 under the northern courtyard of thc Treasury building. Its exact measure ment is eighty-nine feet long, fifty one feet wide, aud twelve feet high. Behind the iron grating you see wooden boxes. Ihey are all full of silver-$20?0 in each box. The boxe?, are piled all around the edges, and iii tho middle are bags of silver piled in a great heap. We have lots of trouble THE OOI with this silver. Tho boxes burst and the bags get rotten, and then when a new Administration comes in wc have to we ?li it nil. It takes ns about turee r**intb to do the job, and it's dreadful hurd work." "Does this vault contain all of Undo Sam's silver?" fisked the stranger. . "Oh, no, bless you, no," responded the guide. "Here we have ouly $103, 240,000 jn coined dollars. That is less than a fifth of all the silver the Government owns. In vault Nc. 2 you paused that ou your way in-we have $48,000,000. In smaller vaults wo have a few millions more. We never could find space lor all Uncle Lam's silver here. We are frightfully crowded as it is. lu all wo have here 100.001,000 or 170,000,000 of silver dollars. Tho remainder of tho 370,000,000 of coined dollars owned by thc Government is in tbs sub-treas uries nt New York, Chicago anti other cities." "You say Unelo Sam has more than 500,00(1,000 ol'silver dollars on haiyl?" "Yes, sir. Standard dollars, ?70, 000,000, aud silver bullion enough to make 17^,000,000 more; grand total, $548,000,000." "Bat there must be a lot of silver dollars ia circulation?" asked Ihe st ranger. "Not nt many ns you would think," replied the guide. "We have coined 422,000,000 of these dollar?, ai lho uumber in circulation isnowonly ot 000,000. Tho people don't seem to want 'em. We've done everything we could to induce the people to take the standard dollar. Congress has appro priated money nearly every year to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to send out silver dollars in exchange for other money without expense to the people, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. They don't go. Why, tho number of standard dollars in circulation now is much smaller than it was a few years ago. Instead of inducing the peoplo to take more of tho dollars, they have actually been sending thom back tous." "Do you know how much the Gov ernment has paid out for silver?" asked the stranger. "To a cent," replied the guide, con sulting a little notebook which he drew from his pocket. "We have bought 503,003,811 fino ounces, for which we have paid $316,023,011. That is an awful lot of money." By this time every man and women in thc crowd was listening intently to what the guide had to say. "Now, if you have seventeen of these silver dollars," he went on, "you MW** Kl 2 UNITED STATES TREASURY. can easily hold them in your hand. They weigh jn6t about a pound. But if you have a thousand dollars you will - aboni all voil could carrv. or sixty pounds weigh:. Ko ... suj poa : ?a- ? stead of a thousand ci?v ? dollars von f ii-ive n million. Thai ntes&s tbiH r tono : ... . GOO of silver, li ll you nuve ? IUUUBUU- . in the same way they will reach 125 feet. But suppose you have a million. Thon they will make n -svbito streak more than twenty-three and one-half miles long. "flaviug now secured a better ap preciation of the magnitude of a mill ion," the guide coutinned, "let me give you some figures I have made at odd moments about the 548,000,000 silver dollars Uncle Sam has in these and his other vaults. iD VAULT. "If all of these dollars were placed rim to rim, fiat, they would reach nearly 13,000 milefl. "They would cover all the space be tween the rails on a railway line cloar across tho Stato of Iowa, a distance of 350 mile?. "The weight of all Uncle Sam's sil ver is 10,440 tons. If it were loaded into railroad cars, 40,000 pounds to tho car, wo should have 822 car loadc. This would moko twenty trains of forty-one cars each, and these trains, with their locomotives, would have an aggregate length of six miles. "The coined dollars aro packed in boxes containing ?2000 each. It is about all a mau con do to corry off ono of theso boxes. Supposa wo want to move all of Uncle Sam's silver by man power at the same time, wo should need at this rate 271,000 mon. Giv ing each man five feet of room, they would moke a single procession more than 250 miles. "If the Government wen forced to carry all tho silver across couutry in wagons probably 2000 pounds would be :i fair load to each two-horse team, taking good roads or bod roads. Six teen thousand teams would be re quired, and when ou the rood close together, one after another, they would make a caravan considerably more than a hundred mile? long. "If these teams were lined np side by side in solid phalanx, as the wagons of settlers were on the borders of tho Oklahoma strip, they would make a column thirty miles long. "Suppose all this silver was coined and stored away loose, so you could get at it easily, and you were set count ing it, dollar by dollar. How long do you snppose it would take you to count it all ? Well, if you ran tho dollars through your fingers at tho rate of 100 a minute and worked ten hours a day, excepting Sundays, it would take you about thirty years to finish the job. It is now 12 o'clock, ladies and gentlemen, and the vaults will have to bo closed, under the rules of the Department. "-Chicago Times Herald. Don't Fail to Twirl Toar Thumbs. A physician in charge of a well known asylum for the care of tho in sane recently said : "There ?3 ono in fallible test either for the approach or the presence of lunacy. If the per son whose case is being examined is seen to mako no use of his thumb, if he lets it stand out at righi angles from tho hand, und employait neither in salutation, writing, nor any other manual exercise, you may set it down as a fact that that person's mental balance is gone. He or she may con verso intelligibly, may in every re spect be guarding the secret of a mind diseased with the utmost care and cunning, but the telltale thumb will infallibly betray tho lurking madness which is concealed behind a plausible demeanor.-Tho Scotsman. How to Make a Xovel Mouse Trap. Mice aro very knowing little ani mals and aro often too shrewd to bo caught by even the best steel traps. To make a very effective mouse trap tako a large jar-tho kind used for jam ond preserves-and tie over the top a piece of still brown paper. In the center of this cut a cross. Set the jar in a closet and suepend by a string a picco of toasted cheese or bacon rind over the centre. If the mice cannot easily reach tho top of the jar a runway may be constructed by plac ing ono end of a board on the edge of the jar and allowing the other end to rest on tho floor. If there are any mice about the bait will attract them. Just as soon as tho first mouse reaches the centre of the paper he will drop through into the jar, and the paper will fly back ready for the.nott comer. Tho same kind of a trap may De used for catching rats, only a barrel must be substituted for tho jar. A rat will soon gnaw out of such a trap if not prevented. The best way to avoid this is to fill tho barrel partly with water. This trap is a great fa vorite with country people. They lay a good-sized stone or brick in the bot tom of tho barrel, and pour in just enough water to como level with the top ot this. The first rat that tum bles in, of course, climbs on the brick to get out of tho water. As soon as another victim arrives there is a fight for possession of tho ouly dry spot. The noise attracts other rodents, so by morning a dozen or more may be swimming and squealing and fighting for dear life. The Tarantula. The tarantula is a giant spider, sometimes measuring four inches in length. It is fawn?colored above, with white sides, marked with whitish lines. It has four pairs of well-developod legs, in addition to tho mandibles or jaws, which contain tho poison appara tus. These aro grooved, aud tho pois ouous 8ecrotioD, which is similur in composition to tho venom of snakes, is contained in a gland at tho base of the mandibles and is forced through the grooves when the spider is angry and grasps its victim. The body and legs aro thickly covered with hair. Although the bite of tho tarantula can hardly bo classed as deadly, it is always extremely painful, and has probably in some cases caused death. Tbo tarantula is remarkable both ? for its fierceness and its extraordin ary swiftness. By tho use of eight long and vigorous legs it flashes over tho ground, and as theso logs aro sharp and prehensile, it can run up a per pendicular surface with great ease. THIS TS A TARANTULA. No ono need therefore be surprised tc soe II tarantula run up from the grounc to his chin. The tar?ntula catches small birds, mice and insects. It is ablo to use its poison with greater relative effect ou these than on mau nnd other large anj mais, EMPIRE OF DEESS. SUMMER STVLES IV WOMEN'S II ATS. AND FROCKS. Stiff Bows of Ribbon Arc tho Lat est Freak in Millinery-Fash ionable Bonnets - The Floral Blouse. THE latest freakish rulo in millinery cuts away the whole side of the wide brim of a hat and substitutes out spreading-, stiff bows of ribbon. 'These bows, or rather loops, stand out like the spokes of a wheel, and may bc bent up and dowa in ?ny becoming manner. It seems rather a pity to cut "the hat up like that, doesn't it? But fashion's chief fancy just now is to out up one thing that another may be run in to take the place of what is ont away. Bows stand out so jauntily from the hat in the accompanying illustration that they seem to be having pretty ranch their own way, but tho hat brim here is left intact. For that matter the appearance that the bows have of standing wherever they will is all pretonce, for all tho upper ones are wired into carefully considered positions. Hats of this sort are made of fancy straw, with wido .and slightly rolling brims of contrasting color aud braid that are taken np in back and fastened against the low crowns with a full bow of rib bon. : The same ribbon is then used for the bows in front, and the garni ture is completed with bunches of roses placed at random. Some of the fashionable bonnets aro almost make believes. Such nro no morel than a very narrow band of -v. en rv-? hid jeweled ribbon lb".', sc ?] ?: ? . ,. i i i tween thy forehead omi! this roando: uiuso bow, a tiny flower and a flash of jewel is at each eud of this band, and standing up jauntily, a little at ono side as if it were gayly making its way down the pretty slope of the head, is a cockade of stiffened lace. A little way off the head appears to be orna mented by this little cockade only, and the observer must guess how the DAT Wl-rn RIBBON BOWS. thing sticks on. It should be need less to suggest that only a vory pretty woman with crinky hair or one with faultlessly smooth, glossy locks, should risk this kind of headdress. WHITE PARASOLS. White parasols prevail, ono of plain, lich silk, without trimmings, being seen in almost every carriage ou n sunny day. Tho chifl?n parasols aro reserved for midsummer aud for pi azza uso, whero tho sun is loss fierce. Others in white and black stripes in row after row around tho centre arc of very thick 6ilks, aud are in best stylo when quito plain. For those who object to tho glare that comes through these pretty whito canopies nro changeable silk covers of two very rich and rather showy col ors, while ladies just returned from abroad have brought homo coachiug jiorasols of largo gay Scotch plaids, with a thick polished stick and faceted crystal knob. Tho small old-time sun shades that may bc turned down on one 6ide aro again used by elderly la dies, who appreciate them for their lightness and convenience. BLACK KAU lt ICR. Black fabrics are specially liked for street wear. A silk wrap Priestley Clairette is made willi a plain skirt, a full blouse waist and very largo lcg-o' mntton sleeves. The collar and licit aro of tho finest cut-jet embroidery, und from the belt fall ends of ribbon covered with jet em broidery to match. This is nn ideal dress for Hummer, as the material is not affected either by dampness or even a severe wetting. Tbe jet embroidery is done on fina satin, and is proof against all weathers. THE FLORAL BLOUSE. Nowadays a woman cannot have too many evening blouses, and they can be made so easily from some left-over silks or a few yards of cheap light silk, trimmed with chiffon and flowers, FLORAL BODICE. that they have become a genuine economical form of dress. Among the newest bodices is "The Floral," mado of satin or merv, with a trimmed waterfall and bertha of violets or other flowers. STREET GOWNS AND LONG GLOVES. Nearly all the really stunning street gowns, outside of the strict tailor mades, are made, according to the New York Advertiser, with elbow sleeves, to be met by long gloves. Some of these sleeves have a tight inch or so below the elbow over which : ; th* ?3 tri is fastened. ! io nave the tops of these gloves slip ping all Ibo time, as they do ; but, again, when doe? a woman's arm look so well ns when she stretches it, but, while with the other hand she pulls ap that horrid glove. Indeed, these gloves take the plaoe of the lorgnette, the fan or the scarf. It has always been essential that the woman1 of fashion shall have something about her costume that she may prune and prink. The graceful scarf gives her every chance for pretty movement of the handsome shoulders, for delicate waving of the head and bendingof the neck and for graceful swaying of the body to meet the lingering folds. Tho lorgnette is not nearly so good a "property" as tho scarf, but it serves. The hand, wrist and arm may grace themselves with a thousand pretty tricks iu the nse of this weapon ; nud there is such a chance to bend the head prettily on the neok. The eye brows get their chance, too, so de cidedly tho lorgnette has its uses further than as something to look through; but just now the long gloves are favored over both these acces sories. Sleeves that demand just such gloves are pnt into the dress to-day, and the whole is a very swagger out door outfit. Made princess from mixed tan coaching cloth, the skirt portion has a plaited panel, and the bodice is plain, save for a trimming of silk folds set ofl with enameled but tons. Similar bands outline the arm holes and a bias fold of the cloth comes around tho waist, ending at tho silk bands. SIMPLE STYLES FOR HALF-GROWN GIRLS. . Thero are few departments of dress that require more careful handling than that of a half-grown girl. Sho is too large for children's fashions and not quito old enough for grown-ups, and her costuming is usually attended with n good deal of worry and perplex ity. Thero are, however, some simple styles that are always to be approved and that aro girlish and becoming without being too formal and compli cated. One of those-is a dress of whito nun's veiliug. Tho skirt is in straight widths, with tho front and sidos slight ly gored and plaited in to a bolt. Down the front of the skirt and in two strips at cither sido arc bands of inser tion, ribbon or galloons. The waist is slightly full, gathered into a yoke and belt, and from shoulders to belt aud in tho front and back are perpendicu lar hands of thc same garniture. The sleeves aro very full puffs of the mate rial, with bands of trimming from the armholes down to tho narrow enffs just below tho elbows. Frills of laco fall over the arms, and tho collar ia finished with a narrow rucking of silk, with a fall of lace below it. HANDSOME DRESSES. A handsome dress has tho skirt trimmed with medallions set on to fonu patterns. These medallions aro about as large as a silver dollar. Somo of them uro perfectly plain aud Hat. Others have tassels falling from the middle, One dress has the front of the waist, tho yoko uni the nppeff part of tho skirt ornamented witV this garniture, A Unique Lighthouse, The lighthouse that has been erect ed by the United States Government at Paris Island, Port Poyal, South Carolina, is novel in form, and, though erected as an experiment, it has done its duty well. It is the most economical structure in the history of lighthouse construction. When first erected it was regarded with many misgivings by experts. The light, which is mn up and down THE CHEAPEST OP ALL LIGHTHOUSES. in rails in the plane of thc structure, is housed by day. " At night it is hoisted to its place at the apex of tho triangle by machinery worked in the oil house at the base of the structure. Tho large foundation plates aro about forty feet apart. Tho focal plane of tho light is 120 feet above tho sea level, but tho top of the structure is 132 feet from tho ground. The cost of the iron work set up is 89400, and that of tho structure completo and lighted about $12,000. The Wealthiest Woman's Son. Itwouldbe difficult to locate that mnch-talked-about young man, Ed ward H. K. Green, tho son of tho re nowned Hetty, the wealthiest woman in the country. Ho lives much of the time in Chicago, where he owns about ' . * .. . ' : .:< liri bf tba j ; .. 5 ct ru tie.-p??:?.'*-, -vfil j ! ..^?fCJi? vf.?--?- tc- .r;:AS?r-.- i ' SC ?V^t?. .-t~ .v' .-<->..-??-: ..'-V"--:?J??J?v^: v,'h62 J, o.La l?i : .?"^:?r i:re lc- ber; ?ltfir?ga ofto -i i most he ui?t?ken for . . \ EDWARD H. B. GREES. on her way to scrub out offices. There is a rumor to tho effect that Edward Green remonstrates with his mother and urges her to take a little rest and comfort. But to no avail. Edward Green, although lame, is a good-look ing young man, and will be a good catch. He is of excellent family, well spoken, good manocred and all that a good husband need to be-and this is not counting the ono hundred millions and moro which Mamma Hetty will leave him when she goes to the place whither money can neither travel nor talk. -New York Advertiser. A Match For the Lawyer. A dialogue about heaven took placo a few days ago between a member of the Baltimoro County bar and a lady eighty-two years old, who was un der examination in an equity case. The lawyer, to test the lady's faith in tho hereafter, asked her if she thought we would know each other in heaven. She replied by asking him another question as to where heaven was. His reply was not satisfactory to tho old lady, and she told the lawyer that if he wanted to question her about any place ho must locate it. Then she added : "Of course, wo will kuow each other in heaven, for our bodies will be the samo there, except that we will not have any blood in us." The lawyer next asked her if she thought people would have tooth in heaveu. She said sho could not an swer that definitely, but sho thought they would. Ono thing was certain, she added: "People would havo teeth in tho place allottod to the wicked," and she could prove it by Scripture. "How can you prove it?" said the law yer. "Why," sho replied, "tho Scrip ture says the wicked shall bo turned into utter darkness, where there shall bc weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, and how could they gnash their teeth if they did not have any?" Tho attorney did not proceed any further on that lino of examination.-Balti more Sun. While the prevailing agricultura! depression in Euglaud does not tend to lill tho pockets of the shopkeeper.-, it is continually adding to their size of tho towns. This is notable in sev eral places in Yorkshire. 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Reclaiminq 750 Square Miles of Land Now Under Water, One or the most stupendous feats in engineering which tho world has ever seen is proposed by the people of Holland, being nothing less than tho reclamation of the waters submerged by the ZuyderZoe. The scheme, if carried out, will result in recovering about 750 square miles of land now undor water and will add a new prov ince to tho country. It is estimated that the work will cost over $130, 000. 000, and will require 33 years of constant labor. The Dutch Govern ment has recently received a favor able report on the plans from tho Roval commission appointed to look into the project, and it is reported that tho government and many of the leading citizons of Holland consider the scheme practicable In the ex pansion of territory, iu tho increase of trade and agriculture, and in the giving to thousands of people the op portunity of profitable employment, the project, though a stupendous and very costly one. will be ono that will recommend itself to most Hol landers. The v:'::k proposed td bc F?SM. i?r.*?i, oitixa construction o*>n :.-.r-.r..:? - sn-.iunkmert fctfin &n?>? . rvir?me- p-.i?n: of Xprtlj * 1. 'V t:-:.;r';'!v^' -I .. .?.si. aa leV.-n 'lc' - - ' SR ?.:! ' a? -~> . . .- * .... -i-.;*r;.:,t prir?-s ci' : uh?, I'Vii-T "??vi for Wvi onrposes ,,f" .-..r i E*?vVa???c??-?. Xs :s ...'?-':. ' " ' . .'-.?S rh.: e.;;.?t:? vuhii? of U:0 lar> s poses, wrii De over JJ?JJ?.UUU.UUU. There is one important point which has been raised by the objectors to the plan, and that is that its con summation will practically destroy the Zuydcr Zee fisheries, the reve nues of which now avcrago about ??850,000 per year, employment being given through these fisheries to 3,000 persons, and 1,000 vessels. To com pensate the fishermen for their loss the Royal commission proposes to give to every man thus deprived of a means of livelihood a new vessel suit ablo for tho North Sea fisheries ; and further to insure them against acci dent, to pension old fishermen and to exempt from harbor dues all the craft owned by them. It is believed in Holland that after tho settlement of tho secondary questions the gov arnment will at once order thc great work of reclaiming these lands under water to bo begun. Appearances Are Deceitful. Edward was behind. A New Violet. While exploring in tho Cascado Mountains during last summer Pro fessor Lloyd, of Forest Grove, dis covered a new violet. It is a small plant with a delicate whito llower with translucent pel als, and grows in wet mos\V places. Ho has named it Viola Macloskoyi in honor of his preceptor in biology at Princeton. THAT KATA I. HALANCE. ".My expenditures never exceed my receipts," said Hawkins. "Mine do," sighed Wilkins, " In fact, I am very much afraid I shall never have any receipts for ray last year's expenditures."