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THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. The greatest number of British Americans in any one of the cities in the United States is found in Boston -38,291 The investment in good roads made by Staten Island rill pay for itself many times over in a vary few years, Fr&dkts^ihe New York Sun. The population i??*j^lready increasing rapidly._\ The postoffice at Mount Vernon, N. Y., will hereafter be closed on Sun days. This is the result of a cam paign conducted by the Christian En deavorers, who got np great petitions and forwarded them to the Postmaster General._ There are twenty-six or oma tion as sociations in active operation in the United States. The eldest was organ ized in Washington, Penn., in 1876, and the two newest are found at New Haven, Conn., and Elizabeth, N. J. (1894). The number of incinerations reported is 8670. The number in cinerated in Europe from 1876 to 1893 was 19,700. The membership of the American associations is about 8000, and the adherents of the method num ber about 100,000. The Kiel Canal, which was opened with such splendid ceremonies, has now been in use over a year. The maritime trade has not availed itself of the shortened passage nearly as much, thus far, as it was supposed it would, and in consequence of the fact tho German Government has deter mined to reduoe the tolls. The rela tive reoeipts from tolls are said to have fallen off considerably since last October, even with the winter season excepted. Nearly all the vessels pass ing through the canal are German, but there are also some Danish, Dutch and Swedish, a very few English and a Russian and a Brazilian ship of war. The Atlanta Constitution exclaims : "The ?yes of the world are fixed ad miringly upon the- flag of Cuba. In America the players of seventy mil lions of people are with her and the heart cf the country beats as the bi rt of one man. Though Cuba has a pop ulation of less than one-half of that of the United Stated in 1776, Spain has cent over to the island twice as many troops as England sent over to con quer America, The statement throws light upon the situation and show* that the Cubans are making one of the most heroic fights this world has ^TfeT ktUiWn, SUon heroiBni-ag this is bound to success." Queer methods are occasionally adopted in London to raise money foi the hospitals. The Lancet says thal on a recent Sunday in a certain part of London there was a street proces sion organized in aid of a hospital. In addition to the usual bands and banners of friendly sooieties which ac company these processions, there were tradesmen's carts, decorated with flowers and vegetables, the name of the owner of the vehicle being, ol course, conspicuously visible. Bul the principal "attraction" was a mar on what was supposed to be a sick bed, and attended by two nurses, one of whom was a qualified nurse and the other a person masquerading in a nurse's costume. Philadelphia has opened twelve pub lic school-yards as playgrounds for children in the more densely popu^.ted parts of tho city, announces the New York Post. At each of them is con ducted a morning kindergarten, under the direction of publie school teach ers, and, in addition, each playground is supplied with toy3 and games for the amusement of the younger as well as the older boys and girls. A sand heap, with spades and buckets, is placed in each yard, and tents or awn ings ara fitted up in those yards not having sufficient shade to protect the children from the sun. The cost of fitting each yard with the articles needed for the games was about $15. There are seats for mothers bringing their babies, and chairs and tables for tie kindergartens. The janitors, with authority increased by appointment as special polioemen, have the care of the toy? and games and exercise a general superintendence over tba children. Like provision was made for the children last summer and with very satisfactory results. Ta^t Pineapple Plantation Congressman Linton, founder of the new town south of West Palm Beaoh, has contracted with W. S. Glow of the Windella plantation for 100,000 pine apple slips and suckers for the settlers of Linton and Boynton, to be issued in 1000 to 5000 lots. The following fine varieties comprise the lot : Alaska, Porto Bico, Egyptian Queen and Rip ley. The settlers are given until Sep tember 1, 1898, to make their first payment, and by that time the first crop will be on the market. The re mair ing payments are to be made each year thereafter. As a result of this generous deal nearly every settler in the two new towns has availed himself of the opportunity to begin a pine apple farm. _ The Human Voice. The range of the human voioe is quite astounding--there being about nine perfect tones, but 17,592,188,044, 515 different sounds; thus fourteen direct muscles alone or together, pro dace 16,3?3 ; thirty indirect muscles ditto, 173,741,823, and all in co-opera tion produce the number we have named ; and these independent of dif ferent degress of intensity, J i NATION'S WARDS. UNCLE SAH'S SUCCESSFUL GU AR DIANSHIt* OF THE INDIANS. The Once Hostile Tribes Have Aban doned the War Path and Taken to the Arts of Pence The Custer Massacre. - i__' ) IT ia a fact -worthy of noto that since Jane 25, 1876, the date upon which General George A. Caster and his entire command were massacred by the Cheyennes, no serious outbreak apon the part of the Nation's ward, the American Indians, Aaa occurred in the United States. 'Let, despite the fact that the Caster massaore practically dates an entirely new epoch in the history of the In dian races of this great country, .ts twentieth anniversary, which ocourred recently, passed unnoticed and an honored, save by a few individuals with whom the memory of tho little band of heroes who perished on the plains is yet green. Prior to that time Indian uprisings were of frequent occurrence, for of the 200 or mort' tribes now in the United States there are not ten bat what bave been in revolt at some time or another. There aro many residents of San Francisco, says the Chronicle of that city, to-day who can recall the Modoc tioublcs of 1873 and the Bannock war, ia which King Joseph asserted him self so persistently, while the Apache outrages under th ? leadership of Ger onimo are still fresh in the memory of many who can by no means be called old timers. Daring the pas'; twenty years, how ever, the Government has been en gaged in trying to civilize and coatrol the remnants of these once powerful bribes on reservations, and with re markable success. In fact, the Indian of to-day cac only cast a longing eve over the old "bunting grounds of his forefathers, for. although centuries of livihsr by roaming, war and the cou mmption of the wild products of na ture have not especially fitted him for readily accepting civilization, he hes been compelled to accept restraint. The Atlantic coast Indians, the Cherokees in North Carolina, most cf the tribes on the northern lakes, and the remuant of the Six Nations in New York and Pennsylvania have lon,; siuc-e ceased to be. troublesome, whilo disease and other canses have helped io destroy the great mass of the In dians from the Atlantio coast to the Mississippi Liver. The Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, CHEROKEE HALF BREED. MO QUI GIRL. Chickasaws and Seminoles, in the In - dian Territory, once so warlike and fierce, having intermarried with whites and tho colored people and adopted others into their tribes, have almost entirely lost their identity, and are now a progressive people. The Sioux, Comanches, Apaches, Navajos, Kiowas, Bannocks and oth ers are on reservations, and, evea if disposed to belligerency, are so sur rounded by white uettlements that a wer would be of short duration. The Pacific coast fish eaters and root diggers are peaceable, progres sive and almost entirely self-support ing. The reservation Indians, 133,417 in number, according to the censas of 1890, are located in twenty States and Territories and form about 147 tribes or parts of tribes, occupying about 78,500,000 acres of allotted land, but much of the area of these reservations is desert. The present policy of the Govern ment, the eighth which has been tried upon the Indian since 1789, is known as an educational and allotment ene ; and to the education of all Indian children at the expense of the Nation is chiefly due the existing condition ot affairs. The best tests of Indian advance toward civili zation are the adoption of the white man's dress and habit:., their engaging in agriculture or the me chanical arts and in consenting to the education of their children. Judged SIOUX WOM] by these three standards the Indians are slowly but surely progressing toward Anglo-Saxon civilization. Whereas in former days the Indian children were allowed to grow up ia indolence and hatred of the white man and his methods, they aro now educated at National institutions, rad, being essentially quick und im itative, soon learn tho white man's waye. In addition to those on the various reservations there are at least 110,000 Indians who are self-reliant and inde pendent. These having already learned that it is to their interest to be like other men are already on an equality with other races in the CHIPPEWA IND United States, and furnish n striking illustration of the result which may be attained when the ignorance, inabil ity and fears of the Indiana arc sub dued. The Indian wars under th3 Govern ment of tho United States have been more than forty in number. They MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA. TONTA APACHE. have cost tho lives of about 19,000 white men, women and children, and some 30,000 Indians. From 1789, the date of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, to 1846 there were seven seiious wars, aa fol Irws: War with tho Northwest Indi ans, 1790 1795; William Henry Har rison's expedition to the Northwest, "T811; SemTnoic "Wirrr-rate-T T?racK Hawk War, 1832; Creek War in 1813, 1814 and 1837, and the Florida War of 1889. Between 1846 nnd 1S66, a period of twenty years, the United States was engaged in two wars, tLat with Mexico and the Civil War, in both of which the Indians figured extensively. Dur ing this period also there were some fifteen to twenty Indian affairs in Cal ifornia. The Indian wars o? #S57,18G2,1864, 1865 and 1866 in Minnesota and ad jacent States were bloody and costly, being conducted by the Indians with NAVAJO CHIEF. A UTE CHIEF. frightful barbarity. Thrre military expeditions were required to stop the Sioux massacres of 18G3-CG, nt a cost of 310,000,000. From 1865 to 1879 there were fre quent engagements. The most im portant were the war in Southern Ore gon and Idaho and northern parts of Caliibrnia and Nevada, 1865-68; the war against the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Comanches in Kansas, Colorado and the Indian Territory, 1868-69 ; the Modoc WarJ in 1872-73 ; the*war against the Apaches of Ari zona, 1873 ; tho war against thc El! IN CAMP. Kiowas, Comanches and Cneyennes in KansrH, Colorado, Texas, Indian Ter ritory and New Mexico, 1874-75; tha war against tho Northern Cheyennes a^d Sioux in 1876-77; the Nez Percez War, 1877; the Banp?ck War, 1878, and that against tho Northern Chey ennes in 1S78-79. Tbesa include tho Fet^ermarj niae^acre of Ueoembor 21, 1866, and the Custer massacre of Jane 25,1876. The Utes in Colorado and invading Indians from outside that State caused three wars prior to 1890, and the Apaohes in Arizona and New Mexico were frequently murderous and de structive. The removal of Geronimo's band of 381 Apaches as prisoners of IANS IN CAMP. war from their former homes tc Mount Vernon barracks, near Mobile, Ala., effectually stopped their depre dations, however. The number of actions between reg* ular troops and Indians from 1866 to 1891 was 1065, keeping an average ol 16,009 officers and men actively em ployed. The total cost to the United Staten for pensions to thesurvivoisor widown of these Indian wars to Jc ie 1, 1890;, was estimated at $28,201,632. The following table shows the num ber of (Indians in every State of tho Union, both on and off reservations, from which it will be 6een that moro than half of the Indian population ol' the United States is dependent upon, the Nation. The first column of fig" ures comprises the reservation Indian;; not taxed ; the second column inoludet: all the Indians off reservations, self supporting and taxed: Alabama. 884 75?i Arizona..'. 28,409 1,512 Arkansas. -- 250 California. 5.107 11,517 Colorado. 985 107 Connecticut. - 22S Delaware.- 4 District of Columbia. - 25 Fiorida. - 171 Goorgia. - 68 i-Ioho. 4,064 \ 159 Illinois. - 98 Indiana. - 843 Indian Terri tor}*. 1,224 60,0.^5 Iowa.398 60 Kansas. 946 7,16 : Kentucky.'. - 71 Louisiana.......?. - RM'i Mainorr. :.". - - - " -686 Maryland. - 44 Massachusetts. - 428 Michigan. - 5.625 Minnesota. 8,208 1,8 Mississippi. - 2,030 Missouri. - 128 Montana. 10,246 660 Nebraska. 8,538 2,893 Neva-'r.._ 1,557 8,599 New Hampshire. - 16 New Jersey. - 84 New Mexico. 6,490 8,554 New York. 5,318 726 North Carolina. - 1.516 North Dakota. 7,980 194 Ohio. - 206 Oklahoma. 13,167 10 Oregon. 3,713 1,258 Pennsylvania. 98 983 Rhode Island. - 180 South Carolina. - 178 South Dakota. 19,072 782 Teuni-ssHe. - 146 Texas. - 708 Utah. 2,848 6 8 Vermont. - 84 Virginia. - 349 Washington. 7,526 8,655 West Virginia. - 9 Wisconsin. 6,093 8,835 Wyoming. 1,801 43 Totals.139,333 107,920 Sinco the Indians hs.ve taken to the arts of peace and abandoned the war path, life on the frontier for the American soldier has become almost burdensome. It is now a question as to whether lhe garrison posts which were necessary along the frontier when the Indian tribes roamed at large at will, and at which trained troops were held in readiness to take to the held at a moment's notice in response to the smoke of the signal fires of hostile Indians, are now needed, and some of them have al ready been abandoned. Others are being converted into military school?, where the army, such as it is, moy be drilled in the art of war. Life at tho army postB has thus become monotonous and desultory.-San Francisco Examiner. Iii Hung' Cl'.aug. Ko living public man of Asia has been so much the subject of discus sion and criticism as Li Hung Chang. Much of the criticism has been unfav orable, and his critics arc often unfair. It is hardly just to him to estimate hie character and attainments according to the standard of. Western Nations. His educntion is exclusively Oriental, and his entire life has been spout in China. His knowledge of our civili zation is such as could be acquired in the motley society of a treaty port. As a statesman he has had to deal with a very conservative and bigoted constit uency, and with associates prejudiced against and ignorant of foreign Na tion* Judged in the light of his edu cate his experience and his sur roundings, he must be regarded as the first of living statesmen of Asia, and one of the most distinguished of the public men of the world. -Century, . Thc Cow and the Bicycler. Willi A WOODEN LEG. ie" Limps Like a Veteran, But la?ases to Cover the Ground. living dog, even with a wooden is infinitely better than a dead. )at is what Mr. Garrett, of Pulaski ^hty, Kentucky, thought when his shdog, "Boze," limped into the ise one day with his left foreleg' sly hanging by the skin, loze" had a foolish antipathy to road trains, and the inference was he had scraped up au argument an express which had gone fpugh about half an hour before. Garrett, who is something of a reon-like most good Kentuckians [eoided that he might better keep ?e-quarters of "Boze" than to lose altogether. So he completed the work of amputation, bound up the stump of the leg and gave tho dog first class care. J*Boze" himself seemed to think life wak worth living, und in three or four wepks he was up and about. But his gait was wobbly, and Garrett set to k and made a wooden leg to lighten him up. He whittled and iped and polished it, and fastened to "Boze" with a clever arrange nt of straps. it first trial the dog didn't take Vi j to the addition that had been It for him, but he couldn't shake it ?and finally concluded to make tho Kt of it. Within a week he was IHK EOG WITH THE WOODEN LEO. ; Iking about with all the four cor lad dignity imaginable, len he wants to jump a fence or an invading cat out of the door ySd he folds the wooden leg up under lim, And a railroad train is some tong he has no longer any possible wmfor. _ Sice and Hats in Japan. 1?re are small "deer" on the island t'bft arouse no poetry or gracious eenti* ntflnts. Themice, those pests of Jap awse tea-houses, raced through the dw houses at will by dark, the oma mental traceries and designs pierced ijfjthe pretty wood panels above the jens giving them free range of every ro?m. They ran over my face, scratched ms pillow, nibbled my fingers, and . toft me awake night after night with their rustling and gnawing. On the third night of mouse carnival I called the servants and had lights brought, landlord heard the sounds and 1 across thc court to see what mouse in this house," ?fea?d.'^'Ob^'l certainly, certainly, honorable lady," he said, bowing low and proudly; "jes, indeed ; I ha7e many, plenty of rats at the Momiji/' And he could not at all understand why we should make such a trouble about so natural a thing, and object to these sure evi dences of abundant prosperity, theso companions of Daikoku, the god of plenty.-Century. The German War Dogs. A special feature in this year's Ger man grand manouvres will be sup plied by war dogs, which have been most admirably trained for seeking the'wounded and carrying despatches. At the command "seek," accompanied by a gesture indicating the direction in which the dogs are to search, they will ?art off without allowing them selves to be disturbed by any sur rounding circumstances. They will find the men who figure as wounded with unfailing certainty, take a pi^ce of their clothing-cap, helmet, or a piece of cloth torn off-and bring this back to the ambulance mer, whom they then conduct to the spot. In the despatch service the dors ful fil their duty with admirable speed and certainty. They carry the des patches in a small box affixed to their collar.-La France Militaire. Mayflower's Tiller Still Preserved. It is not generally known that the tiller of the Mayflower is now at Plymouth, England, and is owned by a Mr. Mortimer, of Devon. The de THE TILLER OF THE MAYFLOWER. scendants of those who left England recently visited the historic town and made a special pilgrimage to the shrine ol the tiller, lt is said to be in an excellent state of preservation. All Paper. Enthusiastic paper rankers say that the new woman and the new man will soon dino off paper dishes. Paper dress material masquerading as silk seriously threatens tho silkworm. Spruce sawdust, cotton or jute waste and alcohol are put into the machine and come out at the other end shining, delicately colored, rustling silk, suit able for a dainty lady's gown. To be sure, this paper silk does not wear as well as the produot of the silkworm ; but think of the cost, how much cheaper it will be ! In Paris nearly any milliner will bo ablo to show you stylish bonnets and hats made entirely of paper-frame, trimmings, ornaments and all. Tho paper trunk is coming into usc, It is said that it is unbreak able. _ A Congregational church is to be erected in Gainsborough, England, at a cost of 830,000, as a memorial of John Robinson, who gathered there his flock of Pilgrim Fathers. Progress in the settlement of Min nesota was never so marked as at pres ent, the sales of State, Government pod railroad land being very heavy, EMPIRE OF DRESS. FADS AND FANCIRS IN THE REALM OV FASHION. Stylish Waist of White and Violet Striped Organdie-Jewels Set In Gloves Is the Latest ' Parisian Fad. VIOLET and white striped or gandie is chosen for this stylish waist, valenoiennes insertion and lace edging trimming it very daintily. The stock collar and crush belt is made of violet satin rib bon. A glove fitted lining closed in centre front is tho foundation over which this dressy waist ia arranged. LADIE3' WAIST. The fall fronte and back have tucks taken up and shirred on each shoulder giving a pretty and new effect. Gath ers adjust the fullness at the neck and the closing in front is invisible, the gathers at the waist line being drawn well to the centre of front and back. Full puffs gathered in tuck sherrings at the lower edge are arranged over fitted linings of three-quarter length, a deep lace trimmed frill falling to the wrists. Epaulettes or sleeve caps are made of the material mitered to form three graceful points that fall over the puff, insertion and lace decorating the edges daintily'. The model is especi ally adapted to sheer materials that are now so handsomely constructed over silk and other colored linings. LADIES SHIR? WAIST Plain aud dotted Swiss, linen, batiste, mull, sprigged organdie with linings tinted to match the floral design, chif fon, mull aud soft silk aro all auitable materials to develop the mo.IP. The quantity of material thirty-six inches wide required to make this waist for a lady in the medium size is four yards.-May Manton. BRIDAL WARDROBES. Shower bouquets of TOSOB, sweet pea?, orchids and carnations are in vogue, and lately a Southern belle started the fashion for jasmine flow ers. One of tbe most important events in a woman's life is decidedly her wed ding day, and as most women mean to marry but once, that one wedding dress tnu-t make a bright spot in the memory of a lifetime. A very handsome reticule to be used with a bridal traveling gown is made of violet tinted leather, decorated in a framework of Japanese tortoise-shell work and lined with a pale buttercup silk. This is made after the heart de sign and is carried on the arm. Tho stunning wedding gown is al ways white. This year it is whito satin. It is made with a full skirt, wreathed in Irish point lace, with a nice long train. Tho bodice is usually made with a fall of laco and wide revers. The sleeves are model ately large and trimmed in lace. The neck is high and massed in lace, and the veil is draped in Russian style from a wreath of orange blossoms nt the crown of the head. A handsome going-away gown can be fashioned of pearl taffeta silk and pearl jeweled net. The tight-fitting Louis XV. coat is very pretty for this combination with the fullness arranged in the stylish godet folds below the waist line. The large revers made of the silk can bo covered with the net and turned back from a petal front made of tho silk. Leg-o'-mutton sleeves add grace to the costume, of which tho skirt is made full and plain. NEW BELTS AND COLLARS. Some girls have as many as ten sets of collars und belts for their gowns, and as each sot requires two yards and three-quarters of ribbon from four to six inches wide, costing from thirty to seventy-five cents a yard, it is an easy matter to put $10 in these becoming trifles as light as air, but stylish and becoming withal. Points or square tabs of lace, in twos or fours, haug over the tops? of collars ; then a plaited ruch of lace, tulle, etc., finishes the inside edge of many collars, end al1 of this is climaxad with a folded baud of ribbon tied in two loops and ends at tbe back, so a fashionably dressed neck nowadays is, indeed, wonderfully and fearfully constructed. With a flowered dress like organdie thc belt and collar rib bons do not of necessity match. Atan organdy figured with pink and green has a pink taffeta ribbon collar and a green belt, A new belt beeomjng to large and small figures is of six-inch ribbon laid in fonr folds over a pointed girdle of white crinoline lined and well boned. SffOKS IN SEASON'. White canvas shoes are to be worn only with white outing frocks. Even then only the Cinderellas of society should wear them? White kid and satin slippers should be wrapped 1n blue tiesue paper, not in white. The acid which is used to render paper white acts upon the fabrics wrapped in it and yellows them. Slippers are intended for indoor and piazza wear only. The only per son who can be excused for walking in them is a dove-stricken young woman who wanders about beaches and gardens in romantio meditation and inappro priate attire. Tan shoes are suited to all sorts of outing and to ordinary business wear in summer. They are not appropriate for dress affairs, and the young woman who dons russet-leather boots for cere monious calls or semi ceremonious drives writes herseli down as lacking in a fine sense of the fitness of thing;. 1?ALTSSE LACV IN FAVOR. A little impetus Vas just been given to the wearing of Maltese lace by the exquisite white parasol cover presen ted by Maltese ladies to the Duchess of York. It bids fair to rival imitation. Yalenoiennes for tho tuckers and ruffles we are all beginning to wear, but it is naturally more expense. Veiy good Maltese patterns are re produced in white cotton by the lace makers of Bedford and Buckingham shire, and though lo;s expensive and not so fine a? tbe genuine imported article, it answers very well, and cnn be washed like any other pillow lace. The great thing to remember is that starch is an abomination, and it must not be rubbed, only well soaked and "swished" in soapy water, dried under a heavy weight asd pulled out svith the fingers. JEWELS 8ET IN' GL0YE3. The latest fad in tba way of eccen tric dress is the wearing of jewels up on various articles of clothing. This WITH SAILOR COLLAR. extravagance originated in gay Paris, where the jewelers are falling over one another in their attempts to rind some new use to which to put gems. Thero are now on tho market as a unique result of this attempt to find or devise something new, gloves in the backs of which are set precious stones, diamonds, rubies, pearl] and emer alds, and in fact any gem whose nat ural color harmonizes or makes a pleasing contrast to the color of the glove. Diamonds seem to be tho fa vorite gems used for this purpose. The jewels are set in the back of the glove along the seam and are held in place by means of a small nut attach? meqt. Thus far ouly a few of the more advanced women of the ultra fashionable set have taken to wearing the diamond ornamented gloves, but the fad is slowly but burely spreading, aud no mau can tell to what extent it may be carried. The wearing of gems according to jewelers has never been so widespread aud extensive as at the present time. While a year or two ugo it was con sidered bad form to wear any but the plainest jewels, the other extreme will soon be reached, and jewels will be worn in ways never before thought of. Like every other fashion which THE JEWELED GLOVES. originates in Paris, the fad of wearing diamond-baaked gloves has crossed the English Channel, and a few of the more daring Engltsh leaders of fashion have promptly had jewels set in the backs of their glove1. Following the invariable order of such things, tho fad will reach this country during tho present season. RIBBON SASH. The deep sash of ribbon is much worn by fashionable women. It is slightly pointed in front, and is fully a quarter of a yard high. It ia, in fact, one of the recent borrowings from the Marie An*oinotte period. Skilfully adjusted, it is pretty and be coming; but put i>:? by one who doesn!t know how, it is stir! aud ugly to the last degree, lt shonl.1 have the look of easily swathiug and suggesting the linea of the figure. ? MOTHERS READ THIS. The Best Remedy. For Flatulent Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysen tery, Haussa, Coughs, Cholera In fantum, Teething Children, Cholera Morbus, Unnatural Draina from the Bowels, Fains, Griping, Loas of Appetite, Indigestion and all Dis eases of the Stomach and Bowels. PITTS CARMINATIVE* t [ls tbc standard. It carries children over the critical period cl teething, and is recommended bj physicians ss the friend of Mothers, Adults and Children. It ls pleasant to the taste, and never fails to give satisfaction. A few doses will demonstrate ita su Krl?tive virtues. Price, 25 cts. per Rle. For sale by druggists. druggists. SB HOUSEHOLD AYFAIJiS. fi A /AM OF MIXED FBUTTS. Very good jam can be made by mix? ing fruits, as raspberries and red car rants, raspberries and gooseberries, and so on. Either apples or goose berries mix nicely with almost all ether fruits. The best way to ase them is to make them into jelly, and add a proportion of this jelly to the other fruit while boiling.-Pittsburg Dis patch. SOMETHING ABOUT CANDLES. So essential is the candle considered for decorative purposes that for occa sions where its light would not be suf ficiently strong, what are called "can dlestick lamps" are used. That is, the tall, slender, candlestick is perfectly copied and so low is the tiny shade suspende J over the burner that none but the most observant would notice that it was a small lamp that burned inside, and not a wax candle. By the way, it is always best to lay candles on the ice for several hours before they shall be needed. They will not gutter so badly, will burn more slowly and give a more GP*- , ory light altogether. VALUE OP A OB AX The women of Holland and Belgium, vrho make their linen so beautifully white, ase refined borax instead of washing soda in the proportion of ono large handful of borax powder to about ten gallons of boiling water. Thus they save in soap nearly half. Its effect is to soften the hardest water, and, therefore, it should be kept on every toilet table. It is good for cleansing the hair, is an excellent den tifrice; combined with tartaric acid and bicarbonate of eoda it is a cooling beverage. Qood tea cannot be made with hard water, bat all water may be made soft by adding a teaspoonful of boiax powder to aa ordinary sized kettle of water, in which it should boil. Tho saving in the quantity of tea used will be one-fifth. cut Howers adds immensely to any fable. Fruit in pretty dishes also renders it attractive. Olives and salted almonds remain on the table, as a general thing through out the dinner. Even if the tablecloth be not fine damask it may come fresh from tho laundry with the creases still in it. The requirements at each place are a large plate, a glacs of ice water, a napkin, knives, forks and tablespoon. The glass of ice water should be?ree from that jingling ice whioh renders drinking so difficult. Ii the soap is served from the table the plates should not bo piled up in front of tho lady serving. They should be brought one by one from the side table by the maid. A dry folded napkin upon the bread plate heightens the softness of table furnishing. Radishes are very dainty and edi ble, looking when peeled *to represent water lilies. Berries are dainty when served in their own leaves, with the stem left OD, that the guest may dip them in sugar., SU JIM EB DRINKS. Almond Milk (a delicious luncheon or tea drink)-Blanch and pound six dozen almonds, mix with two table spoonfuls of loaf sogar and one pint of boiling water, mix well and add gradually^ quart of water, strain, let cool, and serve in glasses with shaved ice. Egg Lemonade-Beat one egg with the juice of a lemon, two tablespoons of sugar and a tablespoon of shaved ice, shake and use immediately. Strawberry Acid-Stem six pounds of very ripe strawberries, pat ia an earthen crock, dissolve three ounces of citric acid in a gallon of water, pour over the berries and let stand over night ; strain and add a pound cf sugar to a pint of juice, stir until the sugar is dissolved, bottle and cool ; when ready to use fill a glass half fall o! shaved ice, pour over the acid to fill the glass and shake. Raspberries or blackberries may be used in place of strawberries, when less sugar will be necessary.. Soda Cream-Dissolve one pound of loaf sugar in a pint of water, add the juice and grated rind of n large lemon, sot over the fire to boil. Add tho beaten whites of three eggs, stir, take from the fire and strain. Let cool and bottle. When ready to use put two tablespoonfuls in a glass of ice water and add a pinch of soda. Spruce Beer-Boil a handful of hops and twice as much sassafras root in ten gallons of water; r train it and pour it in a gallon of molasses. Let cool and add two spoonfuls of essence of spruoe, two spoonfuls of powdered ginger, and one of ground allspice, stir all together and put into a cask. When cool put in half a pint of yeast, stop close, let ferment and bottle. Kumyss (a refreshing and strength ening drink for delicate women and children)-Fill a quart bottle uearly full of rich new milk, dissolve two ta blespoonfuls of sogar in hot water and add with halt a cake of compressed yeast. Cork and shake well. Set in a warm room for six hoars, then on ?ce until cold.- Boston Globe. A its AL honest person is more eager to lind out his faults and oonfeas them tbau to apeak of hil virtues;