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itHE NRTFON?L BANK OF AUGUSTA I?, a. HAYNS, Fm\r. G.FORD,Caaaler. Cupiitali $250,000. Undivided Profita }'*U0,000. . Faculties of oar. .magnificent Nev Vault [containing 410 Safety-Lock Boxes. Differ W Size- aro offered to our patrona and 'tho puoUc at $3.00 to 310.00 por annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest ou Pepos its. I Accounts Solicited, jiu C. Hayne, Tresident. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. S ADAH'S PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26. 1901. ISCHOOL I MEDALS. We Manufactur jfjL and College Mee V Gold and Silver. T prices. I M SGHWE?BERT .f* 70a Broad St., AS THE REALM New York City.-The silk bodice, lace trimmed, is In thc height of style and is eminently well suited to both after noon and evening wear. The chic FANCr SHIRT WAIST. May Manton model illustrated is holli simple and elegant and ls suitable alike to the odd bodice and the entire costume. The original is of white' taf feta with cream guipure lace and is designed for wear with odd skirts, but Louisine silk, crepe de Chine, panne and all the soft-finished silks are suit able, while countless materials might ?gesied foy the_ ?jffijffitf^^1T1! ^ j fashionable^ Albatross is much used and both linen and cotton materials of the finer sorts are In every way appro priate with trimming or needlework or lace as preferred. The foundation is a fitted lining. On it are arranged the tucked vest front, the fronts proper and the back. Thc front ls tucked to yoke depth and falls in soft folds below and the fronts prop er are laid in three tucks each at the shoulders and drawn In slight gathers at the waist line. The laye trimming Is cut in points and arranged to give a WOMAN'S waistcoat effect that is quite novel and smart. The sleeves are in bishop style with deep pointed cuffs of lace and the stock collar, also of lace, finishes the neck. To cut this waist for a woman of me dium size four yards of material twen ty-one inches wide, three yards twen ty-seven inches wide, two yards thirty two inches wide or one and five-eighth yard forty-four inches wide will be re quired, with seven-eighth yards of all over lace to trim as illustrated. Woman's Jacket. The all-around, useful jacket that can be slipped on over any.cgown ls es sential both to comfort aifi^ correct dress. The original of the j?v?ty May Manton model illustrated In the large drawing ls made of black cheviot, self faced and tailor stitched, but black broadcloth and tan covert and mix tures are equally appropriate for the purpose, rvhile the design is adapted also to the picturesque golf coat in red with greer facings. The fronts are fitted with single darts and are rolled back to form the revers. The back Includes a centre seam, and broad nnder-atm gores and laps over below the waist Une In regu lation coat style. The neck is finished -witl the latest Btyle collar that sug gests the Aiglon, but is turned down and meets the revers. The sleeves are two-seamed and flare over the hands, the outer seam being left open a few inches at the lower edge. As shown the jacket Is worn open and reveals the waist beneath, but when desired lt can be closed, either in the centre be low the short revers or diagonally to the neck as preferred. To cut this Jacket for a woman of e all Kinds of School $\ Jais and Class Pins in ? Write for designs and & , Augusta, Qa. to as OF FASHION. medium size two and a quarter yards of material thirty-two inches wide, one and seven-eighth yard forty-four inches wide or one and five-eighth yards fifty inches wide will he re quired. A Necessary Factor. Narrow velvet ribhons and beadings, in both hlack and white, have como to he such a necessary factor in near ly all summer gowns that it is scarce ly possible to find a gown whose com ponent parts they do not enter. The Turn-Over Shoulder Collar. Never more in demand than now is the turn-over shoulder collar of fine batiste with insertions of needlework or lace. Some arc expensive, others quite "reasonable." The collar bor dered with cluny lace requires no in sertion or trimming. The material Is transparent or nearly so. and looks as If It would go to pieces In the wash. What ls the surprise * the possessor to sec the fine collar return from tho wash as good as new, without a weak or worn spot and as fresh as possihle! Of course, the collar was not thrown Into the tub of other household linens, hut washed separately with warm, not hot, water and a lather of soap. Woman's Tacked Shirt Waist. The tucked shirt waist has au ex tended vogue, and ls a well deserved favorite for all the thinner washable materials as well as for Albatross, ie ysTn\5.-?cue ~JIa^-sxastcm 'model shown is exceptionally becom ing ainTeminently smart. The original ls made of white linen law;n and ls un lined, but all cotton and linen waisting materials are appropriate made In a similar manner, while wool and silk are eminently satisfactory made over the fitted lining. .As Illustrated thc waist ls worn with a collar of the ma terial, stock, tie and belt of Liberty satin. The fronts are laid in narrow nrms'-eyes, the first three being con tinued to the waist line while the re mainder arc left free at pointed yoke JACKET. depth to form soft folds below. The sleeves are in bishop style tucked from the shoulders to within a few inches of the wrist, where they are let to form becoming puffs. The wrists are finished with straight pointed cuffs that lap over at the seam. At the neck is a deep straight collar finlsned with turn-over, or protection, portions. To cut this waist for a woman of me dium size four yards of material twen ty-one inches wide, three and three TUCKED SHIRT WAIST. quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, three and a half yards thirt3*-two Inches wide or two and three-eighth yards forty-four inches wide will be I required. . -- COMPEN Who fails to sow for fear that he 1 Shall not be here to reap Must lie in bleak obscurity 1 Through all his linal sleep. Tin* bard who sung, long, long ago, I When uo one leut an ear, Snug on for love of singing, though They scoffed who cha need to bear. Today men seek his grnvo and how Beside his monument i We laud the uohle poet now 1 Who couldn't pay his rent. $ A CHANGE 0 %%-%*%%%%'%%%'%%'%.%'%'% It was a bright morning, and a girl was breakfasting alone in the some what dingy sitting room of a Blooms bury lodging house. She was young and pretty, with delicate, thoughtful looking features. She glanced at the clock-It wafted a few minutes to 9 then rose from her seat and walking to the window, pulled back the faded'red curtains. "A clear sky-there will be a splen did light soon for Phil," she exclaimed. She turned and made her way back to the fireplace. An envelope on the man telpiece caught her eye. It was an old one, and had been there for some weeks, but she took lt down once again, and drew a card out-a mere ordinary card, with the words, "Madge, from Dick," written upon it. She gazed at it reflectively; then replaced it with a little sigh. "Ah, Dick!" she murmured, "if only things had gone a little better with us!" The chimes of a clock striking the hour caught her ear, and she made hurried preparations for her departure. On her way down she tapped at a door, and opened it half an inch. "Many happy returns of the day. Phil, dear!" she called out "It's a lovely morning. Good-by!" She ran down the stairs lightly. In the hall she was met by an elderly looking man In a velveteen coat. She nodded brightly to him, and he opened thc door for her. "Your brother's birthday?" he asked with a smile. "Yes. We must do something to night In honor of lt, and you must help us, Mr. Lintel!! Good-by-I shall be late for my 'bus!" About an hour later Phil Halstan emerged from his room. He was a tall, well-built young fellow, with a some what heavy, indolent looking face. He ate a leisurely breakfast, then, lighting a cigarette, dropped Into an armchair by the fire and let his eyes travel slow ly round the dull room. A look of dis gust crept to his face. "Ugh!" he exclaimed. "How horribly mean and sordid it all looks! Shall I eyer get out nf it)"g?-'?;; ^ -,,, , . , corner by'the wlndowi'drew forward an easel. He sat before it and gazed 'at the blank canvas. Then he felt for his box of brushes and fingered them med itatively. Finally he laid them down and looked out of thc window. There was a tap at the door, and the next moment old Mr. LIntell en tered. He lived on the upper floor and had got to be very friendly with Madge and her brother. "I won't interrupt you," he began with a glance at the easel. "I only came to offer you my best wishes!" "Thanks! Please don't go," cried Phil, as the old man moved toward the door. "Fact is, I don't think I shall do much more work now-rather thought of giving myself a holiuay. My birthday, you know!" he added half jocularly. Old LIntell came forward slowly. He looked at the blank canvas. "It's going to be a great thing!" ex plained Phil. "I'm working out the idea now-it takes time, you know." The old man no?ded and looked out of the window. He had been thinking a good deal of Phil lately-this boy who got up late, sat dreaming half the day, and loafed the other, who had never earned a penny in his life, kept in idleness by a devoted sister who. as typist in a solicitor's office, worked hard from morn to night, believing in him heart and soul. He glanced up sharply at Phil. "Might I see your portfolio?" he Baid. "I used to know something about art." Phil pulled it out with alacrity, and opened it for the old man's inspection. Mr. LIntell turned them over one by one. They were crude and badly done, with no sign of distinctive ability whatever. "Well?" asked Phil eagerly. He shared his sister's belief in himself. "Give me your candid opinion." Mr. LIntell wiped his glasses and proceeded to oblige him. He told him the truth, thc unpleasant, naked truth -and a wave of color swept over young Phil's cheek. Then he laughed. "It's too ridiculous," he cried. Old Mr. Lintell rose from his chair and made his way to thc door. "Im sorry," he said, "but I thousht you ought to know." Phil laughed again as the door closed on the old man-but it was an uncom fortable sort of laugh-the laugh of a man whose mind had been suddenly confronted with a new aspect of the case. He strode up and down the room. "Of course, I shall be famous some day-shall pay little Madge back a thousand fold-and she doesn't mind working at present!" he reflected. "And he Faid I hadn't a particle of ability, that I was wasting my time, that. I ought to be earning my living, keeping Madge, instead of letting her-!" He glanced toward the window. The sun was shining temptingly. Ho walked to the mantelpiece and four? two half-crowns which Madge had loft there. Unthinkingly ho slipped these Into his pocket, then, taking hat. and stick, made his way out of the house. He meant to go fnr a long walk, t> think out hi:; rrrrat ilea. But lie found he could think of nothing but old Mr. Lintcll's word--.. The idic-fc sentences kept running through his head. He, Phil Ilalstan, a mere loafer! Thc thing was absurd; Madie herself WOllId h? tho flr!?t t? -- yo. He walked for Fon-i" tinir. and made, an effort to think of something else. Presen t'y ho dropne-i 1 to cheap re3 faurnnt to have luni'h. i it ral down to a ruble: n?xt to bini two men were talking rather excitedly. SATION. Who idly stands rind shakes his heud And sighs and murmurs: "No! Ere reaping timo I shall be dead, Why bother, then, tu sow?" For him uo shaft shall over rise To chi im the pilgrim's, gaze, No love shall center where he lies, Xo honor crown his days! Who plants has hope, and though he may Not see the fruitful fall, Ile has foreseen a glorious day, And triumphs, after all. -S. E. Kiser. ?F PURPOSE. ?I "I don't care wh.o it is!" one was declaring emphatically. "The chap who loafs while a woman works for '1m is a 'ound, and deserves to be kicked! Why, I'd sooner sweep the roadway!" Phil, with a red face, rose and hur riedly left the place. It was half-past two the same after noon when Madge ran lightly up the staircase of the house in Bloomsbury, and burst into the sitting room. Her face was flushed and her eyes sparkled. She saw a young man standing by the window. His back was turned to her. "Phil!" she cried joyously, "I have a half holiday!" The figure in the window turned and she gave a little cry of surprise. "Dick," she gasped in astonishment Dick Evington came toward her, holding out his hand. "Just Dick," he answered with a. smile. He caught her hand and stood' looking into her face. "Something ha|& happened, Madge, and I've come ?p;"?| once from Anington to tell you abouti it." There was a dainty flush on her cheeks; he thought he had never seen her look so beautiful. "I hope it is something good for you, Dick," she said. "Is it?" "I don't know-yet," he said slowly, j "That is, until I've heard what you have to say." Now it happened that at this mo ment Phil Halstan was wending his way homewards. He let himself in with his latchkey and went up to their room. The door was not quite shut, and he heard voices-Madge's and an others. He recognized it after a mo ment. Then he caught a few of the words. He glanced ai ound. Thc^'juJ-"* lng was dark. Hardly knowing^w^l? he did, ho sank down on the flrst.^tajfe| and listened. t '?zt?p -w-l "I knew things would come>vlfc>..?; at last, Madge, dear!" Eviugton'a voice was saying. "But I didn'tvthink it would be as splendid as this. A. good post abroad-only open to a married man, too!" There was a pause. Outsid/^Phil lim i.iiiii Tin j\" n> his head he found .L?nteU hatr crr?pt'to^ his side. . ? -A Then they heard Madge's vo!ce. It was low and tremulous. "I'm so sorry, Dick, hut-" "Why, Madge, you love me?" "Yes, love you, Dick-always have loved you-always shall! But-" There was a pause, then in a whisper,"! "There's Phil!" Old Lintell laid a hand on T.k..- joung man's shoulder. "But surely Phil won't mi:<?'" ?ried Evington. "He is a man and w i ?.;-.--ii his own living. He would nut w?t you to give up this." "You don't understand Dick!" There were tears in Madge's voice this timer "Some day Phil will be a great artist, he K.mous, but just now-he wants my help! Oh, Dick, I'm so sorry, but I can't leave him-can't go with you though I love you so!" Phil Halstau shook old Lintell's hand from his shoulder, and rose sud denly to his feet. He stood for a mo ment undecided, then crept away on tip-toe to the stairs. Old Lintell fol-, lowed. "What arc you going to do?" he said. Phil made no reply. He crammed his hat on his head, opened the door and stepped into the street. Old Lintell went with him, and they walked away together. "Are you going to let her lose her one big chance of happiness?" said old Lintell in a low voice; "or going to continue to idle your life away-she keeping you?" Phil hardly seemed to hear him. He was striding along with his hands thrust deep in his pockets, his eyes staring straight ahead of him. Sud denly he threw his head back. "You heard-she doesn't want to go herself!" he cried, almost fiercely. "She'd soon forget all about it." "A girl with a heart like Madge's never forgets!" replied old Lintell. "What are you going to do?" he re peated, relentlessly. . . "A little more time-and I might do something big!" broke out Phil. "You've loafed for three years-and done nothing!" said the old man. "You know you will never do anything in art. You've wilfully shut your eyes, and used it a?, an excuse to yourself and her for idling!" The young man's mouth was twitch ing convulsively. . You're right!" he cried, in a hoarse voice, "but what's there left for rae to do-I know nothing, have done noth ing!" he finished helplessly. "Be a man. There's always some thing for a man to do! Remember what she has done for you." They had reached St. Martin'3 church at Charing Cross. Phil stopped and passed a hand over his brow. The old man watched him anxiously. He saw Phil's eye travel across the road to where thc recruiting sergeants were pacing slowly up and down, alert for new blood. Then Phil Halstan sud denly gave his shoulders a jerk back. "Yes." he said between his shut ter:lh. "There's always something left for a man to flo!" ?ic crossed thc road. That night Madge was sitting alone reading a letter that had been brought ID her by messenger. The tears came to her eyes as she read thc last few sentences: " * * * For three years I have nlnycd It as low as a fellow can. But rm going to be a man at last, Madge !f you want to make mc happy, dear, irake me feel I haven't quite spoiled .-.our life. Go with Dick!" The letter dropped from her hand.. "Go with Dick!" she repeated lu a low Itone. Tt?ere was a tap at the door; then a man was shown in-a young man with a pale and anxious face. "Madge, I couldn't leave vithout ask ingiyou once again-Is it quite hope less?" he began. She raised her eyes to his, and he saw her lips tremble. "Not quite hopeless, Dick, dear!"she wh?sperea- Gilbert Davis in Mainly About People. AN INDIAN BRIDE HOAX. Applications Follow nn .\ nu o u neem "ti i in n. French Nownpuper. The department of the interior, Washington, D. C.. is now engaged in thc laborious task of disabusing a number of impecunious and matrimon ially inclined Frenchmen of the idea that they can get Indian brides, and ?10.0|)0 with each one. for thc asking. So::.:.1 time ago a letter was received at the White House containing a clipping -from r. French newspaper, rcad&g. something like this: A' Fortune With r. Bride- The United States'government Is prepared to pay $10,000 in cash to every white, man who will marry an indian girl be fore January 1. 1901. In addition to the dowry he will get with each Choc taw maiden 140 aqres of land and with each Creek girl 160 acres of land, all good agricultural soil on which diver s??ed;crops may bo raised. This is not .aUhoax. Since the offer was made more than 800 marriages have been celebrated. There are many left, -however, it is said as many as 5000. These Indian girls are not unhand some, some are beautiful aud many -are finely, educated. Other letters followed. Some con tained sentimental expressions, but all said that the writers were willing to take the $10.000 dots with thc girls. One man in particular evidently feared that M might be too late, for he said: "I consider that I am morally married to oii?lof them, having boen so from the ?ihe that I expressed a willing ness to enter into the alliance." Another said: "I should like a girl who i| good looking; from 1.5 to 1.7 metres in height, and of a good ng uri . 1 Still; another said that he "did not obje<$|f?;In.dian blood"; ho "had cam ijaig?rrd in Africa, and would bc de light^-, to Join his old companions in arms"-evidently thinking that fight ing.ia ?J-.. p:!.,tir..- ;" all Indians in t:>ir own country. Of /.'nurse-; the whole thing is roth 'vz^ huge joke on the would-be gTt???p;< :?.As" "many as a dozen letters Hay?-;': }i- . received and rrf.--r.-ed to thf secretary of thc interior, who has ? directed that, the writers be informed 1 SffiffiSMMp^*-"3aD^as mac*e no I such .ager.aa indicatjJ i~ thr> newb- i pa^H^tcie.. Other lcU.-.-s arv -iifi HLaI)d it it nui improbable *".hat, j ?^Pp^rt?nks jg4^aa?. anriou? ?jooTi-.-i Sr: af ter .>??jj?2ff?i?e with a'forte ac; i -New .York Post. j._. _ i QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Cno of Mtv lacer, i-i^-atlouy i? an imitation vaccination scar that you I can paste on your arm und thus fool 'the health officer. The scar costs a dime. Tl: Eibl? i?1 th" wrM fe ?.aid to be or,e ia :h? >;..-?*-. >y..i.-.i. . German lady. It is two feti. ssx ir :. ><ng art 2? Inches wide. It is ov< 200 J -. O'u Saturday'ls considered an unlucky dayjfor the British royal family. Wil liam III., Queen Anne,. George I., George IL. George III., George IV., thc Duchess-of Kent, tho Prince Consort and Princess Alice died on Saturdays, j Three hundred persons in London j earn a living-and several of them are i growing rich-by providing meals for the cats of the metropolis, which they deliver regularly once, twice and thrice a day. as may suit the owners of the feline pets. Mrs. James Little, who lives near Atchison, Kan., who was herself a twin, and who.-c husband was a twin and the son of a twin, has given birth to her second pair of twins, the first pair being about 18 months old when the second pair made its appearance. At Naundorf in tho Hunsruck near the Rhine a Roman temple has been found enclosed in a walled enclosure measuring 220 by 200 feet. The tem ple stands in the middle and is 60 by 50. It contains more terra cotta ob jects than have been discovered hitherto in Germany. They are votive offerings, about a 100 being whole fig urines representing goddesses. Small bronze statuettes of Mars, Jupiter and Mercury have also been found. The most durable paper is made by a guild near Nanking, China, which supplies the government of that em p?r?-'.the leaves of its official docu ments. Some of these are over a 1000 years old. Fireproof paper made of asbestos Is another kind of greater durability. The drawback to them, however, for printing purposes, is that although they will pass through fire unscathed, they come out snow white, without a trace of tho printed letters or writing that was on them. "From Hor Six Children." An interesting incident at Windsor occurred at St. George's chapel at the time of the queen's funeral. At the conclusion of the service a royal ser vant appeared, who made a rapid search among the floral tributes un til he found a small and simple cir cle of green laurel leaves, which he promptly returned to the sacred building. Few people knew afterward and virtually none at the time that this simple tribute in such marked contrast to the often over-elaborate devices, sent with better motive per haps than taste, was tho most inter esting of all. and that thc plain card attache/! to it boro the brief but im pressive inscription. "From her six children."-Chicago Times-Herald. Oil tho Knemy's Fire, of Courin. "I think the enemy has geft our range, captain," said the officer of the (lay. I "How in the world are we to cook our dinner?" replied the captain, ab sent-mindedly.-What to Eat. .VvftnSn???i s. ol How the Farmer in ths Arid Region Land, and to Supply His Ii Windmills Are the Qi ing and Host Use By Waldo ?.?.Tl. ? ARIOUS and many stories have boen writ ten about thc picturesqueness of the windmills in Holland. But uufamcd by sons: and story, and almost wholly unknown to the world at large, are the strange, wind propelled machines of our Western States. Yet the Western windmills are infi nitely quainter and more interesting '/ft OVTTLt />|Xfc WINWILL than any erected since the days of Don Quixote. They are among the greatest curiosities of the coutincut. The chief use of these ingenious structures is to furnish an adequate supply of water to farms. More than one-third ol' ?;ie area nf the States is, or "was originally, arid bud, ami Is habitable f:?r man and beast only when Subjected to tile magical Influ ence of irrigation-hence the windmills. The wmdnrli In the Great Plains' re gion of the West is as distinctive a A SIMPLE TURBINE WINDMILL. sign of progress as Is the railway loco motive. Throughout almost the entire terri tory between the Mississippi and the Pacific coast the supply of water is so scanty that it is impossible to store it In reservoirs, or to make elaborate waterworks. A small amount of water is available almost everywhere-and it ls due to the successful experiments of the Uni ted States Government in utilizing the ever-present force of the wind lhat Windmills dot this region as thickly as farmhouses. Government experts estimate that throughout at least one-fourth of the States windmills must cv?r bc insepar ably connected with the development of the country. The windmill was popular In this Western country ns a means to raise water for domestic use long before it was used to Irrigate the land. Giant windmills have enabled farmers on the plains to Introduce town luxuries luto their homes, hot and cold water baths, lawn sprinklers fud systems of fire protection. The windmills feed a steady stream of cold water through the milk-house to the stock trough. Cool water ls allowed to play around the milk-cans, for it has been found that it will cause a greater percentage of cream to rise to the surface than would otherwise be the case-natur ally a matter of considerable impor tance, as the butter products of this A TWO-PAH WINDMILL. territory amount to many millions of dollars annually'. In many progressive towns and vil lages in the West the windmill has to tally displaced thc town pump, and wind-propelled machinery and large storage tanks now supply all the water requirer by thu public.. .In order to iusurc sufficient pressure Utilizes Wind-Power to Irrigate His lome With Water - Western teerest, Most Interest ing in thc World. n Fawcett, to throw the water above the house? tops the tanks arc placed on high ground or on high towers. The newest use of thc windmill, however, is the most important-its use In Irrigation. The home-made windmill is having an appreciable effect on population. There are many regions where good grazing may be founl and where great herds of cattle may oe fed free of cost, summer and winter alike. If the cat tle-men and their families are to live here, however, they must have at least a fertile acre for their own uses-this the whirling mill now makes possible. There are almost as many different types as there are mills. Many are home-made, though manufacturers dc sigu types to meet all possible require ments. But often the farmer and his sons prefer to build their own mills in unemployed hours. Almost any material that comes to hand will serve the purpose-odds and ends of hardware, old wire, bolts, nails and poles-even neglected mowing ma chines, reapers, planters or old bug gies and wagons. There are "go-devil" or "jumbo" mills, "merry-go-rounds," and "tur bines," each class represented by in numerable types. Jumbo windmills are like paddle watermills. The larger kinds are placed on thc ground -baby jumbos are put up on high towers. The cost averages about "nd some develop as much as two-horse power. A boy in Nebraska built a baby jum A GIANT TURBINE. bo which pumps ten gallons of water a minute, supplying the needs of a large boating house. Tho merry-go-round pattern mills may be made lu any size, with unlim ited power-may attain a diameter of, twenty-four feet and pump an eight inch stream of water. Their fans re volve about a vertical axis, and look not unlike the showman's merry-go round. The turbine class Includes "battle axe" and "Holland mills." The dis tinguishing feature of the battle-axe mill is a tower supporting a horizontal axis and crank, to which are attached arms with fan-like blades at their ex tremities. A fair-sized Holland mill will grind 300 bushels of grain in a day. Among these Western windmills many are extremely primitive. One ingenious farmer, for Instance, bolted the axle of an old wagon, with hub and wheel intact, to the beams on the side of a barn, and nailed fans to the spokes, thus making a mill that served its purpose admirably. But the commonest types are those with a set turbine and many fans they are inseparable features of every landscape out West. In any town thirty or forty may be counted; in the country twenty or thirty mills are of ten in view at one time.. And still the development of thc windmill goes on. In some places the energy generated is transmitted long distances, from held to field and over hills. During the windy hours of thc day the surplus energy of the wind is bot tled-that ls to say, the windmill com presses the air into stout iron cylin ders, from which it may be drawn off when desired. The windmill enthusiasts of the West are polutng to the fact that In many countries old and advanced in the arts the use of the windmill is un known, water ls raised by hand, grain ls ground by horse power, water power or hand, machinery is driven in much >AVI. N0.;?6. gressWt way, Tvjjiie the windf ^ -Pearson's hfiqergy, js neglected. THE EMPERO^"18, the PW - '^jvorld, Recently Braucht to San Fra Returned Soldier. One of the royal robes of the Em peror of China is in the possession of Lieutenant Charles Kilburn, of the Fourteenth Infantry, who la home on sick leave, says the San Francisco Ex aminer. The garment was brought from Pekin, but its value was not known until a few days ago, when it was examined by some Chines? scholars, who recognised prominently among the figures of the embroidery the five-toed dragon and the seal of Emperor Kwaug Su. As no one birt persons of royalty are permitted adore their garments with such figures of the dragon and only tue icmperor can decorate his clothing with his seal, there is little doubt as to whom^ the'garmerit'belonged before" the Box/ ers began their revolt The robe was given to Lieutenant Kilburn as he was leaving Pekin by one of the soldiers of his regiment With many other articles it had been saved by the troops from a burning building that had been fired by a band of Chinese, who during the excitement of the entrance of the allied forces into the city had raided, pillaged and burned many of the houses of.the BELONGED TO KW ANO 3U. rich Chinese, who had fled at the ap proach of the soldiers. The robe is magnificently embroid ered. It is arranged with -many pleats, and the figures are so designed that with the pleats opened or closed the design is continuous and complete. Cnmp-Flro Utensil Bolder. ? I* is so easy to tip over the coffee pot or to sp'U the contents of the other cooking utensils when placed on the ordinary camp-fire that the utility of the device shown herewith will im that it will foi-nTa part of many a camping'outfit the coming season. The holder comprises a metal tube, a length of gas' pipe answering the purpose nicely, and a series of brackets, with straight, narrow shanks, which can be Inserted in the oblong openings cut in thc tube for this purpose. The stake ls driven firmly into the ground in the pince selected for the fire, and, after the brackets are once in place, the ".cod can be laid up around the stak,. . ci ?he Ure lighted. A sufficLa: num ber of slots is provided to allow the placing of bracket.- *w as to utilize .i.arly all of the nearing surface ?>re -mted by the blaze, and after tho COFFEE POT AND KETTLE SUITOET. cooking is finished the food can be moved to the upper brackets to keep warm until wanted. The patent on this utensil has been granted to' Charles E. Bond. Young at a Hundred. If the present increase of the aver age age of man continues, we will be in our youth when we are a hundred years old. Wc who are now living will not realize this condition unless we experience another Incarnation or two, but when the time for it comes-un der the conditional "if'-there will likely be mortals enougu on earth with hopes, fears, trials, tribulations, pains and pleasures the same as we have. The thought of centuries staggers us, and millenniums are beyond our com prehension, but little things like these do not bother nature, with whom a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. And she docs not con sider whether she is dealing w.th us, with the peoples of thousands of years ago, or with those who will be here in a thousand years from now. The average age of man has been Increased seven and a half years in the last century, and at that rate the aver age length of human lifo will be about one hundred and ten years in ten cen? turies- New York Herald. Truth Will Ont. A bookstall clerk at a big London terminus was recently deputed to write a label for a bundle of detective stories. The label was duly written and affixed to the books. It was then discovered that intending purchasers were informed that the books consisted of "Defectivo stories by well-known writers." Some men spend thc last half of their lives discov?ring mistakes they made in thc first half. There are nearly 4000 miles Inland navigation in England and Wales. -