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THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HA Y??B, Pre**!. P. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undivided 1'rofl IB } $110,000. Faculties of our magnificent Kew Vault {containing 410 ?-a?otr-Lock Boxes, Differ "eat Sizes are offered to onr patrons and tho public at 93-00 to S10.00;per annum. PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS Fays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3. 1901. VOL. LXVI. NO.!>7 $ SCHOOL * MEDALS. tffo We Manufactur and College Me( Gold and 5iiver. prices. WI SCHWERT 702 Broad St., (ls THE REALM New York City.-Yoke waists are much liked, and nave the merit of suit Ins many figures to a nicety. The very charming May Manton model 11 WOHAS'S YOKE ?AIS!. xustrated is adapted alike to th? entire gown and the odd waist, and to many of the season's materials - batiste, lawn, Swiss muslin, mull and the like, barege veiling, crepe de Chine, crepe meteore, India silk and similar'soft criais. Tkc^riginal is made of beading, ti?r?tt?TruTF with nar row olack velvet'ribbon, and ls worn with a belt of wider velvet, held by a rose gold clasp and Is unlined, but silk and wool materials require the fitted foundation. The lining closes at the centre front for Its entire length. The .waist proper also closes at thc centre S- i RAGLAN below the yoke, separately and invisi bly, but the yoke is hooked over at the left shoulder seam and arms-eye. The sleeves are chic and novel. The lower -poitiona,-or deep cuffs flt snugly, while above them the tucked material falls free to form soft putt's. To make this waist for a woman of medium size, three and a quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three yards thirty-three inches wide, ' or one and three-quarter yards forty four inches wide, will be required, with one and three-quarter yards of all-over lace, eight and a half yards of beading and ten yards of velvet ribbon to trim as illustrated. - - Woman'? Raglan Coat. The; comfortable loose-fitting coat that entirely covers the gown and pro tects it from dust ls the most service able all-round garment for traveling, short jaunts or bad weather that any woman can possess. The stylish May Manton model illustrated in the large drawing is cut in the latest, most ap proved lines and can be made with or without the applied yoke as preferred. The original is made of light-weight covert cloth, but tweed, cheviot and all the light-weight cloaking materials are appropriate. The back is plain and smooth, hanging in straight lines from the shoulders to the floor. The fronts are loose, but shapely, and turn back to form revers. The sleeves are in raglan style, extending in a point to lae neck, and ?re finished with turn over plain cunts. Pockets are inserted in each front and are finished with stitched flaps. To cut this raglan for a woman of medium size four and a half yards of material fifty inches wide will be re quired, with one-quarter jard o? vel vet. . e all Kinds of School $\ ials and Class Pins in ? Write for designs and ^ & CO., Jewelers, , Augusta, Qa. if?i OF FASHION. A Comfortable Innovation. The shirt waist gown is really si comfortable Innovation. There is the ^.hirt waist made xu> of yore and of genuine shirt waist design, but with it appears a simple little skirt of the same material, and there you have an entire gown that is pretty and service.-! able and inexpensive. :.. . Borne Handtome rans. Flower fans are small, and when closed look like a spray of blossoms. Others are handsome little black gauze things, painted with pansies or other flowers, and as the gauze is thick the flowers look rich. Painted with but terflies and peacock's feathers they are particularly handsome. Child's Dress. ' - - Long waists with short skirts aro much in vogue for little girls, and are very charming in their effect. The smart May Manton frock Illustrated is designed after the newest ideas, and is peculiarly effective, as it includes a round yoke that suggests the guimpe, while the dress Is actually all In one. The original is made of fine nainsook in combination with inserted tucking and needlework frills, and is worn with a sash of blue Liberty ribbon; but any white lawn or batiste, col ored washable material or simple wool or silk fabric is entirely suita ble. ? The long ^w^s^h^ma^e^y^^body yoke, and over the t?w?r part are ar ranged the f?ll portions Of the waist proper, and to the lower edge is at tached the straight full skirt, which In this instance Is made of flouncing. The sleeves are simply full, in guimpe bvyle, and, as shown, the lining Is cut COAT. away beneath the yoke, but this last is entirely optional. Over the seam which forms the skirt to the waist are arranged a succession of traps or bands beneath which the silk ribbon sash Is passed, and which serve to keep it in place. To cut this dress for a girl four years of age, three and a half yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two and three-quarter yards thirty two inches wide, or two and a quarter yards forty-four inches wide, will be required, wita one-quarter yard of all over tucking for yoke; or one and three-eight yards of plain mateiial thirty-two inches wide, two and one eight yards of flouncing thirteen inches wide for skirt, one and a quarter CHILD'S DRESS. yards of embroidered frills, quarter yard of inserted tucking, and three quarter yard of insertion, to make aa illustrated. J A Modest Ms LStory of the Rosene of Seal ! When we had come to anchor in Trinity bay and all the sails were safe ly stowed, the captain of our yacht proposed that we should go ashore and see the celebrated Comeau fils. Bob, my companion asked, "Cele brated for what?" "Oh! for several things," replied the captain. "He is a most extraordinary man ,in his many acquirements and knowledge. Born and brought up on this coast, he has passed all his life here, with the exception of the three years his father was able to send him to school, but those three years he made use of to lay the foundation of a wonderful store of practical knowl edge. His schooling, as I have said, was but the foundation; by reading and observation he has added to it in a marvellous way. From his early training and the life of every one cn the coast, it would go without saying that he knows how to shoot, but he is more than a good shot, he is a "deadly" shot. Anything he aims his gun at that is within shooting distance is dead. As a salmon usher, no crack angler who visits these rivers can hope to compete with him. "As a linguist he can speak, read rnd write in French, English, Latin and Indian; besides this, he can talk rapidly in the dumb alphabet. He holds the position of telegraph operat or at Trinity, also of postmaster and fishery overseer, and besides, when anything goes wrong with the lines for 200 miles east or west, the department immediately wires him to go and fix them up. "He has more than a fair knowledge of medicine for ono who derived all his insight from reading alone. Last summer there was an epidemic of measles all along the coast, among both whites and Indians. Here with a population of 150, two-thirds of whom were down, Comeau, who attended them, did not lose one patient, while at Berslrais, where the department sent a full-fledged M. D., there were 39 burials out of a population of 450. "You may be sure the poor people all along the coast love him." So the boat was lowered away, and the captain. Bob and I rowed ashore to see this paragon. From the outside lock of the place I could see the man was one of good taste and orderly. The knock at the door was answered by Comeau himself. The captain was personally acquainted with him and introduced us before we entered. I must say I was disappointed. One always is when he has pictured a per son in his mind's eye and finds that in reality he is quite a different kind of large man and a^boisterous one from his position of superiority over others. On the contrary, I found him below the medium, a quiet, low-voiced man, reserved almost to shyness. I saw at once he was a great observer, one who Would make deductions from specks invisible to ordinary people; or, in other words, he could put two and two together and dovetail them better than most men. We were ushered Into a large, clean, airy rcom. in the middle of which sat a very good-looking lady in a roomy rocker, with a child on each knee. If Comeau himself is reserved and not in clined to talk, his wife can do enough for both. She excused herself for not rising when her husband introduced us. Nodding down at her babies, she said: "You see, I am fixed." One could see she is a proud mother they were twins; this she told us be fore we were seated, and she further informed us that they were the only twins on the Labrador. So she is celebrated also. When we got fairly settled In Com eau's den. the conversation naturally drifted into hunting and fishing. Bob made some Inquiries about the pools on the Trinity. To make his explana tions clear, Comeau pulled out a drawer of photographic views of the river. In rummaging these over, he cast aside a gold medal. "Excuse me," I said, reaching over and taking up the medal' On it I read engraved : "Presented to N. A. Comeau by the R. H. S. for Bravery in Saving Life." Upon my asking him to recount the circumstances, he blushed and looked quite confused, and said: "Oh! it was nothing worth speaking of, but I suppose people talked so much about it that they gave me that token. It was nothing more than any man would have done," and this was all we could get from him unless we carried per sistency to an ungentlemanly degree. After having spent a very pleasant hour we returned on board, and the captain told us the story that the hero himself would not. Two years befofe, one day in Jan uary, Comeau arrived home from the back country to find that two men had that day while seal hunting off shore been driven off the coast toward the ice pack in the gulf. One of the men was Ccmeau's own brother-in-law and the other a half-breed. In spite of the supplications of his wife and the per suasions of the other individuals of the place, Comeau set about prepara tions to follow them out to sea. He asked no one to accompany him. The wind all th? afternoon had been steadily off shore and was now mod erately calm. He took with him some restoratives, provisions, a lantern, a couple of blankets, his rifle and ammu nition and what else useful ho could think of in his hurry. The ice pack was then about 10 milos off the land, and he reasoned th? men must be on the ice. if large aid strong enough, or in among lt if in small cakes, the latter being much moro dangerous. From Trinity to Matanc in a direct line the distance is 45 miles, and to push out in a frail, wooden canoe alone and the da:?:ar-?" ( ns?ng on in the black gulf in raid-winter required a brave man with extraordinary nerve to dare it, and this Comeau did. Three minutes after pushing out from thc beach, canoe and man were swallowed up in the direness. Tho next the people of Trinity heard of him was a telegraphic message on the sec ond day after. It read: "Matane. All three alive. Joseph, hapds frozen; Simon, both feet frozen badly." in's Heroism. $ Hunters Lost in an Ic? Pack. ^ This message was to his family, but the Matane people sent a much longer one to the government, giving the facts, describing the hardships these men had come through, and a special train was sent down with the best sur geon from Quebec. On the surgeon's arrival at Matano a consultation was held with the country practitioner, when it was decided that the man, Joseph, would have to lose two fingers on each hand and Simon both feet. The amputation was successfully carried out next day, and shortly after, when Comeau saw both men well-on to'' recovery, he started for his home, not, however, by the way he .had come, but up to Quebec by the south shore and down the north shore from Quebec, a distance of nearly 700 miles. The last 100 he made on snowshoes. The captain told us that the descrip tion of this very venturesome trip he had heard from Comeau's own brother , as the elder one had described it in the heart of his own family. He had reached the icc pack, to the best of his judgment, about 15 miles from thc land, and had remained on his oars and hallooed once or twice without re ceiving an answer. He suddenly be thought himself of the lantern. This he lit and lashed to the blade of one of the oars, and erected it aloft. Im mediately a faint cry was heard to the eastward, and he lowered his light and pulled away in the direction whence the call appeared to come. After row ing for a short time the lantern was waved again above and this time an answering shout came from close at hand. The two poor fellows were some dis tance in the pack, and had got on the largest cake they could find. They were sitting there helpless, holding on each by one hand to the rough surface of the ice, and with the other to their canoe to keep it from being washed off. By the aid of the lantern held aloft, Comeau saw there was a much larger cake of ice some distance farther in the pack. To this they made their way with laborious trouble. Bushing one canoe as far ahead among the ice as possible, they would all three get into this, shove the other in advance in the same way, and so repeating the process till they reached the solid field. Once safely on this, for the* meantime, secure place, food was par taken of and daylight waited for. Soon, however, the intense cold be gan to make itself felt, and drowsi ness was first taking hold of the two men, and their great wish was to be left alone and allowed to sleep. This pineau, knew if indulged meant V.UO.I.U, ' ?-- - - ? fl ff keep them awake and moving' about Once, while attending to tho half breed, his brother-in-law dropped down and was fast asleep in an instant. Comeau boxed him. kicked him, with out having the desired effect of rous ing him from his stupor. At last ho bethought him of what an old Indian had done to him under somewhat similar circumstances. He caught tho man's nose between the thumb and finger and tweaked it severely. This brought him to his feet and mad to fight. Day was now breaking and they could see the south shore at a com puted distance of IC miles. Comeau also saw that thc ice pack was drift ing steadily east, and this, if they re mained on the ice, would carry them past Cap Chat, the most northern point of the south coast, and this meant death to a certainty. A rapid train of thought went through Comeau's brain. He decided that if saved they were to be, it must be by passing over that 10 miles of moving, grinding ice. He forced some food on the others. They abandoned the roll of blankets, which had been of no use to them, and started, using the canoes see-saw fashion, as they had done the night before. They left the cake of ice upon which they had passed the night at 8 a. m., and only got ashore at the extreme point of Cap Chat at daylight next morning. At times they would come across narrow lanes of water, but these lanes always ran at right angles to the direction In which they were going. Several times, when stopping upon what was con siaered a strong piece of i^e, one of the r.arty would be immersed in the cold, cruel water, and be rescued with great trouble and danger to the others. What a picture of heart-felt prayer offering it must have b?en to have seen those men kneeling on the ice bound shore, pouring out their ?anks to the ever-watchful Almighty who had brought them safely through such dangers. lob, who had taken down the cap tain's narrative in shorthand, gave me his notes and I give the story of adventure and heroism to the public. Comeau is well-known by most of the members of the Forest ana Stieam clubs of New York and Montreal. Martin Hunter, in Forest and Stream. New? of Victoria*? Dent li In India. When the telegram arrived stating that the German emperor-was hurrying off to Osborne to be at the deathbed of the queen the natives of India at onoe said that he was eager to put in a claim for the crown of England, as the son of the eldest child of the queen. This report spread far and wide, and no amount of argument would con vince the n?tives otherwise. Their traditions almost invariably depict a fight for the crown on the death of a reigning monarch. When a rajah dies his heirs always squabble and intrigue over the succession. Even the intelli gent Indian fancied that the emperor would try to seize Great Britain. When a telegram arrived stating that the Prince of Wales looked "worried and haggard" and that the emperor was ''very grave," lt was at once concluded that the quarrel had begun. Finally, when it was stated that a German squadron was going to Portsmouth for the funeral the natives looked unut terably wise and said: "Of course he will wait until the queen's body is in the earth, then he will secretly turn his guns on the British fleet" In such strange circles does the Asiatic mind revolve. Bombay Correspondent, Chl coga Record-Herald. An Outdoor Pantry. 1 fi Soutljeri) Style,I Panfeiylrcquiremeuts are a trifle par adoxic^': in that thoy arc air and light and dpkness. A pantry window is essential, even if it be no more than a tiny} two-light sliding sash, set any how ju the outer wall. A regular windon?, is much better. It-need not waste\.wall-space-shelves, but can be so pliced across It as to admit Its worklig. But if a panty can be ul lottedjas much as six feet of house wall i'h? ls better to have tho window set crosswise, with the lower edge a little ;(iore than breast high. Xhen, by making one sash of glass, and flll I lng tyfr other with wire gauze, thc pan^i?ican have a handy outdoor clos et filhxe a tight deal partition run ning ont from the sash division, as faj/Jis the space permits. Put shelves a/ouud^three sides of the two com partments thus formed, and close them ' with tight light deni doors. Thus the indoor pantry can subserve its proper purposes, and thc outside closet ban ish thc'iJceman for six months lu the year. People.with plenty of ground space, yet constricted houses, may profitably take ?f?e&f from the book of south country.household economy. It Is com mon there for country folk to have a sort of outdoor fresh air closet, a small detached structure set In the shadiest place possible, standing upou four tall legs, wltbj^a fiat shingle roof of barely enough'pitch to shed rain. The floor is at least four feet from the ground, and the whole structure only big enough "'t?: reach well across. There are shelves all around, aud the weath erboarding up next the roof is full of tiny auger holes. The door fits tight, m ip. wm fi wo and fastens with a lock. Around each o? the four legs is commonly a tar bandage applied six Inches above the ground. This traps ventursome ants, Bplders and their kidney, thus keeping the Inside clear. The structure is whitewashed inside and out twice a year. In hot weather floor and shelves are washed every morning, and scoured twice a week. ?Such n fixture should not cost over three or four dol lar?, even if one hires it built, and it is certainly among tie handiest things one can have about the house or yard. -Chicago Eecord-IIerald. j Hakes ? Publisher Tired. It Is very apt to make the publisher of a newspaper tired after carrying a subscriber for two or ihree years with out seeing the polor of his money to have him finally send along his cash accompanied by a letter ordering his name off the list, simply because he was'asked to pay up. Instead of ap preciating the extension of his credit for so long a period, he 1B only too apt to consider himself a much injured Individual when payment is suggest ed. What he should do after holding back for so long a time is not only to settle up, but, by way of retnrning past favors, pay for a few years* sub scription in advance. That's what he Bhould do, but docs he do it? Well, a man of gootf breeding does.-Fourth Plaolntr the Responsibility. The Baltimore Sun prints a story as told by the wife of a member of the House of Representatives. To ward morning, not long 'ago, the lady was awakened by unusual noises he low Flairs, and tried to rouse ber hus band. "Wake up! Wake up!" she said In a low voice. "You mustwake up and go down-stairs; there ?re thieves In the house!" "Oh, po, ray dear," rejoined the half awake husband,, reassuringly. "There are no thieves In thc House; they are all In tho Senate." . TBsiiod by Insane Patients. The News ls the name of a unique and Interesting paper puU-'shed by the patients of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane at Cautousville, Md. One ot the articles reads: "It Is a wonder some of the patients do not learn the St. Vitus Dauce. Every\other dance seems to have been tried here in the Assembly Hall." A Stroke of Genius. "This is shear genius on my part," lused the editor, as he proceeded to lake an Item oui of 4000 words of ?auuscrlpt - K?r York Commercial UlYertlsafc i 9 iii s co very of an Extraordinary Headdress Not many travelers go to Bosnia, but there ls a young man In a large Berlin millinery establishment who had the good fortune to go there a few weeks ago, and who has now returned to tho German capital with a curious memento of his journey. At first he thought tho country rather dull, but one day, as he was strolling through Srebrenica, near thc Servian border, he saw an object In which he at onco became deeply interested. This was a cap, or hat, of extraor dinary shape and construction, and lt was worn by a comely farmer's wife. The German followed a woman at a respectful distance, and thc more he studied her strange headgear tho moro his instincts as a sartorial artist con vinced him that by a little deft man FOOD SAFE. ipulation and a proper arrangement of colors it could be transformed Into a hat that would delight the most fas tidious lady In Berlin. That very evening, therefore, he obtained a sample cap and examined lt closely. Ile found that Its founda tion was of straw, and that on it was built an amazing and gorgeous super structure of cocks' and peacocks* feathers. In front, too, was a small framed mirror and round it were sev eral silver coins and two of gold. Next day he made further Inquiries and learned that sometimes the foun dation ls an ordinary fez Instead of straw; that an embroidered 'kerchief is invariably worn with the cap, fall ing down lt nt the back, so as to pro tect the neck, and that the headgear was introduced from Servia into Bos nia about twenty years ago. What surprised him most, however, was to learn that it ic only married women who wear this cap, und that it is their fixed rule to ctrlp lt of all Its feathers after they ave married one year, and henceforth to wear only tho founda tion of stvaw or a plain "^z. With three or four Bosnian caps carefully packed in bandboxes he re turned to work, and now his firm is debating whether it would be possi ble to model from this picturesque headgear hats that would commend themselves to the fashionable women of Berlin.-New York Herald. - i'he Latest In "Tips." somewhat grasping hot?,l proprie tor met his match noi long ago. He had shown a wealthy visitor into a room containing a chandelier holding twenty candles, and Instructed an at tendant to light them nil. The mau did so, but the guest immediately or dered him to put them all out. Yet when the visitor asked for his bill ho found this item: "Twenty candles, five shillings." He went back to the room and took them all out, wrapped them in a bit of paper, and slipped them luto his over coat pocket. When leaving the bocel he found many servants in the hall, smiling pleasantly, and ready for the expected tip. Then the departing guest drew out the candles aud began to distrib ute them. "Allow me, slr," said he, with a bow; "permit me, miss. They are very superior candles, I assure you; I paid a good price for them," and so he left them, staring hopelessly nt their novel tip.-Tit-Bits. To the majority of thc inhabitants of Italy the taste of meat ls known only on rare festivities. |? VERY COSTLY TARGET | Reproduction of a "VW? BHlf> "Tb** V* Will Cont a Fortuna to Bo ? Used as a mark. 2 Our naval experta ore making ready to test a new gun end a new explosive In very elaborate fashion. No old war ship being available, the Brooklyn Na-val Yard has received orders to make a dummy vessel, at a cost of ?5G.0O0 or $75,000, the side of which is to bo an actual duplicate of an actu al man-of-war. This costly target, soya the New York Journal, will be used to test one of the new twelve-Inch rifles such as are now being installed on our latest battleships. Upon this floating target will also be trained the new Gathman torpedo guu. One shot from this frightfully destructive weapon may blow the dummy war ship Ipto splinters. Naval officers are now discussing the question of what avail lt would be If the armor were of the finest quality if a shot striking it should drive It bodi ly into the side of the ship or so strike and injure It as to permit large quan tities of water to enter. It ls thus evident that the quality of the armor is only one element of the resisting power of the ship's side. FLOATING TARGET SHOWING Armor must be held and supported by suitable framing like that forming the ship's hull and of sufficient strength so that it shall at least resist any serious Injury until the armor Is actually pierced through and through, and In the latter case the damage to the framing should be local only. The special point that it Is hoped to settle In the coming test with the big target ls to note how a shot from the torpedo gun will affect the ship's side about thc water line. For a consider able portion of her length a ship's side is protected by a belt of armor extend ing from three feet above to four and ri;-e :?;-... .. pc-:?on .>: :'?U3 SX s . ir.'.iS?ry. fnc?ii?i! ? tirv-TW? : p. ' lh?"?B."- ct of . : lin . * i ii ? purpose the target is now uein& vi., signed by Captain Capps. It will represent part of the side of the bat tleship Iowa. All this structure and wall of armor when complete will be mounted on a big float and towed out to sea off San dy Hook. When viewed broadside on It will look like a small section of the bat tleship Iowa. But looked at from be hind or from either end It will pre sent the curious form shown In the diagram. Several years ago the French Government built a dummy represent ing the complete side of a war ship as a floating target Our new target is modeled after that. The Gathman gun which ls to be trained on this miniature enemy has a huge barrel with an elghteen-inch bore, but thc' gun Is shorter and light er than our twelve-Inch naval guns. It has just lately been completed at a cost of ?Co,000 at the Bethlehem (Fenn.) iron works, and ls to hurl gun cotton shells. One shot from the Gathman gun ls expected to sink the biggest war ship afloat. Torpedoes and Ether tVaveo. An ingenious mecu?uism has been devised by an Englishman, by means of which a submarine torpedo can be steered by ether waves transmitted as in wireless telegraphy. The torpedo, in addition to the usual explosive ap paratus, carries a Marconi coherer, in circuit with a relay and batter, and this is so arranged that it governs the movement of thc rud^r. A fine wire attached to a metal doat keeps the torpedo In communication with the air, and, cgnsequently, with the ether waves. By means of a wireless trans mitter the apparatus in the torpedo is actuated from the shore or from a ship, and thc torpedo's movements are thus controlled. THE AMERICAN ? THE FAY-CAR AT TH ' Driving on Engine tby lAfJUS of Stn?. People In Los Angeles are much ex? cited over the apparent success of the ! machine recently built there by Bos ton capitalists to harness the rays of I the sun and make them work a steam I engine. They have built a huge "sun mo tor," which pumps up -water, for Irri gation purposes. The sun motor looks like an inverted umbrella, consisting of a reflector thirty-three feet sis Inches across the top, lined with rows of small mirrors. These reflect tba sunlight, concentrating lt upon a small boiler In the centre, In which steam is generated. FULL SIDE OF A BATTLESHIP. This, after all, ls only a modifica tion of the huge sun motor built by Erlccson and set up in Boston, many years ago; the boiler in that case being a long tube running longitudinally with the mirror. Whether the heat from the sun can compete with the heat from coal, from an economical standpoint, is, however, doubtful. On a cloudy day the sun motor would have to go out of business altogether. Perhaps at Los Angeles, which is ia thc sunny land, more sunshiny days will be found than anywhere else on earth. In these latitudes there would he many davs in the year when erf1: bleak ana supi/Owww-., i - and in the north end of Hudson Bay. These people have beeu termed L lost tribe from their primitive condition and mode of life. The most remark able feature about them ls the fact that they stand to-day at the very' be ginning of culture, literally living In the stone age. They know nothing of the use of metals, and they possess not a single articla of modern manu facture tnat has been Introduced into America since the landing of Colum bus. One of the most startling objects found among their effects was a crude and primitive fire drill, used to start a flame. This ancient method of pro ducing fire by friction is the same that was used a thousand years ago. A stick of wood swiftly turned in a 6lot under a steady pressure produces a cone cf dust, which gradually springs Into a blaze.-New York Herald. Luivn Tennis Captures a King:. The King of Portugal is an enthusi astic lawn tenuls player, and both the king and his brother, the Infanto Don Alphonso, played for the south of Por tugal against the north In the recent tournament at Cascaes, for tho chal lenge cup offered by the Queen of Por tugal. The king plays a hard volleying game, with good judgment in placing, and can hold his own with thc best players In Portugal. Twice a year, in the first week la April and October, the Chinese carry food to their dead. 3TEEL INDUSTRY. E HOMESTEAD WORKS. -From Harper's Weekly.