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{THE NAT?ONSL BANK OF AUGUSTA J L. C. HAYNS, Pres't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undivided FroilH } ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent New Vault containing 410 tafoty-Lock Boxes. Differ ent Sizos ar? cflorcd to our patrons and tue public at $3.00 to 310.0? per auuum^ THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.* WEDNESDAY.. J A N U AR Y 15, 1902. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS AUGUSTA, GA, Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Wayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVII. NO. 3. ?You Will Wa ? ?Nice Christin; We have the most mas Goods of e Goods, Fine Wal 2 ware. No mattel it. Everything tl Fine Engraving a Call early or writ 5 WM. sen WE 702 BROAD STREJ mir New York City.-Carefully shaped, well fitted petticoats are as important as the gowns worn over them if the latter are to appear at their best. The ,' SEVEN'-GOBED PETTICOAT. very satisfactory model illustrated was designed by "May Manton with nil the requirements in view and is suited to silk, moreen, brilliantine, gloria and all similar skirting mate rials, but in the original is of taffeta in old rose with bands and frill of twine colored lace. The skirt is cut in seven gores that are shaped to be snug about the hips and to flare at the feet. At the lower ^^dge is a straight frill of plisse silk -"*"^%trged with a ruche, and above it ?the J graduated circular flounce that is shaped in points at the lower edge. The back gores are laid in flat pleats at the contre, but are perforated, to be made without fulness in habit style, a fact which renders the petticoat pe culiarly desirable for wear beneath the fashionable skirt, and the top can be cut in dip style and finished with or without the belt. To cut this petticoat for a woman of medium size twelve and a half yards of material twenty-one inches wide, eight and three-eighth yards twenty seven inches wide, five and five-eighth yards forty-four inches wide, with FANCY BLOUSE IN Y ten and a half yards seven and a half inches wide for plisse frill, eleven yards of lace two inches wide, and five and a half yards of insertion to trim as illustrated. Woman's Fancy Blouse. Youthful styles are much lu vogue, not alone for young girls, but also for tlicir elder sisters and mammas, aw* the waist that closes at the bacK makes a feature of the season's styles. The attractive May Manton model shown in the large engraving is made qt white Louisiue silk with yoke and cuffs of Irish crochet over liberty satin and bands of black velvet ribbon, but is equally well suited to qll soft silk and wool materials and to the fashionable chiffon and liberty gauze. The lining is carefully fitted and ex tends to the waist line only. The yoke portions are simply faced onto it, to the required depth, and at their lower edge the waist portions are attached. The front is tucked for a few inches only, and in graduated lengths to form points, but the backs are without ful ness at the waist line and tucked for their entire length. The sleeves are novel and becoming. The lower por tions fit snugly and are shaped to fall over the hands, but the upper portions arc tucked from the shoulders and laid in pleats at the inner seams and so form soft full puffs at the elbows. The neck is finished with a regulation stock collar, which in the ease of the original is unlined and held in position by uprights of wire. yTo cut this blouse for a woman of medium size three and one-eighth is Present. 5 M complete stock of Christ- @ rery description; Fancy J ;ches, Jewelry, Silver-? ' what yon want wo hare'J lie best and guaranteed. ? nd Repairing, e us your wants. Si IGE-RT & CO.,g ET, AUGUSTA, GA. g I jarda of material twenty-one inches wide or one and five-eighth yards for ty-four inches wide, with one yard of all-over lace will be required. Skirt Binding. It goes without saying that the hand some dress has no skirt binding. It simply hangs over the elaborately edged drop ?kirt. For ordinary cloth dresses a binding is found to bc more durable. In the case of broadcloth it is the best scheme to make this little facing of the same, and being sure to have enough left over to replace it. This is the best thing to do with vel veteen, also. Velveteen bindings on other materials are frequently not pleasing, however. There's brush edge, too; on a very shaggy-dress goods it is all right, but there's no easier way to ruin the effect of a fine dress. It looks brushy and cheap, and some handsome dresses would ac tually look about as well with a taggy, worn edge. A Millinery Novelty. A millinery novelty is a wreath of magnolia blossoms in alternate black and white, with slightly decayed leaves. Realism could hardly be ex pected to go further tuan thc decayed leaves, but a rose spray, with unmis takable thorns, sha:'p enough to bring the blood, is just a step beyond. A Favorite Flower For Ii a.ts? The camelia is the favorite flower for hats in Paris, not only in white but in colors as well. Tink and white camelias, with a knot of black velvet decorate one hat, and again you seo ?' bunch of bright red ones with glossy green leaves on a sable hat. Boy's Shirt Waist. Plain shirt waists, with comfortable turn-over collars are necessary to every boy's wardrobe. This satisfac tory model is shown in percale, white OUTHFUL STYLE. J with stripes of blue, but is suited to all washable shirtings and to both flannel and flannelette. The waist fits smoothly across the shoulders, and is arranged in gathers at lim waist line, where lhere is an applied belt, to which huttons are sewed by means of which the trousers are held in place. Thc sleeves are in regulation shirt style with straight cuffs and openings finished with over laps. At the neck is a tiun-over col lar which can, however, be omitted and the neck finished witli thc neck band, to which separate collars can bc attached, when preferred. To cut this waist for a boy of eight years of age one and seven-eighth SHIRT WAIST FOR A BOY. yards of material twenty-seven inches wide or one and three-quarter yards thirty-two inches wide will be re quired. Woman v She gave a little gasp and sat down. The hotel porter discreetly looked thc other way; he was enjoying the little scene greatly; the Mt. Seymour Hotel provided many of them. The girl was young and pretty; the hand which toyed with the letter before her was studded with valuablo ring?, among them a narrow one of gold lt was evident that she was a wife. There was no husband to greet her, though the car with her luggage from the mall boat was standing at the door. Al phonse had had the pleasure of hand ing her the letter; it had been givon to him by a handsome, dark-eyed man only a few hours before. 'Monsieur le Capitaine he say, 'Give to de lady direct she come.' Hein, I do give." The girl arose, her blue eyes dim with tears; the susceptible Alphonse was overwhelmed. "Marie," she said to her maid, "Capt. Molyncux has been ordered up to Pre toria; he only left today. Please see to the boxes." She crossed the hall toward the ele vator and disappeared. Many eyes had watched the little drama;* the lounging chairs in the hall were all occupied; officers on sick leave, men convalescent and men on their way up to the front or back to old England. Women, too, some grass widows, a few real widows, many more with no special concern in the war at all. But it was the war which had drawn them to Cape Town-the war, or, rather, the soldiers who were right ing. Where else but to the Mt. Sey mour Hotel should they go? Rank and fashion, joy and misery, virtue and vice rubbed shoulders in that fashion able and exorbitant hostelry. "Ah, a pretty woman," drawled young Dennis of the -th Lancers. "Who is she?" queried his compan ion. John Beresford rose languidly from his chair and satisfied his curiosity at the porter's office. "It's Bob Molyneux's wife," he said to his friend. "Fancy. One of my old est pals. I was so sick at having missed him this morning. He left just before I got here. Ah! there is Mrs. de la Fane; she's a pretty woman, if you like. I was introduced to her this morning by old Vigors." He sprang to his feet and offered his chair to a tall, graceful woman who had entered the hall as he spoke. She accepted it with a smile, and in a moment thc little group attracted all eyes. Mrs. de la Fane was one of the leading spirits of the hotel; the ac knowledged beauty, whose wonderful eyes drew every man into her toils. Her husband was rolling in money; he was reported to be a Johannesburg millionaire; but the reports were ra ther vague. It was sufficient for her admirers that' he spent hllTm??ey like water, gave the best dinners a man could wish to sit down to, and did not scowl when other men smiled at his wife. "What brings you down to Cape Town, Capt. Beresford?" asked Mrs. de la Fane. "Major Vigors tells mc your regiment is in the thick of it just now." Sb.e raised her great vio let eyes to the young man's face as she spoke. The implication underlying thc word stung him. He flushed, and tapped a side pocket in his coat. 'I have got a little bag here," he said with meaning-which contains well, a few papers of importance." "Oh!" laughed Mrs. de la Fane. "I see. You are one of Kitchener's mes senger boys. Rather a satisfactory berth, isn't it, Captain? No risk, no worry, no exertion." John Beresford caught those violet eyes again full in his own. His heart beat faster. He did not care to appear as one of no importance in this wom an's eyes. His mission demanded se crecy", yet for the moment his tongue ran away with him. "You are wrong, avirs. de la Fane,"' he smiled in reply. "The papers would be worth-well, a lot to Kruger or Bo tha." A sudden gleam came into the wom an's eyes. John Beresford saw it, but thought nothing of it. The silken toils were already about him. "Come and lunch with me. Capt. Beresford, and you, too, Mr. Dennis," said Mrs. de la Fane. * * * * Two days passed away. Miiriel Mo lyneux felt inexpressibly lonely. This bustling, frivolous atmosphere of hotel jarred on her. Tortured with anxiety for her husband, she hated the laugh ter, the music, above all, the society. She kept aloof from it all. Her hus band was an intelligence officer; she knew that he was never sure from day to day where he would sl^ep the fol lowing night. To attenv' to follow him to the front was impo le. Now Muriel, for all her ^at love for her husband, was an e. ilastic little patriot. This dreary, ufc ; idle ness to which she was cc mned taxed her nerves to the utterm The quiet of the gardens overlooking tho sea appealed to her. After dinner on the third evening after her arrival Muriel slipped out alone and paced the gravel paths in angry impatience with her fate. The gardens were empty. Her white dress looked ghost-like in the shadows. In a little summer house at the fur thest limits of the garden, bitter tears rose into her eyes as she thought of her pwn incapacity, her own enforced idleness. Suddenly a voice at her el bow startled her. Some one thrust a note into her hand, with the words: Will you give me your answer to morrow, or shall I wait for it now?" Taken unawares, and anxious to hide the trace of her recent tears. Muriel stammered hastily. "Tomorrow? No; the day after," and the next moment she was alone again. Bew?drrci!. r.ho turned the note over tn her hand. There v.as no address upon it. She rose hurriedly and hastened to the door of the summer house. A man's figure, evidently that of a gentleman, was disappearing out of the garden gate on to the high road. It was too late to recall him. She opened his note mechanically. In the dim light it was difficult to s. Woman. % j trace the writing, but a second glanc*! j left no room for doubt. \ 2 "The Societies Office, Stellenbosch. j "To Mrs. de la F.: "Have you procured the dispatch* i case carried by the officer,' J. B., yet?1. ; If so, tho bearer of this is to be trust-; i ed; give lt to him. If you have not; j yet secured it, tell him when to see; r you again. "J. X. de W." I Muriel drew her breath sharply. Sh*- 1 sat motionless, her brain busy. She realized at once that she had been mistaken for somebody in the pay of 1 the Boers; a plot was hatching, and } she- ( At that moment she heard footf stcps hurrying down the pathway. She thrust the note In the bosom of her dress. Suppose .the messenger had ' discovered his mistake, and was re? turning? Her heart beat wildly. With sudden resolve Muriel had made up her mind. The summer house had an ^ inner room, to which a small doorway gave admittance. Opening the door sha plunged into the darkness. Holding her breath, she peered through thi , half-open door, not daring to close ti for fear of making a noise. A man entered the summer house. A quick j sigh of relief escaped Muriel's lips. v|t r was not the messenger. She glanced g at the man's face; then started back c in horror. Sho recognized him as a j man she had frequently seen in the -y hotel; but his eyes were now blood- j shot, his expression wilu, his manner j distraught. v John Beresford (for it was he) drew t a revolver from his coat and raised i? it against himself. >. t Muriel waited no longer. With a \ little cry she flung open the door and d threw herself upon the man. The re- ^ volver fell from his hand. \ "Oh! stop, stop!" she cried. "You i can't know what you are doing." s John Beresford stared at her as f though she were a ghost. He stood f motionless, his arms hanging limply by c his side, his wild eyes searching her a own. B "Can't I help you?'' whispered Mu- t riel, gently, all the sympathy of her nature going out toward him. "Please v let me try." . -v "Help! I am beyond help!" echoed p the man, struggling with the words, q "Leave me, for pity's sake, Mrs. Moly- t neux." There is only one way out of i? this." t "How do you know my name?" d asked Muriel, in surprise. s "Molyneux was an old pal of mine," g answered the other. "He would not f speak to me now." r A sudden inspiration flashed across s Muriel's brain. "What is your name?" t she asked. ; f "John Beresford. For pity's sake r leave me" , ?jr"' d / "Your inili?ls are 3. E.] then?' ?BRe] s you-are the dispatches-" - j, "How do you know about that?" r said John Beresford, raising his head c with a gleam of hope in his eyes. "Not f a soul lut myself and the thief knows ? that it was stolen from me within rhe last 24 hours." j; Mrs. de la Fane glided down the I footpath leading toward the summer bouse. She was dressed in white. As she drew near she caught the sound of voices, and walked slowly past the doorway. a She gave a little dry cough when ) she recognized John Beresford and Mu- f riel Molyneux. t She seemed annoyed to find the sum- r mer house occupied at that moment. She paced the footpath for a few mo ments and then returned to the hotel. 1 She went to the pigeonhole where she t generally found her letters and tele- 6 grams. It was empty. Soon after 1 midnight she went to thc pigeonhole i again. There was a sealed packet c waiting for her. With a sigh of relief t she carried it hastily to her room and \ read : t "The Societies Office, Stellenbach. "To Mrs. de la F. : "Have you procured the J. B. docu- I ments yet? If so, the bearer of this is ? to be trusted. Give them to him. If c you have not yet secured them, tell t him when to see you again. i "J. X. de W." 1 A second note in another handwrit- * ing was inclosed: E "Madam-Not finding you this even ing at thc appointed place, I am leav ing this note for you at the hotel. I . shall be there tomorrow evening at 8.30 to receive your answer. "J. X. deW.'s Messenger." Mre. de la Fane slept the sleep of ? the just that night ( On the following evening she kept the appointment. Sae was again t dressed in white. Punctual to the mo ment she heard a man's footstep on the path outside, and a tall, bearded man stood in the doorway. "Mrs. de la Fane, I presume?" He j spoke in a deep, gruff voice. , She handed him a carefully sealed packet, saw him place it inside his j breast pocket and waited till he dis- . appeared. The next morning she re- r ceived an invitation from Capt. Beres ford to dine with him that evening. She handed the note to Mr. de la Fane and remarked, callously: "What nerve the man has. Surely, he knows there is nothing for him to do but shoot himself. * * * He's ] ruined * * * silly creature." Mr. de la Fane laughed harshly. ?-8? that evening a cheerful party as sembled to the private dining room. Mrs. Molyneux and Mrs. de la Fane were the only ladies prercnt. but some half-dozen mm made up thc party. With the dessert. John Beresford looked' J around at his guests, and placed a ! leather case on the table. "I've had thc queerest adventure; ' since I've been in the hotel." he said '' laughing. It's too rich to keep to my- ? rolf; it might amuse you." / ""'ire away," said some one. / Mrs. de la Fane turned very wljrte, but Muriel, watching her every mSove ment, felt no pity. j "You know, of course," Beresford continued, "that I was sent down\m special service to deliver somo dis patches lo Gen. G-, who arrives here this evening. Like an ass, 1 made , no secret of my errand. I shall be ariser another time. Well, two days igo the case with the dispatches dis ippeared. You can imagine what :elt like. After wild searchings for 24 lours there was only one thing to be lone." He then described his meeting with Muriel in the summer house, and her ldventure with J. X. de W.'s messen ger. "I wrote a note," he continued, "and ncloscd it with the original letter, iddressiug it to a certain lady, whoso lame does not matter, asking her 1.3 neet J. X. de W. s messenger last fight. In disguise J myself represented :he messenger and received my dis patch back into my own hands." The men laughed loud and long. "The sequel, too, may bc interest ng," said John Beresford, coolly. "A ?ouple of detectives are at this minute :ollaring J. X. de W's man." "What about the lady?" he was isked. ''Well, I fancy you'll hear that she ind her husband have been presented with tickets to Europe by the next wat." A little choking cry came from Mrs. Ie Fane's lips. She had fainted-Tho Dn looker. BRITISH SAILORS' FOOD. '"either as Good ?s'or an Abundant na is . Served in Our >"avy. "The food served up to the British acktar is neither as good in quality lor quantity as the American sailor ;ets," said William Allison, an official >f the Washington navy yard. Mr. Ulison has recently returned from a isit to Portsmouth, Eng., where he lersonally inspected several of the Jri?sh warships stationed there. "At present the British sailor gets hree meals a day, which consist chief y of canned corned beef, potatoes, hard liscuits and soup, the monotony of zhich diet is supplemented every Sun lay by a sort of imitation bean soup, ["here is no meal between supper, ?rhich is served at 4.15 p. m., and jreakfast next day at 5 a. m. Our ailors would not put up with these ecding conditions. It is the bill of are of a century ago. Then men, of ourse, have the privilege of sending shore for anything extra in grub they nay want, but they must do so at heir own expense. "I was informed by a naval officer /hile on board one of thc British war essels that a committee had been ap ointed by the war department to in uire into the question of naval ra ions and other kindred matters. This s the result of long standing discern ent among the sailors and the great eficiency in the number of recruits, /ho are becoming more difficult to ;et every year. The officer also in ormed me that thc committee had al eady drawn up a report which, he aid, recommends among other things hat there be five recognized meals ia uture instead of three, and chat the ations include tea, sugar, a jelly, con densed .milk, and that mutton be is ued as well as fresh beef. The ie tort, he also added, does not recom nend bread as a substitute for bis uits. On our warships lhere is always resh bread, and it is considered in dispensable. The cost of these extra victuals, it s estimated, will amount to close on ?900,000 per annum."-New York >ost. QUAINT ANO CUR10J3. A costly marble monument stands in . fashionable cemetery at Seattle, Vash., sacred to the memory of a aithful horse. The animal's owner vas himself buried beside the horse ecently. Thc other day James Pelter, who ives near Winchester, Ya., killed a laid eagle, whose spread of wings was even feet. Mr. Pelter had lost several ambs and thought it remarkable that j ne thief left no tracks nor other sign if his visits to the farm, but when he eagle tried to carry off a dog | vhich followed him, he concluded that 1 he.bird was the robber. During the recent session of the Brit- j sh parliament no fewer than C44S j [uestions were asked in the Louee of j :ommons. This number has only once leen exceeded in recent years-namely, j n the session of 1S93-L when the nuni jer of questions asko.1 was C534.. But ? he house sat on 22G days during that ession, while there were only 118 sit ings during the late session. There are three nut cracking plants n St. Louis. Mo., giving employment o considerable numbers of people. The nut crackers are driven by electri fy, each nut being fed individually nto the crusher. After the shells are Tacked the nuts are winnowed by an dr blast, and the meat is picked from he crushed shells by hand, women md girls being employed for this part )f the work. A curious case came up the other day )efore the court in Caroline county, Hd., when an ancient resident was 'harged with thc larceny of nine eggs. Sxtra jurors had to be summoned, and t cost the comity $2?0 to try the case. The accused was 73 years old. His .ounsel said he had known the d? tendant for 40 years, and it was in credible that he would steal eggs. He irgued that anyhow thc state had not shown that the eggs were sound and line rotten eggs would have no value it all. The jury staid out 15 minutes ind returned a verdict of not guilty. A Famburg schoolteacher recently mdcrtook in fiad c::? w!:at his pupils cnew about comnrcn thing:-. Out of 120 children between 10 and IG years I if age, 55 had never reen a flock of sheep. 70 had never reen a violet growing, 00 had never heard a night- , ingale. ?0 had never reen che sun rise, ' md 33 had not seen it set, 49 had never ? seen a man plow. Ho asserts that I while city children may know about j theatres and concert exhibitions, muse- | urns and stores, hundreds of the sim- j plest thinqs in life are mere words to them that convey no coherent idea, j Travelers on Prussian railways whose bags.".ire. through no fault of their own, Lu's to arrive with them, can now have it <:ent, on request, free to their houses. OOOOCCGOOCC30CCCOS3COOCOGC? O o I. Wonderful Brain Work, g ? Mail Clerks' Memories Heavily Taxed Q G O 0000G0GQG3GGGQQG000CC?Q3GQ ?ILLIONS of people are com plaining nowadays of being taxed financially; but an army of men in the employ of Uncle Sam are hurd.ned with a mental practice unheard of. as re gards extent, in any other country of the world. Things that a railway postal clerk must remember have increased in such volume that one would think every cell of his brain would be filled with the name of a post?nico or railway connec tion, and the wonder is that thc clerk's mind does not falter under the press ure. Despite these facts cases of in sanity among this class vt public serv ants arc rare. One Chicago postal clerk maintained for several years a record of 21,001? cards (which take the place of letters in examinations) with an average per cent, of correct distribution of a frac tion over ninety-nine per cent. He knew how to reach that many offices in several States hy tho shortest, quickest route, and ho knew the cor rect location of each office in its Stare. A clerk on tho New York and Chi cago Railway postoffice must know tiio correct location of every postofficc in a group of States made up of Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin. Indiana, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska. In these seven States there are 12.317 post offices. Not only is the clerk required to be "up" on the general scheine, which means thc correct location of the postoffices in each State, hut he must know how to reach the whole 12,000 postoffices from one or more stations. A clerk running between Chicago nnd Minneapolis underwent no fewer than seventy-eighth examinations in fifteen years, learning 13,300 offices in fifteen different sections of the United States. In some of these examina tions he was required to make a Chi cago city distribution, which means that while running over the country at the rate of a mile a minute he must distribute letters to the carriers of the Chicago delivery. He must keep not only where every public building and leading mercantile house is located, but also how to divide the numbers on a particular street, so that he can "tic out" his letters to the correct carrier, according to the route of the latter. This same clerk made thirteen examin ations in ten months, with an average correct distribution of !)!>.SS per cent. In twenty examinations he came out of nine of them with a clear 100 per cent. each. Think of such a task, taking into consideration thc puzzling similarity RAILWAY POSTAL GLEI?! of names that are used to dc.-!..nP.tc i ! postoffices. Then, too. must heconsid i ered ibo fae4 thal there ara hundreds j of cases where ic each Slate i -- post I office of the same name. For instance, in the S:atcs ii::; :ed above there are five postoffices named Hamilton, six Grants, four Garfield:?, four Geneva.?, Idea of Life O? ft 1^ UT Vfw ff . ^"ST\ ^^^^^^^ JD"R Op ~k W% NI i CK HUN j ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT. four Smithvilhs, four Spartas and five Jeffersons and so on. In some in stances there is a postoffice of the same name in each of tho seven States. As one may imagine, this only tends to confuse the average mind. ? Periodically the clerks are examined at railway mail headquarters. Packs of cards, each card hearing the name of a postotfice. are furnished a candi date f?r examination. Ho takes a po sition in front of a case of pigeon holes labeled with tho names of differ ent railway postofiiees throughout the country. Ile '.throws'' the cards, dis tributing them to proper routes, just as he would packages in a postal car. After ho finishes the examiner goes over the cards and charges up the errors the clerk has made and gives him his percentage of correct distribu tion. Thc clerk is also examiued on general and "standpoint" or station schemes at different times. . It is asserted at railway mail serv ice headquarters that there are clerks who have reached the capacity of their miuds in matter of remembering names. Tu?.y now remember so many that it would be absolutely impossible to learn another State or part of a State. It would seem that of (he mill ions of cells in their brain machinery none are left, lo fill, all having been taken up in thc prosecution of the ex acting duties imposed by their occu pation.-Chicago Record-Herald. Fr?nc?nlc of Muffle Squares .Harte Flan. Magic squares of odd numbers in which the figurer; added in perpeudicu lar. horizontal or diagonal rows make the same sum an.? found in boohs of puzzles, bm the principle on which they are based is never given. There i* a principle, and it is appli cable without limit, from one square *7 24 S E5 23 14 56 6 *3 2Q 22 IO 12 IX IS 19 21 -5 to any odd number of squares indefi nitely. For illustration twenty-five squares are given, and the sum of each of its rows of figures perpendicularly, horizontally or diagonally is sixty-five. Now for thc rule. Always write your numb??' zs consecutively, diagon ally, upward, to the right. If that direction carries you outside of the squares, then go to the opposite end of the row at which you stand. If you reach a square that is occupied, or the upper right baud corner, then drop to the square below the last one used, and proceed as before. Begin with 1 in the upper centre square. Now try u. -New York Herald. ! the Isthmus -From the New York TrlbuLe. Circulate); "Wann Air. Most people put away their electric fans in thc fall, thinking they will have no further use for them until the warm weather arrives in the spring, but we show here a simple arrange ment which makes it possible to utiL izo the electric fan for blowing hot as well as cold air. It is the invention of Edwin P. Tortor, and can be used to heat rooms anJ offices wherever there is a gas jet handy. It also keeps the air in circulation about thc room instead of allowing it to remain still and dead all daj\ In this apparatus the frame or guard which surrounds the blades of the fan is of hollow tub ing, and is connected with n gas jet by a rubber tube. The trame being perforated at Intervals the gas is ig aitcd as it flows from the openings, thc resultant heat being driven about the room by the action of the *an blades. The inventor designs -this heater especially for attachment to a GAS HEATER OX THE FAN". thermo-electric fan, which runs solely with the aid of the gas, generating its own current for rotating the fan. but the frame can bc readily attachecl^to any electric fan with but little ex* pense. Historic Flacc of Worship. It has been ascertained that the first Protestant church erected west of the Mississippi River is still standing, near Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., being used now as a hay barn. It was built of logs, in 1SUU, by a Baptist congregation, and was long known ONCE A CHURCH, NOW A BARN. as Bethel Church, having for some years the distinction of being the only house of Protestant worship west of the river. Rev. David Green, a native of Virginia, was its pastor until his death, in 1S09. The Louisiana (Mo.) Times suggests that the building be moved to St Louis and made a part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Street Aid in Accidents. The municipal authorities of Paris are experimenting with a unique street equipment for vmdering prompt aid io the injured. It is described as being like a letter box pillar, and contains a folding stretcher, a few medicines, bandages, etc. In order to get at these objects it is necessary to break the glass, as when "calling" a fire engine? In this way the key of the case r*-1 access to a telephone inside commun eating Ibo ambulance service are rained. This would obviate nt least the necessity of hunting up a tele phone and a policeman, in order to give aid to a case of accident, as is now necessary A Power in Town Hullding. A newspaper whose columns over flow with ads. of business men. has more influence in attracting attention io. and building up, a city or town, than any other agency that eau be em ployed. People go where there Is busi ness. Capital and labor will locate where there is an enterprising coinmu n'ty. No power ou earth is so strong to build up a town as a newspaper well patronized, and its power should be ap-, predated.-Rev. T. De Yv*. Talmage.