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WINNSBOEO S. C., WEDNESDAY, JAJNTJAKY^^^5? ?-? ? " t Y^'?^.r'-r -< r - ^ rrniniii;' *i r%; %. ~gj The Beautiful Land of Dreams. Oh. land of dreams I Oh. beautiful laau which borders the unknot chore?< Whose realms are tilled witli the loved and lost, whoai we meet on earth no more! Land where the weary and worn rany rest: where the kin? and serf He down; Where the serf may walk iff realms as fair as he who wearefh' tfce~<2rown. With the loving and loved of Q'ar youth, we wander by golden streams; " We reck not of care, of w<#lth, or lois, in that beautiful land of dream?. The maid whom we loved in he'eyon days, whose bed lies under the snow. Hits t>aok and forth in the land of dreams " with the beautv of "lon;r apro;" Her bright eyes snine with the sparkling Br glance of the olden happy days? And. our hearts again renew their youth ^*neath the radiance of her jraze. We live whole years of joy at once as the sun. light on us gleams. Whole vears of 1oy*that have no night, in the beautiful &hd of dreams. The love, the hopes and the knowledge vast that we yearn for in waking- hours We gather in when we enter there as the earth drinks in the showers: We climb the hills of the' unknown land?the - land by no mortal trod? Beho!<?the palace wherein our home, whose builder and mater is God! And brightlv its walls of jasper shine as the sunlight-on it gleams; * Its gates of gems and its streets of gold that we see in the land of dreams, r Oh, land of dreams! Oh, mystical land! between the known and unknown. There reigns no kins: in thy vast domain, each dream is kins alone. - He knoweth naught of the mystic realm,cares --cot where its confines er.d; He asketh not, for upon its shores he mectcth his lonjj-Ocst friend! Oh, land of dreams! Oh, beaut if upland;where the suniijrht ever gleams! May we enter the unknown land named Heaven from the beautiful land of dreams. THE MANAGEMENT OF 1IUS Jt5AJNJL>5. - I "What are: you going to write about this week?" said, my' most, particular lady friend, and I have only v?iy few of that order. ''The management of Husbands,'* I replied, says- a writer in the San Francisco News-Leiter. "Well, that's done in a very few words," she ssid, laughing; "give him the latch-key, kiss him good-night, and tell him to come in tvnen he likes, as you are going to bed. and that man .: .will.be in leading-strings forthwith." . . I agree with my friend that hors is a splendid recipe; still I have an idea that I can give, one quite as good, and one having more nobility of purpose. There is nothing living so easily managed as the average man, but, then, the wife must understand diplomacy and ~i~;\ be a tactician to the tips of her fingers. j What violence or tears will never ac-J complish tact will. I have always i thought there is something radically wrong in the marriage tie, but'what it! is becomes a difficult matter to define j .when; searching-into bottom iacts. Men, as a rule, marry women' for love, ; yet we see every day these one-time happy doves drifting apart "ami acting as though separation would be the kappiesfr thing for both. To marry for j love simply is absurd. Unless there is ' a large amount of respect on either side j the flame, of love soon dies out, leaving a barren manor for the dwellers thereon. I really think those marriages are happiest where there is less tlame and passion and more quiet' respect xnAhe first place, since there is always a certainty of love following in the after time," for we must respect first what we However. armrfSsino' vou h'ave~~a 1%}^ - whom you wish to twirl around your little linger, you must first love him "with all ycrur heart, with all - * your soul," etc., etc:, and the love you i ? ' feel will make it possible to put up with all those little discrepancies which crop out in man's nature when you come to live with him: for ihe best of men - become monotonous after awhile. In the first place, should your husband "be a man of business, _who comes home tired to death, cross, and worn, out, .do not at once entertain him with the troubles you have gone through during the day. Do not rehearse the shortcomings of. 4/ilC ?MJ?Y?*UVO VA tUU UiCWVUivaw v* v^s, children. Meet liim with i-. smile, kiss &im, take his hat and overcoat from Jiim, and let him severely alone until " he has toned down-his irritability with . & good dinner; after which he will be ?n a position to listen to anything you may h?w$e to say; but I always- found jt an excellent plan to hide disagreeables entirely from a husband's notice. ?Ien don't want to have a repetition of -annoyances at home when they have so ? many ia their daily path outside, -and, believe me, the effect of keeping household squabbles out of your husband's knowledge wonderfully enhances your "value as a wife. I have seen so many ( arrant fools fly at their husbands the J moment they enter the house, and Li ; there and then give a detailed account j of the troubles of the day, even taking to tears as an argument on their side? i and oh! how men hate tears; how they j detest household details?and, being naturally selfish, in fact hate anything that puts them out at home; and they are right. The bread-winner ought to be relieved from domestic jars, rx - Of all thirgs, when your husband "v mmw home see that his dinner is well v cooked. Don't make a row because "X the meat is underdone or burnt to a -stick- Rather go into the kitchen your *self and'see that everything is ccmrae llfaut Ton don't'know how a man appreciates a loving welcome and a _good dinner after the toil of the day. rut yourself in his place, each woman who has to4oil fojr a fatherless fiock. You don't like to come home to a cloudy atmosphere and an ill-cooked meal/ You think you are at least entitled to serene comfort at' home, and ' : - -if you don't get it you rebel. Wbv no't men also"? Nothing on earth fetches a man like a good dmner-and a well-dressed wife presiding. The husband who can look forward to such a state of things .every day of his. life will never tire of home, / and the wife who studies his comfort J * ' - will have little difficulty managing him according to her will." Men are gregarious animals, and vill wander in spite of all allurements; but they are | selfish enoagh to remain where* they are best treated, and by taking a little trouble for a year or two of married HL. life the years" that follow will, as a K rule, find the husband always glad to go ggBT back to the pretty home where smiles Viim tViA /?ir>nt>r T c-nnlro of ?b17vUW UiXU) iAUU V4AV * VWVifcV VA. There are many women who object to bein^ "bossed," as they call it. My dear Jaaies, you can always be boss if you take the trouble. By giving in you ge's your own way as you never would by fighting for" it And. after all, it is better to feel you respect your husband so much that to give in to'him is not a difficulty. Of course, I am now speaking of the right hind of man. There are some men such perfect brutes that no kindness has any effect upon them. When you are unfortunate enough to catch such a one, divorce him at once and take care how you choose the next Nine men out of ten are manageable, if you go the right way about it, ana one great point is io act after marriage exactly as you did before. Argument and" contr- diction ar3 vital enemies to married peace. Should you wish for anything particu m mm , ,,, | | i i ,|, I, an ? ? ?? ??rnrr larly, don't insist upon it after refusal. \ Of course you must have it, but bide j your time. Some women are persist- | ent, ar.d ask: "Why may I not? Why won't you do as I want you?" and irritate the man. Rather bide your time, make.an extra good dinner of his favorite dishes, put a bow on of the color he likes, make home and yourself i sweeter than ever- You'll get it sure, 1 even if you have to wait. Also, when you want him to do any particular thing wkick you know will be for his good, for heaven's sake do not say, "do it." . Rather drop a hint' that you think so and so would be a good thing to do. Get him interested, and then let the subject drop. I venture to say that in a short time that man will do precisely as you wished, he will never permit you to think that he has traded the least bit on your common-sense. Sfow, some women under such circum stances wouiu crow over me nusoanu with "I tcld }"ou so, ana now yon come to my way of thinking." Absurd, ladies, absurd; never let a man know' you rule him; yet rule him jn all things if you can. I believe that it is perfectly possible 1 to'keep your husband "so perpetually in ; love with you that he rather likes to be ruled than not. -Never ask for a new dress till after dinner, and never press -your husband to buy what he. can't afford How many men are brought to ruin through the extravagance of. a silly, exacting wife. The reason I say postpone requests till after feeding time is becalise man is so partial to good foi>d that if it is good, and he has had j enough of it, his temper will be so j heaveady afterward that in very gratitude he.'wjll be prepared to do anything in jhe. world for you. Never be jealous, ratkout cause. To oe jealous of the young lady whom your husband sees home; inwardly wishing her to the devil and himself in bed, is simply putting thoughts into his head which would never have entered otherwise. At the same time let us remember the prayer, "Lead us not intotemptation,'' and do not, on any account, trust your husband with any*one who has not agreat respect for herself. I may say, trust no woman, bul trust your husband till you find him out. If any young woman goes for him, take the three-legged stool to her, and make yourself so doubly agreeable to the man that he will never dream of lookj ing at another. Oh, what an easy tiling j it is to manage the man you love; and | really they all want managing. When I hear men say: "I have the sweetest lit Lrwife in the worlds but she is not "very affectionate," oiy "she don't care, to go out with me," etc., then I see there is a screw-loose somewhere, and he goes tinting around while she stays passively home (for the most part miserable) and not knowing ho w[to remedy the evil. But if wives-go out with their worst halves, and take their stand in this way, there would be fewer heartaches and less use for divorce laws. I should like to see my husband (if I had one) go out every day driving a splendid team.alone, while I sat.at,home. I ! shouldjust like to sec him tTy it. I would never, in the first place, let him get into the habit of leaving me out of his pleasures. I would make myself s?. agreeable lhat he would always * Wi^hi^fast companion, a^>S?5eve me, ladies/i^ou would j^c-~'rom-janionable | tn vnr>r sT5OT*e^?9*d them well, dress 1 for them, make yourself indispensible to their comfort, you eculd manage them as. easily as a baby, and withal wlthhold'nbt a portion of that soft flattery which is so dear to every man's heart. Man thinks himself strong, but | oh! hew weak he is in the hands of a [ wife possessing tact. Hoping my recipe I will beat that of giving, the man the | latch-key and going lonely to bed, I conclude. -O The Oyster's Enemies. !* "Oysters are attacked by a'number )f different parasites,"' saiu a Del aware jyster dealer yesterday. "Great care S needed, not only to keep their enemies away, but to destroy their eggs, imong the worst of these enemies is ;he -drill,' a small crustacean, who is ;u-Dt>lied with a tinv rasp or tile, with ! ivhich it bores into the young oyster l md sucks out the contents of the shell, "ts eggs are something like apple or | pear seeds and are found in heaps or I bunches. Each egg contains from j rrrenty to thirty embryos. As soon as hese are hatched they attack the shells >f the baby oysters and kill innitmerible quantities. "The oyster barnacle is another deady foe. This little creature gets inside ;he shell of the oyster and fastening on .o the upper valve, breeds there and feeds upon the oyster itself. Then iere are oyster tube worms, which aaake their tubes of sand and lime, lie apon the oyster until they become firmly fixed to his outer shell and a bore their way through and feed upon him." "Are any.of these creatures found in oysters that are offered for sale?" "Xo. The only parasite we find is the tiny crab. That is harmless to consumers, in fact is considered a delicacy, and besides is really an assistance to the oyster in helping it to-obtain food. But the barnacles and worms -1 have' spoken about absolutely destroy the oysters in the bed, and if we occasionally receive an empty shell or two in pur consignments that is "the way we account for it" "Is there any known way of getting rid ot these parasiresr ' Oh, yes, by great care and clean Liless. Oysters that have been sent Lo Europe for relaying have been known i.Q introduce the,pest, but by finishing and carefully draining and going over the beds they have been eliminated almost entirely. The destruction of the eggs is the surest way and that method has been fairly successfully carried out. T hear that Prof. Baird, of .the' Smithsonian institute,'is now at . Crisfield, Md., making a series of investigations into the cause of the great fatality among the 03'sters of Chesapeake bay and its tributaries. Xo doubt that if he has discovered a new parasite he will soon find the eggs. And when he has found the eggs he will destroy them."?PhUadelphia Times. The oldest and most celebrated deal- | J er in wild animals in the world, JVLr. j Bernhardt Kohn, died in Kassala et the j i beginning of August last, in his se~enty-second year. Mr. jkohn was the first to import animals into Europe direct from .Nubia. Quite lately h'j had procured a large number of giraffes, : lions, antelopes, ostriches, mc nkeys, i etc., and had them brought to'Kassala. For eight months Kassala has been besieged by the adherents of the Mehdi, ; and since the death of Sir. Kohn, the : Mudir of Taka has been in CTeat em; barrassment what to do with all the an' imals. It was thought . probable that j they would be slaughtered by the inI habitants, who were said to be in dan ser oi i amine. ? The annual number of births in London exceeds 200,000. . v; *?aaammumKa'^mmsA o^mm EDUCATIONAL. Over-Taxation of the Mental Powers ir Childhood and the Necessity for the Fullest Amount of Sleep. ' Our Present School System Injurious?Too Little Attention Giv.-?n to the Studj' of ^Esthetics?Current Items. CURRENT OPIXTOXS. There are two grades or kinds of map study for beginners; viz., the study involved in the making of. a map on board or slate, and the study or interpreta' tion of a printed map. Of these there should also be an intermingling; but in elementary study, map mating or map drawing should precede the study oi printed'mitns.?Ind. Sch. Journal. X Jk It is worthy of consideration, too, whether, instead of any inflexible conrse of study, it might not be better to provide that good work on the part of a pnpil in any three lines of study should entitle him to graduate, and the diploma of the school.?B. F. Wright, Supt. Schools, St. Paul You must do something for your school besides listening to. recitations. You should do something for which you will be remembered. Leave your mark. Stir up the people. Make them appreciate and want new methods. Put something into the school-house. Sup ply its needs. Where there is a will there is a way.?The Ioica Teacher. Any teacher can be of some help tc bright pupils: only the best teacher can reauly aid dull children. "I wish that boy was out of my school," said of a dull pupil, marks a selfish if not a cruel "? V - ? - -1 2 rcacner, waue a genuine iove iur uut weak and backward jshows the heart ol a true teacher. Many pupils are dulj because they have dull teachers.?Parser's Practical Tcacher. Every law looking to the well-being of the schools must depend largely upon the teacher and his qualifications foi its success, and many of the best enactments have been made in compliance with opinions expressed at county and provincial conventions of teachers,? opinions expressed'in accordance with a thorough acquaintance on the part oi the teachers with the real, not the imaginary, wants of the community.? The Canada Educational Monthly. "When the teacher has' shown by his acquirements that he is entitled to a certificate, then this should be an end of the whole matter so far as the branches upon whicn he has been examined are concerned. But now, in order to" make his preparation effective, the true, higher, and more comprehensive work of the teacher should begin. There should be prescribed for him,under proper legislation, a course of reading and study outside and beyond hi= common school curriculum. Upon set portions of this ^course every teacher throughout the state, and, if possible, throughout the United States, should be examined quarterly at his county institute, of which ever}- teacher should be a member. Such a course should be prescribed as to tase irom mree ro sve years to complete it.?Texc^ School Journal. >"~ The tea2?ets~o5 this country need tc r?es^?e more attention to the study oi esthetics. Too little attention is given in our schools to the cultivation of the aesthetic emotions of our pupils,-^-fo that part of their nature which is in sympathy with the beautiful in nature, art, and humanity. That is altogether too narrow a view which limits the word education in its meaning to the knowledge of books acquired at school. There is a higher education, a nobler culture, and a more graceful refinement than that which comes from the world of books alone. That system oi school training which sends forth to the world ready ciphering, writing,and parsing machines, but with no elevation of soul, with their finer feelings unawakened, and with no perception of the beautiful, results in .an education which is like a tree stripped-of its beautiful foliage,?no beauty, no symmetry, nothing but trunk, and bare and spindling branches. Yet such is the education acquired in too many of our schbols.?Ohio Ed. Monthly. The psychology that the teacher eeds to know is: (1) What are the conditions,?that is, what must be supplied, or be assumed to exist,?before the mind will perceive, or remember,01 imagine, or generalize and classify, 01 reason? (2) What is the exact nature of each one of these processes? Each is complex. What arc the differing processes tliat unite to make each oi these complex acts? (3) What'are the peculiarities or characteristics of each of the mental products resulting froia the action of these different faculties?? Prof. G. P. Brown,Indiana. There is no such thing as a new edu ' P cation, in tne sense 01 someuuug recently discovered which was heretofore unknown. No new principles have been discovered. The newness consists in the wider diffusion of educational ideas, and in the wiser and more general application of old principles. One of the speakers deprecated the use oi | the term "new education1' as misleading. Its flippant use hy every educa| tional hobbyist has a tendency to make j .young teachers think that it is a recent I discovery or invention, and that "there I is some place where they can go and ' get it ready-made."?Report in Wisconsin Jour, of Education of Pennsylvania Discussion. SLEEP. 0?ie of the first indications of approaching danger to mental integrity is an inabilitv to sleep. This symptom nrocnnt rimfe in thf JLO ]/^wvmv -.w , history of acute insanity and nervoui exhaustion, warning us that the safetypoint of mental strain is being passed Any form of intellectual labor which leaves the individual unable to sleep soon after retiring is injurious, and, iJ eoniiuued notwithstanding this protesl of nature, is sure to be followed, sooner or later, by disaster. iQ? Mental activity is carried on at ! expense of brain tissne. With even operation of the mind there is an actual disintegration of the ccrebral cells. Tc repair this constant waste, the brain,"iii - common with every other oreran of tfe body, requires rest, and this is obtained j chiefly during sleep. Hence, to curtal1 j the hours of rest is to imperil the integi rity of the brain, for the waste will thei: j exceed the repair. The brain is the vcio^ delicate and complicated 3truct' r ~ ixrifh nrnnw I lire UI LliC liUUiaU WWWJ , TVAMA V* V^W. care it is capable of a vast amount oi | labor. No person, however, can afforc | to run the risk of mental shipwreck bj I violating the first law of mental hyI piece,?rest by sleep. Especially L< this to be remembered by those who inherit an impressible,onervous organism, for in these cases of neuratic heredity, ; slight causes, which would have little ; or "no effect upon a strong nervous sysI tem, are often sufficient to produce serious results. In childhood the growth of the brail i is very rapid, and its natural activity j rer\- great; during this period of in 1 tense mental energy there is danger -that the immature brain' will be taxed beyond the proper limit, and be nourished at the expense of other tissues^. I for mental activity requires a large eae*. penditure of "vital force, and, if the brain is compelled to work beyond its powers, it will draw upon other organs 3 of the body for its support, depriving them of their necessary nourishment; and causing various disorders in consequence. This important fact indicates the danger from over-taxation of 'the mental .powers during childhood, and' ? emphasizes the necessity for the fullest ? amount of sleep during this period of* j life, when the functional activity of thej i brain is greatest. "The more actively tke mind, says Dr. Hammond, "thew greater the necessity for sleep." [ t Parents are apt to forget the need o|; t brain-rest during school life in their de? [ j sire for the child's mental advance- r ? ment, and often censure the schools for [,] results which are often solely due to r their own lack of proper care an dp: watchfulness in permitting habits and of livino' out of school hours, [i which are detrimental to mentai and ji physical hcalthfulness. There are many things connected with our present j i school system which are unphysiofogi-< ^ cal and injurious; but it must also De \ remembered that during eighteen hours 5 ; j of thi day the child is subject to other < influences which, although different in * character, may be capable of causing 1 quite as much injury as those arising ' from the public schools. Improper hy- * t ^ienic conditions and bad habits of ( : living are by no means confined to the : dailf session of school life. The home s 1 life i? strictly within the parents' keep- ] ! ing, and, before holding the school re- 1 f sponsible for a given case of ill-health, i I it may be well to learn the manner in -1 which the child is allowed to spend his 7 time outside of school, and especially ; those hours'which should be devoted to f ! sleep. The legitimate educational work * : is, of itself, sufficient to fully engage * . the mental powers of the child; and, : > when not in school, he should be kept ( [ as free as possible from over-excitement c or exhausting pleasures. The practice * i now too common among parents of per- 1 i ttio!* ftliildrnn fn nncracA in f.hft fashionable frivolities and (fissipations of life, with their attendant evils of ov- J er stimulation and late hours, cannot > be too strongly condemned. One of the effects of our present high ^ pressure style of living is to cause ac j increased development of the. nervous t system, which is sure to be transmitted , in a greater or less degree, givingto the children of coming generations an 2 abnormal susceptibility of the nervous system, and rendering them unable ta. r bear with safety those burdens of life j which, under ordinary circumstances, ? are not injurious to a well-balanced mind. Children inheriting the nervous * diathesis, will be found_jn_jDiir-public sehoolsin increasjag- numbers in the j years to con\&rTlnless some radical re- ^ forms iji, our methods of living ;are ef- , fectfir To deprive these children of J >he"fullest amount of sleep, and permit amusements which encroach upon the , i nours 01 rest, or unauiy sliuiui??.? wio nervous system, is to increase a thousand-fold the danger of mental disaster ! in the years to come when the individual engages in the active competitions 1 of life. Sleep is the rest-tsf ,ine. brain, 1 and is never more essential,to mental ' integrity than during the formative 1 period of life. A Narrow Escape. 1 A Bombay shikaree narrates how he once actually fell into the claws of a panther, and lived to tell the tale. Af; ter describing the incidents -of the hunt ; up to the tame when thev beast broke : cover, he says: "I had to w?it until the panther was within a few feet of me, and I then put my rifle down to his head, expecting to roll him over like a rabbit (as Lhad succeeded in doing on other occasions), and then place my second bullet pretty much where I pleased. To my horror, -there was no ^report when th&hammer - fell. The next moment;- the ^panther, 'within angry roar, sprang upon me. Hanging on with the claws of one forepaw driven into my right shoulder and * 1 the other round me, he tried to get at * my head and neck, but I fortunately * prevented tins by raising my leu arm, i which he instantly seized in his huge I ' mouth. I shall never forget his sharp, " angry, roar, the wicked look of his s greenish yellow eyes within six inches of mine, the turned-back ears, his fetid ; breath upon my cheek, and the feeling : of his huge fangs closing to the bone through my arm above the elbow, i "I endeavored, by. giving him my i knee in this stomach, to make him let go. Those who have .ever kicked a cat can imagine what little effect this had. It was more like using one's knee to a football than anything else. The panther, with a roar, gave a tremendous wrench to my arm, hurled me some five paces down the side of the hill prone on my face, bringing my head in contact with a tree. Stunned and insensible, I lay some seconds on the fround, and the brute, thinking me ead, fortunately did not worry me, but, passing over me, went for the retreating police constable who had * brought me into the difficulty. I re- 1 member, when I came to, raising my 1 I head from the ground, leaning my head ] ! against the tree, and smiling with a ' ( certain feeling of grim satisfaction, : ..when my eyes caught the retreating 1 form of the constable and the pursuing : panther down the hill, and i thought 3 ' the policeman's turn had come. J "The civil surgeon of the station probed the teeth-wounds in the arm, 1 ! and found that the one at the back of ? ' the arm ran right to the bone and was c ' an inch and a half deep. The two ^ wounds on the inner side, in or close to 1 1 the biceps, were, one an inch and a 1 I quarter and the other an inch deep. 2 ' Thei^w^oh4%S^he right shoulder 2 ' wewiifol^riousJi^t?: hacf fortunately ? ' j[ust^m^^d thje l^^e_ju;te^ near the | i- rveyy >few- miaiitesJ-Times of 1 L" ?India. ...... # _ -r '1 . s U 1 .-JJJack/ae.fioiQr^^w^j's .m_aemana * L" tor-|eIOlatts,;.^esei^ jte^eaiest dif1 - A tech _iuc&l jouoial^gives' this Jin^thgij: Gent eralTy a"-copper-??Boiler- is used, filled with-pftre v&teir&afcbrought to a boil. Add five pounds potassic dichromate, four and three-fourths pounds cream of tartar, and 'Jiree^fourths pound of sulphuric acid. - 'Boil - for some time. Enter the felt from sixty pounds' to sixty-five pounds, and simmer for two hours. Lift and allow to cool, set to drain for twenty-four hours, rinse well, and finish the dyeiDg in a decoction made with thirty -pounds of Brazil wood. Felt dyed by this process does c not become white by wear, and it re- c sists the influence of the aif and dilute c acids. f ?- ( i Thirtv-nine counties and cities of | S . Canada have adopted the Scott liquor t r prohibitory law. _ | V- ; OUB CRAZY QUILT. ty Toot?Sorac Useful -Hints for " -%rS*?umaI(cn. "X < -' -3 WicPaWsts Come to the ~b'sont In the Mat-ter of Winter "Walking Boots?Black the Standard. Color. USEFUL COSTUMES. There are many methods of plaiting ikirts nowadays. They are kiked, side-plaited, single, double and triplg. >ox-plaiting, ana, what is still better" or woolen goods, they are accordion-" >laited by the Hursheedt accordion )laiting machine with such pressure hat the plaits remain intact so long as he fabric lasts. The Greek plak -is lIso new, and resembles the box plait, md can be formed in either medium or arge fold. \.. .. A simple plan for making a woolen jostume is to use aouDie-wiatn majeri-,; il for the skill. This is "passed round ihe fignre, and has only one seamhat in the back?instead of the usual vred breadths; all the fullness, is nassed in the layers of plait that .fail.' tt withthe plackethole behind. FarfcT ire taken in the top of the front and : tides to make the skirts fit smootSy >ver the gored foundation skirt The"; ower portion may be finished in any Icsirable style. " - &_ "One authority states that Winter' oilet will have the skirts merely plait- * id at the back, the breadths being then ' tllowed to fall loosely over a simulated ikirt which'is edged around the foot yith a narrow flounce or fluting.- T^his s the nearest approach to simplicity achieved, for the front and sides of nany skirts are trimmed or draped core or less elaborately. A stylish skirt is made perfectly plain md round, and is about two yards and i half wide at the foot It is plaited in arge hoiUow plaits, fastened down' at he waist only. - Over the skirt is Irapeda narrow scarf, which turns off ; wer'the hips, is tied at the back, and adlsroYer the skirt in two lapels. It is rerf stylish. ' -pj "wraps and boots. English girls are wearing long ISewna^ets, inters, and pelisses of Indian ed stockinette trimmed with natural leaver or shaded red marabout bands. Sn suite are Tarn O'Shanter or Henrp U; caps of dark red velvet and muffs o correspond. These caps are a revivl1 of the Rob Hoy and Glengarry caps n vo^rie three years ago, but the new nodels are modified in shape and are nyariably made of plush ' or velyet. they are also worn with the extremely ong full plumes which formerly weightid tbem, clusters of ostrich tips, feather )om-pons, and aigrettes now being mbstitnted.Added to the varied and attractive ist of winter cloaks, pelisses, Spanish nantles, Russian circulars, redingotes, md other long and luxurious wraps iow on exhibition, are shown a number >f shorter garments which are consid:red very stylish and are really more tppropriate for full-dress wear than the rery long ^raps which so completely ride the rich toilet beneatft. Among hese are visites, French jackets, and inglishcoats made of the richest frise ^elvets,.,brocaded ottomans, plush or latin "brocade. Chenile fringes headed: >y marabout, ostrich feather bands, ind beaded appliques in massive and >rilliant patterns decorate these costly garments. Many have the fronts longir than the tacks, the former being oftsn one Solid mass of trimming One of the most graceful ana elegant >f the short winter wraps is the Renelsha visite, which has a jacket-shaped ront with tabs, the trimmings so ar anged as to form a vest. The back is >pen in the middle seam of the skirt >ortion, to the waist, and the sleeves ire inserted full in Japanese shape. me moaei 01 tnis Kina is maae 01 vine-colored ottoman, brocaded with lark wine-velvet roses in a' raised design. The-garniture is of ruby Ziblin>tte bands ana double fringes of silk jhenille. The wrap is lined with goldtolored surah over a comfortable eiderlown wadding. The vest portion is tandsomely trimmed with a silk and >ead-embroidery. In the matter of walking boots the jurists lead the van. Nothing could >e more absolutely unadorned than the oot covering par excellence of to-day. So fancy work, embroidery, stitching >eading, or even irrelevant fancy butons are visible. The boot is ornamenal only in its quality, which is of kid, he finest and softest The toe portion s roomy yet shapely. The heel, with lot a suggestion of the "French bend" ibout it, is yet graceful, and the sole of ;he foot is broad enono-h to allow the jirl of the period to "set down her foot" imphatieaily without a wince, or to )romenade without having to stop at it every other shop window, apparenty to admire the display in the glasswund case, but in reality to give a rest ;o the pinched and rebellious foot?N. 7. Post. ~ HOW SKIRTS SHOULD BE MADE. In making up dress skirts to show he foot, the various trimming or oraanentations must be most carefully ar anged, so that the wearer may appear leather too slim nor too full. When a support is considered necessary for the rind basques, except for a very slight igure, the unnatural appearance so ofen given by such a tournure being ustly. considered by a great numbeifof veil-bred women as derogatory to good aste; besides which, as long waisted >odices are'again coming up, an exaggeration of this kind may easily turn to laricature. Youngladies admire skirts rith wide long pleats from the waist md accordion pleatings of all kinds aranged in a charming ^manner "with >lain stuff panels" and box-pleats are ilso great favorites, and extremely ilj 11511 WllllU HI UCdU UCautJy UUb bug urore in skirts is the new plain skirt? >nly so called because it is not pleated vhich is very full and gathered at the vaist; these'skirts require rich brocadsd silks, satins, broehc velvets, likerise the woolen materials with chenille ilready mentioned. Coarsely plaited, >road, woolen braid, such as is used for rimming officer's uniforms, is the tipop of .fashion, and no other ornamenation is seen on woolen dresses, jackits, and mantles for old and youag. Jraids of all colors and shades figured rith chenille, velvet, cord and so on, ilso metal threads, look beautiful, put >n in several rows across the hem of he skirt, or in lengths between pleats, >r drawn through buttonholes made in he stuff, as also arranged in loops and 'osettes.?The Season for December. BLACK THE STANDARD COLOR. As usual, the black is the standard :olor. The woman who can afford but >ne handsome dress a season wisely ihooses this as always suitable, always ashionable, and least likely to be rec>ornized through all possible mutations. >he who can indulge in several cosumes is equally certain to have one or riore of them black, and every well * .. .. ? , .. ? -selected bridal oatfi?--5nelxides at least -one handsome blacksuit- for street and Aftecnoon-v i? , 2sexLta blackLinihe .eolorscale comes red^hiehJnall; its; cint: of rose, raby, garnetrTOX-Wood?and dahlia, is extremely popular. Brown holds its own, with seat^jgolcfen browns and. reddishbrowns Tor the favorites. ' Olive is also in hTgh favor; there are many blues, and*gray b as not yet lost its prestige of -last year, when everybody wore it. Yellow is relegated-to evening wear, and for;this:5s-very popular.- Harmoni)lack and - gold, -dark- -blue and gold,--redand- gcrld, eta ^figure among -Frejstch.f?ncies^and ititliaat i brunettes array-themselves -dn^-canary color or shinejresplendentin;?whiteiitnd gold. .esthetic term, a great feeling foisshot^rchene effects. -Many. of these, are* exquisite,; com Dining not on] v two, &ut -t|irc^r.or even four tints. ,an^ .gray, .gives the .effect ol'a^iinset 'cToudj gray and red "prodUc.es *t?e^ riew'.shade '."known as smoked roscrr^dr . and' gold, blended vvithironzc,- suggests- sl eonfiagration^ brown and" gold, with a-touelrof green, the ptemage -oP^oiaie -tropical bird. "?f^ter. tihls _ blendings of "pink and creana;, blue and cream, lemon and lrc?e,-netc.: cf^ffiese shot silks are- broeaded with velvet figures* small .or jn.edjbim sjaedjin^pjie . or other "of $heg tones; of the -fe^e^aBd-:iometimies to" increase the'cofor effect, all the ^shades of the ^otm^work-are brought 'out in the embossed.... velvet figure, which always on these godds stand out in full" relief: w- -' TO:BESETS: ^LD JlEESffiS. At this. time-, of the year it is very useful to know how to renew old dresses, and make them look tasteful, and we do not think we-can do better thangive you a couple of models. For instance, if Trtn V>ovr> an nld -flnwerfKL snotted.Or striped dress, make this into a plain round skirt, with a single plaiting at the bottom. And then, for theover^ dress, take plain material (whether old" or new it matters not), and .make this into a high pointed bodice, and a plain skirt, open in front, and drawn back on each side under the skirt,; in panier. style. Round the neck you will then drape a paysanne fichu, made of the same material, which you will.fasten in front with a "Cow of ribbon, and - you will make cuSs to match for the sleeves. . j r.. To enlarge a dress that has become too tight, open it in front from neck to foot, and cut away the buttons and. button-holes of the bodice. Then fill-in the whol?; open space with a plastron of velvet, or better still,"of small pinked-out flounces.of some 3j?ht material; the .skirt plastron will take the shape of an apron, being wider at the bottom than at the warn, and the bodice part also will be wide at the shoulders, and taper to the waist The plastron, whether of velvet or of frills, will be invisibly hooked to each side of the dress. The latter style is even prettier than the first, and both, when made up, look new and stylish, and not in the least like the usually patched appearance of renovated dresses. If the sleeves and upper part of the bodice be worn out, while the lower part remains good, you may cut the lower part into, the shajpo of a Swiss bodice, making^. both top and -bottom" very pointed bacK " and front; and the. upper part may- be substituted by another material, which will take the place of a full bodice, ajtd long sleeves or a shawl-like fichu, and short sleeves for evening wearf or a bodice,with lace cap and elbow sleeves, for day or evening.?Godey for December. Dutch Signboards. The signs are an interesting feature of Dutch streets. It was some time before I understood what it meant when I read "Fire and water for sale." It ~ ^ t 1? n seems trie poorer people maite no urea, but buy boiling water and red-hot turf, with which to prepare their tea and coffee. If a baby is born, a small placard of red satin and white lace is hung upon the door; if some one is sick Ms symptoms are daily recorded on a little bulletin board affixed "to the house, thus saving those interested the trouble of making and replying to inquiries. A drugshop is known by a big paintedMoor's head, and the arrival of fresh herrings is announced by the hanging out of a large gilded crown decorated with box leavesThe country houses, too, are decorated with legends. The retired gentleman seems anxious that all the world should know of his content. So he paints in huge letters on the front of his house such sentiments as these: "Without Care," "Big Enough," "My satisfaction," "My Pleasure and Life"," "Sociability and Friendship Within," etc. Every possible occasion for eating and drinking is embraced, such as the cele/if ltofr-At'ha.lc Vnrrhs nnd.ithfi many national feasts. Jnst why, I don't know, i.ut the drink with which the lower class celebrate an engagement is known as Vbridal tears." These tears make everybody very gloriously drunks yg |r ; . Dying in' S^mge Positions. While coming back to the hospital we found Ike Green, of my companv, hanging across the fence dead.. Ha gave out while we were on the skirmish fine, and he was not able to get into a wagon. After getting rested, I suppose he started to hunt us up, and while over the fence he was struck with a bullet, and there he stopped. The ball passed through his stomach and spine. He was no. coward, else he would have faced death the other way when he had such a good chance. Several dead men have been found in hollow logs or behind logs or rocks, as though thev had been wounded and - " i 11 1 crawled in mere to protect tnemseives. One poor fellow sat behind a bi^ tree with a Bible in his hand. He had been passed a dozen times and more during the day by ambulance drivers and burial squads, but they had ail rhought* that he was alive. He had been shot in the thigh, and he had gone to this tree for protection, taking his Bible out, he thought, no doubt, that he would find consolation in reading it, but while sitting there a ball cut him through the back of the neck deep enough to break the spinal cord. His head dropped forward a little, and there be sat.?Pittsburgh Dispatch. ^ ? ? In St. Louis a new boulevard pavement of prepared gumwood is being tried on Chestnut street. After the roadbed is dug out and rolled a layer of concrete is put down and coated with sand. This is dazed with coal tar, on which five-inch gumwood blocks - ?~ on /\Tv1in<jnr l<?J;h ] tXL SCli U??X TTiiu c*u v. %****??. . j ?> between the rows at the bottom to separate them. This space is filled part way up with coal tar, and the balance of the way with sand and gravel, and is rammed in compactly. This pavement is firm, elastic, and comparatively noiseless, but costly. & : Where Game is Plenty. ,His christian name is unknown. No one would take his. note, and he had' nothing to be taxed for, so there was very little chance of finding it out. Everybody, even his wife, called him "Norton," and that was all the title he ever.had. One day he called on a neighbor and -asked him to buy some smelts that he carried in a basket "Waal, I swan man, Norton; ef them ain't pictures. Wherever did .ye- get 'em!' said the neighbor,. taking out "'nuff fer a mess.',' "O, I was out a fox-huntin1 to-day,; I was," came the evasive reply. "Didn't treed 'em and shoot 'em the way yer do coons, did yer?" "Noa, not egzactly: hownsoever, I got'em; an' seen'syou, I'doh^t'; mind tellin' ye. Yesterday a goed a gnnnin' and tuk so many, bullets along- o' me that I. jest overdid the thing and got so bio; a lot of pelts that it made me pow- ' errol weak an' tired like : aiore I. cum hum. So to-day I scz -FJS get a dozen, an' & dozen-s-a "mrf; the Loud > imows, ami I took jn?t twejve,bid2el^., - Well, as 1 "was a sayi'n\ I tuck twelve;-, an', had.got my doaen pelts'and was acomia1 home, contented, when snmthin* happened. I had. got by the. pond all smooth, an' was jest a tnrain' round by the old juniper, when up jumps a silver grar-atween me an' this yer eend o' the pond. -BeTunned along sort o' lazvJike by, the; side o' the, .water a lookin7j^^<wteJthat I tho't Pd gfahim a dose o' shingle-nails as L had in my pockets; for yer see I had fired: away all my bullets. WeH, I let fly, and in course I had ter kill him. . .I^skinned himpurty moderately spry, aai was jess agoin1 again as I tuk a peep at the pond, an1 thar lay two ducks, a^sprawlin', dead's Andrew Jackson. 'Twafa't plague ,'nd pity to let '-em be, s&eihzs I'd 5 killed*,em when-X shot -the,-Jo?,. for (J shlnjrleiiails will scatter wus nor.' shot: an' I waded in an' bratfg'^m "tew ^hore.'*: They war tew as t fine sheldricks ' Sshu i see m a picture, an' mv woman sed far me to tell yoa as she* send. one .,!em. ' over ef she want goin' to hev company and wanted 'em both. . They are sl lee-*' tie tough this time o1. year, an'- lean;- i too, fur that matter, but they.makegopd chewin' fur them as 5hez .t^Jhv an'. I recon the company can't growl) yiuch, seein's it don11 cost them nothing.".,, . r "But, Norton, you, hain't' toxd infe, how you got yer smelts yet, ".^id:^the neighbor, as thatperson. tupaeij; tovgtfaway. ' - v'" ~ ~^^; . '.^O^when J-wide^oiTt fur the ducks _ I bra^g the jamelia: .ashcze inskfe" .my trousers. JChere i^ur a-good basiefam^1* a hqlf on 'em,' an'"purfcv ones, tooSSszr. Boston-Globe. ': \ -in.-*-' > im ' >! f An Anecdote "of Robert 'ferec^in?'^-riS^arYomh. \ This amusing anecdote jvas^ tol}$ ; a-few years ago b/--an"intim5fte friend of the neted <nvine:aesfc - teS j. It seems, that. Dr, wRobert Breckin? " ? ' " it'1 . * Li fTjtH# nage lost rus iarnor m n\s es.~.y cn.uuhood, so that ids training; was left entirely'tohis mother,-who -waS- a ! little woman .witl^ a large min&an<^ori3efi ful .will ^wer; .cpns^^eatly-,-^e and her'son Robertfoftenhad-cause for . dis; agreement, whenJshc' not 'infrequently, caineMjafc-seeoad ^best WlTen'Tw. was about five, one of these encounters- oc- f curred.-. One. day, when^ Mis. Breck-' inridge was particularly busy, .Robert,. -of course, ^becme unusually rampag^ . iops.. .. - - "- His mother stood him as:long as possible, then she said, -.' 'Robert if .;you do. or say another crooked thing this .evening, I will punish you well," sir!" She left and heard nothing more from him for some hours, wheivxm go- r ing up-stairs,. she stumbled upon Rob- ert, whom she saw -lying on , the top stair twisted in the most ncrrible shape.' His face was frightfcQly drawn as though in pain, ana'he muttered something inaudibly^ Mrs. B. became greatly alarmed, and called a servant to carry the child' to her room.V There she begged him to tell her, if he"could, what hurt him, whereupon he jumped up in bed, laughed in ,rher *face, and shrieked, "Ram's horn!?ram's horn! You told me, mamma, if I said or did- \ another crooked thing you would puniel? *r>/? on/1 T ViQtro coif) ?bH /?rtTIA crookedest thing I know?ram's. honLSo there!" So saying, he got up and fled. The sequel to the 'story I did not heai^ but let us hope that when Mrs. Breckinridge caught him he received the whipping he so richly " deserved. Prom what I had of her character, 3 think he did.?Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine forDecember. Edison's Xew Phonograph. Mr. Edison; has' grown somewhat stout these last three years,-and- is no longer the bony alchemist he was when he held his midnight vigils, wrestling with, the obstinate battery, at Menlo' Park, and lunches, of'fortuitous pastrv summoned the demon of mciigesuon. 1 asked him if he should .go to JPhiladelphia to witness .the fine electrical show there. "Yes," he said, "probably; as soon as I get my new phonograph -fin- ' ished. I have now in the works far the finest talking-machine ever made. It is double-grooved, and will receive and utter two voices at. once, and as it runs by electricity and is' regulated to the desired speed, it will deliver, its message exactly as it was spoken. One prime trouble with the old machine was that the pitch and accents could not be preserved, for the message wa& sure to-be turned on orOff .at a different speed; so that, in singing especial-, ly, there was a constant fatting and changing of pitch, which produced horrible discords. This is quite redeemed in the duet phonograph* and will give ' some important results not attained before."?New York Worlds Death to Prairie Dogs. Some three years ago, while making a trip across the continental divide, I stopped for dinner at a roadside tavern,, situated in a creek valley; close at hand , was a prairie dog town numbering over 500 inhabitants. Not long since I had occasion to stop at the same house, and saw that the same level prairie, once occupied by prairie dogs, had been inclosed, plowed, and was then covered with a luxuriant crop of grass. Seeing no signs of the little beasts, upon asking what had become .of; thenC I was told they had been exterminated -in the following way: Balls of cotton rags woto cofrt-rotoH TBitli husnlnhato rtf *?<rr bon?an impure preparation will do, and is cheap?pushed* far dojfn the holes, and the holes firmly packed with earth. Bi-sulphate of carbon' being an extremely volatile fluid quickly evaporates and forms a heavy gas, which occupies every chamber and gallery of the animal's dwelling. J This gas is as promptly fatal to animal life as the fumes of burning sulphur or carbonic acid gas:?LeadviUe Correspondence Dallas Eerald. nr.KANESGS. ' , " The^MLr^s yrSps'in Kansas are estimated at $150, (XX),000. Rabbih d:nnage Australia to the-extent of $10,000, WO a year.' Mrs. William H.~ Vander&lfc knits the stockings her millionaire husband ^ .wearsWe may lapgh or weep at the madness of.jcg^nkiftsl;.. we nave no right whatever,to^vilify then?. Bridal ea ices aro,soii}etames ,tepi fop " fifty of a hundred years, and. no wonder. If the bride mates it herself, she does not w&ntto throw it awgy, and nobody will eat it. A new system of telegraphic' shorthandhas been-developed.by an Italian. ? v It is called "sten<>telegrapb," and by *4 fA cAnn/^c A?n KA JUi SlgliS tuiitjjjjuuiuj w jMiimi.i ~ telegraphed-. It is claimed that, 10,000 yoiuS per hoar can be transmitted. A tunnel 5.000 feet in. lengthjias jost. been discov-ercH on the Island ofSamosItwasconsttncted about nineeenturies beforothe .Christian era, and Herodotus says it served the purpose fft providing the old seaport "with drinking trater. Covington, Ky., hasadog detective, whos<rbasiness4tis to. hunt np lost or , stolen -dogs, ^nd for a <?nsi3eration return themto their omssts. -This party- . knows all *hc .dogs., in .town,: is" on qrnleTriexidly terms with the' most valuable of thero- " En^&hrceff eat atrnrueh shorter into. J. The farm laborer cats- four, meals a day, and in :some: of jthe tjaronial halls in England the 'taSles ^aw^ spread for meals at intervals offour nours durinyfhe" ffarjg&a eyepmg-. There is a litfce war'ra^ng between buttons ahd hob?sr and ^yes oir&tf two continents^'Worth-iersists in buttons,. yecy s^ail jo3es,'*$iii; buttons; but there is an .economy in. materiaLand. jSme in IxooK^na eyes, say. the majonty, so the j^babiliQr TS the ''eyes have it." Sigh;"^vi?w^n',ose\ among wonwin whose purse isk^j^piiee- being per tinypijaL -It.pipdQc^.^exqmslte odor, verr' nScSpEe .the ielSpfcrope, and is said 3?43^:t?^'*alk;of throwing a bridge-'o vet the-IS traits of MaMto that separate % A place where ,the.chai|nel is two and a half miles witfe' and 36Tfeet deep is selected. Two piers* MB ?sffpjiorfr''a- vawfact of steel raised, to a height of 32gfeet above the,-Water. . . c . The extjapplijg^prt^epeyof the Patch Boers of ..South. Afeica in, marfcmanship'jna^es them, dreaded enemies. Ah EngTishmaiiwho-hss been hunting among them lately' 'says :that he saw one fire hastily at-a bustard .which was living about 200ja^ds distant and send a rifie ball through* its "body; but, as this did n'o^whbSy stop fee bird, which flapped rapidly along the ^ronnd, the iSoer awwwmwHM?WB>tt cui; on iss head. . British. soldiers dread, with good. i^asoiV rthet^pre; tpr^taco. these _ -?sharp-shoo tin? bushTfighteivrammat8d by the idea ; that they are defending their-firesides. Xhe mystery of the-jumping beans o! Mexico T7as solved several years ago hereon tkc.Comstqck Tho explanation is simple enough. . There is in each bean a worm whose instinctit Is to so skip-as toputrt&e bean in motion. The insect gi*psxnotioa to Uas^iwan by drawing itself-into aelosecoiland then suddenly uncoilingits^iasiicS a way as to strike against the tipper "part of the cavity it occupies. InSlexico these beans in great numbers are to be seen skipping over' the ground under the trees upon which _ they are /produced. They thus skip and roll along die ground until the lodge in some hole or cavity where they are Bkely. to he covered.witifefiflrthAy.Ah0 fast rains. The worm-is^aprovdsicn <4 na?3Ere,by means of which the beans are distributed and nlftnted- " <r* . ?,- Question for the Doctors. Every now and then facts come to light which seem to. conflSct^ strangely with the theories of the doctors. Tor instance, at Howdo'n, a -dirty, desolate villageon: Tyneside,-a -boy;.##* born who at the time of his, birth Jad the following extraordinary.. number of grandparents and great-grandparents mother;ou the^firther'& side;^ereSearty and well and so were both.,parents of the grandmother and the mo^r.of the grandmother on the mothers side were active and steong ati&so were both parents of the grandmother, The boy thns had four grandparents and five grrat-grandparents alxve, each of whom was in active work, earning Ms or her own .livelihood.... Yet the village where BnJ Vioorfr atu) CUCOO hojxp aim u- mim vii i-ni gjanddames Eve c.iid flouriifols one erf the most unsanitary in England. Open sewers run'down^he center of some of the streetsl Unisi a-few-yeaxsago the water supply.-^was; from -one snaliow well Only one solitary scavenger is . employed on _half:time for cleansing, repairing and' maintaining' all u? streets. Houses have been condemned wholesale as unfit for human habitation, to the intense disgust ;of .the peo- - . pie. Yet nothwithstanding alL these adverse condition^'these families live and thrive^?^fail Gazette. The Maiden'is Pctttlon? In the records-of the ^officeo? the Seobeaxmg date 1733,. ^dressec^tothe Governor of South Qirolina and signed by sixteen maidens: The Humble Petitiox of Ail thb Maids Whose Names Ass Uxdeb wettten: Whereas, we, the humble petitioners, are at present in a very melancholy condition*)! mind, considering how all the. bachelors arc blindly captured, by widows* /and~we are there- . by neglected. In conscqqencp, ol this onr request is'that your ' Exdfelleney will, for the fuiare, order1 "that no wiaovr presume to marry -.my young man till the maids are. provided for, or else to pay cach of them a fine for satisfaction of inV^ding^tfrliberties, and like* wise a fine to be levied oa all ifce bachelors as shall be marr^-^^widows. The great disadvantage it is to ns maids is that the widows, ty~~ their ' forward carriage, do -snap xtp> the- young men and have the -vanity to*lh$afc their merit beyond onre, which is agreat imposition to us, who ought' to have tho preference. This !s numbly recommended t<> your Excellency's consider ation, and we hope you will permit no further insists. And - we poorinaxist _ in duty Douna, wm ever pray, m The entire length of' ti*e Capito! Building" at-Washington?K Ch, is 751 feet and' 4 inches; : Bad r.tte- greatest depth is 324Xeet .The area covered