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^_'__s_ _'_ * ' ? " G TlIOS, J. ADAMS? PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES ; RY '?8, 1895. VOL LIX. NO. 52: The average of human lifo has in creased five per cent, in the past twenty-five years. Says the Detroit Tribune: China and Armenia put England on both sides of tho "dictates of humanity" fence. _ About two per cent., or one penny in fifty, which reaches the United States Sub-Treasuries is thrown out as a bad coin, being either damaged or a counterfeit. Think of tho money lyiug idle in Europe when the Russian loan of $75, 000,000 was subscribed for forty times over, in twelve hours, exclaims the St. Louis Star-Sayings. Thc farmers of the gas belt ia Indi ana have organized to protect them selves against bold thieving of live stock and grain. It is estimated that there will be 15,000 members. Cottage homes, in which to house pauper children and nres?rve them from the work-house taint, have been provided by tho Sheffield (England) Board of Guardians at a cost of $150, 000. - _ The Queen of Sweden, who has always taken an interest in Swedish hospitals and the nursing of the sick, ' had tho fiist experiments made in Sweden with tho new cure for diph theria._ Mr& Rorer, the oracle of cookery, at a recent lecture, announced that a family of six should live well on $10 a week, provided, of course, that the science of marketing is thoroughly understood. Russia is advancing rapidly -.n mili tary civilization. For an instance, the St. Louis Star-Sayings relaies, that the lance shafts of her Cossacks are now fitted to be used as punt poles or as the handles of scythes with which to cut hay on the march. Sixty-three years ago Daniel "Web ster had Isaao Barrett appointed o page in the United States Senate. Fifty-two years ago the special posi tion of doorkeeper was created for him, and he has held it since. He now has the distinction of having been in the service of thia Government longer than any man living. The New York Advertiser is remind ed thaTTGeneral Washington was the ?&&im o^rmriTStreWj political Mt?D?B^ when he was President. General Gates once alluded to him as that "dark, designing, sordid, ambitious, ?vain, proud, arrogant and vindictive kni. 'e. " Political denunciation seems to have grown decidedly tame in these later years. i The surrender by the Mosquito In dians of their rights under the treaty of Managua leaves Nicaragua in com plete sovereignty over the Mosquito re serve, and puts an end to Great Britain's pr?tentions to tho right of protectorate over the reservation. Th? New York Mail and Express states that no fear remains of British inter ference with the Nicaragua Canal Com pany's right of transit across the isthmus. ? Assistant Secretary of the ?fcfeasury Hamlin has issued an order to Collec tor Kilbretii, of New York, directing that, until fartt?er notice, the inspec tion of luggage brought by passengers on transatlantic vessels si-.ali not bo stopped at sunset, as was done uoon tho recent arrivals of the Teutonic and Westernland. Hereafter, if the inspection has been begun before sun set, all the luggage must be passed without interruption, thus saving pas sengers unnecessary inconvenience. An ostrich farmer in Southern Cali fornia says in tho New York San that the ostrich farming experiment is not an entire success, although not a com plete failure. He was one of the first to engage in the business of raising tho big birds for their feathers, and expected to realize a big fortune quickly. Ho says that, whiie much money has been derived from the sale of feathers, the birds do not increase as rapidly as was. expected. Then, very many are so vicious that it is im possible to remove the feathers with out killing them. He still hopes that, as the farmers gain moro experience in the management of the ostriches, the business may become as big a suc cess as was at first expected. i A damage suit, in which the jury found for tho plaintiff, has been closed in the St. Louis County Court, at Clayton, Mo., which, it is believed, has no precedent in the courts of the United States or England. . The case was one, relates the Atlanta Constitu tion, in which a father claimed and got a verdict for $5000 for the death of his son, who war, killed by arailrjad train, lt was proved that tho boy was standing alongside the track when tho train rushed by at a high rate of speed and that he was hurled to the ground and forced under the cars by the cur rent of air made by the swift .motion of the train. Deep interest has been manifested in the peculiar and new feature in tho case, the outcome of which in the higher courts is likely to open up a new field of action for dam ages against railroads. - THE RIDDLE OF WRECIC. JDark hemlocks, seventy and seven, Hl^h on the hili-slopc sigh-in droam, With P'UTJJ- beads in hoaven* They silver tho sunbeam. Oan broken body or a tr???, Btabbsd through f.nd slashed by lighlnin keen, Unsouled and fin m to see. Hangs o'er thc hushed ravin?. A hundred masts, a hundred more, Crowd close against the sunset ?re3. Their late adventure o'er. They mingle with the spirrs. But ono is. lying prone, alone, Where gleaming gulls to seawarJ sweep, White sand of burial blown In sheets about its sleep. When lightning's leashed and sea is still, Ye sacrificial mysteries dreaJ, Scapegoats of shore an t bill, Your riddle may l e read. -Selen Gray Cone, ia tho Century. LOVE IN A SNOWSTORM. Zz M. BABINGTON- BAYLEY. HE was ft little Puritan maiden, with honest gray I f\ J) eyes and a sweet, G ! fSi^ bashful face. Her rVvi'* parents called her ?flL&tfpfof?- Dorothy; her ^?S^X^! fiends, Dolly. fffip-^XT She had been ?.^^vj?T^^T- brought up very ?S^r3?SrfS Btrictly, and it gYbrfttM l uk was not without IjrV^jfWn1 misgivings that her family allowed her to visit her rich uncle and auut in in London, but they could not well refuse the invitation. Dolly had been in London only one short week, and she was bewitched with everything she Baw. She loved her undo and aunt, both of whom dis played strong affections for her, and indulged her in a freedom she had never tasted before. She was delight ed with the substantial old house, with its large rooms, big fireplaces and comfortable furniture. More than all, 6he admired London itself. The busy streets, with their palatial shops ; the colossal buildings-St. Paul'e, the Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, the broad, quiet squares, which seemed to have been dropped down at random among the wilderness of houses ; thc gay restaurants and the brilliant, fas cinating theatres. She particularly liked it at night, when illumined by countless lights, whose reflections glittered on the pavement; and when the black darkness of the sky, unac companied by the deathly silence thut it brought in the country, seemed rather to enhance the noise and bustle of the prodigal streets. There was something ron: " * :.V thrilled her, si henrt beat fas moro quickly, than ehe had ? . There was r thrown., into BO en gaging s y . uric m: its cousin Tom nncle and ?r ?\? .;. ior by so Dolly's p . . ' . ner gi yoi have made a special journey to JUUU don to bring their daughter home. Fortunately, they were ignorant. There wa3 nothing really bad about the lad. He had a very good heart, but he wanted steadying a little. He was exactly the sort of dashing, reck less, freehanded young Englishman that a handsome, manly fellow be comes when placed in circumstances of wealth and freedom. The first time he saw his-cousin Dolly he decided that sho was a very pretty girl, but shy, and that it would be worth while to draw her cut. He found it not easy ; and that, not witnmanding the fact, had he known it, that there was in Dolly's heart an intense willingness to be drawn out by cousin Tom. But that shyness of of hers'was a fashionable barrier. She could not chatter ; the thing was impossible. Her silence had been in bred so long that it had become part of her anatomical structure ; and Tom, in spite of all his convesrational tal ents and social polish, frequently found himself reduced by it to a cor res?)onding state. On the other hand, if Dolly cotld not speak-, she could look. She had extremely eloquent eyes ; eyes that spoke far more than her lips. Tom soon began to watch those eyes and to love them. He no longer attempted to make his cousin talk ; her eyes rendered conversation unnecessary. One afternoon, in the first week of January, he sauntered into his moth er's sitting room, and there discov ered Doll}-, sitting, like tho historic Miss Muflit, on a buffet in front of the fire. Her fingers were busy with some crochet work. Tom drew a chair to thc fire. "Aro vou going out to-night, Dolly?" * She lilted her eyes from her needle. "Not to-night." * "Xot. Are vou sorry?" "No." "I suppose your'e getting rather tired of it. You've been out pretty nearly every night lately, haven't you?" "Yes. I'm not tired of it, though; I like it. But auntio and I are going to have ft quiet evening to-night, and I shall like that just as well." There was a pause. "Ar? you sure you will like it just as well ?" "I beg your pardon?" said Dolly. Ho moved on his clr.ir. "Well," he said, "I want you to como out with me to night, if. you will." She looked m him in amazement. "Out with you? Why, where to?" "The theatre," ho responded. Pleasure shono in her face. She gasped with delight. "Ob, you arc kind! But do you think auntie wili allow inc?" "I'll ask her," said naughty Tom. It was really very wrong of him, for Dolly's parents would have been scan dalized at the idea of their daughter being seen in a theatre. However, they were rot there to see it. It never occurred to Dolly that it could be wrong for her to go alter Tom had proposed ir, and so, as Tom's parents raised no objections, they started in due course. Tba only condition im posed on tbeoi (ttud thc sequel proved it a sound one) was to wrap np well, which they did. iffBBBDE How Dolly enjoyed the performance it ie unnecessary to relate in detaiL She did enjoy it immensely ; and she frequently turned to Tom and thanked him so earnestly for his kindness in having brought her that Tom began i to feel the ecstasy that follows virtu ous conduct. Her enjoyment robbed her, for the first time, of her shyness. Her face glowed with au uuusual ani mation. There was a color in her cheeks and a sparkle in her eyes that had not been there before. When a shy maiden does wake up to anima tion sho is ten timeB more dangerous ly attractive than her vivacious sis ters, who sparkle all clay long. Tom thought his cousin's face more seductively sweet than ho had imag ined it could be. He warmed toward her. Ho no longer wanted to draw her out, to flirt with her. Ho was in love now, ali the way. They made no haste out of the the atre, with the result that, when they reached the street, thero was not an available hansom. "We'd better walk on a bit," said Tom. "We shall come to one pres ently." There had been a heavy fall of snow during the performance, and the pave ment of the Strand was all slushy and sloppy. "It's rather unpleasant under foot, Dolly," said Tom. "You'd better take my arm." She did as she was bid, and imme diately experienced a curious sense of being owned. It seemed to her that 6ho belonged to her cousin. While, as for Tom, the soft touch of those small, gloved fingers on his coat sleeve gave him more pleasure than all his previous flirtations rolled into one. When they came to Trafalgar Square Dolly gave a little scream of delight. "Oh," she cried, "how pretty 1" It was pretty. The whole square fountains, statues, and all, wherever the snow oould find a lodging-lay draped in white. The portions that were free from snow looked doubly black by contrast. It was a study in white, with just a little black to help it out. Overhead fleecy clouds scudded rapidly, and a full, bright moon stared down at the glittering panorama. The square was as light as day. "Oh, how beautiful ! I didn't think London could look so lovely i" Tom looked at the 6poaker, and thought her lovelier than the scene she admired. "Yes," he said, with his eyes on her face, "it is beautiful, very beautiful indeed." "Oh," eaid Dolly, "let us' walk home. We don't want to take a cab on a lovely night like thie. I wouldn't miss the walk for the world. It isn't far, really, is it?" "About a mile," said Tom. ."Only a mile. Oh, that is nothing. I T.At us walk. Shall we ?" .;.'.*.... ri.;.' ?. ajfsJn " for '. "... . tftjjknroiia iQTi?irftt?on ska ?.'.;..... .?. ; L'.-s kind loose, "the strerV-: , lip .-?.<:;.:..y, Sdddjanj^ Doily'?., .iv.. . ..??? T&sa? ur,:-. p,Mn>5i?k_aWc-prp?j? I euee ?.?' iii J ;. pr.'v.-rv; >:...; .' . .. 1 - ?fci?trg . "." .'*".> round hf ; a ? ; ... but she blushed, "and her face looked exquisitely pretty. I don't think Tom was to be blamed very much for bend ing dowj^tfpd kissing it. He should not hay?-^aone it, of course; it was wron;?; ,but tKo temptation was con siderable? Dolly released hersolf in dignantly, pushing him from her. They walked a 6hort distance in awk ward silence. "Dolly, are you angry with me?"' No reply. "Dolly"-very humbly-"I'm aw fully sorry; but you looked so pretty that I couldn't help it." Still a severe silence. "Won't you forgive me, Dolly?". Tho gray eyes wero fixed on tho ground, and the pretty lips were pressed firmly together. He caught her fingers. She tried to pull them away, but it was useless. "Wou't you forgive me, Dolly?" he said again. Sho found her voice at length. "I wish you wouldn't make rae say thiugs. Of course, I forgive you, but -you oughtn't to have done it." "I am really very sorry, Dolly," he said, repentautly. Then the suow came down. There was no mistake about it, either ; it did come down, with a ven geance. Tho flakes wero nearly as largo as a man's hand, and the sky was full of them. "Dolly," said Tom, firmly, "you must take my arm and hold it tightly. We aro goiug to catch it." She took his arm, and he hurried her along as fast as he could. It was no use. The snow pelted their faces so severely than in less two raiuutes they were nearly numbed with the cold. "We must shelter somewhere till the violence of the storm is spent," said Toni. Ho looked about him for a convenient doorway. Fortunately, there was ono near. He placed Dolly inside it, so that thc tnow could not get to her, and stationed himself at her side. "Aro you cold, Dolly?" he said. "Not very, thank vou," she replied. "Are you?" "I? Oh! it doesn't matter about me, dear. You aro the important member of this small community. Are you sure you aro not cold? Will you have my mutiler?" Ho commenced to take it off. "No, indeed!" exclaimed Dolly, preventing him. "Do you think I would take it from you? But it was kind of you to offer it-very kind ! You are kind to me." "Kind !" said Tom, warmly. "Who could help being kind?" Kc pressed moro closely to her. Outside thc snow was descending heavily-. "Dolly,"' said Tom, speaking low, "have you quite forgiven mo?" She smiled, but did not say any thing. His arm stolo round her again. She made no effort to repulse it. Ko looked nt her face. Thc cold had turned it a dead white, but it was beginning to glow again, and he thought it had never looked prettier. "Dolly," he whispered, "I lovo you.'' Her heart bounded. He loved her ! Oh! tho blissful thought! "Dolly," ho whispered again, "could you caro for mo ever so lit tie?" "Yes," she murmured. Their eyes, and then their lip?, met. After that I don't think either of them mindeel the cold much. They were prisoned in that sancti fied doorway nn Hour before the snow abated, aud then it took them another twenty minutes to get home. They were received with rejoicings. "We thonght you had got lost," said the master of the house. Dolly ran straight into her aunt's arms, and burst into a fit of sobbing. "My poor child !" said the lady, ca ressing her, "you are overwrought! and no wonder. Tom, .you haven'! taken proper care of her." "Oh! but he has," said Dolly, smil ing through her tears. "It isn't that." "She has promised to be my wife I" said Tom. The rest isn't worth telling. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Dews are less abundant on islands and on ships in midocean. Darwin declared that insanity is not peculiar to human beings. He as serted tbat animals often become in sane* Tho earliest known attempt at an explanation of the rainbow was made by Aristotle. It wa3 along the line of modern scientific investigation. Many physiologists believe that in* sanity is a return to the habits of the wholly undeveloped man. Professor Freeman writes that at different peri ods of insanity the action of the un fortunate patient becomes "horribly monkey-like." Milk should bo kept at a distance from every volatile substance, and milk which has stood in sick chambers should nover be drunk. The power of milk to disguise the taste of drugs -as potassium, iodide, opium, salicy late, etc. -is well known. Tho depths to which the sun's rays penetrate water has recently been de termined by the aid of photography. It has been lound .that at a depth of 553 feet the darkness was to all in tents and purposes the same as that on a clear but moonless night. The Canadian authorities have de cided Ao test all cattle imported into the Dominion with the Koch tuber culine lymph. "If any animal is found to be affected with tuberculosis the owner will have the alternative of takiug it back to the place whence it came, or having it slaughtered with out compensation." As far as is known swallows' mi- : gratory flights are always carried on. by day. The fact that, though warb lers and other migrants are constantly found dead around lighthouses, hav 1 1 ?.? fchs5.?e!T33 t tv . ... . ' . . '"-nh, s'Ti'lio"-. I :.rt?;Jf. tl is vridesprta? t.:..<.nu. peatedly. Tho same habit of "pos snining" has been found to character ize several varieties of snakes. A medical paper reports cases from Philadelphia hospitals where men who have recovered from electrio shocks of upward of a thousand volts "felt no pain whatever. " As in the reports of several of these cases it is said that the subjects moaned and writhed be fore recovering consciousness, it would seem to bo more accurate to say that they did not recall their suf ferings at the time they made the statement to their physician. Tiie Last ol Her Tribe. The last survivor nf the Delaware Indians, who formerly owned all of the lands in thpssectiou of New Jersey, died a day or cwo ago in her humble cottage iu Southampton township, N. J., aud WAS buried from the little Methodist chapel at Tabernacle. Her name was Aun Pioberte, and she was the widow of John Roberta, a mulatto, who died a number of years a~o. They had several children, some of wbom are still living. A picturesque figure she was as she stood erect in front of her cabin with her long black hair streaming over her ehoulders, and tho neighbors all had a wholesome respect for her. She was nearly six feet in height, very muscular, and despite her years-6be was past ninety-could do a day's chopping in the woods with almost any of tho men in the neighborhood. Tho house sho lived in was bought with some pension money she had secured on accouut of tho death of one of her 3ons in the war. Somehow she managed to pick up a living for herself until her last illuess, when the neighbors kindly supplied her wants until the end came, when they gave her a Christiun burial. "Indian Ann," as she was called, was the last survivor of the Edge pillock Indians, a branch of tho Dela wares. They were assigned to a reservation in Sham on g township in 1757, where they remaiued for a Jong t;.mo prosperous and happy. Then they were removed to another tract of land in Oneida County, New York. Indian Anu's parents accompanied them, but soon became weary and returned to Burlington County, where they lived in a cabin on the VVoolman farm, near Mor.ut Holly, until their death, which occurred some timo iu the fifties.-Philadelphia Ledger. Ti i i Rules tor G:un Chewing. The visible working of tho jaws in chewing gum is not a pleasant sight, aud that it exasperates sensitive peo ple beyond measure is not unnatural. A .Buffalo coachinan lost a good posi tion tho other day because he would persist in chewiug gum on tho box while driving. The severest criticism levelled at certain regiments of the MasuiichusL'lts National Guard at a reeen.1 i-Jbpecfciou waa taat many pri-. vates and some officers chewod gum on . parade. Tho only persons who really ought to bo allowed to chew gina arc policemen, on night service only, and. members of football teams in actual couti ict.---B?llalo Coin rn ex HAIRDRESSING. THE NEWEST ARRANGEMENTS IN WOMAN'S HAIR. Coiffures Arc Parted and Full Coils Arc Worn Low On tho Neclt -Certain Styles Suit Certain Faces. THE hats havo revolutionized hairdressing. It is a bit comforting to think, howev er, that there will not be a total revolution in style, for French hats rarely suit English faces, end English bonnets aro seldom chosen by Americans. The roke bonnet which has such uglifying or beautifying pos sibilities originated in Franco and it is but natural to infer it will appear in New York. Indeed, it has made its advent already, says the New York Telegram. The thing that most concerns the wonian of to-day in the fashionable line is tho new arrangement of the "hair. The bewitchment in jetty locks andjgolden carls is really not merely an agreeable romance of poets. Every woman can practically prove the trans figuring charm o? a becoming coiffure and diecover for herself the magical effect of increasing or decreasing her apparent age by different ways of dressing her hair. No. 1, in the double column illus- - trartion, shows the coiffure muoh be . c praised by man. It. seems to be < ideally feminine to wear one's tresses t arranged with a parting. It is much i in rogue now, but the only woman ( who can afford to dress her hair in '. this Madonna-like mode is one who 1 has the face of a St. Cecelia or one j 1 with regularly modelled features, 11 whose lines have all the exquisite softness and tenderness- characteristic of happy youthfulness. Unhappily, . this style of hair dressing is the most trying of all ways. It apparently adds years to the actual age. If the face is long, it makes its lengh more conspicuous. If the brow is low, it gives heaviness and seems to detract from the spirituality and intellectual ity of the countenance. No. 2 gives a profile view of a pretty modification of the parted coiffure. The hair is waved from the front, and a few light curls grace the forehead. The full, low coil is especially adapted for day wear and the present style of millinery. It should be avoided, if not absolutely shunned, by the woman whose nose is inclined to be small and i "tip-tilted, like a flower," as some I sweetly humane poet puts it. j No. 3 is among the latest styles for evening wear. It is neither high nor low, and gracefully fulfils the require ments of fashion. This arrangement of the hair is especially felicitous for an angular face, which needs the waves and curls and coils to give it softness and subdue lund lines. Although the prevailing tendency for hair dressing is herewith set forth, it behooves every woman to consider her individual need3 in arranging her "crown of glory" and to individualize the fashion to suit the shape of her head and the modelling of her faoe. No. i is a modification of No. 3. It gives a greater height, retaining a suggestion of the style of last season, and yet not losing tho indefinable air of being quite up to date. The tendency of the hour is to wear false hair and flamboyant arrange ments in the shape of pulls and skele ton coils to give the impression of luxuriant tresses. Of course, to be in harmony with the flaring, flaunting sleeves, skirts and frills that are the vogue, it was an artistic necessity to add width, breadth, depth and all di mensions to the head or it would look exceedingly small and out of propor tion. A FAVORITE COLOB. One of the favorite colors this sea son ie a warm purple shado with au admixture of taint pink, exactly the tint which a few years since was called puce, and proved such a be coming background to those who re joiced in golden locks and a clear complexion. Of course, petunia, as it is now called, shows to greatest advan tage in miroir velvet, cordod silk, or other rich fabrics which permit of lights and shadows, falling upon the folds so that they blend in an exqui sito harmony. This color is much in request for theatre gowns. PINTC-LIXED VEILS. Simplicity in veils is decidedly passe. Most of the now ones are trimmed with either lace, ribbon or jet-some in plain net have a rufila of lace about au inch and a half wide, headed with rows of narrow ribbon, not unlike those used in our mothers' .flirtation jdoys. Again, coarso net veils are lined with pink chiffon, thereby lending tho ?nts of youth to an otherwise ordiu ry complexion. WIDE BELTS. Wide belts are among the novelties o allure feminines who delight in lecorative fallals. Some of these ,'irdles are almost as wide and deep s a bodice. The "Butterfly" belt 13 imong the prettiest of these adorn nents. It is made in a variety of naterials. The most elegant com )ihation is in satin ribbon of any ?olor. The "Butterfly," which does 5?TTERFLY BELT OF CRYSTALS AND PEARLS. luty as a buckle, is entirely composed )f a pearl and crystal or jet butterfly, tb is preferred. The curve of the ivinys is especially adaptable and be soming to the blouse fronts in chiffon. The belt is finished with a rosette in ;he back. Everything in nature has jeen plagiarised-not even the cab Dage has escaped, for the little orna m u mental "cnoux uows are modeicu after this humble vegetable. Fashion Beeks inspiration everywhere, and the wonder is what next in nature will be counterfeited in the modes of the hour. FRENCH TAILOR-MADE JACKET. The illustration shows a close-fitting jacket bodice in fawn-colored facer cloth, trimmed with pointed lapeli and wristlets in chestnut brown moir* silk. BindiDg and gauntlets are ii plain bengalino. Wavy brown braic tipped with trefoils accentuates th< gores and the seams at the back, whicl A TAILOR-MADE JACKET. extend as flutings below the waist, thi remaining part of the waist bein? moulded to the figure. Large tor toiseshell buttons are used. Crava tie and upstanding collar in brow] silk. Black velvet toque and quills EMBROIDERED CHIFFON* FOR TRIMMING The popularity of diaphanous trim ming fabrics continues, and embroid ered chiffon is one of the fancies o the momeut. Black chiffon embroic ered in gold, blue, pink, pale-green indeed all shades of color, is muc liked for trimming black dresses, J black satin waist is almost covere with chiffon about a quarte: of a yar wide. The ground of this is blacl the edge is embroidered in pink, an tiny rosebuds in pink with green leave are scattered over it. Some of thes trimmings are close fitting, others ar ruffled and set on with just enoug fullness to make them gracefu! Crimped and plaited chiffon comes b; the yard and is very easy to use, ht sides furnishing ingenious women wit the opportunity to adjust and arrang in novel and becoming fashions thes exquisite garnitures. REIGN OF THE ENORMOUS SLEEVE. Sleeves now extend straight out o a level with the shoulders, forming horizontal line, which from the tw projectiug points of the sleeves ofte measure two yards across. Fortui ately these excreaences are pliabh Otherwise people in tbe public coi veyances would be seriously incon moded by the present fashions. Thi squared effect of the shoulders : greatly en hu need by the straight tal I and berthas which are now worn an i which extend out over the sleeve I without auy folds- , Highest of all in Leavening Po* Ribbon, $3 a yard, goes on white baskets that cost 31. Light changeable silks have a frost ed effect for the triumphant blouse. Alsatian bow effects in short plumes are among the novelty hat trimmings. New artificial flowers for house dec oration will almost deceive the florist. A generous sign of the times is in crease in size of wedding cake boxes. "Brownie" toques are shown for children, and are immensely popular. Chinchilla capes are among the most elegant garments of the- winter sea Mi. Many grotesque styles masquerade these days as alleged colonial fash ions. Bangles coming back are a period of what caa be called prolonged neg leofc. Purses for women made of the now highly fashionable chinchilla fur are I new. New piano covera are of scarlet plush, beautifully embroidered io gold. Large round yoke collars of lace [ have the pattern outlined with a silk cord. Dealers say the pointed Bhoes have reich ed the limit, and will now de cline. / Large, stout women wearing the I small derby make even the melancholy smile. Dull blue and French gray station ery is having a run equal to a through train. Tight lacing, and not dyspepsia, is what makes eo many disagreeable "so ciety women. " An inmate of an old ladies* home in Bath. Me., has put li,905,695 stitohes into a orazy quit not yet finished. Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, though possessed of many millions, es capes with an assessment upon $10, OOO. "?. rT~V'M?"y^r.f-:ir? ti ..'??*? nf ,jCr-' . .?. Iii . :;.?:.. .>: Ut if?<* I:....a. y " ?-'v.*>'*??2s?u rv ' - ??e-pTOMiiiaLvo J'?'MX, . . ..::nsni!-c, iff ?vbotuVto publi-: ': s . .ol of N-i~ ru???S?d '.1?Q. TLr? hf ii is ti bc ett?tiie? ' Lisbeth Wilson." 5?ias Dr. Jennie ??yl&ri niece r-' Bishop T'y1.'' ; * *. '.. ptest walked 500 miles inland,- and was not sick a minute at any time. The Dowager Czarina is Grand Mis tress of the Ladies* Older of St. Cath arine, founded by Peter the Great. The badge of the Order is the first fe male decoration in Europe. There is a society in China called the "Heavenly Foot Society," the members of which aro pledged not to marry any woman whose foot has been cramped of its natural growth. It is strange that we always think of Anna Katharine Green as a writer of detective stories when, in reality, only five of her fifteen published books belong to that class of fiction. Mrs. Bradley-Martin's titled daugh ter is known in Eughsh society as "little Lady Craven," because of her diminutive size, youth and childish manners, which have fascinated the nobility. Mrs. Langtry, the professional beauty, hi said to attribute the per fect health she is now enjoying to her long walks, regardless of wee-ther. a. tramp of ten miles is nothing un usual for her. Queen Victoria received three prl2es at the Smithfield cattle show and the Prince of Wales captured two. Brit* ?6h royalty either raises fine cattle or has a strang "pull" with the judges at the prizv exhibitions. Mes. L. A. Starkweather, of Kan sas City, Mo., ono of the first women solicitor^ of life insurance, says she Ands no difficulty in inducing women to insure. lu one month she wrote 5211,000 on the lives of women. It is said that Lord Beaconsfield'a most successful compliment to tho Queen was: "Authors, m?dame, like your Majesty and myself." She thinks that she is an author, and takes great pride in the book which she has written. Through the zealous efforts of Mme. Henri Schmal, editor of the organ of the French New Woman, a bill hui been approved by a committee of the French Chamber giving women full control over the product of their per sonal industry. Mlle. Louise Nikita, who is an American girl, and a descendant ol Daniol Boone, has made the great op eratic success of the season in Paris as Mignon. The composer of tbs opera says that she is the only artist thal ever snug and acted it to his entire satisfaction. When the late Dr. McCosh firsl oame tu Princeton his daughters some what astonished gallant undergradu ates who took the youug ladies out to walk. It was no mere easy jaunt of a mile or s.> th it the President's daugh ters wished, but a tramp of a dozer miles at a good round pace that test?e the powers of thoir escorts. Lady Henry Somerset knows ven little about the luxury of rest. Sin is an indefatigable worker. In everj good cause she is interested, and hei interest means practical help. Dur ing thc last year shu held 115 meet ings an I twenty-seven conference3. She traveled over 3 )33 miles an. spoke in twenty couuties to ab J u 200,000 people. rer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking . Powder EE.Y PURE for these imitations and substi tutes, they are poor stuff at the best and increase your misery. Take Simmons Liver Regulator only. You will know it by the large red Z on the face of every package and by the elief it gives when taken for Dyspepsia, Indi? gestion, Constipation, Biliousness and Sick Headache. ESIMMONS REGULATOR J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philad'a, Pa-:. SMALL PESTS. How a Household May Get Rid of Them. Those notorious household pests,, buffalo beetles, ( moths, and ants, have furnished materi?l for a report by State Entomologist C. H. F?rnald, of Massachusetts, which will soon be made public. The follow^1 is.an abstract from the report, - which will be of great interest to all 'house; keepers: ' "I have tried many methods for the destruction of the buffalo beetle, and find no more successful way of keeping a house free from them than bj a very careful watch for the beetles fr? pt. iu-i . ? aek* with- -bpi.irne ? t : ir/ . .;~v,.. ; .. 4;. ... "i . ll \\\?? oeueuCu "The beetles usually lay their eggs and the larvae attacks the carpets under their exposed edges, and these parts may bo protected by washing over the edges and a few inches of the under .sides witli a solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol in the proportion of sixty grains to one pint. The alcohol quickly evapo rates, leaving the corrosive sublimate over all tho fibers of the carpet where the application has been made. It must be remembered that corrosive, sublimate is a poison, and cannot be' safely used where children play upo? the carpet. "The larva of tho pitchy carpet beetle is often found feeding on carpets in the same manner as the buffalo carpet beetle, and sometimes associated with it. There is but one generation in a year, as indicated by those which I have bred, for larvae found in June did not transform to perfect beetles until tho following May. The remedies for this pest, are tho same as for the buffalo beetle. "It is desirable, where rugs are used instead of carpets, to take them up and shake them out of doors fre quently during the Spring and Sum mer. If carpets are used, and they become infested, it is well to lay wet cloths along the edges, and use a hot flatiron on them. If this is properly done, it will force the steam down through the carpets, killing not only moth, but also any carpet beetles that may be feeding beneath. "All garments liable to be attacked by carpet beetles or clothes moths, if not to be used during the Summer, should be thoroughly shaken and then packed away in tight paper bags, or in pasteboard boxes, with a strip of paper pasted around the edge of the cover, so as to leave no crack. 'Small lsd ants often infest dwell ing houses and become an intolerable nuisance. Tho important thing is to find t. cir nests, for it is then a comparatively easy matter to destroy the whole colony. It may be that tho removal of a board where they come into a room will expose their head-quarters, when a little kerosene poured over it will destroy all the inmates. If they come from some ant hill outside of tho house, they can be destroyed by making holes a foot apart in tho hill and pouring a tablespoonful of bisulphide of carbon nto each and stamping down. The bisulphide of carbon quickly evapo rates, and, permeating the ground, destroys all in tho colony." THOUGH ritt fe is said or written about the Grangers nowadays, they still koop up their organizations in the northern New England States, notably Maine, where they are an important social if no longer a politi cal factor in rural life. At their meetings, usually occurring twice a month, the discussion of agricultural topics is followed by singing and reci tations, and, among, the younger folks, by rustic games. Often the entire grange of one town will be en tertained on a slated evening by the grange of another, and thu& neigh borly feeling is promoted as well os the improvement and elevation of the farmer's vocation.