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^_'__s_ _'_ * ' ? " G TlIOS, J. ADAMS? PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNES ; RY '?8, 1895. VOL LIX. NO. 52: JL J.JL \S Ky* t* . J. ?. JLS *u Spain puts ont 3,000,000,000 corks per year. Berlin has no slums. Even in the poorest quarters the streets are paved tvith asphalt, and are kept' faultlessly dean. _ According to Major-General Tul loch, oi Victorin, New South "Wales, de pends for ita defense on ten obsolete torpedo boats. The holding of Pure Food Exhibi tions in all our large oities is doing a great work in calling attention to the Immense benefit to mankind conferred by the plucky, sagacious men who have first produced a pure article, and second, made all the world want to buy it. ______________________ Mortuary tables show that the aver age duration of the life of women, in European countries, is something less than that of men. Notwithstanding this fact, the Scientific Amerioan notes that of the list of centenarians col lected by tho British Association a fraction over two-thirds were women. Evidence is accumulating, states the New York Mail and Express, that Marshal Ney was not shot, as the Bourbons ordered, but that he was really the American schoolmaster who dwelt in the Carolinas af ter the fall of j Napoleon. Eis alleged preservation is attributed to the connivance of Wel lington. _______________________ A wide-awake member of the South Australian Legislature has made a j profit of S75,000 on a shipment ot onions to the mines in Western Aus tralia. ? He probably had had some experience of tho wpnts of people on ireshly opened gold fields. His ex ample has been followed by a number of other enterprising traders, and ac cording to late advices there is quite a ?mell of onions about the famous Coolgardie fields. By the time Alaska ?3 ready for set tlement its resources will probably be much improved, which is far better than to have a great wave of immi gration to destroy them. The Siber ian reindeer taken to Alaska are in creasing rapidly, and this domesticated animal will be an invaluable help to settlers. Ii the waste of fish and game along the coast could bo stopped, the Chicago Herald believes, the big Ter ritory would be in excellent shape. The famous Berlin-professor, Vir chow, is a most outspoken opponent of the Darwinian theory as applied on the Continent to the descent of man from a lower order of creatures. At the International Anthropological Congress at Innsbruck, of which asso ciation he is th', veteran President, the New York Observer states that he again poured out his vials of wrath and scorn on the advocates of this theory. He claims that Darwin him self originally abstained from apply ing his theory to the descent of m<?n, and that only later the ape theory was adopted. "Men might as weil have invented a theory of the descent of man from a sheep, " continued Vir chow. He regards the problem in volved as one that can never be scien tifically solved. 1 The Board of Supervisors of the Boston Public Schools has reported in favor of vertical, instead of slant, handwriting. The report states that the adoption of vertical handwriting in a number of European schools has proved to be a remedy for various physical dereots, and that it has the indorsement of a number of interna tional hygienic congresses. The Boara therefore makes these recom mendations: "That vertical penman ship be introduced at once into a cer tain number of schools designated for that purpose, and that it be permit ted in all of tlie schools. That all pu pils, in writing, face the desk so that a line joining the shoulders shall be parallel with the front edge of the desk. That all paper used in teaching writing be ruled with a single line, as for ordinary correspondence. " A Vienna scoundrel named Shapira has been working a green goods swin dle on the greedy and credulous ol that city with great success. He has improved on the American game very decidedly. His scheme is to sell only genuine notes. Of course the buyers had no trouble in working them off, and soon his wares came into great demand, and he received orders by che score. All meetings for the delivery of the goods were arranged to take place at solitary spots on the frontiers. When the orders were for small amounts, Shapira allowed them to go, as baits for more business, but when the sale was large, the transfer would no sooner be consummated than policemen would appear and arrest the parties, confiscating ail the money, The swindlers would be held, but the swindled would bo allowed to go, as having suffered enough by losing their money. The police, who were confederates of the swindlers, would then return the money to the office ol the firm. Some of tho dupes caught on to the scheme, but they were afraid to complain, as they were criminallj connected with the transaction. Whee rumors of his crooked work reached the e.ars of the authorities, Shapira absconded. Ho was arrested recently in Rotterdam. I MADAGASCAR'S WAE, - FRANCE SENDS AN EXPEDITION TO PUNISH TUE NATIVES. I - Queen Kanavalona's Grievance-The Island and Its People-Pro ductions of the Country-* American Interests There, I - "1 "TRANCE has sent a strong min ts/ tary expedition to Madagascar I to humble the pride of the " ? dusky Queen Eanavnlona. She is furious at the treatment she claims to have received at the hends of the French, and re fused to recognize their authority. On the other hand, the repre sentatives of the French Govern ment on the isl and claim that the Queen is not on speaking terms with truth and that she is being used as a tool by influential Eng lish traders to disrupt the rela tions Avith France. The Queen is but thirty-six years of age, without any mental or physical MADAGASCAR'S QUEEN, attractions. She is, however, inordinately vain, and her favors are shown in proportion to theamount of flattery her subjects can beguile her with. She is. married to her Prime Minister, the famous Ro inelaieriooune, who has served as Minister since ISG-i. This man is, so say the Frenoh, at the bottom of all this trouble. He is described as a con tummate diplomatist-a little old man whom neither time nor hard work has bent. His movements are agile and bis eye gleams with penetrating intel ligence. Ho makes all possible efforts to avoid strangers and when he has to meet any foreign diplomats he easily baffles them with his shrewdness, so that it is impossible for them to make anything out cf him. Th9 Hova army is 'almost beneath contempt, being composed of a lot of underfed, sickly beings, wretchedly armed end worse drilled. The police system in the island is a most unique feature. At 10 o'clock every evening a cannon is fired, after which signal no natives are allowed in the streets. Foreigners on theil' travels and accom panied by servants are, however, ex empt from this order. As soon as the people are driven from the streets the police pair off in coteries of three or more and begin their real work, which is stealing. They do not hesitate to break in any building and carry off what plunder they happen to find. This is taken to the station and divi ded, the police captain always getting his share of the spoils whether accom panying any expedition-or not.. This is a statement which has been verified more than onco by recent visitors to Madagascar. GATE OF A FORTIFIED "\~ The police claim that this is the only way by which they can exist, as their pay, whenever they get any, is totally insufficient to keep them alive. A short time ago an armed servant of the Frenoh Minister was mobbed by a crowd in Tananarive in broad day light, and the authorities have since refused to punish the culprits or to give any other satisfaction. The historical right of France to a protectorate over Madagascar is claimed by two centuries and a half of successive treaties. In 1816, when the French ceded the Island of Mauri tius to England, they were careful to retain the Island of Reunion, which is opposite Mada gascar, in order to assert the right of the Government of France to interfere in the affairs of that great island, which stands very much in the same relation to Africa MADAGASCAR'S KING. that Great Britain does to Europe and Japan does to Asia. The city of Tamatave, which is now occupied by the French, is built on a long, narrow peninsula of sand, hav ing an eastern direction, with very deep bays on either side, that on the north forming the harbor in which ships of the largest size can find a se cure anchorage. On the peninsula are the houses of t>j British, French, American, German and Italian resi dents, with their consulates. The street in which they reside is known ts Royal street. Th9 rest of the city is largely made up of little houses and stalls covered with thatch, huddled together in utter disregard of all san!* 1 tary precautions and in a way to give i ever faoilily for the whole place being 1 consumed by fire. Closo to the ba- i zar stands the chapel of the London ? Missionary Society and the church of j the Bishop of the Churoh of England. At the northeast of these buildings is j the Hova fort, now occupied by the i French. The history of Madagascar for tho last fifty years has been very largely '. bound up with the work of the Prot- '. estant missionaries of the Congrega- '. tionalist body in England. It was i under tho reign of a good King named : Badama, at the commencement of this century, that Protestant Christi anity was introduced into the island. But in 1S28 Badama died and was suc ceeded by his widow, Banavalona. This oruei Queen persecuted the Christians for nearly ft quarter of a century, and TYPES OF THE the persecution did not cease until the death of the Queen in 1862. The ; Christians are now estimated to num ber one-fourth of the entire popula- . tion. The monarchy of Madagascar is elective, and on April 1, 1863, the choice of the Hova Government fell upon a cousin of the cruel Queen, who assumed the name of Banavalona IL The new reign began with ?he injiugu- ? ration of a liberal constitution, ?*?d Christianity was recognized as the na- i tional creed. The idols of the people . wera destroyed. The trade and commeroe of Mada gascar are open to the whole world, and in one year the importations of . cotton sheetings consisted of 3000 . bales of a 7alue of S300.000. These cotton sheetings are for the most part of American manufacture. It is a great mistake to suppose that the Malagasy are a people basking in a barning heat, with only a few shreds of muslin upon them for the sake of decency. Wen the cold east wind of the dry season is blowing many of them find even stout American sheet ings too thin for comfort. Printed oalicoes sell in all parts of Madagas car, but it is not easy to hit the native taste in' patterns. The Malasgasy is reluotant to be guided by the fashions of Europe. The whole foreign trade of Madagas car,, both import and export, does not fall far short of $7,000,000 annually, and the wants of the country are daily increasing. Among the articles of ex ULLAGE Hi KADAGASCAE. port are crocodile skins, india-rubber, wax and coffee. Mr. Waller, the late American- Con sul of Tamatave, obtained a monopoly of the india-rubber trade, and conse quently the United States is much in terested in the trade carried on be tween New York and the port of Mad agascar. Doubtless the circumstance that the American cruiser Castine has been ordered to proceed to the east coast of Africa has something to do with the interest which is felt in the trade carried on between Madagascar and this country. The cultivation of the silkworm is an occupation particularly suitable to the women and children of Madagas car. And very beautiful silk is manu factured on the island. This branch of trade is capable of very great de velopment, as silk cocoons can be pro duced to meet almost any demand. The productions of the country are such as may well exoito the cupidity of a foreign conqueror. Silver and copper exist in certain portions cf the island, and specimens of gold sand have been brought from the central provinces. The interior districts abound with iron, and iron ore is so abundant in the mountain of Ambo himangivo that it is called by the na tives the "iron mountain." The valleys of the island are exceed ingly fertile. They are clothed with a rioh and luxuriant verdure and abound with rice, the staple food of the natives. The rivers of Madagas car are numerous and many of them are of considerable width. The gloomy and unbroken solitude of some parts of the sublime mountain scenery of Madagascar is enlivened by cataracts of various size, form and elevation. Mineral waters have also been found and the natives tell won ?erful stories of the cures affected at the medicinal springs. The hot springs near the small and charming rillage of Ambohizanahary, "the vil lage of God," have a great reputation. Herds of horned cattle constitute the principal wealth of the nobility, and the grazing grounds in the coun try are extensive. There is no reason why, under efficient management, Madagascar should not compete with New Zealand in the meat markets oi Europe. The sheep of tho country appear to be ab original, and their flesh is considered to be somewhat inferior to the mutton of Europe. Until the reign of the "good King Radama," abont sixty years ago, horses were unknown in the country, but the King introduced them and established breeding paddocks, with considerable success. The crocodile HOYA ARMY. is regarded by the Malagasy with su perstitious reverence and is called the "King of the Waters." Russian Thistle a Mi sch i ci -Maker. The power for mischief of the Rus sian thistle is instanced by A. J. Lovejoy, of Roscoe, who reports au experiment made by a friend of his in Gettysburg, South Dakota. While driving one day one of the thistles came tumbling along in his path. The happy thought oame to him. of ticketing the thistle with a request to the person finding it to let him know where it traveled to. He did so and turned it loose again. In a few days word came from the thistle sixty miles away. It had distributed its seeds the entire distance.-Chicago Herald. FORTIFICATION AND EqUIJ The forts at Wei-Hai-Wei, Ine^tlaY nese stronghold captured by the 'Japs, are as strong as science and nature could make them. They stand on a high cliff, the precipitous sides of which face the sea. The armament is par ticularly complete. It consisted some time ago of a number of Armstrong guns on disappearing carriages, with about thirty-five heavy Krupp guns. After the outbreak of the war vigor ous efforts were made by the Chinese authorities to increase the strength of the place. Additional guns were brought from the arsenals at Tien Tsin and Nankin and weak points A Carions Practical Joke. Alderman Beaohcroft has been the victim of a curious praotioal joke. He has been for a number of days in re ceipt of goods which he neither or- i dered nor required. Codfish, carpets, i sewing machines, and, worst of all, in < view of the faot that he is a stanch teetotaller, barrels of beer have been j i heaped upon his steps daily. One 11 morning two firms sent vans for the purpose of moving his household ef fects. Friends of the alderman are also receiving gifts of turkeys, geese, oysters, Stilton cheese, etc., in his name, causing great loss and confu-1 ] sion to the firms who have supplied 11 the articles.-Chicago Herald. This oountry chews about 230,000, 000 pounds of tobacco a year, and the internal revenue therefrom is nearly (?14,000,000. A SHOT TOW! A 225 feet high shot tower on Beekmau street, New York, long a landmark in the metropolis, caught fire in an upper floor one afternoon recently. Thousands of people gazod at the strange sight of the big tower, 2J.'5 feet above the ground, spoutinp; forth tongues of flames. The buraing^lQwer was seen for miles. electric ?&Igkt on a Horse's Blinders In Be$Ln the use of glow lamps at ached to vebioles and the horses draw, ng them is now eo common as to ex. site no remark. An adaptation of the ??low lamp for the latter purpose is mownria thecut herewith. The lamp is inclosed in a silvered reflector, and :s fed from a small battery of accumu lators: carried cn the vehicle. GreatiDecrease lu the Corn Crop. The Manufacturers' Record has com? ?iled*ir4gL-the report of the Agricul tural Department, jasb issued, statis ts shoing the production of cora ay States for 1894, which fully con irm the statements that have been nade regarding the great destruction )f the corn crop in Nebraska and sev eral other Western States. The yield jf corn'in Nebraska for 1894 was onlv L3, OOO, OOO bushels against 157,000,000 3ushels :for 1893; South Dakota, 1, 500,0,00'bushels against 20,500,000; Kansas, 41,000,000 bushels, a falling jfl .of nearly 100,000,000 bushels, [vhil9 in,-.Iowa the decrease was from 230,000,000 bushels to 81,000,003 oushels. The total crop of these four States was only 130,000,000 bushels igainst '539,000,000 bushels, showing i decline of 430,000,000 bushels. Ia She South -the crop was uousually large, the aggregate yield having been 183,200,000 bushels. A single ranch in Wyoming is six ames as big as Rhode Island, and is itookedwith 2000 horses, 15,000 cattle md 130,000 sheep. The owner is ex 3enator, Warren. PMENT OF WEI-UAI-WEJ. liorig the ^oast'* ^?rV' BirOTgthehed-." yith additional'earthworks. . The gar .ison was carefully trained by foreign nstructors upon lines laid down by Captain Lang, who was for many rears the principal European in the chinese navy, and at whose suggestion ;he fortress was constructed. Every thing was done that the Chinese could lo to render the place impregnable, ind, in Captain Lang's opinion-au >pinioD, however, formed before the 'all of Port Arthur-these efforts were jompletely successful. The result, ?owever, belied Captain Lang's con ident opinion. The Drop sst Lake. The deepest lake in America is said ;o be the Great Sunken Lake in tho Dascade Mountains, seventy-five miles ior theast of Jacksonville, Oregon. It s oaid to average two thousand feet lown to the surface from the tops of the surrounding cliffs ; the depth of .ts placid waters has never been found, thousands of feet of line having been aaid out in vain.-Frank Leslie's Weekly._ - Chinese Idea ot Telegraphy. The Chinese believed wheu telegra phy was introduced in their country that foreigners cut out tho tongues of children and suspended them on the insulators to transmit the message from pole to pole.-Chicago Times. The tithes of England amount ta $20,250,000 a year. :B ON FIRE. It was visible from nearly all the high office buildings and the crowds crossing Brooklyn Bridge had a fine view of the sight. After the fire had spent itself upon the oil and woodwork of? th<- three upper floors it burned itself out slowly and was prevented from coming down the tower by the efforts of the fire department. DAME FASHION. UER LATEST DECREES REGARD ING WOMAN'S DRESS. Picturesque Costumes Rave Become the Popular Craze in New York's "Upper Crust"-New Fancies in Indoor Gowns. THE feminine world seems to have gone wild just now over what they call picture cos tum?e, says the New York Mail and Express. In this craz9 two other people suffer besides the wearer, namely, the artist and the modiste. The artist almost paralyzes his brain trying to make a certain historical dress suitable for a certain unhistori cal, simple, ordinary fin de si?cle wo man, and the modiste is driven almost mad endeavoring to fashion materials, colors and trimmings after old faoh ioned model gowns. TWO PICTURES But when the task is finished the re sults are most satisfactory. Mrs. Fred. Gebhard, for instance, made a perfect Austrian Princess at a recent social event, when she consented to don the style of dress that lady wore. Mrs. Haryot Holt Cahoon looked a natural Josephine at a notable Napoleon tea. Miss Georgette Kidd would have been taken for Lady Jane Grey as true as living at an artistic reception, if those who admired her had not been good memorizers of dates. One of the prettiest semi-historical costumes now revived in Paris, which tho Mail and Express has been able to ^gVF?rbnvS"fof?igh' aWal!ri^hV-**,VT?^ d?nie." The combination of color suggested by the creator of the cos tume is gray and green. The skirt is rather narrower than the average one, and clings to the figure unlike the Worth examples. The panel trim ming is old French fashion, as is the passementerie vest arrangement. The collar should be of velvet, stiffly lined to make it lie straight and fit well. The main material should be of light broadcloth, with Roman braid edging wherever it can bo gracefully applied. The polonaise waist fits smoothly, ?but is not uncomfortably tight. The sleeves also drape closely to the arm, but are not ungracefully pinched in INDOOR appearance. The picturesque chapeau is of gray felt, terra cotta ribbon bows and light lemon tips. Another exquisite afternoon gown after old Viennese fashions is of Nile green surah silk and crepe, with violet crepe de chino trimmings. The waist is short and pointed and profusely trimmed with lace. The sleeves are moderate in size at the shoulders and tight fitting at the wrist. The ekirc is made wide at the bottom, but slopes up to a narrow oircle just the size of the figure at the waist. PRETTY STYLES IN CAPES. Amid the swarm of capes of all sorts and conditions of length and fullness and mixture of materials whioh are seen on the streets every day and at every kind of function, it is difficult to deduce any trustworthy opinions as to the styles whioh will prevail in the spring. But if we may anticipate lae coming modes by judging of the present season it is safe to conclude, says the New York Sun, that anything whioh oan bo designated by the name will be worn. Yet one authority on French fashions boldly asserts that tbo:e is to be a radical change in capes ; that double and treble capes are going out altogether, and that in their place is to be a single cape reach ing a little below the waist, and the godet folds brought out in some in genious manner quite near the edge. A high collar accompanies this. These capes Rre made of velvet and trimmed with lines of jet radi?ting from tho shoulders toward the bottom, or of cloth with a far collar and a bright lining. Perforate! cloth, blaok over oolored or blaok 6atih, ia very pretty for this style of cape. There is an odd fashion of making draped revers a distinctive feature of capes and street coate, and these are often of velvet in violet green or dark red handsomely edged with fur on the plainest kind of a cloth garment. On evening wraps of silk and satin the revers are made of pale tints of vel* vet and trimmed with lace. INDOOB GOWNS. \ Woman must never forget that the home id, after all, the one place in which she can exert a most telling and far-reaching influence, and it must be said that it is groatly in her power to breathe a beautiful, artistic and spiritual air throughout the home and make all the men of her family feel better and happier and cheerier for having a place in whioh there are al* ways loving hearts, bright faces, will ing hands and charming surroundings. QUE COSTUMES. Dress has more to do with this than one imagines. It has the same place in home decoration that pictures and embroideries do. Too much should not be thought of it, but some atten tion most assuredly should be exerted in this direction. Indoor gowns, then, are an important feature of the do mestic woman's life and, in fact, o! every woman's life. Two exquisite new fanoies in this field are the fawn and the marchioness. One can be made up of violet silk, with pretty lace shoulder draping and an 'embroidered yoke. The style is befitting for either a young or mid' dlt^aged-rWpman, .the taste. being per mitted to extend to the choice of age' through the colors used. There are two box plaits in front, which hang from the tight-fitting yoke. There ia one behind. The sleeves come to tho elbow and end in lace ruffles. siThe^fawn is made of light-weight flannel. The skirt is straight and full at the bottom. A slight edging of French braid makes a graceful trim ming for the extreme bottom. The waist is a blouse, always comfortable and pretty. The yoke is of Torchou lace and also edged with the braid. The sleeves ure puffed from the shoul der to the elbow, and end in a lace cuff. Bright-colored ribbon should GOWNS. be used as a belt. As for both novel gowns, there are a hundred New York women who have ordered models like them from Paris, and are enthusiastic over the comfortable fit and graceful Unes which they afford. SPEING GOWNS. Spring gowns for street and evening wear will be much trimmed. Ribbons form the foundation of many of the moro elaborate trimmings. Black satin ribbons, studded with vari colored spangles, are new and effec tive. Pale tinted velvet ribbons form the background for imitation gems. For example, a pink velvet ribbon will be studded with amethysts set ia tiny pears and used in beautifying a violet velvet or pink silk gown. White velvet ribbons half covered by a jet tracery will be among the fashionable trimmings this spring. For street gowns all varieties of braiding will be the vogue. NOVEL ICEA FOE A HAT. A novel and very Frenchy idea for a hat is a large bird with outspreading wings arranged to form a very com plete aflair. A three-cornered piece of Astrakhan, trimmed with fine plac ings of black silk mnslia caught up with small jet buttons and finished with a tuft of ostrieh tips at one side, makes a very jaunty little bonnet. White roses and ivy are much used in millinery, and white velvet spangled with steel makes a very effective ero wa for a dressy bonnet. LOOK OUT!!I I 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 hythe - elief it gives when taken for Dyspepsia, Indi gestion, Constipation, Biliousness and Sick Headache. ??KER^GTSATOR O IV LY J. H. ZEILIN & Co., Philad'a, Pa OPTICS MADE TO ORDER. The Artificial Eyes as Good ma ihm Natural in all Ways Exoept One. "Oh, what is this thing called Light," asks the blind boy of the poet, and^while modern science can not answer him, it can produce arti ficial eyes which cannot be distin guished from natural ones so far ar appearance goes. A glance at the workshop of an optist will give but little information as to the process of manufacturing an artificial eye; it is an art in which a steady hand, skilful fingers and a good eye. for color, are the principal tools. \ The optist, after attentively sfcudy-N ing the remaining eye of the cus tomer (assuming that he has another eye), matches it from his stock as to . color, then as to size, and after ex ceedingly careful measurements and study of the ocular cavity proceeds to make an eye which will be exactly like the natural one, except that it will not see. He uses a peculiar kind of enamel to make tne eyeball, every manufacturer having his own secret for this. This enamel is very smooth and extremely brilliant. The optist takes a piece of the en amel and heats it, after which he blows it, like glass is blown into a bulb, the size of a human eyeball, and then cuts out from the. bulb a section varying in size according to the condition of the ocular; cavity. If the patient's eyeball is perfect what' LflLcalle'd the three-quarter ball..pro-, cess.is.nsed. A section .of the thin ho?low bulb is^fi?tea'?v?r'the ball a?(T the eye then moves .'as if it were natural. This is' the best method when the eyeball permits, and an ar tificial eye of this kind, cannot possi bly be detected, except that, of course, the pupil does not contract or dilate, If the ball is gone then the motion is much more restricted, but it will still move in sympathy with the other eye. Most people are astonished to learn that an artificial eye is not globular, but only a thin piece of curved en amel. A little reflection will show that it could not be put into the cavity, if it were globular, and being in, could not be got out, for false eyes, like false teeth, should be taken out every night and replaced in the morn ing. The thin section of the bulb hav ing been shaped into a right or left eye, as the case may be, the iris painted on .^The majority of optists make their own colors, and consider able artistic knowledge is required to paint a life-like iris. The colors are fired into the enamel by means of a blowpipe, and then the crystal cornea which covers the iris has to be af fixed. This is made from imported crystal, which is the clearest and pur est obtainable. After being meltod it is shaped and then placed over the iris and cemented in position. The eye, after the little veins have been painted on the ball, is now complete, and only remains to be fitted in the ocular cavity. The life of an eye is from twelve to eighteen months. After that period it becomes dull, owing to the saline secretions of the eyelids acting upon the enamel. A good artificial eye costs from $15 to $50. They are never mode from glass; only the cheap ones that may be bought for $3 or $1 or even less are manu factured from that material. A Mischievous Duke. As a* boy the Duke of York was thoroughly mischievous. Many of his pranks were played on that fa mous voyage round the world. We all know how, at a great state dinner at Hong Kong, he was discovered co vertly pulling the pig-tails of the Chinaman butlers who were waiting at the table. Another time, 1 think it was at Bombay, when a larrie en tertainment was given in honor of the young princes, between the parts of an orchestral concert, Prince George hopped away from the sapper to change the music of the bandme?, so that when they returned to their places a poor bewildered flutist found the score of the cornet upon his mu sic stand, and the violinist the page of the pianist. But the prince had always another side to his character. . An Australian minister, at whose house the princes stayed for a week or two, offered a Bible to both asa; parting gift. Quite recently the bishop was invited to Sandringham, The Prince of Wales showed him the-. Bible he had given Prince George and ;' remarked that it was well worn. "I do believe," added his royal high-' ness, "that my son has read a chap- [ tor from that book every day since ' you put it into his hands."-Chicago/ Times. - PROVIDED. Clara-Don't you like a drooping moustache? Mable--Yes; if it droops my way. >