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TROS J. ADAMS, PROPRIETORKD(iEFII?LI), S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1895._VOL. LX. NO. 16. It is said that tho late patent de cisi?n is likely to cheapen telephone eervico amazingly. Athletics are said to bo languishing in our colleges. Football is under bau and baseball is too slow. There aro about 12,000,000 houses in this country, with less than six people to each on the average. An educational qualification will hereafter be required of men seeking enlistment in tho United States Army. According to the New York Tribune, in every country of the globo the far mer is raising a wail of distress. Farm produots are too cheap. Tho world's chief supply of alabas 1er comes from tho quarries of Vol terra, some thirty miles southeast of Pisa, in Italy, where this industry has been handed down for genera tions. _ Schools of stenography and type writing turn t?cir pupils to use by doing at rather low rates typewriting for lawyers and others. Tho copying makes good practice for thc pupil _ and incidentally brings in consider able revenue to tho school. The Boston Transit Commission will relieve the narrow, crooked an 1 crowded streets by a subway, begiu ning in tho Public Garden and ending at Park street. Tho subway will bc partly double-track and partly quad ruple, and will bc lighted by elec tricity. _ England ?6 not generally thought ot as a gold producing country, but Knowledge says that there are per haps few countries iu thc world iu which tho metal is moro generally dis tributed. The principal mines in Vile*, *?ow 5ib.?.n.0oned,- "w-tte. worked as long ago as the Roman occupation. Tho Southern Florist and Gardcnci says: The last census shows that tho earth yields to tho Southern farmer twenty-five per cent, on his capital annually, against a yield of only four teen per cent, to his Northern brother. If the value of machinery and live stock is included as capital, the dif ference in favor of tho Southern far mer is even greater. .^^Superintendent of Agriculture Mor ^on^S/s l?Sl gr?atesii e??my'to ? the export trade in apples of the Uni ted States is the codling moth, but that the entire crop could be mado wormless by spraying at the proper season with a solution of Paris green. Ho says that Great Britain alono dur ing the nins months ending with Sep tember, 1894, paid the orchards of the United States $2,500,000. Says the New York Observer : Thc death of John Stuart Blackic removes one of Scotland's most interesting characters. While a loyal subject of Her Majesty of Great Britain and Ire land, he was pre-eminently a Scotch man, and opposed with decided earn estness all influences calculated to ig nore or lessen the distinction between things English and things Scotcb. His eerrices to his own country have beeu very great ; his influence for good npon the young meu who have come in contact with him during his loug professorship is beyoud computation. The Boston Transcript says tbattbo British Iron and Steel Institute has just awarded thc Bessemer gold medal, the highest prize to which metallur gists may aspire, to Henry Howe, of Boston, a son of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. "This honor," it adds, "has been conterred on only four Ameri cans hitherto-Peter Cooper, Abram S. Hewitt, Alexander L. Holley, who introduced tho Bessomer proc?s? into this country, and John Fritz, who de signed and built the great Betblcbcm iron works. Mr. Howe received the medal for his writings and investiga tions into the scientific features of steel making. Among the European recipients of the medal are Sir Will iam Siemens, the inventor of the open hearth steel-making process; Sir Joseph Whitworth and Lord Arm strong, of gun fame, and G. S. Thomas, the inventor of tho basic Bessemer procoss." The St. Paul Pioneer-Press remarks. While the farmers of the Northwest are deploring the advent of tho Rus sian thistle, a new forage plant, also of Russian origin, has made its appear ance, which promises to prove such a blessing to farmers as to more thau atone for tho damage done by its pestilent compatriot. It is known as 6acaline. It requires no cultivation. Onco planted, it propagates itself in any soil, in dry, 6andy, barren or in wet, alluvial swamps. It stands tho drouth, for its roots strike deep, lt drinks in the rain, when there is any, like a cameL loading up for a journey through the desert. It is as nutritious as any of our grasses. It possesses a combination of remarkable properties, which adapt it wonderfully well for the conditions existing in Minnesota, and especially the Dakotas and beyond. Our impression is that the Minnesota agricultural college is trying it, or has arranged to try it ou the State experimental farm. rOTATO KINGS. CULTIVATING THIS TUDKB ON A ' LARGE SCALE IN COLORADO. Aided by a Light, Sandy Soil and Ingenious Machinery Great Crops Arc Raised-Forty "Taters" Welshed 120 Pounds! OULD a member of tho Eoyal Society, which in 1CG3 adopt ed measures for extending the cultivation of tho Solanum Tuberosum, with a view to tho pre vention of famines in England and Jrclaud, have accompanied a Chi cago Times-Herald representative through thc wonderlul potato region of Colorado on a recent occa sion he must have been satisfactorily couviuced that "thing? do move." In thc beginning of tho sixteenth century potatoes woro brought from America to Europe for cultivation in gardens as a curiosity. This year, be fore thc shipping season closed, about April 15, there wc-ro forwarded, from cue section of Colorado alone, G000 carloads of "spuds," each car averag ing -100 bushels. Only a few years ago, when some enterprising farmers commenced tho cultivation of potatoes, on what then appeared to bo a largo scale, they were heartily ridiculed. Time has proven, aud only a very short time at that, tho correctness aud sound judg ment of the level-headed grangers who fully realized the special adaptability I of tho warm, saudy soil of certain por J tiens of Colorado, to tho successful } production ot thc homely, unfr.sbion able tuber. While there have been in a few cases TUE HOBSE-PI exceptionally largo profits in this in dustry in the main it has been a steady, profitable business for such mon as are willing to give it attention. J^robably there is no section of the Tgnet?Tr?T?Twcl^^ tion'of potatoes is so simplified and systematized as in the Greeley district of Colorado. Seeing- tho enormous possibilities of this industry, an en terprising manufacturer of farming implements turned his attention a couplo of years ago to machinery for preparing and handling this crop iu all its stages. Tho result has been in tho production of potatoes similar io thc introduction of headers aud thrash ing machines in thc raising of small grains-a marked decrease in thc cost of production. Only by tho uso of this machinery are the potato farmers of the far West to-day enabled to sell their product in competition with that of Illinois and Missouri in the markets of Chicago and St. Louis. They literally make a business of raising potatoes, and knowing that a too rapid continuation of cr:>ps is disadvantageous rotate their INTEHIOn OF A POTATO WAREHOUSE-CA PACITY, 200 CABS. crqj) of potatoes from one section of tho farm to another, alternating with wheat and the prolific and fertilizing alfalfa, thus insuring a constant re current replenishment of the light, sandy soil, which has proven so well adapted to potato growing. In the planting season, one of thc in genious machines above referred to is loaded with seed potatoes and started on its automatic labors across a field. It is accompanied by a wagon contain ing additional "seed." With tho mo tive power supplied by two lino Nor man horses and under the supervision of one man this machine will plant six acres per day. Thc planter may bo adjusted to drill, drop and cover in hills from ten to twenty-one inches apart, as may be most desirable. The harvest of tho potato crop usu ally commences about September l? and continues until tho middle or lat ter part of October. During this sea son no ouo need complain of "no work." Men, boys, and even women and girls turu out en masse to hasten the harvest. Here, too, inventive genius holds sway. Tho ingenious harvester, drawn by fuur powerful horses, traverses row after row and leaves in its wake glistening lines of white aud pink tubers as clean and neatly separated from their parent soil as if each had been carefully "ha polioed" before being released from its earthly rcpoHitory. Each "dig ger"' is attended by a driver and from six to eight "pickers'* whose business it is to colleet the potatoes, largo and small, in baskets. These hands aro' paid from $1 to $1.50 per (Wy and board. In each section of thc field is cn other contrivance called a "sorter," A COLORADO PXBA3HD. consisting of an oscillating screen hung at an anglo of thirty degrees, ir; to which tho baskets aro emptied. This screen has what is termed a two inch square mesh. Theso potatoes which wiil go through this mesh fall into a sack und aro kept for seed tho following spring. Thc larger pota toes roll from tho screen into separate sacks, in which they aro stored in peculiarly constructed cellars or "dug outs" until conditions aro favorablo for marketing. Theso "dug-outs" aro excavations in the ground varyiug in sizo according to thc requirement* of tho crop and approximately ten feet in depth. They aro roofed over ul most level with thc grouud and provided with ventilators. To such a considerable extent has this DWER DIGGER. industry growu that at Eaton and Greeley enormous warehouses have been erected for tho express purpose of storing and handling potatoes. Greeley has become celebrated for " her 4 'Potato'day'," which"ls usually set' for the 10th of October. On this oc casion immense trenches are dug and thc succulent root?, after being roasted to a turn by white-aproned experts, are served with appropriate accom paniments to an admiring crowd of upnrccititivo people only limited by the capacity of tho groumls. During thc last year tuero wero i about 2,400,000 bushels of this crop harvested in tbo northern portion of Colorado. There havo been several train loads forwarded to St. Louis aud Chicago, and many cur loads have found their way to iutcrior points in Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, and even as far south a3 Louisi ana. One, which I. secured a photo graph o?, contaiue.l exactly forty po tatoes and weighed 120 pouuds. A few selected specimens weighed a trille over seven pounds each. Dur ing tho early part of thc shipping SOU30U ordinary box cars ure used, but at thc approach of cold weather "refrigerators" are in demand, and thc greatest caro is necessary iu pro viding against frceziug by the use of false iloojs, ;-traw patr.iup, aud stoves, with reliable men ia charge. Tho present prices range from about GO to GJ couts per hundred pounds, freo on board cars ut Greeley. This is equiv alent to 3G to 40 cents per bushel of sixty pounds, and tho present year's ^reduction will probably average 150 to ?00 bushels per acre. Once a White House Pet. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris is for many reasons one of thc most interest ing women in the country. Tho daughter of General Grant, sho was the spoiled child of a whole republic aud, after her mother, "first lady of the laud." She was married from thc White House, and a moro brilliant wedding had never before been seen and will probably never bc seen again ut Washington. The marriago beguu under such promising auspices was tho reverse of happy, and when two yoars ago Al-1 gemon Saitoris died, Mrs. Sartoris carno to this country with her chil- j dren. She has spent tho past wiutex ? in Washington, whoro sho intends to MKS. MCLLTK filtANT SARTORIS. make her permanent home, and where Mrs. U. H. Grant will live with her. Mrs. Sartoris has a sou and two beautiful little daughters, ono ol whom basil talent for acting.-New fork Advertiser. The value of the butter exportation from France averages nearly .^17,000, OOO a year. IS COLONIAL STYLE. Thc Picturesque Houses of Oui* An cestors Again in Vogue. (Copyright 1895.) In building to-divy tho wise home seekers consult tho best architects, not only as to tho baro plans for their houses, but io learn what kind of structures will look best in different localities. It is a hopeful sign that tasto is running largely toward Co lonial houses, tho most artistic stylo of building tLat has ever found n lodg ment in this country. There are throe main variations in Colonial designs tho English, the Dutch and tho Span ish, although the first two are tho only kind built to any extent in the United States. Tho English Colonial house is dignified, large and commodious, as the illustration in this article will give porno faint idea. It baa a substantial look, which fitb it admirably for a city house-its stately portico opening into a broad and hospitable hall, that is not a mero cntranco place crampod ARC M/rec rs A/.y. AN ENGLISH COLONIAL HOUSE. up with ?teep and forbidding stairs. Thc rooms arc all square, roomy and light; tho general design of tho whole house, in f ?ct, making a most impos ing appearance. Tho Dutch stylo of Colonial archi tecture gives us a more quaint and pictnmquo appearance, bontting the suburb or the quiet, rich, rural coun try. Its broad an 1 airy porches are al ways inviting, and thcro is no sacrifice of comfort for showiness. A brief description of tho English Colonial house is as follows: Width, 32 feet G inches; depth, in cluding portico, 38 feet G inches. ""??S?2& ofstories : Cellar, 7 feet; first story, iTTert^ecoud story, 8 feet ; attic, 8 feet. ^3S^^_ Exterior material : FoundatiouT stone ; first and second stories, clap boards; balcony floor covered with canvas; deck and extension roofs, tm ; main roof, shingles. Interior finish : Tho entrance hall and living room finished in oak ; the rest of thc house hard white plaster, colored to euit owner's taste ; oak floor in thc living room, and stair case. Booms thronghout arc trimmed with soft wood finished in natural color's. An "opeSTtimber ceiling "in tho hall, living room and dining room, with tho dining room wainacotted, at a cost of about $500, would much im prove appearance, as would also finiah ing tho parlor and one or moro of tho maiu rooms upstairs in whito enamel nud gold, at an average expenso of $150 a room. Tho first floor contains largo hall and liviug room thrown in one, 13x 19 :S, with dining room in the back connected by siiding doors. On the left, parlor opening into tho hall ?liding doors or portiere. Kitchen in tho back. Open fireplaces in all these rooms, fecdiug into two chimneys as shown in the perspective view. Four jurgo rooms with bath on tho second floor ; open fireplaces in thc two front A DESIGN IN DUTCH COLONIAL STOVE. chambers. Two rooms may be finished off in tho attic, or tho attic may be finished off handsomely in hard wood os a billiard room. Full set of plumb ing throughout. In tho vicinity of New York this de sign, well built, without extravagance in detail.?, would cost $5003. Much smaller than this example as illustrat ed would not look well, but enlarging tho ilesign enhances its appearance. A feasible modification would bo to throw the kitchen in a two-story ex tension in tbe back, with up-stairs di vided into two servants' bedrooms. Additional cost would Dot be moro than $400. Regarded as a puro examplo of the best Colonial style, tho exterior char acteristics of which are a iurgo squaro structure, with a portico having fluted columns with carved caps, a belvidere on tho roof, circular head windows and delicate details of classic origin. Thu Dutch design as illustrated is about tho same sizo house, hilt tho de sign itself admits of a much smaller dwelling without destroying tho artis tic appearance. Wo give a brief de scription : Depth, including veraudu, 40 feet; width, not including sido porch, 34 feet. Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet; first story, (J feet G inches; second ?tory H feet G inches. Foundation, stone; first story, clap boards; gabies ornamented with papier-mache and shingles ; pediments of dormers and frieze of largo dormer ornamented with papier-mache. Main roof, shingles; balcony floor, tiu. Interior finish: Hard white plaster throughout, coloro:! to suit owner's taste ; soft wood flooring and trim ; main staircase ash ; kitchen and bath room wainscoted. All interior wood work grain-tilled, stained to suit owner and finished in hard nil. Colors : All clapboards, Colonial yellow; trim, white ; all "shingles loft natural for weather stain ; veranda and porch floors and ceiling oiled. Th? accommodations on the first llonr ^iv<: ii dining and sitting room on the right, with open fireplaces; large hall, 7x18:0; parlor and kitchen vu tlie Jell, separated by side hall and entry ; four large rooms on tho sec ond floor, besides servants' rooms and batb, witt full set of plumbing. Open fireplaces may be introduced in two of tho upstairs bedrooms. Double sliding or folding doors mav bo used between parlor and hall and sittiog room and hall instead of por tiere openings. Bay window may be planned at side of dining room and the side porch may bo ?ntireiy omitted. This design is capable of varions modifications, but as described would cost about 84500, not including man tels, range and heater, this estimate being based on New York prices for materials and labor. In many sec tions of tho country tho cost should be less. In conclusion it may bo said that our ancestors of tho Colonial period gave architecture, as they gavo state craft and tho general affairs of life a wiso direction that was in every way admirable. It is fitting indeed that wo should keep them in grateful re membrance. Bark a Fuel in thc Northwest. Bark is a favorite fuel in the North west. Tho evergreens of the region consumo quiokly in the open fireplace and leave nothing but light ashes, but the bark of theso same trees, very thick and heavy, burns moro slowly and falls into embers that givo out a satisfying heat for ?many hours.-Chi cago Times-Herald. Making Sit?t. In the shot tower of the present day, tho molten lead, with a slight addition of arsenic for hardening purposes, is allowed to fall through a oolaudcr from a considerable height into a tank of water a hundred feet or more be low. Tho lead, in falling, forms it self into globules which aro purtially cooled in rushing through the air, and finally hardened by entering the water. Tha larger tho size of shot, the moro preliminary cooling will bo required, so that largo shot aro allowed to fall through, say 150 feet, and small shot through only about 100 feet. The colanders used are wrought iron bowls perforated with emooth holes varying in sizo with tho desirod description of 6hot. Tho pellets from the water bath aro subsequently dried on a hot metal plate, and the imper fect ones are sorted out by 'gently shaking thc whole lot on a slightly inclined plate, when only tho per IN A SHOT TOWEH. fectly spherical ones roll down, the others remaining, being what aro termed "lazy." Polishing iu revolv ing cylinders, sorting as to size, and packing in bag3 for tho market finish up tho history of manufacturo. Cussicr's Magazine. A Peculiar Fruit Tree. The papaw tree, an illustration of which is given, is known also os thc bread-fruit tree. It attains a growth of twenty feet in height and yield? a large supply of fruit in threo years from the seed. It is not grown in Florida as extensively as its merits would indicate. Tho fruit varios iu size from three to five inches in length and from two to four inches in diame ter. Tho papaw is raluablo as a cosmetic as weil os a fruit. It is a medicino also and in tho West ludios is usod in stead of 6oap for washing linen and other fabrics. Tho papaw is a per? petual and prolific fruit bearer and ono of its remarkable qualities is that tho toughest meat muy be mado per fectly tender by steopiug it ia tho milky juice of tho papaw. The scien tific name of the fruit is carica papaya. -Florida Monthly. What "Lile" Considers "jomcthinx incurious.n DRESS AND T?ADE. HANGING FASHIONS AID IN BOOMING BUSINESS. Novelty anti Variety in Women's Wear Keep Many Peoplo Busy - Something About Skirts. IF the day ever comes when critics will abandon tho silly twaddle about fashion in which they hayo so long indulged, remonstrates a writer in tho New York Ledger, the world will be much tho gainer by tho change. For a good many years fashion, its frivolity, its senselessness, its absurdity and its uselessness, has been tho subject of screeds without number, each critic apparently trying to hold it up to keener ridicule than his predecessor. As a matter of fact, on fashion and its changes rest the foundations of commercial prosperity. If the old were as pleasing as the new, many of tho fuctorios would go (Jut of busiuess, tho importers would never go to thc trouble and expenso of importing goods for which thero was no imperativo demand, and, ono by ono, industries that employ thou sands upon thousands of persons would languish and die. If a iive-yoar-old tlress was as pleasing as a now one, KEW STYLES OF DI women would not take tho trouble and worry that they now do to pr? vido fresh costumes for all seasons ; but this thing which wo call fashion demands novelty and variety, and to meet its requirements manufactures and trade are over kept active. Within reasonable limits, therefore, fashion, as we now use the term, means business prosperity and gainful occupations to the many. It would be ivgO0d_ idea to elevate the literature of ?ashion tO-its proper plane and do away with much o? . tile silliness and frippery that characterize it. -. Tho styles for spring aro alrea?y Ebown, and it is safe to say that the models presented will furnish types for warm weather wear. Tho changes in dresses aro not very marked ; the plain skirt with the usual shape is an accepted standard. Skirts are as long as is comfortable or convenient, but as has been said before, they aro quito as well likod, because even though they aro somewhat shorter, thoy are bound to cut off at tho edges unless they are slightly raised. It is a curious fact that many of the very best dressed women insist on theso long skirts, but always raiso them a little when on tho street. This has hygienic pointe and daintiness to com mend it. Draggled skirts do not be como a gentlewoman, and it is impos sible to walk for any. distance without soiling tho binding if tho skirt is al lowed to swing. A new street dress is made with thc usual Haring skirt, without trimming, except a graduated baud of velvet at cither sido of the belt. This velvet is dotted with rosottes of satin ribbon. A velvet belt with satin rosettes, rovers of velvet, with rosettes at tho shoulders and velvet and satin ro settes at the elbows where tho sleeves droop over, form tho finish. Tho vest is of shirrod silk, matching the dress in color. Among tho new ideas iu the making of skirts aro trimmings of narrow side plaiting, suchas were in great demand ten or twelve years ago. The fabric is hemmed and closely pressed, and a single row of plaiting, with a heading of narrow gimp or ribbon plaiting, will bo a popular fashion for dresses for all occasions. An attractive skirt has a very nar row side-plaited rufile, headed with a flat gallon stitched clown very closely. Above this is a httlo rufllo mado of btrips of silk about two inches wido. This is gathered or box-plaited in the middle, and is set on in scullops about half thc sizo of a coffee saucer. At each point thero is a rosette of passe menterie, with a tassel made of fringes of silk and beads. This U dressy, and makes a simple and inexpensive finish for afternoon dresses. Whilo there is a good deal of talk about skirts that measuro eight or nine yards around, it is scarcely necessary to say that it is only occa sionally that one seos them. They are monstrosities, designed only to uso up material aud furnish work at somo future timo when ono is obliged to rip them to pieces, after tryiug in van to get somo comfort out of such a mass of material. WOMEN'S snoEs. Tho cuming shoes for women are handsomer thau ever. Thero aro throe beautiful designs : The first, a superb Oxford tic, dongola foxed, and patent-leather tipped. It has a heel foxing curved from tho vamp scam back to the top of the shoe. The top is of haudsomo drab cloth and tbe luco stays aro ornate. Thc lattor, as well as the heel foxing, is scalloped at the edges. It has a sleudor, pointed toe aud medium heel. The second is a high cut, with a checked cloth top and thirty-two eye lets with silk laces. This is foxed with bright dongola in bluchcrottc shape, and has a deep, pointed ti]) of patent leather. It is sleudcr-tocd; bnt slightly Fquarc at the tip. The third is a nullifier congres.*--, j imitation button variety. This is also of bright, dongola, with three larjje buttons at the points of the broad but ton Map. The tip extends np to the j vamp seam and Irotn this point ntl elaborate patent leather front stay ex- i tends clear to thc ear of the top, They I are all fine shoes, and retail at from 83 to $4 per pair.-Shoo and Leather Reporter. GINGHAMS. Silk and linea ? i nghams seem to im prove in quality and finish every year. They aro much liked for the cool and comfortable dresses in which every woman delights. They are made up in somewhat elaborate styles, and as some of the darker colore rarely noed washing, they ara trimmed with rib bons, lace, satin and embroidery. One model in pink* and white has a trim ming of crimped ruffles of embroid ered chiffon, with an abundance of ribbons. These ginghams aro in stripes or spots, an! some of them have tiny sprigs and flowers. They havo somo very desirable qualities. They are extremely soft, and do not crush and get badly creased, as do almost all fabrics containing linen. Unless linens aro very thick and firm, they get stringy after a short time of woaring. CONCERNING COIFFURES. How to wear tho hair becomingly and yot be in the fashion ought rather to bo tho question thau following fashion's dictates exclusively. Blond hair is naturally moro fluffy than dark, therefore do not curl or friz too much. Dark hair will al ?ESSING THE HAIR. low of much moro dressing and cut ting, while the blonde should be care ful to have a simple way of arranging her locks. The "accordion knot" isa pretty way for oither blonde or bru nette. Then there are accordion puffs for moro dressy occasions. Study yourself before attempting to wear your hair in any of tho fashion able ways is good advice. FASHIONABLE BONNET. This bonnet is of white velvet, ar ranged in plaits down the back, and lined with golden velvet- Jit is turned back Ptirityi fashi?WB?* front and edged wlt?ttg^ iejfl W3 trimmed in front with tw^Oop^^^atia "fAb^n^ lined with velvet and e Iged with jet. They are kept in position by the Vio toria stiffener and finished with a knot of satin ribbon and a fine jet orna ment ; at tho back tho cloth is ar rangeai iu an end, which rests on the hair, tho plaits being finished with a jct ornament ; strings of golden vel vet. PETUNIA VELVET. Ono of tho favorite colors this sea son is a warm purplo shado with au admixture of faint pink, exactly the tint which a few years sinco was callod puce, and proved such a becom ing background to those who rejoiced in golden locks and a clear complex ion. Of course, petunia, as it is now called, shows to greatest advantage in miroir velvet, corded silk, or other rich fabrics which permit of lights and shadows falling upon tho folds so that they blend in au exquisite harmony. This color is much in request for thc atro gowns. PRETTY TABLE PECOUATtON. The very latest idea for table deco ratiou is trailing vines and flowers, with a small centrepiece of azaleas or FOR TUE CENTRE OF THE TABLE. any other potted plant that will har monize with the colors used. The re sult is charming to a degree. One can imagine herself in the gar den, surrounded by nature's beauties, while the tid-bits of the table teem to taste as if fairies, not cooks, had made them. Eurone is beginning to take au in terest iu American colonial art. -TS The Old Friend And the best friend, that never faite you, is Simmons Liver Begu lator, (the Red Z)-that's what you hear at tho mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should net bo persuaded that anything else will do. f" It is the King of Liver Medi cines; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives nev/ lifo to the "whole sys tem. This is tho medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. ?3-EVERY PACKAGER lifts tho /. Stamp In red on tviappug-a J. II. ZKILIX 0, CO., PbilAdoIplii?, ta. WEST POINT ETIQUETTE. Singular Rules of the Military The etiquette of West Point is a thing sui genoris, and is certainly a curious institution, says tho Illus trated American. It has been evolved out of the peculiar con ditions which exist at the military academy, and only those who have been thore can fully appreciate how harmless and proper it seems in its surroundings. For instance, when a cadet has obtained permission to make out a girl's hop card he signs her name with his own opposite in a book provided by tho hop managers for that purpose. Then any other youth who wishes dances on that girl's card knows to whom he must apply for them. Many are tho com plications arising from this system, and it behooves him who wishes to dance witli a belle to apply early lest he find her card full. Often when there are few girls visiting on the post a man who has been fortu nate enough to secure ono and who wishes to dance a good deal himself will refuse to give dances ex cept to such as can give them in ex change. A story is told of one astute youth who wished for more' than his allot ted four dances, yet- feared it would look strange for his name to appear six or. eightrtrnr&s<_ In order to over-'^ como this difficulty he put down tue names of the guard detail that day. They, of course, could not be present, so when the time came for their dances with profuso apologies he appeared before his charmer and ex plained that Mr. Dumjohn was un avoidably detained and might ho offer himself instoad? At graduation h ip, however, there is usually such a multitude of girls that many men make out more than ono card, and rumor hath it that once a "spoony" youngster was nearly driven frantic in a vain attempt to keep thirteen cards from being tangled up. But then, cadets will exaggerate. There arc other reasons- why this hop is an important event at West Point. Not only does it mark the departuro of the fledgling lieutenants from their hitherto well guarded nest, but it also brings socially to light tho erst undeveloped resources of the plebe or lower class. Through out the first year at West Point regulations and customs do every thing to suppress tho exuberance which freshmen at other colleges feel, and the plebe is taught to con sider himself so small in every way as to be locally unfit to shine in society till the training of his firs! year hos "licked him into shape." And in the long run this view is about correct. If a maiden comes to West Point without, friends at the academy she can have her hop card made out just tho same by sending her name to the hop managers. They will provide partners for her and in troduce them at tho proper time, And this is another of those anom alies which West Point etiquette gives rise to. Tho hops aro held at tho mess hall, and between each dance the walks in their vicinity are iillod with cadets and their partners, cooling off and enjoying the moonlight, if there be any; if not, they enjoy the darkness equally. Naturally, the coming in and out of so many does not improve the floor, but there is one advantage about it-as a rule it is so bad it cannot bo injured. Just as soon as supper is over tho tables are pilod up in ono corner of the hall, thc floor is tenderly rubbed over, and the pretense of cleaning is so poor that it would deceive no one even if the dancers' skirts did not betray the truth. This seems to be unavoidable, since supper is . at 7 and the smaller hops bogin at 8. All the hops which begin later, however, are marked by somewhat better con ditions. The tables aro removed from tho hall and some real cleaning is done. Hut thc rosulb is that the cadets go without their evening meal and are asked to stay hearty appe tites on formidable sandwiches. Postage Stamps Sold fora High Sum. Very high prices, in some cases the highest on record, were obtainod for postage stamps at a recent London salo. A Ceylon 4 ponce roso, un used, brought $650; a Mauritius post paid 2 pence blue, $1G0; a Cape of Good Hope 1 penny blue, error, $325; 4 pence red, error, $2(50; a reunion 15 centimes, first issue, $250. Two hundred dollars each was paid for a Xew Brunswick violet 1 shilling stamp and a British Guiana yellow 4 cent stamp; nineteen other stamps were sold for $100 or over and eleven for $50 or more. Academy. SOME Australian railways have I(?Tj station masters.